josh anderson was traded by the astros for brandon backe.
who did the astros trade for brandon backe?
josh anderson
backe began the season in the minor leagues, but was recalled on may 16 when john rocker was optioned. he earned his first big league win on august 1 at kansas city with four scoreless innings of relief. he had a 9-outing stretch from july 22 to august 21 in which he pitched to a 1.42 era over 19 innings, lowering his era from 6.06 to a season-low 3.60.





























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in december , his hometown team, the houston astros, acquired backe from the devil rays for geoff blum.





























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brandon backe
on december 14, the astros trade inf chris burke, rhp juan gutierrez, rhp chad qualls to the arizona diamondbacks for rhp josé valverde.





























on december 27, the astros came to terms on a deal with all-star, gold glove winner darin erstad.





























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on january 11, the astros started off 2008 by signing brandon backe to a one-year deal. during the rest of the month they also signed ty wigginton and dave borkowski to one-year deals.





























in february the astros signed shawn chacón to a one-year contract.
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