What do you get the team that has everything? Even more, apparently. On Saturday evening, the Astros provided a spark to the dying embers of the offseason by swinging a trade for Pirates ace Gerrit Cole in exchange for third base prospect Colin Moran, starter Joe Musgrove, and reliever Michael Feliz. Cole, whom Pittsburgh shopped heavily in the past few weeks and was rumored to be Bronx-bound last month (and who was said to be headed to Houston earlier in the week before the trade was declared fake news), will now fortify a World Series-winning rotation that already features former MVP Justin Verlander, former Cy Young Dallas Keuchel, and hard-throwing curveball specialist Lance McCullers.
Grading the Deal: Gerrit Cole Gives Astros' Rotation a Scary-Good Look
