The Houston Astros shocked the baseball world at the trade deadline on Thursday, announcing that they agreed to a trade with the Minnesota Twins, reuniting them with longtime shortstop Carlos Correa, who occupied the "6" spot on the field for the team from 2015 to 2021, winning the 2015 AL Rookie of the Year Award, being named to two All-Star Games, and helping the franchise win its first World Series title in 2017.
And with the injuries that have been plaguing the current AL West division leaders as of late, filling some holes with a familiar definitely has to be a feel-good moment for the franchise.
However, not everyone believes that this should have been the priority for the Astros at the deadline, as nailing down a No. 3 pitcher in their starting rotation was known as a massive goal of the Houston front office, and that box was not checked off during the final few trades of the season.
In fact, Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter even wrote that the trade between the two teams was one of the worst of the deadline.
"It's not often that a trade deadline deal looks like a true lose-lose from the second it's announced, but the trade that reunited Carlos Correa with the Houston Astros looks like just that for all involved," Reuter wrote.
Correa certainly never was his prime self in Minnesota like he was with the Astros, and through 94 games in 2025, he's hitting .264 with seven homers and 31 runs batted in, and a few injuries in past year might raise a few eyebrows in terms of Correa's durability in the long run, which makes Reuter's claim valid, especially considering the three-year, $70 million the team will owe the Puerto Rican star.
While this feel-good moment will keep Astros fans happy for the time being, we will simply have to see how this Carlos Correa does this time around in Space City.