Last December, Giancarlo Stanton was shipped from the Marlins to the Yankees in one of the biggest baseball trades in recent memory. Will there be a deal quite as seismic this coming winter? Resident MLB experts Jon Tayler, Emma Baccellieri and Gabriel Baumgaertner identify the biggest names who might be on the move.
Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, Diamondbacks
2018 Stats: .290/.389/.533, 33 HR, 83 RBIs, 139 OPS+, 5.4 bWAR
Likelihood: Medium
Best fits: Yankees, Rockies, Nationals, and Phillies
As far as first basemen go, you can’t do much better than Goldschmidt.