Overview

• Mets president David Stearns said the club will be “active” in pursuing relief help after reporting the fourth-worst bullpen ERA in MLB since June 1.
• Arizona Diamondbacks executives treat the deadline as a lifeline to extract value for free-agent-bound stars like Eugenio Suárez, Josh Naylor and Zac Gallen rather than risk departures.
• The Yankees are hunting rotation reinforcements beyond All-Stars Max Fried and Carlos Rodón and have identified third base as a priority upgrade after Oswald Peraza and Jorbit Vivas struggled.
• The Cubs have made landing a top-flight starter their top deadline goal, eyeing potential targets such as Mitch Keller, Merrill Kelly and Sandy Alcántara to bolster a rotation thinned by injuries.
• Buster Olney suggested the Blue Jays could become the American League’s team to beat by adding middle-of-the-order power, with Suárez or Naylor atop their wish list.