2025 Trade Deadline Fantasy Movers: AL Edition
Jeff will handle the NL and I’ll be running the AL. We’ll be analyzing the big moves throughout the Trade Deadline period and updating these posts through August 1st (the day after the deadline in case we Thursday brings a ton of action we need some time to sort out!).
Updates:
- 7/26: Josh Naylor, Ryan McMahon
American League
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Mariners
Traded Brandyn Garcia (LHP) and Ashton Izzi (RHP) to Diamondbacks for Josh Naylor (1B).
Naylor’s arrival is bad news for Luke Raley, who’d been manning 1B primarily after Rowdy Tellez was DFA’d. Raley is still competent vR (.767 OPS), but Naylor is a clear upgrade at .884 OPS plus a far more playable .665 mark vL whereas Raley was below .250 vL.
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Royals
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Twins
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White Sox
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Yankees
Traded Griffin Herring (LHP) and Josh Grosz (RHP) for Ryan McMahon (3B).
The lineup upgrade alone should negate any major damage moving out of Colorado, especially because Yankee Stadium is also 11 points clear of Coors Field in HR Park Factor for lefties at 129. He could lose some starts vL (.599 OPS), though Oswald Peraza can’t get anythingggg going at the dish this year (24 wRC+).
Paul, you and Jeff both missed Gregory Soto to the Mets in your initial updates.
I’m not sure if he’s driving any real fantasy impact, though, right?
Maybe not in standard leagues, but there are leagues where it could have an impact. TBH, I missed the “big moves” qualifier in the intro before I posted this. My bad.
I suppose it opens up saves for Seranthony Dominguez, but even that might only be temporary until Bautista is back and Mansolino (yes, I had to look up his name) has said he isn’t going to have a set closer. So, it could have an impact in fantasy, but probably minor.