The San Diego Padres' Dylan Cease was on the Houston Astros' trade radar before hearing about the asking price for the All-Star pitcher.

Cease could just be a half-year rental because of all the starting pitchers on Houston's injured list. The Astros have a full rotation sidelined. Lance McCullers, Luis Garcia, Ronel Blanco, Spencer Arrighetti, Cristian Javier and J.P. France are all on the injured list.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/astros as Astros Reportedly Interested in Multiple Cardinals Hitters, Trading for Dylan Cease. The Houston Astros have started to get to work with the trade deadline quickly approaching.