I rounded up all the young players that should get more of an opportunity to play after the deadline: nytimes.com/athletic/65281…

Geno Suarez scored the first Mariners run after deadline, Cole Young hits a mammoth homer, Cubs and Red Sox fans like huh, you can add responsibly while keeping the core intact, must be nice

Also, Cole Young 470 feet?

32?

From The Athletic: What a day. What a week. What a deadline. These are the Weirdest and Wildest MLB trades of the week. nyti.ms/4mqRasJ

Yu’s arm angle prior to the Mets game this year: 40 Yu’s arm angle against the Mets: 33

With Brewers Andrew Vaughn is: * further back in box than ever * closer to plate than ever * swinging bat harder than ever * showing a shorter swing than ever FWIW. I've asked a bunch of batters about stance metrics, tho, none thought they were important. Last two = key.

Giants SP Kai-Wei Teng has interesting arsenal. Wide, no standout pitch. 4s / 241 thrown / 90 AAA Stuff+ SI / 107 / 95 Stuff+ ST / 324 / 106 Stuff+ CU / 107 / 102 Stuff+ CH / 49 / 102 Stuff+ SL / 30 / 101 Suff+ Only Sweeper has above-ave locations --> fits his command grades.

Oli Marmol says the Cardinals will go closer by committee, acknowledged that while JoJo Romero is probably best built to close, the fact that he's their lone lefty reliever complicates usage.

I’ve done the velo slap but usually on the neck…

Holy crap you can fit a lot of people in the Polo Field. Like going to a baseball game at a race track. Gonna be kinda closer for Sturgill Simpson (first time. his other guitarist is great), but I’ll go to the 50 yard line at least for Dead and Co . There’s 100k+ other direction

The Phillies, Mets and Yankees were all circling around Mason Miller. So how did A.J. Preller and the Padres ultimately swoop in to land the flame-throwing reliever? Ken Rosenthal goes inside a familiar story for San Diego's president of baseball ops:

Only one player in baseball has 20+ HR, 10+ SB, and a .300+ AVG this season. Manny Machado.

The kindhearted Chris Haft, a former Giants beat writer and good friend to many, is having a tough time covering out-of-pocket medical expenses in his battle with Parkinson’s disease. His daughters set up a GoFundMe page to help support him. gofundme.com/f/support-chri…

Happy to be contributing to The Athletic’s fantasy coverage this season. Here’s a fresh batch of camp notes, featuring Tory Horton, Matthew Golden & other delights. Also, special shoutout to Jake Ciely for the great call on his fave kicker breakout! nytimes.com/athletic/65422…