The Houston Astros will be in the market for upgrades at the trade deadline. At 56-40, one of the best teams in all of baseball, a solid deadline could be enough to put them over the top.
A player who has been tagged recently as a possible target for the Astros is Baltimore Orioles outfielder Ryan O’Hearn. Robert Murray of FanSided made the case for O’Hearn to land in Houston.
“O’Hearn would be a fit in the outfield in Houston and add another solid bat to the lineup while not sacrificing the farm system to do so,” Murray wrote. O’Hearn is in the midst of a career year for a struggling Orioles team.
O’Hearn was named to his first career All-Star appearance this season. On the year, he is hitting .286 with 11 home runs and a .840 OPS. Since joining Baltimore in 2023, O’Hearn has established himself as a solid power bat, boasting an OPS+ of 126 since joining the Orioles.
Should the Astros acquire him, he would join a lineup that has already gotten solid production out of Jose Altuve, Issac Paredes, Jeremy Penn, and rookie Cam Smith. Additionally, Yordan Alvarez is set to return sooner rather than later. He along with O’Hearn joining the Astros’ lineup would give them one of the best lineups in all of Major League Baseball.