But not every player generating significant trade buzz ended up finding a new home.
Here’s a breakdown of the most notable trade candidates who were still with their clubs as the Deadline passed.
Abrams found himself involved in trade rumors after The Athletic reported on July 25 that the Nationals were willing to listen to offers for the shortstop, with the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays and Brewers emerging as potential suitors. However, at 25 years old and with two-plus years of team control remaining, Abrams was never considered particularly likely to be dealt. The Athletic reported Monday that Washington hadn’t even spent much time internally discussing offers for the shortstop, though the Nats did trade first baseman Luis García Jr. to the Yankees and left-hander Foster Griffin to the Guardians.
Jacob deGrom, SP, Rangers
Corey Seager, SS, Rangers
Nathan Eovaldi, SP, Rangers
MacKenzie Gore, SP, Rangers
Jacob Latz, RP, Rangers
The Rangers were said to be open to discussing anyone on their roster in the right deal on Monday, but Josh Smith was the only big leaguer the club traded. deGrom was reportedly approached about waiving his no-trade clause, but he informed the Rangers that he wanted to remain with the team. Eovaldi also has a full no-trade clause, while the oft-injured Seager has partial no-trade protection — not to mention $155 million on his contract from 2027-31 — complicating Texas’ selling efforts.
The Mariners were listening on Hancock (controllable through 2030) and Kirby (controllable through ’28) as they considered ways to use their starting pitching depth to improve other areas of their roster. However, the Mariners held onto both after shipping Luis Castillo to the White Sox on Saturday night. Per ESPN’s Buster Olney, they were also listening on outfielder Randy Arozarena as they assessed whether to do “a partial sell-off and take advantage of the need for right-handed hitting.” But Arozarena also remains in Seattle, and the Mariners added to their outfield with the acquisition of Taylor Ward.
Aside from Skubal, perhaps no trade candidate generated as much buzz in recent weeks as Miller. Speculation surrounding the flamethrowing closer picked up as San Diego struggled through a 21-35 stretch that dropped their record on the year to 50-53. However, the Padres reestablished themselves as buyers and held onto Miller, reliever Adrian Morejon and starter Michael King while acquiring lefty Robbie Ray from the Giants and Casey Mize from the Tigers.
Greene emerged as a realistic trade candidate last week, and as of Saturday the Reds were still said to be listening on him, with the chances of a trade characterized as “50-50,” sources told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. However, he’s still with the Reds. In fact, Cincinnati didn’t do much dealing at all, only trading Nathaniel Lowe and Caleb Ferguson on Monday.
After signaling more of a willingness to listen on their bigger pieces than they have been in the past, the Angels traded starter José Soriano to the Blue Jays on Monday for a package headlined by shortstop prospect Arjun Nimmala. The Halos followed by dealing outfielder Jo Adell to the Guardians and reliever Ryan Zeferjahn to the Cubs. The Angels also fielded offers on Neto and Detmers, but neither were traded.
While Colorado never took Goodman off the table entirely amid significant interest, the Rockies were said to have an “extremely high” asking price for the slugging catcher, sources told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand.
The Blue Jays did some buying and selling prior to the Deadline, acquiring José Soriano from the Angels and Josh Smith from the Rangers while trading away pending free agents Kevin Gausman to the Cubs and Daulton Varsho to the Astros. They also shipped reliever Jeff Hoffman, who is signed through 2027, to the Twins. Neither Springer nor Bieber were traded.
The Orioles shook things up in a big way on Monday, sending catcher Adley Rutschman to the Red Sox in one of the Deadline’s biggest blockbusters while also dealing pending free agent Taylor Ward to the Mariners. Rogers, who like Ward is a pending free agent, was another obvious trade candidate, and Baltimore was also reportedly having conversations about Holliday. But Rogers and Holliday are both still with the Orioles.
ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported last week that anyone on the Cardinals’ roster other than rookie shortstop JJ Wetherholt and All-Star slugger Jordan Walker “could be had” for the right offer. St. Louis ended up trading starter Dustin May and reliever JoJo Romero to the Brewers and Lars Nootbaar to the D-backs on Monday but retained Burleson, Herrera and closer Riley O’Brien.
The Marlins did make a few trades on Monday, dealing away Liam Hicks, Braxton Garrett and Lake Bachar. But they held onto Lopez, Edwards and Stowers, three candidates they were reportedly fielding offers on before the Deadline.0
Jeffers received significant trade interest over the past few weeks, but the Twins ended up buying at the Trade Deadline, acquiring relievers Jeff Hoffman and A.J. Minter and starter Dean Kremer.
