MLB Trade Deadline 2026: Every Trade, Updated Live Through 6 P.M. ET

Last updated: Monday, August 3, 2026 — 6:15 PM ET

The 2026 MLB Trade Deadline closes today, Monday, August 3, at 6 p.m. ET. This tracker logs every confirmed trade as it happens, newest at the top, plus the players and teams still in play as the deadline closes. Check back throughout the afternoon for updates.

MLB Trade Deadline 2026: Key Facts

• Deadline: Monday, August 3, 2026, at 6 p.m. ET. Any player on a 40-man roster must be traded before that moment to change teams this season.
• Biggest trade so far: The Red Sox and Dodgers made competing claims to that title: Boston landed three-time All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman from the Orioles in a five-player package, while the Dodgers acquired two-time reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal from the Tigers.
• Trades confirmed so far: 42 (updated as new deals are added below)
• Still unresolved: The Angels (Reid Detmers) remain the most-watched holdout as the deadline nears, with Baltimore's Rutschman now off the board.

Live Trade Log 

Every confirmed trade of the past two weeks, logged as it happened. New trades are added to the top of this section as they're announced.

[NEW]  Padres Acquire Casey Mize From the Tigers

Monday, August 3 (moments before the deadline)

San Diego's second rotation add of the day, coming right behind the Robbie Ray trade, gets done at the literal last second. Mize, the former No. 1 overall pick in 2018, has finally put a healthy, dominant season together: a 2.70 ERA over 16 starts, an elite 5.6 percent walk rate, and three earned runs or fewer allowed in 14 of those 16 outings, albeit with two separate injured list stints for adductor issues. He's a pending free agent, giving A.J. Preller multiple frontline arms for October alongside Michael King and Ray. Workman, a utility infielder who's struggled to a .167/.167/.417 line in limited time this year, comes along as a lower-cost add. Detroit's return is built around Padres pitching: Mayfield and Wolf are both left-handed arms from San Diego's system, further restocking a Tigers organization that already landed a huge return from the Dodgers for Tarik Skubal earlier in the day.

Diamondbacks Acquire Lars Nootbaar From the Cardinals

Monday, August 3 (moments before the deadline)

A buzzer-beater that fills Arizona's biggest outfield hole. Nootbaar, 28, didn't debut this season until early June after offseason surgery to correct a congenital heel deformity, but he's posted a 96 OPS+ since returning and carries a strong career .764 OPS against right-handed pitching with an excellent walk rate. He's controllable through 2027 on the balance of a $5.35 million salary, giving the Diamondbacks a real left-handed bat rather than a two-month rental to replace the injured Lourdes Gurriel in left field. Full return to be updated once announced.

Pirates Acquire Lake Bachar From the Marlins

Monday, August 3 (moments before the deadline)

Miami keeps its deadline going even after landing Victor Vodnik earlier in the day, flipping reliever Lake Bachar to Pittsburgh. The Pirates are reported to be sending back three prospects, though the exact names weren't immediately available. Full return to be updated once announced.

Pirates Acquire Kirby Yates From the Angels

Monday, August 3 (moments before the deadline)

Pittsburgh keeps adding to its bullpen for the stretch run, landing Yates as its third notable relief piece of the deadline alongside Luke Weaver and Camilo Doval. The 39-year-old missed the season's first six weeks with knee inflammation but has been sharp since, posting a 3.95 ERA with a strong 36-to-12 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 27.1 innings. He's a pending free agent. Full return to be updated once announced.

Guardians Acquire Nathaniel Lowe From the Reds

Monday, August 3 (moments before the deadline)

Cleveland adds a left-handed bat to a lineup that's needed more thump at first base and DH. Lowe signed a one-year, $1.75 million show-me deal with Cincinnati over the winter and has rewarded it, slashing .266/.341/.480 with 12 home runs and 37 RBI over 83 games. He's a pending free agent, making this a rental addition for the Guardians' stretch run. Full return to be updated once announced.

Dodgers Acquire Hunter Feduccia From the Rays

Monday, August 3 (moments before the deadline)

A pure organizational-depth move given the Dodgers' catching crunch: Will Smith remains on the injured list and Dalton Rushing was just scratched from Monday's lineup with arm irritation, so Los Angeles is bringing back a familiar face in Feduccia, whom they originally dealt to Tampa Bay in a three-team trade last year. It's the second catcher the Dodgers have added this deadline, after Ben Rortvedt earlier in the day. Suwinski, whom the Dodgers claimed off waivers from the Pirates back in February, has swing-and-miss issues (a career strikeout rate north of 30 percent) but real thump when he connects, giving Tampa Bay a buy-low outfield flier.

