New York and Philadelphia are battling for NL East domination. Here's how each can win next week's trade deadline.

It hasn’t been easy for the Yankees since the All-Star break. They split the first six games, and they left Toronto on Wednesday with a bad taste in their mouths because they didn’t gain any ground on the first-place Blue Jays in the American League East race.

Phillies won the series at Yankee Stadium Saturday, securing an emphatic 9-4 victory with 13 hits and a solid start from Ranger Suárez.

Phillies Get Good News on Aaron Nola Amid Pitcher’s Tough 2025 MLB Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports. If there was anybody on the Philadelphia Phillies who needed a positive update, it’s starting pitcher Aaron Nola.

Currently half a game behind the NL East-leading New York Mets, manager Rob Thomson and his crew are eyeing their fourth consecutive trip to the playoffs, and if the season ended today, they’d Wild Card their way into September and (hopefully for their sake) beyond.

Is there a more obvious buyer in baseball than the Philadelphia Phillies? A handful of other teams just might be on the same level, but no one is more heavily in the category of buyer.  Consider that the Phillies made the World Series in 2022,

Ryan McMahon went 1 for 3 with two strikeouts and a walk in his New York Yankees debut, a 9-4 loss to Philadelphia.

246 with runners in scoring position, which is in the top half of the league. From July 1 to 18, the Phillies were 23rd in MLB with a .221 average. What gives? It has helped that the rest of the lineup has heated up. It is a small sample, but Bryson Stott ...