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MLB trade deadlinUpdates on the MLB trade deadline: Every move and rumor made on MondHere we are, arriving at that magical time of the season: the Major League Baseball trade deadline. For baseball junkies, this is one of the most exciting times of the year – the day teams on the fence have to decide whether they’re in or out if they want to contend for one of this season’s coveted playoff spots. USA TODAY Sports will provide all the latest news, rumors, analysis and more in the frenzied run-up to the deadline. Follow along. aye updates: All the moves and rumors that happened on Monday

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The MLB trade deadline this year is 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 1. All deals have to be finalized and submitted to the commissioner’s office by then.

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Diamondbacks, A’s make late Monday trade

The Oakland Athletics are shipping infielder Jace Peterson, and some money, to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Chad Patrick in a late Monday trade

Peterson will fill in the utility role for Josh Rojas, who was sent to Seattle in the Paul Sewald trade. Prior to this season, he signed a two-year, $9.5 million deal.

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Peterson, a 10-year veteran, is hitting .221 with 28 RBI and six home runs this season.

Patrick was selected by the Diamondbacks in the fourth round of the 2021 draft out of Purdue Northwest. This season, he is 4-7 with a 4.71 ERA in 19 starts for the Double-A Amarillo Sod Poodles.

Red Sox not interested in dealing Alex Verdugo

Despite receiving interest in their outfielder, the Boston Red Sox are not planning on trading Alex Verdugo, per USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale. “Several teams” have inquired about Verdugo, but Boston will opt to at least finish the season with the Tucson, Arizona, native. After the 2024 season, he will enter free agency.

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Verdugo is in his fourth season with the Red Sox after originally being drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014. He’s batting .272 with 39 RBI and seven home runs.

Boston is fourth in the AL East and fourth in the wild-card standings.

Mets in discussions with Dodgers, Astros for Justin Verlander

The New York Mets are in discussions with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros about dealing ace pitcher Justin Verlander, according to USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale. Though the three-time Cy Young winner has a no-trade clause – like former teammate Max Scherzer – talks with the Astros have accelerated in the last 24 hours.

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The Dodgers have also been linked to Verlander in recent days – especially since they made an offer for the pitcher last season – but his contract has been seen as a “big hurdle” in discussions. The Mets have made it clear that they are willing to move on from Verlander.

Cubs continue busy day in acquisition of pitcher from Royale

The Chicago Cubs made yet another deal on Monday, acquiring right-handed pitcher José Cuas from the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Nelson Velázquez, ESPN’s Jesse Rogers reports.

Cuas is in his second year in the majors and is 3-0 this season with a 4.54 ERA in 45 appearances, including one start.

He joins a Cubs team who is in the playoff hunt with a 53-52 record, only four games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the NL Central. Chicago also acquired third baseman Jeimer Candelario on Monday.

Velázquez is in his second season as well and has only played 13 games this season for the Cubs. He’s currently on the club’s Triple-A affiliate, the Omaha Storm Chasers, where he’s batting .253 with 44 RBI and 16 home runs.

A’s, Reds swap pitchers

The Oakland Athletics and Cincinnati Reds have swapped pitchers in a trade, USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale reports. The A’s add right-hander Joe Boyle while the Reds receive lefty Sam Moll and “international pool money.”

Boyle will be making the move west from the Reds’ Double-A affiliate Chattanooga Lookouts, where he has been 6-5 with a 4.50 ERA, making 19 starts. He was selected in the fifth round of the 2020 draft out of Notre Dame.

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Moll has spent his entire career with the lowly Athletics, making his debut in 2017 before being waived and returning to the team in 2021. He is 0-3 on the season with a 4.54 ERA. He’s made one start and has appeared on the mound in 45 games.

Giants add outfielder from Mariners

The San Francisco Giants are acquiring outfielder A.J. Pollock and utilityman Mark Mathias from the Seattle Mariners, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Mariners will receive cash or a player to be named at a later date, per USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale.

Pollock has been on the 10-day IL with a hamstring injury but is set to return once cleared on Tuesday. He’s batting .173 on the season with five home runs and 15 RBI in 127 at bats – all among career lows. Mathias was claimed by the Mariners off waivers earlier this month.

The two join a Giants team that is just two games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for first place in the NL West.

