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Chicago White Sox: The White Sox are ahead of schedule, so it's understandable why they weren't more aggressive, but they didn't do much to improve the team. Castillo hasn't been that good with the Seattle Mariners and will cost $24 million next year. Brenton Doyle is a good defensive outfielder but can't hit. Huascar Brazoban might help the bullpen, but there were more impactful relievers who were traded. Joey Bart might help only because Chicago's catching situation has been so bad (last in the majors in the offense.) espn.com What's most frustrating is giving up two Top 15 prospects when CLE didn't give up anyone in their Top 20 and still had a more impactful deadline and also didn't add all that much in salary, either. Adell still costs less than Austin Hays. https://www.mlb.com/news/guardians-acquire-jo-adell-foster-griffin-nathaniel-lowe-before-trade-deadline&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjD--KOm4aWAxXHIUQIHWSmM08QFnoECAsQAw&usg=AOvVaw3tTmkofi9YH1Ph7pkxEaYL Some ratings had Jacob Cozart (Adell trade) at #18, but overall point still stands...top of the system was totally untouched. "Cozart, 23, ranks as the ⁠No. 18 prospect in the Guardians' organization, per MLB Pipeline. The 2024 second-round pick is ⁠hitting .239 with ‌10 homers and 44 RBIs ⁠in 79 games this season for ‌Double-A Akron."

Volpe to AAA, Lombard up

Big name. Big contract. Questionable results. (See Preller, AJ) Better hope they don't get Elias'ed.

At least they're "only" spending $1 million on Doyle for the remainder of the season.

Derek Hill just hit a Grand Slam to help the Phillies win. They could have Hill AND Adams and likely received more production at a lower cost than Doyle. Luis Castillo was clearly an "overeagerly jumping out in front of the market" overpay...hamstrung by JR wanting to offset salary by dumping Dominguez. They basically had to waste assets on Doyle because they didn't want to eat $2 million of Austin Hays' deal...AND didn't have Hill as a defensive replacement any longer, as Pereira also couldn't be trusted. Then also somehow lost Everson Pereira in this process...

Derek Hill of course hits a Grand Slam for the Phillies on the same day to win a game for them...

as Tanner Bibee, Slade Cecconi and Joey Cantillo have been admirably durable but maddeningly inconsistent this season

"A 2027 qualifying offer for Griffin would be around $22-23 million, about four times the value of his current deal. If Griffin did not accept a qualifying offer from the Nationals, the Nats would receive a Draft pick should he sign with another club." (Doubt CLE exercises that option unless the FA/QO system completely changes.) That said, he's only costing them less than the Sox owe Austin Hays for the remainder of the season.

How about this? Cleveland has not been known in recent seasons to be particularly busy at deadline time, but they were as active as any team in the wild-card mix over the past few days. Naylor no longer had a path to playing time, so flipping him for an intriguing strikeout artist in Yoho made sense to bolster the bullpen. Adell has not had a great year but brings rare bat speed to a lineup desperate for some thump and is under team control for 2027 as well. Lowe was crushing right-handers (.885 OPS) with Cincinnati, providing a veteran lefty bat to boost the Guardians' first-base production, which has been sorely lacking. Finally, the Guardians made a surprising swap with Washington, leveraging the depth of their farm system to add an All-Star lefty in Griffin, who gives them a much more capable rotation option behind their terrific top two of Parker Messick and Gavin Williams, as Tanner Bibee, Slade Cecconi and Joey Cantillo have been admirably durable but maddeningly inconsistent this season. All in all, it wasn't the splashiest deadline for the Guardians, but they got meaningfully better, which is no small achievement in a weak and winnable AL Central.

Lots of rumours flying around that Eyanson AND Witherspoon are both not 100%.

JR didn’t want to eat Hays salary só forced Getz to find a defensive replacement in Doyle…? As noted, already had a better player in Derek Hill unless they can somehow fix Doyle.

Preller is going to get fired (and quickly rehired by someone) if this gambit doesn’t work out. Farm system cooked except for Ethan Salas.

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Lowe trade and maybe Adell change of scenery gives the Guardians the talent advantage in deadline moves unless the old Luis Castillo returns from the dead.

As for the price general manager Craig Breslow paid, let's go to a talent evaluator quoted by Sean McAdam of MassLive.com: "I'm absolutely dumbfounded by this ... This is literally one of the most ridiculous trades I've seen in 30 years." In exchange for a season-and-a-half with their new catcher, plus another catcher in Jake Rogers, Boston sent away pitching prospect Anthony Eyanson (their No. 2 prospect at MLB Pipeline), pitching prospect Kyson Witherspoon (No. 4), outfield prospect Enddy Azocar (No. 5), current backup catcher Carlos Narváez and a player to be named later. Emmett Sheehan was demoted/optioned out as well by the Dodgers. Must be demoralizing for him, Wrobleski (rocked tonight), Sasaki and Lauer. Plus now they'very added Bubic as well into the bullpen mix.

Mune's situation will be the story of next season once the CBA is hopefully resolved. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-trade-deadline-2026-deal-tracker Luis Castillo trade was #18. AJ Preller with two moves in Top 5 for pitching help.

How often do players choose the Midwest over SD or LA?

Dodgers 40% Other 11 playoff teams 60% Rick Hahn said he'd take the pool

Only K.Campbell and his $50 million contract extension remaining. Giants didn't get Roch, exactly. Schmitt/Chapman at 3rd, Adames SS, he goes to second base? Mayer supposedly a sour influence in the Boston clubhouse...fwiw

Not to mention Acuna...

Braves and Yankees pretty quiet...other than Nats' 2B/1B/DH

Sounds a lot like Joe Ryan with the medical concerns depressing his value.

Thought it would be for Wolkow or Zavala... nothing burger, improving at the margin though (Davitt flying around a lot recently)

Headline of week for small markets Brewers reportedly acquire SP Dustin May from rival Cardinals after missing out on Tarik SkubalOr the Orioles capitulating by dealing Rutschman for a boatload of more prospects... Time for Rays Yankees or Preller to do something crazy...

Getz headed for a C/C- deadline week...