Douquet Says Bregman May Be Available

[CubinNY]

According to BN and a tweet by the MLB network. 

Now that is a rumor I can get excited about. I have no idea what it would take to get him, but If I'm Jed, I'm asking. 

[Bertz]

Oh man I looooooveeeee Bregman.  If he's really available that would be amazing.  That said I'mpretty skeptical?  The Astros are currently on Fangraphs tied for the 2nd best team in baseball.  They're really going to dump their 2nd or 3rd best player?  I know their farm system is in shambles but this still feels exceedingly unlikely.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 minute ago, Bertz said:

Oh man I looooooveeeee Bregman.  If he's really available that would be amazing.  That said I'mpretty skeptical?  The Astros are currently on Fangraphs tied for the 2nd best team in baseball.  They're really going to dump their 2nd or 3rd best player?  I know their farm system is in shambles but this still feels exceedingly unlikely.

I'm with you, though the list of teams ruthless enough to do this is very short and also includes the Astros.  "Normally" in this situation there would at least be some type of internal option that they may have a higher opinion of than most, but looking at that roster it sure seems like they'd need to add an infielder.  And unless they were so impressed with Madrigal's transition they want to move Altuve to 3B, or they think Pena is a 3B and they really love Tim Anderson or something, they'd have to play in some shallow waters in adding a 3B.

[mul21]

Or would they ask for Morel+ in return to fill that void?  I'm generally not a fan of trading for a guy with one year left on a deal where you either re-sign him or lose assets.  Any ideas on how likely he'd be to sign an extension or if that's even feasible with the self imposed budget restrictions?