When does the sell-off start?

"We're not there yet," Ed Wade told Buster Olney. Olney mentions the Astros "reaching beyond their financial parameters" to acquire Pudge and Keppinger, two players who make about $2m combined.

Wade did say that, if the turnaround happens, it's going to be with the players they have. So the Astros aren't selling, but they aren't buying, either.

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