Stock Watch: Post-trade-deadline guide for all 30 MLB teams - ESPN

For all the work we do in setting up and covering the MLB trade deadline, the transaction-related activity in some years is a little underwhelming. That was not the case in 2025.

According to my tracking mechanisms, the wild 2025 deadline featured 92 veteran trade candidates on new teams and, likewise, 92 prospects headed to new organizations, seeking their big league opportunity. After all that, we turn our attention to reassessing the new baseball landscape.

This is what we do with every edition of Stock Watch, but there is never as much mystery in the outcomes as there is after a heavy period of roster movement, which yields my two favorite Stock Watch editions: after the in-season trade deadline (now) and during the hot stove season, after the offseason's heaviest waves of transactions are completed.

As we did last year at this time, we will home in on each team's stretch run. This looks different for contenders than those looking to the future, but even for the noncontenders, it's about what is left to accomplish on the field in 2025 — and how those aims might be achieved.

Jump to a tier:

Top-tier contenders | Second-tier contenders | Teams just hanging on
Teams looking ahead | The Colorado Rockies

Teams with a 90% or better shot at the playoffs

Win average: 95.9 (Last month: 87.5, 9th)
In the playoffs: 99.2% (Last: 61.7%)
Champions: 11.3% (Last: 2.1%)

Lingering concern: Middle-of-the-order power

The Brewers have soared to the top spot of Stock Watch with startling velocity. You might view Milwaukee's deadline approach as a bit passive, but when you've gotten so far by finding solutions within your organization, why change? The Brewers don't have many obvious needs. Even the shortcoming noted above was listed