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The talk lately has been what the Houston Astros need to do to add starting pitching depth at the trade deadline.
According to Chandler Rome of The Athletic, the Astros could pull a little bit of deja vu and deal for an experienced pitcher from the Arizona Diamondbacks, specifically Merrill Kelly, who just so happens to be a Houston native.
The Houston Astros have been faced with a series of bad news announcements that leave them barely clinging to the AL West lead.
This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/astros as Astros Already Lagging Farm System Likely To Take Hit Ahead of MLB Trade Deadline. The Houston Astros' farm system was one of the lowest ranked in baseball during the 2025 preseason.
When recently searching for what big league players could be without a job or on a new team after the deadline, FanSided predicted that one of them would be a former top prospect, Taylor Trammell.
And during an appearance on Foul Territory, MLB insider Ken Rosenthal believes the Astros, despite their weaker prospects, will be involved at the deadline. Rosenthal had a firm stance that the Astros would be aggressive at the deadline.
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Houston is 4-3 against Seattle this season and 3-1 in the last four, but struggled entering the All-Star break. The Astros are 1-5 over the last six games after going on a 6-1 stretch prior to that. Houston is leading the AL West by 5.0 games and has the second-easiest strength of schedule remaining.
The Houston Astros could stand to improve at the trade deadline, but that improvement might not happen through actual trades.
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