Axford, Loup find new homes

The Toronto Blue Jays dealt their longest serving player on what turned out to be a busy MLB nonwaiver trade deadline day.

Lefty relief pitcher Aaron Loup, who joined the team in 2012, heads to Philadelphia for righty pitcher Jacob Waguespack, a 24-year-old who has a 5.06 ERA at triple-A as both a reliever and starter.

Toronto then moved Canadian reliever John Axford to the Los Angeles Dodgers for right-handed pitcher Corey Copping, who has an ERA of 2.53 in Double-A this season. The reliever has also seen some time in triple-A this season. In other deals Tuesday: The Pittsburgh Pirates added ■ starting pitcher Chris Archer from Tampa Bay for a pair of coveted prospects in outfielder Austin Meadows and pitcher Tyler Glasnow, plus a player to be named later. Archer, a two-time all-star, is 3-5 with a 4.31 ERA in 17 starts.

Meadows hit .292 with five home runs and 13 RBI in 49 games for the Pirates. The 24-year-old Glasnow, a 6-foot-8 right-hander, is 1-2 with a 4.34 ERA in 34 appearances.

Arizona added left-hander Jake ■

Diekman from Texas for righthander Wei-Chieh Huang and a player to be named.

Milwaukee acquired second ■ baseman Jonathan Schoop from Baltimore for Jonathan Villar and two prospects.

Atlanta added right-handers ■

Kevin Gausman and Darren O’Day from Baltimore for four prospects.

Minnesota traded Brian Dozier ■ to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Logan Forsythe and two prospects.

St. Louis traded outfielder ■

Tommy Pham to Tampa for three minor leaguers and international slot money.

Washington sent reliever Brandon ■ Kintzler to the Chicago Cubs.

Miami sent Cameron Maybin to ■

Seattle.

The Phillies acquired catcher ■

Wilson Ramos from Tampa.

Cleveland acquired centre-fielder ■ Leonys Martin from Detroit.

Arizona picked up right-hander ■

Brad Ziegler from Miami.