ANAHEIM, Calif. - With the trade deadline about five weeks away, Houston Astros general manager Dana Brown offered some insight Sunday into the team's current top priority. Brown told the Astros' pregame radio show Sunday that acquiring a left-handed hitter is the "big issue" in the club's current discussions looking ahead to the July 31 deadline.

Astros general manager Dana Brown says he's looking for a left-handed bat as the 2025 trade deadline approaches. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

The Houston Astros have a glaring need for a left-handed bat without Yordan Alvarez in the lineup, and while it hasn't prevented them from winning games, general manager Dana Brown believes something needs to change.