MLB trade deadline wrap: Cubs deal Bryant (Giants), Baez (Mets) and Kimbrel (White Sox); Braves reload
LHP Andrew Heaney from Angels
– Cardinals get LHP Jon Lester from Nationals
– Cardinals get LHP J.A. Happ from Twins
– Blue Jays get RHP Joakim Soria from Diamondbacks
– Cardinals get LHP Jon Lester from Nationals
– Red Sox get RHP Hansel Robles from Twins
– Red Sox get RHP Austin Davis from PIrates
– Padres get OF Jake Marisnick from Cubs
– Brewers get RHP John Curtiss from Marlins
– Phillies get infielder Freddy Galvis from Orioles
four-time All-Star Kris Bryant on Friday, the final major chess move in a National League West race that has been taut all season.
A’s add Yan Gomes, Josh Harrison
The Oakland A’s, holding the second wild-card slot in the AL, swooped in for the final pieces of the Washington Nationals’ sale, acquiring catcher Yan Gomes and utilityman Josh Harrison.
Washington, according to multiple reports, will receive three A’s prospects: catcher Drew Millas and pitchers Richard Guasch and Seth Shuman.
Gomes and Harrison have been among the Nationals’ most productive players this season, and they join a deadline haul in Oakland that includes center fielder Starling Marte and reliever A
Phils get Kyle Gibson, Ian Kennedy
The eternally pitching-poor Phillies shored up their rotation and bullpen in one costly move, acquiring Kyle Gibson and closer Ian Kennedy from Texas in exchange for Spencer Howard, one of their most promising young pitchers, multiple outlets reported.
Philadelphia entered play Friday 3 1/2 games behind the Mets in the NL East, and recently lost starter Zack Eflin to the injured list. Gibson, a 2021 All-Star, will join Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola to form a very solid front three for the rotation.
acquired Craig Kimbrel from the Cubs, sending the most dominant relief arm on the market from Wrigleyville to 35th and Shields.
The price was stiff – injured second baseman Nick Madrigal and reliever Codi Heuer – but the upside enormous: Good luck scoring after the fifth inning against All-Stars Kimbrel and Liam Hendriks, along with power arms Michael Kopech and Garrett Crochet and righty Ryan Tepera, acquired Thursday from the Cubs.