He's 35. I'm overall positive on the trade, but just barely. Giving up both Martin and Bukauskas hurts and Beer really hurts.
At this point you are banking on Whitley staying away from SA and Alvarez learning 1B.
beer and rojas can hit minor league pitching, but don't have positions with this current astro roster and tucker is starting to work at first base.
martin is having tommy john surgery and at the soonest he will be back in action at age 26 without a track record in the majors.
bukauskas has struggled with his control since getting to aa so he is far from a given
astros get a very good starter basically for $25,000,000 and have him for two more years. even if he is 70% in 2020 and 2021 that is an above average starter and the cash from as means retaining cole is still possible
in the end the astros got a top line starter, bullpen depth, a back-up catcher and I cash for a group of prospects who were starting to age out, had injury, or wasn't helping the rotation in the next 2-3 years.
luhnow once again crushed it,
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