Prospects who could be dealt by the Trade Deadline -- one for each team

The Trade Deadline is approaching: Monday at 6 p.m. ET. Deals will be made and prospects will change addresses.

Since the pandemic, an average of four Top 100 Prospects have been traded each July. Last year, the Padres gave up No. 3 overall ranked Leo De Vries in a package sent to the Athletics for Mason Miller, while the Phillies surrendered Eduardo Tait (No. 56) and Mick Abel (No. 92) to pry Jhoan Duran from the Twins. A total of 63 players ranked on MLB Pipeline's organization Top 30s were used as trade fodder.

Who might be on the move this year? We identify one potential prospect from every organization who could get dealt below. Obviously, non-contenders such as the Angels and Rockies are more likely to acquire youngsters than part with them, but that won't stop us from speculating.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST

Blue Jays: Nolan Perry, RHP (No. 3/MLB No. 93)
Toronto is widely expected to sell at this Deadline, but there have still been rumors that they could still seek out controllable starting pitching with an eye on 2027 and beyond. The organization’s improved pitching pipeline helped turn Kendry Rojas and Khal Stephen into desirable pieces at last year’s Deadline, and Perry (who is currently on the injured list for a concussion) has followed in their breakout steps in his climb from Single-A to Double-A. Again, expect Toronto to add more prospects than it subtracts, but this time of year represents an opportunity to improve in many facets.

Orioles: Enrique Bradfield Jr. (No. 10)
The O’s are likely not in big-time buying mode, though they remain in the hunt for a Wild Card spot. But even if they’re in sell mode, a player like Bradfield could be of interest to a team competing. He might be more of a fourth outfielder, but his speed and defense – he’s stolen 25 bases and hit .298 over his last 30 games – could be useful for a team making a playoff push.

Rays: Michael Forret, RHP (No. 8)
Tampa Bay is in an enviable spot with the first seed in the American League postseason picture and a deep farm system from which to deal. With many selling teams seeking near-MLB-ready pitching help in their returns – hello, Detroit – Forret could present an intriguing option. Acquired from the Orioles last offseason in the Shane Baz deal, Forret is up at Triple-A, where he’s struck out 26.7 percent of his batters faced over eight starts with a deep arsenal. (He’s been better than his 5.23 ERA alone would indicate.) Forret is also Rule 5-eligible this offseason, and moving him would help the Rays clear out what could be a major 40-man logjam.

Red Sox: Kyson Witherspoon, RHP (No. 4)
Witherspoon's pro debut hasn't gone as smoothly as hoped, but he still was the No. 15 overall pick out of Oklahoma a year ago and has intriguing arm talent. His fastball averages 95 mph and reaches 98, though it lacks life, and he's getting outs with a mid-80s slider and splitter. He has posted a 5.01 ERA with 73 strikeouts in 70 innings in High-A

Yankees: Elmer Rodríguez, RHP (No. 3/MLB No. 73)
Rodríguez already has been traded once, going from the Red Sox to the Yankees in a 2024 Winter Meetings trade for Carlos Narvaez. His mid-90s sinker is a groundball-producing machine and he can miss bats with an upper-70s curveball and an upper-80s splitter. He has logged a 2.93 ERA, .223 opponent average and 77 strikeouts in 76 2/3 Triple-A innings while also compiling a 4.76 ERA in four big league starts.

AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL

Guardians: Cooper Ingle, C/OF (No. 3/MLB No. 59)
A 2023 fifth-round pick from Clemson, Ingle is an athletic catcher who also can play the outfield corners and leads the Triple-A International League with a .987 OPS. He's slashing .307/.424/.563 with a career-high 14 homers in 64 Triple-A contests and went 2-for-21 with 12 strikeouts in his first taste of the big leagues in late June and early July.

