HOUSTON — One amazing rookie season. Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena He has been promoted to spring training. Carlos Correa‘s successor.
It might be more accurate at this point to say that Pena is the predecessor of Houston’s All-Star shortstop Correa who left via free agency this spring.
Pena’s remarkable debut campaign was capped Saturday when he was named MVP for the World Series by the Astros after a 4-1 win against the Phillies. Philadelphia Phillies.
Pena, 25, was 2 for 4, scoring a run on Saturday at the plate. He continued to display the defense that made him the rookie shortstop to win the Gold Glove.
Pena was a good hitter, hitting.400 with a 1.023 OPS. He also led all hitters in hits with 10 hits and 15 bases. Pena also hit a go-ahead homerun off Philadelphia’s. Noah Syndergaard Houston’s critical 3-2 win in Game 5.
Elias claims Pena’s OPS means that he is only the fourth rookie to exceed 1.000 in a single World Series with a minimum of 20 at bats. He joins Pepper Martin (1.330, Cardinals, 1931), Andruw Smith (1.250, Braves, 1996) and Randy Arozarena, 1.234 (Rays, 2020).
Pena was a top contender for AL Rookie-of-the Year in the regular season. He hit.253 with 22 homers and 63 RBIs.
He was also awarded MVP of the NLCS.