The Houston Astros acquired pitching prospect Matthew Linskey in a trade for infielder Grae Kessinger, who was recently designated for assignment, a person with knowledge of the deal said Wednesday.

Kessinger, the grandson of six-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove Award winner Don Kessinger, has played in 49 career games, all with Houston, in the last two seasons. Linskey, 22, appeared in 22 ...

Kessinger is the grandson of Don Kessinger, a shortstop who appeared in six All Star Games and won two Gold Glove Awards with the Chicago Cubs. Linskey was drafted by the Diamondbacks in 2023 and ...

Kessinger is the grandson of six-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove Award winner Don Kessinger. In Arizona, the hope is for him to make the active 26-man squad during spring training while ...

In Triple-A with Sugar Land, Kessinger, over 67 games, hit .262 with a .725 OPS and six homers to go with 22 RBI. Notably, he is the grandson of Chicago Cubs shortstop Don Kessinger. Kessinger won ...

262/.337/.388 in 67 games. His grandfather was six-time All-Star infielder Don Kessinger, who played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox from 1964-79. The elder ...

The D-Backs have acquired infielder Grae Kessinger from the Astros for minor league pitcher Matthew Linskey, as first reported by Chandler Rome and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Houston had ...