Royals: Gavin Cross, OF (No. 25)
With the Royals in sell mode, they’ll try to bulk up the farm, not lose anything from it, but Cross makes for an intriguing arrow-up option for any team in need of left-handed-hitting outfield help. The 2022 ninth overall pick has homered in six straight games for Triple-A Omaha, thanks in part to an adjustment to add a toe tap into his load. Since the start of June, Cross is hitting .316/.368/.589 with 10 homers and a 139 wRC+ over 42 games. Primarily a right fielder (with some time in left), Cross is blocked by Jac Caglianone in K.C. anyways, even if it seems more likely that his current club would want to give him his first MLB look.

Tigers: Eduardo Valencia, C/1B (No. 11)
Valencia hasn’t slowed down much since last year’s breakout season in the upper Minors first put him on the 40-man, and he’s been incredible in a short MLB sample, highlighted by Tuesday’s two-homer performance. He’s also a backstop in the same organization as cornerstone and fellow righty slugger Dillon Dingler, who is only one year older than him. The Tigers are another team trending in a selling direction, but think of how many teams are seeking catching help this Deadline.

Twins: Marek Houston, SS (No. 5)
With the Twins just two games out in the AL Central and only a half-game out (as of this writing) of a Wild Card spot, GM Jeremy Zoll said recently they’d be buyers. Top 100 guys like Walker Jenkins and Kaelen Culpepper, both knocking on the door at Triple-A, seem less likely, but with Culpepper just about ready, that could make another shortstop like Houston, available. The club’s first-rounder in 2025 has had a terrific first full season, reaching Double-A and hitting a combined .327/.408/.480 with a 130 wRC+ and his plus defense up the middle.

White Sox: Billy Carlson, SS (No. 3/MLB No. 57)
Several scouts identified Carlson as the best defensive prep shortstop they've ever evaluated, which is why the White Sox drafted him 10th overall in 2025. But the surprising AL Central leaders are also overflowing with talent at that position, including big league starter Colson Montgomery and 2026 No. 1 overall pick Roch Cholowsky. Carlson has batted .267/.396/.361 with 12 steals in 47 games in Single-A and recently returned after missing seven weeks with a fractured left thumb.

AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST

Angels: George Klassen, RHP (No. 9)
The Angels are tied for having the worst record in baseball, so adding big leaguers seems improbable, but Klassen could add some return value to combine with big league talent they might try to send out of Los Angeles. They got Klassen at the Deadline in 2024, and he has big league time this season, and the 24-year old still has premium stuff, with a fastball that touches triple digits and a slider that misses a lot of bats. Maybe a contending team could shorten him up and use him as bullpen depth down the stretch.

Astros: Anthony Huezo, OF (No. 15)
Huezo took a while to get going after the Astros drafted him in the 12th round from a California high school in 2023, but he led the Australian Baseball League with a 1.031 OPS last offseason and is just one of four Minor Leaguers who have amassed at least 15 homers and 30 steals this season. Possessing plus raw power and solid speed, he's hitting .248/.347/.513 with 17 homers and 32 steals in 79 games at two Class A levels, though his strikeout rate (30 percent) remains a cause for concern.

A’s: Zane Taylor, RHP (No. 18)
The A’s were only three games out of the AL West lead at the start of July but have stumbled this month and now sit 10 games out, so the chances of them buying are slim. The top of their Top 30 is improving, especially with the impending addition of their 2026 Draft class, and is likely to stay intact. Taylor is a member of last year’s Draft haul, taken in the fifth round, who is having a solid first full season, pitching his way recently to Double-A after posting a 3.22 ERA over 16 starts with High-A Lansing.

Mariners: Michael Arroyo, 2B/OF (No. 5/MLB No. 40)
While there’s been a lot of buzz about the Mariners potentially trading from their big league rotation to improve the Major League roster, they certainly have the pieces down on the farm to sweeten, or lead, a deal. They’re not afraid to trade Top 100 guys, as they did with Harry Ford last offseason, but you have to think the top two arms, Kade Anderson and Ryan Sloan, aren’t going anywhere. But there are four other Top 100 guys who could be offered up. Arroyo can really hit (.842 combined OPS) and he’s only 21 while raking in Triple-A. There’s no clear path for playing time in Seattle for him, nor does he have an obvious long-term defensive home, so a change of scenery could be good for him as well.

