With closer Emmanuel Clase placed on paid leave amid an MLB investigation for sports betting, the Cleveland Guardians might have a sharper focus for trade season. Per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, losing Clase “ended any chance of the Guardians becoming a buyer,” while upping the chances of Cleveland “trading right-hander Shane Bieber and perhaps left fielder Steven Kwan.” Bieber, who …
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With the July 31 MLB trade deadline rapidly approaching, the Pittsburgh Pirates are once again expected to be sellers. How aggressively they’ll sell, though, remains to be seen. Let’s start with a disclaimer that no one on the Pirates’ roster other than Paul Skenes and Oneil Cruz should feel particularly safe at this year’s deadline. That said, there are certain …
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The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 MLB trade deadline. CLEVELAND — There will be plenty of time in the days and weeks ahead to sift through the wreckage Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have left for the Guardians and Major League Baseball to repair. The fact that baseball is now investigating two of Cleveland’s pitchers with gambling implications …
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BALTIMORE — Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider sank into a familiar padded chair ahead of Monday’s series opener at Camden Yards. It was the same leather seat with faded wood arms that he had perched on just before the 2024 trade deadline. Last year, the manager watched from his office as Blue Jays veterans zipped by the open door, …
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Over the past 10 years, Trade Deadline week has featured deals involving some of the game’s best players. Juan Soto to the Padres in 2022. Max Scherzer and Trea Turner to the Dodgers in 2021. Manny Machado to the Dodgers in 2018. Yoenis Céspedes to the Mets in 2015. David Price to the Tigers in 2014 … then again to …
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The MLB Trade Deadline is Thursday at 6 pm Eastern time. We’ve already seen a few trades over the weekend, and rumors are now beginning to swirl with more ferocity. However, while everybody is focusing on the big-name players who could change teams, like Eugenio Suarez or Joe Ryan, there’s value in focusing on the “little guy.” In this article, …
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With just days to go until the July 31 deadline, someone’s bound to make a splash Every summer, Major League Baseball delivers its own version of a summer blockbuster. But heading into Thursday’s trade deadline, it’s still unclear which team, if any, will step up, take a Happy Gilmore–sized swing, and shake up the playoff race. Since the league expanded …
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Trump issued the 50-day ultimatum to Putin earlier in July, warning that his potential economic penalties against Moscow and its trading partners would be devastating if the conflict wasn’t halted by early September. “We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of …
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No more wondering whether the Twins are buying or selling at this week’s trade deadline. They emphatically declared their intentions on Monday, dealing away their leader in games started this season, making their injury-related shortage of effective starters significantly worse. Chris Paddack, the 29-year-old righthander who will reach free agency in November, was traded to the Detroit Tigers three days …
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CLEVELAND — For weeks, the Cleveland Guardians had fielded trade inquiries about closer Emmanuel Clase. Now, there will be no trade. Clase will not don a major-league uniform until at least September, as Major League Baseball placed him on non-disciplinary paid leave through at least Aug. 31, as the league continues a sports betting investigation that began with fellow Cleveland …
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