In the afterglow of last night’s performance, the MLB Central crew off-handedly called it the best trade in MLB history, not just Astros’ history. I’d say as far as pennant-chase deadline trades go, they are absolutely right. I’m struggling to think of another that provided the spark and performance leading to a WS win. The only other big name deadline deal that ended in a WS win was Schilling to the D-Backs, but the WS win came the year after the deadline deal that brought him to Arizona.