Toronto Blue Jays Lurch Toward a Sell-Off After a 2-6 Week and a Rays Beatdown
The Blue Jays scored 17 runs in eight games, fell to 47-57, and a report says three of four big rentals could be gone by the deadline. Here's the full week in review.
The Blue Jays scored 17 runs in eight games, fell to 47-57, and a report says three of four big rentals could be gone by the deadline. Here's the full week in review.
A 4-2 road trip, a 23-run explosion, and late-July baseball that matters for the first time since 2019. The Nats are 52-52, three back of a wild-card spot, with deadline decisions looming.
The Astros got swept by Baltimore, swept Miami right back, and watched Yordan Alvarez strengthen a real Triple Crown bid — all while sitting two games out in a wide-open AL West.
Salvador Perez tied George Brett's franchise home run record, the Royals swept the Giants with three one-run wins — and then Bobby Witt Jr. landed on the IL for the first time in his career.
A walk-off hit-by-pitch, a 1-0 heartbreaker, and a red-hot Jo Adell headlined the Angels' 3-4 week — while Reid Detmers pitched his way into the trade deadline conversation.
Max Muncy homered off Gerrit Cole, Zack Wheeler, and Aaron Nola in the same week as the Dodgers took road series from the Yankees and Phillies to reach an MLB-best 65-38.
Walk-off daggers in Milwaukee and a sweep in Houston have the Marlins on a nine-game skid and out of the wild-card seats — just as the front office plans to buy at the deadline.
A ten-inning winner, a Contreras walk-off blast, and a rookie's first homer powered a 5-1 week that pushed the Brewers to 64-38 and a seven-game cushion in the NL Central.
The Twins lived a whole season in one road trip: a win at Wrigley, a four-game skid capped by Joe Ryan's record-setting nightmare, and a gritty 12-inning rally in Cleveland — all with the trade deadline closing in.
Nolan McLean and Zac Thornton threw zeroes, Francisco Lindor caught fire, and Luis Robert Jr. returned with a 451-foot blast — bright spots for a last-place Mets team about to be stripped for parts at the deadline.
Two rainouts, two doubleheaders, a Jazz Chisholm Jr. homer binge, and an early return from Max Fried: the Yankees went 4-3 without Aaron Judge and are reportedly ready to go big before the deadline.
A 23-4 humbling, a 15-1 skid-snapper and a ninth-inning rally wasted in extra innings — the Athletics' first week after the break had everything except consistency.
Trea Turner's 200th career homer was the bright spot of a 2-3 home week that dropped the Phillies 4.5 back of Atlanta and sharpened their trade-deadline priorities.
Two postponements, two doubleheaders, a walk-off loss and a 10-inning win over Gerrit Cole — the Pirates went 3-3 and still sit half a game from a wild-card spot.
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit the longest home run in baseball this season and the Padres still lost five of seven, with four defeats by a single run. At 50-53, the buy-or-sell clock is ticking.
A shutout win in Seattle gave way to five straight close losses, a sweep in Kansas City, and a franchise fully committed to selling before the August 3 deadline.
Julio Rodriguez returned with a walk-off, Cal Raleigh hit a grand slam, and the Mariners still went 3-3 — leaving them half a game out of first heading into a huge Rangers series.
A 2-5 week out of the break — capped by a blown 7-0 lead in Arizona — knocked the Cardinals out of the NL wild-card picture and pushed the front office toward selling.
Swept four straight in Boston, the Rays answered with three lopsided wins in Toronto — and still lead the AL East, with reports saying the front office is ready to buy big.
A 2-4 week left Texas at 51-51 — yet still atop the AL West by a half game. Now four games with Seattle will shape the Rangers' trade-deadline direction.