MLBnewsArizona Diamondbacks Hold a Wild Card Spot and a Deadline Dilemma
The Diamondbacks are 57-52 with a run differential of exactly zero and a share of the second NL Wild Card. Buy or sell is now a real question.
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MLBnewsMLBnewsChris Sale Carries the Atlanta Braves Into a Deadline They Can't Duck
The Braves went 4-3 in a week of one-run survival and one Queens blowout, and Chris Sale's two-hit shutout bought them a doubleheader split. Now Alex Anthopoulos has three days to fix a rotation held together with tape.
MLBnewsThe Baltimore Orioles Erased Seven Runs in Detroit and Made Their Own Deadline Harder
Baltimore lost 14-0 on Tuesday and came back from 7-0 down to win in 12 innings on Wednesday. With the deadline Monday, the Orioles have spent a week refusing to answer the only question that matters.
MLBnewsBoston Red Sox Win Two Series and Lose Their New Second Baseman
The Red Sox went 4-2 against Toronto and Oakland and still took the worst news of the week: Curtis Mead broke his wrist in his Boston debut, three days before the deadline.
MLBnewsChicago Cubs Cut Jameson Taillon Loose in the Middle of a 4-2 Road Trip
The Cubs outscored Pittsburgh and St. Louis 40-18, beat Paul Skenes 11-0, and designated a starting pitcher they had activated a week earlier. Jed Hoyer has three days left.
MLBnewsChicago White Sox Hold First in the AL Central as the Deadline Closes In
The White Sox went 2-4 on the home stand and still lead the AL Central. A 12-inning walk-off against the Yankees bought them time; the deadline will decide the rest.
MLBnewsCincinnati Reds Are Selling Everything Except Their Two Best Young Players
A rainout, a doubleheader split and a three-hit shutout later, the Reds sit at 50-57 with the NL's worst offense and a deadline board that keeps shrinking. Chase Burns and Sal Stewart are the exceptions.
MLBnewsCleveland Guardians Survive a Brutal Week With Their Season Intact
Five straight losses, three shutouts and a one-hit game later, the Guardians are still 1.5 back in the AL Central. The bats, not the arms, are the deadline problem.
MLBnewsColorado Rockies Are Selling, and the Pitching Explains Why
Four straight losses, the worst ERA in baseball, and a front office taking calls on nearly everyone. What's actually working in Denver, and what isn't.
MLBnewsDetroit Tigers Are Eight Games Better Than Their Record and Out of Time on Tarik Skubal
Detroit blew a 7-0 lead in Skubal's possible last home start, then boarded a plane west with the deadline three days out. The run differential says this is a 59-win team. The standings say 51.
MLBnewsToronto 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.
MLBnewsWashington Nationals Crash the Wild-Card Race — and Now the Deadline Question Gets Real
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.
MLBnewsHouston Astros Swept, Then Sweeping, as Yordan Alvarez Chases the Triple Crown
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.
MLBnewsKansas City Royals Win Five of Seven as Salvador Perez Ties George Brett and Bobby Witt Jr. Hits the IL
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.
MLBnewsLos Angeles Angels Show Fight Behind Jo Adell's Surge as Reid Detmers Trade Buzz Builds
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.
MLBnewsMax Muncy Beats Three Aces as the Los Angeles Dodgers Roll Through New York and Philly
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.
MLBnewsMiami Marlins Freefall: Nine Straight Losses With the Trade Deadline One Week Away
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.
MLBnewsMilwaukee Brewers Ride Walk-Off Magic to a Seven-Game NL Central Lead
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.
MLBnewsMinnesota Twins Rally in Cleveland After a Four-Game Skid and a Six-Homer Nightmare
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.
MLBnewsNew York Mets Rookies Steal the Show as the Sell-Off Clock Ticks
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.