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Astros Trade Analysis: Hank Conger To Tampa Bay

As Ryan's article last night has said, and as has been projected far and wide across Astros and baseball-themed social media, the Houston Astros have traded backup catcher Hank Conger to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations.

The first thing I or anyone else should say in analyzing this trade is that Mr. Luhnow and his team (which, notably, includes Mike Fast, former Baseball Prospectus guru who pioneered some really outstanding work on catcher valuations) are very, very good at evaluating catchers. If they saw a reason to trade CongerBot, most Astros fans should probably nod meekly and say "Okay.