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Diamondbacks Designate Tayler Scott, Select John Curtiss

By Mark Polishuk | June 28, 2025 at 12:00pm CDT

The Diamondbacks announced that right-hander Tayler Scott has been designated for assignment.  Fellow righty John Curtiss will take Scott’s place on the active roster, as Arizona selected Curtiss’ contract from Triple-A.

This is the second time in a month and a half that Scott has entered DFA limbo, as his previous designation from the Astros led to Scott electing free agency (he had the right to reject an outright assignment) and then signing a minor league deal with Arizona.  The Snakes selected that minors contract to their active roster on June 10, but Scott’s struggles in Houston have continued with his new team.

Scott has an ominous 6.66 ERA over 25 2/3 total innings this season, breaking down as a 5.40 ERA in 16 2/3 frames with Houston and a 9.00 ERA in nine innings for Arizona.  That brief time with the D’Backs has already included three home runs allowed and four walks, adding to the control problems that have nagged at Scott throughout his five MLB seasons.

Scott somewhat came out of nowhere to post a 2.23 ERA in 68 2/3 innings with the Astros last season, as it seemed like he had finally found a foothold in the majors at age 32 after a journeyman career that includes stints in Japan and independent baseball.  Unfortunately, his lack of results this year may be sending him on another transactional carousel.  Because Scott has been outrighted in the past, he can again decline an outright assignment in favor of free agency if he clears waivers.

Curtiss signed a minors deal with the D’Backs in February, and he is now in line for his first big league action of the 2025 campaign.  Once Curtiss gets into a game, it will mark his eighth MLB season, and Arizona will be his eighth different team of a peripatetic career.  Curtiss has a 4.06 ERA, 22.7% strikeout rate, and 7% walk rate over 108 2/3 career innings, and his most recent action in the Show was three appearances (and a 15.43 ERA in 2 1/3 innings) with the Rockies in 2024.

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Rays Designate Forrest Whitley, Promote Joe Rock

By Mark Polishuk | June 28, 2025 at 11:16am CDT

The Rays announced that right-hander Forrest Whitley has been designated for assignment.  Replacing Whitley on the active roster is left-hander Joe Rock, who has been called up from Triple-A Durham to make his first appearance on a big league roster.

It was just over two weeks ago that Tampa Bay acquired Whitley in a trade with Houston, after the Astros also DFA’d the right-hander.  The move marked the end of Whitley’s nearly nine-year run in the Astros organization, as the 17th overall pick of the 2016 draft dealt with a bunch of injuries and a 50-game PED suspension (in 2018) over the course of what had been a star-crossed career.  Whitley didn’t make his MLB debut until 2024 when he made three appearances for Houston, and the Astros opted to finally move on after the righty posted a 12.27 ERA over 7 1/3 innings this season.

Things haven’t gone much better for Whitley since the trade, as he has a 15.43 ERA in 4 2/3 innings over five appearances with the Rays.  All of the damage came in the final two of those appearances — Whitley didn’t retire any of six batters faced and was charged with all six runs in a disastrous outing on June 22, and he was tagged for four runs (two earned) in an inning of work in yesterday’s 22-8 Rays loss to the Orioles.

As you might expect from such a football-esque score, the Rays ran through a lot of their bullpen last night, so Rock represents a fresh arm for the relief corps.  Whitley is out of minor league options, so the Rays had to first go the DFA route before Whitley can be moved to Triple-A and off the 40-man roster.  Tampa Bay could work out another trade to send Whitley elsewhere during the DFA period, or an interested team could simply claim him away on waivers.

Whitley’s prospect pedigree is such that another club might well pick him, though his out-of-options status complicates matters.  It could be that Whitley might be in for a string of claims/trades and designations, unless he shows enough immediate results to get himself a longer look in a team’s bullpen.  In the small sample of his time with the Rays, he threw his cutter far more often (51% of the time) than he did during his previous MLB stints with the Astros, though that attempted fix didn’t last long.

Rock will be making his Major League debut whenever he officially appears in a game.  The southpaw has a notable draft position in his own right, as the Rockies selected 68th overall of the 2021 draft.  Tampa acquired Rock in a trade in March 2024, and added him to its 40-man roster last November in advance of the Rule 5 Draft.  After posting a 4.58 ERA in 137 2/3 Triple-A innings last year, Rock has pretty similar numbers in Durham this season, delivering a 4.81 ERA along with a 19.8% strikeout rate and 9.4% walk rate that are each steps backwards from his metrics in 2024.

Rock has worked primarily as a starter during his minor league career, but could be viewed as an innings-eating long reliever in the Show.  MLB Pipeline (which rates Rock as the 21st-best prospect in Tampa Bay’s farm system) suggests that relief work might be in Rock’s future, as his 55-grade slider and fastball could be an effective one-two punch coming out of the pen.

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Orioles Select Emmanuel Rivera, Designate Kyle Tyler

By Mark Polishuk | June 28, 2025 at 11:06am CDT

The Orioles announced a trio of roster moves, including the selection of Emmanuel Rivera’s contract from Triple-A Norfolk.  To make room on the 26-man and 40-man rosters, outfielder Dylan Carlson was optioned to Triple-A, and right-hander Kyle Tyler was designated for assignment.

