The Houston Astros look like surefire buyers less than a week ahead of the MLB trade deadline on July 31. Though they are the most injured team in baseball and

With a major-league-high nine position players on the injured list — some of whom are weeks away from a return — the Houston Astros are “prioritizing the bats” before next week’s trade deadline, general manager Dana Brown said Thursday.

And with Silver Slugger Yordan Alvarez having been out for most of the 2025 season and now third baseman Isaac Paredes out for the time being with a hamstring injury, the Astros are in dire need of power in their lineup.