Overview

• Ramón Urías joins Houston from Baltimore to provide defensive depth across second and third base in a utility role.
• During six seasons with the Orioles, Urías hit eight home runs with a .248/.300/.388 batting line in 77 games.
• Baltimore is retaining part of Urías’s salary under the terms of the deal to facilitate the transaction.
• Twine Palmer moves to the Orioles as the lone prospect exchanged in the trade.
• Carlos Correa’s return from Minnesota boosts the Astros’ infield as they prepare for the postseason following Isaac Paredes’s tendon injury.