Why did Jose Altuve, Houston Astros agree to $125 million contract extension

Altuve entered the 2024 season in the final year of a seven-year contract extension that he signed on March 19, 2018, according to the Houston Astros

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Jose Altuve, the Houston Astros’ star second baseman, will be an Astro for life, general manager Dana Brown announced Tuesday

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The Astros and Altuve agreed to a five-year contract extension, the team announced Tuesday evening. The contract will cover the 2025 to 2029 seasons. Altuve will be 39 years old by the end of his contract extension

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"I have obviously two homes,” he said Wednesday at a news conference, a day after the deal was announced. “I grew up in Venezuela, my country

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Every time I go there, I tell my wife ‘Let's go home.' And then when it's time to come back, I tell her ‘Let's come back home.

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An eight-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion and the 2017 AL MVP, Altuve had started to discuss free agency last year with wife Nina

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I come back every day, after a night game, and I see my daughters sleeping,” Altuve said. “I can wake up the next day and take them to school

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