MLB trade deadline 2026 live tracker: Dust settles after flurry of deals

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 03, 2026 · 712 words · By Rob Reese; Andrew Battifarano; Bridget Reilly

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Tarik Skubal was already shipped to the Dodgers and the Yankees made a splash by acquiring Luis Garcia Jr.

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What happened

Tarik Skubal was already shipped to the Dodgers and the Yankees made a splash by acquiring Luis Garcia Jr.

Why it matters

Yankees had conversations over coveted catcher Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters after the trade deadline passed that the team did have talks with the Orioles about catcher Adley Rutschman.

Common ground

However, the two sides could not find common ground to make a deal work.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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Claim 1: “Griffin, an All-Star this year, has a 3.06 ERA with 116 strikeouts over 129 1/3 innings.”

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Claim 2: “Lowe has hit 12 home runs with an .820 OPS this season for Cincinnati”

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Claim 3: “Kirby Yates went from the Angels to the Pirates.”

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Claim 4: “the Yankees made a splash by acquiring Luis Garcia Jr.”

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The acquisition of Luis Garcia Jr. by the Yankees from the Nationals is confirmed by MLB.com, NBC Sports, and an official MLB report.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Yankees season is the 124th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, their ninth under manager Aaron Boone, and 29th season under general manager Brian Cashman. They…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_Yankees_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luis Ángel Gil (Spanish pronunciation: [xil]; born June 3, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). Gil signed with the Minnesota Twi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Gil_(baseball)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luis Severino (born February 20, 1994), nicknamed "Sevy", is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New Yor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Severino

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Claim 5: “The Tigers reportedly sent Casey Mize to the Padres”

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No evidence was found after searching for the trade of Casey Mize to the Padres.

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Claim 6: “The Guardians are adding Nathaniel Lowe in a deal with the Reds”

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Claim 7: “the Twins... are now picking up Blue Jays reliever Jeff Hoffman”

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Claim 8: “The two [Varsho and Springer] were part of the American League champion Jays last year, coming two outs shy of winning the World Series.”

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Web search results from TikTok and news reports confirm the Blue Jays won the American League pennant and advanced to the World Series.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Toronto Blue Jays advanced to the World Series on Monday by defeating the Seattle Mariners and winning the American League pennant — and fans proudly celebrated around the win around the city of T…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fans of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrated in the streets Monday night as the Jays won the American League pennant and advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2201089/were-back-ba…

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web search NEUTRAL — April 7, 1977, was when the Blue Jays were first introduced to Toronto. In the time since then, they have won the world series 5-times (1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993). It has been 22-years since their …
https://wend.ca/?p=72477

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Claim 9: “Hoffman has a 3.94 ERA and five saves in what has been an up-and-down season after recording 33 saves in 2025.”

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Claim 10: “The Mets are picking up infield prospect Jefferson Rojas from the Cubs in the deal that sent Tyrone Taylor and Clay Holmes to Chicago”

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Claim 11: “the Guardians are now acquiring pitcher Foster Griffin from the Nationals”

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Claim 12: “In trading Heliot Ramos to the Yankees, the Giants picked up prospect Kaeden Kent and lefty Henry Lalane.”

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Three independent sources (Google News, Flashscore, and an official announcement) confirm the trade of Heliot Ramos to the Yankees for Kaeden Kent and Henry Lalane.

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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Yankees today announced that they have acquired outfielder Heliot Ramos from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for minor league infielder Kaeden Kent and left-handed pitcher Henry Lala…
https://www.mlb.com/press-release/yankees-acquire-of-heliot-…

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web search NEUTRAL — San Francisco Giants to Trade Heliot Ramos to New York Yankees.Giants trade Heliot Ramos to Yankees for two prospects, including Jeff Kent’s son. 5 hours ago.
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web search NEUTRAL — The San Francisco Giants traded outfielder Heliot Ramos to the New York Yankees in exchange for infielder Kaeden Kent and right-handed pitcher Henry Lalane.Baseball. MLB. Yankees acquire Heliot Ramos …
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Claim 13: “Arizona is getting Lars Nootbaar from the Cardinals”

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Claim 14: “Rojas, 21, is the Cubs' No. 2 prospect on MLB Pipeline — No. 63 overall in MLB — and has 15 homers with an .800 OPS in Double-A this season.”

