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- Updated: December 8, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — With general manager Jeff Luhnow remaining firm in his belief he doesn’t want to trade any players who are essential to the core of the team’s production next season in his pursuit of pitching, the Astros may have to swallow hard in parting with some of their top prospects.
The Astros continued their quest for pitching on the third day of the Winter Meetings on Wednesday and would likely have to give up at least one of their top prospects to land a quality starting pitcher.
The club was unable to trade for White Sox ace Chris Sale, who went to the Red Sox on Tuesday, because they didn’t want to part with third baseman Alex Bregman. They’ve turned their attention to some of the middle-rotation arms on the trade market and on Wednesday were reported to have interest in White Sox workhorse starter Jose Quintana, but the price is currently too much for Houston.
Luhnow said it’s unlikely the Astros will have a deal in place before he leaves for Houston on Thursday morning. But things can change quickly.
“Over the past few days, there are times I thought we were well over 50 percent …
