MLB Trade Deadline Shockers: Which Teams Made Genius Moves and Who Set Themselves Up for Disaster?
Houston Astros: A-
Moves:
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Acquired 3B Ramon Urías from Baltimore for SP Twine Palmer
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Acquires OF Jesús Sánchez from Miami for SP Ryan Gusto, OF prospect Esmil Valencia, SS prospect Chase Jaworsky
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From a vibes perspective, no club had a sicker deadline. This was essentially owner Jim Crane climbing a bartop, hoisting a handle of tequila into the air and screaming “GUESS WHO’S BACK?!” to an adoring crowd. It was panache, theater, transactional bravado.
Does reuniting with Correa make this Astros team better? Probably yes, considering that 3B Isaac Paredes is out for a while. Plus, Correa is still only 30 and coming off a sensational, albeit injury-plagued, 2024. There’s juice left in this proverbial lemon, and you gotta think he’ll be rejuvenated by the move back to the team that drafted him first overall way back in 2012.
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