Houston Astros infielder Mauricio Dubon, a two-time Gold Glove Award winner, has been traded to the Atlanta Braves for Nick Allen.

Brian McTaggart of MLB .com was the first to report the trade.

Loading twitter content...

The trade immediately firms up the Braves' shortstop picture, as the team was set to lose Ha-Seong Kim to free agency. Dubon won the AL Gold Glove Award for utility players in 2023 and 2025, after helping the Astros win the 2022 World Series.

Dubon, 31, made only 33 appearances at shortstop in 2025 among 133 games total. Yet the veteran ranked seventh in MLB in Outs Above Average at the position, and led all MLB shortstops with at least 50 attempts at the position in success rate added .

For the Astros, swapping Allen for Dubon helps the team free up space

See Full Page