Jose Altuve of Houston Astros was operated on a injured right knee

Houston-based Astros second-baseman Jose Altuve was injured on the right knee on Friday, according to MLB.com.

Altuve should be ready for spring training next year.

Altuve has been the designated Houston forward for the last three games of his five-game loss against the Red Sox against the Boston Red Sox, due to what was described as a bruised knee.

AJ Hinch, the coach at Astros, acknowledged Thursday before the fifth game that Altuve "was playing on one leg" and that the 2017 American League MVP would not have played it out. was acting a regular season game.

After the Astros' 4-1 defeat at the end of the season, Altuve said it was "absolutely" the worst pain he played with.

"I feel really bad about not being on the field for my team," said Altuve. "But one thing you can know, is that I gave everything – healthy and not healthy, that's all I have."

Altuve, 28, beat .315 with 13 homers and 61 RBIs in 137 games this season for the Astros. He beat .265 in eight playoff games.