Jose Altuve will miss the start of the Astros’ season after suffering a thumb injury Saturday in the World Baseball Classic. USA TODAY Sports Altuve, 32, seemed to be handling the injury as well ...

Altuve has been getting preliminary work in left field for the past couple weeks, ... other players. We can take care of the baseball, keep guys healthy, have a more balanced lineup offensively.

As players start to look like linebackers and pro wrestlers, Altuve is 5-foot-6, the shortest player in the league, the ultimate underdog, proof that baseball accepts anyone. And perhaps most ...

Even so, baseball players like Jose Altuve are simply not supposed to exist. Altuve, the Houston Astros’s 27-year-old second baseman, is the shortest player in baseball, listed at 5 feet 6 ...

No major league player since 2011 has more hits than Altuve. He has won three batting titles and the 2017 AL Most Valuable Player Award, and his two-run walk-off homer against the Yankees' Aroldis ...

Altuve and the franchise he helped propel to a golden era have weathered exoduses before. Staple players such as George Springer, Carlos Correa, Michael Brantley, Gerrit Cole, Yuli Gurriel and ...

Altuve has to his credit 55 homers, which already puts him third on the list of career home runs by a player of his height or less. Just ahead of him is Tommy Leach, who hit 57 across 18 seasons ...

Jose Altuve broke out of a slump, setting the tone in a crucial Game 2 win that tied the World Series as it heads to Atlanta. By Scott Miller [Follow our live Astros vs Braves score and coverage ...

Edwin Diaz isn’t the only big-name player to suffer an injury at the World Baseball Classic. Astros star Jose Altuve, playing for Venezuela, had to exit in the fifth inning of the quarterfinal ...

Altuve is 5-6 and is the shortest player in Major League Baseball. Only three players are ahead of Altuve on this list — Jeff Bagwell at 499 home runs, Lance Berkman at 326 home runs and Craig ...

One of the best players of the last decade, Altuve is a lifetime .308 hitter with 207 homers and 735 RBI. He's helped the Astros win World Series titles in both 2017 and 2022.