{"id":798789,"date":"2026-09-07T09:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/798789\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:21:23","slug":"astros-claim-jorge-barrosa-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/798789\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros Claim Jorge Barrosa – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Astros announced that outfielder Jorge Barrosa<\/a> has been claimed off waivers from the Diamondbacks.\u00a0 In corresponding moves for the 28-man and 40-man rosters, Houston optioned outfielder Jake Meyers<\/a> to Triple-A and moved right-hander Mike Burrows<\/a> from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL.<\/p>\n

The D\u2019Backs designated Barrosa for assignment two days ago, and the waiver claim officially ends Barrosa\u2019s 11-plus years in the Arizona organization.\u00a0 He signed with the D\u2019Backs as an international free agent in 2017, and he has hit .180\/.241\/.302 over 254 plate appearances since making his MLB debut in 2024.\u00a0 The bulk of Barrosa\u2019s playing time has come this season, as he has 159 PA over 97 games while covering for multiple injuries in Arizona\u2019s outfield mix.<\/p>\n

Barrosa has experience at all three outfield positions and has been used mostly as a center fielder, with the public defensive metrics giving him plus marks.\u00a0 He hasn\u2019t delivered much from either side of the plate over his career, but Barrosa has done decently well against left-handed pitching this year, hitting .244\/.364\/.422 over 57 PA against southpaws.<\/p>\n

Outfield production has continued to be an issue for the Astros, as trade deadline addition Daulton Varsho<\/a> has struggled since joining the team.\u00a0 Barrosa doesn\u2019t project to be a real solution, but he\u2019ll join Varsho, LaMonte Wade Jr.<\/a>, Cam Smith<\/a>, Taylor Trammell<\/a>, Nelson Velazquez<\/a>, and (every once in a while) Yordan Alvarez<\/a> in the patchwork outfield mix.\u00a0 Barrosa is out of minor league options, so he\u2019d have to be designated for assignment again if Houston wanted to remove him from the active roster.<\/p>\n

Burrows has been on the 15-day IL since July 7, so he has already missed the equivalent of a 60-day IL stint.\u00a0 Initially sidelined due to right elbow neuritis, Burrows threw three minor league rehab outings but then developed some right shoulder inflammation, as Astros manager Joe Espada told the Houston Chronicle\u2019s Matt Kawahara<\/a> and other reporters earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Burrows is expected to be re-examined at the Astros\u2019 Spring Training facility soon, and that should provide a better idea of a recovery timeline, if any is possible before the season ends.\u00a0 Acquired from the Pirates last offseason, Burrows has struggled to a 5.99 ERA over 94 2\/3 innings in his first year in Houston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Astros announced that outfielder Jorge Barrosa has been claimed off waivers from the Diamondbacks.\u00a0 In corresponding moves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,452,1437,363],"class_list":["post-798789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-jake-meyers","tag-jorge-barrosa","tag-mike-burrows"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117229026236523389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798789","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=798789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}