The Mariners and Yankees sit in wild-card spots and they are chasing the same player. The two teams have shown interest in Rockies third baseman Ryan McMahon, reports the Denver P

The Padres are expected to target Miami Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara and Arizona Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen. What these two have in common is that both are former aces, struggling this season, who could be complicated trade deadline targets.

Will Sammon of The Athletic recently reported that New York could deal from its infield depth to fill other needs. The Mets have a quartet of young, cost-controlled contributors in Brett Baty, Mark Vientos, Ronny Mauricio and Luisangel Acuña to dangle on the market.

Rival GMs think that Padres GM AJ Preller will be aggressive at the MLB trade deadline, which he almost always is.

Major League Baseball's trade deadline is scheduled for next Thursday (July 31), meaning that teams have less than a week to get their midsummer shopping done. The Mariners made the first notable transaction of the mad season on Thursday night,

The Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks have already agreed on one trade this season. They could look to swing another one in the coming days.

Seattle holds the second American League Wild Card spot but sit six-games back from the Houston Astros for first place in the AL West. The Mariners have been powered by a historic season from Most Valuable Player candidate Cal Raleigh,