{"id":718426,"date":"2026-06-06T01:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/718426\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T01:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:12:22","slug":"astros-announce-jose-altuve-news-before-athletics-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/718426\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros Announce Jose Altuve News Before Athletics Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Houston Astros<\/a> are getting their longest-tenured player back.<\/p>\n

Ahead of their weekend series against the Athletics<\/a>, the Astros announced that they have reinstated Jose Altuve<\/a> from the 10-day injured list (oblique) and are optioning Zach Dezenzo<\/a> to Triple-A Sugar Land.<\/p>\n

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Altuve has missed the last three weeks for the Astros due to a Grade 2 oblique strain, which he suffered during an at-bat against the Texas Rangers<\/a> on May 16. He was placed on the IL shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n

The initial timetable for Altuve was four to six weeks. The 36-year-old also did not need to go on a rehab assignment, which was certainly a surprise considering oblique strains tend to take a long time to fully heal.<\/p>\n

Houston now officially has their All-Star second baseman back, who is batting fifth tonight against the aforementioned Athletics. During Altuve’s absence, the Astros went 9-8 in the 17 games he missed.<\/p>\n

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In 42 games this season, Altuve is slashing .245\/.326\/.380 with four home runs, 12 RBI, 27 runs scored, a .706 OPS and one stolen base. Altuve’s OPS is also the lowest it’s been since the COVID-shortened season in 2020, when he posted a .630 OPS in 48 games.<\/p>\n

As for Dezenzo, he is heading back to Triple-A after going just 9-for-47 (.191) with one home run and two RBI in 21 games for Houston.<\/p>\n

The Astros begin Friday in fourth place in the American League West at 28-36 but are still only 5.5 games out of first place. Houston will look to get back to .500 in a weak AL.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 5, 2026, where it first appeared in the MLB<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Astros are getting their longest-tenured player back. Ahead of their weekend series against the Athletics, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2389],"tags":[42,537,5,139,54,3211,817,4,9723,69,453],"class_list":["post-718426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-astros","tag-astros","tag-athletics","tag-baseball","tag-houston","tag-houston-astros","tag-houstonastros","tag-jose-altuve","tag-mlb","tag-oblique-strain","tag-texas-rangers","tag-zach-dezenzo"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116700508601049912","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}