HOUSTON— Houston Astros General Supervisor Dana Brown revealed Tuesday the group has actually accepted a five-year agreement expansion for 2nd baseman Jose Altuve.
The group states the expansion will certainly cover periods 2025-29. Altuve entered this period (2024) in the last year of a seven-year agreement expansion that he joined March 19, 2018.
The agreement deserves $125 million over the 5 years, an organization resource informs KPRC 2.
The 2024 period will certainly be the 13th in an Astros attire for the eight-time All-Star Altuve. In his initial 12 periods, he has actually developed himself as a future Hall of Popularity prospect and as one of the leading 3 gamers in franchise business background, together with Hall of Famers Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio. In Addition, Altuve has actually been the main number in one of the most effective period in Astros background, that includes 8 postseason looks, a document 7 successive looks in the ALCS, 4 American Organization Pennants and 2 Globe Collection titles.
The group states on the Astros all-time checklists, Altuve places initially in occupation batting standard (.307 ), 3rd in hits (2,047), increases (400 ), runs (1,062) and swiped bases (293 ), 4th in OPS (.834) and 5th in crowning achievement (209 ).
” In the postseason, Altuve has actually been among the very best entertainers in Big league background. All-time, he places 2nd in postseason crowning achievement (27) and runs (89) and connected for 3rd in hits (117 ). Amongst 2nd basemen, Altuve places initially in basically all offending classifications in postseason background. His postseason return to likewise consists of 2 permission, 9th-inning crowning achievement in the 9th inning of an ALCS video game, an MLB record-tying three-home run video game in the 2017 ALDS,”
