NL East: Non c'è Mahle
Aug 12 2026
President of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos took some big swings at the trade deadline, coming up short on his home run hacks but connecting on a couple dribblers that could prove to be useful for the stretch run and beyond. As such, the team’s outlook was defined more by non-moves than by any single addition.
Both Tarik Skubal and Jacob deGrom were trade targets, either one of them a potentially devastating top-of-the-rotation partner for Chris Sale, especially in short postseason series. But the Braves couldn’t match the Dodgers’ prospect package for Skubal, and deGrom invoked his no-trade clause to block a move to Atlanta, apparently not out of any animus for the Braves (sorry, Mets fans) and but rather due...
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