The Houston Astros have reportedly acquired a piece that bolsters their youthful core and keeps them in line as a World Series contender right now, and maybe over the next couple of years.
According to Evan Drellich of the Houston Chronicle, on the tail end of a slow Wednesday at the winter meetings in Nashville, Tennessee, the Astros struck a deal with the Philadelphia Phillies for the bullpen arm they coveted all offseason—Ken Giles.
Per Drellich, the trade cost Houston potentially ripening arms in Vince Velasquez and Brett Oberholtzer, as well as outfield prospect Derek Fisher (No.