Astros | Jose Altuve tearing up Venezuelan winter league

Houston Astros 2B Jose Altuve is batting .378 with a .409 on-base percentage through his first 38 games with the Magallanes Navegantes of the Venezuelan winter league. He is among the league leaders in batting average, at-bats, runs scored, hits, doubles, triples, total bases, extra-base hits and slugging percentage. Altuve is expected to compete with IF Matt Downs for the starting job at second base in spring training.

2011-12-03 11:50:33 | Source: ESPNDeportes.com - Javier Maymi

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