Houston Astros' Jeremy Peña Clearing Flight Path For Landing Rookie of the Year Hardware

Winning it would give Houston 2 AL ROY shortstops in 7 years.

From “Jeremy Who?” to “jAIRemy”

It almost seems like he crept up on the team from behind. Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña was the team’s ninth-ranked prospect in the fall of 2019, at the same time he sported a lusty .317 second-half batting average with the ‘Stros’ Carolina League affiliate.

Peña was also a spark plug at the top of Houston’s Advanced…