{"id":105087,"date":"2025-07-30T12:10:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=105087"},"modified":"2025-07-30T12:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:10:55","slug":"mlb-passan-rosenthal-olney-nightengale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/30\/mlb-passan-rosenthal-olney-nightengale\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Hours Before the Deadline: The Latest Scoops, Nuggets, and Rumors From Insiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With just about 24 hours left before the trade deadline, the baseball world is buzzing with anticipation. Contending clubs are scrambling for blockbuster deals, and sellers aren\u2019t budging on their lucrative prices. Insiders from across the league are dropping tantalizing hints and fueling speculation on which stars might be on the move. From hushed whispers in the front office to last-minute negotiations, the clock is ticking. Here\u2019s the latest scoops, nuggets, and rumors from the biggest insiders, all put into one location.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>24 Hours Before the Deadline: The Latest Scoops, Nuggets, and Rumors From Insiders<\/h2>\n<h3><b>Jeff Passan, ESPN<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phillies, Blue Jays, Rangers, Tigers, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/29\/one-relief-pitcher-yankees\/\" target=\"_self\">Yankees<\/a>, Mets, and Dodgers are heavily invested in the relief pitcher market. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/07\/28\/pirates-bednar-trade-interest\/\" target=\"_self\">David Bednar<\/a>, Jhoan Duran, Griffin Jax, Pete Fairbanks, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/29\/cardinals-closer-ryan-helsley-expecting-trade-coming-days\/\" target=\"_self\">Ryan Helsley<\/a> are the targets.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The San Francisco Giants are evaluating the back end of their bullpen and listening to calls.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/31\/athletics-youth-movement-in-full-swing\/\" target=\"_self\">Athletics<\/a> might get an offer they cannot decline for Mason Miller.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still possible for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/24\/cubs-trade-targets-baseball\/\" target=\"_self\">Joe Ryan<\/a>, MacKenzie Gore, Jhoan Duran, and Steven Kwan to be dealt.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue Jays want to add one more high-leverage relief option, even after the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/30\/blue-jays-seeking-pitching-help-trade-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">Seranthony Dominguez deal.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tigers are looking to bolster the back end of their bullpen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Astros want to add a starting pitcher.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/26\/brewers-eye-infield-upgrade-latest-rumors-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">Brewers<\/a> likely won\u2019t do anything unless value falls into their lap.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dodgers want a \u201cbig name,\u201d and relief pitching is top priority.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Orioles, even after dealing Seranthony Dominguez and Gregory Soto, still have more to offer to buyers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Marlins want a minimum of two top prospects for each of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/28\/mlb-trade-deadline-week-the-latest-stars-rentals-upside-talent\/\" target=\"_self\">Sandy Alcantara and Edward Cabrera.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chance of Cleveland moving Steven Kwan is higher than last week.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The volume of deals will overshadow the lack of star power moved at the deadline.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Buster Olney, ESPN<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/23\/mets-trade-deadline-targets-center-field-bullpen-rotation\/\" target=\"_self\">The Mets might be the most aggressive club adding players<\/a>; they want to add a starting pitcher who could start a playoff game in a three-game series.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mets are looking for more bullpen help as well as an outfielder (Cedric Mullins and Luis Robert are linked heavily).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The American League is wide open; seven to eight teams think they have a shot. Teams in the American League could make &#8220;bold&#8221; moves tomorrow afternoon.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/27\/cubs-interest-three-pitchers-trade-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">The Cubs want a frontline starting pitcher<\/a>, specifically one who can replace the injured <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/13\/cubs-justin-steele-out-2025-season\/\" target=\"_self\">Justin Steele<\/a>. Joe Ryan, Dylan Cease, and Merrill Kelly are on their list.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Yankees are focused on high-leverage bullpen depth and a right-handed outfielder. They have their eyes on a reunion with Harrison Bader.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/28\/phillies-reportedly-prioritizing-bullpen\/\" target=\"_self\">The Phillies look to add high-end relief options.<\/a> They\u2019re also in the mix for Luis Robert Jr..\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mariners will address their bullpen. Rival executives believe they are frontrunners for Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shane Bieber is a dark-horse candidate for the Cubs and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/23\/report-red-sox-trade-partner-might-be-out-west-for-rotation-help\/\" target=\"_self\">Red Sox<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny Coulombe, Griffin Jax, Pete Fairbanks, Robert Suarez, and Seth Halvorsen are being looked at by at least a dozen clubs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/27\/rays-open-trading-slugger-yandy-diaz-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">Rays<\/a> and Diamondbacks are the \u201cmost prominent\u201d teams to move players.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Bob Nightengale, USA Today<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Astros are inquiring with Minnesota for Carlos Correa. While Houston prefers a left-handed-hitting infielder, they still love Correa.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Astros are \u201cexploring the possibility\u201d of Nolan Arenado (as well as Correa), also engaged with Arizona for Eugenio Suarez.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sandy Alcantara had his last start for the Marlins last night.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/28\/diamondbacks-eugenio-suarez-future-remains-unclear\/\" target=\"_self\">Eugenio Suarez will play in his last game for Arizona today<\/a>, in the lineup as a DH.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Jon Heyman, New York Post<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teams are discussing Robert Suarez in trades. He will earn $16 million over the next two seasons with an opt-out. If the Padres trade Suarez, they\u2019d want to fill the gap by adding another relief pitcher. Dylan Cease remains in trade talks.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/18\/orioles-pitching-staff-finally-improvin-june\/\" target=\"_self\">teams are calling Baltimore on Charlie Morton<\/a>, including the Red Sox.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Yankees remain in contact with Pittsburgh. Interested in David Bednar and Mitch Keller.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mets are considering Luis Robert Jr. and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/28\/mlb-trade-deadline-week-the-latest-stars-rentals-upside-talent\/\" target=\"_self\">Cedric Mullins<\/a> to address their outfield.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramon Laureano connects to the Phillies, Padres, Giants, and Reds. The Mets are also considering him, but it\u2019s not a probable destination.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Joel Sherman, New York Post<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/27\/rangers-reportedly-make-offer-jd-martinez\/\" target=\"_self\">The Rangers have a strong desire to buy \u201caggressively,\u201d<\/a> in case this is manager Bruce Bochy\u2019s last year with the club.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/28\/emmanuel-clase-placed-non-disciplinary-paid-mlb\/\" target=\"_self\">Emmanuel Clase\u2019s situation<\/a> ended any chance the Guardians had of buying ahead of the deadline.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just about 24 hours left before the trade deadline, the baseball world is buzzing with anticipation. Contending clubs are scrambling for blockbuster deals, and sellers aren\u2019t budging on their lucrative prices. Insiders from across the league are dropping tantalizing hints and fueling speculation on which stars might be on the move. From hushed whispers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5310,"featured_media":105105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,1071,26,30,31],"tags":[5113,5829,761,5630,28481,3915,1818],"class_list":["post-105087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-mlb","category-pirates","category-padres","category-giants","tag-cedric-mullins","tag-david-bednar","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-joe-ryan","tag-mason-miller","tag-ryan-helsley","tag-sandy-alcantara"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105087"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105106,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105087\/revisions\/105106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}