The Astros have placed second baseman Jose Altuve on the 10-day disabled list, retroactive to July 26, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com tweets. Altuve has been dealing with right knee soreness over the past few days.
Altuve hasn’t played since Wednesday, thus depriving the reigning world champion Astros of their much-ballyhooed double-play tandem of him and shortstop Carlos Correa, who’s also on the DL. A back injury has kept Correa out of action for just over a month, and he’s unlikely to return until sometime next month. Nevertheless, at 67-39, Houston continues to boast a 4 1/2-game lead over second-place Seattle in the American League West.
As has been the case over the past few seasons, the Astros’ success this year has come thanks in large part to Altuve. Last year’s AL MVP winner, Altuve has batted .329/.392/.464 with nine home runs and 14 stolen bases over 454 plate appearances in 2018. He’s also in the midst of his fifth straight season of at least 4.0 fWAR, having notched exactly that amount thus far. Altuve’s loss is obviously significant for Houston, then, though the 28-year-old suggested to reporters (via McTaggart) that his injury isn’t serious. Regardless, this marks Altuve’s first trip to the DL since the six-time All-Star debuted in the majors in 2011, and it should open the door for Marwin Gonzalez to handle second for as long as he’s out.
Whit Merrifield, get your Whit Merrifield here!
Its only 10 days dude chill.. Royals won’t trade him anyways
Oh they will at a price, Dayton Moore is just posturing. What makes him a good fit for Houston is his position versatility when Alruce comes back.
That’s what Marwin Gonzalez is for.
Out of whit Merrifield, get your quality bratwurst instead here! Get your Jonathan schoop here! Get your high quality yangervis solarte here!
Might as well grab pirela if you’re clambering for solarte
Yea all ive heard is they are not willing to trade him. I know anyone is available for the right price but no one is going to offer up something good and they won’t be willing to trade him for just nothing.
Dozier? Gonzalez to LF when Altuve is back.
Where do you put dozier when altuve is back? If it’s not serious there isn’t a reason to give up any prospects for 2 weeks.
He’s available. So might Murphy who can also play 1B and DH. Kemp can play 2B,Bregman SS.
Where does Dozier go when Altuve comes back next week? It is only 10 days. If this happened in May no one would be suggesting they trade for someone.
About time he heads on the DL, been saying this for years.
Kindler
Kinsler
Astros claim Brad Miller??
Brad Miller is not an improvement over what the Astros already have in their system.
However, all the Astros high visibility farm hands have not done well at the MLB level. Derek Fisher, Kyle Tucker, Tyler White. and now JD Davis need to hit better.
I’m hoping they give CF Myles Straw a chance soon. I think he’ll make a huge difference at the top of the lineup, especially for this team.
Trade for Beltre then he doesn’t have to leave Texas.
Just get the team healthy with 3 weeks left to play in the regular season do they can get into a rhythm.
My biggest fear as a Yankee fan? The Astros struggling down the stretch and capturing the 2nd wild card rather than the division.
That’d be a pretty awful situation for both of us no doubt. Then have to play the Red Sox and then likely the Indians.
Damn Altuve and Correa on the DL, i smell a trade happening soon.
This is where we need Springer most. He has heated up after the All-Star Game. We need him to get hot and stay hot. He and Bregman need to put us on their backs and carry us for the next week or two until Correa and Altuve are back. Reddick or Gurriel finding their strokes would help as well. After today we have 3 on the road @ Seattle, 3 @ the Dodgers and 2 @ the Giants. We must take 4 of those games, including at least 1 against Seattle.