The Houston Astros will be without shortstop Carlos Correa for the remainder of the 2026 season.
Correa was a late scratch from the team’s 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night after he went down with an ankle injury during pregame warmups. Correa injured his ankle while taking swings in a batting cage, according to MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart.
After Correa met with a foot specialist on Wednesday morning, it was determined that he needed to have surgery on his left ankle, and he will now be sidelined for the remainder of the 2026 season, he shared in an interview with the press.
Correa stated that he was hitting in the batting cage, “went through my whole routine, took a swing and just felt a pop. It just completely snapped on me.” He has been diagnosed with a torn tendon in his left ankle, and though he intends to seek other opinions, he will likely undergo surgery “at some point this week.”
Correa holds a .279 batting average this season with three home runs and 16 RBI. He went 0-for-4 in Monday’s 8-3 win over the Dodgers.
Correa is the latest Astros player to land on the IL. Shortstop Jeremy Peña is still recovering from a fractured finger and hamstring strain, and Opening Day starters Yainer Díaz, Joey Loperfido and Jake Meyers have all gone down with various injuries.
With Correa out, Houston turned to backup shortstop Nick Allen. He is more known for his defense, but managed to go 1-for-3 in Tuesday’s game.
The Astros, after early home runs from Walker and Braden Shewmake, held on late to beat the Dodgers by a run on Tuesday night at Daikin Park. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani spent seven innings on the mound and had eight strikeouts.
The win pushed the Astros to 15-22 on the season. They’ve won four of their last six. The two sides will wrap up their three-game series Wednesday afternoon.