Giants Acquire Marcelo Mayer From the Red Sox

Monday, August 3 (late afternoon)

A stunning coda to Marcelo Mayer's time in Boston. The No. 4 overall pick in 2021 and once considered the shortstop of the future alongside Kristian Campbell and Roman Anthony, Mayer never got untracked in the majors (.223/.278/.346 career) and has battled shoulder and wrist injuries throughout his career, including a current forearm stress reaction that's had him on the IL since late June. He's controllable through 2029, giving San Francisco a buy-low reunion project alongside Rafael Devers. Miller, 28, is a hard-throwing lefty reliever whose strikeout rate has jumped from 17.2 percent last year to 31.7 percent this season, and he immediately becomes a top bullpen option for a red-hot Boston club that has now made a blockbuster (Rutschman), a platoon addition (White/Uberstine), and this move all in the same afternoon. Gutierrez, a 21-year-old outfielder out of Mexico, adds a second, lower-cost piece to the return: he's a plus hit-and-speed prospect who's ranked in the upper half of San Francisco's system and has posted big on-base and stolen-base numbers across the low minors, albeit with an injury history of his own.

Yankees Acquire Heliot Ramos From the Giants

Monday, August 3 (late afternoon)

New York finally lands the right-handed bat it needed after averaging a league-worst 3.30 runs per game since Aaron Judge went on the IL in June. Ramos, a 2024 All-Star, is hitting .264/.304/.424 with nine home runs, limited to 74 games this year by a quad strain, but he's long crushed left-handed pitching (.847 career OPS) and profiles well for Yankee Stadium's short right-field porch. He's controllable through 2029. San Francisco's return is headlined by Lalane, New York's No. 5 prospect, a 6-foot-7 lefty sitting mid-90s with a nasty changeup, and Kent, the Yankees' No. 13 prospect and son of new Hall of Famer Jeff Kent, who's hit well at High-A this season.

Guardians Acquire Foster Griffin From the Nationals

Monday, August 3 (afternoon)

Cleveland adds to a rotation that already ranks fifth in MLB in ERA (3.68). Griffin, a first-round pick back in 2014, spent three seasons pitching in Japan's NPB before returning to make his first All-Star team this year, throwing plenty of strikes with a deep repertoire and pitching especially well from late May through late July. Washington's return is built on quantity: Hartle, the only true prospect of note at the Guardians' No. 25 spot with a good slider, headlines a four-player package that also includes Dion (already up with Cleveland this year) and the higher-upside but riskier Virguez.

Twins Acquire Jeff Hoffman From the Blue Jays

Monday, August 3 (afternoon)

Minnesota keeps adding to its bullpen for the stretch run, this time landing a genuine difference-maker. Hoffman lost Toronto's closer job earlier this season but has been dominant since, posting a 0.87 ERA with 28 strikeouts over his last 20.2 innings; he's still owed $11 million in 2027, the final year of his contract. Toronto's return leans on Hill, its No. 7 organizational prospect and a hard-luck 6-foot-5 righty who's struggled to a 5.80 ERA in High-A this year, plus Klein, who's already gotten a taste of the majors, and Pena, a 20-year-old infielder hitting .300 in High-A.

Rays Acquire Tyler Wells From the Orioles

Monday, August 3 (afternoon)

Another surprising in-division trade on a day full of them. Wells, a longtime Orioles starter who missed most of 2024 and 2025 after UCL surgery, has thrived in a full-time bullpen role this year, posting a 2.67 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP over 54 innings, with much stronger results away from Camden Yards. He's controllable through 2027. The cost is real: Forret, a former Orioles 14th-round pick who Baltimore had previously let go, is now a top-10 Rays farm arm who's posted a 3.29 ERA and 102 strikeouts over 93 innings between Double- and Triple-A this season and projects as at least a mid-rotation starter.

Brewers Acquire Antonio Senzatela From the Rockies

Monday, August 3 (afternoon)

Milwaukee's second pitching addition of the day, coming right behind the Dustin May/JoJo Romero trade with the Cardinals. Senzatela, 31, was a rotation bust for most of a five-year, $50.5 million extension before reinventing himself as a reliever this year, working to a 3.61 ERA over 52.1 innings with much better results away from Coors Field (2.57 ERA on the road) and a team option for 2027. Neither Manfredi nor Martinez ranks among Colorado's top 30 prospects, but both have interesting underlying numbers: Manfredi has racked up 68 strikeouts in 45.2 innings in the high minors, and Martinez carries a .913 OPS in the low minors.

