The Astros made a slew of moves ahead of the Rule 5 draft cutoff on Friday including: trading Jonathan Villar, cutting ties with Robbie Grossman, L.J. Hoes, and Luis Cruz. The Astros added left-hander pitcher Reymin Guduan, outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, right-hander Chris Devenski, outfielder Danry Vasquez, right-hander Brady Rodgers, outfielder Andrew Aplin, infielder Nolan Fontana, right-hander Kyle Smith, outfielder Andrew Aplin, and infielder Nolan Fontana.
The question posed to the TCB staff was:
Are you happy with the Astros decisions with the 40-man roster?
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JasonMarbach
I still feel strongly that not throwing a protection Devenski's way is very likely going to mean that one of the other 29 teams are going to gamble on him as a depth middle reliever.