Jose Altuve is recovering from a right knee operation

HOUSTON – second-serve player of the Astros Jose Altuve Astros chief executive, Jeff Luhnow, announced Saturday that he had been operated on the right knee.

Altuve, a six-time star and AHL player of the year, was injured in the knee a good part of the second half of the season and the playoffs. Altuve injured his knee by sliding into second base in July in Colorado and has since been handicapped.

HOUSTON – second-serve player of the Astros Jose Altuve Astros chief executive, Jeff Luhnow, announced Saturday that he had been operated on the right knee.

Altuve, a six-time star and AHL player of the year, was injured in the knee a good part of the second half of the season and the playoffs. Altuve injured his knee by sliding into second base in July in Colorado and has since been handicapped.

Altuve is expected to fully recover and be ready for spring training, the team said.

After a season in which he won his third title, Altuve beat .316 this year with 13 homers and 61 RBIs in 137 games. It was the first time since his first full season in the major leagues in 2012 that he was not participating in at least 150 games.

Altuve beat .276 with four homers and 15 RBIs in his last 127 games after retiring from the disabled list on August 21 and defeating .286 in the AL division this season against Cleveland and. , which ended in a 4-1 loss to the Red Sox on Thursday.

Astros manager AJ Hinch said Thursday that Altuve, who was the designated batcher for the ALCS Games 3 to 5, would be on the disabled list if it had been the regular season.