After swinging the most shocking trade of the trade deadline for Carlos Correa, no one would have faulted the Houston Astros for calling it there. Yes, there are still some roster questions, but Correa is a massive investment and you can't have everything you want. However, Dana Brown clearly wasn't having and he just secured the left-handed bat he coveted mere minutes after the Correa deal was revealed.
The Astros' need for a lefty bat got decidedly less picky as time went on. At first, the hope was that they could find a second baseman that could hit left-handed.