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Outfielder Billy Burns will join the Kansas City Royals for the stretch run of the 2016 season after the defending champions acquired him via trade Saturday.

The Oakland Athletics announced they moved Burns to the Royals in exchange for outfielder Brett Eibner. Oakland also noted Eibner will head to Triple-A Nashville following the swap.

Mark Melancon has been a weapon at the back end of the Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen over the past four seasons, but the team traded him Saturday to the Washington Nationals. 

Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports first reported the news, and the Nationals confirmed the deal:

Jon Heyman of Today's Knuckleball shared the monetary details of the deal:

High-profile targets abound as MLB inches toward the Monday trade deadline. 

July 31's falling on a Sunday has proven good fortune for MLB general managers, as it's given them an extra 24 hours to jostle for moves on a trade deadline that seems destined to either shift the sport's paradigm or go out with a whimper.

The New York Yankees are considering trading catcher Brian McCann ahead of Monday's Aug. 1 trade deadline, though no deal is imminent.

Excitement continues to build leading up to Monday's MLB trade deadline. Several high-profile deals have already been completed and more should be on the horizon with so many teams still holding realistic hopes of reaching the playoffs.

Only a few days remain before the MLB trade deadline Monday. Yet there are probably still a couple front offices around the league surveying the market and the tight-knit playoff race to determine whether they should be buyers or sellers leading up to Aug. 1.

The 2016 MLB non-waiver trade deadline is just two days away, and as the rumors continue to pour in, we are starting to get a better idea of who will be on the move.

Predicting how things will play out and where potential trade chips will land is generally an exercise in futility, but that's never stopped us from trying.

We created odds for all the notable names being thrown around this year to establish who may be moving. To make it easier to digest, we broke the odds into six different tiers:

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Vince Velasquez is one of the most intriguing names being talked about leading up to the Aug. 1 trade deadline.

Continue for updates.

The San Diego Padres lost 6-0 to the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, marking the end of a National League record-tying streak of 25 consecutive games with at least one home run as a team, per ESPN Stats & Info.