Blog Roll

Look, you write up 36 trades in one day and then come up with a better headline.

Trading Louis Varland perhaps stings most of all.

Is it better to be a volume shooter at the deadline, or to take a more efficient approach?

The Yankees added a little, subtracted a little, and ended up in a better spot than where they started.

The Cubs improved their depth by acquiring Willi Castro from the Twins and Taylor Rogers from the Pirates.

Bailey Falter and Mike Yastrzemski fill key holes on the big league roster.

Entering Thursday, ZiPS projected the Yankees have the 17th-best bullpen for the rest of the season. These three trades bumped them all the way up to third.

Two injured pitchers got traded for nothing, but it's more interesting than it sounds.

Two contenders gave up prospects in order to strengthen the back-ends of their rotations for the playoff push.

Nobody out-deadlines A.J. Preller.

The Rays, Twins, and White Sox all did very Rays, Twins, and White Sox things.

Texas wasn't content to add a little pitching, so they threw in Danny Coulombe and Phil Maton for good measure.

And Jesús Sánchez is going to the Astros too!

The Royals get two young pitchers with years of team control. The Padres get a reason to see less of Martín Maldonado and Elias Díaz.

Andrew Kittredge to the Cubs; Paul Sewald, Kyle Finnegan, and Codi Heuer to the Tigers; Brock Stewart to the Dodgers.

But don't sleep on Hunter Feduccia.

With some stance and swing changes as well as his typically exceptional defense, the 31-year-old outfielder is in the midst of his best season since 2021.

A.J. Preller has never met a trade deadline he couldn't dominate.

Steven Matz joins a Red Sox bullpen packed to the gills with southpaws.

It turns out Shane Bieber threw his last pitch with the Guardians a year and a half ago.

This is what it looks like when you're gearing up for a postseason run.

The 34-year-old slugger has been one of the majors' top hitters since a mid-2024 turnaround.

Houston gets a third base Band-Aid. Baltimore gets a funky relief prospect. Everyone wins small.

Some trades are dramatic ones that you'll remember 30 years later. Others... are not.

The Cubs are adding yet another shaky starter with injury concerns, but they could also be getting a down-on-his-luck pitcher due for some positive regression.