Welcome to the trade deadline.
With only a few days left until Thursday at 6pm/3pm, PT deadline deadline, Chaos is imminent, fighting for the team hopes to strengthen their roster before extension.
The trade market has started to stir slowly, with the Seattle Mariners specifically buying the swing deal between Josh Naylor and the New York Yankees in search of third base help, but things should indeed start to heat up in the next few days.
Washington National All-Star Starter Mackenzie Gore has gradually become a potential trade candidate.
Gore, a 26-year-old Southpaw, is part of Juan Soto's return, arrived in 2025 as a crash force, hitting 144 batsmen in 117.2 innings while carrying a 3.52 ERA.
Gore has two and a half years of team control, providing room for upwards and certainty for this trade season. While it may still be unlikely to reach a deal at this time, ESPN's Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel wrote in a trade candidate article updated on Sunday: “At least, the nationals are listening.”
Chicago tied with the Milwaukee Brewers in the Central NL but also one of the teams in baseball, and may have the title of Prospect Capital (Titled by Owen Caissie, Ontario Burlington to swing Washington into potential Gore.
But as we wait for the deal to really start to flow, here are some of the latest rumors spinning around Major League Baseball.
With a record of 7-17 since June 27, Tampa Bay Rays found itself in 3.0 games in the Universal Card game in the American League and could play 180 games by the deadline.
Tampa Bay had asked the inquiry team that it would be reluctant to trade first baseman Yandy Díaz, who rejoined the Ray twice and had a 2027 vesting option on his current contract.
However, as the club has been on the slides in the past month, sportsKen Rosenthal reported on Saturday that the stance of the Rays in trading certain players, especially first baseman Yandy Díaz, may also be weakening. ”
Rosenthal added second baseman Brandon Lowe and receiver Danny Jansen, two players who would find themselves moving if Tampa Bay can't turn things around in the coming days.
Díaz slammed .284/.345/.471 in 18 home runs this season, and if available, he will immediately become one of the most important batsmen on the market, taking his production into consideration in the 2025 production and gaining years of team control.
“The Boston Red Sox will almost certainly be on the roster of interest,” Rosenthal wrote. Large scale's Chris Cotillo added in the report that the Red Sox will be one of Díaz’s top suitors, and he wrote on Sunday that team decision makers “determine him as the highest person on the wish list of the month”.
White Sox asked Robert Jr.
Despite falling into the second year in a row, Chicago White Sox midfielder Luis Robert Jr. is once again a hot topic before the trade deadline.
Robert recently missed two games due to soreness from the recipients, but returned to the White Sox roster on Sunday and was hit for the second time this month. All in all, he has .926 OPS this month and has a variety of tools that any team hopes to unlock in 2025.
If Robert is impressed after the deal, he will have two years of team control, a form of $20 million in team choice.
Regardless of Robert's performance this year, Chicago is demanding a considerable return in any potential deal. An example of asking price is 2024 playoff hero Mark Vientos, who wants the New York Mets USA TodayBob Nightclub.
Vientos has struggled this season, but still only 25 years and a year away from 27 home runs to New York and offers some October punches in the Mets vs. NLCS.
Teams who missed Suárez can pivot to card Arenado
But there was no other realization after Arenado exercised his trade-free clause to prevent the move to Houston Astros in December. So the Cardinal found himself in a popular corner with Arenado in 2025.
But with St. Louis back to the .500 instead of the playoffs, MLB.com's Mark Feinsand reported that Arenado could move forward by Thursday's deadline.
Feinsand wrote that Astros will not pursue Arenado anymore,” but sources said some other clubs pursuing (Eugenio) Suárez may spin Arenado if they miss Slugger in Arizona.”
The 10th-class Gold Glover was his solid self at third base in 2025, but hit the .235 with a .663 operation. So if the Cardinals can get him to give up his no-trade clause, they may have to pay back some of the remaining $42 million in the last two years of the contract.