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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MAY 3: Manager Joe Espada #19 of the Houston Astros looks on in the top of the first inning in of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field on May 3, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Matt Dirksen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The MLB<\/a> trade deadline arrives Monday, Aug. 3, at 6 p.m. ET, giving teams one final chance to strengthen their rosters for a playoff push.<\/p>\n One club to watch is the Houston Astros<\/a>, who enter Friday\u2019s series against the Texas Rangers with a 55-55 record.<\/p>\n Houston\u2019s biggest need remains starting pitching, and the front office continues to search for upgrades.<\/p>\n Astros Pursuing 3-Time All-Star<\/p>\n According to USA Today\u2019s Bob Nightengale, the Astros \u201ckeep asking\u201d about San Francisco Giants<\/a> ace and three-time All-Star Logan Webb. The Giants continue to insist he isn\u2019t available.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Houston Astros and other teams keep asking about San Francisco Giants ace Logan Webb,\u201d Nightengale reported Friday.<\/a> \u201cAnd they keep being told he\u2019s not going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Houston Astros and other teams keep asking about San Francisco Giants ace Logan Webb. He they keep being told he\u2019s not going anywhere\u201d, per @BNightengale<\/a><\/p>\n If Houston can somehow get Webb\u2026 that would be incredible<\/p>\n \u2014 Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n San Francisco is expected to sell at the deadline. The Giants are 47-62, 22 games behind the Dodgers<\/a> in the NL West and 10 games out of a National League Wild Card spot.<\/p>\n However, the Giants control Webb through the 2028 season, making it unlikely they\u2019ll move their top starter despite Houston\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n Webb\u2019s 2026 Season<\/p>\n Webb last pitched on July 29, allowing two earned runs on five hits over 6.0 innings while striking out four.<\/p>\n He has pitched at least six innings in nine of his last 10 starts dating back to June 3.<\/p>\n Across 19 starts this season, Webb owns a 6-7 record with a 3.93 ERA over 119.0 innings. He has recorded 93 strikeouts, 30 walks, and a 1.12 WHIP.<\/p>\n Outside of his first two seasons in 2019 and 2020, Webb has never finished with an ERA above 4.00. He also led MLB in games started each of the last two seasons with 34 in 2024 and 33 in 2025.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tCole Sullivan<\/a> Cole Sullivan is a sports journalist for Heavy.com covering the NFL, NBA, college football, and college basketball. A member of the United States Basketball Writers Association, he has written for FanSided, Athlon Sports, The Sporting News, and Newsweek. Sullivan earned an Associate degree from Franklin Pierce University and a Bachelor’s degree from Lynn University, where he studied Communications and Media Studies with a focus on Sports Journalism. More about Cole Sullivan<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MAY 3: Manager Joe Espada #19 of the Houston Astros looks on in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-393543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}