Baseball's trade deadline isn't for another 2½ months, but as we complete the first quarter of the season, enough has happened that teams have to start facing some tough decisions. It's hard to win a division in April, but you can lose it, and many of the teams projected to be solid playoff contenders are in markedly worse positions than they were six weeks ago. Teams facing up to newfound disappointments have to start deciding if they're realistic contenders or if they need to shift thinking to retooling for 2019 (or worse). The sooner the better; you can't get out of a hole until you stop digging.
Which contenders are in trouble and what they can do about it?
