Jason Kipnis or Jose Altuve
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU | Jason Kipnis 2B - FA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 185 | ‐ |
| Runs | 30 | ‐ |
| Hits | 43 | ‐ |
| Singles | 28 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 10 | ‐ |
| Triples | 0 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 5 | ‐ |
| RBI | 13 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | ‐ |
| Walks | 22 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 45 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .232 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .316 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .368 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .683 | ‐ |
| Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU | Jason Kipnis 2B - FA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 544 | ‐ |
| Runs | 78 | ‐ |
| Hits | 145 | ‐ |
| Singles | 97 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 25 | ‐ |
| Triples | 1 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 20 | ‐ |
| RBI | 69 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 12 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | ‐ |
| Walks | 51 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 104 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .267 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .329 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .429 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .758 | ‐ |
| Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU | Jason Kipnis 2B - FA | |
| News | ||
| Jose Altuve went 1-for-2 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 7th | ||
| The Astros activated INF Jose Altuve from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th | ||
| The Astros say Jose Altuve could be activated this weekend. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th | ||
| Jose Altuve took live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd | ||
| Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (oblique) is expected to take live batting practice in the next day or two, according to manager Joe Espada. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd | ||
| Notes | ||
| Jose Altuve's 2025 profile showed clear age-related erosion, with declining rOBA, reduced hard-hit rates, and a continued drop in stolen-base efficiency despite strong durability. While his contact skills remain above average, the quality of contact has flattened out, making his mid-20s home run totals harder to bank on going forward. The 2026 projections reflect this shift, leaning toward solid but unspectacular production with diminishing speed and only modest power. Altuve still offers batting average stability and run production in a strong lineup, but at his age, he profiles more as a floor play than a difference-maker in fantasy formats. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros | ||
| Everything in his profile says "decline" and "avoid". He isn't making as hard of contact, his speed is waning, and his age is increasing. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal | ||
| Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU | Jason Kipnis 2B - FA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (7-4) | #52 |   |   |   |
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #134 |   |   |   |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #35 |   |   |   |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-5) |   |   |   | |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #22 |   |   |   |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-6) | #167 |   |   |   |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #23 |   |   |   |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #121 |   |   |   |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ ATH | Luis Morales (0-2) | #352 |   |   |   |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #236 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-2) | #424 |   |   |   |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #359 |   |   |   |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #360 |   |   |   |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (5-2) | #80 |   |   |   |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #45 |   |   |   |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (4-4) | #15 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-6) | #16 |   |   |   |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #360 |   |   |   |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #430 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs COL | Juan Mejia |   |   |   | |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #143 |   |   |   |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (7-4) | #137 |   |   |   |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #102 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #103 |   |   |   |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-3) | #53 |   |   |   |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (2-7) | #41 |   |   |   |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #66 |   |   |   |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-5) | #77 |   |   |   |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #248 |   |   |   |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (4-6) | #74 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (5-1) | #173 |   |   |   |
| Fri, May 1st | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-2) | #288 |   |   |   |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-4) | #91 |   |   |   |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #22 |   |   |   |
| Mon, May 4th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4) | #12 |   |   |   |
| Tue, May 5th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (6-2) | #1 |   |   |   |
| Wed, May 6th | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 |   |   |   |
| Fri, May 8th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (2-1) | #78 |   |   |   |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #24 |   |   |   |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-4) | #99 |   |   |   |
| Mon, May 11th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-6) | #16 |   |   |   |
| Tue, May 12th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-5) | #6 |   |   |   |
| Wed, May 13th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (3-0) | #46 |   |   |   |
| Thu, May 14th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #45 |   |   |   |
| Fri, May 15th | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (3-6) | #76 |   |   |   |
| Sat, May 16th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (5-4) | #7 |   |   |   |
| Sun, May 17th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-7) | #20 |   |   |   |
| Mon, May 18th | @ MIN | Kendry Rojas (1-0) | #229 |   |   |   |
| Tue, May 19th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (2-4) | #87 |   |   |   |
| Wed, May 20th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #17 |   |   |   |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #124 |   |   |   |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-4) | #159 |   |   |   |
| Sun, May 24th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #25 |   |   |   |
| Mon, May 25th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #100 |   |   |   |
| Tue, May 26th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-6) | #76 |   |   |   |
| Wed, May 27th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (5-4) | #7 |   |   |   |
| Thu, May 28th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-7) | #20 |   |   |   |
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-1) | #244 |   |   |   |
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #146 |   |   |   |
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (8-2) | #10 |   |   |   |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (2-7) | #110 |   |   |   |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #3 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs PIT | Jared Jones (1-0) | #72 |   |   |   |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs ATH | Jack Perkins (2-3) | #117 |   |   |   |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs ATH | Kade Morris (0-1) | #364 |   |   |   |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs ATH | Gage Jump (2-1) | #125 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-2) | #86 |   |   |   |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (4-4) | #361 |   |   |   |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #35 |   |   |   |
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ KC | Luinder Avila (1-3) | #218 |   |   |   |
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #82 |   |   |   |
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs DET | Troy Melton (3-0) | #138 |   |   |   |
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (3-5) | #29 |   |   |   |
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs DET | Keider Montero (3-4) | #176 |   |   |   |
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-3) | #111 |   |   |   |
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (9-3) | #28 |   |   |   |
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #103 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-4) | #130 |   |   |   |
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TOR |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TOR |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ DET |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ DET |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ DET |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ DET |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs MIN |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs MIN |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs MIN |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs TB |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs TB |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs TB |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ WSH |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ WSH |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ WSH |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ TEX |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ TEX |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ TEX |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs BAL |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs BAL |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs BAL |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIA |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIA |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIA |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ CWS |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ CWS |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ CWS |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ LAA |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ LAA |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ LAA |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs TEX |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs TEX |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs TEX |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs TOR |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs TOR |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs TOR |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SD |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SD |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SD |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ SF |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ SF |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ SF |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SEA |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SEA |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SEA |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs LAA |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs LAA |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs LAA |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs ATH |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs ATH |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs ATH |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ NYY |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ NYY |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ NYY |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ NYM |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ NYM |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ NYM |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs CWS |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs CWS |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs CWS |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs CWS |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs ARI |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs ARI |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs ARI |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ PHI |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ PHI |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ PHI |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ TB |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ TB |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ TB |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs KC |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs KC |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs KC |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATL |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATL |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATL |   |   |   | ||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SEA |   |   |   | ||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SEA |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ ATH |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ ATH |   |   |   | ||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ ATH |   |   |   | ||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ ATH |   |   |   | ||

