Altuve ‘went against all the odds’ to reach Majors

Through the years, he has watched more players than he can count. Signed some of ‘em, released some others and offered advice to pretty much all of them. He’ll be the first to admit he has missed on plenty of guys. And there was that one day in 2007 when he telephoned his bosses with the Houston Astros and made his pitch for a 16-year-old Venezuelan infielder named Jose Altuve.