Jose Altuve signed a very team friendly extension in 2014, locking him up until 2019. Since then, he has played at high level for below market value. Altuve feels like the next player who will be a career-long Astro similar to Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell. It was only a matter of time before the Astros locked him up.
The 27-year-old Altuve won the 2017 AL MVP Award batted .346 with 24 homers and 81 RBIs while stealing 32 bases. When he would have become a free agent, it would have been when Altuve was 29-years-old.