Astros reel in 2 prospects for Feldman, Fields

HOUSTON — The Astros pulled off a pair of deals prior to Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline, but not the kind that are going to impact the club down the stretch.

The Astros traded right-hander Scott Feldman to the Blue Jays in exchange for 18-year-old right-hander Guadalupe Chavez and dealt Minor League relief pitcher Josh Fields to the Dodgers in exchange for 19-year-old Cuban minor league infielder/outfielder Yordan Alvarez.

Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow said he was involved in the conversations about almost every player who was moved as the Deadline approached, but said the cost was too high. Luhnow said prospects Alex Bregman, Joe Musgrove and A.J. Reed were among those asked about a lot by other clubs, but the Astros weren’t willing to part with top Minor League talent like they did a year ago.

“Those are the guys that everybody wanted and those are the guys that also are going to help us here in the next couple years,” Luhnow said. “So we had a decision to make, and we decided to hold the guys that we have.”

The Astros entered Monday with the best record in the Majors since May 23, which helped ease Luhnow’s disappointment of not being able to make a deal. Still, the Astros lost 3 1/2 games in the American League West standings to the Rangers in the previous four days to fall six games back. The Rangers then went out and acquired outfielder Carlos Beltran and catcher Jonathan Lucroy.

“We have a really solid young core of players,” Luhnow said. “They’ve been healthy all year. It’s different if you lost a couple players early in the year to injury and you have to replace them. But these guys have been here all year. They’ve been playing well. We’ve been healthy.

“We just added Bregman. We’re going to add [right-hander Joe] Musgrove today. We’ve got [Cuban infielder Yulieski] Gurriel coming. We’ve got ways to improve this team internally. The Trade …

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