Yordan Alvarez’s hand injury is worse than it originally appeared. The Houston slugger has a small fracture that was previously believed to be a muscle strain. He felt discomfort while hitting Friday in hopes of coming off the injured list this weekend. General manager Dana Brown said he believes the fracture in Alvarez’s right hand wasn’t discovered in initial imaging on May 6 because there was too much inflammation and fluid. Alvarez has been out since May 3 with the injury. The team said the fracture is about 60% healed.