Red Sox Acquire Eli White From the Braves

Monday, August 3 (afternoon)

A minor roster swap between two of the deadline's most active teams. White, 32, became expendable in Atlanta once the Braves added Lane Thomas, and he gives Boston a versatile depth outfielder who can play all three spots and has hit .299 with an .818 OPS away from Truist Park this year. Uberstine, 27, has one big league appearance for Boston but carries a 2.81 ERA and a 29 percent strikeout rate over 32 innings at Triple-A, giving Atlanta another developmental bullpen arm.

Marlins Acquire Victor Vodnik From the Rockies

Monday, August 3

Colorado moves its struggling closer after a rocky 2026: Vodnik saved 10 games last season and opened this year as the Rockies' closer, but he's blown saves and posted an ugly spring ERA before settling in as a middle-relief piece. Miami bets on a bounce-back in a lower-leverage role. Norby, a former top-100 prospect who's been up and down with the big club this season, heads back to Colorado in a change of scenery, along with May, a 22-year-old righty who's shown swing-and-miss stuff in his first full pro look.

Cubs Acquire Clay Holmes and Tyrone Taylor From the Mets

Monday, August 3 (afternoon)

Chicago finally gets the rotation help it's been chasing all deadline, and it's not a two-month rental. Holmes, 33, is in the second season of a three-year, $38 million contract that carries a $12 million player option for 2027, so the Cubs could have him beyond this year if he opts in. He missed much of the season with a broken leg but was excellent before it, posting a 2.39 ERA with 45 strikeouts and 2.0 bWAR over nine starts and 52.2 innings, and a strong run of rehab outings is what pushed his market into high gear. If he's fully right, there's a path to him being Chicago's Game 1 starter come October. Taylor comes along as a specific bench upgrade: he's been a well below-average hitter against right-handers (an 82 wRC+) but a legitimate lefty masher, batting .282/.303/.569 against southpaws for a 137 wRC+, giving the Cubs a sharper platoon option than current fifth outfielder Justin Dean. New York's return is Rojas, a shortstop/second baseman the Cubs signed as a 16-year-old international free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2022 and who profiles as blocked at the big-league level behind Matt Shaw and Pedro Ramirez — reportedly the exact prospect Mets scouts had zeroed in on during these talks.

Astros Acquire Daulton Varsho From the Blue Jays

Monday, August 3

Houston lands the left-handed-hitting outfield bat it had been chasing all summer, one ESPN's Jeff Passan had called a "dream" fit as far back as July. Varsho, an impending free agent, is hitting .246/.314/.399 with 7 home runs through 80 games (a 93 OPS+), roughly league-average production paired with his usual plus defense in center. Toronto entered deadline day sitting 2.5 games out of a wild-card spot, but a middling first half pushed the front office toward selling rather than betting on a bounce-back run. The return is notable: Arrighetti, a genuinely interesting young arm who was Houston's most stable rotation piece for stretches of this season, is currently on the 15-day injured list with right foot nerve irritation. Before landing there, he'd given the Astros an ERA in the 1.30s across his first several 2026 starts, though a rich walk rate and a FIP well above that ERA suggest some regression was likely even before the injury. He's controllable via arbitration into the 2029 season, giving the Blue Jays a potential long-term piece rather than the pure rental they gave up in Varsho.

Cubs Acquire Ryan Zeferjahn From the Angels

Monday, August 3 

A genuine surprise, both for who Chicago gave up and for the power arm they got in return. Zeferjahn, 28, pairs a 97 mph fastball with a sweeper that's produced a 33.5 percent strikeout rate this year, working to a 3.66 ERA over 51.2 innings across 45 appearances despite ongoing control issues. He closed at times for the Angels and could do the same in Chicago, at least until Daniel Palencia is back, and he won't be a free agent for years, which made him a real cost rather than a rental add. That cost turned out to be Ballesteros, the lefty-hitting catcher who's been the Cubs' No. 1 or No. 2 organizational prospect and already gotten big league looks this season — reports as recently as days ago indicated Chicago was unwilling to put him on the table in trade talks, making his inclusion here the most notable prospect move of the deadline. McGwire, a 22-year-old right-hander who was unranked entering the season before a breakout campaign, rounds out the return to Los Angeles.

