What It Means:

The plan was for Gurriel to serve as the Astros starting third baseman for the after arriving in the majors earlier this month, but a hamstring injury derailed that plan, and Alex Bregman is now holding things down on the hot corner for Houston. Gurriel last played as a regular outfielder back in 2005 as a 21-year-old center fielder in Cuba. A short porch at Houston's Minute Maid Park should help him ease into things and he did log one start in left during his time with Triple-A Fresno prior to being called up.

The 32-year-old Cuban is slashing .389/.450/.500 through his first seven major league games (20 plate appearances). His seven hits have come in the form of five singles and two doubles.