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After a busy Saturday with one ace pitcher moving to a new team, the trade gates have opened even wider. Here’s the latest on MLB rumors.

Another day down, and just two more to go before the MLB trade deadline. Yesterday, we looked at one indication that fans should have expected Monday to be the day with a flurry of trades.

While that still may be true, one of the bigger names came off the board on Saturday with Max Scherzer being sent from the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers. While there was a brief snag in getting Scherzer to waive his no-trade clause, he eventually did and the trade became official.

Clearly, that marks the Mets as major sellers, and greatly changes the landscape of the upcoming deadline.

Here’s the latest on MLB rumors around the league with the deadline coming up shortly.

MLB rumors: Rangers might have won the deadline already, but they’re not done

The Texas Rangers already won the MLB trade deadline. After acquiring closer Aroldis Chapman weeks ago, they now added Max Scherzer. If they make no more moves between now and Tuesday, it’s going to be near-impossible to crown anyone else as the winner.

It’ll be even more difficult considering the Rangers look poised to make even more moves.

There’s a possibility they look to add even another starter, as they were scouting other starting pitchers as the Scherzer deal was going down. Julian McWilliams reported that the Rangers were scouting Red Sox starter James Paxton on Saturday.

Jon Heyman also reported that the Rangers still might look to add some strength to their bullpen:

Look for the Rangers to keep adding until the clock runs out.