Despite a flurry of different Houston Astros related rumors, the last weekend in January passed without any movement on the Alex Bregman front. Speculation that the Houston Astros were trading reliever Ryan Pressly turned out to be true, and the right-hander is now a Cub. However, this didn’t end up saving the Astros all that much money, just $8.5 million in total, and some insiders say that Pressly was always going to get moved this offseason. So whether this really renews pursuit of their long-time third baseman is anyone’s guess.
We can at least hope this will be over soon.