One week away from the MLB trade deadline, it's time to play general manager.
Sports Illustrated's MLB staff (with the exception of Stephanie Apstein, who is currently in Tokyo covering the Olympics), responded to the following prompt for this roundtable: Pretend you're a GM for one of the 30 teams. What move do you have to make before the trade deadline?
Without further ado, here is the 2021 trade deadline edition of Let's Make a Deal.
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Tom Verducci
Jed Hoyer of the Cubs: Trade Kris Bryant
If I’m Jed Hoyer of the Cubs, I can’t afford to still have Kris Bryant on my roster on the other side of the deadline.