The Houston Astros are leaving open the possibility that Yordan Alvarez can return from a right knee sprain to play in their wild-card series that begins Tuesday against the Detroit Tigers. Alvarez injured his knee last Sunday on a slide and did not travel with the Astros to Cleveland for their last regular-season series,

Ramirez could become the seventh player with a 40/40 season if he can hit two more home runs within the Guardians' final two games. If he also hits two doubles, he'll join Alfonso Soriano (2006) as the only players with at least 40 homers, 40 steals and 40 doubles in a single year.