April has ceded to May. The 2018 MLB season is young, but it's no longer an infant.
The July 31 non-waiver trade deadline is roughly three months away. The odds of seismic swaps in the near future remain low.
Still, it's not too early to survey the baseball landscape and suggest realistic trades that could solve early problems for contenders, provided said contenders are willing to surrender the requisite pieces.
Here are a half-dozen hypothetical deals, including a catcher switching squads in the National League East, a pair of impact relievers relocating and a superstar shortstop heading from Maryland to Southern California.