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July 9, 2026

Mike Trout has been activated off the injured list. The Angels designated Donovan Walton for assignment.

The Twins signed right-hander Matt Bowman to a minor league deal. The Pirates placed Endy Rodriguez on the ten day injured list with a left glute strain. The Cardinals designated left-hander Jared Shuster for assignment. The Seattle Mariners signed outfielder Stuart Fairchild to a minor league deal. The Mets designated right-hander Matt Seelinger for assignment. Right-hander Gregory Santos rejected his minor league assignment and elected free agency.

Justin Verlander will finally retire after the end of this season.

Photo credit: Rex Fregosi

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toad2065

20 minutes ago

I know it is an unpopular viewpoint on this site, but I’d like to balance out some of the extreme Perry Minasian hatred. If you think back to the pre-Perry days, we had a system full of crap. That is no longer the case. We have an exciting crop of young pitching and middle infielders. If you are going to build a team from scratch, pitching and defense up the middle is definitely where you want to start. There is plenty of work to be done, but Perry has at least established a stronger foundation than we have had for years. And I also think it is too early to trade Detmers or Soriano.

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Fansince1971

1 hour ago

The team has a chance to improve its future at this trade deadline. A solid group of prospects could come back in return for Detmers, Soriano and Adell. It won’t be a haul that will result in an immediate transformation but the idea is “step by step”. The system is better today than it was a year ago – not a lot – but better and it now has the chance to advance further. This is how you solve the long term problem (i.e. no pipeline) and hopefully these three will be traded to bolster the farm system.

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Pineapple12

2 hours ago

At the same time, while Detmers is Chicago’s best match, he’s also a dream because it’s unclear if Angels owner Arte Moreno will allow interim general manager John Mozeliak to trade any players with multiple years of club control. He should.

The Angels need a face-lift, tummy tuck and 1,000 units of Botox. And the White Sox offer prospect optionality to fill a woebegone Angels system. Want an elite middle-infield glove? Billy Carlson is there. Exceptional bat-to-ball skills? William Bergolla can be had. Huge potential? Noah Schultz, come on down. The fit makes too much sense for both sides not to make it a reality.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49306462/2026-mlb-trade-deadline-addition-top-contender-moves-dodgers-brewers-braves-yankees-phillies

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Jeff Joiner

1 hour ago

Reply to Pineapple12

Per the sim, this lines up:

Detmers to the White Sox

Billy Carlson, Hagen Smith, Jaden Fauske, George Wolkow to the Angels.

Not going to pretend to know much about the last two, but Carlson is young with upside and Smith was good in college. That’s kind of a one part ceiling one part floor return in those two with a couple of lotter tickets thrown in.

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Roy Hobbs

1 hour ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

I feel like Detmers has a lot of value. Would you do this trade and what do Carlson and Smith do for us. it’s a question not a comment.

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Roy Hobbs

1 hour ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

In addition, I’m also asking are the deadline trades to address specific needs or to acquire additional pieces to trade for specific need. In other words, I feel like we have plenty of middle IFs but a shortage of corner IF and OF bats and I personally would prefer to trade for quality over quantity. I know some people feel differently regarding this.

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Jeff Joiner

1 hour ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

I really feel like if you trade quality you have to get back quality in return. But I’m not really concerned with positions brought back.

In this case, Hagen Smith has all the looks of a middle of the rotation starter. He’s probably not as good as Detmers is pitching right now but he’s a safe bet to get one quality MLB’er in the trade.

Carlson is a long ways off. He is all projection at this point but was an early second round pick last summer.

Fauske is another 19 year old with pretty solid potential and Wolkow has 80 grade power but 20 grade hit so he is a pure lottery ticket.

Would I do this trade? Not without consulting Turk’s first, ha ha. But overall it feel it adds one near surefire rotation piece while adding some younger upside prospects to the organization. In general I like the premise.

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Crashing

1 hour ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

What if Detmers is the next Skubal?

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Roy Hobbs

1 hour ago

Reply to Crashing

I’m on the trade everybody bandwagon but at the same time, I not for trading for trading’s sake. We need the right players and value coming back. Nobody needs to win or lose, but if we’re trading players like Soriano, Detmers, and Neto, we need equal value coming back. I don’t know the prospects well enough to judge them so I’m counting on those here who do. If we could trade one of these players for a power hitting 1B or RF then that would make sense.

If we were going to actually trade both Detmers and Soriano, we should move Neto as well, but not if we’re keeping one of them. I would prefer to trade Soriano over Detmers but I understand Detmers may have more value.

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Roy Hobbs

1 hour ago

Reply to Crashing

I think the club needs a long term plan. What’s the likelihood the team is in the playoffs in the next two years? It depends. But, Soriano and Detmers have 2 years left and Neto has 3. They all have the most value that they will likely have before they leave. So, which if any of them do you plan to extend or keep long term. It doesn’t have to be now but the decision needs to be now. They should trade any or all of the 3 they don’t plan on extending. The worst thing they can do is not trade them and not extend them now or in the future and get nothing in return. I personally would be ok with any direction on this. Keep all 3, trade all 3, or some combination.

I would however prefer that the club either do a full rebuild or try to put together a possible playoff team in the next 2 years. One them requires trading, and one of them requires spending money. And you do have to evaluate what you have. Without doing the full rebuild, you could still trade one of the pitchers and Neto. But trading Neto creates a hole in the IF unless you feel that Moore can play 2B or 3B.

You have to consider though that if you keep Neto long term, you will have to pay for him and which ever of the two pitchers you keep, in addition to a 1B and a RF. Lots of moving parts, you just have to figure out what your plan is.

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Senator_John_Blutarsky

6 minutes ago

Reply to Pineapple12

“What will Arte permit” remains the critical success factor and the largest unknown. I want to believe Mozeliak would not have signed on unless Molly committed he’d be more than a figurehead for his duration with the Angels. I just wouldn’t put it past Arte to completely “Moreno” this trade deadline.

If the Angels can make a deal, I guess that Adell would be the first chip to fall.

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Roy Hobbs

3 hours ago

One of the things that I have been impressed with so far regarding Urena is that regardless of the circumstances, he competes and somehow limits the damage. He didn’t have it yesterday, and only made it through 4 innings. but when he left, the other team didn’t have any runs.

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Pineapple12

4 hours ago

waiting patiently for Turks’ draft piece