Rivera’s arrival seems like a direct response to Jordan Westburg’s finger injury, which forced him to make an early exit from yesterday’s game.  Westburg jammed his left index finger during a stolen base attempt last weekend and missed three games in recovery, though his attempt to return to action was short-lived.  Interim manager Tony Mansolino told reporters (including the Baltimore Sun’s Jacob Calvin Meyer) that Westburg may again miss a “couple of days” but the injured list isn’t a consideration.

If Westburg is able to return in short order, Rivera will at least get to celebrate his birthday with his Orioles teammates, as the infielder turns 29 tomorrow.  Rivera is no stranger to roster shuffles, as he is out of minor league options and has been designated for assignment four times since the start of the 2024 season — once apiece by the Diamondbacks and Marlins in 2024, and twice this year by the Orioles.  The first two of those DFAs saw Rivera change teams via trade and then claim, whereas this year, the O’s have twice outrighted Rivera to Triple-A after he cleared waivers.

Rivera has hit .232/.303/.275 over 76 plate appearances with Baltimore this season, which is a step back even from his modest .243/.306/.363 career slash line in 1118 PA and 365 MLB games.  Rivera has primarily played third base over his five big league seasons, so he can provide some depth at the hot corner while Westburg is sidelined.

Tyler is another veteran of the DFA process, as a whirlwind stretch of transactions in March-April 2022 saw Tyler join four different teams on waiver claims.  The Phillies also claimed Tyler away from the Marlins in August 2024, and the Orioles claimed him from Philadelphia less than two weeks ago after the right-hander was designated yet again.

Tyler has a 4.31 ERA over 48 career innings in the majors but he has yet to see any big league work this year.  With a 4.19 ERA over 66 2/3 combined innings with the Phillies’ and Orioles’ Triple-A affiliates, Tyler might well find himself on the move again to another team in need of some rotation or long relief depth.

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Jordan Lawlar To Miss “Weeks” With Hamstring Strain

By Mark Polishuk | June 28, 2025 at 9:51am CDT

The Triple-A Reno Aces placed Jordan Lawlar on their seven-day injured list on Thursday, and the infield prospect is facing another extended stint on the sidelines.  Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters (including Alex Wiener of Arizona Sports) that Lawlar is expected to miss “weeks” recovering from a Grade 1 hamstring strain.  For a more specific timeline, Sports Illustrated’s Jack Sommers heard from an unnamed D’Backs official that Lawlar will be out for at minimum one month.

Selected sixth overall by the D’Backs in the 2021 draft, Lawlar has had cups of coffee in the majors in both the 2023 and 2025 seasons, with only an .080/.179/.080 slash line to show from a sample size of 56 plate appearances against MLB pitching.  This includes an 0-for-19 stretch over 22 PA this season, as the Diamondbacks made the somewhat curious decision to promote Lawlar despite not really having a regular spot for him in the lineup.  Lawlar’s struggles made the situation somewhat moot, as he was optioned back to Triple-A at the end of May.

The nature of the injury is a little ominous, given that hamstring problems cost Lawlar a huge chunk of the 2024 season.  Between a thumb surgery that delayed his 2024 debut in Reno until late May, and then both an initial Grade 1 strain and then a re-aggravation of that same hamstring, Lawlar ended up playing in only 23 total games across three of Arizona’s minor league levels.  A Grade 1 strain is the least-serious level of injury, yet with last season certainly still lingering, the D’Backs figure to be particularly cautious with Lawlar’s recovery this time around.

Lawlar has been obliterating Triple-A pitching when healthy, and he is now hitting .334/.420/.590 in 388 plate appearances over parts of three seasons with Reno.  There seems to be little left for the 22-year-old to prove in the minors, though the rather extreme nature of his early struggles in the majors suggests some more seasoning is required.  That said, Lawlar would’ve surely gotten an extended look in the big leagues at this point if he played for a team with a less-productive mix of position players.  The Diamondbacks have been arguably baseball’s best offensive team over the last two seasons, particularly in the infield.

Losing Lawlar through at least July robs the D’Backs of their chief candidate for a call-up in the event of an infield injury.  (Perhaps in a case of “when it rains, it pours,” first baseman Josh Naylor left yesterday’s game with neck tightness and is expected to sit out this weekend’s action.)  Lawlar’s health could also impact any potential ideas Arizona had about moving third baseman Eugenio Suarez at the trade deadline, should the 41-40 Diamondbacks fall out of the race.  Suarez is a free agent after the season and is therefore a natural candidate to be moved in the event of a sell-off, and dealing Suarez would’ve naturally opened up third base.  It is entirely possible that the D’Backs plan to have Lawlar as their regular third baseman in 2026 if Suarez headed elsewhere in free agency, though a Suarez deadline trade would give Lawlar some steady playing time in the Show.

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2025 Trade Deadline Outlook Series

By Mark Polishuk | June 28, 2025 at 8:40am CDT

MLB Trade Rumors has debuted a new feature for Front Office subscribers with our Trade Deadline Outlook series.  In advance of the July 31 trade deadline, we’re looking at what each of the 30 teams may have in store for their roster construction plans.  This entails buying, selling, or something in between as teams vary between all-in pushes for the 2025 World Series or more long-term looks towards building for the future.

