With Jeremy Peña on the IL with a fractured rib, the Astros are incredibly short-handed on the position player side of the roster in terms of accomplished hitters. Don’t forget that this lineup is still missing Yordan Alvarez, and Peña was doing a lot of heavy lifting himself this season (4.1 fWAR, 146 wRC+ in 82 games). Losing your best position player for any period isn’t optimal, although the organization is possibly holding out some hope that Peña’s stay on the IL is a relatively short one.
In any case, two weeks, even in the best-case scenario without their shortstop, still isn’t a welcome development.