HOUSTON – The Houston Astros announced on Monday that the team had acquired outfielder Taylor Trammell from the New York Yankees in exchange for cash considerations.
Astros General Manager Dana Brown made the official announcement.
The 27-year-old Trammell split his 2024 season between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Yankees organizations. He appeared in 10 Major League Baseball games this, playing in five for each team.
The 6-foot-2, 220-pound Trammell spent the majority of the year playing at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the Yankees system, appearing in 106 games while hitting .256 (86×336) with 20 doubles, 18 homers, 63 RBI, a .381 OBP, and a .869 OPS.
In his career, the left-handed hitting outfielder has appeared in 126 games for the Seattle Mariners (2021-23), Dodgers (2024) and Yankees (2024).
Trammell was selected with the 35th overall selection by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2016 MLB Amateur draft. The Reds traded him in 2019 to the San Diego Padres who then traded him to Seattle in 2020. Trammell would make his MLB debut in 2021 with the Mariners.
Trammell wasn’t the only transaction the Astros made on Monday.
Houston outrighted two players off their 40-man roster in pitchers Oliver Ortega and José Urquidy. Both players cleared waivers and are now free agents.
Outfielder Trey Cabbage, and pitchers Seth Martinez and Penn Murfee were claimed off waivers by other MLB clubs. The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Cabbage. The Arizona Diamondbacks picked up Martinez, and the Chicago White Sox signed Murfee.
The Astros also had five players — all pitchers — who had been on the 60-day Injured List return to the 40-man roster. That includes J.P. France, Luis Garcia, Cristian Javier, Lance McCullers Jr., and Bennett Sousa.
The Astros also announced that they had extended a qualifying offer to free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman.
Bregman, 30, was named a Silver Slugger Award finalist today after hitting .260 with 30 doubles, 26 homers, and 75 RBI in 145 games this season. The former LSU star also took home his first career Gold Glove Award after leading AL third basemen in total chances (355), assists (242), and fielding percentage (.972).
