It seems like trade deadline talk has been going on since about February, which makes sense when you have a team that did a lot of acquiring players with the obvious goal of hoping they do well enough to be flippable come late July. Chances are most of the big trades will wait ’til the midnight hour, even though that may not be the best idea for either side.
(Last year there was one, and only one, notable swap in June, with Aroldis Chapman going from Kansas City to Texas for Cole Ragans and a teenager. The move paid off well for both sides, as Chapman was solid for the Rangers in the playoffs and Ragans has been excellent since the trade, with 2.