We’ve started by writing about the most clear-cut buyers and sellers, and we’ll turn our attention to the more borderline teams in the mix as July develops.  This landing page will contain the links to every Trade Deadline Outlook post, so be sure to keep checking to see when your favorite team has been featured.

NL West

  • Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Colorado Rockies
  • Los Angeles Dodgers
  • San Diego Padres
  • San Francisco Giants

NL Central

  • Chicago Cubs
  • Cincinnati Reds
  • Milwaukee Brewers
  • Pittsburgh Pirates
  • St. Louis Cardinals

NL East

  • Atlanta Braves
  • Miami Marlins
  • New York Mets
  • Philadelphia Phillies
  • Washington Nationals

AL West

  • The Athletics
  • Houston Astros
  • Los Angeles Angels
  • Seattle Mariners
  • Texas Rangers

AL Central

  • Chicago White Sox
  • Cleveland Guardians
  • Detroit Tigers
  • Kansas City Royals
  • Minnesota Twins

AL East

  • Baltimore Orioles
  • Boston Red Sox
  • New York Yankees
  • Tampa Bay Rays
  • Toronto Blue Jays
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Reds Place Jake Fraley On 10-Day Injured List

By Mark Polishuk | June 28, 2025 at 8:04am CDT

The Reds activated outfielder Austin Hays from the 10-day injured list yesterday, and placed Jake Fraley on the 10-day IL (retroactive to June 24) in the corresponding move.  Fraley may be facing an extended or even season-ending absence, as the outfielder told MLB.com’s Mark Sheldon and other reporters that he has a partial right labrum tear, even though the Reds officially listed a right shoulder sprain as the reason for his IL placement.

Surgery might be required to fix Fraley’s shoulder, though he is in the process of seeking out what Sheldon describes as a third opinion for what has apparently been a longstanding shoulder problem.  Fraley spent a couple of weeks on the IL due to right shoulder soreness late in the 2021 season when he was still with the Mariners, and he has been dealing with “some achiness” ever since, and that lingering soreness went up a level during a play last season.

“I had a play going into the wall that I jammed up the shoulder,” Fraley said.  “I never went on the IL.  I played through it, still had a good season and it was fine but it was excruciating.”

Fraley hasn’t played since Monday, when he made a diving attempt to try and catch what ended up being a Cody Bellinger double.  He felt the tear might have occurred during that particular play, even though he felt good enough to stay on the field and finish the last two innings of the Reds’ 6-1 win over the Yankees.

“We’re just trying to figure out if it’s something that’s just an old injury that kind of showed its face again,” Fraley said.  “This is something new with the tear in the front.  We’re just trying to figure out the best option for, obviously, me and this season on this team and then as well trying to gauge what is the best thing for me in my career.  Just because it is something that has been chronic and now you’re throwing a tear on top of it.”

This is the second IL stint of the year for Fraley, who missed a little over three weeks dealing with a calf injury in May.  The outfielder is hitting .224/.331/.376 with five home runs over 145 plate appearances, translating to a 96 wRC+ that is virtually identical to the 95 wRC+ that Fraley posted over 382 PA in 2024.  His walk and hard-contact numbers are way up from last year’s stats, yet Fraley only has a .250 BABIP this season, as opposed to the .331 BABIP he enjoyed last season.

Injuries have long been a subplot of Fraley’s career, and it could be that these varied health issues (headlined by this recurring shoulder problem) have limited his production over the last two years.  The Reds have primarily used the left-handed hitting Fraley in a platoon role in their outfield since acquiring the outfielder from Seattle in March 2022, and Fraley’s solid numbers against right-handed pitching have declined since the start of the 2024 campaign.

If a season-ending shoulder surgery is in the cards for Fraley, Cincinnati would still have TJ Friedl, Will Benson, and Gavin Lux as left-handed hitting options for the outfield, with Lux perhaps getting even more time in left field as opposed to playing second or third base.  While the Reds aren’t hurting for depth in terms of pure players available, the club hasn’t gotten much offense from its outfield as a whole this season.  Getting Hays back can help, but since Hays has been on and off the IL himself all year and might see a lot of DH time.

In short, the outfield was already looking like a need for the Reds at the trade deadline, as Cincinnati is looking to boost what has been an overall middling offense.  While the team sits in fourth place in the competitive NL Central, the 43-39 Reds are only five games back of the division-leading Cubs and two games out of the final NL wild card berth, so Cincinnati projects to be a buyer to some extent before the July 31 deadline.

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Rotation Notes: Scherzer, Stroman, Imanaga, Eovaldi

By Mark Polishuk | June 22, 2025 at 11:54pm CDT

The Blue Jays will activate Max Scherzer from the 60-day injured list on Wednesday to start Toronto’s game against the Guardians, the team announced.  Scherzer has thrown two Triple-A rehab outings and then tossed 30-40 pitches in a bullpen session today in what seems like the final checkpoint in an extended recovery process from a thumb problem that has plagued the future Hall-of-Famer for over a year.  “My stuff is fine.  I’m trying everything I can to manage this (thumb) and make sure I can recover.  There’s no knowing, just have to get out there,” Scherzer told Sportnet’s Hazel Mae and Shi Davidi.

