Best player: SS Jeremy Pena

With two-time Astros MVP Yordan Alvarez limited to 100 at-bats and former team MVPs Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker playing elsewhere, others had to step up. Enter Peña, who’s blossomed into one of the game’s best shortstops in his fourth season in the Major Leagues. Peña already has American League Championship Series and World Series MVP Awards to his name, and he’s been the Astros’ best player in the first half. He was fifth in the Majors (through Tuesday) in batting average (.326) with 11 homers, 40 RBIs and 15 stolen bases while playing a Gold Glove-caliber shortstop. He is the only Astros player to appear in all 79 games so far.

Best pitcher: Hunter Brown...

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