MLB trade rumors: Cardinals entertaining offers for Nolan Arenado, Sonny Gray; Rays leaning toward selling
The Major Baseball League commercial deadline is scheduled for next Thursday, which means that teams have less than a week to shop in the middle of the summer. The movements have already started, while the navies recently acquired Josh Naylor of the Diamondbacks while the Yankees acquired Ryan McMahon in a business with the Rockies.
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What could come next? Keep it here throughout the day while CBS Sports brings together all the latest whispers and moves from the whole league in a practical place.
The cardinals listen to on Arenado and Gray, receiving calls on Donovan
The cardinals of St. Louis are known to shop closer to Ryan Helsley and configuration readers Steven Matz and Phil Maton. However, even if the team remains in the connection of the jokers, it is possible that a deeper sale will take place in Saint-Louis. While Katie Woo of The Athletic reports that the cardinals “will entertain” the offers “on the player of the third goal veteran Nolan Arenado and AS Sonny Gray, who both have clauses without complete exchange.
The cardinals during the winter had a business with the astros in place for Arenado, but in a decision that caught the principal decision maker of St. Louis, John Mozeliak, off guard, Arenado used his protections without exchange to block the agreement. As for Gray, he has wanted to stay close to his house in Nashville in the past, and if it is still the case, this would strongly limit potential commercial destinations.
Arenado, 34, remains in an apparent decline on the plate, but he is also among the best defensive player in baseball. He is under contract during the 2027 season. The 35-year-old gray was not himself at the level of the prevention of the race, but he leads the NL in the K / BB ratio and has 128 stick withdrawals in 116 ⅓ sleeves. Gray is under contract until 2026 with a club option for 2027.
Woo also reports that all-star Brendan Donovan super-utility interests dodgers and yankees, among other teams.
Donovan this season has an OPS + of 121, and he is able to play almost everywhere in the diamond, although the second base is his best position. Donovan, 28 years old, is not eligible for the free agency until after the 2027 season, which is why the cardinals are probably not in a hurry to exchange it.
Leaning
Upon entering the slate on Saturday, the Rays of Tampa Bay are 53-51 and nine games behind the Blue Jays Blue-Leading. On the other hand, they are only 1 ½ games on the third and last point of Joker and behind only two teams in this pursuit. This is added to a viable chance of 31.7% to make the playoffs, according to Sportsline. Despite this, Ken Rosenthal reports that rays “seem to tend to become sellers” leading to the deadline. As always, the incessant desire of the owner Stuart Sternberg to reduce the pay is probably the driver, and the Rays also came across a record of 6-13 in July. If they decide to sell, names like Pete Fairbanks, Zack Littell and perhaps Brandon Lowe – once he returns from IL – could be bought.
