Peña injury adds intrigue to HOU infield
Mar 6 2026
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Houston Astros
NEWS: SS Jeremy Peña was diagnosed with a finger fracture and will re-evaluated in two weeks.
IMPACT: Low
BHQ SPIN: Though it’s probably not a big worry at this point in the spring, we note it here for several reasons. First, the corner infield/DH logjam (essentially Carlos Correa, Isaac Paredes, Christian Walker and Yordan Alvarez for three spots) would be alleviated if Peña were to miss significant time. Something to watch over these two weeks is if Correa plays any SS; that might give an indication of how serious the Peña injury is (the other SS option is Nick Allen). Which is related to the second point—the Astros have a horrible recent history in seeming to diagnose and treat what seem like...
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