Post-Alex Bregman, Jose Altuve is last position player from infamous 2017 Astros

The last premier MLB free agent came off the board earlier this week, with former Houston Astros star third baseman Alex Bregman signing a three-year, $120 million deal with the Boston Red Sox.

With that transaction, second baseman and three-time batting champion All-Star Jose Altuve is now the last remaining position player from the infamous 2017 World Series champion Astros. (Revelations came to light in the 2019-20 offseason that Houston had an illegal sign-stealing scheme in place in 2017 to discern whether an opposing pitcher was throwing a breaking ball in their home ballpark.)

Furthermore, starting pitcher Lance McCullers — who hasn't pitched since 2022 due to chronic elbow issues — is the last remaining pitcher from that team.

Here's how the rest of Houston's positional core fared post-2017:

Correa, a now three-time All-Star, played four more seasons with the Astros and was part of two more American League pennant-winning teams (2019 and 2021). In his last season with the Astros (2021), Correa led MLB position players with a 7.2 WAR and posted a career-high 20 DRS at shortstop. 

Correa signed with the Minnesota Twins after the MLB lockout in the 2021-22 offseason and then embarked on a historic offseason the ensuing year, which saw both a $350 million deal with the San Francisco Giants and a $315 million deal with the New York Mets to play third base for the first time in his career get ripped up due to medical concerns over his ankle. Even more confounding, the Giants and Mets used the same doctor for the medical. In the end, Correa returned to the Twins on a six-year, $200 million deal, which is where he resides today.

Springer continued to be one of the best all-around outfielders in the sport for the Astros