Brewers Acquire Dustin May and Jo Jo Romero From the Cardinals

Monday, August 3

Milwaukee turns to an NL Central rival for pitching help after missing out on Tarik Skubal. May, 28, signed a one-year, $12 million deal with St. Louis over the winter and turned himself into a legitimate trade chip: 5-7 with a 4.38 ERA and 106 strikeouts over 21 starts (109 innings), including a 12-start stretch at a sparkling 2.54 ERA after a rocky beginning to the season. He slots into a deep Brewers rotation alongside Jacob Misiorowski, Shane Drohan, Logan Henderson, Brandon Sproat, and eventually Kyle Harrison. Romero, 29 and also an impending free agent, has a 3.51 ERA and 12 saves over parts of five seasons in St. Louis and gives Milwaukee a third lefty bullpen option next to Aaron Ashby and DL Hall, though he's currently out recovering from an appendectomy earlier this month. It's a rare in-season trade between the two division rivals, with the Cardinals getting two outfield prospects in return: Frias, Milwaukee's No. 11 prospect at Single-A, and Ragsdale, the Brewers' No. 13 prospect at Double-A.

Red Sox Acquire Adley Rutschman and Jake Rogers From the Orioles

Monday, August 3 

The last domino to fall on baseball's hottest team keeps falling in Boston's favor, and it turned into a two-catcher package. Rutschman, 28, is a three-time All-Star and the No. 1 overall pick in 2019 who is under club control through 2027, meaning this is a two-year get, not a two-month rental. He's currently on the injured list with left wrist inflammation and has also missed time this year with ankle inflammation and a concussion, but when healthy he's been back to his old form: .251 with 19 doubles, 8 home runs, 47 RBI, and a .764 OPS over 67 games, plus elite framing and caught-stealing marks behind the plate. He became available because Baltimore has already committed long-term to Samuel Basallo as its catcher of the future (Basallo is also hurt, out with shoulder inflammation), even with the Orioles sitting just 2.5 games out of a playoff spot. Rogers, 31, is a mostly unrelated add-on: Baltimore had only acquired him from the Tigers this past Thursday for a minor league arm to cover the catching spot with both Rutschman and Basallo out, and now flips him to Boston in the same deal, giving the Red Sox immediate depth behind the plate as well as the long-term piece. For Boston, it's a clear upgrade at a position that produced a .219/.305/.310 line with just four home runs from the Wong/Narvaez tandem this season, for a team that's gone 23-3 in its last 26 games, at one point winning 15 straight, and sits 60-51 holding a wild-card spot five games back of Tampa Bay in the East. The cost is real: Eyanson (Boston's No. 2 prospect, a fastball that's jumped to 97-100 mph with two power breaking balls) and Witherspoon (the 15th overall pick in 2025 with a front-of-rotation ceiling, albeit with an uneven full-season debut) both headline the return, with Azocar (a toolsy 19-year-old outfielder riding a power surge) adding further upside. Narvaez, Boston's primary catcher for most of this season, also goes back to Baltimore as immediate MLB-ready depth, and the deal includes a player to be named later.  

Cubs Acquire Braxton Garrett From the Marlins

Monday, August 3 

A classic Cubs buy-low reclamation play. Garrett, the 7th overall pick back in 2016, had a genuine breakout with Miami in 2022-23, throwing 247.2 innings with a 3.63 ERA, a 23.8 percent strikeout rate, and a 5.1 percent walk rate, before a UCL tear wiped out most of 2024 and all of 2025. He's healthy again this year but was buried at Triple-A Jacksonville anyway, posting a dominant 2.32 ERA and a sub-1.000 WHIP over 73.2 innings there while getting just two uneven big league looks, neither since May. He's controllable via arbitration through 2027 at a modest $1.53 million salary this season, which gives Chicago multiple years of a potential rotation piece rather than a two-month rental, addressing a short-handed staff both now and beyond. Miami's return is built from Cubs organizational depth: Long, a 24-year-old first baseman with a strong contact-and-power profile who's been blocked at the big-league level by Michael Busch, and Beck, a 6-foot-9 right-hander the Cubs themselves acquired from the Mets over the winter, who has broken out with a fastball sitting 95 and touching 98 and a sub-1 ERA since May 7.

