Houston Astros could meet the needs of the programming by exchanging with Miami Marlins
The Astros of Houston have carried out one of the most surprising overvoltages in baseball in recent weeks.
Despite several shots at their starting rotation, with Spencer Arighetti, Hayden Wesneski and Ronel Blanco who all struck the injured list, and their star designated Yordan Alvarez, the team is booming.
With a 38-30 file, they have 4.5 games in front of the Seattle Navy and the Los Angeles Angels, who are tied for second place in the American League West.
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Astros must be delighted to get out of another hole at the start of the season, but if they want to stay at the top of the division, they should be looking for their list upgrades.
Starting the depth of pitching is certainly necessary, but need n ° 1 of the team before the deadline for the MLB trade, in the opinion of Jim Bowden of athletics (subscription required), is the left -handed strike.
Without Alvarez, the Houston range most often offers all right -handed strikers. The backup receiver Victor Caratini, the recently promoted Jacob Melton and the Cesar Salazar backup are the only left -handers or the fractors on the active list.
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This is something that should change as soon as possible, even when their star slugger is able to come back to help balance things.
Where could astros seek to get help?
Bowden suggested the Miami marlins, listing two of their players as potential commercial targets: Jesus Sanchez and Kyle Stowers.
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The two are field players, which would give manager Joe Espada a certain flexibility and would probably reject Jose Altuve to a more regular playing time to the second goal.
The Front Office and coaches staff must determine if it is the best route that the team to take with its defensively decreasing impact. Altuve did not have a positive impact in the left field either, but does he hurt the team less with his glove in the grass or on dirt?
Unfortunately, Sanchez and Stowers would both fill the blatant emptiness of needing a left -handed bat in the range.
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The two produced a solid clip in 2025, Sanchez with an ops + 102 and Stowers with a 120.
Sanchez has a solid power / speed combo with five circuits, six doubles, a triple and seven stolen bases. Stowers could be an All-Star this year as a representative of the Marlins with 10 circuits, eight doubles, two triples and 33 products produced.
One or the other player would be an excellent addition to Houston and they could see their production take off even more.
With the Astros, the two would be complementary players, not the centerpiece of a missing program of a major league talented.
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