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Today's Linkster #34 · MLB

Zack Wheeler to Jose Altuve

On Sunday, October 4, 2026, everyone playing the MLB Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Zack Wheeler to Jose Altuve in as few links as possible. Par was 2, counted through teams, but any shared college or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Zack Wheeler (SP, 2017–2025) Teams: New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies.
  • Jose Altuve (2B, 2016–2025) Team: Houston Astros.

Seasons 2016–2025. Teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

1 player solved it on the day. 1 matched par. The winning run was Huk's: 2 links in 0:43.9.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through teams alone it takes 2, which is par:

  1. Zack Wheeler
  2. New York Mets Justin Verlander
  3. Houston Astros Jose Altuve

No other kind of link made it any shorter.

This day was rebuilt from later player data, so the route above may differ slightly from the original.