Pirates Acquire Luke Weaver From the Mets

Monday, August 3 

Pittsburgh wins the bidding war it found itself in with the Brewers for the deadline's top setup-man target. Weaver, 32, has been outstanding this year after a rocky finish with the Yankees last season, posting a 1.88 ERA with 44 strikeouts against 11 walks and a 0.84 WHIP over 43 innings, mostly working as the setup man in front of closer Devin Williams. He signed a two-year deal with the Mets last winter and is still owed roughly $2.4 million for the rest of this season plus $11 million in 2027, so this isn't just a two-month rental, it's a bargain for next year too. It's exactly the kind of addition Pittsburgh needed after ranking in the bottom half of the league in bullpen ERA (4.49), WHIP (1.33), and walk rate (8.8 percent) since the start of May. In return, the Mets get Stafura, Pittsburgh's No. 9 organizational prospect at shortstop, who originally came over from the Reds in last year's Ke'Bryan Hayes salary dump and has been red-hot over his last month at the plate.

Padres Acquire Robbie Ray From the Giants

Monday, August 3 

San Diego lands rotation stability from a clear seller. Ray, 34, is in the final year of the five-year, $115 million deal he signed with the Mariners after winning the 2021 AL Cy Young, and is owed roughly $25 million this season plus a $1 million assignment bonus. San Francisco already dealt Tyler Mahle, Luis Arraez, and Caleb Kilian this deadline, and Ray was the last significant chip left. His 2026 line with the Giants is a bit of smoke and mirrors: a tidy 3.08 ERA over 122.2 innings, but a subpar 20.9 percent strikeout rate and 11.1 percent walk rate, meaning he's succeeding more by limiting hard contact than missing bats the way he used to. Still, he gives the Padres a real name to plug into a rotation that's been leaning on bullpen games and long relief from German Marquez and Griffin Canning while Joe Musgrove and Nick Pivetta work through rehab assignments; a healthy stretch-run group of Dylan Cease, Ray, Musgrove, Pivetta, and Buehler would be the strongest San Diego has trotted out all year. The cost is real on San Diego's end: Mendez was the Padres' own No. 3 organizational prospect, a hard-throwing righty with a fastball up to 99 mph and a plus slider who profiles as a fast-mover, at Double-A this season; Hernandez, a shortstop prospect further down the system, rounds out the return.

Rays Acquire Liam Hicks From the Marlins

Monday, August 3 

A Rule 5 pickup from the Tigers back in 2024, Hicks is in the middle of a breakout season, hitting .282/.363/.432 with 14 home runs, 62 RBI, and a 119 wRC+ over 409 plate appearances, with most of that damage coming against right-handed pitching. He comes with four years of club control remaining through 2030, giving Tampa Bay a long-term answer behind the plate after getting just a .700 OPS and six homers from the position this season. Miami could afford to move him with top catching prospect Joe Mack already up in the majors. The headline return piece is Taylor, a 2023 first-round pick out of TCU who ranked as the Rays' No. 16 prospect and is hitting .897 with 17 home runs and 20 steals at Double-A this year; Santana and Kisting round out the package as organizational depth.

Dodgers Acquire Kris Bubic From the Royals

Monday, August 3

This one comes with a health caveat: Bubic has been on the injured list with shoulder soreness for most of the summer and was Kansas City's presumptive top rental if he'd stayed on the mound and healthy. Before the shutdown, he posted a 4.11 ERA over his first nine starts (50.1 innings) with an elevated walk rate; dating back to 2023, he carries a 3.04 ERA, a 25.5 percent strikeout rate, and a 48 percent ground-ball rate, though recurring injuries, including a prior Tommy John surgery, have limited him to 203 innings over four seasons. He's a pending free agent with roughly $3.88 million left on his $6.15 million salary. The Dodgers are betting on his ceiling as pitching depth insurance for October, assuming he can get back on a mound. Kansas City, at 35-53 with ace Cole Ragans already lost for the season to his own UCL surgery, gets Duran, a hard-throwing 6-foot-7 right-hander who returned to the Dodgers as a free-agent signee this past winter after a stint with the Athletics and is working back from Tommy John surgery of his own.
 

White Sox Acquire Brenton Doyle From the Rockies

Monday, August 3

The run on outfield bats continues. Doyle, a two-time Gold Glove center fielder, had been out since May 19 with an oblique injury and was only activated this past Friday, just in time to be included in deadline talks. He's built his career on elite defense, speed (79 career stolen bases), and a pronounced platoon split, hitting lefties far better than right-handers throughout his time in Colorado. For a rebuilding White Sox club, he's a controllable, defense-first outfielder to build around rather than a rental. The return leans on organizational pitching depth and an international lottery ticket: Adams, 26, has a 3.56 ERA over 12 starts this year as he works his way back from Tommy John surgery and was seen as surplus given Chicago's deep stable of near-ready arms; Vielma, a 16-year-old shortstop signed for $400,000 in the White Sox's 2026 international class, has been up to a 192 wRC+ in his early professional look.

