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.

According to Dylan Sanders from Houston Astros On SI, the two-time World Series champions could go with a riskier option at solving the problem by picking up RHP Edward Cabrera from the Miami Marlins.