In the Houston Astros franchise history, there have been only four players with at least one 40-homer season, something that has happened only seven times thus far. Can Yordan Álvarez join that elite list in 2021?
Those four players are Alex Bregman, Lance Berkman, Richard Hidalgo, and Jeff Bagwell, who owns the season-high for any Astros’ hitter (47). The Hall of Famer did it three times in his career (1997, 1999, 2000) while Berkman did twice (2002, 2006).
In ‘21, Álvarez will come back to action after missing almost the entire 2020 season due to undergoing surgery in both of his knees.