The Houston Astros are running out of time to address the need general manager Dana Brown hasn't shied away from talking about during spring training. Opening Day is next week, and while Brown has maintained that the Astros are in the market for a left-handed hitting outfielder, it seems unlikely that a trade will take place in the coming days.
If the Astros were going to cross that item off their shopping list, it felt like a trade with the Boston Red Sox would have been the likeliest outcome. The Astros have been connected to Red Sox outfielders Jarren Duran, Wilyer Abreu, and Masataka Yoshida, but for varying reasons, it's hard to see a trade materialize at this point in spring training.