PHOENIX — We have been talking about this day for months. We have devoted so many TV, radio and podcast hours, and even more written words on something that is often dreadfully boring. And, mercifully, it’s finally here.
It’s , which is officially set for 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 30.
We will know once and for all what teams truly believe they have a chance, what teams are bowing out, and what teams remain so confused they don’t do a dang thing. It’s been a roller-coaster ride of rumors and speculation over the past few months, but when the smoke clears Tuesday, everyone could be left wondering why the baseball world gets so worked up over so little drama. Let’s be honest, there’s no Justin Verlander or Juan Soto in this trade market.
But if you really want to work yourself into a lather over where Erick Fedde or Isaac Paredes will be playing next, hey, feel free. “I think the trade deadline stinks,” Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt told reporters. “It does.
You’re either losing people you love, or you’re gaining somebody that you don’t know. And it can be scary for people." Let’s look at just what has shaped this trade deadline, with one of the best seller’s markets in the past 40 years, and and we can expect in the next 72 hours: Crochet’s camp told USA TODAY Sports last month that if he’s traded he would like to have a contract extension since he’s only earning $800,000 and under control through just 2026.
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