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Should they stay or should they go? The cases for and against trading MLB’s top 10 candidates to be moved

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Welcome to listening season. As MLB executives assess the free-agent market and work the phones ahead of the winter meetings in early December, there are a lot of players who might or might not be discussed as trade candidates.

What makes a player a trade candidate? Mostly contractual circumstances.