The Philadelphia Phillies aren't going to have many opportunities to close out games this season, so it makes perfect sense for the team to move its young closer for a plethora of pieces.
That apparently happened on Wednesday when the Phillies reportedly traded 25-year-old closer Ken Giles to the Houston Astros in exchange for a whopping four prospects.
Giles has posted some absurd numbers in his first two seasons in the Majors. In 113 career appearances, the right-hander has posted a 9-4 record with a 1.56 ERA and 1.04 WHIP. He's also struck out 11.7 batters per nine innings while posting just 26 walks in 115.2 innnings pitched.
This moves adds a ton of depth to the Astros bullpen. Last year's closer, Luke Gregerson, will find himself in a familiar set-up role after recording 31 saves last season.
Though, yielding such a high bounty is a risky move for Houston.
Pitchers Vincent Velasquez and Brett Oberholtzer as well as outfield prospect Derek Fisher head to Philadelphia with another yet to be named player.
Velasquez, 23, was a second-round pick of the Astros back in 2010. He recorded a 1-1 record with a 4.37 ERA and 1.28 WHIP in 19 games (seven starts) last season. The hard-throwing righty also put up more than a strikeout per inning.
Oberholtzer, more of your control type pitcher, has put up 42 career starts in three seasons. He projects to be a back of the rotation type for Philadelphia in 2015.
The biggest piece of the puzzle acquired by Philadelphia in this deal probably comes in the form of Fisher, who was a first-round pick of the Astros back in 2014.
He entered the 2015 campaign as the Astros ninth-ranked prospect, joining Velasquez (No. 4 overall) as top prospects to go to Philly in this deal.