Once a Major League Baseball season reaches Memorial Day, "it's still early" no longer works as an excuse. Teams that have been racking up losses need to face reality and accept that they should part ways with key players ahead of the trade deadline.
Since this crucial point of the 2022 season is now just two days away, we've highlighted six breakups that simply have to happen.
We avoided including players who are only in their first or second seasons with a given team. This is instead about players who have been franchise mainstays, guys whose departures would therefore be more bitter than sweet.