Astros Insider gives an update to Jose Altve’s transition

This external, the Houston Astros They lost a key long-term part of their disability when the third basic dance Bregman decided to sign with Boston Red Soka in a free agency. Astros are a proud franchise that is required to continue in their winning ways, despite several Roster crossings, which is the most famous loss of Bregman and Kyle Tucker in the last months and stells other bases Jose Altube is willing to do whatever it takesincluding switching to the left field, in order to settle for anything that needs.

Altube is played in Creplasts for the whole career, except for several innings here and where moved to Shortstop. Therefore, the move on Outfield will represent a fairly large change, especially for someone who in their MLB career inserted so much mileage as a 34-year-old. However, in the early days of spring training, it looks like altuve To cross pretty well to the left field.

“I watched it last four, five days in the left terrain and he was certainly athlettical to reach any of those balls. He works on the left field before we even went here to Florida,” Brian Mctaggart, Astros Insider for MLB.com, he said in appearance on the MLB network.

McTaggart said that astros watches the new position of altuve after the defensive metric in 2024. While Insider said that the 34-year-old had a range of the main question if his hand was if his hand and would it be Enough to be a positive contractor in its new position.

“The biggest thing is to throw,” Mctaggart added. “His credit, Jose made a few really beautiful throws. The couple wasn’t so beautiful. But she was still sorted in what Joe Espapa calls” phase two “of this situation in the opposite.”

Astros will do Jose Altuve full-time Left Fielder?

It seems a little weird that Jose Altuva made full-time transition to the left field at the 14. full season of his career, but the astrosome moves indicate that it would be a new position of veterans for the fact of the future.

McTaggart indicated that Altuve not in training do not place terrains and looks Houston will be deployed Brenden Rodgers and his highest defense In Kervistont to strengthen that part of the team of the team.