Jose Altuve Exits Recreation With Foot Discomfort – MLB Commerce Rumors

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By Nick Deeds | September 13, 2025 at 10:34pm CDT
The Astros eliminated veteran star Jose Altuve from their win over the Braves within the third inning right this moment attributable to what the workforce has termed “proper foot discomfort.” The specifics of Altuve’s ailment weren’t instantly clear, however supervisor Joe Espada informed reporters (together with Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle) after the sport that Altuve’s foot started bothering him after he ran the bases within the third inning, main them to take him out of the sport as a precaution.
Espada famous that Altuve remains to be being evaluated, however the replace appears pretty encouraging. It goes with out saying that dropping Altuve for any period of time can be a considerable blow to the Astros at an important level within the season. They’ve a measly half-game lead over the Mariners pending the end result of tonight’s sport in Seattle, and the Rangers lurk simply two video games behind them. Whereas most division leaders have their spot within the postseason locked up at this level, the Astros even have simply an 80.0% likelihood to make it to October according to Fangraphs, aren’t even favored to win the AL West regardless of the marginal lead they’re clinging to.
Altuve shall be essential if the membership goes to keep away from getting overtaken within the postseason race, a lot much less make an impression as soon as they get to October. The longtime second baseman has begun taking part in some outfield this 12 months because of the workforce’s lack of high quality depth on the grass, though he’s largely break up time between second base and DH in newer weeks. Altuve has been slumping just lately, with a .208/.276/.383 slash line n 38 video games because the begin of August. These numbers aren’t precisely encouraging, however with a 112 wRC+ on the 12 months and no beneath common performances since 2013 excepting the shortened 2020 season, Altuve is a comparatively secure guess to bounce again if wholesome.
The Astros will now must weigh whether or not to have him play by means of the foot situation that’s at the moment ailing him, or to try to work in some additional relaxation for him (and even place him on the IL) regardless of the hotly-contested pennant race the Astros discover themselves in. If Altuve does want a while off, the presence of deadline pickup Ramon Urias and longtime utilityman Mauricio Dubon as viable second base choices ought to assist to minimize the blow considerably. Yordan Alvarez occupies the DH slot on most days at this level, leaving the outfield to some mixture of Altuve, Dubon, Zach Cole, Taylor Trammell, Cam Smith, Jesus Sanchez, and Jake Meyers on any given day.
Meyers is the one true on a regular basis participant in that group, although Cole has gotten off to a scorching begin and will see common taking part in time if he can hold the nice occasions rolling. It appears possible that if Altuve is coping with a nagging foot situation, the Astros will attempt to hold his time within the outfield to a minimal. That would imply a bigger alternative for Cole whereas Sanchez and Smith platoon in proper discipline, leaving Taylor Trammell to spell Cole and see use primarily as a reserve participant.
Issues may get extra difficult if the workforce makes a deep sufficient run within the postseason that Isaac Paredes manages to work his method again into the dialog, nonetheless. A hamstring damage that appeared as if it could be season-ending sidelined Paredes practically two months in the past, however he determined to forgo surgical procedure in favor of rehabbing in hopes of returning for the postseason. Whereas there’s nonetheless no timetable for his return, Espada informed reporters (including Kawahara) that Paredes is taking dwell at-bats on the membership’s Spring Coaching advanced in West Palm Seashore and has begun to run the bases. It’s not clear what depth Paredes is at the moment operating at, however Espada mentioned the present plan is for him to easily proceed ramping up his at-bats, operating, and floor balls at third base in hopes of a return.
If Paredes had been to return to motion in some unspecified time in the future this 12 months, that would depart the Astros with a little bit of a positional logjam. Paredes is able to taking part in third base, first base, and DH. Carlos Correa and Christian Walker at the moment occupy the infield corners, nonetheless, which means that Paredes would more than likely must push Alvarez and his lackluster glove into left discipline by taking on the DH position. If he’s wholesome sufficient to play the sphere in some unspecified time in the future this postseason, it’s at the least believable that the Astros may attempt Correa at second base with Altuve in left discipline to suit Paredes at first and hold Alvarez at DH, however there’s loads of issues with that plan. Correa has no expertise on the keystone as knowledgeable, for one, and given Altuve’s personal lackluster protection within the outfield it’s debatable how a lot of an improve he would even be over Alvarez.
That would go away Paredes restricted to a bench/pinch hitting position within the playoffs if he returns and the Astros don’t need to threat utilizing Alvarez within the outfield, although clearly that will be an important downside for Houston to have contemplating Paredes’s expertise (he made the All-Star sport and crushed 19 homers in simply 94 video games) and the truth that him turning into an element would possible imply they made a reasonably deep postseason run, given his unsure timeline.
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Yordan is a wonderfully serviceable defender in LF, the workforce’s insistence on protecting him at DH has been about his well being. Having spent many of the 12 months on the shelf with a hand damage, his legs must be in effective form to play the outfield usually for the remainder of the season. I discover it extremely unlikely the workforce would ask Correa to study one other new place on the fly with lower than 2 weeks within the season, particularly with how properly he’s performed at 3B.
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