There are less than 24 hours until the MLB trade deadline. If you want to catch up on all the deals from the weekend, here’s your Thursday through Saturday recap and here’s Sunday’s edition. Let’s take a look at all the deals that closed on Monday.

Michael Lorenzen from Rangers to Royals: For Kansas City, rotation help didn’t seem to be at the top of the wish list, but Lorenzen is a useful addition, especially since Alec Marsh is nearing an all-time high innings pitched.

The Rangers would be clear sellers at 52-55 in any other division. But in the AL West, they entered Monday just 4 1/2 games behind with more than two months to go. So while trading Lorenzen was a “sale” in a way, it’s not so clear-cut: Texas has Jacob deGrom and Tyler Mahle returning from the injured list soon. Jon Gray also went on the IL on Monday, but it’s not expected to be a long-term stay. Add in Max Scherzer, Nathan Eovaldi and Andrew Heaney (with Dane Dunning and Cody Bradford also recently returning from injury) … that’s a lot of starting pitching!

So it made sense to trade with a surplus, sending Lorenzen to the Royals for LHP Walter Pennington, who was an undrafted free agent in 2020 but has a 2.26 ERA (0.99 WHIP) with 79 strikeouts and 20 walks in 59 2/3 innings in Triple A this year. For a pending free-agent surplus starter, that’s not a bad deal for Texas, who may be able to use Pennington in the bullpen sooner rather than later.

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Ty France from Mariners to Reds: Given the Reds’ surplus of infielders, I wonder if they’re preemptively filling in for more upcoming trades, following the acquisition of the recently DFA’d France. France comes with a dowry of cash and in return the Mariners receive 21-year-old catcher Andruw Salcedo, who is hitting .188 (.538 OPS) in Low A.

Red Sox and Pirates swap prospects: The Red Sox needed a starting pitcher, and the Pirates needed a bat. What we perhaps didn’t expect was that the competition would involve guys just beginning their careers. Boston sent 22-year-old 2B/OF Nick Yorke (.278 average, .785 OPS, 68 strikeouts, 42 walks in 83 games between Double A and Triple A) to the Pirates for 23-year-old RHP Quinn Priester, who hasn’t quite gotten it together in 20 big-league games but is 3-1 with a 3.21 ERA, 36 strikeouts and seven walks in 33 2/3 Triple-A innings this year.

While it’s somewhat surprising to see a youth-for-youth deal, neither departure is particularly shocking on an individual basis. As Jen McCaffrey writes, Yorke was rumored to be the odd man out in a middle-infield logjam in Boston, and the Pirates’ rotation can easily handle the loss of Priester.

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Dodgers, Cardinals, White Sox three-way trade: Sure, why not? Let’s take it team by team.

Erick Fedde had a 20-6 record with a 2.00 ERA in the KBO in 2023. (Raymond Carlin III / USA Today)

Cardinals get: RHP Erick Fedde (7-4, 3.11) and OF Tommy Pham (.266 average, .710 OPS) from Chicago

I know win-loss records don’t mean what they used to, but a 7-4 record by this year’s White Sox team should be calculated in dog years. But is he a clear improvement to the Cardinals’ rotation? Eno Sarris says … maybe not. Pham, meanwhile, is going back to where it all started, having played for the Cardinals from 2014-18. Seven teams later, he’ll help correct the Cardinals’ woes against left-handed pitching as they battle for a playoff spot. The Cards also get a PTBNL, or money, from the Dodgers.

Dodgers get: RHP Michael Kopech (ERA 4.74, 59 strikeouts, 24 walks, 43 2/3 innings) from Chicago, utility man Tommy Edman and 17-year-old RHP Oliver Gonzalez from St. Louis

Kopech is a fireballing reliever who hasn’t quite been able to convert his gasoline into consistency, but who will give Los Angeles another late-innings, high-strikeout player in the bullpen. Edman hasn’t played this year as he returns from offseason right wrist surgery, but he should be back soon. In his rehab assignment, he’s hitting just .207 (.535 OPS) through eight games, but when fully healthy he’ll bring some speed and defense (he won a Gold Glove in 2022) to the Dodgers, particularly at shortstop and center field, where injuries and underproduction have hampered them.

