Puerto Rican baseball player Carlos Correa, of the Houston Astros, announced Wednesday, May 6, that he will be out for the remainder of the 2026 MLB (Major League Baseball) season due to a tendon injury in his left ankle.
“I will need surgery on a tendon in my left ankle, so I will have to miss the rest of the season,” Correa, 31, revealed to a group of journalists in the United States.
Reveals dramatic moment of his injury: “I heard the ‘pop’ and knew something was wrong”.
“It’s strong. It’s not something I expected, but it’s time to focus on this and work on rehab.”
Added Carlos Correa, first overall pick in the 2012 Major League Baseball Rookie Draft and who will sit out the 2026 MLB season.
According to Correa, the rehabilitation time will take between six and eight months, so he should be ready for training camps in 2027.
The Puerto Rican baseball player said that he suffered the injury while practicing in the batter’s box.
He was feeling good but after taking a swing he fell to the ground.
“I heard and felt the ‘pop,’ I already knew something was wrong,” the three-time all-star detailed about the moment of his injury.
Crisis worsens in Houston: Astros pile up injuries
It's not something I expected
Carlos Correa
Thus, Carlos Correa ends his 2026 season with a .279 batting average.
With three homers, 16 runs batted in, 22 runs scored and only one error on the defensive side.
Correa’s injury joins others suffered by other Astros players this year.
Pitchers Cristian Javier, Hunter Brown and Josh Hader, catcher Yainer Díaz, shortstop Jeremy Peña, among others.
The Astros, managed by Puerto Rican Joe Espada, are 15-22 as of Wednesday, second to last in the American League West Division.
With information from EFE
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