Jeremy Peña, SS: Peña hit 22 home runs during his breakout rookie season. He’s managed 25 in the two years since, forcing an overhaul in his batting stance and swing in an effort to generate more ...

Though still in a tentative stage, the Jose Altuve-in-left field experiment is underway. Two weeks remain until the Houston ...

Houston Astros career second baseman Jose Altuve is so eager for former teammate Alex Bregman to potentially return to the ...

Jose Altuve has anchored the Houston Astros lineup and played second base for the club in each of the last 14 seasons. In Year 15, he will venture out from his usual defensive home. Altuve, 34, will ...

A Gold Glove Award winner in 2015, Altuve is the active major league leader with 1,765 games at second base, including 1,749 starts. He has played in two games at shortstop for a total of six innings.

He'll get some work during the spring to get used to playing left field, but when it comes time to actually play regular season games, Houston won't deploy a lineup where Altuve is in left very often.

However, he's still one of the most talented in the game. He's the one guy with MVP-level talent," Miller said. (1:30) "The question ... along with former MVP Jose Altuve. The analyst placed ...

The Astros added a much-needed left-handed bat on Wednesday by agreeing to a Major League deal with outfielder Ben Gamel to ...