Why Astros' Carlos Correa will miss rest of regular season with brutal ankle injury
This is a brutal injury update for the Astros star infielder.
Why Astros' Carlos Correa will miss rest of regular season with brutal ankle injury originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Houston Astros are 15-22 on the season through May 5th, and there are a lot of things going wrong for this team.
But things just keep getting worse. Carlos Correa sustained an injury and was expected to miss a lot of time. The update just confirmed it, and it's about as bad as it can get.
According to Chandler Rome of The Athletic , Correa has a torn tendon in his left ankle and will miss the next 6-8 months. It's a season-ending injury for Correa, as the Astros sustain another brutal blow this year. Why Carlos Correa will miss the rest of 2026 season "Carlos Correa needs season-ending surgery on a torn tendon in his left ankle," Rome reports.
"Recovery is 6-8 months, he said. " This is a brutal blow for Correa and the Astros. The veteran star infielder is now going to spend at least half a year recovering from this ankle injury.