HOUSTON — The idea of Jose Altuve playing left field for the Astros first surfaced last week. It was reportedly Altuve's idea as a way to shift things around to make room for free agent third baseman Alex Bregman to return.

Astros general manager Dana Brown said he expects Altuve to take reps practicing as a left fielder next month during the team's Spring Training in West Palm Beach, Florida. Altuve has never logged a game in the outfield across his 14 MLB seasons, and he's logged just two starts at shortstop, his only non-second-base position to date.

Like everybody else at the camp, Jose Altuve is ready to do all under his capacity to keep Alex Bregman at the Houston Astros. There has been no clarification from the front office about what they ...

Jose Altuve broke from his traditional close-to-the-vest nature as he sat at his locker inside Daikin Park last October. Bregman's free-agent odyssey to date is a winding -- and likely frustrating ...

Houston Astros second base Jose Altuve (27) talks with Astros third base Alex Bregman (2) in the dugout prior to their game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

Jose Altuve has started 1,749 career games for the Houston Astros and every single one of them saw him take the field at second base. He's willing to break that run if it means holding on to a ...

HOUSTON — Jose Altuve’s pleas have been persistent ... any potential reunion as a “long shot” given the state of Houston’s roster. Brown intimated that Bregman’s slow-moving market ...