When the Astros traded Myles Straw to the now-Cleveland Guardians during last season’s trade deadline, I honestly thought a more significant trade was in the works. Perhaps for Byron Buxton? We may never know. Little did we also know the faith that James Click would have in Chas McCormick, Jake Meyers, and Jose Siri in center field, but the Straw trade felt like a setup for the baseball equivalent of a volleyball strike.
Lo and behold, the Astros let the pretend volleyball simply glide over the net as they were ultimately content in walking away with reliever Phil Maton and a promising minor league catcher in Yainer Diaz.