The Astros announced tonight that they’ve activated reigning American League MVP Jose Altuve from the disabled list. He’d been out since July 26 due to a right knee injury. Houston also selected the contract of lefty Framber Valdez (as had already been reported) and optioned both Cionel Perez and Kyle Tucker to Triple-A Fresno.
Altuve returns amid a pivotal series against the Mariners, who sit just 3.5 games back of the Astros and the surprising Athletics in an AL West race that is vastly closer than most expected heading into the season. Prior to landing on the shelf, he was in the midst of another excellent season, albeit one that hasn’t quite matched last year’s extraordinary pace. Through 454 trips to the plate, Altuve is hitting .329/.392/.464 with nine homers, 24 doubles, two triples and 14 steals.
In Altuve’s absence, Yuli Gurriel and Marwin Gonzalez picked up much of the slack at second base. Gurriel now figures to return to first base, with Gonzalez continuing to be deployed all over the diamond in a super-utility role.
All you people who have been grippin about Astros collapse…breath brother as we keep all challengers in that rear view mirror!
Back to Back Hell Yeah!!
except there’s a first place tie but OK.
Yeah aren’t they fighting for a Wild Card spot?
Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. Also, is Altuve tall enough to see out of the rear view mirror?
(JK: I love Altuve, one of my favorite players and I am a Red Sox fan!)
I’m excited!
That would be the passenger side mirror.
With Altuve in the line-up we will do better, the rookie looked awesome except for the 3 hit batters, however Winning the game was the goal & even after setting a new record for Team hitting into the Most DP, it proves that the Astro’s only real Danger of not Winning the ALW pennant is themselves. As they seem to have forgotten the main objective with a man on base ” unselfishly move the guy over another 90 feet,”as getting a hit is a extra unless we’re already at 2 outs then one has to do both.
The Fix is the leadership of Carlos Beltan. You can bring him in a special assistant it sure won’t hurt however it takes humlity to make the move