The Houston Astros’ 2024 season came to an unfortunate end on Wednesday as the normally stellar Astros bullpen faltered in Game 2 and allowed the Tigers to take the series. While the sting of that loss was more than enough to be depressing all by itself, it also could very well be the last time we see Alex Bregman in an Astros uniform.
Bregman’s impending free agency has colored the Astros’ entire season, and updates on a possible reunion have been few and far between. The Houston front office and Scott Boras have chatted, but there has been little in the way of public progress or even negotiations beyond the baseline expectation that the Astros will at least make an offer.
For many, it’s been inevitable that Bregman will hit free agency and be playing somewhere else in 2025 and beyond.
However, don’t tell Jose Altuve that. Altuve has been vocal recently about wanting Bregman back, citing his importance to the locker room and how much he has done for the Astros during his career. After Houston was eliminated, Altuve doubled down on his lobbying for Bregman, saying that the Astros need to get a deal done. In fact, he planned to personally appeal to the front office and owner Jim Crane to make it happen.
“In my mind there is not a chance this is his last game,” Jose Altuve said of Alex Bregman.
“He gave a lot to this organization so it’s time for us as an organization to pay him back and make him stay here.”
Asked if he plans to tell Jim Crane that, Altuve said “for sure.”
