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Outside The Confines: The last Monday of June

Happy Monday, and welcome (unbelievably) to the last week of June. That means not only are we approaching the All-Star break, the halfway mark of the season, it also means we’re barrelling towards the trade deadline on July 30th.

It feels almost impossible to believe that the season is almost halfway over and now teams are really making major decisions about whether they’re planning to be buyers or sellers, because the back half of the year will be defined a lot by what happens in the next few weeks, especially as injuries mount on contending teams.

Now let’s get into today’s links!