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Eric Samulski / NBCSports.com:
2026 MLB Trade Deadline Winners and Losers: Thoughts on the Red Sox, Brewers, Pirates, more — The 2026 MLB Trade Deadline is finally behind us. It was a whirlwind day and a whirlwind week-plus since the first major domino fell on the trade market. In reality, we won't really know how teams …
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Loser mentality takes center stage at 2026 MLB trade deadline — The buzzer is still ringing in the ears of 30 front offices across the land. The Major League Baseball trade deadline passed peacefully on Monday, and the time has come to anoint winners and losers.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB trade deadline winners and losers: Dodgers, Red Sox and Phillies all in — It was a dizzying day of activity, and when the smoke cleared after the Major League Baseball trade deadline, we learned who's actually serious about challenging the Los Angeles Dodgers, and which teams are the pretenders.
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Wajih AlBaroudi / USA Today:
MLB trade deadline: 6 winners and losers from wild day — The MLB trade deadline had no shortage of fireworks this year, from two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal landing with the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox acquiring catcher Adley Rutschman. — Teams took differing paths to fortify their rosters at the deadline.
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The Athletic:
Red Sox-Orioles trade grades: Both teams win in bold Adley Rutschman deal — Orioles get: C Carlos Narváez, RHP Anthony Eyanson, RHP Kyson Witherspoon, OF Enddy Azocar, PTBNL — Red Sox get: C Adley Rutschman, C Jake Rogers — Big swing by Red Sox brings big haul for Orioles — Red Sox: A
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Red Sox land All-Star Adley Rutschman from Orioles in AL East trade stunner — In a stunning deal that marks the end of a failed rebuild in Baltimore, the Orioles are trading catcher Adley Rutschman to the Boston Red Sox Monday, Aug. 3, a rare intra-division deal for a three-time All-Star …
Gordon Wittenmyer / Cincinnati.com:
Another lost season means clock ticks louder on Elly De La Cruz tenure … The one Cincinnati Red who was never going to get traded before the Aug. 3 deadline has heard his name come up, if only in dream scenarios by other teams, like the Boston Red Sox. — It's a first for All-Star shortstop …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
‘They want me here’: Relieved to stay with Cardinals, Alec Burleson lifts them with 3 homers — NEW YORK — He had already seen two teammates make the rounds for goodbye hugs and pack their gear to go when, shortly before Monday evening's trade deadline, Alec Burleson got called to the visiting manager's office at Yankee Stadium.
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Luis Arraez traded to Phillies: Giants send hit machine to Philadelphia — Editor's note: Follow along for live rumors, trades and news during MLB's trade deadline day on Monday, Aug. 3. — The Philadelphia Phillies, who have been desperately searching for a right-handed hitting outfielder …
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Pat Brennan / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds trade Nathaniel Lowe to Cleveland Guardians — Just ahead of the MLB trade deadline, Nathaniel Lowe's 2026 season took another turn when the Cincinnati Reds traded him to the Cleveland Guardians, sources confirmed to The Enquirer. — The trade came just minutes ahead …
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Greg Joyce / New York Post:
Yankees call up George Lombard Jr., send down Anthony Volpe in telling move after trade deadline — As far as Yankees prospects go, George Lombard Jr. was about as untouchable as they come as the trade deadline passed Monday. — That is because on Tuesday, he is being summoned for his big league debut in The Bronx.
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Who won Foster Griffin trade? Grades for Guardians-Nationals All-Star deadline deal — They have been hovering atop the American League Central, or close to it, for most of this season, yet there were few signs indicating the Cleveland Guardians' true intentions this season.
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Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers To Acquire Dustin May, JoJo Romero — The Cardinals and Brewers are reportedly in agreement on an intra-division trade. Milwaukee adds starter Dustin May and reliever JoJo Romero for the stretch run while sending a pair of high-ceiling outfield prospects, Alexander Frias and Josiah Ragsdale, to the Cardinals.
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