A pair of injuries over the last week may have thwarted the Houston Astros' original trade deadline plans. Originally in the market for a left-handed bat, the thought was the Astros could pursue Brandon Lowe of the Tampa Bay Rays and insert the All-Star as their starting second baseman. However, Lowe landing on the IL likely takes him out of the Astros' plans for the deadline. Making things even worse, the Astros are dealing with their own injury after Isaac Paredes injured his hamstring over the weekend.
The Astros have yet to provide an official timeline for when Paredes will be back, but the expectation is that the All-Star third baseman will miss a significant amount of time.