Astros’ Jose Altuve still expected to move to left even after Alex Bregman’s exit

Jose Altov He has the largest number of beginnings in the second rule of any active MLB player, but this count may be like Houston Astros Director Joe Evada told reporters on Monday, who are planning to play mostly on the left stadium this season.

“At the present time, the plan is for him to play most of his games in the left field,” said Evada.

It will take some getting used to the Astros fans who have seen Altuve Man The Keystone since his upward season 2011. He won the Golden Glove in 2015, and in 2020 he led Al with the lowest number of errors in the second rule. Astros also helped win the 2022 world chain against Philadelphia Velez and the 2017 world series over Los Angeles Dodger, in the year in which he won the AL MVP.

The ALTUVE racket might not be at the level, and during his MVP campaign – 295 in 2024 – but his field did not take great success. In 2024, he committed only five errors across 146, starting to lead all men of the second rule with a percentage of 989.

It is an interesting step because Astros did not come out and gain a blatant alternative to the second rule. The idea of ​​moving to the left for the first time was presented when the team was looking to maintain the third base leader Alex Premran. If Pragman returns to Houston, he may have been forced to get it recently Isaac Baridis To switch to the second rule and altuVe to the external stadium, but with Bregman joined Red SoxParridis will remain in third.

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When talking about Pragman in the formulation of the team in January, Altuve said: “All I have to do is to stay, I am ready to do so.” When asked about how difficult it is to shift to the external stadium after he had not played there before, he said with a smile, “For Alex, there will be no difficult thing.”

Even after Pragman’s signature with Boston, moving to Altuve to the outer stadium is still logical to the team.

Mauricio Dubon and Brendan Rodgers The starting duties of the second rule have been replaced throughout the training period in the spring. Dubon is a man who played every diamond position in two seasons in Houston, while Rodgers came to Houston from Colorado Rockse in a free agency.

Altuve champion all the prominent stars for nine times, playing both the 1767 main league at the second rule.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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