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MLB trade deadline: Teams desperate to make a move

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The trade market this year is a little like grocery store shelves just before a major snowstorm: mostly empty, with buyers frantically grabbing something that looks good rather than leaving empty-handed. There are very few teams unloading players, and even some of the available ones, executives say, are complicated by injury history.

Some of the biggest needs have been satiated with the first wave of trades on Thursday and Friday. The Seattle Mariners got a hitter in outfielder Randy Arozarena. The Baltimore Orioles pulled in a starting pitcher, Zach Eflin, who can help them this year and next.