Astros News: $60M Houston star gives major reason for Yordan Alvarez's dominance and success

× Having missed most of the 2025 season due to injury, Yordan Alvarez is now fully fit and back to his best. Batting .319 with 26 home runs and 60 RBIs for the season, Alvarez has been by far the best Houston Astros hitter this year.

Ad On Wednesday's episode of Foul Territory, fellow Astros slugger Christian Walker, who signed a three-year, $60 million contract to join the two-time World Series winners ahead of the 2025 season, offered some insight into what makes Yordan so dangerous. "For me, it's the consistency," Walker said (Timestamp: 56:21). "I know that's like a results thing.

But I've played with a lot of guys with a lot of power, I've played with guys who can hit .330. The ability to do both of those things everyday is what's so impressive.

It's hard to explain, because he's smart. His ability to be tactical and watch strike three, get called out looking, chalk it up to 'I wasn't looking for that pitch.' Ad Trending "Go back out his next at-bat, get the pitch and hit it 440 (feet), you see it everyday.

It's not an accident. It's not by chance. It's intentional.

He knows how guys are going to pitch to him, he knows what makes them good, he knows what he does when he gets in trouble, and it's a dangerous recipe when he's got a skillset like he does." Ad Ad Walker has also been impressing with his offensive production, with 19 home runs and 56 RBIs to his name. "I'd say nobody's infront of him" - Former Twins slugger claims Yordan Alvarez is the best in MLB for one key attribute On May 31's episode of "Baseball Today," former Minnesota Twins slugger Trevor Plouffe claimed Yordan Alvarez may be the best in the major leagues when it comes to adjusting to new pitches on the fly and finding ways to instantly deal with new challenges while in the batter's box.

Ad "I honestly don't think there's anybody ahead of him. I think there are people that are on par with him," Plouffe said (Timestamp: 23:00). "I think there's four guys you talk about and then there's the rest of the baseball world.

I think it's Shohei, I think it's Judge, I think it's Soto, and I think it's Yordan Alvarez. Ad "Yordan might have the best case. I've seen him make better adjustments on pitchers over a game than any of those other guys.

So you just can't say I want somebody else up more than Yordan Alvarez. And if you do, then you just haven't watched him enough because he is that guy. I'd say nobody's in front of him."

Ad Minnesota Twins v Houston Astros - Source: GettyYordan Alvarez is a slam dunk to earn his fourth career All-Star selection halfway through the 2026 season. × Was this article helpful? Thank You for feedback Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Raghav Mehta Having missed most of the 2025 season due to injury, Yordan Alvarez is now fully fit and back to his best.

Batting .319 with 26 home runs and 60 RBIs for the season, Alvarez has been by far the best Houston Astros hitter this year. Ad On Wednesday's episode of Foul Territory, fellow Astros slugger Christian Walker, who signed a three-year, $60 million contract to join the two-time World Series winners ahead of the 2025 season, offered some insight into what makes Yordan so dangerous.

"For me, it's the consistency," Walker said (Timestamp: 56:21). "I know that's like a results thing. But I've played with a lot of guys with a lot of power, I've played with guys who can hit .

330. The ability to do both of those things everyday is what's so impressive. It's hard to explain, because he's smart.

His ability to be tactical and watch strike three, get called out looking, chalk it up to 'I wasn't looking for that pitch.' Ad Trending "Go back out his next at-bat, get the pitch and hit it 440 (feet), you see it everyday. It's not an accident.

It's not by chance. It's intentional. He knows how guys are going to pitch to him, he knows what makes them good, he knows what he does when he gets in trouble, and it's a dangerous recipe when he's got a skillset like he does."

Ad Ad Walker has also been impressing with his offensive production, with 19 home runs and 56 RBIs to his name. "I'd say nobody's infront of him" - Former Twins slugger claims Yordan Alvarez is the best in MLB for one key attribute On May 31's episode of "Baseball Today," former Minnesota Twins slugger Trevor Plouffe claimed Yordan Alvarez may be the best in the major leagues when it comes to adjusting to new pitches on the fly and finding ways to instantly deal with new challenges while in the batter's box. Ad "I honestly don't think there's anybody ahead of him.

I think there are people that are on par with him," Plouffe said (Timestamp: 23:00). "I think there's four guys you talk about and then there's the rest of the baseball world. I think it's Shohei, I think it's Judge, I think it's Soto, and I think it's Yordan Alvarez.

Ad "Yordan might have the best case. I've seen him make better adjustments on pitchers over a game than any of those other guys. So you just can't say I want somebody else up more t