MLB Trade Deadline Day: Multiple Blockbuster Trades

Fastbreak Sports Insider

Trade deadline day is climaxing with major moves: Skubal to Dodgers, Mahle to Braves, Gausman to Cubs, Peralta to Rays, Luis Garcia Jr. to Yankees, and more. Top insiders Nightengale, Rosenthal, Heyman, Passan breaking news rapidly.

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Updated Aug 3, 2026

@JonHeyman reposted: Andrew Friedman should have worn a ski mask to work Saturday. Because he was ab...

@JonHeyman: Baseball people do like OF Zyhir Hope who’s seen as a future multiple MLB All-Star, but some say the...

@JonHeyman: Hope springs eternal: Based on this, Zyhir Hope is almost everything in the package. The oft-injured...

@JonHeyman: Here’s how we handicapped it the day before. Rays and Brewers do great jobs, but low-revenue teams a...

@JonHeyman: Rays, Rangers, Phillies are among teams on Luis Arraez, who prefers to stay at 2B where he’s thrived...

@JonHeyman: Casey Mize should be next up for Tigers. “Best rental,” left among starters says one rival GM. Great...

@JeffPassan: The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring right-hander Freddy Peralta in a trade with the New York Mets, sour...

@JonHeyman reposted: Freddy Peralta has been traded from the Mets to the Rays. @willsammon 1st

@BNightengale: The Rays are giving up their 15th, 26th and 27th best prospects in the deal: OF Aidan Smith (15) RHP...

@JonHeyman: Mets get prospects Pitre, Hill and Smith, and Rays will pick up the $2.47M remaining on Freddy’s con...

@BNightengale: The Toronto Blue Jays pick up starter Jameson Taillon, who was DFA'd by the Chicago Cubs, for player...

@JonHeyman: Action heating up around Luis Garcia Jr., who has emerged as a very productive bat for the Nats (.56...

@JonHeyman reposted: Sources: The Yankees are trying to complete a trade for Nationals first baseman ...

@BNightengale: The Freddy Peralta trade is official: Erik Neander, Rays president of baseball operations: ‘Freddy i...

@BNightengale: Tarik Skubal will pitch his first game in a Dodgers’ uniform on Tuesday at Wrigley Field.

@BNightengale: The Houston Astros, who were swept by the Orioles coming out of the All Star break, have since gone ...

@Ken_Rosenthal: Bringing this back from this morning. The Rangers just lost again.

@JonHeyman: Yankees close to a deal for Luis Garcia Jr. now

@JeffPassan: BREAKING: The New York Yankees are acquiring infielder Luis García Jr. from the Washington Nationals...

@JonHeyman reposted: Source: The Yankees are acquiring Luis Garcia Jr. from the Nationals

@BNightengale: The Yankees acquire Washington Nationals 1B Luis Garcia Jr. @Joelsherman1 first on it.

@Ken_Rosenthal reposted: Can confirm. Garcia deal done. #Yankees

@BNightengale: Yankees RHP Yovanny Cruz is the big-league player going back to the Nationals in the trade along wit...

@Ken_Rosenthal reposted: The Nationals return, per source: RHP Ben Grable, RHP Yovanny Cruz, RHP Jack Ceb...

@BNightengale: The Nationals also are receiving RHP Ben Grable, RHP Jack Cebert and RHP Jake Bird, per @Feinsand

@JonHeyman: Nats get RHP Jake Bird, RHP Ben Grable, RHP Yovanny Cruz, RHP Jack Cebert for Garcia Jr.

@Ken_Rosenthal reposted: Tyler Stephenson, the current longest-tenured Cincinnati Reds player, is emotion...

@JonHeyman: The Astros are among teams to inquire about Marlins slugger Kyle Stowers, and they are engaged in on...

@Ken_Rosenthal reposted: Yankees trading for Luís Garcia: 'He rakes.' Nationals getting 4 Yankees arms, ...

@BNightengale: The San Diego Padres win again, 8 of 9, and are now just 1 game behind the Diamondbacks and Phillies...

@BNightengale: The NL Wild Card race on the eve of the trade deadline https://t.co/0xps92i1oc

@BNightengale: San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen on what he anticipates from boss AJ Preller in the last 24 ho...

@Ken_Rosenthal reposted: While Detroit continues to weigh trade offers for a number of its players, the t...

@Ken_Rosenthal: BREAKING: The Cubs are acquiring RHP Kevin Gausman from the Blue Jays, sources tell me and @MitchBan...

@JeffPassan: The Chicago Cubs are acquiring right-hander Kevin Gausman in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays, a s...

@Ken_Rosenthal reposted: Told the return is OF Brett Bateman and INF Ty Southisene.

@Ken_Rosenthal reposted: What I’m hearing about the Astros’ trade deadline plans after sweep of Rangers -...

@Ken_Rosenthal reposted: Quick story on Cubs acquiring Kevin Gausman from Blue Jays to strengthen rotatio...

@BNightengale: The Chicago Cubs have been searching for a starter, and land one in veteran RHP Kevin Gausman. The ...

@JonHeyman: Tyler Mahle to Braves @ByRobertMurray 1st

@BNightengale: Atlanta acquires veteran starter Tyler Mahle from the San Francisco Giants for starting pitching dep...

@JonHeyman: Anthony Molina, RHP, goes to Giants in deal

@JonHeyman: https://t.co/BN8qMtttye MLB Insider: Luis Garcia Jr. is nice for Yankees. But how about filling som...

@Ken_Rosenthal: Source confirms: Braves acquiring RHP Tyler Mahle from Giants for RHP Anthony Molina. First: @ByRobe...

@BNightengale: The San Diego Padres rejected a deal that would have sent Yankees starter Will Warren for valuable l...

@BNightengale: The deal is now official

@Ken_Rosenthal: The 14 biggest questions to answer on deadline day. Unlocked and free to read: https://t.co/coOqnAPO...

@Ken_Rosenthal reposted: A team source tells @TheAthletic that the Yankees didn’t offer the Padres a trad...

@BNightengale: This will be Robbie Ray and Luis Arraez’s final day in a San Francisco Giants uniform as they prepar...

@Ken_Rosenthal: The deadline is here. Our live blog is running. Follow The Athletic’s writers and insiders for break...

@JonHeyman: Trade deadline! 8 am Chicago time!