Astros first quarter award winners
The Astros hit a new low with Monday’s 3-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners. They are now 10 games below . 500 after crossing the quarter pole of the season on a three-game losing streak.
That skid comes on the heels of a 16-game stretch in which the Astros managed to play . 500 baseball against the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers despite an injured list as long as a CVS receipt. There’s been some good and a lot of bad from the first 42 games of the season, so let’s hand out some awards.
MVP- Yordan Alvarez After a lost 2025 season in which he posted a career-low 117 OPS+ over 199 plate appearances, Alvarez has largely regained the form that made him one of baseball’s most feared hitters, despite a recent slump to begin May. Alvarez slashed . 356/.
462/. 737 in March and April to earn American League Player of the Month honors for the first time since September 2023. He has followed that up with a .
184/. 262/. 289 line in May, but his presence in a depleted Astros lineup continues to elevate the hitters around him.