The trade deadline is when teams tell you what they really think.
The optimistic palaver of the offseason has faded, replaced by real talk: Are we in or are we out?
With Major League Baseball’s trade deadline looming on July 30, here is The Athletic’s Trade Deadline Big Board — 50 players who may change teams in the next week-plus and change destinies come October. Two of the last six World Series MVPs, after all, were deadline acquisitions.
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We’ve decided to be liberal with our inclusions here, thinking it better to include a big name who isn’t traded than to overlook one who is.