Scherzer signed a one-year, $15.5MM deal with the Jays this past offseason, but he lasted just three innings before thumb soreness forced him out of his Toronto debut on March 29.  As Scherzer acknowledged, it is anyone’s guess as to whether or not this thumb problem could resurface, and it stands to reason that the Blue Jays will limit Scherzer’s pitch count.  Since the 50-pitch threshold has generally been the tipping point for Scherzer’s thumb, it is a good sign that he threw beyond 50 pitches in both of his rehab starts, topping out at 74 pitches.  Toronto seems likely to explore piggyback or long relief options behind Scherzer on Wednesday and for the foreseeable future, until Scherzer feels comfortable enough to test throwing deeper into games.

Here’s the latest on some other prominent pitchers nearing a return to a big league mound…

  • Marcus Stroman will throw his third and possibly final minor league rehab start on Tuesday, Yankees manager Aaron Boone told MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch and other reporters.  Assuming Stroman gets through that outing (set for roughly 70 pitches) feeling good, Boone said Stroman might then “be in the mix” to be activated from the 60-day IL.  The right-hander made three starts before knee inflammation sent Stroman to the IL in April, and a setback resulted in Stroman being shifted to the 60-day IL as he continued his recovery process.  With Ryan Yarbrough hitting the 15-day IL today, there’s a ready-made opening for Stroman within New York’s rotation.
  • A left hamstring strain has kept Shota Imanaga out of action since the first week of May, but after making three minor league rehab starts, Imanaga will return to the Cubs’ rotation this week.  Manager Craig Counsell shared the news with reporters (including Vinnie Duber of the Chicago Sun-Times), but stopped short of confirming that Imanaga would indeed pitch during the four-game series with the Cardinals that begins on Monday.  The Cubs are still monitoring Matthew Boyd after the southpaw suffered a bruised shoulder in his last start, so there’s a bit of flux in the rotation order until Boyd’s status is confirmed.  Regardless, Imanaga’s return is obviously great news for a Chicago team is leading the NL Central despite operating without Imanaga and Justin Steele for the majority of the season.  Following his spectacular 2024 rookie year, Imanaga has kept it going in 2025 with a 2.82 ERA in 44 2/3 innings and eight starts this season.
  • Nathan Eovaldi hasn’t pitched since May 27 due to right posterior elbow inflammation, but it seems as though he’ll return to the Rangers without a minor league rehab assignment.  Manager Bruce Bochy indicated (to Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News and other reporters) that Eovaldi will be activated from the 15-day IL to start during the Rangers’ upcoming series with the Mariners that begins on Friday.  Though Eovaldi won’t need any rehab starts, he did ramp up in the form of a live batting practice session of over 50 pitches on Saturday.  With Tyler Mahle, Jon Gray, and Cody Bradford all still on the Texas IL, getting staff ace Eovaldi back is an enormous help, as the righty had a sterling 1.56 ERA in his first 69 1/3 innings of the season.
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NL West Notes: Carroll, Glasnow, Garcia, Freeland, Black

By Mark Polishuk | June 22, 2025 at 11:00pm CDT

Corbin Carroll has missed the Diamondbacks’ last four games due to a sore left hand, after the outfielder was hit by a pitch in Wednesday’s 8-1 loss to the Blue Jays.  X-rays were negative and manager Torey Lovullo indicated today that Carroll’s hand was improving to some extent, but the skipper told MLB.com’s Steve Gilbert and other media that Carroll would undergo an MRI as an extra precaution.  “Just because it’s not progressing as quickly as we wanted it to, and because of what we’ve just gone through with [Gabriel Moreno] and several of the injuries that we’ve been taking on, we want to definitely get a baseline,” Lovullo said.

In Moreno’s case, what apparently seemed like a minor hand injury ended up leading to a much longer expected absence, as a second MRI revealed a hairline fracture in the catcher’s right index figure.  Such an outcome for Carroll would be devastating, as the young star has bounced back from a fairly ordinary 2024 campaign to hit .255/.341/.573 with 20 home runs in his first 323 plate appearances of 2025.  Only 12 players in baseball have a higher wRC+ than Carroll’s 148, so naturally even losing him for a few days has been a hit to Arizona’s lineup.  Losing Carroll to a more serious hand issue might well change the trajectory of the Diamondbacks’ season, as it would make it even harder for the Snakes to make up ground in both the crowded NL West or in the NL wild card picture.

More from around the NL West…

  • Tyler Glasnow and Luis Garcia each began minor league rehab assignments today, with Glasnow tossing two innings for the Dodgers’ Triple-A Oklahoma City and Garcia throwing an inning with the Dodgers’ A-ball affiliate in Rancho Cucamonga.  Glasnow has been on the injured list (first the 15-day and then the 60-day) since late April due to shoulder inflammation, and is expected to make at least three rehab outings before a potential return to the Los Angeles rotation.  Garcia has been out since late May due to an adductor strain and probably won’t need as much of a build-up to return to his bullpen role, so a return before the end of June seems possible.
  • Kyle Freeland is hoping to return from the 15-day IL when first eligible on Friday, the Rockies left-hander told MLB.com’s Thomas Harding and other reporters.  Lower back stiffness led to Freeland’s IL placement, but he said “everything felt great” after a 50-pitch bullpen session today.  The plan is for a shorter bullpen session on Tuesday as the final step in an abbreviated recovery process, and the extended 50-pitch outing today was meant to get Freeland into something of a simulated game environment without the need for any rehab starts.
  • Sticking with the Rockies, another quick return of a more unusual fashion may be occurring if Bud Black rejoins the organization.  Fired as Colorado’s manager on May 11, “Black is a strong candidate to rejoin the Rockies as a pitching director or special assistant,” USA Today’s Bob Nightengale writes.  While some managers are occasionally re-assigned to a new role within an organization in lieu of being altogether axed, such shuffling usually happens at the time of a managerial change, not a little over a month afterwards.  Black managed the Rockies to a 544-690 record over eight-plus seasons, as playoff appearances in 2017-18 gave way to six straight losing seasons, plus Colorado’s current 18-60 record under Black and interim manager Warren Schaeffer.
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MLBTR Chat Transcript