Rangers: Dylan Dreiling, OF (No. 10)
The Most Outstanding Player at the 2024 College World Series, where he homered in all three games in the finals to lead Tennessee to the national title, Dreiling went in the second round a month later. He's appealing as a left-handed hitter with a sound approach, bat-to-ball skills and plus raw power, and he has been one of the best hitters in the Double-A Texas League, slashing .290/.367/.486 with 15 homers and 10 steals in 83 games.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST

Braves: Alex Lodise, SS (No. 5)
The Braves are back atop the NL East, preparing for a postseason run and, frankly, pretty much anyone in their system should be open for conversation, even if they eventually hold on to their top guys. The 2025 Draft has provided Top 10 guys like Tate Southisene and Briggs McKenzie, along with Lodise, their second-round pick. While he hasn’t taken the leap forward this year that Southisene has, the infielder’s power has shown up, with 21 homers to go along with 15 steals, earning a recent promotion to High-A Rome.

Marlins: Kemp Alderman, OF/1B (No. 7)
While Alderman stands out most with his massive raw power and high-end exit velocities, he's also deceptively athletic for a 6-foot-3, 225-pounder and possesses plus arm strength. He's batting .290/.367/.496 with 15 homers in 67 Triple-A games and is back to full health after missing a month with a sprained left elbow.

Mets: Jonathan Pintaro, RHP (No. 15)
Pintaro has ridden the Syracuse shuttle plenty this season, and entering Wednesday, he has five MLB appearances to his name, during which he’s struck out 12 and limited opponents to a .143 average-against. An independent league find in 2024, Pintaro deserves credit for pushing to the Major Leagues, but he’s also older than many prospects at 28. He could be included in a larger package to help build bullpen depth for a contender who values his cutter-first arsenal.

Nationals: Coy James, SS (No. 18)
Washington seems willing to buy and sell at this year’s Deadline, as evidenced by the Curtis Mead-Connelly Early swap with Boston, as it stays within reach of an NL Wild Card spot. If the Nats do buy, they won’t likely dip into their upper echelon of prospects, but James, who was taken in the fifth round last year before the current front office took over, could be an intriguing name in that next group. The 19-year-old has shown some pop with 14 homers in 85 games with Single-A Fredericksburg while playing shortstop, second base, third base and even some left field.

Phillies: Bryan Rincon, SS (No. 15)
The Phillies don’t shy away from dealing from their prospect ranks in their annual push for the playoffs.. Just look at last year’s Deadline, when they sent Eduardo Tait and Mick Abel to the Twins for Jhoan Duran. It might be more likely that current Top 100 prospect Gage Wood helps in Philly than he’s offered in a deal, so we’ll look a little further down the list with Rincon, who is enjoying a bit of a breakout season in Double-A. It’s not just Reading-aided – his new power is showing up on the road as well – and he’s an absolutely terrific defensive shortstop.

NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL

Brewers: Josh Adamczewski, OF (No. 6/MLB No. 88)
The Crew remains loaded on the farm at a time when the MLB club could enter the postseason as the No. 1 seed in the NL. Whether they push in their prospect chips will be one of the storylines of the Deadline, but if they do get aggressive, Adamczewski’s name could come up a lot in larger deals. The 21-year-old left-handed slugger has built on last year’s breakout to hit .313/.431/.546 with a career high 14 homers in 81 games between High-A and Double-A, while moving from second base to left field full-time. With a line-drive-heavy approach, Adamczewski would have one of the better hit tools in many other organizations.

Cardinals: Leo Bernal, C (No. 5)
St. Louis certainly has a catching crunch with Pedro Pagés, Iván Herrera and Jimmy Crooks in the bigs, Bernal at Triple-A and top prospect Rainiel Rodriguez at Double-A. It’s a good problem to have for sure, and Bernal has contributed to that by hitting .275/.358/.471 with 13 homers over 79 games in his first taste of Memphis. With exceptional pop times to second base, his arm is also looking ready for The Show. Moving him before his debut could get a significant return, either in MLB talent or prospects to fortify other needier areas of the farm.

