Houston Astros: Five trades to gauge value of a pitcher in trade market

The Houston Astros offense is continuing to carry the load while the starting pitching and bullpen try and recuperate from injuries and overuse respectively. The team will definitely need an upgrade on the pitching side of things, if not for the regular season, then for the post season where they will almost certainly face some high powered offenses.

The Houston Astros will need to give up young talent in order to acquire the starting pitching and bullpen help they need. And it’s always hard to negotiate what is a fair balance of what you lose compared to what you gain.

Something that will help us judge what the Astros will need to give up to acquire a Gerrit Cole or a Jose Quintana for example is to look at trades over the past few years for comparable players with comparable contracts to see what will be the type of value the Astros will need to part with to get what they want.

This list will help determine what will be necessary to get what we want and see which pitcher will be the best fit for the team based on the value of what we get back and what we give up.

Without further ado, here is the list of trades to see what an Astros move for help in the rotation or bullpen will cost us.