Playing fewer games should boost his stamina and production in general. This year though and namely defense.... of course Correa IF is 90% DNP. And of course there's zero young players in recent memory to fill any role. Peña constantly injured. Of course.
A hypothetical trade deadline where Houston plays it both ways: Astros get: OF Jung Hoo Lee Giants get: P Ethan Pecko P Bryce Mayer C Jason Schiavone Astros get: OF Mickey Moniak P Antonio Senzatela P Kyle Freeland Rockies get: P AJ Blubaugh OF Zach Cole P Mike Burrows P Cristian Javier Brewers get: 3B Isaac Paredes P Steven Okert Astros get: IF/OF Jett Williams IF Andrew Fischer P Bryce Meccage IF Joey Ortiz Cubs get: RP Bryan Abreu RP Enyel De Los Santos Astros get: IF Angel Cepeda P Pierce Coppola Astros add better prospects than they send out while deepening and balancing their lineup and improving their bullpen and rotation. The downside is they give up their 2nd best hitter and a lot of upper level pitching depth. Their AAA pitching staff would be a little shallow so the risk is if they have more injuries this season they’d be toast. But they’re toast anyway. Roster: CF Lee SS Pena DH Alvarez 1B Walker LF Moniak 2B Altuve RF Smith 3B Ortiz C Diaz Bench: Allen, Vasquez, Matthews, Trammell SP: Brown, Lambert, Blanco, Imai, Freeland, Wesneski RP: Hader, Senzatela, King, Sousa, Ullola, Santa, Teng
lol For now I would love it if the Astros could flip 3rd tier AA/AAA/MLB players/prospects to improve their 2026-2028 outfield and add a fairly reliable SP and maybe a setup man. If they can do that while also flipping their rental RP and one of Walker/Pena/Paredes to further improve the lower levels of their farm, I think it would be ideal. Tough needle to thread.
Correa will start at 3B or SS next season, so one is easy, and quite frankly shouldn't be difficult to replace Walker's value if we can find a taker.
