Astros' Isaac Paredes: In lineup despite knee soreness
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Paredes (knee) will start at designated hitter and bat third Wednesday in Game 2 of the wild-card series versus the White Sox.
Per Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle, Paredes has been dealing with left knee soreness after fouling a ball off his leg. However, while he will not man his usual third base, Paredes is feeling well enough to hit. Nick Allen will handle the hot corner.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Homers again Saturday
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Paredes went 3-for-5 with a solo home run and a second run scored in Saturday's 13-2 win over the Athletics.
Paredes has homered four times over his last seven contests, going 9-for-26 (.346) with six RBI in that span. The power surge has the infielder up to 25 homers on the year, reaching that mark for the second time in his five full big-league campaigns. Paredes is batting .263 with an .809 OPS, 94 RBI, 69 runs scored, 27 doubles, one triple and no stolen bases over a career-high 154 contests.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Goes yard in win
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Paredes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Thursday's 7-5 win over the Athletics.
Paredes has three homers over his last five games. The infielder is up to 24 long balls and 93 RBI on the season, both being his best marks in the last three seasons. He's also batting .261 with an .804 OPS, 27 doubles, 66 runs scored and no stolen bases over 152 contests.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Lifts homer in win
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Paredes went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 7-0 win over the Mariners.
Paredes has five homers over his last 12 games and 23 long balls on the year. The infielder has provided steady hitting in September, batting .299 (20-for-67) over 19 games this month. He's hitting .262 with an .800 OPS, 91 RBI, 65 runs scored, 26 doubles and a triple over 150 contests in 2026.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Homers in loss
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Paredes went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Sunday's 14-4 loss to the Rays.
Paredes got the Astros on the board with a two-run blast in the sixth inning. The 27-year-old has been stellar in September, recording a hit in 11 of 12 games this month with seven extra-base hits, 12 RBI and eight runs scored. For the season, he's slashing .260/.359/.435 with 21 homers, 85 RBI and 62 runs scored across 607 plate appearances.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Lifts homer in win
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Paredes went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Marlins.
Paredes has homered in consecutive contests. He's also on an eight-game hitting streak, having gone 12-for-31 (.387) with seven RBI in that span. The third baseman is now batting .263 with a .792 OPS, 14 long balls, 54 RBI, 42 runs scored, 18 doubles, one triple and no stolen bases over 97 contests in a near-everyday role.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Powers offense to victory
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Paredes went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in a 5-3 win against the Marlins on Tuesday.
Paredes provided the bulk of Houston's scoring with a three-run shot to left field in the fifth inning. The blast snapped a 10-game homerless stretch for the third baseman, though he's otherwise been hitting quite well. Through 15 contests in July, Paredes is batting .310 (18-for-58), albeit with a modest five extra-base hits, six runs and eight RBI.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Launches 12th homer
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Paredes went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Rays.
Paredes added an insurance run in the sixth inning by taking Mason Englert deep for his 12th home run of the season. The infielder has recorded a hit in four consecutive games as he continues to provide steady production in the heart of Houston's lineup. Across 356 plate appearances this season, Paredes is slashing .254/.348/.423 with 12 home runs, 16 doubles, 47 RBI and 36 runs scored.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Receiving afternoon off
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Paredes is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.
Raynel Delgado will make his first career MLB start while covering at third base in place of Paredes, who appears to be receiving a routine day off. Paredes had started 15 straight games, slashing .192/.333/.500 with four home runs, 13 RBI and nine runs during that stretch.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Homers, plates four Friday
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Paredes went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run, a walk and an additional RBI in Friday's win over the Athletics.
Paredes was responsible for the majority of the Astros' offense Friday, launching a three-run homer in the bottom of the first and later plating another run with a sac fly that scored Christian Walker in the third. Paredes has also homered in three games in a row and is up to nine long balls on the season, with four of those coming in an eight-game stretch in which he's posted a 1.103 OPS.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Swats homer in comeback win
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Paredes went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, an additional RBI, a walk and two total runs scored in Wednesday's 11-9 win over the Pirates.
