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With the July 31 trade deadline looming, deals are already getting done with more on the way. Contenders are looking

Walking the line between buying and selling, the Rays on Monday were working toward a trade that would send catcher Danny Jansen to the Brewers and a second deal that would land catcher Nick Fortes from the Marlins.

MLB reporter Héctor Gómez wrote on Twitter that the Brewers had emerged "now as a top suitor" for Suarez, but the names he mentioned as a possible return lined up perfectly with our Journal Sentinel story proposing mock trades (with reaction and analysis from Curt Hogg), which seems fishy.

The Tampa Bay Rays got younger at catcher Monday, using a pair of reported trades to swap Danny Jansen out for Nick Fortes. The Rays dealt Jansen to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for infield prospect Jadher Areinamo,

The Milwaukee Brewers ' 2025 draft class is in the books. The organization put the wraps on what was ultimately a 16-player group July 28 by signing shortstop CJ Hughes (Round 11), right-hander Luke Roupe (Round 17), right-hander Chase Bentley (Round 19) and right-hander Ma'Kale Holden (Round 20).

On Sunday, Perkins delivered a walk-off single against the Marlins' Cade Gibson to give his team a 3-2 win in the series finale. That kept the Brewers in a tie for first place in the National League Central heading into a showdown with the Chicago Cubs this week.

Its Monday, July 28 and the Cubs (62-43) are in Milwaukee to take on the Brewers (62-43) in a battle for first in the National League Central Division.. Matthew Boyd is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Jacob Misiorowski for Milwaukee.

Heriberto Hernandez hit a go-ahead three-run homer and the Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 on Saturday night. Agustín Ramírez and Dane Myers also homered for the Marlins in their fourth straight win.