Jose Altuve Stats
- Height / Weight
- 5' 6" / 167 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 5/6/1990 (34)
- Experience
- 13
- College
- None
Jose Altuve Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Jose Altuve News
Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve is getting the day off on Mother's Day on Sunday in Detroit against the Tigers. With Altuve on the bench, Mauricio Dubon will start at second base and hit ninth in the batting order against Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty. This will be Altuve's first day off of the season. The 34-year-old eight-time All-Star has been great this year so far with a .317/.379/.503 slash line with an .882 OPS, a league-leading 51 hits, seven home runs, 13 RBI, seven stolen bases and 26 runs scored for the Astros in 39 games played. However, he's slowed down of late, going 3-for-21 with seven strikeouts in his last five games. Dubon is hitting .274 (23-for-84) on the year but with only one home run. The 29-year-old will be a low-upside sleeper in DFS in the nine-hole for Houston in a tough matchup.
Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve went 1-for-4 with an RBI, a run scored, and stole his seventh base of the season in Friday's 5-3 win over the Mariners. The steal was No. 300 for his career, and along with his 2000+ career hits as well as a career batting average over .300, he joins some of the best names to play the game of baseball in Derek Jeter, Paul Molitor, Willie Mays, and Roberto Alomar. Now slashing .348/.411/.576 on the season, his wRC+ of 185 is fifth-best thus far, and the 33-year-old is the top-scoring second baseman in fantasy aside from Mookie Betts who is eligible at the position.
Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve turned in a productive game in an 8-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday. Altuve went 3-for-5 with a run, an RBI, and two stolen bases in the win over Cleveland. The veteran infielder has been hot at the plate of late as he's hit safely in eight of his past 10 games and has four multi-hit games to his name over that span. Overall, Altuve is batting .352 with seven homers, 23 runs, 11 RBI, and six steals over 31 games this season.
Batting Order
1 | Jose Altuve |
2 | Kyle Tucker |
3 | Yordan Alvarez |
4 | Alex Bregman |
5 | Jeremy Peña |
6 | Yainer Diaz |
7 | Joey Loperfido |
8 | Mauricio Dubón |
9 | Trey Cabbage |
Jose Altuve Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Jose Altuve |
2 | Kyle Tucker |
3 | Yordan Alvarez |
4 | Alex Bregman |
5 | Jeremy Peña |
6 | Yainer Diaz |
7 | Joey Loperfido |
8 | Mauricio Dubón |
9 | Trey Cabbage |
In 2023, Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve returned in mid-May from a broken arm he suffered after being hit by a pitch in the World Baseball Classic. He slashed .311/.393/.522 with 17 home runs and 14 stolen bases over 90 games. Altuve also tied his career-high with a 10.8% walk rate, boosting his run and stolen base opportunities. However, his numbers under the hood suggest the batting average and slugging percentage are due for a decline in 2024. Altuve struck out 17.3% of the time last season, which is still a solid number but was a career-high. His groundball rate shot up seven percentage points to over 48%, the highest since his abysmal 2020 campaign. Add it all up: his expected batting average (according to Fangraphs) was .248, and his expected slugging was .424, almost 100 points lower. A .348 batting average on balls in play skewed his production, and that number should drop to more around the league average in 2024 (.297), especially as Altuve plays in his age-34 season. As one of the best contact-makers in a strong offense, Altuve can still be counted on for at least 15 home runs, 100 runs, and 15 stolen bases, but just extrapolating his 2023 numbers over a full season will surely let fantasy managers down at his current ADP around pick 34 in NFBC drafts.