The free agent cupboard lays barren, picked over of all the options worth stirring into a team’s recipe for success in 2023. Thus, any impactful addition will have to arrive from the trade market. It feels like we’ve covered every left fielder who could plausibly find his name floated in trade talks, so today I thought we could take the trade target series in a different direction.
Last Thursday, Dennis Lin of The Athletic reported that the Padres could make a pair of offensive starters available for trade as they pursue starting pitching. On Monday, I looked at Trent Grisham’s prospective fit on the Yankees roster.