Dodgers Acquire Ben Rortvedt From the Mets

Monday, August 3 

A depth move, but a notable one given the Dodgers' catching situation: Will Smith remains three to four weeks away as he works back from neck inflammation, and Dalton Rushing was just scratched from a start with elbow irritation. Rortvedt, 28, is now with the Dodgers organization for the third time in about a year after bouncing between waivers claims and trades; he's hitting .235/.319/.414 with 8 doubles and 6 home runs in 48 games at Triple-A Syracuse this season and wasn't on the Mets' 40-man roster. In return, New York takes a flier on McDermott, 27, who was designated for assignment by the Dodgers last Friday. He's posted a 4.10 ERA with a strong 36.4 percent strikeout rate at Triple-A since being acquired from Baltimore in April, though a 16.9 percent walk rate remains the swing skill the Mets hope to iron out. He's in his final option year.

Mariners Acquire Taylor Ward From the Orioles

Monday, August 3

Seattle adds a right-handed bat as it looks to lengthen its lineup down the stretch. Ward, in his first season in Baltimore after being acquired from the Angels last November for Grayson Rodriguez, is hitting .246/.383/.346 through 111 games; he leads the American League in plate appearances and walks, but his power has fallen off sharply after back-to-back 30-plus homer seasons in Anaheim. The Orioles were widely described as a team unwilling to "sink all of our chips into 2026," per president of baseball operations Mike Elias, making Ward available even without a clear buy or sell direction. Baltimore's return is built from organizational pitching and outfield depth: Hoppe, added by Seattle from the Red Sox earlier this year; Kreiling, a 2024 17th-round pick out of Nebraska-Omaha; and Moore, a 2024 7th-round pick out of Oregon whose fastball has touched triple digits.

Braves Acquire Brent Suter From the Angels

Monday, August 3 (morning)

Atlanta's third pitching addition in three days, following Lane Thomas/Bailey Falter and Tyler Mahle. Suter, 36, has a 4.12 ERA and 1.26 WHIP with 55 strikeouts against 17 walks over 63.1 innings and 43 appearances (three starts) for the Angels this year. He's a soft-tossing lefty who sits 87-89 mph but commands the ball well (6.4 percent walk rate) and gets grounders at a well-above-average 48.1 percent clip, giving the Braves a needed lefty option and multi-inning flexibility in front of a stretch run. He's an impending free agent. Alvarez, a well-regarded infield prospect who debuted with Atlanta in 2024, is hitting .236/.337/.326 with 2 home runs and 4 steals in 37 games at Triple-A this season, a contact-over-power profile with a strong glove at third base.

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Phillies Acquire Brooks Raley From the Mets

Monday, August 3

Philadelphia's second bullpen addition of the morning, coming right on the heels of the Arraez deal. Raley, 38, has been outstanding for the Mets this season, posting a 1.96 ERA with 40 strikeouts against 15 walks over 41.1 innings, and gives the Phillies a lefty setup option in front of closer Jhoan Duran. He's an impending free agent, so this is a straight rental for a division rival looking to put a stamp on the deadline. The Mets continue their teardown, having already dealt A.J. Minter to the Twins earlier in the day; Raley is at least the fourth veteran to be moved off New York's roster over the past two weeks. In return, Philadelphia sends back two lower-level prospects: Gabrysh, a 15th-round pick in 2024 who saw a velocity jump this spring and profiles as a mid-90s reliever with a slider-cutter mix, and Spikerman, a toolsy but oft-injured outfielder who flashes speed and contact skills in the stretches he's stayed on the field.

Phillies Acquire Luis Arraez From the Giants

Monday, August 3

Philadelphia beat out the Rays, Rangers, and a handful of other suitors (the Yankees, Red Sox, Guardians, and Padres had all checked in as well) for the market's top rental bat. Arraez, a three-time batting champion, is hitting .328 with a .364 on-base percentage, four home runs, 43 RBI, and 10 stolen bases this season, tops in the majors in average. He signed a one-year, $12 million deal with San Francisco over the winter and becomes a free agent after the season, with roughly $4 million of that salary still owed. His arrival creates a roster question in Philadelphia, since Bryson Stott has manned second base for the Phillies all year; expect some combination of Stott sliding elsewhere or Arraez seeing time at a corner infield spot. Kilian, a former Cubs pitching prospect who reinvented himself as a hard-throwing reliever after signing with San Francisco over the winter, adds bullpen depth. The cost is steep on the pitching side: Marquez, a 20-year-old right-hander with a 1.83 ERA at High-A this season and a plus changeup, is regarded as at or near the top of Philadelphia's farm system and was considered close to peak trade value entering the deadline. Gair, a power-armed reliever prospect who has touched 101 mph but still fights his command, rounds out the return.

