Altuve had a procedure to remove fluid from a wound between his fourth and fifth toes on his right foot, the source said. He was pulled from the Astros’ Sept. 13 game against the Braves with right foot discomfort and didn’t play the following day. He played through the foot discomfort the rest of the season before sitting out the final day after the Astros were eliminated.

Altuve hit .265 with 80 runs, 26 homers and 77 RBIs last season, appearing in 155 games (154 starts). He moved to left field to begin the season but wound up making more starts at his natural position of second base following a right hand injury to Yordan Alvarez that kept him out 100 games. Altuve started 61 games at second, 49 at DH and 44 in left field.

Altuve finished his 15th season with the Astros this year and continues to move up the club’s all-time offensive leaderboard. He moved past Jeff Bagwell and into second place all-time in hits with 2,388, trailing only Craig Biggio (3,060). He’s third in franchise history in extra-base hits (742) and in games played (1,976) behind Biggio and Bagwell, both of whom are in the Hall of Fame. He hit his 250th career homer Aug. 10 against the Yankees en route to becoming the fourth primary second baseman to reach 255 homers and 325 steals. The other three are in the Hall of Fame — Biggio (291 homers, 414 steals), Joe Morgan (268 homers, 689 steals) and Ryne Sandberg (282 homers, 344 steals).