It's an honor to have something in common with a two-time World Series Championship, but A&M outfielder Brett Minnich says he just wishes it wasn't painful.
For any high-level baseball player, having something in common with a two-time World Series champion and eight-time All-Star is an honor.
One month before Astros star Jose Altuve was hit by a pitch and fractured his right thumb, Minnich suffered nearly an identical injury diving into first base February 17. Like Altuve, his broken thumb - albeit on his left hand - required surgery which he had performed in Houston.Minnich was back playing five-and-a-half weeks after his injury, beating the timeline of six weeks. Altuve began his rehab assignment less than eight weeks after his injury - ahead of schedule.
Via Zoom interview with ABC13, Brett dished on the comeback process he shares with the Astros second baseman."Our athletic trainer didn't want me to go too hard," Minnich recalled. "I wasn't allowed to take too many swings one day, to keep me from being pretty sore the next, " he said. "But once I got the green light to swing, there wasn't much soreness or pain swinging. It was just getting back to feeling what it's like to swing this way and knowing that if you hit a ball off the end of the bat - it's going to sting a little bit."
Altuve was given the green light to begin hitting in early May He began his Major League injury rehab assignment with the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys May 12.
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