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Gomez heading to Double-A for rehab assignment
- Updated: May 20, 2016
HOUSTON — Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list earlier this week with what the team called a bruised rib cage, will likely start a rehab assignment next week at Double-A Corpus Christi.
Gomez, who injured his ribs diving into second base on Sunday in Boston, got in a workout at Minute Maid Park early Friday before most of his teammates arrived to prepare for their series opener against the Rangers. Gomez was in the midst of a miserable season before being put on the DL, hitting .182 with 46 strikeouts, no homers and five RBIs in 132 at-bats.
Corpus Christi, which is where the Astros prefer to send rehabbing players because of its proximity to Houston, begins a …
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