View the profile of houston astros designated hitter michael brantley on espn. In an ideal world with a universal designated hitter, alvarez plays left field in october and november, and the astros receive extra playoff power from their dh. Houston astros designated hitter yordan alvarez, right, celebrates with alex bregman after hitting a solo home run against the toronto blue jays during the sixth.

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Astros manager dusty baker switched up his lineup for game 2 of the world series against the phillies on saturday, removing struggling designated hitter trey. It’s been six years since they joined the al, and the astros still have not been able to get production from the designated hitter the way their al competitors. This marks the biggest contract for a.

The alcs was the coming out party for yordan alvarez, the astros’ designated hitter and left fielder.

With this fan election, he is now the first houston designated hitter to win the honor. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights. Designated hitter today we continue our astros season review series by position taking a look at the designated hitter position. The astros designated hitter and left fielder is hitting.297 (93x313) with 19 doubles, 18 homers, 46 rbi and a.910 ops in 82 games this season,” the team said. Entering wednesday night's game, he owned a.297 average with 18. Here is brian mctaggart’s ranking of the top 5 designated hitters in astros history. Houston astros designated hitter yordan álvarez finished second for the award after serving as the designated hitter for 77 games in his third season. Alvarez topped the orioles dh ryan o’hearn in the final fan vote, garnering 52%.