Cubs nab third baseman from Nats

The Chicago Cubs are boosting their lineup with third baseman Jeimer Candelario in a trade with the Washington Nationals, USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale reports. Broadcaster Jon Morosi adds that Chicago is giving up DJ Herz and Kevin Made in the swap.

Candelario is returning to the team that he made his Major League debut with in July of 2016. He only played 16 games with the Cubs between 2016 and 2017 before he was sent mid-season to the Detroit Tigers, where he played five and a half seasons. He joined the Nationals last offseason on a one-year deal.

This season, he’s hitting a .258 with 53 RBI and 16 home runs.

The Cubs are in the playoff hunt with a 53-52 record, only four games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the NL Central.

Left fielder Christian Yelich leads Milwaukee with a .286 batting average and 59 RBI.

Canha, who also plays left field, brings nine years of experience to the Brewers. He is hitting .245 so far this year with six home runs and 29 RBI in 89 games.

Diamondbacks finalizing deal for reliever from Mariners

According to Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners are closing in on a deal that will send reliever Paul Sewald to Arizona.

In return, Seattle will get infielder Josh Rojas, infield prospect Ryan Bliss and outfielder Dominic Canzone.

Sewald will give the Dbacks’ bullpen a boost, bringing a 2.93 ERA and 21 saves in 45 games for the Mariners. Arizona is in third place in the NL West but sits one game out of the league’s final wild-card spot at 56-50.

In Rojas, Seattle gets a versatile infielder, who can also play outfield, but who has struggled mightily this year. He’s hitting just .228 with a .292 on-base percentage and .296 slugging. He has yet to hit a homer in 216 plate appearances.

In 15 games with Arizona, Canzone played 15 games and hit .237 with a homer and two doubles. The team’s 19th-ranked prospect was hitting .354 with 16 homers and 71 RBI in 71 games at Triple-A Reno.

Bliss, 23, was the Dbacks’ 29th-ranked prospect, but had an outstanding 68-game start at Double-A Amarillo this year. Bliss, who played most of his games at second base, hit .358 with a 1.008 OPS, 12 home runs and 30 stolen bases in 324 plate appearances. He was promoted to Reno at the beginning of July.

Rays acquire starting pitcher from Guardians

Tampa Bay Rays netted some rotation help by trading for right-hander Aaron Civale from the Cleveland Guardians.

The Rays endured brutal season-ending injuries to starters Jeffrey Springs and Drew Rasmussen earlier this season. Tampa Bay entered July leading the AL East by 6.5 games but it heads into Monday 1.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Civale just finished off a July during which he went 3-0 with a 1.45 ERA in six starts. He missed most of April and all of May with an oblique injury. For the season, Civale is 5-2 with a 2.34 ERA in 13 starts. He won’t be a free agent until after the 2024 season, giving the Rays 1.5 years of club control.

Heading to Cleveland will be first baseman Kyle Manzardo, a left-handed hitter ranked as the No. 37 prospect, according to MLB. Manzardo, 22, has spent this season at Triple-A Durham, where he was hitting .238 with a .442 slugging, 11 home runs and 38 RBI. He split the 2022 season between High-A and Double-A and hit .327 with 22 home runs and a 1.043 OPS in 93 games.

Mariners listening to offers on veteran players

Coming off an impressive series win against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Seattle Mariners find themselves 4.5 games out of wild-card berth. According to Bob Nightengale, the Mariners say they don’t plan to trade prospects at trade deadline, bit they are listening on several of their veterans, including outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, reliever Paul Sewald and infielder Ty France.

Potential Phillies trade deadline moves

What they need: Left fielder

What to know: Kyle Schwarber still has more than two years remaining on his $79 million contract, but the Phillies should present him a gold watch, anyway – for meritorious service in left field. Oh, it wasn’t good: Schwarber ranks 70th among 70 qualified left fielders in FanGraphs’ overall defensive rating. But the past two seasons, Schwarber has taken one for the team, trotting to left due to injuries elsewhere.

Now, with Bryce Harper easing into first base duties after elbow surgery, Schwarber soon will be free to settle in at DH – and the Phillies are free to lengthen their lineup and improve their defense.

For now, veteran Jake Cave is getting many of the at-bats there, but a little more pop from a power position will make the Phillies a very tough out – literally and proverbially – and hopefully make up for the ongoing struggles of shortstop Trea Turner (.294 OBP) and catcher J.T. Realmuto (.304 OBP).

Names to watch: Mets OFs Tommy Pham, Mark Canha.