NEWSLETTER
Things are just tremendously quiet right now. Either the next two days are going to be bonkers, or they’re going to be as slow and timid as the market has been so far. Nobody seems to want to take a leap.
Something to watch: #Padres and #Brewers have been talking, sources tell @dennistlin and @ByRobertMurray. SD needs a LHH and possibly a center fielder if it trades Margot. One name in discussions: MIL’s Trent Grisham, a former first-round pick who has an .875 OPS at Double A.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 29, 2019
Brewers and Astros remain engaged on Robbie Ray. Yanks and others also interested.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 29, 2019
One GM believes the Mets' acquisition of Marcus Stroman has "complicated the market." The deal took a prominent name off the market without satisfying the needs of any pitching-starved contender.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 29, 2019
Getting Stroman was a selling strategy, not a buying strategy https://t.co/GtkymfgFyv
— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) July 29, 2019
Some rival evaluators now believe the Mets are going to trade closer Edwin Diaz before the July 31 deadline, and the Red Sox are viewed as the suitors most invested in the chase.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 29, 2019
The Dodgers are still in play for Edwin Diaz, @martinonyc reports https://t.co/j2WCSk3dX9 pic.twitter.com/P9fHIpE3Cl
— SNY (@SNYtv) July 29, 2019
The Pirates-Dodgers talks about Felipe Vazquez currently bogged down in part because Pirates want No.1 prospect Gavin Lux and the Dodgers want to keep him.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 29, 2019
There is a growing sentiment among GMs to push the #MLB trade deadline back to Aug. 15 to give teams more time to determine whether they are buyers or sellers in light of slow activity. They will discuss at the GM meetings in November in Phoenix.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 29, 2019
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) July 29, 2019
