Baseball's rumor mill has its ups and downs, its peak periods of activity and lulls in the action, but it never actually stops spinning. While things have slowed down since the non-waiver trade deadline on July 31, there's still plenty of rumor and speculation around for fans to sink their teeth into.
Some teams continue to try to figure out whether they're coming or going, contending or pretending, while others in the know have continued to make moves, albeit on a smaller scale than what we saw only a few weeks ago.
But that could all change as we trudge through the dog days of August toward Labor Day and—gasp—the regular season's last month.