MLB Trade Deadline News: Mets get Cespedes, Cubs Hunter Padres LOL

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Athletics starter Scott Kazmir is headed to the Astros. Returning to the A’s in the deal are righty Daniel Mengden and catcher Jacob Nottingham, Oakland has announced, confirming the trade.

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The Pirates and Brewers have agreed to a trade that will send third baseman Aramis Ramirez to Pittsburgh it will be minor league righty Yhonathan Barrios and cash considerations heading to Milwaukee in exchange for Ramirez.

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The Angels announced that they’ve acquired third baseman Conor Gillaspie from the White Sox in exchange for cash considerations. Gillaspie had been designated for assignment by Chicago.

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The Cardinals are acquire in on a deal to add Marlins righty Steve Cishek, Heading back to Miami in the deal is Double-A righty Kyle Barraclough. St. Louis will take on the remainder of the $6.65MM left on Cishek’s contract this year, MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro tweets.

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The Blue Jays have pulled off a stunner, as FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports that that they have acquired five-time All-Star Troy Tulowitzki from the Rockies. Jose Reyes and a package of minor leaguers are headed back to Colorado.

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Mets get Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson for John Gant and Rob Whalen two young pitchers.

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The Reds announced that Johnny Cueto has been traded to the Royals for left-handed pitchers Brandon Finnegan, John Lamb, and Cody Reed. The Reds are also sending cash considerations to KC

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The Angels have acquired veteran outfielder Shane Victorino from the Red Sox, the team announced.

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he Mets have agreed to a deal that will land them reliever Tyler Clippard from the Athletics, Oakland announced (and as Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com first reported on Twitter). Oakland will receive righty Casey Meisner in return, and will also send some cash to New York in the deal.

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The Royals have officially acquired Athletics utilityman Ben Zobrist, as first reported by Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter). Young hurlers Aaron Brooks and Sean Manaea are the two pieces heading back to the A’s

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Nationals get Jonothan Papelbon and The Phillies will acquire Double-A right-hander Nick Pivetta in exchange for Papelbon

Baseball America ranked the 22-year-old Pivetta as the Nationals No. 10 prospect on their midseason update, noting that the Canadian hurler’s 6’5? frame allows him to throw a low-90s fastball with downward plane.

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The Angels are about to trade for outfielder David Murphy of the Indians.

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The Angels have acquired David DeJesus from the Rays just minutes after finalizing a deal to acquire David Murphy from the Indians, tweets Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Sherman had first tweeted that DeJesus was on the verge of being dealt, and Yahoo’s Tim Brown tweeted that the Angels were on the receiving end. The Rays have since announced that DeJesus has been traded to the Halos for right-hander Eduar Lopez.

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Rangers get …

SP Cole Hamels
RP Jake Diekman

Phillies get …

C Jorge Alfaro
OF Nick Williams
SP Alec Asher
SP Jerad Eickhoff
SP Jake Thompson
SP Matt Harrison

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UPDATE, 12:26 AM ET: FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal says the Mets actually canceled the deal over long-term concerns about Gomez’s hip. Gomez missed some time earlier this season with a right hip issue, but he has played in all but one of the Brewers’ games since June 23. Another odd turn.

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To the Dodgers: Starter Mat Latos and first baseman Michael Morse from the Marlins and starter Alex Wood, relievers Jim Johnson and Luis Avilan, and infield prospect Jose Peraza from the Braves. Also from the Braves: Bronson Arroyo, who likely wasn’t going to pitch at all this year anyway and appears to be a financial move for Atlanta more than anything;

To the Braves: Infielder Hector Olivera, left-handed reliever Paco Rodriguez, and minor league pitcher Zachary Bird from the Dodgers and Miami’s 2016 Competitive Balance Draft pick (34th overall); and

To the Marlins: Minor league pitchers Kevin Guzman, Jeff Brigham and Victor Araujo as well as cash.

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The Toronto Blue Jays, fresh off the trade for Troy Tulowitzki, just made their second high-profile acquisition in three days, acquiring lefty David Price from the Tigers. The package heading back to Detroit is fronted by pitching prospect Daniel Norris. Also heading to the Tigers: 2013 sixth round pitcher Matt Boyd and 21-year-old pitching prospect Jairo Labourt.

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Chris Cotillo of MLB Daily Dish first reported this as a possibility and now Jordan Bastian of MLB.com says it’s done: the Indians have traded 1B/OF Brandon Moss to the Cardinals for pitching prospect Rob Kaminsky.

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The Yankees are set to acquire outfielder Dustin Ackley from the Mariners. Outfield prospect Ramon Flores is headed to Seattle, as will right-hander Jose Ramirez, according to Curry. Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News had previously connected the Yankees to Ackley.

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The Pirates and Tigers are in agreement on a trade that will send Joakim Soria to Pittsburgh, Tigers will acquire shortstop/outfielder JaCoby Jones from the Pirates in the deal, reports Biertempfel (on Twitter). Jones, a third-round pick from the 2013 draft, ranked as Pittsburgh’s No. 12 prospect on MLB.com’s midseason Top 30.

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The Giants have strengthened their starting rotation this evening, have agreed to a deal to acquire right-hander Mike Leake from the Reds.

Alex Pavlovic of CSNBayArea.com confirms that the Reds will get two minor leaguers in return, including prospect right-hander Keury Mella. FOX Sports’ Jon Morosi adds that infielder-outfielder Adam Duvall is the other piece in the deal.

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The Orioles have agreed to acquire Brewers outfielder Gerardo Parra, according to Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun (via Twitter). Prospect Zach Davies goes to Milwaukee in return. The deal is pending medical evaluations.

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The Jays have acquired Lowe Left-hander Jake Brentz is also in the package for LoweClass-A left-hander Nick Wells is one of the three

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12:58pm: Shortstop Elliot Soto and righty Ivan Pineyro are going to the Marlins in the deal, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald tweets.

12:26pm: The Cubs have agreed to acquire righty Dan Haren from the Marlins

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The Twins and Rays are in agreement on a trade that will send right-hander Kevin Jepsen to Minnesota, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter).

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Cardinals have acquired right-hander Jonathan Broxton from the Brewers in exchange for minor leaguer Mailk Collymore.

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