Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Mets have not made any trades before the deadline. Mike Puma reports that Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays were in on Zack Wheeler late, but the Mets didn’t pull the trigger on a deal. The Mets were largely speculated to be major sellers before the deadline as they made Wheeler, Noah Syndergaard, Edwin Diaz, and Todd Frazier available....
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Update- 3:35 p.m. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Yankees are out on Zack Wheeler trade talks and will instead shift their focus to acquiring bullpen help. Meanwhile, he said on MLB Network that the Mets are okay with holding onto Wheeler if they don’t get offered what they are looking for. According to Sherman, the Mets have discussed deals involving bullpen arms and/or...
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the Atlanta Braves have acquired Shane Greene from the Detroit Tigers. Greene, 30, made his first All-Star team this season and has a 1.18 ERA, 3.70 FIP, and 0.868 WHIP this season while notching 22 saves for the Tigers. He also has a career-high strikeout rate of 10.2 K/9 as compared to a walk rate of 2.8 BB/9. The right-handed closer is a free agent...
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Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports that the Washington Nationals have acquired Hunter Strickland from the Seattle Mariners for Aaron Fletcher. This is the second deal the Nationals have made with the Mariners for a reliever today as they acquired Roenis Elias within the last hour too. They have also made a trade with the Blue Jays to acquire Daniel Hudson. With these three arms, the Nationals are...
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Jon Heyman of MLB Network said on their Trade Deadline special that the Mets are likely going to end up holding onto Edwin Diaz and that teams initially in pursuit of the reliever have moved on. Diaz, 24, has been the subject of trade rumors for about the last week despite the fact that he’s had a brutal 2019 season. In 45 appearances (41 innings), Diaz is 1-6 with a 5.05 ERA, 3.93 FIP,...
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