Following Chicago’s trades of Chris Sale and Adam Eaton, it became clear the White Sox were going into a full rebuild and were offering up left-handed starter Jose Quintana as well. Though the Astros scoffed at Chicago GM Rick Hahn’s asking price for Sale, which reportedly started with young infielder Alex Bregman, sources said Wednesday morning that the Astros were getting involved in talks for Quintana.
However, The Houston Chronicle’s Jake Kaplan reported Wednesday evening that the Stros have found Chicago’s asking price for Quintana to be exorbitant as well, which gels with Ken Rosenthal’s report that teams seeking Quintana’s services were finding the price to be steep.