AL West: Time for a middle infield shakeup in Houston
Jul 3 2025
The Astros have been shaking things up in the infield all season, and now they’ll really need to continue to do so with Jeremy Peña out for at least a month with a rib fracture. Initially, the Astros had Mauricio Dubón play shortstop and moved Jose Altuve back to second base with Cooper Hummel in left field. That may be a temporary solution until the Astros make a few more moves and potentially look at the future.
Dubón can play SS and has been playing a lot of 2B lately, but has always excelled as a versatile utility player, playing all over the infield as well as spending some time in the outfield. Over the last 15 games, Dubón is hitting .283 with three home runs while striking out 14.3% of the time. He can...
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