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BEN REITER

▀ Two months before making his Astros debut, in June 2015, Carlos Correa already had a locker in Minute Maid Park. That was second baseman Jose Altuve’s handiwork. While the 20-year-old Correa toiled with Triple A Fresno, Altuve, then 25, wrote the shortstop’s name on athletic tape and affixed it above the empty cubicle next to his. Altuve wanted not only to reserve a spot for his future double play partner but also to send a message to management to speed the rebuilding process after six straight losing seasons. “I wanted him here,” Altuve said then. “Everyone knew he was ready.” Through Sunday the most discussed trend of this MLB postseason has been the rise of “bullpenning”—that is, managers turning games over to their bullpens earlier and more often. Of the…

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Sports Illustrated (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 16, 2017

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