After the 1994 season, the Padres traded Brocail, Derek Bell, Ricky Gutiérrez, Pedro Martínez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley to the Houston Astros for Ken Caminiti, Andújar Cedeño, Steve Finley, Roberto Petagine, and Brian Williams.
The San Diego Padres traded five players (Brocail, Bell, Gutiérrez, Martínez, Plantier, and Shipley) to the Houston Astros in 1994 for a group of players (Caminiti, Cedeño, Finley, Petagine, and Williams).