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Jesse Rogers notes it’s for $1.35 million and can rise with incentives. Haase hit .273/.304/.515 with five homers in 30 games with the Brewers this season. The catcher will likely be the backup backstop to William Contreras for the 2025 campaign.

Fedde was acquired from the Cardinals on Sunday night after being designated for assignment following a 5.22 ERA and 1.50 WHIP in 20 starts this season. It had been thought that Braves pitching prospect Hurston Waldrep would be called up to start on Tuesday, but that does not appear to be the plan as of now.

Campbell has been working on his swing at Triple-A, in addition to learning how to play first base, and it appears that things may be starting to click of late. The 23-year-old is now riding an eight-game hitting streak and is slashing .407/.484/.667 since July 19th. It’s unlikely that the Red Sox use Campbell at second base with Marcelo Mayer (wrist) sidelined, so there may not be an immediate opening for him at the big league level, but the team would love to get his bat going regardless.

Grissom has been on fire at the plate in Triple-A with hits in 10 of his last 12 games and home runs in each of his last three. He has an .890 OPS since the start of June and is hitting .281 on the season with 12 home runs, 46 RBI, and nine steals. He doesn’t bring the base-running ability that David Hamilton does, but Grissom might be better at everything else and deserves a shot to play for Boston if Marcelo Mayer (wrist) is out for a while. Or Boston could use him as a trade chip at the deadline.

Sandlin moves up, along with his teammate Connelly Early, after posting a 3.61 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and 86/27 K/BB ratio in 82 1/3 innings for Double-A Portland this season. Sandlin came to Boston before the 2024 season in a trade for reliever John Schreiber. The 24-year-old packs a high-velocity fastball that can hit 100 mph, a tight slider, a big-breaking sweeper, and a splitter. He has taken a big step forward this year and is part of an emerging crop of intriguing starting pitchers in Boston’s system.

It’s a long-overdue move for Early, who has recorded a 2.51 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, and 96/29 K/BB ratio in 71 2/3 innings at Double-A Portland this season. The left-hander has a mid-90s fastball that he released from a low three-quarters arm slot. He pairs that with an elite changeup that he has tremendous feel for, an 82 mph sweeper he uses primarily to lefties, a harder slider that he can pound the zone with, and a little-used curveball. The former fifth-round pick has emerged as one of the top pitching prospects in the Red Sox organization and could push for big league starts in 2026.

Most of this is speculation, but Sammon notes that the market for controllable relievers is heating up, and the Giants could get a haul in return for Doval at the deadline. The Giants have not indicated that they will sell at the deadline, but they are now only two games over .500, and there are other strong relievers in the bullpen, like Randy Rodriguez and Ryan Walker. As of now, it seems like a long shot that Doval will be traded, but it’s a situation to monitor.

It was previously reported that the Rays would not be interested in trading Díaz, but they have since struggled to the point where the playoffs are looking less likely, and they are entertaining the possibility. Cotillo suggests that “Red Sox decision-makers were privately wondering if the Rays could make Díaz available” and that the first baseman “fits the roster perfectly as a clear upgrade over the Abraham Toro/Romy Gonzalez platoon at first base.” Díaz is also under control beyond 2025, which the Red Sox like because “privately, the club is not guaranteeing that Triston Casas, who is rehabbing from a season-ending knee injury, will be the starter in 2026.”

Peña faced live pitching in Florida over the weekend, and Brown said he wanted him to get in a few rehab games before rejoining the team. Assuming there are no setbacks, the Astros could be getting their shortstop back by the end of the week.

Brown expects Alvarez to quickly move to a rehab assignment after that and expects that to be a short stint wherever he goes. “I’ll take a 75% Yordan Alvarez over some of the guys we have now,” is how Brown phrased it. With Jeremy Peña and Isaac Paredes also out, the Astros are pushing hard to get Alvarez back into the lineup, but it seems like he won’t be 100 percent when he returns.

Arrighetti looked good in his last start on Saturday and will likely move to Triple-A Sugar Land to make his final start on Thursday or Friday. He will return to Houston after that and join a team in the middle of the pennant race. He should be added in all formats ahead of his return. Brown also noted that Cristian Javier (elbow) will be “shortly after” Arrighetti, so we could be looking at a two-week wait until Javier returns to Houston.