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One of nan biggest losses of nan Houston Astros' play occurred during believe this week.
Star shortstop Carlos Correa injured his ankle while taking swings successful nan batting cage anterior to nan Astros’ 2-1 triumph complete nan Los Angeles Dodgers astatine Daikin Park connected Tuesday. The 31-year-old told reporters nan pursuing time that he would require room for a torn tendon successful his near ankle and will miss nan remainder of nan season.
Correa said he felt a "pop" successful his ankle while swinging. He saw a ft master connected Wednesday morning, and said he apt faces a six-to-eight-month recovery.
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Houston Astros' Carlos Correa reacts aft striking retired during nan 3rd inning against nan Athletics successful West Sacramento, California, connected April 5, 2026. (Sara Nevis/AP Photo)
"It conscionable wholly snapped connected maine and past I fell to nan ground," Correa told reporters, according to ESPN. "I couldn't put weight connected it. ... Right away, I knew thing was wrong."
The nonaccomplishment of Correa is simply a awesome rustle to a scuffling Astros team. They are 15-22 connected nan season, and Correa had been 1 of their champion bats, hitting .279 pinch 3 location runs and 16 RBI.
"Very tough," Correa said. "Not what I was expecting, but now it's clip to woody pinch it, look it caput on, and attraction connected nan rehab."
The Astros already had 13 players connected their injured database anterior to Correa’s injury. Correa began nan play arsenic nan team’s 3rd baseman but shifted to shortstop aft Jeremy Peña landed connected nan IL.
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Houston Astros 3rd baseman Carlos Correa warms up earlier nan crippled against nan Texas Rangers astatine Daikin Park connected Sept. 15, 2025. (Erik Williams/Imagn Images)
After Correa sewage hurt, nan Astros scratched him from nan lineup, marking nan 2nd consecutive time they had to scratch a hitter owed to a pregame injury. On Monday, nan squad had to region catcher Yainer Díaz from nan lineup aft he injured his oblique during practice.
Correa began his profession pinch nan Astros, spending his first 7 seasons successful Houston earlier departing for nan Minnesota Twins successful free agency. After 3 and a half seasons pinch nan Twins, nan Astros reacquired Correa astatine past year’s waste and acquisition deadline.
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Houston Astros' Carlos Correa flips his bat while rounding nan bases aft hitting a three-run location tally against nan Boston Red Sox successful nan 5th inning successful Houston, Texas, connected April 1, 2026. (Michael Wyke/AP Photo)
Correa will subordinate Peña, ace starting pitcher Hunter Brown, starters Cristian Javier and Tatsuya Imai, person Josh Hader, and halfway fielder Jake Meyers connected nan IL for nan Astros.
The Astros' adjacent crippled will travel against nan Los Angeles Dodgers (22-14), who will beryllium playing nan rubber lucifer of their three-game bid connected Wednesday astatine 2:10 p.m. ET aft splitting nan first 2 games of nan series.
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