The 2025 MLB trade deadline is set for Thursday, July 31 at 6 p.m. ET. And with a number of close division races around the league still up for grabs, the right move could make the difference between winning the World Series and watching the playoffs at home in October.

Dominguez endured one of the longest and strangest days a ballplayer can have, but when it comes to the trading deadline, there are far worse fates than leaping four spots in the standings and sleeping in your own bed the night you’re dealt.

The white-hot Milwaukee Brewers suddenly look like one of the scariest teams in Major League Baseball. After sweeping the defending world champion Los Angeles Dodgers for the second time this month, the Brewers have a share of the best record in MLB with the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers.