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The OTHER trade: Astros send Derek Fisher to Blue Jays for Aaron Sanchez and Joe Biagini

(Editor’s note. This is Cody Poage’s first article as a contributing member of the Crawfish Boxes staff. In the busyness of the trade deadline, he chipped in with this article explaining the Sanchez/Fisher trade. Introductions will follow. Welcome aboard Cody. Thanks.)

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For the third consecutive year, the Astros and Toronto Blue Jays have made a deal before the July 31st trade deadline expired. Unlike last year’s acquisition of Roberto Osuna, however, the 2019 edition didn’t invoke much, if any, controversy.

From Shi Davidi of Sportsnet:

Full deal is Aaron Sanchez, Joe Biagini and Cal Stevenson for Derek Fisher.