The Houston Astros trade for Yusei Kikuchi continues to look like an overpay for Dana Brown.
accomplished their main goal of landing a pitcher who can come in and eat innings for them. Not only will Yusei Kikuchi do that, butPrices were high around Major League Baseball during the deadline. With not as many teams selling as there were expected and the National League playoff picture being as crowded as it is, sellers enjoyed massive returns in multiple deals.
However, the trade the Astros made for Kikuchi might've been the biggest out of any team in baseball. Houston movedhad comfortably won the deal. Fast forward to the final day of the deadline when every deal was done, and it was obvious that the Blue Jays made out well. It's impossible to call anything a good or bad deal until the end of the season, but, Toronto has to feel great about their return for a guy with a 4.75 ERA who'll hit free agency in 2025.
They understood that they needed starting pitching, and because of that, they'd either have to be willing to overpay or they'd be leaving the deadline without a pitcher. As a result, they overpaid. Perhaps it'll work in their favor, as it has many times before, but it was an interesting trade, to say the least.Jon Conahan has been covering all major sports since 2019. He is a 2022 graduate of the Bellisario School of Journalism at Penn State University and previously played D1 baseball.
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