The Royals reached a two-year, $46 million guaranteed contract extension with Lugo on Sunday, according to multiple reports. While Lugo was widely considered one of the top trade candidates ahead of Thursday's trade deadline, he'll instead be in Kansas City for years to come.

As the Major League Baseball trade deadline approaches, the action is picking up. On Sunday Night Baseball, the New York Mets completed a sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 5-3 victory.

The Miami Marlins have crashed the National League Wild Card race, going 25-13 over their last 38 games to actually emerge as legitimate playoff contenders. Who

The MLB trade deadline is on Thursday at 6:00 PM ET and we’ve already seen several playoff contenders strike big deals in order to make a postseason run. The hot stove is burning, with the latest MLB trade rumors shedding light on what’s going on around the league.

Boston Red Sox's Alex Cora cautioned his team against trusting trade deadline rumors, claiming some ESPN personnel 'made s--- up' during his time at the network.

The executives running each team have wildly different ways of doing business — and this time of year, that governs which deals get done.

According to one MLB insider, the New York Yankees are rethinking their trade deadline strategy after some devastating injury news on their franchise slugger.