{"id":844756,"date":"2026-08-03T16:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/844756\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:56:10","slug":"mlb-trade-deadline-2026-live-grades-and-reaction-for-every-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/844756\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Trade Deadline 2026 Live Grades and Reaction for Every Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Roughly 12 hours after trading veteran Kevin Gausman to the Cubs, the Blue Jays found his rotation replacement in Jos\u00e9 Soriano. The 27-year-old is controllable through the 2028 season, and is a step toward retooling the roster for 2027 rather than a full-scale rebuild in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">With a 3.29 ERA and 127 strikeouts in 123 innings, Soriano is enjoying a breakout season. That said, his overall numbers are inflated by a brilliant start, and he has a less impressive 4.64 ERA in 85.1 innings over his last 16 starts. Even with that regression, this move still makes a ton of sense for a Blue Jays team with a lot of money on the books, as he will be a low-cost rotation staple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">To LAA: SS Arjun Nimmala (No. 44 on B\/R Top 100), SP Angel Rivero, OF Eddie Micheletti<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">With <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/bluejays\/arjun-nimmala-805796\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">60-grade<\/a> raw power and the quick-twitch athleticism to stick at shortstop, Arjun Nimmala will be one of the better prospects traded at this year&#8217;s deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Blue Jays have moved him aggressively through the minors, as the 20-year-old has responded, hitting .279\/.355\/.451 with 13 extra-base hits in 138 plate appearances since he was promoted to Double-A in early July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Eddie Micheletti has an .800 OPS with 20 doubles and 14 home runs in 93 games at Double-A, while Angel Rivero is a teenager right-hander pitching in rookie ball where he has 52 strikeouts in 42 innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roughly 12 hours after trading veteran Kevin Gausman to the Cubs, the Blue Jays found his rotation replacement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-844756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}