MLB trade deadline primer: Top storylines, rumblings, best-available players

NY Times | July 29, 2024

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San Francisco Giants' Blake Snell pitches to a Colorado Rockies batter during the first inning of the first game of a baseball doubleheader, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Jul 28, 2024

Happy MLB Trade Deadline Eve Eve!

This year’s trade deadline is clearly a seller’s market as 24 of the 30 major-league teams entered Sunday within 6 1/2 games or less of making the playoffs, with only the Blue Jays, Angels, A’s and White Sox further back in the American League and only the Marlins and Rockies worse off in the National League.