Jose Altuve and the HOF Index

Narratives are a complex thing and that is true when thinking of the legacies of guys that are currently still playing. There are no players currently in the game with as complex a legacy as Jose Altuve. On the one hand, he is the best player on what has been the best team from the past decade. The Astros have won multiple rings and have lived in the American League Championship series since 2017.

No Astro during that time has had more big moments in the playoffs than Altuve. There could be some that might label him as the best postseason second baseman in the history of the sport. Depending on how much more the Astros have in them over the next four or five years, he might go down as the…