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Nightengale: Astros to Be Buyers Not Sellers at Trade Deadline

12 min · 22. juni 2026
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Approaching July now, the legal tampering period in Major League Baseball is set to expire early at the beginning of August on the 3rd. Taking into account depth/injuries and gauging the direction to take before the deadline's expiration, the Astros waste no time declaring themselves 'buyers' when the deadline nears, with hopes of shaping up their roster for a run back to the postseason. Columnist for USA Today and insider for all things in the MLB, sports journalist Bob Nightengale joins Dan and Cole circling the latest on Houston's needs ahead of August's deadline, and potentially which players possibly could be on their way to Houston.

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