The Tigers' desire to add pitching before the trade deadline was heightened by a sudden and quite unexpected injury in the starting rotation.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/twins as Reacting to three 'can't refuse' trade offers for Twins' Joe Ryan.

Despite persistent trade rumors this summer, Byron Buxton has firmly stated his allegiance to the Minnesota Twins. Buxton made it clear he won't be leaving

If the Red Sox truly have ambitions of playing baseball in October, they need more reliability to protect their increasingly overworked bullpen.

Industry belief that one of Jhoan Duran and Griffin Jax will be traded (7/23): Alden Gonzalez of ESPN shared that his "sense" is one of Minnesota's big relief arms will move before Thursday's deadline, although he acknowledges asking price is very high ( via ESPN ). Top Prospect Tracker: Get up to speed on the state of the system, pre-deadline.

The fourth-place Twins have no time to show that they can make a playoff run before this week's trade deadline.

The Mariners have already upgraded the right side of their infield with last week's addition of Josh Naylor, and as

Jeff Passan of ESPN reports there was an additional piece in the deal. Full trade, per ESPN sources: Detroit receives: RHP Chris Paddack and RHP Randy Dobnak Minnesota receives: C/1B Enrique Jimenez Dobnak is under team control through 2027.