It may have taken awhile, but the Houston Astros trade for Ken Giles became official today. According to Houston Chronicle writer Evan Drellich and multiple other sources, the Astros got Giles and 17-year-old Panamanian shortstop Jonathan Arauz in return for right-handed pitchers Mark Appel, Harold Arauz, Vincent Velasquez, Thomas Eshelman, and left-handed pitcher Brett Oberholtzer.
Ken Giles and shortstop Jonathan Arauz from Phils for Mark Appel, Harold Arauz, Thomas Eshelman, Brett Oberholtzer and Velasquez.