By Mark Polishuk | June 22, 2025 at 7:53pm CDT

Mark P

  • After a two-week hiatus due to some shift rescheduling, the Weekend Chat is back!

Thomas

  • Twins need to sell some pieces at the deadline. What would a trade package for Duran look like?

Mark P

  • It would be pretty substantial, yet I’m not sure I see Minnesota making that big of a move if they do sell.  Trading Duran would say something about the team’s plans for 2026 and beyond, and I think the Twins expect (hope?) to reload for next year if this season ends up going off the rails by the deadline

YamaPhoto

  • You predict the Braves to be sellers at the deadline?

Mark P

  • Anthopoulos pretty firmly closed the door on the idea of trading Chris Sale or anyone at the deadline, unless the team absolutely cratered.  These statements were made before Sale’s IL placement, however, which dealt another big blow to Atlanta’s chances.I don’t see the Braves selling (or fully deciding to sell) until close to the deadline, if at all.

Die Hard Rox Fan

  • What would a Jake Bird return look like. 2 top 100s?

Mark P

  • Bird’s having a great season, but that is a very, VERY optimistic hope for a reliever who hasn’t shown a whole lot prior to 2025

Andrew Abbott

  • Am I firmly in the Cy Young conversation?

Mark P

  • Too many NL pitchers having better years, and the advanced metrics hint at some regression coming for Abbott. That doesn’t detract from the fact that he’s pitched really well this year, and greatly helped Cincinnati’s rotation

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Natitude

  • Shouldn’t the Nats consider a college arm or Hernandez at #1 overall? Seems like the farm system doesn’t have more than 1-2 high end arms on the way in the next few years. Plus, I’ve read varying opinions on the projectability of Holliday in the future.  Doesn’t sound like a slam dunk difference maker.

Mark P

  • It seems like this draft class doesn’t have any “slam dunk difference makers,” as much as those players even really exist in a baseball context.  It all depends on how the Nationals internally feel about Holliday or any of the other top candidates, since in a year without a clear-cut #1, any number of guys might rise or drop in the order

Darthyen

  • Will the Blue Jays look to move just their pending free agents (Bichette, Bassitt…) at the deadline or will they be full blown sellers and move pieces with a bit more control (Clement, Gausman, Lukes, Varsho….)?

Mark P

  • Right now the Jays are on pace to be a wild card team, so they won’t be selling anyone.  It remains to be seen if Toronto can keep it going and stay in the hunt, but they’re another team I don’t expect to see as “sellers” unless things totally go south in the next month.

Mr Bean

  • What might a return for the Mariners J.P. Crawford look like if he were to be moved?

Mark P

  • This is a moot point of a question, as why would the contending Mariners move a shortstop who’s having a career year?

Boston

  • Jaren Duran for who?

Mark P

  • With Devers now gone, the Red Sox have opened up the lineup enough that they probably no longer need to move an outfielder.

I don’t know’s on 3rd

  • Where can I find how players hit in each stadium? I

Mark P

  • This info is available on a player’s “splits” page on Baseball Reference

Adam

  • Mets demoted Alvarez. Is there a C out there that they can trade for.

Mark P

  • Between Alvarez’s demotion and the Rutschman/Handley injuries, I was wondering if McCann might head to one of his old teams, but instead the D’Backs swooped in.Catching is such a rare commodity that I’m not sure the Mets can find a real upgrade on the open market.  I think their hope is that Alvarez can get it together with some time in the minors, and rejoin the team by the break (if not earlier)

Ken

  • Luis Severino has some crazy home/road splits. I think his road ERA is under 1, while he’s struggled at the AAA park. If the A’s made him available (and chipped in some cash), what kind of return would he fetch?

Mark P

  • They’d get a decent return but nothing outlandish, especially if only “some” cash is being chipped in.  Don’t forget that the A’s may have beaten the market to overpay slightly for Severino and convince him to join a borderline (at best) contender pitching in a minor league park.
  • As obvious as it is that Severino is really bothered by pitching in Sacramento, he’s also obviously not going to keep posting Bob Gibson numbers if he were to get dealt.

Blue 24

  • Will the Dodgers make a another move possibly a leftfielder?

Mark P

  • The Dodgers’ deadline moves will very likely be focused on pitching more than anything with the position player mix.
  • Also, simply sitting Conforto and having both Kim and Pages in the lineup on a more regular basis might itself be the simplest solution

Dombrowski

  • Every fan thinks that we can trade from our rotation depth but I say no. Too many things can happen, and we will need our only expiring contract (Ranger) in the playoffs for sure. What say you?

