Astros All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa out with season ending ankle surgery

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The Houston Astros will not have shortstop Carlos Correa of Ponce, Puerto Rico in their lineup for the remainder of the 2026 Major League Baseball regular season. On Wednesday, according to Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors, it was reported that Correa will need ankle surgery.

Correa suffered the injury while taking batting practice prior to the Astros’s 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday according to Ryan Canfield of FOX Sports. While he took a swing, Correa heard his ankle pop.

The three-time Major League Baseball All-Star was batting .279 with three home runs and 16 runs batted in with the Astros this season. During 32 games, 122 at bats and 141 plate appearances, Correa has scored 22 runs, and had 34 hits, eight doubles, one stolen base, 18 walks, 51 total bases, one sacrifice fly, an on base percentage of .369 and a slugging percentage of .418.

Correa has been one of the most high profile shortstops in the Major Leagues over the last decade. He was the 2015 American League Rookie of the Year with Houston after being named the first overall pick by the Astros in the 2012 MLB Amateur Draft. In his rookie season, Correa batted .279 with 22 home runs and 68 runs batted in during only 99 games.

Correa’s first All-Star nomination came in 2017 with the Astros when he had a career-high batting average of .315. He was also an All-Star with the Astros in 2021, and with the Minnesota Twins in 2024. Correa was also on the Astros team that won the controversial 2017 World Series.  Correa batted .288 with five home runs and 14 runs batted in during 18 postseason games.