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MLB trade deadline 2026: Biggest winners and losers - ESPN
Business and EconomyBy David Schoenfield8/3/20261 min read
The 2026 trade deadline has passed. Here's who hit it out the park -- and who swung and missed.
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- The Detroit Tigers headlined the 2026 MLB trade deadline by sending star ace Tarik Skubal to the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night, in exchange for prospects Zyhir Hope, River Ryan and Brady Smith.
- The Dodgers emerged as the deadline's biggest winner, acquiring one of baseball's top pitchers while surrendering relatively little farm-system depth, according to ESPN's David Schoenfield.
- Skubal gives Los Angeles a potential playoff No. 1 starter and insurance against injuries to Shohei Ohtani (sore knee), Blake Snell (rehabbing) and Tyler Glasnow (set to begin a rehab assignment), with the added benefit of an inside track to re-sign him in free agency after the season.
- In a surprising Monday blockbuster, the Baltimore Orioles traded catcher Adley Rutschman to the Boston Red Sox for a package of Boston's top prospects, a move seen as boosting Boston's World Series aspirations.
- Additional notable deals included Freddy Peralta to the Tampa Bay Rays, Kevin Gausman to the Chicago Cubs, plus moves involving Luis Arraez, Clay Holmes and Luke Weaver, with several intra-division swaps marking the final hours before the 6 p.m. ET cutoff.
- A healthy Dodgers October rotation could feature Skubal, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Ohtani and one of Snell, Glasnow or Justin Wrobleski, reinforcing Los Angeles' status as the deadline's dominant force.
This year's MLB trade deadline is over, and, as is usually the case, the final hours before the 6 p.m. ET cutoff went down with a flurry of activity.
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