Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Minnesota Twins bullpen looks a lot different these days. Of course that’s to be expected when you trade five of your eight relievers on a single day. Rocco Baldelli is basically holding open tryouts for the leftovers, where Justin Topa has been the latest reliever to get a crack at the Twins’ now-vacant closer role, …
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The Connecticut Sun acquired forward Aaliyah Edwards from the Washington Mystics for guard Jacy Sheldon ahead of Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET deadline. The Mystics are also getting swap rights for the first-round pick Connecticut got from the New York Liberty. Should Washington exercise that option, the Sun would receive the Minnesota Lynx’s first-rounder. For now, that would mean the Mystics …
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The Red Sox didn’t have the type of trade deadline that fans wanted. Boston is five games behind first place in the AL East and were surging right before the All-Star break following a trade that sent its slugger Rafael Devers to San Francisco. Instead of going all-in at the deadline, the team made minor moves, including bringing in often-injured …
Read More »NEW YORK (AP) — José Caballero turned an inning-ending double play for the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning, then batted in the sixth. By the bottom of the seventh, he was on the other team. In a strange development even for trade-deadline day around Major League Baseball, the Rays shipped Caballero to the New York Yankees — while …
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Kansas City Royals outfielder Mike Yastrzemski. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)AP Mike Yastrzemski is coming to the American League. The San Francisco Giants traded the outfielder to the Kansas City Royals on Thursday in a last-minute deadline deal. Yastrzemski, the grandson of Boston Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski, is slashing .231/.330/.355 in 96 games for the Giants this season. The Royals …
Read More »One of the game’s most powerful bats is on the move. The Arizona Diamondbacks traded slugging third baseman Eugenio Suárez to the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. In return, the Diamondbacks will receive first baseman Tyler Locklear and a pair of pitching prospects, RHP Hunter Cranton and RHP Juan Burgos, according to MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer. …
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CINCINNATI – The Trade Deadline is at 6 p.m. ET Thursday and the Reds have been seeking bullpen help and a power bat. However, they’ve now bolstered their rotation and defense with two moves. The Reds made a second trade late Wednesday by acquiring starting pitcher Zack Littell from the Rays for left-hander Adam Serwinowski (the Reds’ No. 10 prospect) …
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SEATTLE — Jerry Dipoto has a longstanding reputation for jump-starting the Trade Deadline market, and the Mariners’ president of baseball operations indeed sparked this year’s traction, with the first major domino falling to Seattle on Thursday night. The Mariners acquired veteran first baseman Josh Naylor from the D-backs, and the return features two of Seattle’s Top 30 prospects, per MLB …
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In desperate need of help at second base as they try to fight their way back into the American League wild-card race, the Kansas City Royals are acquiring veteran infielder Adam Frazier. Per Robert Murray of FanSided, the Pittsburgh Pirates are trading Frazier to the Royals in exchange for minor-league infielder Cam Devanney. Second base has been a black hole for …
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C.J. Gardner-Johnson helped the Eagles win the Super Bowl in February, but he was traded to the Texans in March. And Gardner-Johnson thinks the Eagles got rid of him because they don’t like his competitive approach. Gardner Johnson was asked on The Pivot podcast why he thinks he’s not an Eagle anymore. “Scared of a competitor,” Gardner-Johnson answered. “Simple as …
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