Altuve encounters right knee restorative method

HOUSTON - Astros second baseman Jose Altuve experienced restorative method on his right knee, Astros general executive Jeff Luhnow announced on Saturday.

Altuve's therapeutic system was to repair a patella (kneecap) division break in his right knee, a source told MLB.com. According to the Mayo Clinic site, a division break happens when a little chunk of bone added to a tendon or ligament makes tracks in a contrary course from the principal bit of the bone.

Altuve, a six-time All-Star and 2017 American League Most Valuable Player, battle through knee harm for a noteworthy piece of the second half of the season and the playoffs. Altuve hurt his knee sliding into a good midpoint in July in Colorado and was limped since.

Altuve is depended upon to make a full recovery and be set up for Spring Training, the gathering said.

Tumbling off an MVP season in which he won his third batting title, Altuve hit .316 this year with 13 homers and 61 RBIs in 137 amusements. It was the main go through since his first full season in the Major Leagues in 2012 that he didn't play in something like 150 entertainments.

Altuve hit .276 with four homers and 15 RBIs in his last 127 at-bats in the wake of tumbling off the incapacitated summary on Aug. 21 and batted .286 in the AL Division Series this year against Cleveland and .250 in the AL Championship Series against Boston, which completed with a 4-1 adversity to the Red Sox on Thursday.

Astros head AJ Hinch said Thursday that Altuve, who was the doled out hitter in Games 3-5 of the ALCS, would have been on the impeded summary had it been the general season.