Yankees get bad news on potential Astros World Series MVP trade target

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>I'll keep saying it: the New York Yankees need to do whatever it takes to land Jeremy Pena from the Astros if Houston decides to be sellers.

>The Astros, who have been one of the most successful teams in Major League Baseball over the past decade, have multiple players who would fit in very well on this Yankees roster. The top one would be Yordan Alvarez, though I'm a bit skeptical that the Astros would actually ever move on from him, even if they're struggling right now.

>On the flip side, there are other players the Yankees should go after on the Astros roster, and Pena is at the top of that list. The young shortstop has been one of the more above-average players in Major League Baseball over the past few years, and with the Yankees' problems up the middle, replacing Anthony Volpe with Pena would be a very wise decision.

>Unfortunately, that doesn't sound like it's going to be the case, as Astros general manager Dana Brown said he doesn't expect his team to be sellers.

>“I just don’t see us being sellers right now,” Brown said, per the Houston Chronicle.

>“To be sellers, for me, it would be like we failed. So I don’t think this team is a team that’s going to be sellers at the deadline. I think we’re good enough. I think the division is wide open. We’ve gone through some injuries; I think other teams are starting to experience some injuries as well. The division is wide open, the postseason is wide open. So, I don’t foresee us being sellers.”

>There are still two months until the trade deadline on August 3, so anything is possible. It's even possible that the Astros turn things around and start being one of the better teams in baseball once again, and that shouldn't surprise anybody. However, the Yankees have to hope that isn't the case, as Pena is definitely a perfect fit in New York.

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