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2017 Rule 5 Draft: Astros select Gose, lose Hernandez

Oh the tangled webs general managers weave.

In July of 2010, then-Astros-GM Ed Wade swapped franchise ace Roy Oswalt to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for J.A. Happ, Jonathan Villar, and Anthony Gose. He then immediately tossed Gose up to Toronto for Brett Wallace, the first in a line of top prospects who were meant to replace also-dealt franchise icon Lance Berkman. Pretty much none of that series of moves worked out for anyone involved.

To make a long story you may already know (or probably don’t care about if you didn’t know) short, Gose failed to live up to his tools as a position player, managing just an 81 wRC+ in 1,252 Major League plate appearances.