After making just five starts at second base over the Astros' first 37 games, veteran Jose Altuve manned second for the fifth time in his past nine starts on Wednesday as Houston pounded out a 10-2 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox.

The issue with Melton is his plate discipline. Though the outfielder cut his chase rate from 33.1 percent last season to 24.1 percent this season in Triple-A and has one of the higher bat speeds on the Astros at 73.3 mph, he will need to live up to his potential.

Chicago doubled up the Astros, 4-2, last night. Shane Smith allowed just one run on seven hits in six innings to earn his third win of the season for the Sox. Luis Robert Jr. has endured a miserable season to date but did deliver his sixth home run last night to pace the attack.