{"id":506570,"date":"2026-01-05T17:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/506570\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:48:14","slug":"astros-prepared-to-trade-at-least-1-of-these-3-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/506570\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros prepared to trade at least 1 of these 3 players"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Houston Astros surrounded by rumors<\/a> around the moves the team could make in the offseason, the latest reporting gives insight into the players who are likely not be with the ball club anymore. As the Astros signed Tatsuya Imai from Japan to start his MLB career<\/a> on a contract worth up to $63 million, it could lead to one of these three players being moved.<\/p>\n

According to Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon of The Athletic, they doubled down on a report that Houston \u201cappears increasingly likely\u201d<\/a> to deal either Isaac Paredes, Christian Walker<\/a>, or Jesus Sanchez. They would say that trading one of the three names would \u201ccreate the payroll flexibility\u201d to address other needs like a back-up catcher, a left-handed batter, or a reliever.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs The Athletic\u2019s Chandler Rome wrote Friday, a trade of Isaac Paredes, Christian Walker, or Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez appears increasingly likely,\u201d Rosenthal and Sammon wrote. \u201cMoving Paredes or Walker would address the Astros\u2019 infield surplus. Moving any of the three would create the payroll flexibility to fill the team\u2019s remaining needs, a backup catcher, and either a left-handed bat or a leverage reliever.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Paredes and Sanchez on the list, one of the names in Walker had been reported in the past as one that Houston is \u201ctrying to move,\u201d<\/a> via Jim Bowden of The Athletic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Astros are trying to move Christian Walker and Jake Meyers, the Royals will move a starter for a power-hitting left fielder, and the Red Sox will trade Jarren Duran if they get the right corner infielder or starting pitcher,\u201d Bowden wrote on Dec. 11<\/p>\n

At any rate, it remains to be seen what happens regarding the Astros and potential trades as the team looks to improve after finishing 87-75 and being eliminated from the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the Houston Astros surrounded by rumors around the moves the team could make in the offseason, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2389],"tags":[42,5,100,139,54,3211,4,3411,9605],"class_list":{"0":"post-506570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-astros","8":"tag-astros","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-christian-walker","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-astros","13":"tag-houstonastros","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-mlb-rumors","16":"tag-mlb-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115843753987173112","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}