Blue Jays Acquire Jose Soriano From the Angels

Monday, August 3 

Toronto lands the arm it's been circling for months. Soriano is in the midst of a breakout season, sitting at a 3.29 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, and 127 strikeouts over 22 starts (123 innings), and comes with multiple years of club control remaining, which is exactly the kind of controllable, front-of-rotation piece the rebuilding Blue Jays were targeting rather than another rental. The Angels scratched Soriano from his weekend start against the Brewers as the deal came together, with the club citing the trade deadline uncertainty directly. Los Angeles gets three long-term pieces in return: Nimmala, a former first-round shortstop who has ranked among Toronto's top prospects and reached the back half of national top-100 lists; Micheletti, an eighth-round pick out of Virginia Tech who broke out in his first full pro season; and Rivero, a live-armed teenager working up to 95 mph out of the lower minors. It's a bat-and-arm package built around years of control rather than immediate MLB help, typical of a full rebuild return.

Cubs Acquire Kevin Gausman From the Blue Jays

Sunday, August 2 

Toronto is in clear sell mode at 52-60, eight games under .500 and last in the AL East. Gausman, 35, is in the final year of the five-year, $110 million deal he signed with the Blue Jays and is 5-10 with a 4.38 ERA and 127 strikeouts across 23 starts this season, though his 3.51 FIP suggests some bad luck (a .313 BABIP and 15 home runs allowed in 127.1 innings). He brings a 3.83 ERA over 14 career playoff games and slots in alongside Shota Imanaga, Matthew Boyd, and recently acquired lefty David Peterson atop a Cubs rotation that has struggled to miss bats and keep the ball in the park. Chicago sends back two prospects: shortstop Ty Southisene, who is hitting .311 with a .431 on-base percentage and 31 steals between Single-A and High-A this season, and outfielder Brett Bateman, a speed-and-contact profile who fits the org's need for more athleticism. The Cubs entered the deadline 6.5 games behind Milwaukee and were expected to add more pitching beyond Gausman before 6 p.m. ET.

Yankees Acquire Luis Garcia Jr. From the Nationals

Sunday, August 2 

New York gave up four pitchers to land a bat, and it is a significant one. Garcia, 26, has a career-high 23 home runs this season, 18 of them in his last 47 games, and comes with an extra year of club control through 2027, which made him one of the more coveted hitters on the board for contenders starved for offense.

Blue Jays Acquire Jameson Taillon From the Cubs

Sunday, August 2

Chicago designated Taillon for assignment last week after a difficult run that included a 5.92 ERA and 25 home runs allowed in 76 innings. Toronto adds him back as rotation depth in a much lower-cost move than its other deadline additions.

Rays Acquire Freddy Peralta From the Mets

Sunday, August 2

Tampa Bay is absorbing the roughly $2.4 million left on Peralta's expiring deal and using him to backfill a rotation that just lost Shane McClanahan to the 15-day injured list with mid-back tightness. Peralta joins Drew Rasmussen and Nick Martinez at the top of the group, with Griffin Jax and Ian Seymour having filled in during McClanahan's absence; the Rays hope to have McClanahan back within a couple of starts. Peralta struggled badly after New York acquired him from Milwaukee last winter, going 5-9 with a 4.99 ERA and a 1.48 WHIP across 22 starts. The return is led by Pitre, a second-round pick who is hitting .308 with 9 home runs and 32 steals between High-A and Double-A this year.

Twins Acquire Dean Kremer From the Orioles

Sunday, August 2

Minnesota (56-55 at the time of the deal) has won seven of nine and sits tied with Cleveland for the third AL wild-card spot, three games back of the White Sox in the AL Central. Kremer has struggled in 2026, carrying a 6.50 ERA and 1.36 WHIP over seven starts, so this is depth insurance more than a difference-maker. Reyes, an 18-year-old outfielder, ranks as Baltimore's No. 20 prospect per MLB Pipeline. The deal came just hours after Minnesota added A.J. Minter.

Twins Acquire A.J. Minter From the Mets

Sunday, August 2

Minnesota kept its bullpen retooling going by adding Minter before also landing Dean Kremer the same day. The Mets continue trimming veteran pieces off last year's roster as their season slips away.

