ESPN: Szymborski: Projecting the Blockbusters (Insider)

While the Astros didn’t get any big-name prospects in the trade, GM Ed Wade probably gets a bit of a pass here with the constraints that Oswalt placed upon the team. Given the conditions Wade had to deal with, he got a pretty good return. Happ’s peripherals and rather lackluster stuff didn’t match his ERA (2.93) during his breakout campaign last year; if the Astros think Happ is going to be a No. 1 starter, they will be pretty disappointed going forward.

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However, the Astros can use league-average starters as well—this is a franchise that has intentionally allowed Brian Moehler, Mike Hampton, and Russ Ortiz to pitch in games the past couple of years.