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Nearly a day after the alleged condition of his hips scuttled a trade to the New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez – along with starting pitcher Mike Fiers – was traded to the Houston Astros on Thursday. The aggressively rebuilding Brewers and hyper-motivated Astros proved to be the match the Brewers and Mets were not. Actually, that they were for a while before they were not.