Braves Acquire Lane Thomas and Bailey Falter From the Royals

Sunday, August 2

Atlanta adds outfield depth after activating Ronald Acuna from the injured list in late July, giving the Braves coverage as they manage his workload following his second hamstring strain of the season. Thomas is hitting .230 with a .717 OPS this season, more of a depth and defense addition than an impact bat, with Falter providing rotation or bullpen flexibility.

Dodgers Acquire Tarik Skubal From the Tigers

Saturday, August 1 

The biggest deal of the deadline. It is the first time a reigning Cy Young winner has been traded in-season since Justin Verlander in 2023, handing the two-time defending World Series champions a rotation of Skubal, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, and Justin Wrobleski. Skubal is a rental headed for free agency this winter, and the industry reaction centered on how light the return looked given his talent. Hope was ranked as the Dodgers' No. 5 farm asset by MLB Pipeline, Ryan their No. 7 (Baseball America, which runs a separate list, has Hope at No. 55 overall). Skubal, speaking with reporters after the trade, called joining the Dodgers a chance to chase three championships in a row.

White Sox Acquire Luis Castillo From the Mariners

Saturday, August 1

Chicago is taking on the remainder of Castillo's contract, which runs through 2027 at $22.75 million annually with a 2028 vesting option, to add rotation depth behind Davis Martin, Sean Burke, and Erick Fedde. Castillo is a three-time All-Star having a down year, sporting a 5.06 ERA in 20 appearances. Seattle gets salary relief plus Dominguez, who had 12 saves for Chicago before losing the closer's job.

Red Sox Acquire Curtis Mead From the Nationals

Saturday, July 25 

The deadline season's opening move was an old-school, one-for-one challenge trade, and it comes with an important asterisk: Early was already on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation at the time of the deal, having last pitched June 30. Boston still sent a well-regarded young starter to Washington for a bat, betting that a 25-year-old breakout in Mead is real, but the Nationals knew they were getting a pitcher who needed a rehab assignment before he could help them. Prior to the injury, Early was 7-5 with a 3.44 ERA and a 9.1 percent walk rate over 17 starts; Washington targeted an Aug. 3 rehab start for him with a return projected for the final week of August. Mead was slashing at a 1.115 OPS clip with 13 runs, 10 extra-base hits, and nine RBI over his previous 16 games at the time of the deal, and ranked 10th among qualified right-handed hitters in slugging percentage. He slots into a Red Sox lineup that ranked 25th in MLB in runs scored, playing mostly third base with Caleb Durbin sliding to second. The Red Sox lead the American League in ERA behind only the Yankees, which chief baseball officer Craig Breslow cited as the reasoning to deal from pitching depth to address the lineup. Mead has since been sidelined himself by a wrist injury, with an expected return in the six-to-eight-week range, meaning both players are now on the shelf for their new teams.

Players Still on the Move as the Deadline Closes

A handful of teams are still fielding calls in the hours before the 6 p.m. deadline. Move any of these up into the Live Trade Log above once a deal is official.

• Angels: Rival executives believe Los Angeles will continue selling, with Reid Detmers and shortstop Zach Neto both drawing calls after the Soriano deal, according to MLB Network's Jon Heyman.
• Red Sox: Boston has been talking to the Angels about Neto as it continues to look for a shortstop upgrade.
• Mets: Clay Holmes remains a trade candidate as New York's sell-off continues.
• Brewers: Milwaukee, along with the Cubs, Braves, Yankees, Rays, and Phillies, is among the contenders that could still make a late addition before the window closes.

Trade Deadline FAQ

When is the MLB trade deadline in 2026?

The 2026 MLB Trade Deadline is Monday, August 3, at 6 p.m. ET. After that point, teams cannot trade players on the 40-man roster for the remainder of the season.

What was the biggest trade of the 2026 deadline?

The Dodgers acquiring two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal from the Tigers for outfielder Zyhir Hope and right-handers River Ryan and Brady Smith is the largest trade of the period, and one of the biggest deadline deals in recent memory.

Which teams have been the most active sellers?

The Tigers, Mets, Blue Jays, Nationals, Royals, and Orioles have been the most prominent sellers, with the Mets in particular unwinding multiple win-now additions from last winter, including Freddy Peralta and A.J. Minter.

Which teams have been the most active buyers?

The Dodgers, Rays, White Sox, Yankees, Braves, and Twins have made the most notable additions so far, with the Angels and Orioles still deciding whether to buy, sell, or stand pat as the deadline closes.