Alvarez is on the 7-day DL at Double-A Springfield with a high-ankle sprain and is expected to miss 3-to-4 weeks, Derek Shore of TheCardinalNation.com reports.
He was hitting .231/.324/.341 with two home runs and five steals (on six attempts) in 105 plate appearances prior to the injury. This was a pretty aggressive assignment for Alvarez, as he skipped High-A completely. His 32.4 percent strikeout rate shows that he was having significant growing pains against Double-A pitching, as he had never posted a strikeout rate north of 20 percent prior to this season. The move is retroactive to May 16, so Alvarez could return sometime in early to mid June.