Mark P

  • Dombrowski’s history implies that no prospect is entirely untouchable (though Painter/Crawford are probably extremely close to that level).  I agree that it’s more likely that Philly holds onto their MLB-level pitching, since Murphy’s Law would dictate that as soon as a starter was dealt at the deadline, another starter would get injured like a week later

Ryan

  • What would you do with Harry Ford? Would you promote him and find a way to get him in the lineup or trade him for some major league help? What kind of return would he get at this point?

Mark P

  • The outfield experiment with Ford last year seems to have ended, as he has only been a C/DH at Triple-A this season.  Ford has been hitting really well in his first taste of AAA ball and seems ready for the majors, and just calling him up as the backup catcher and part-time DH seems like a reasonable move for a team that still needs hitting.The x-factor here is Polanco, since having him still at DH so regularly limits what the Mariners can do.  Once Polanco gets back to normal infield duty, calling Ford up as another bat would be a logical move. If that means releasing Garver and eating the money, so be it

BrewCrew27

  • How is Otani able to pitch 1 inning yet stay as the DH?

Mark P

  • MLB made a rule change to allow Ohtani (or any pitcher, but let’s be real, Ohtani) to stay in the game as a P-then-DH back in 2022

ClarkeinEcuador

  • Can Cal Raleigh keep this up?

Mark P

  • Let’s hope he can, just because it’s awesome to see a player suddenly go from “this guy is pretty good” to having an all-timer of a season

Ron

  • Hoffman really blew the game today despite not giving up an earned run. Is a closer Toronto’s biggest need at the deadline? Would Chapman be available if the Sox fall 6 games out at the deadline?

Mark P

  • Starting pitching is the Blue Jays’ biggest need, but the bullpen isn’t far behind, in part because the rotation’s struggles have led to a lot of innings for the relief corps.Hoffman got off to an amazing start, but his performance has sharply swung downwards over the last month.  Bringing in another closer type after already paying Hoffman so much money isn’t ideal, and another closing candidate isn’t obviously waiting in the wings unless perhaps Rodriguez gets a shot.
  • Bullpen help of some kind definitely seems like a deadline priority, but it’s probably more likely to be a reliever with some past closing experience, not necessarily “A Closer” like Chapman

Darren

  • Would the Jays consider playing the hometown card and trading for Michael Soroka given the Nats would logically be sellers and Soroka is starting to fire on all cylinders (for five innings, at least!)

Mark P

  • Soroka’s hometown of Calgary isn’t exactly near Toronto, but sure, he’s the kind of relatively inexpensive SP add I can see the Jays making

Steinway

  • Would you have moved Devers? It’s tough to justify the move from a fan standpoint but it is all about being a team.

Mark P

  • Not working last Sunday night meant that I missed out on covering the Devers trade, so here is my week-old hot take!I think the trade perhaps had to be made, if things had soured so quickly between Devers and Red Sox management.  The fact that things went from 0 to 100 so quickly doesn’t reflect well on either party, as it seems like simply keeping Devers more in the loop about Bregman/Arenado/any 3B plans last offseason might have been an easy solution.  One wonders what might’ve happened if Casas (often mentioned as a trade candidate) had actually been dealt, as perhaps then the Sox would’ve approached Devers about 1B much sooner.
  • My other note here is that it puts even more pressure on the “big three” prospects to contribute immediately, since how Boston’s lineup is missing its best hitter.  Anthony, Mayer, and Campbell were already facing an extra spotlight based on the Boston media market and all of the hype, but if they (as most rookies do) need time to adjust, it adds more drama to what has already been a soap opera of a season.  We’ve already seen Campbell hit his first obstacle, for instance.

Seeing Reds

  • Thoughts  on Burns call up?

Mark P

  • As much as Burns as dominated pro ball so far, he still has only 66 innings to his name.  There’s nothing that says the Reds are obligated to keep him in the majors for an extended period, of course, so Burns might get sent back down pretty quickly if he struggles.

MoonbeamMcSwine

  • Not working???..  what does that mean to you?.. fishing?.. boating?.. becoming a couch potato?.. how about some details?

Mark P

  • Haha, last Sunday I was on MLBTR during the morning/day shift, rather than my standard Sunday night shift.  No time on the lake for me!

FamousMortimer

  • Re: the Nats question, you never draft for need, right?

Mark P

  • Correct.  What a team needs in 2025 may be vastly different from what a team needs in the (usual) couple of years’ time before a top draft pick is ready for the big legues
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RaysUp

  • You buying Rays to win the AL east. Also, do they buy or sell or both at the deadline?

Mark P

  • I wouldn’t at all be surprised if Tampa caught the Yankees for first place.  As usual, the Rays have overachieved and adjusted well to their unusual ballpark situation
  • Most of the Rays’ deadline moves should be focused towards adding, but moving a salary in a semi-sell type of move wouldn’t at all be surprise

Angels

  • Schanuel doubters should be apologizing now right??? Or does he have more to prove?

Mark P

  • You’d ideally want to see more power, but Schanuel developing into a solid overall hitter is a perfectly fine outcome.  With almost half the season in the books, his play can’t be entirely written off as a fluke or anything.

bmcferren

  • is Dylan Crews an outfielder that the Pirates have the goods to acquire this summer?

