MLB Trade Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors serves as a central hub for credible baseball rumors. The website primarily concentrates on the off-season activities, such as trades and free agency. The rumors are sourced from well-known journalists, including our own team of writers, and each one is accompanied by a link to the original source. Coverage includes all 30 Major League Baseball teams. Tim Dierkes is the owner of MLB Trade Rumors.

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Rangers Place Corey Seager On Injured List

1 day ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Steve Adams

Rangers Place Corey Seager On Injured List By Steve Adams | May 13, 2025 at 4:14pm CDT The Rangers announced Tuesday that they’ve placed shortstop Corey Seager on the 10-day injured list. The move is retroactive to May 11. Seager is again dealing with a right hamstring strain — the same injury that sent him to the IL from April 23 to May 3. Catcher Kyle Higashioka has been reinstated from the 10-day IL in a corresponding move. He’d missed the previous 12 days with an intercostal strain. More to come.
Astros To Promote Colton Gordon

1 day ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Steve Adams

The Astros will recall left-hander Colton Gordon from Triple-A Sugar Land to start tomorrow’s game, reports Chron.com’s Leah Vann. Gordon, who’ll be making his MLB debut, will step into the rotation spot of the injured Hayden Wesneski. He’s already on the 40-man roster, so Houston will only need to make a corresponding 26-man roster move to bring him to the majors. Gordon, 26, has gotten out to a terrific start in 2025.
Kyle McCann, Art Warren Sign With Mexican League Teams

1 day ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Steve Adams

Former A’s catcher Kyle McCann signed with los Piratas de Campeche in the Mexican League over the weekend, the team announced. He’s not the only former big leaguer headed to Mexico this week. MLBTR has learned that former Reds and Mariners reliever Art Warren is signing with los Tecos de los Dos Laredos. McCann is represented by the Ballengee Group. Warren is a client of Gaeta Sports Management. McCann, 27, made his big league debut last year and got into 54 games with Oakland.
Evan Longoria To Sign One-Day Contract, Retire As Member Of Rays

2 days ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Steve Adams

Three-time All-Star and 2008 American Legaue Rookie of the Year Evan Longoria will sign a one-day contract to officially retire as a member of his original organization, the Rays, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. He’ll be honored in a ceremony before the Rays’ game on June 7. Longoria sat out the 2024 season and said last summer that he was not pursuing a return to playing but was also not formally filing his retirement paperwork just yet.
Pirates Sign Beau Burrows To Minor League Deal

2 days ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Steve Adams

Right-hander Beau Burrows, who opened the season pitching with los Tecos de los Dos Laredos in the Mexican League, has signed a minor league deal with the Pirates. Beisbol Puro first reported the signing, which Burrows himself has also announced on social media this morning. Burrows, 28, was selected by the Tigers with the No. 22 overall pick out of Weatherford High School in Texas back in the 2015 draft.
Lou Trivino Elects Free Agency

5 days ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Anthony Franco

Lou Trivino elected free agency after going unclaimed on waivers, relays Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle. He’d been designated for assignment by the Giants when they recalled Kyle Harrison last weekend. Trivino, a former closer of Bob Melvin’s in Oakland, signed a minor league deal with the Giants in February. He made the team out of Spring Training and pitched 11 times over the season’s first few weeks. The overall results weren’t great.
Orioles Outright Walter Pennington

5 days ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Anthony Franco

The Orioles announced on Friday that lefty reliever Walter Pennington cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk. He’d been designated for assignment on Wednesday as the corresponding move when the O’s acquired Luis F. Castillo from Seattle. Pennington, 27, had been designated for assignment and released by the Rangers at the end of April. Baltimore grabbed him off release waivers. He made one appearance apiece at High-A Aberdeen and with Norfolk.
Nationals Release Lucas Sims

5 days ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Anthony Franco

Nationals Release Lucas Sims By Anthony Franco | May 9, 2025 at 9:25pm CDT The Nationals announced that they’ve placed veteran reliever Lucas Sims on release waivers. They’ll make a corresponding bullpen move tomorrow. They now have a vacancy on the 40-man roster. More to come.
Kyle Wright Pulled Off Rehab Stint With Shoulder Fatigue

5 days ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Anthony Franco

Kyle Wright’s first appearance with the Royals will wait a little longer than hoped. The team announced this evening that they’ve pulled him back from his rehab assignment in Double-A after Wright reported shoulder fatigue. The club specified that they believe it to be a minor setback, saying the “tentative plan” is for him to skip one or two starts before beginning a new minor league stint.
Padres Trade Connor Joe To Reds

5 days ago | mlbtraderumors.com | Anthony Franco

Padres Trade Connor Joe To Reds By Anthony Franco | May 9, 2025 at 7:58pm CDT The Reds acquired outfielder Connor Joe from the Padres for minor league reliever Andrew Moore and cash considerations, the teams announced. Cincinnati transferred Tyler Callihan to the 60-day injured list to create a spot on the 40-man roster. More to come.