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What we learned from a wild Trade Deadline

The move to “one true Trade Deadline” with the elimination of the August waiver trade period in 2019 and the expansion of the postseason format in the current CBA have combined to make the midseason trade market reliably fun and fruitful.

Even when it appears early in the year that we might have a shortage of sellers or productive trade pieces, there’s always some craziness lurking around the corner – struggles that spark a sell-off, injuries that increase aggressiveness, creative concepts that cross the finish line. On Thursday alone, 35 trades were consummated. If you include the numerous swaps that happened on Wednesday, we get an even 50.

Astros' Carlos Correa: Batting cleanup in return to Astros

Correa (illness) is batting fourth and starting at third base for Friday's game against the Red Sox.

Correa was out of the lineup Wednesday in Minnesota with an illness before he was traded back to the Astros on Thursday. With Jeremy Pena (ribs) activated from the IL on Friday, Correa will man third base moving forward for Houston. The 30-year-old is slashing .267/.319/.386 with seven home runs, 31 RBI, 40 runs scored and a 26:68 BB:K across 364 plate appearances this season. Returning to the Astros could wake up his bat.

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Correa returning to Astros, this time to play 3B

The Houston Astros reacquired Carlos Correa in a shocking blockbuster deal with the Minnesota Twins just before the MLB trade deadline Thursday.

Correa, a Rookie of the Year and two-time All-Star in his prior stint with the Astros, waived his no-trade clause to make the deal happen. He has also agreed to play third base, sharing the left side of the infield with Jeremy Pena.

"I had some conversations with the front office in Minnesota, and we were not moving [the direction] I thought we were after making the playoffs [in 2023]," Correa told MLB.com on Thursday, "and they agreed with me that it was time to move me.

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