Mark P

  • Pittsburgh has enough top-flight young pitching that they can make an offer that would at least get the Nationals’ attention, even if it’s highly unlikely that Crews would be moved.  To repeat a common refrain, lots of future stars struggled in their first season or two in the majors, so the Nats have far from given up on Crews in any way

Guards

  • Why is Delauter still in AAA?

Dropout

  • Any idea why cleveland is calling up delaughter yet?

Mark P

  • “Chase The Laughter” actually sounds like the title of a Game Changer episode, but I digress.DeLauter has all of 124 pro games played over two-plus seasons.  As much as he’s going to get a shot in the Show at some point in 2025, I don’t blame the Guardians for wanting to give him a good chunk of game action just for the sake of getting him back into a rhythm.  Better to do that in a lower-key Triple-A environment than in the majors, especially with the added pressure of DeLauter being seen as a saviour for the Guards’ outfield woes

Angels

  • If the Angels are in the same spot a month from now. Do they stand pat, at the deadline? To see how it plays out? Rather than sell the few pieces they have.

Mark P

  • If LAA is still only a couple of games out of a wild card spot by the deadline, they’ll definitely buy to some extent.  Arte Moreno absolutely wants to break the playoff drought.

Dana Brown

  • I said today, on pregame radio that a left handed bat is our top need at the deadline! Wouldn’t Willi Castro be a spectator option? A rental, especially with a weak farm in HOU…a switch hitter who can play 2B or OF.

Mark P

  • It would be a great fit, though if the Twins do decide to sell, Castro will be one of the most underrated trade chips in the league.  The Astros would likely have to outbid a lot of teams to land him.

Curious A’s Fan

  • Philly is calling, they want Mason Miller. Who is your Must Have to do the deal?

Mark P

  • Figuring a trade for a reliever is tricky, even one with Miller’s years of control (through 2029) and ceiling. From the Athletics’ perspective, why not ask for one of Painter/Crawford/Miller/Abel — both to see if the Phillies bite, and because asking for a top-100 prospect is a justifiable ask for a high-leverage reliever who has shown star potential.

Ken

  • Nick Kurtz is establishing himself at 1B and Brent Rooker is entrenched at DH. Is the Tyler Soderstrom as left fielder experiment working, or do you think a trade is in the offing?

Mark P

  • Soderstrom’s got a -3 DRS and -2 OAA through 316 innings as a left fielder.  He’s likely not going to be a Gold Glover out there, but if he can remain at this level of “below average but passable,” his bat will play

Buster Posey

  • Am I done dealing?

Mark P

  • Doubtful, as SF can still probably use at least one more bat even with Devers now in the fold.

Weekend at Bernies

  • How impressed are you by the debut of Jacob misiorowski? And is there a better pitchers duel on paper than him vs Paul skenes this Wednesday?

Mark P

  • He’s looked terrific, and already he’s grabbed some notoriety with the career-opening no-hit streak.  I’ll definitely be tuning in Wednesday to see the action.

Cards Fan

  • Arenado made a mistake by not accepting Houston trade?

Mark P

  • The Cardinals have also been playing some pretty good ball, so I don’t think Arenado is having too many regrets (if any).  Perhaps his own numbers might have ticked upwards with a change of scenery, but who knows.

Will Smith

  • Steve Adams said last chat that The Big Dumper was unequivocally the best catcher in The Show. Do you concur, Mark?

Mark P

  • No doubt about it.  Raleigh is on pace for the best season a catcher has ever had.

Cashman

  • Do I end up trading a bat to clear up playing time?

Mark P

  • The report about the Yankees looking at IKF indicates they might be looking to add.  Either a complementary piece like Kiner-Falefa, or they might take a big swing with an everyday 2B/3B.
  • Trading a player away simply to make room could be possible, but given how Stanton and other prominent Yankees have injury histories, the team probably want to keep depth around

Will P

  • When do you think Sam Basallo finally gets the call?

Mark P

  • Hitting-wise, he doesn’t seem to have much left to prove at Triple-A.  But, he hasn’t actually been a catcher much this year since injuries limited him to either DH work or kept him out of action entirely.The O’s aren’t going to rush Basallo even given their need for catching on the active roster, even if that does leave them scrambling now if Handley is also hurt

Non-mathematical analysts?

  • Much has been said about how Kyle Harrison won’t be able to develop a good secondary pitch because of his arm angle. Were any writers saying this when he as a prospect? Are there any scouting-oriented writers you know of that are capable of making these types of observations?

Mark P

  • Just from glancing at Baseball America’s page on Harrison, all of their annual scouting reports mention his arm angle in some context or another.  From 2022, for instance, “His arm is loose and whippy and easily produces velocity and deception from a low slot and cross-body finish, but he doesn’t repeat it well enough yet to throw strikes consistently.”
  • Keep in mind, Harrison was a third-round pick, and not really a blue chipper until after he started to gain notice following his first pro season.  It’s not like his potential flaws weren’t already known, as (like with most pitchers) it was just a matter of how or if Harrison would overcome or adjust

Timothy

  • Why does josh bell get so much playing time with  a batting average under .200?

Mark P

  • At this point the Nats are hoping Bell goes on one of his patented ice cold-to-red hot sudden turns, in order to build his value for the trade deadline

Buzz Aldrin Bavasi

  • With the D’backs starting pitching injuries and soon-to-be free agents, is the org looking at a quick rebuild this year and in 2026?

