Lamonte Wade Jr. signed Thursday. Homered Saturday. Hit an RBI double Monday. Hobbled into second base and left the game. On the IL by Tuesday. That's not a tenure. That's a free trial.

Also Monday night in Anaheim: José Altuve scored the go-ahead run in the tenth by tagging up on a pop out to shallow center. Then Bryce Matthews, a rookie infielder playing left field on two hours notice, threw out Mike Trout at the plate to end the game. 149 feet. 93.2 miles per hour. One hop. Mike Trout. Out.

Also this week: Yordan Álvarez is named AL Player of the Week, leads the majors in OPS, and hits a grand slam off a 23-year-old making his MLB debut. The Astros go 4-3 despite everything.

Prospect Spotlight: Pascanel Ferreras — the 614th pick in the 2023 draft, drafted last, given up on by nobody including himself, now hitting .500 in his first week at Triple-A.

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The last person to do what Alimber Santa did Monday night was a man named Bumpus Jones in 1892. Grover Cleveland was president. There were 44 states. Until Monday night in Arlington, nobody had pitched in a no-hitter in their MLB debut since then.

Santa was called up Friday. He sat in the bullpen all weekend while the Astros swept the Cubs at Wrigley. Then Monday night he walked in from that bullpen with a no-hitter in progress, six batters to face, and history on the line. He retired all six. Two perfect innings. Done.

Also this week: the Astros win five straight including a sweep at Wrigley for the first time since 2013, Hunter Brown makes his first rehab start at Corpus Christi with five strikeouts in two innings, and Christian Walker hits four home runs in three games.

Prospect Spotlight: Yamal Encarnacion — the quietly overlooked switch-hitting second baseman leading the Corpus Christi Hooks in RBI and delivering walk-off hits.

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José Altuve hit a leadoff home run off Jacob deGrom in the first inning Saturday. Four batters later, Christian Walker hit another one. Yordan Álvarez hit another one. Zack Cole hit another one. Four solo shots off one of the best pitchers alive. Then Altuve took an awkward swing in the ninth, didn't run, and walked off the field. Grade two left oblique strain. No timeline. The universe giveth and taketh away, often in the same inning.

Also this week: Jeremy Peña comes off the IL the same day Altuve goes on, Jason Alexander throws six shutout innings when the rotation needed it most, and the Fayetteville Woodpeckers reel off five straight wins.

The highlight: Javier Perez, Single-A Fayetteville, eight scoreless innings on 67 pitches. Fewer than nine pitches per inning. One of the most efficient starts you will see at any level of baseball.

Prospect Spotlight: Anthony Huzo — the 20-year-old outfielder from Rancho Cucamonga who hit two home runs in the same game and could be in Houston by 2028.

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