{"id":841893,"date":"2026-08-03T13:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/841893\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:24:12","slug":"full-list-of-mlb-trades-grades-for-every-deal-at-the-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/841893\/","title":{"rendered":"Full list of MLB trades: Grades for every deal at the deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 MLB Trade Deadline<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Major League Baseball\u2019s trade deadline arrives at 6 p.m. ET on Monday. Here\u2019s how we\u2019ve graded each notable move.<\/p>\n

Click the links for trades below to find further context and grades for each side.<\/p>\n

Aug. 2: I<\/a>s this really all the Blue Jays could get for Kevin Gausman?<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cIt\u2019s not nothing, but you\u2019d want more for a starter with Gausman\u2019s track record.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blue Jays: C-
Cubs: A<\/p>\n

\u2014 Stephen J. Nesbitt<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aug. 2: Braves deal for Tyler Mahle clears an admittedly low bar<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cIt\u2019s a low-risk, limited-reward move best described in two words: Why not?\u201d<\/p>\n

Braves: C+
Giants: C<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tyler Kepner<\/p>\n

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Aug. 2: Yankees land slugger Luis Garc\u00eda Jr. at a reasonable price<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cWhile the philosophy makes sense, the return seems more like quantity over quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nationals: C
Yankees: A<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tyler Kepner<\/p>\n

Aug. 2: Rays make a worthwhile gamble in acquiring Freddy Peralta from Mets<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cIf the Rays weren\u2019t up for paying Skubal prices, Peralta is not a bad gamble as a low-risk, high-reward move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mets: C
Rays: B<\/p>\n

\u2014 Stephen J. Nesbitt\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aug. 1: Dodgers get Tarik Skubal as Tigers land prime prospects<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cLet\u2019s not belabor the Dodgers\u2019 side of this: The reigning back-to-back World Series champs just acquired the reigning back-to-back AL Cy Young Award winner without parting with any of their top three prospects. Full stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dodgers: A+
Tigers: A<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nesbitt\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aug. 1: White Sox add Luis Castillo as Mariners shed salary<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cThe White Sox need innings. Castillo will provide that. But they also need quality, given their position. Castillo has a 5.06 ERA and has served up seven homers in his past 17 innings.\u201d<\/p>\n

White Sox: D
Mariners: B+<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sam Blum<\/p>\n

Aug. 1: Braves acquire Lane Thomas, Bailey Falter from Royals<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cThomas can play all three outfield spots, which is helpful but not entirely necessary for the 2026 Braves. What\u2019s far more crucial is that he has a 125 wRC+ against left-handed pitching this season \u2014 and a 133 wRC+ against lefties across his big-league career \u2014 while other Atlanta outfield options Mauricio Dub\u00f3n, Mike Yastrzemski, Eli White and Jorge Mateo are all hitting lefties at a below league-average clip.\u201d<\/p>\n

Braves: B+
Royals: A-<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nesbitt\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aug. 1: Yankees\u2019 Camilo Doval heads to Pirates with hopes of a turnaround<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cIf Doval can throw more strikes, he could regain the form that made him an All-Star in 2023. Then again, if he could throw more strikes, he would probably not have been traded twice in 366 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pirates: B-
Yankees: B-<\/p>\n

\u2014 Andy McCullough<\/p>\n

Aug. 1: Twins, Orioles both get what they need in Dean Kremer deal<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cBaltimore\u2019s growing number of near-ready starters in the minors was going to make Kremer superfluous soon enough, and Jhomnardo Reyes is the exact kind of lottery ticket you like picking up this time of year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orioles: A-
Twins: B<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Britton<\/p>\n

July 31: Twins add A.J. Minter as Mets begin sell-off<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cMinter should help a Twins bullpen that entered play Thursday ranked 24th of 30 teams in fWAR from relievers. They do already have Kendry Rojas and Kody Funderburk pitching well from the left side, but relief help is relief help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mets: B
Twins: B<\/p>\n

\u2014 McCullough<\/p>\n

July 29: Rangers add Logan O\u2019Hoppe, Chase Silseth from Angels at low cost<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cWhat\u2019s positive for the Angels is that they\u2019re making moves. They\u2019re starting the process to change the roster materially, and that is long past due.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angels: B+
Rangers: A-<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Blum<\/p>\n

July 27: Red Sox trust in the breakout in trade for Curtis Mead<\/a><\/p>\n

Grade excerpt: \u201cEarly has shown flashes of No. 2-3 starter stuff, but his underlying metrics look more like a 4-5. That\u2019s still a good get for the Nats, but Mead is a versatile, high-upside big swing for the Red Sox, who are betting his breakout season is more than a flash in the pan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: Mead fractured his wrist in his first game with the Red Sox. He could miss the rest of the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nationals: B
Red Sox: A-<\/p>\n

\u2014 Chad Jennings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 MLB Trade Deadline.\u00a0 Major League Baseball\u2019s trade deadline arrives at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[592,5654,4996,64,63,1186,5156,5158,5256,5257,5258,5259,5260,5163,5261,5262,1187,1188,5159,2364,591,1830,2704,2365,5160,1189,5157,5162,85,2366,1190,2367,5161,5264],"class_list":["post-841893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-athletics","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-cleveland-guardians","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-houston-astros","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-miami-marlins","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-sports","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-texas-rangers","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-washington-nationals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}