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2026 MLB trade deadline

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4 DAYS
117 FACTS
12 EVENTS
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 02
AUG 05 · Day 4

Brewers offered Luis Peña as headliner in Tarik Skubal trade proposal

Luis Peña has hit .297/.382/.407 with two homers and 20 steals in 42 games in High-A.

All three prospects in the Brewers' initial offer for Skubal were position players.

The Tigers traded Tarik Skubal to the Los Angeles Dodgers for outfielder Zyhir Hope and right-handers River Ryan and Brady Smith.

AUG 04 · Day 3

Red Sox bolster roster at MLB trade deadline with Adley Rutschman

Carlos Narváez was the Red Sox' primary catcher in 2025.

The Red Sox gave up righthanders Anthony Eyanson and Kyson Witherspoon and outfielder Enddy Azocar in the Rutschman deal.

In April, Rutschman hit .378 with a .404 on-base percentage and .711 slugging rate.

“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.”
CRAIG BRESLOW verbatim
AUG 04 · Day 3

Brewers pivot for pitching at MLB trade deadline after Skubal push

The Milwaukee Brewers made a push to acquire Tarik Skubal.

The Los Angeles Dodgers made an offer for Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal.

Pat Murphy wanted to address the narrative surrounding the Brewers' pursuit of Tarik Skubal.

AUG 04 · Day 3

MLB trade deadline grades for all teams

CBS Sports gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a D grade for their trade deadline moves.

The Philadelphia Phillies acquired Luis Arraez.

The Detroit Tigers had the second-best run differential in the American League at the time of the deadline.

AUG 03 · Day 2

Cubs acquire Clay Holmes and Tyrone Taylor from Mets

The Cubs were 6.5 games out in the NL Central at the time of the article.

Clay Holmes made three rehab starts.

Clay Holmes and Kevin Gausman are both rentals.

AUG 03 · Day 2

Los Angeles Dodgers acquire Tarik Skubal

At the time of the article, the Dodgers' record was 69-43.

Andrew Friedman is the club president of the Dodgers.

The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Tarik Skubal.

“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.”
DAVE ROBERTS verbatim
AUG 03 · Day 2

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.'”
TONY VITELLO verbatim
AUG 02 · Day 1

Dodgers acquire Cy Young ace Tarik Skubal from Tigers at trade deadline

Skubal is 29 years old.

The Tigers have not won a World Series championship since 1984.

Skubal returned to pitch on June 13 after his surgery.

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