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- Updated: August 8, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Cuban infielder Yulieski Gurriel, who the Astros signed to a 4 1/2-year, $47.5 million contract on July 16, has been promoted to Double-A Corpus Christi, the team announced Monday. He’ll be in the lineup for the Hooks at home against Northwest Arkansas on Tuesday in what should be his last Minor League stop before reaching the big leagues.
Gurriel, 32, hit .429 (6-for-14) with a home run — a grand slam on Sunday — and nine RBIs in four games at Class A Advanced Lancaster. Prior to joining Lancaster, he played two games in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League and was …
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