The Boston Red Sox tried to trade for Ketel Marte this past offseason.
The Arizona Diamondbacks took him off the market.
Now, with the August 3 deadline approaching and Boston sitting nine games below .500 while still only 3.5 games out of an AL Wild Card spot, the conversation is starting back up.
The Boston Herald's Mac Cerullo suggested the Red Sox should revisit Marte as the deadline nears, and multiple outlets have confirmed that Arizona's internal dissatisfaction with Marte has not...
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The Milwaukee Brewers acquired right-handed reliever Joel Kuhnel from the Athletics for cash considerations, the same day Brian Fitzpatrick became their eighth pitcher on the injured list.
Fitzpatrick hurt his left elbow after throwing one warmup pitch in the seventh inning Friday against Colorado and was placed on the 15-day IL with a UCL strain, with manager Pat Murphy acknowledging the organization needs another medical opinion to determine whether Tommy John surgery is required.
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Freddy Peralta remains one of the top pitchers on the trade market this season, following Tarik Skubal. But any team that decides to deal for the New York Mets' ace will have to do so with full knowledge of what it would take to keep the pending free agent in town for longer than the two months or so he'd be arriving for this season. A report from Bob Nightengale of USA Today puts Peralta's free agent demands at a sky-high ask. If a team acquires New York Mets ace Freddy Peralta at...
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Aroldis Chapman is no stranger to being traded midseason. His move to the Chicago Cubs in 2016 from the NY Yankees led to the first World Series championship on the North Side of Chicago in 108 years. His trade to the Texas Rangers in July of 2023 helped the Rangers to their first-ever World Series win. Which team will be the next to bring in the flamethrower to help lead them to the ultimate prize? According to insider Bob Nightengale of USA Today , a trade will happen. It's only ...
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Mike Hazen went on MLB Network Radio and confirmed what the front office has been quietly doing behind the scenes.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are making trade calls to upgrade their bullpen before the August 3 deadline.
The timing of the announcement raises an obvious question: why is the team with the lowest bullpen ERA in baseball since May 1 shopping for relief pitching?
The Context Behind the Call
The answer is the group of arms not included in that sparkling recent stretch.
Arizon...
The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers completed a minor trade, with Kelly heading to Chicago for cash considerations.
Kelly, 26, reports to Triple-A Iowa without having thrown a single big league inning in his career.
The move is the Cubs' latest attempt to plug a bullpen that has been cycling through arms all season due to injuries.
The Profile
Kelly was a second-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2019, the 65th overall selection out of Wabash Valley College, and was traded to ...
How desperate are the Arizona Diamondbacks for some depth in the outfield? They've signed veteran Max Kepler, who is still serving an 80-game suspension for PED use. The Arizona Diamondbacks sign OF Max Kepler, who was popped for PEDs in January and remains on the MLB restricted list. He will still have to miss 80 games and is ineligible for the postseason. — Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) June 8, 2026 Kepler was banned for using an illegal substance, with the suspension levied back in Januar...
The Seattle Mariners came into this season as one of the chic betting favorites to make it to the World Series this year. It was felt that they'd be prepared to deal from their strength in starting pitching to bolster the lineup wherever they needed it. But it appears that they've veered from that strategy. Sort of. According to Adam Jude of the Seattle Times , the M's have no intention of dealing a starter, though Jude insists that when push comes to shove, as they approach the tr...
The Minnesota Twins recalled Royce Lewis from Triple-A St. Paul, and James Outman paid the price.
Outman was designated for assignment to open the 40-man roster spot for Lewis, ending a tenure in Minnesota that produced almost nothing offensively.
The Numbers That Made This Inevitable
Outman appeared in 49 games as a Twins backup outfielder this season, making only 17 starts with 70 plate appearances and slashing .156/.229/.250 across that sample.
He struck out at a rate that made prod...
The Boston Red Sox have three catchers capable of playing in the major leagues, and that's the problem.
The Athletic's Jen McCaffrey reported that the Red Sox are shopping Connor Wong in trade discussions, with rival teams having already shown interest in Boston's catching depth.
How the Depth Chart Shook Out
Wong entered 2024 as Boston's starter and had a breakout, slashing .280/.333/.425 with 13 home runs across 487 plate appearances.
Then a pinkie fracture in April 2025 cost him a m...
The Texas Rangers have bolstered their catching depth, executing a late-night signing of former All-Star Game MVP Elias Diaz. It's a major league deal for the veteran catcher who was recently DFA'd by the Kansas City Royals. The Texas Rangers are signing C Elías Díaz, sources tell @ElExtrabase . The former All-Star Game MVP will join the big league team. He was DFA’d by the #Royals recently. — Daniel Álvarez-Montes (@DanielAlvarezEE) June 6, 2026 Diaz elected free agency this...
The New York Mets aren't ready to trade ace Freddy Peralta just yet. But as we steam towards the trade deadline in less than two months, they'll start to take the trade talks a lot more seriously. Peralta is a free agent after the season, and after giving up a couple of fine prospects to acquire him from Milwaukee, the Mets won't want to lose him for nothing. One MLB executive told insider Robert Murray that Peralta will have more interest on the trade market than two-time Cy Young winne...
Devastating news for the New York Yankees, who learned on Wednesday night that Aaron Judge will miss at least the next two months with a stress fracture of a rib. Yankees MVP Aaron Judge has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the first rib on his right side that will sideline him indefinitely. He will undergo more imaging tests in 4-6 weeks to determine how he's progressing. The Yankees don't expect the injury to be season-ending. — Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) June 5, 2026 The three-...
