We are only two weeks away from MLB’s 2023 trade deadline. And as the narrative dust swirls around Shohei Ohtani, every team is strategizing about what direction to go before the Aug. 1 cutoff and which players can best help them get there.
A market that recently looked to have an extreme dearth of confirmed sellers is starting to take a more normal shape. The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals have confirmed that they are selling. The Chicago Cubs look headed that way, while the San Diego Padres and New York Mets are bumping up against the simple math of contenting in 2023 vs.