Astros' Updated Roster, World Series Odds, Payroll After Rumored Carlos Correa Trade

The Houston Astros are coming out of Thursday's MLB trade deadline with newly-renewed World Series hopes.

MLB.com's Brian McTaggart reported on Thursday that the Houston Astros had re-acquired 2017 World Series winner Carlos Correa in a trade with the Minnesota Twins.

Houston also acquired Jesús Sánchez from the Miami Marlins in exchange for right-hander Ryan Gusto and two prospects, per MLB.com's Mark Feinsard and McTaggart and the Miami Herald's Barry Jackson.

DraftKings gives the Astros +1000 odds to win the 2025 World Series after the trades.

Correa, who played at shortstop for the Mariners, has agreed to play at third base with the Astros per MLB Network's Jon Morosi.

That will allow the Astros to fill in for Isaac Paredes, who could potentially undergo surgery on a hamstring injury, while keeping Jeremy Peña at shortstop once he returns from his own IL stint.

The Astros gave up a prospect in the Correa deal, while the Twins are retaining some of the money remaining on Correa's $200 million contract, per The Athletic's Chandler Rome.

The Astros' payroll is currently projected at just over $261 million after the trades by Spotrac. That amount is likely to change based on how much of Correa's money the Twins kept in the deal.

Here's a look at the Astros' projected lineup following the trades as well as the anticipated return of players including Peña, Jake Meyers, Yordan Alvarez, Brandon Walter and Lance McCullers Jr from IL.

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Houston Astros Projected Lineup

1B: Christian Walker

2B: Jose Altuve

3B: Carlos Correa

SS: Jeremy Peña

RF: Cam Smith

CF: Jake Meyers

LF: Jesús Sánchez

DH: Yordan Alvarez

P: Framber Valdez, Hunter Brown, Colton Gordon, Brandon Walter, Lance McCullers Jr., Jason Alexander

RP: Josh Hader (CL), Bryan Abreu, Héctor Neris, Bryan King, Kaleb Ort, Steven Okert, Bennett Sousa

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Acquiring Sánchez will help the Astros add some left-handed batting to lineup previously dominated by righties.

The club will meanwhile hope that Correa, who has been batting a below-average .267 through 93 games with the Twins this season, will see a surge in offense after returning to his former club.

The Astros already ranked top five in MLB in hits and team RBI heading into the deadline. The club will now hope adding Correa and Sánchez to the batting order, and hopefully bringing back some injured pitchers to the rotation, will help Houston head into the postseason as a contender for a deep run.