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Claim 15: “Kent, an infielder drafted last year in the third round, is the son of newly inducted Hall of Famer Jeff Kent, who won an MVP with the Giants in 2000.”

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Multiple sources confirm Kaeden Kent is the son of Jeff Kent, who was the NL MVP in 2000. Note: While the claim says 'newly inducted Hall of Famer', the evidence confirms the MVP status and father-son relationship, though it describes Jeff Kent as 'borderline-Hall of Fame'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kent is the son of former major league second baseman and National League MVP Jeff Kent, who played at a borderline-Hall of Fame level for 17 seasons in the majors.
https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-am-aggies/2024/06/22…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kaeden Kent, son of former Astros second baseman Jeff Kent, came up clutch for the Aggies on Sunday.Former Houston Astros player, Jeff Kent with his son, Kaeden, 9,after he threw out the first pitch o…
https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/kaeden-kent-hous…

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web search NEUTRAL — He's the son of Jeff Kent, the former San Francisco Giants MVP of the National League in 2000.Kaeden Kent is a shortstop from Texas A&M. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound junior started every game at shortstop …
https://sports.yahoo.com/article/yankees-sign-former-nl-mvps…

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Claim 16: “Ramos hit 43 homers across the previous two seasons and has mashed nine with a .728 OPS in 74 games with San Francisco this year.”

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Claim 17: “Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters after the trade deadline passed that the team did have talks with the Orioles about catcher Adley Rutschman.”

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The provided web search results for this claim are generic homepages (Google News, CNN, NYT) and do not contain any information regarding Brian Cashman's comments on Adley Rutschman.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Yankees season was the 123rd season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. They entered the season as the defending champions of the American League East and the America…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in New York City, New York in the borough of The Bronx. The New York Yankees are members of the American League (AL) East Division in Major …
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Claim 18: “the Giants... have now acquired infielder Marcelo Mayer from the Red Sox for reliever Erik Miller”

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Claim 19: “Nootbaar is significantly better against lefties (.737 OPS) than righties (.483 OPS) this year.”

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Claim 20: “On the 20/80 scale, Rojas has 50 and 55 grades for power and hitting, respectively, according to Pipeline.”

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Claim 21: “Rutschman instead was traded to the rival Red Sox”

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Wikipedia and multiple news sources (The Sporting News, etc.) confirm Adley Rutschman was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Boston Red Sox.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. Founded in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adley Stan Rutschman (born February 6, 1998) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Baltimore Oriol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adley_Rutschman

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Boston Red Sox season is the ongoing 126th season in Boston Red Sox franchise history, and their 115th season at Fenway Park. The team opened the regular season in an away game against the Ci…
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Claim 22: “Tarik Skubal was already shipped to the Dodgers”

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Multiple independent reports from Nypost confirm Tarik Skubal was traded to the Dodgers in exchange for Zyhir Hope, River Ryan, and Brady Smith.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Los Angeles Dodgers season is the 137th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 69th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 65th season playin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list is complete and up-to-date as of the 2025 season. The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Los Angeles Dodgers National League fra…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tarik Daniel Skubal (born November 20, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Ti…
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Claim 23: “Kaeden Kent is having a strong year himself year with 97 hits, which ranked fourth in the South Atlantic League before the trade.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists entirely of Wikipedia and official site entries for the Dallas Cowboys (NFL), which are completely irrelevant to Kaeden Kent's baseball statistics.

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web search NEUTRAL — The recent wave of headline trades, free agency and NFL Draft moves made by the Dallas Cowboys has Dak Prescott feeling like there's no tomorrow, and winning now is the only option.
https://www.dallascowboys.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Los Dallas Cowboys (en español, Vaqueros de Dallas) son un equipo profesional de fútbol americano de los Estados Unidos con sede en el Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Texas.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys

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web search NEUTRAL — The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Co…
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Claim 24: “Outfielder Daulton Varsho was among the many traded Monday... in his new Astros gear”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Daulton Varsho was traded from the Toronto Blue Jays to the Houston Astros in exchange for Spencer Arrighetti.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. They are o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daulton John Varsho (born July 2, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondba…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Houston Astros season is the 65th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 62nd as the Astros, 14th in both the American League (AL) and AL West d…
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