The Houston Astros seem to have committed something of an overpay.
Sending two talented youngsters with big-league time and another upper-minors prospect to Toronto in exchange for Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, an impending free-agent rental starter, is a bit rich for how the market has acted so far ahead of Tuesday's 6 p.m. ET MLB trade deadline.
To be clear, the Astros should be going for it. That isn’t the issue here. Houston entered play Monday tied with the Mariners atop the AL West before a 5-3 defeat to Pittsburgh.