The Houston Astros have recently been connected to San Diego Padres starter Dylan Cease. The Padres are looking to both buy and sell ahead of July 31, and have set their sights on one of two positions while shopping Cease at the trade deadline.
According to MLB Network's Jon Morosi, if Astros want to make a deal with the Friars, it's going to cost them either a Major Leaguer-caliber catcher or left fielder. That would seem to suggest that acquiring Cease would force Houston to surrender either Yainer Diaz or perhaps an outfielder like Jacob Melton.