Astros trade newly acquired OF Gose to Blue Jays for 1B/3B Brett Wallace

What a whirlwind of a day for Anthony Gose.

After being acquired today by the Houston Astros from the Philadelphia Phillies in the Roy Oswalt trade, reportedly, the Astros have traded Gose to the Toronto Blue Jays for top prospect third/first baseman Brett Wallace.

Wallace, a power hitting batter, was traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Holliday last year. During the off-season the Phillies traded OF Michael Taylor and other prospects to the Blue Jays for Roy Halladay. The Blue Jays then traded Taylor to the Athletics for Wallace. Now Wallace has been traded yet again for another Phillies' prospect, this time Gose, and will head to Houston.

Ranked the 27th best prospect in baseball, Wallace is hitting .301 with 18 home runs and 61 RBIs through 95 games this season while playing only first base. He originally was drafted a third baseman by the Cardinals, but after being traded from Oakland to Toronto, he made the switch to first. Wallace, 23, was the Cardinals' first round draft pick in 2008 out of Arizona State, going 13th overall. He has a career .304 average in the minors and was called a "hitting machine" by Astros GM Ed Wade. Wallace could be the best player the Astros got in this deal. Getting Wallace for Gose is definitely a better upgrade.

So technically, the Roy Oswalt trade will be remembered as Oswalt for J.A. Happ, Anthony Gose, Justin Villar and later Brett Wallace. Good flip of prospects by the Astros.