White Sox get: UTIL Miguel Vargas from LA and two minor leaguers: 2B Jeral Perez (19 years old, Single A), INF Alexander Albertus (19, Single A).

Rumors of the sellout have been swirling for months, and the first two chips (assuming you don’t count Dylan Cease this spring) have finally dropped, as Chicago brings back one major league player and two lower-level prospects, plus a PTBNL or Dodgers cash.

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Justin Turner from Blue Jays to Mariners: The Mariners were 25th of 30 teams in OPS against left-handed pitching, and with 1B Ty France leaving for Cincinnati, Turner is a logical choice as a 1B/DH type. He also has plenty of playoff experience from his time with the Dodgers from 2014-2022. Seattle returned 24-year-old outfielder RJ Schreck, who has an .836 OPS in Double-A.

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Lane Thomas from Nationals to Guardians: The Guardians have been well-documented in their need for starting pitchers, but as they’ve looked, the lineup has cooled off a bit. So while they could still land a starter, they’ve temporarily switched to a right-handed outfield bat in Thomas. His .738 OPS is slightly above average this year, but he crushes lefties to the tune of .326/.410/.512. The Nats get 23-year-old shortstop José Tena and two 19-year-olds — LHP Alex Clemmey and infielder Rafael Ramirez.

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Yusei Kikuchi from Blue Jays to Astros: Given the onslaught of injuries they’ve dealt with this year, it’s been no secret that the Astros needed a starting pitcher (or multiple starters), so it was no surprise when they brought in Kikuchi from the Blue Jays. The part that made me say “whoooooaa” loudly was the return. The Astros send RHP Jake Bloss, 1B/OF Joey Loperfido and INF Will Wagner, who is hitting .307 (.853 OPS) in Triple A.

That’s a huge reward for Toronto, especially for a pitcher who will be a free agent at the end of the year.

Kikuchi (who said after his last start that he expected to be traded) won’t be Houston’s ace, but he doesn’t need to be; between Ronel Blanco and Hunter Brown — and with Justin Verlander and Luis Garcia expected to return from the IL at some point — Houston has pitching talent. It just lacked depth.

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Amed Rosario from Rays to Dodgers: No, this isn’t a glitch from last year’s deadline. The Dodgers traded for Rosario again. Last year they sent Noah Syndergaard to Cleveland for the privilege of a half-season of Rosario. This year they sent 27-year-old RHP Michael Flynn to Tampa Bay, hoping that Rosario can give them some length at the bottom of the order, where they’ve struggled this year.

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Jalen Beeks from Rockies to Pirates: What was it we said? The Pirates don’t need pitchers, but they do need bats? Well, while we wait for them to add a thumper or two, here’s a left-handed reliever to shore up the remaining innings after Paul Skenes, Mitch Keller and crew are done for the day. The Rockies get left-handed reliever Luis Peralta (younger brother of Brewers starter Freddy), who has a 0.91 ERA between High A and Double A this year.

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Frankie Montas from the Reds to the Brewers: The Reds leaned a bit on sales. Rather than trade Montas — who could be a free agent at the end of the year if he or his team decides not to exercise the 2025 mutual option — for prospects, they dealt him to a division rival for RHP Jakob Junis (who is also in a mutual option situation) and OF Joey Wiemer, who is under team control through 2028.

Junis, a starter with the Royals and Giants from 2017-22, has been effective as a reliever but missed significant time earlier this year. A shoulder impingement after his first appearance sent him to the IL, and in late April he was hit in the neck by a batted ball during batting practice and didn’t return until late June.

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Small transactions: The Dodgers sent RHP Ricky Vanasco to the Tigers in exchange for a cash consideration.

(Top photo by Yusei Kikuchi: John E. Sokolowski / USA Today)