2025 Trade Deadline Megathread: Good Morning!

Happy Trade Deadline! Check here for all Trades, Rumors, and Speculation about all things across the league!

Check back often for updates. I will try and update every 10-15 minutes, or when a major move (or rumor) occurs! Check below the trade table for rumors and discussions!

COMPLETED TRADES:

(Starting on July 30th, and as of 1:10 PM [EST] on July 31st, 2025)

The above list of trades will continue to be updated throughout the morning, until 2:00 PM (EST) when the "Afternoon Trade Deadline" megathread will get posted.

To see a full list of Trade Deadline trades (going back to the beginning of July), check out the MLB.com list here.

THIS MORNING'S TRADES:

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(Most recent updates are highlighted in Yellow.)

9:39 AM - Jon Morosi (MLB): "Toronto-Cleveland trade will be 1 for 1, source says. Shane Bieber for Khal Stephen." (Tweet)

9:54 AM - Chris McCosky (Detroit News): "Per source: Tigers are acquiring reliever Paul Sewald from Cleveland. He’s posted a 30% whiff rate over the last three seasons. Details on the return to come. Could be a cash or player to be named." (Tweet)

11:01 AM - Jeff Passan (ESPN): "BREAKING: The San Diego Padres are acquiring closer Mason Miller and starter J.P. Sears from the A's, sources tell ESPN." (Tweet)

12:34 PM - Ken Rosenthal (TheAthletic): "Tigers acquiring Kyle Finnegan from Nationals, source tells @TheAthletic" (Tweet)

1:01 PM - Jeff Passan (ESPN): "The Philadelphia Phillies are finalizing a trade to acquire outfielder Harrison Bader from the Minnesota Twins, sources tell ESPN." (Tweet)

LATE NIGHT/MORNING RUMORS:

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12:10 AM - Jon Heyman (NY Post): "NL West in battle brewing for All-Star OF Steven Kwan. Padres and Dodgers (and maybe others outside the division)" (Tweet)

12:51 AM - Bob Nightengale (USA Today): "The Houston Astros are now engaged in trade discussions with the Miami Marlins for ace Sandy Alcantara after talks with the San Diego Padres for starter Dylan Cease have cooled." (Tweet)

8:14 AM - Bob Nightengale (USA Today): "The St. Louis Cardinals, who are wide open for business, have several teams including the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies_ expressing interest in the likes of Lars Nootbaar, Alec Burleson and Brendan Donovan" (Tweet)

9:59 AM - Jon Heyman (NY Post): "Pirates have been listening but decent chance Mitch Keller stays now. Bryan Reynolds was always likely to stay and Oneil Cruz always a long shot to go." (Tweet)

10:02 AM - Bob Nightengale (USA Today): "The New York Mets, who still are searching for an outfielder, and engaged in talks with the White Sox for Luis Robert Jr., are elated with the acquisition of Tyler Rogers, calling him a modern-day version of Chad Bradford. He's lethal against right-handed hitters." (Tweet)

11:18 AM - Buster Olney (ESPN): "The Padres have had extensive talks with the Red Sox about Jarren Duran -- the Red Sox keep saying no -- and with the Guardians about Steven Kwan. Some rival execs fully expect the Padres to land one of these two by day's end." (Tweet)

YANKEES RUMORS:

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6:06 PM - Francys Romero (Beisbol FR): "The Yankees optioned J.C. Escarra to Triple-A. Several teams have expressed interest in him in recent hours, including the Padres and Twins, per sources." (Tweet)

9:54 AM - Jon Heyman (NY Post): "Yankees are among teams interested in David Bednar. Relief is their top priority today" (Tweet)

10:24 AM - Jon Heyman (NY Post): "Griffin Jax is another back-end pen option for Yankees. There are many" (Tweet)

11:13 AM - Bob Nightengale (USA Today): "Yankees and Blue Jays have talked with Padres about Robert Suarez, who is expected to be moved within the next few hours." (Tweet)

12:58 PM - Jon Morosi (MLB): "Sources: The Marlins and Yankees have had dialogue about either Sandy Alcántara or Edward Cabrera going to the Bronx. The Marlins have asked for Spencer Jones (1.115 OPS in the minors this season) as different concepts have been discussed." (Tweet)

MORNING DISCUSSIONS:

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Ethan's Trade Deadline Predictions:

News, rumors, and more keeps coming in as I'm finishing up this article to go live at 10:00 AM, but I wanted to quickly put out some predictions that I have for today's trade deadline.

1) J.C. Escarra will be traded. BUC's are oddly desired in the league and the Yankees seem to always have a few extra. He'll bring back a bullpen arm.

2) The Yankees will NOT get a starting pitcher, nor is Schlittler going to be traded. The Yankees will believe in Fried-Rodon-Warren-Stroman-Schlitter to hold down the fort until Gil and Yarbrough return.

3) Oswald Peraza will not be on the Yankees after today. He'll either be in a trade or sent to Triple-A. Thus, the Yankees will acquire another super utility player (maybe a guy like IKF).

4) I will get my hopes up too high about the Yankees bringing in David Bednar, and when it doesn't happen, I'll be sad. But, if Cashman shocks me and brings him in, I will have my new favorite Yankee! (He and I went to the same college: Lafayette!)