MLB trade deadline sees flurry of deals involving Adley Rutschman, Freddy Peralta and Kevin Gausman
<p>MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers had their sights set on acquiring a top-tier pitcher before the trade deadline — namely Tarik Skubal — but had to shift gears when the back-to-back AL Cy Young Award winner ended up with the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p><p>Instead, the Brewers, who entered Monday tied with the Dodgers for the best record in the major leagues, settled for veteran starter Dustin May, who was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals shortly before the deadline.</p><p>Milwaukee also got left-handed reliever JoJo Romero in the deal.
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<p>MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers had their sights set on acquiring a top-tier pitcher before the trade deadline — namely Tarik Skubal — but had to shift gears when the back-to-back AL Cy Young Award winner ended up with the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p><p>Instead, the Brewers, who entered Monday tied with the Dodgers for the best record in the major leagues, settled for veteran starter Dustin May, who was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals shortly before the deadline.</p><p>Milwaukee also got left-handed reliever JoJo Romero in the deal. In exchange, the Brewers sent minor league outfielders Alexander Frías and Josiah Ragsdale to the Cardinals.</p><p>The NL Central leaders bolstered their bullpen further by obtaining reliever Antonio Senzatela from the Colorado Rockies for left-hander Mark Manfredi, who has split time between Double-A Biloxi and Triple-A Nashville, and infielder Juan Martínez, who has played with the Rookie ACL Brewers and Class A Wilson this season.</p><p>The Brewers entered Monday's games with a 6½-game lead over the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a> in the division.</p><div class="RelatedList Enhancement" data-module data-align-center> <div class="RelatedList-title">Related</div> <ul class="RelatedList-items"> <li class="RelatedList-items-item"> <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/03/cubs-mlb-trade-deadline-jed-hoyer-top-prospects-trades-kevin-gausman-clay-holmes-ryan-zeferjahn-braxton-garrett-tyrone-taylor" >Jed Hoyer gets aggressive at trade deadline, deals prospects with Cubs’ present in mind: ‘We’re here to win’</a> </li> </ul> </div> <p>"The fans have every right to have any opinion they want about what we should or shouldn't do," Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy said before Monday night's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. "But nobody wants to win more than the guys in that (clubhouse)."</p><p>Murphy called prospects in the Brewers' highly touted minor league system the "lifeblood of an organization like ours."</p><p>"We're all working in a framework that has to make sense, so it's hard to make trades," he said.</p><p>General manager Matt Arnold said the Brewers "were in on a lot of things" as the deadline approached.</p><p>"There's certainly some things where you come up short, and you've just got to pick yourself up and dust yourself off and try to do what you can to get the next thing," Arnold said.
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- <p>MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers had their sights set on acquiring a top-tier pitcher before the trade deadline — namely Tarik Skubal — but had to shift gears when the back-to-back AL Cy Young Award winner ended up with the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p><p>Instead, the Brewers, who entered Monday tied with the Dodgers for the best record in the major leagues, settled for veteran starter Dustin May, who was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals shortly before the deadline.</p><p>Milwaukee also got left-handed reliever JoJo Romero in the deal.
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Tarik Skubal dismisses outrage over joining Los Angeles Dodgers with blunt message to fans
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Brewers get starter Dustin May and 2 relievers in trade-deadline deals
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