MLB trade deadline live updates: Tracking Red Sox news and rumors

As the calendar turns to August and the weather continues to heat up, so too does the MLB season. The MLB trade deadline separates the contenders from the pretenders. Contenders push their chips in by trading for a player that can make an impact down the stretch, swapping prospects for a proven player.

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With the deadline looming on Monday, what will the Red Sox do?

A dismal start to the season has been flipped on its head, as the Red Sox enjoyed a scorching-hot 21-4 record in July. Boston won 15 games in a row, tying the organization’s all-time mark. The Sox are currently hold down the second wild-card spot in the AL.

Follow along to stay up to date on the MLB trade deadline.

The MLB trade deadline is Monday, Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. The Red Sox already made one major move, dealing lefthander Connelly Early to the Nationals for thumping infielder Curtis Mead.

Bad luck struck quickly for Boston. In his first-game with the Sox, Mead suffered a fracture in his left wrist after being hit by a pitch.

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By Peter Abraham

It’s not often a back-to-back Cy Young Award winner gets put on the market, but Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris will not make the same mistake the Angels did with Shohei Ohtani and get only a draft pick when he leaves as a free agent.

Tarik Skubal is the biggest name on the midseason trade market in several years. Jahmai Jones played parts of two seasons in Detroit before he was traded to the Red Sox on July 14. He said the situation was roiling the Tigers.

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“Unbelievable talent and a better person,” Jones said of Skubal. “For a guy like him, drafted by Detroit, home-grown, has only known Detroit, that decision is looming over everybody, including the front office … I think everyone [there] is walking on eggshells.

“Whether they decide to keep him or trade him, I don’t think everybody is going to be happy.”

It’s a situation similar to when the Red Sox couldn’t make a deal with Jon Lester during the 2014 season and sent him to the Athletics with Jonny Gomes at the deadline for Yoenis Cespedes and a draft pick.

For a win-now team like the Dodgers, Skubal makes sense. But the Brewers and Rays could see the lefty as worth the cost in prospects to finally win a World Series.

The Tigers scratched Casey Mize from his start on Friday and are set to trade him, too. The righthander has a 2.70 ERA in 16 starts since returning from an adductor issue. Credit to Harris for picking a direction.

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