2026 MLB trade deadline
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Brewers offered Luis Peña as headliner in Tarik Skubal trade proposal
Luis Peña collapsed in the dugout in April due to dehydration and lost a month.
The Brewers traded Alexander Frias to the St. Louis Cardinals for starter Dustin May and lefty reliever JoJo Romero.
The Tigers traded Tarik Skubal to the Los Angeles Dodgers for outfielder Zyhir Hope and right-handers River Ryan and Brady Smith.
Brewers pivot for pitching at MLB trade deadline after Skubal push
The Milwaukee Brewers made a push to acquire Tarik Skubal.
Pat Murphy wanted to address the narrative surrounding the Brewers' pursuit of Tarik Skubal.
The Los Angeles Dodgers made an offer for Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal.
MLB trade deadline grades for all teams
The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired Lars Nootbaar.
CBS Sports gave the New York Mets a B grade for their trade deadline moves.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Dustin May and JoJo Romero to the Brewers.
Red Sox bolster roster at MLB trade deadline with Adley Rutschman
Rutschman is slated to be a free agent after the 2027 season.
The Red Sox acquired outfielder Eli White from the Braves for righthander Tyler Uberstine.
Adley Rutschman is 28 years old and has spent the past two weeks on the injured list because of left wrist inflammation.
“If you kind of look at the performance a little bit more under the hood, you see really strong bat-to-ball, really good ball flight relative to previous seasons, which gives us some excitement about his ability to do damage in our park.”
Tampa Bay Rays and Freddy Peralta trade analysis
Los Angeles Dodgers acquire Tarik Skubal
Dave Roberts is the manager of the Dodgers.
Tarik Skubal is a two-time Cy Young winner.
Only the Yankees and the 1972-74 Athletics have ever achieved a three-peat in MLB.
“People are passionate. We feel good about it. There's nothing that we did that no one else couldn't have done. I just love our front office. We have to have the players to go pull something like this off, and we've still got, you know, arguably the top one or two or three farm systems in baseball. So it's a credit to a lot of people in this organization.”
San Francisco Giants make no MLB trade deadline moves
“He made everybody's day better here in San Diego. They had nothing but love for him the first time we were here, same thing (now). You can do whatever you want if you pay for your ticket, but I heard a guy boo when he came up to bat, probably because he played for the Padres for a year. Just one person, and I was like, 'That person must be insane.'”
Cubs acquire Clay Holmes and Tyrone Taylor from Mets
Clay Holmes suffered a fractured fibula from a Spencer Jones line drive in mid-May.
Tyrone Taylor has been with the Mets since 2024.
Clay Holmes signed a three-year, $38MM contract with the Mets in December 2024.
Dodgers acquire Cy Young ace Tarik Skubal from Tigers at trade deadline
Tarik Skubal is a two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner.
Skubal had minimally invasive surgery on May 6 to remove a loose body from his pitching elbow.
In two postseasons, Skubal is 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA in six starts.