Their talent has taken them places Astros fans could only dream of before 2017. The downside is when the big paydays start to come for the Astros stars, there is only so much the front office can do.
According to Fangraphs, Jose Altuve should roughly make $48 million through his age thirty-two season. That would cost the Astros around a five-year $240-260 million deal.
Jeff Luhnow said last week regarding Altuve, that, ”He is a franchise player, and so he gets put into a different category” Luhnow added, ”I think (Jim) Crane and myself always had the desire to figure out a way to keep Jose here from the beginning to the end of his career.