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Yordan Alvarez has a comfortable lead atop all three American League Triple Crown leaderboards and is cruising toward an AL MVP. Shouldn't that almost mandate the Astros to add talent around him at the Aug. 3 trade deadline? Tyler Stafford and The Athletic's Chandler Rome discuss Alvarez's season and how influential his dominance may be as the deadline approaches before analyzing Ronel Blanco's return to the starting rotation and another potential corner turned from Tatsuya Imai.
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"Is Yordan's Triple Crown Chase Forcing the Astros to Buy?" is an episode of Crush City Territory: A Houston Astros Podcast. Runtime 42 min. Published July 22, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.