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MLB Playoffs - How Yordan Alvarez drove the Astros to ALCS - ESPN
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Faced with injuries and an improving AL West, Astros were 'playing from behind the whole season' – KXAN Austin
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If the Astros have been overlooked this season, the return of Alvarez and Altuve could change that - ABC News
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Alvarez homers again, Astros top Mariners 4-2, lead ALDS 2-0
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Yordan Alvarez Trade Threatens To Top Astros' Jeff Bagwell Steal Of 1990 - The Runner Sports
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Can a depleted Astros lineup catch the Texas Rangers? – Houston Public Media
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Yordan Alvarez Is Making The Los Angeles Dodgers Regret They Traded Him To The Houston Astros
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Looking Back at the Houston Astros' Trade for Yordan Alvarez
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Fans troll Houston Astros as top producer Yordan Alvarez becomes team's latest star to hit the IL
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Yordan Alvarez gets four-strike at-bat
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Yordan Alvarez signs 6-year, $115 million extension
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Two Yordan Alvarez homers back Justin Verlander as Astros open with win over Twins - The Boston Globe
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Alvarez has 3 HRs, Astros down A's to clinch playoff berth
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Bregman, Tucker, McCormick homer in 1st inning as the Astros rout Marlins 12-5 National News - Bally Sports
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If the Astros have been overlooked this season, the return of Alvarez and Altuve could change that