As we approach the 2023 MLB trade deadline, the next two weeks will be some of the most intense of the baseball season.
The repercussions are massive. From a fan perspective, your team's behavior at the deadline tells you so much. Is your team in it to win it? If so, how far in? If not, is it rebooting, reloading, rebuilding, resetting, reshuffling or something else entirely?
During the trade season, ESPN colleague David Schoenfield and I are tasked with assigning grades to the majority of the moves. This is done in real time. As soon as a trade goes down, we confirm that it's a thing, then hammer out a response to it as fast as our fingers can type.