MLB trade rumors and news for August 1st, 2017

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Good morning baseball fans! Are you exhausted from yesterday’s whirlwind? We’ll help catch you up on anything you may have missed.

Here’s what went down in baseball at the deadline:

• Our Chris Cotillo ran down the biggest stories to monitor on deadline day. How many of them actually panned out?
• The Cubs swung a big deal late Sunday night, acquiring Justin Wilson and Alex Avila from the Tigers.
• Colorado made a move of its own, upgrading at catcher by obtaining Jonathan Lucroy from the Rangers.
• The White Sox traded Melky Cabrera to the Royals.
• The Red Sox have acquired Addison Reed.
• The Rangers have traded Jeremy Jeffress (back) to the Brewers.
• Hoping to fix their dire infield problem, the Diamondbacks have acquired Adam Rosales.
• The Astros have acquired Francisco Liriano from the Blue Jays.
• Cleveland has acquired Joe Smith from the Blue Jays as well, because there were really in a sellin’ kind of mood.
• The Diamondbacks have acquired David Hernandez.
• Pre firestorm, the Pirates have traded lefty Tony Watson to the Dodgers.
• Can I get a “FINALLY!”. The Nationals have acquired closer Brandon Kintzler.
• The Orioles have acquired Tim Beckham.
• The Dodgers have acquire left handed-pitcher Tony Cingrani from the Reds.
• The Pirates have acquired pitcher Joaquin Benoit.
• IT. HAPPENED. GUYS. The Yankees have acquired Sonny Gray from the Athletics in exchange for three prospects.
• Before we could even process the Gray deal, boom, anotha one, the Dodgers have acquired Yu Darvish.
• And, finally, some fresh new faces for the future: The Mets have called up Amed Rosario.

We need a nap.

Important Links:

2017 MLB Trade Deadline Tracker

2017 MLB Trade Deadline Team-By-Team Tracker

MLB Free Agent List

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Question of the Day: Who won the trade deadline?