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Rispondono i Tigers un po’ in crisi nelle ultime due settimane. 

The Tigers acquired Paddack and Randy Dobnak from the Twins on Monday in exchange for Enrique Jimenez, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.

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non capisco le mosse dei Braves, non aggiungono valore perchè Fedde è stato una disgrazia insieme a Mikolas quest'anno a St.Louis e non sono certo per una squadra che punta ad ottobre 

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non capisco le mosse dei Braves, non aggiungono valore perchè Fedde è stato una disgrazia insieme a Mikolas quest'anno a St.Louis e non sono certo per una squadra che punta ad ottobre 

Atlanta ha in lista infortunati cinque partenti: Grant Holmes, Chris Sale, Schwellenbach, AJ Smith-Shawver e Reynaldo Lopez. Hanno un disperato bisogno di inning. Carrasco e Fedde devono semplicemente lanciare 6-7 inning ogni cinque giorni, vincendo o perdendo non fa molta differenza. Sale potrebbe rientrare presto, ma gli altri quattro sono out.

Erano 37-41 e si sono ritrovati 44-60 (7-19 nelle ultime 26), stagione compromessa.
Tiene Spencer Strider come partente, a volte anche 6 inning, ma l'infortunio a Holmes, con Sale out, li ha messi ko.
Bryce Elder ha 6+ ERA, Joey Wentz 5+ ERA, Davis Daniel ha 53 inning in MLB e 5+ ERA.
E pure il closer Iglesias sta avendo una pessima stagione.

A settembre forse promuoveranno qualche giovane, ma non cose rivoluzionarie. Qualche partenza per fare esperienza, se lo riterrano utile.

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Milwaukee acquista il catcher Danny Jansen dai Rays. Si copre in un ruolo dove ha Contreras e Haase. Contreras sta giocando da due mesi con una frattura al dito medio sinistro, per cui sta facendo spesso il DH. Ora potrebbe giocare stabilmente solo designato per evitare peggioramenti.

Tampa ha poi preso il catcher Nick Fortes dai Marlins.

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Seranthony Dominguez da Baltimore a Toronto, in realtà logisticamente passa da un dugout all’altro. 

Austin Slater, esterno, dai White Sox agli Yankees.

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Purtroppo una brutta notizia, è mancato Ryne Sandberg a soli 65 anni. 
Grandissimo 2B dei Cubs e membro della Hall of Fame.
RIP Ryno.

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The Cincinnati Reds are acquiring third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for left-handed reliever Taylor Rogers and shortstop prospect Sammy Stafura, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Wednesday.

Eugenio SUarez, 3B di Arizona era apparentemente l'obiettivo dei Reds, ma questa trade cambia un po' le cose. Ovviamente sono due giocatori abbastanza differenti.

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The Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday acquired Jhoan Duran, one of baseball's best relievers, and they paid a high price to the Minnesota Twins to get it done. Minnesota received catcher Eduardo Tait, regarded as a top 100 prospect, and pitcher Mick Abel, a rookie with six years of team control. 

Prezzo molto alto per un rilievo. Ottimo, ma pur sempre un rilievo.

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The New York Mets are acquiring right-handed reliever Tyler Rogers from the San Francisco Giants.
The Mets paid a very hefty price for Rogers, sending right-hander José Butto, outfield prospect Drew Gilbert and right-handed pitching prospect Blade Tidwell to the Giants.

Rogers' identical twin brother, Taylor Rogers, was traded from the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier Wednesday.

Tyler Rogers, 34, is 4-3 with a 1.80 ERA and 38 strikeouts, with just 4 walks, in 50 innings this season. He has spent all seven of his MLB seasons with San Francisco, and he has a 2.74 ERA over the last five. Rogers, who will be a free agent after the season, is a submariner who doesn't throw hard but just gets outs and has been a model of consistency.

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According to a report from ESPN's Jeff Passan, the Red Sox are acquiring left-hander Steven Matz from the St. Louis Cardinals. The 34-year-old is in the final season of his four-year contract with the Cardinals, which pays him $12.5 million.
 Passan also reported that the Red Sox are sending first base prospect Blaze Jordan, their 2020 third-round pick who was enjoying a resurgent season at Triple-A, back to St. Louis in the deal.
 
Matz has worked as both a starter and reliever in his career, but he's been almost exclusively a bullpen guy this year, having made 30 relief appearances to only two starts. He owns a 3.44 ERA in 55 innings, striking out 47 batters and walking only nine.

Anche i Red Sox entrano nell'arena. Un braccio serviva. Ma servono anche un partente e un prima base.

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Altro colpo di Seattle.

The Seattle Mariners are finalizing a trade for third baseman Eugenio Suárez, landing the most coveted power bat of trade deadline season from the Arizona Diamondbacks for three prospects, sources told ESPN on Wednesday night.
The deal, which is pending a medical review, will send first baseman Tyler Locklear and right-handers Juan Burgos and Hunter Cranton to the Diamondbacks, who already had dealt first baseman Josh Naylor to Seattle less than a week earlier.
Suárez, 34, ranks fifth in the majors with 36 home runs and rejoins a Mariners team with which he spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

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The Chicago Cubs have acquired pitcher Mike Soroka from the Washington Nationals for two prospects, it was announced Wednesday night.
The Cubs are sending Triple-A outfielder Christian Franklin and 18-year-old infielder Ronny Cruz to the Nationals.
 
In a separate deal, the Cubs also acquired reliever Andrew Kittredge from the Baltimore Orioles.
 
Soroka, 27, is 3-8 with a 4.87 ERA in 16 starts while leading the league in hit batsmen with 14.

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The New York Mets acquired two-time All-Star reliever Ryan Helsley from the St. Louis Cardinals for three minor leaguers, it was announced Wednesday.

The Cincinnati Reds continued their aggressive approach to the trade deadline by acquiring right-hander Zack Littell from the Tampa Bay Rays as part of a three-team trade Wednesday.
The Rays confirmed receiving two minor league pitchers, right-hander Brian Van Belle and left-hander Adam Serwinowski, from Cincinnati in exchange for Littell.
 
Tampa Bay then sent Serwinowski, right-hander Paul Gervase and catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan. Catcher Hunter Feduccia went from the Dodgers to the Rays, sources said.

Helsley e Littell sono due pezzi di valore. Cincinnati resta molto attiva. I Mets credo faranno altro.

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Geno Suarez a Seattle bella mazza 

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Winners of three straight games to lift their record to 53-55, the Angels are suddenly acting like contenders. On Wednesday, a day before this year’s trade deadline, the team bolstered its bullpen — which has been one of the majors’ worst this season — by acquiring relievers Andrew Chafin and Luis García from the Nationals in exchange for reliever Jake Eder and first base prospect Sam Brown.

Ieri seller, oggi buyer?
Gli Angels stanno lanciando mixed messagges.