NEWSLETTER
It amazes how much everyone – including myself – was pretty much entirely wrong regarding the impact of a unified trade deadline on the overall trade season. All logic pointed to increased activity earlier on from a larger number of teams, who’d have to decide (1) what their plan was and (2) how they were going to effectuate it. No waiver trades in August meant sitting back and letting things play out was a much riskier strategy. So here come the moves in mid-July baby!
Instead we got … *crickets*
Not going to try to confirm or refute every Web rumor before Wednesday. In fact, you should ignore most of them, too. But since it's getting some play, I'm told by someone in the know that the #SFGiants have NOT made an all-but-final call to keep Bumgarner ("Inaccurate.") …
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) July 25, 2019
… Those would not be for rental players the Giants have, but controllable players and prospects in return for others who are controllable. As well, they could trade away from their relief surplus to fill other needs, be it a bat or arm. #SFGiants
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) July 25, 2019
#Twins are interested in #BlueJays reliever Daniel Hudson, in addition to Stroman and Giles, as has been previously reported. Hudson has a 1.27 ERA over his last 18 games, even after giving up a run last night. @MLBNetwork @MLB
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) July 25, 2019
Astros, Brewers, Yankees are among teams interested in Robbie Ray. Dbacks, in wild card race, are still evaluating their seller/buyer stance.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 26, 2019
The Astros will designate Tony Kemp for assignment when they activate Carlos Correa tomorrow, sources tell The Athletic.
— Jake Kaplan (@jakemkaplan) July 25, 2019
Brett Taylor contributed to this post.
