The Guardians handled the MLB trade deadline by dealing Shane Bieber and Paul Sewald and standing pat otherwise, certainly sending a (perhaps unintentional?) message to the team that the decision-makers think they can still make a run at a third wildcard spot.
The return for Shane Bieber was 6'4 LHP Khal Stephen who just made it to Double-A but is generally considered to be a Top 100 prospect. Matt Seese has more info here, and I am pretty excited about him. TJ Nestico had some great info about him (Nestico is a Blue Jays fan pitching analyst):
I really don’t like this move.