Despite all the time in the past few months that we've spent speculating about the 2024 MLB trade deadline, it sure is sneaking up in a hurry, isn't it? July 30 is the big day, which means the teams on the buy/sell bubble only have about 13-14 games left to pick a lane. But for the top teams in each league, we already know they'll be looking to buy. It's just a question of what they need to improve and how much they're realistically willing to spend in terms of both money and prospects to make those improvements.
As far as the "top teams" designation is concerned, we're keeping it simple and going with the six division leaders and the current top wild card team from each league. That does mean 51-win Seattle is included while 53-win Minnesota is omitted, but so be it. The Mariners are probably going to be more aggressive than the Twins anyway.
(For what it's worth, though, a good, realistic target for Minnesota would be Detroit RHP Jack Flaherty, as the Twins could use a replacement for Chris Paddack in their rotation.) Teams are presented in alphabetical order by city/state. Biggest Weakness : Outfield Depth It's hard enough to recover from losing the reigning NL MVP to a torn ACL 50 games into the season, but Atlanta already had basically no outfield depth prior to Ronald Acuña Jr.
's injury. And now that Michael Harris II has been out for nearly a month with a hamstring injury, things have really gotten ugly in Atlanta's outfield. They've been rotating between Forrest Wal.