{"id":4964,"date":"2026-06-06T14:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=4964"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:51:22","slug":"jose-altuves-shocking-early-injury-return-ignites-massive-boost-for-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=4964","title":{"rendered":"Jose Altuve&#8217;s Shocking Early Injury Return Ignites Massive Boost for Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"article-3828179\">\n<div class=\"video-overlay relative aspect-video w-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absolute inset-0 h-full w-full object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Astros-news-Jose-Altuves-ex-teammate-tells-Yankees-fans-to-give-it-a-rest-with-buzzer-theory.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (27) looks over his shoulder between plays against the Oakland Athletics during the fourth inning at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"delayed-stn-player z-45 absolute inset-0 [&amp;&gt;*]:h-full [&amp;&gt;*]:w-full is-visible\">\n<div class=\"not-prose aspect-video min-h-[250px] w-full md:w-auto\" data-stn-player=\"y4dweccw\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"prose\">Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images.<\/div>\n<p>The Houston Astros have dealt with injuries throughout the season, with one of them being to Jose Altuve, who had a left oblique strain. Many thought that Altuve would be out for an extended period of time, but in an unexpected turn of events, he&#8217;s set to return on Friday night, according to Chandler Rome of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty days after sustaining a Grade 2 strain of his left oblique, Altuve returned to the Houston Astros\u2019 starting lineup on Friday night, completing a comeback few presumed could proceed at this pace,\u201d Rome wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Grade 2 oblique strains have a recovery period of four to six weeks, and Altuve was injured on May 16 against the Texas Rangers. Any other player would&#8217;ve probably sat to recover, but ten days after the injury, Altuve was swinging a bat at the team\u2019s spring training complex.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Altuve faced live pitching for two days, taking swings against two minor-league pitchers brought in to help him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going one day at a time, but everything feels great,\u201d Altuve said after Wednesday\u2019s live session. \u201cI\u2019m getting some momentum to go back to 100 percent. I like where I\u2019m at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now Altuve is back, and the hope is that he can get the Astros to take another step through this part of the season. Before his injury, he had a .706 OPS and .245 batting average in his 185 plate appearances, and all he needs is one hot streak to get going.<\/p>\n<p>The Astros are currently 28-36 and are in fourth place in the AL West.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>The Houston Astros have dealt with injuries throughout the season, with one of them being to Jose Altuve, who had a left oblique strain. Many thought that Altuve would be out for an extended period of time, but in an unexpected turn of events, he&#8217;s set to return on Friday night, according to Chandler Rome of The Athletic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Altuve is coming back earlier than expected for the Astros after suffering a oblique strain on May 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,63,8,6],"class_list":["post-4964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-houston-astros","tag-jose-altuve","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jose Altuve&#039;s Shocking Early Injury Return Ignites Massive Boost for Astros - Sports USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=4964\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jose Altuve&#039;s Shocking Early Injury Return Ignites Massive Boost for Astros - 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