Austin Voth has had one of the more eventful non-seasons in recent baseball memory, and it picked up another chapter.
The Minnesota Twins signed the right-hander to a minor league contract, with Voth starting for Triple-A St. Paul the same night the deal was announced.
The move came hours after Voth elected free agency following his second DFA by the Blue Jays in two months. #MNTwins have signed RHP Austin Voth to a Minor League Deal and assigned him to Triple-A St. Paul. — Theodore Tollef...
The Houston Astros have addressed their outfield depth problem with a familiar name.
The Astros are signing LaMonte Wade Jr. to a major league deal worth $1 million in base salary, DFA'ing outfielder Rhylan Thomas and catcher Cesar Salazar to clear roster space. The Astros are signing outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. to a major-league deal, per @Chandler_Rome Wade has started the year in Triple-A this season, batting .250 with a .861 OPS in 152 ABs. pic.twitter.com/LCstKXFnPV — SleeperAstros (@Sl...
Just when the Arizona Diamondbacks figured they were back in the hunt for the postseason, they get the brutal news that ace Corbin Burnes has suffered a significant setback in his recovery from Tommy John surgery. The former Cy Young winner, who was expected to be back around the All-Star Break, suffered a strain of his right teres major muscle and now will likely be out until September. He had thrown 15 bullpen sessions as part of his ramp-up before facing live hitters, but it was...
The Arizona Diamondbacks have recovered from a slow start to the season and now find themselves right in the heart of the mix for a Wild Card berth in the National League. Where we once thought earlier in the year that they could be sellers, insider Ken Rosenthal not only has them buying, but he suggests a particular need they'll be focusing on: The Diamondbacks expect to pursue a left-handed first baseman/DH type at the deadline, people briefed on their plans say. The insider then went on to ...
Aroldis Chapman is having one of the best seasons of his career at age 38.
He has a 0.48 ERA across 18 appearances and 18.2 innings, 12 saves, 25 strikeouts, and a 0.849 WHIP that makes him one of the most dominant closers in baseball right now.
The Boston Red Sox are 25-33 and trending toward being sellers at the August deadline.
NBC Sports Boston ranked Chapman as their most likely trade candidate if the Red Sox shift into sell mode, and multiple outlets have confirmed that his name is...
Justin Topa is getting another chance, and this time it is in Toronto.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed the veteran right-hander to a minor league contract, with Topa assigned to Triple-A Buffalo.
The 35-year-old was released by the Minnesota Twins in late May after posting an 8.05 ERA, a 2.00 WHIP, and 27 hits allowed across 19 innings, the latest difficult chapter in a career that has been defined by injury setbacks and improbable returns. Justin Topa, released by MIN last month, has signed ...
It was back in 2019 that the Toronto Blue Jays first acquired top pitching prospect Simeon Woods Richardson. He was a Top 3 prospect for the club when they dealt him to the Minnesota Twins in 2021 in the Jose Berrios trade. Now, Toronto has re-acquired Woods Richardson, days after he was designated for assignment by the Twins after going 0-7 through 10 starts with a 7.74 ERA and 1.89 WHIP with 47.2 innings pitched. The #BlueJays are acquiring Simeon Woods Richardson from the ...
It was a controversial addition when they brought him in, but now, after just two months, the San Diego Padres have decided to end the Nick Castellanos experiment, designating him for assignment. Padres have designated Nick Castellanos for assignment. He hit .191 with a .560 OPS and -0.9 bWAR in 39 games for San Diego pic.twitter.com/Tfwrp4twy9 — Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) June 3, 2026 The two-time All-Star started his fall from grace last season in Philadelphia, when he batted just ....
The Cincinnati Reds had a brutal Monday night against the Kansas City Royals and made two roster decisions because of it.
Lyon Richardson and Brandon Leibrandt were both designated for assignment, with right-hander Zach McCambley and righty Luis Mey recalled from Triple-A Louisville in corresponding moves.
Chase Burns was scratched from Monday's start with an illness, forcing the Reds into an unplanned bullpen game that began with Richardson as opener and ended with a 9-2 final. The #Reds ...
The Minnesota Twins acquired right-handed reliever Justin Lawrence from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash considerations, adding a hard-throwing veteran to a bullpen that has been one of the most inconsistent in the American League this season.
Lawrence was designated for assignment by Pittsburgh last Friday and joins a Twins roster dealing with injuries to Bailey Ober, diagnosed Monday with a mild flexor strain that will sideline him from throwing for ten to fourteen days, and Kendry Rojas, w...
The injuries continue to pile up for the Toronto Blue Jays, notably in the starting rotation. With Dylan Cease, Shane Bieber, Max Scherzer and Jose Berrios currently on the IL (the latter for the entire season), the Jays will continue to look for pitching help. Despite their floundering start to the 2026 season, the defending American League champions still find themselves tied for a Wild Card berth at this point. If they can get to the postseason, not many teams would want to face a sho...
If there's one team that can pick it on defense, it's the Chicago Cubs. But the Cubbies are also a team with a need for some starting pitching to let those fielders go do their jobs. Shota Imanaga and Jameson Taillon are flyball pitchers, as is Matthew Boyd (currently on the IL). So as the team looks to fortify its rotation, there are two 'dream' fits for the Cubs to look to on the trade market, as noted by Christopher Kline of Fansided . Sandy Alcantara, Miami Marlins The former Cy Youn...