“He gave a lot to this organization. Now it’s time for us, as a team, as an organization, to pay him back and make him stay here…We’re not going to be the same organization without him. In my mind, there’s not a chance this is the last one.”

Houston did already extend Altuve’s contract, agreeing before the regular season on a $125 million contract extension that goes through the 2029 MLB season. Now that he is one of the highest paid MLB players, Altuve is hopeful the organization does the same for his long-time friend and teammate.

Bregman is coming off a season with a career-low in OPS (.768) and the second-worst OBP (.313) of his career. However, the 30-year-old looked much better down the stretch, posting a .281/.326/.557 slash line with a .883 OPS and 146 wRC+ in the final two months of the regular season