Will Mets Fans Get a Gift From Uncle Steve?
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Will Mets Fans Get a Gift From Uncle Steve?

Even with Uncle Steve demonstrating willingness to open his pocketbook to make things interesting, the Mets will likely have to use prospects to acquire major league talent via trade.

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Watchlist: 3 Rookie Arms to Track
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Watchlist: 3 Rookie Arms to Track

The Royals hit the lottery on the Aroldis Chapman trade when they acquired Ragans and his wipeout changeup. He’s only 25, which means he has room to grow. Was this a lopsided trade?

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Should Mike Trout Be Traded?
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Should Mike Trout Be Traded?

As we all know, the Angels went all in at the trade deadline only to lose seven games in a row. Their playoff push was dead on arrival and now the opportunity to get some real prospects for Ohtani is gone. What should they do with Mike Trout?

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Revisiting the Juan Soto Blockbuster
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Revisiting the Juan Soto Blockbuster

Believe it or not, the Padres and the Nationals have the same record on August 28th, 2023, which is a little over a year after the two organizations completed one of the largest trades in recent history.

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Time to clean out Ruth's House
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Time to clean out Ruth's House

How is it possible that the New York Yankees are in contention for a Wild Card and only traded for one rental reliever at the trade deadline? No top of the order speed, no middle of the order power, and perhaps most importantly no starting pitching. We’re just a few days past the trade deadline….

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Mets Eat $90 Million at the Deadline
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Mets Eat $90 Million at the Deadline

How did the Mets do at the deadline? Four of their top ten prospects (three of the top six) were acquired in the last couple of days. This is a huge win for the Mets organization.

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Belle of the Ball, Texas Rangers
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Belle of the Ball, Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers have captured everyone’s attention after a few notable acquisitions only days away from the deadline. We all know their offense is leading the American League by wRC+ at 120, but there were some holes on the pitching side prior to the deadline.

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White Sox Trade Deadline Grades and Ideas
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White Sox Trade Deadline Grades and Ideas

The Chicago White Sox are in full-sell mode here toward the end of July with a 42-63 record and a full twelve games back in the AL Central. The Sox have already offloaded a few veteran salaries during deadline week and their tax payroll is now down to about $162M. Let’s break down each trade and discuss a few other possible moves.

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Three Teams that Need Pitching
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Three Teams that Need Pitching

The baseball world just finished watching Jack Flaherty’s last Cardinals start ahead of the August 1st trade deadline (6 ET). While thinking about the market this week, I noticed how concentrated the starting pitching inventory is. This is partly due to the fact that teams like the Angels and Mariners have not lost enough to go full sale.

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Losing, A Cardinal Sin
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Losing, A Cardinal Sin

At present, the St. Louis Cardinals payroll sits at $183M, five million below the MLB average. Fangraphs projects their playoff chances at slightly over 5% a week before the deadline, which is low enough for Cards brass to acknowledge plans to move some of their better players.

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Looking at the Yankees 2021 trade deadline
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Looking at the Yankees 2021 trade deadline

I wish I had time to cover the entire historic 2021 MLB trade deadline, but for today we will focus on the Yankees 2021 deadline. Who won each trade, and where is everybody now? We will break each of the four deals down…

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