Paredes had gone eight games without a multi-hit effort prior to Wednesday. The third baseman helped cut into the deficit with his seventh-inning homer, his second long ball in six contests. For the season, he's hitting .238 with a .720 OPS, seven homers, 27 RBI, 23 runs scored, 10 doubles and no stolen bases over 57 games. Carlos Correa's season-ending ankle injury has provided Paredes a path to everyday starts at third base.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Not in Wednesday's lineup
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Paredes is not in the Astros' starting lineup against the Rangers on Wednesday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Paredes will get a breather after going 0-for-8 over the first two games of the series against Texas. Brice Matthews and Braden Shewmake will start at second and third base, respectively, in Wednesday's game.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Slaps fifth homer Tuesday
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Paredes went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Twins.
Paredes accounted for all of Houston's offense with one swing, taking Zebby Matthews deep for a two-run homer in the first inning. The long ball was his fifth of the season and his second in the last four games. On the year, Paredes is batting .250 with a .728 OPS, seven doubles, 20 RBI and 18 runs scored across 182 plate appearances.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Out of lineup Sunday
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Paredes isn't starting Sunday versus Texas.
Paredes has been a regular at third base for the Astros since Carlos Correa (ankle) was lost for the season, but he'll get at least a partial day off after going just 2-for-19 over his past five contests. Braden Shewmake is starting at the hot corner Sunday.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Continues to heat up with homer
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Paredes went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and three runs scored in Sunday's 7-4 win over the Yankees.
Paredes crossed the plate a season-high three times, also tallying a season-most three RBI. As long as the infielder continues to occupy a premium spot in Houston's lineup -- he's hit third in three straight games -- Paredes should continue to carry plenty of RBI upside. He's gone 9-for-27 (.333) with three homers and eight RBI over his past seven outings to raise his OPS to .711 for the year.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Posts ninth career multi-homer game
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Paredes went 3-for-5 with two solo home runs in Monday's 9-2 win over the Guardians.
Paredes delivered his ninth career multi-homer game Monday for his first big flies of the season. The 27-year-old infielder has just three multi-hit efforts in 2026, and he's still searching for consistency in his power stroke. Over his first 79 trips to the plate, Paredes is slashing .221/.329/.368 with the aforementioned two long balls, four doubles and 16 RBI.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Battling leg tightness
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Paredes was removed from Friday's game against the Cardinals due to leg tightness, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
Paredes entered the game as a pinch hitter in the fourth inning but was later taken out of the game himself when his leg began to bother him in the eighth. If he ends up needing to sit out Saturday's contest as well, Nick Allen would presumably get the nod at shortstop.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Reinstated from bereavement list
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The Astros activated Paredes (personal) from the bereavement list Monday.
Paredes was away for the weekend series against the Athletics but is back in time for the start of the Astros' three-game series in Colorado. He's out of the lineup Monday, and given the Astros' glut of infielders, Paredes faces an uncertain playing-time outlook. The 27-year-old is sporting a .227/.346/.409 batting line and 2:6 BB:K across his first 26 plate appearances this season.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Goes on bereavement list
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The Astros placed Paredes on the bereavement list Friday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
By rule, Paredes will miss at least the entire three-game weekend series against the Athletics and as many as four additional contests after that. Paredes has started six of seven games this season, but with Jeremy Pena getting back up to speed following a finger injury, Paredes' playing time could dip a bit once he's back from the bereavement list.
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Astros' Isaac Paredes: Out of Tuesday's lineup
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Paredes is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Red Sox.
Paredes started the first five games of the season across three different positions, and he'll hit the bench Tuesday after going 4-for-19 with two walks, three doubles, four RBI and three runs scored. Yordan Alvarez will serve as the designated hitter while Joey Loperfido receives a start in left field.