Mark P

  • It’s tough for the D’Backs since their lineup is still so excellent.  I don’t think they’ll sell unless things get really dire by the deadline, since their offense is so good that the front office will hope they can simply slug their way to a postseason berth.

Joshua

  • What would it take for Cincy to get Luis Garcia from the Nats?

Mark P

  • Garcia is controlled through 2027 as a Super Two player, and he has been really heating up after a slow start.  The Nationals therefore likely aren’t going to move him without a significant return, like perhaps one of the Reds’ better young pitchers.I felt the Nats were going to be a lot more competitive than they’ve been, but in terms of the team’s overall outlook, one figures they still want to/hope to be in contention for 2026.  Moving Garcia might not be something the Nationals want to do unless they plan to kick the can down the road another year

Phanatic

  • Is Dave going to blow up the farm system to fix the bullpen and maybe an outfielder? Would you trade Painter, Miller, Crawford, or Tait in a blockbuster?

Mark P

  • One or even two of them, sure, if it’s for an ideal fit of a player.  Cleaning out the farm doesn’t seem optimal, even as much as the Phillies are in win-now mode

Playoff expansion

  • Are you a fan of shortening the regular season to like 144 games and expanding the postseason to 16 total teams getting in?

Mark P

  • Nah, I’m not a fan of expanded playoffs.  Baseball is such an unpredictable sport that letting more teams into the bracket opens the door for more upsets and random champions, which isn’t really a true reflection of the full season.

Guards Nation

  • Do the Guards have legit rotation arms in Luis Ortiz and Slade Cecconi?

Mark P

  • Both have looked pretty decent, which probably isn’t surprising since the Guardians have been so good at developing pitchers.  Makes sense that they’d also be good helping pitchers they’ve acquired take the next step.
  • The only issue is that the rotation as a whole has looked “pretty decent” at best, which translates to a middle-of-the-pack starting five.  It’s not really Cleveland’s style to make such a move at the deadline, but the Guards are a team that could really use an ace.

Christian

  • It’s too hot in the Midwest. Give me your coldest take of the 2025 season so far

Mark P

  • Aaron Judge is going to have a great 2025 season

Yankee fan

  • Does Freddie Freeman sign an extension with LAD?

Mark P

  • Not that he’s slowing down at all, but Freeman will be 38 when his contract is up after the 2027 season.  Retirement might well be in the cards, but if he’s still performing like this in 2026, the Dodgers will surely have interest in seeing if he’s willing to stick around for another year or two

Marcus Semien

  • Could the Rangers get anything for me this summer and is it time to move on?

Mark P

  • Semien is owed over $85MM through the 2028 season, and is currently in the midst of his second straight year of decline at the plate.  The Rangers aren’t going to be able to move him unless they eat a lot of money, or take on another undesirable contract in return.
  • Time to wrap things up for this week’s chat.  Thanks to everyone for the questions, and barring any further shift changes, we should be back with more answers next Sunday evening
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Red Sox Place Hunter Dobbins On 15-Day Injured List

By Mark Polishuk | June 22, 2025 at 7:45pm CDT

7:45PM: Dobbins didn’t receive an MRI, as he downplayed the seriousness of the elbow strain when speaking with reporters (including the Boston Globe’s Tim Healey).  “Just some tightness that we’ve been grinding through for a little bit.  It hasn’t been bouncing back how we would like, so [we’re] just trying to give it a couple for weeks,” Dobbins said, noting that his elbow soreness increased in his last start and didn’t get better in the subsequent days.  Regardless, Dobbins said he expects to resume throwing bullpen sessions in “a couple of days.”

3:34PM: The Red Sox announced that right-hander Hunter Dobbins has been placed on the club’s 15-day injured list due to right elbow strain.  Righty Richard Fitts was called up from Triple-A in the corresponding move.

The placement is retroactive to June 21, a day after Dobbins allowed four earned runs on five walks and four hits over a four-inning start against the Giants.  It is fair to guess that Dobbins’ elbow issue impacted his performance, as he was throwing with less velocity than usual and his control was uncharacteristically off — the rookie had issued just 11 walks over his previous 55 1/3 innings and 11 games prior to Friday’s struggles.

Multiple injuries in Boston’s rotation opened the door for Dobbins to make his MLB debut this season, and (Friday’s start notwithstanding) he has made a solid showing for himself in his first taste of the majors.  Dobbins has a 4.10 ERA over 59 1/3 frames, with an above-average 47.1% grounder rate and 6.5% walk rate, though he doesn’t miss many bats with a modest 17.3% strikeout rate.

An eighth-round pick for the Red Sox in the 2021 draft, Dobbins would likely have been selected earlier had his junior year at Texas Tech not been wiped out by a Tommy John surgery.  That past procedure adds a bit of extra weight to another elbow-related injury for Dobbins, though the severity of the strain isn’t yet known.

Fitts has made five starts for the Sox this year and will at least the short-term replacement for Dobbins in the rotation.  Tanner Houck is on a Triple-A rehab assignment but is expected to make at least two more minor league appearances before returning from the injured list, so Fitts will have to hold down the fort until Houck is ready.  That might also roughly line up with a potential return date for Dobbins, though one would imagine that even a minor elbow sprain would keep him out beyond the minimum 15 days just for precautionary reasons.

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