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Turns out the Rockies want him around for longer, as well. Mickey Moniak and the club agreed to a two-year, $16.25 million contract extension through 2028, sources told MLB.com.

Aren't we paying Dominguez's buyout?

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlb-trade-deadline-2026-grading-every-teams-deadline-results-from-an-a-for-the-dodgers-to-an-f-for-the-reds-035645133.html#jump-link-st-louis-cardinals-b Brewers Mets Reds ripped to shreds Padres Dodgers Cubs among the winners

B+ The White Sox got markedly better without sacrificing the future; that's a win in our book. It has been an unexpectedly stellar season on the South Side, one that has pushed the Pale Hose into contention well ahead of schedule. But GM Chris Getz and Co. didn't get over their skis and do anything reckless. No, this was a reasonably aggressive deadline performance. Taking on Castillo's contract makes sense, given the club's relatively small payroll. He's not what he once was but remains a competent back-end starter with experience to impart. Brazobán and Doyle provide some depth. Nothing Earth-shattering here, but this is a nice series of moves for the Sox as they attempt to finish off what would be a shocking division title. yahoo.com/sports

They need to keep someone who can back up all three outfield spots unless they plan on it being Acuna...

Two years ago, this trade would have set pulses racing, as Doyle won his second Gold Glove in two MLB seasons but more significantly added some pop to his game: 23 homers, 72 RBIs and a 3.9 WAR that seemed to predict multi-tool minor stardom ahead. But in the two years since, the center fielder has badly regressed. His 2025 was a stumble to a 0.2 WAR that apparently affected his defense as well, and this season Doyle battled oblique and groin injuries that saw him sent to Triple-A for a rehab assignment before his call-up just two games ago. Sam Bradfield over at our sister site Purple Row offered her insight on the trade, promising that "when [Doyle] is on, he's on" and that the speedster ran into both bad injury luck and struggles with altitude. He'll face no such problems with the latter in the flatlander climes of Chicago, so perhaps the White Sox coaching staff can coax back more of the speed-D-pop excellence we saw from Doyle two seasons ago. yahoo.com/sports Can they actually find two Tristan Peters/es in a single season...?

TankathonMLB Remaining Schedule Strength | TankathonShows the remaining strength of schedule for MLB teams based on the winning percentage of the opponents left on their schedule.Have improved to fifth easiest schedule remaining. CLE still the easiest of all.

Were ranked 30th by USA Today after the deadline. Orioles moved up 8 spots to 14.

Yankees made the same determination on their catchers as well. @FiresideYankees: "The Yankees have signed Christian Bethancourt to an MiLB deal, per @BryanHoch . The 34-year-old catcher had a 90 wRC+ and . 466 SLG% in 59 games for the Iowa Cubs (AAA) this season. At least we didn’t get M.Maldonado back out of retirement.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/red-sox-adley-rutschman-trade-scouting-anthony-eyanson-kyson-witherspoon-full-orioles-prospect-haul/ Both guys have overhanging fastball velocity/health/effectiveness concerns and profile anywhere from #3 to #5 in a rotation to considerable reliever risk in the case of Witherspoon. The OF Azocar is at least 2-3 years away.

After the Dodgers added Tarik Skubal to arguably the most loaded roster in baseball history, the cries for major financial changes to the sport grew even louder. The relatively light package L.A. surrendered to land the two-time Cy Young winner exposed the fact that the Dodgers can hoard prospects due to their ability to outbid everyone for major league talent on the open market. That allows them to keep and grow their young players and deal from that depth. The chances we got a full season in 2027 were low, and only got lower as the Dodgers continued to expose the built-in advantages they hold over everyone else in baseball. It should be a long offseason. —R.P si.com

There's only one way they would trade Arias, and it's for a specific player on the Washington Nationals, according to The Athletic. "One rival executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity to be candid, said he believes the Red Sox might only trade Arias for the Washington Nationals' CJ Abrams. The Red Sox are not necessarily as high on other shortstops who've been linked to the team, such as the Los Angeles Angels' Zach Neto and Miami Marlins' Otto Lopez. Abrams is under club control for two additional seasons, Neto and Lopez for three," The Athletic wrote. Crazy that AJ Preller gave up Gore, Wood Jr., CJ Abrams and Jarlin Susana, who is now the Nats' #4 prospect OF Robert Hassell was even higher rated at the time. And Luke Voit to boot.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/best-mlb-farm-systems-trade-234002603.html All the AL Central farm systems except KC stacked up at 7-10 have to be taking Roch into account despite not being listed Dodgers passed by Mariners for #1

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.