José Altuve is undoubtedly off to a slow start. After last night’s game, he’s driven in five runs, recorded three extra-base hits, and carries a .175/.298/.350 slash line. But let me tell you something: even though the Astros second baseman hasn’t hit the ball that hard at the beginning of the 2020 campaign, you shouldn’t be worried about him.
I know that this is a 60-game regular season and the AL West teams improved their rosters to compete this year, but Altuve will just be fine. His track record says so.
I’ll start telling you that out of 28 batted balls by Altuve through Monday, none have qualified as barrels.