Astros with and without Altuve

Those particular numbers don’t really mean anything. Sample size is incredibly small. I think we were under .500 when Correa was out last year.

But then you have to look at the schedule, time of year, pitching matchups, who else was out, etc, etc. Bottomline is you’d rather have all those guys than not. Obviously. But yeah, Altuve is a good baseball player.

 

It's always good to have Altuve playing. I suspect we can find a 21 game stretch where he has played and they have done poorly. Look no further than last August.

 

He's pretty gewd. but also it's tough to get going when 3 of your 4 holy phenoms go to the dl.

 

Wasn’t the offense kind of sputtering before Altuve, Correa and Springer went on the DL?

 

There was something wrong with Altuve before he went to the DL. He was hitting, but he didn't have the power of homers and speed of stolen bases. His stolen bases this year is going to hit a career low besides his rookie year. He got cured with rest and reflection. When Altuve got hit with a fastball to his elbow with no padding, he could of sit some more games, but he stayed in the game and rock some more.

 

If I recall right, it was definitely sputtering.

 

The best Marvel movie scene of all time mimics Altuve’s return perfectly.

With the Stros wiltering their division lead to the A’s, Altuve returns.

 

Altuve is our emotional leader

 

You're thinking of Moe. Moe is their leader.

 

Not that Altuve isn't awesome and the team leader, but we were still holding on without him until Springer went down to complete the triple crown, then s**t really went south. We can survive any injury, but collectively it was just too much to absorb for any team.

 

We aren't as good without the league MVP. I'm shocked. That is is exponentially worse without our star CF & star SS is even less surprising.

 

And Correa is Groot... says so on his jersey.

 

That's deep bro.

 

So, what you're saying is Altuve's next contract will start at $40 mil a year

 

It's a good thing he's already locked in for the next six years...

 

To Altuve or or Not To Altuve. Seems like a paradox.

If you decide to Altuve, do you have 4 tus, 1 tu, or 2 tu's, leaving you with a tutu.

 

I would love to see the Astros run differential numbers between Altuve in the lineup vs. Altuve out of the lineup.

To me it's crazy that we were scuffling to produce any sort of run support for our starters while he was on the DL. Now that he's back (with the addition of Correa and Springer of course) out squad is back to averaging near double digit runs.

Amazing how one little spark plug can change the entire dynamic of a team. Not to take anything away from the other two stars that returned.