Five weeks before Major League Baseball's July 30 trade deadline arrives, the murkiness of the landscape remains its defining feature. The National League remains a muddled mess, with sub-.500 teams directly in the playoff picture. The American League isn't much better. This summer, all it takes is a week to pivot from contention to concession -- and vice versa.
The Toronto Blue Jays, losers of seven consecutive games and sporting the 12th-best record in the 15-team American League, still aren't willing to put players on the trade market, even if teams ahead of them in the AL standings are.