The Houston Astros demoted outfielders Jake Meyers and Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land prior to Saturday night’s contest against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Houston recalled utility player Zach Dezenzo and activated first baseman/outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list.
Meyers, 30, has batted just .206 with three homers and 11 RBIs in 52 games. He is in his sixth season with the Astros.
“He’s helped us to win a lot of games, helped us win a lot of postseason games,” Houston manager Joe Espada told reporters. “He’s part of this organization’s success, but he understood it. We’re going to help him. We’ve pinpointed some things that he’s going to be working on in Triple-A.”
Meyers has a .240 career average in 517 games. He has 36 homers, 172 RBIs and 38 stolen bases.
Loperfido, 27, is batting .216 with one homer and 12 RBIs in 39 games this season. He is in his second stint with Houston.
Dezenzo, 26, batted .191 with one homer and two RBIs in 21 games with the Astros earlier this season.
Wade, 32, was signed in early June and went 4-for-12 with a homer and four RBIs in four games before sustaining a right hamstring injury. He last played for Houston on June 8.
Wade received regular playing time earlier in his career with the San Francisco Giants (2021-25). He owns a .236 batting average with 56 homers and 189 RBIs in 564 games with four big league teams.