Cubs: Jefferson Rojas, 3B/SS (No. 2/MLB No. 64)
The injury-ravaged Cubs desperately need pitching and while they probably won't trade their top prospect (outfielder Josiah Hartshorn), they might have to part with their second-best to get some mound help. Signed for $1 million out of the Dominican Republic in 2022, Rojas is hitting .269/.334/.462 with 15 homers in 86 Double-A games at age 21 and has the arm strength for the left side of the infield.

Pirates: Wyatt Sanford, SS (No. 4)
Who the Pirates are willing to part with might depend on how big of a splash they want to make. If, say, Mason Miller, were available (seems like he’s not), perhaps an Edward Florentino or Murf Gray could be made available. Sanford was creeping into Top 100 territory by hitting his offensive stride, especially power-wise, in Greensboro this year before a hand injury shelved him. The Pirates have some up-the-middle infield depth in the organization, beginning with Konnor Griffin in Pittsburgh, so this would be dealing from an area of strength.

Reds: Tyson Lewis, SS/3B (No. 4)
Last year at this time, the Reds sent young infielder Sammy Stafura to the Pirates for Ke’Bryan Hayes to help with a successful Wild Card push. They’re more likely to be sellers this year, but if they wanted to use some of their infield prospect depth again, they could try to use Lewis to help them flip the switch back to competing more quickly. There are some approach issues to work on, but there’s raw power and speed, with the hot corner his likely full-time home.

NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST

D-backs: Carlos Virahonda, C (No. 10)
As with the Cardinals, the D-backs have picked up enviable depth behind the plate with Virahonda, Alberto Barriga (No. 14) and Ivan Luciano (No. 21) already in the pipeline and Arkansas backstop Ryder Helfrick joining the fun as a 2026 first-rounder. It’s that depth that Arizona could dip into here, and Virahonda might draw some intrigue as a potential above-average defender who has already hit 16 homers between Single-A and High-A this season, blowing away his previous career best of four set last year.

Dodgers: Zyhir Hope, OF (No. 5/MLB No. 25)
How loaded are the Dodgers? They feature more Top 100 Prospects (nine) than anyone and while Hope ranks No. 25 on that list, he's only their fifth-best prospect and fourth-highest-ranked outfielder. Acquired from the Cubs as part of the Michael Busch trade in January 2024, he's a potential 25-25 guy with well above-average raw power, solid speed and the tools to play anywhere in the outfield. He's enjoying a strong season in Double-A at age 21, slashing .288/.367/.517 with 21 homers and 18 steals in 91 games and leading the Texas League with 84 RBIs.

Giants: Blade Tidwell, RHP (No. 11)
Tidwell got traded at last year's deadline, arriving from the Mets in a package for Tyler Rogers, and his two best weapons are a mid-90s fastball that reaches 99 with carry and a low-80s sweeper. Tidwell has spent much of this season as a starter in Triple-A, where he has fashioned a 4.21 ERA with 75 strikeouts in 66 1/3 innings, and he has also compiled a 3.00 ERA in eight relief outings with San Francisco.

Padres: Kash Mayfield, LHP (No. 2)
San Diego can never be ruled out of making the Trade Deadline interesting, and this recent four-game winning streak (entering Wednesday) should push them firmly back in the buying direction. While there will be plenty of asks around top prospect Ethan Salas, it might be more likely that San Diego dips into its growing pool of young arms to make moves. A first-round pick in 2024, Mayfield owns a 3.54 ERA with 62 strikeouts in 53 1/3 innings for High-A Fort Wayne this season, and while he’s still not a big velo guy (sitting 90-93 mph with his fastball), his 82-84 mph changeup continues to look like a potential plus pitch.

Rockies: Zac Veen, OF (No. 7)
The Rockies are trying to rebuild, so their system will likely remain intact. But Veen could use a change of scenery. While it seems like we’ve been talking about him forever, he’s still only 24 and he’s having his best statistical year yet (.313/.389/.580) with 17 homers and 15 steals in Triple-A, yet hasn’t gotten another shot at showing what he can do in Colorado after making his big league debut last year.