This is the decision week for a large number of Major League Baseball teams, with a trade deadline held Thursday at 6 p.m.
Some teams are obviously buyers, while others are obviously sellers. But some teams are still airing, waiting to tell them the direction they should go this week (hopefully).
So, allow me to help them. Here are six teams of urgency that should be the most aggressive by the deadline. After all: the national flag will fly forever.
Apparently, the Giants are already aggressive: on this deadline, there will be no team that replaces players with Rafael Devers who came from Boston in mid-June. But even if San Francisco enters the deadline for one week, a full three of four games in the wildcard that enters the National League on Monday, it’s not a sudden and temporary turn of a sudden. If you don't want to win immediately, you won't trade Devers first – yes, Devers has signed in 2033, but his prime is now.
Buster Posey, president of the Giants baseball business, is also a franchise legend, making it clear that prudence and caution are no longer coins in the San Francisco field. Each team is looking for proof of concept, and the concept of the entire Posey regime is winning – and doing everything possible to achieve that. Putting aside a winning streak, the Giants must follow the playoff location.
Meanwhile, the team that traded Devers not only did not have a better record than his record with the Giants, but also had a better record than the Giants. Entering Monday, the Red Sox entered the playoff position and even climbed to the top wildcard position in the United States in a game with the Yankees. That's right: The Yankees ranked No. 1 in Al East for most of the season, fading at the exact time when the Red Sox is soaring… Of course, there's a lack of otherworldly powerful bats in the middle of their roster.
The Yankees are vulnerable and have no better use of the team's position than Sox. Boston is also full of prospects, with some location redundancy even in the case of Marcelo Mayer’s injury. The Red Sox need to pitch, they need to pitch in a desperate situation. If they can get it, they can make it to the playoffs and Eliminate their arches in the process.
The Red Army continued to sneak into everyone, didn't it? They entered the week with a season-high six games of 0.500 and played their best baseball in years at this exact moment. (The Cardinal’s decline also helps clear the red path.) There is always a problem with being willing to increase ownership in terms of salary, but if you are at least not serious in the playoffs, you won’t bring the legendary manager (who knows his way) in Terry Francona.
When you look at them closely, the Reds have everything you want in sleeper competitors: young emerging talents, excellent rotations, smart and experienced managers. They can use some bullpen to help and another or two wild bats, but the good news is that it is the most abundant supply of two stocks at the moment. Although he is not an outfielder, it's nice to see Eugenio Suárez wearing a red jersey, isn't it?
If you are a fan of a team that has been disappointing for a season and want to be sold by this year’s deadline, but still hope 2026 and beyond (e.g., Orioles or Braves), the Blue Jays are your North Star. This team looks like it's possible to trade Everyone Last year's deadline, including Vladimir Guerrero Jr., still have no extension.
A year later, not only did Vlad Jr. end long, Jays made the best record in the Grand Slam on Monday and has almost defended their decisions (or not made) in the past decade. They probably have no better reason than that. Like the Reds, they can use the help of the outfield and bullpen, but most importantly, a big move can keep the good atmosphere forward…and remind their fans how far they have gone.
It's quite ridiculous that Astronauts are even here now. Most teams will be injured, which shot down Houston's pitchers and brought Yordan Alvarez and Jeremy Peña out of the roster. But, at the exact moment when the Astronauts should fade, they get hot, as the rest of Al West not only doesn’t exploit the damage, but actually fades away from the game.
Well, over the past few weeks, the Mariners and Rangers have all gathered and started prosecuting with the Astros, when Houston was experiencing another injury, third baseman Isaac Paredes. Maybe they entered the Suárez raffle? Whatever happens, the Astronauts feel like they are entering the potentially shaky dynasty of this season. Now that they are late, they need to catch the moment: Losing the division into Seattle or Texas would be a bad way for the party to end.
The Phillies will always be the buyer, or at least before all of these veterans end up in their 50s. But now they are so urgent because the Metropolitan Metropolis charges and NL rankings are so. (The difference between the first seed and the 5 seed in the NL may end up being just one or two games.) For all these big-name Philadelphia veterans, it should be said that the lower half of the lineup, especially the infielder, is now very thin – it’s too thin for Phillies’ World Series, it’s too thin, it’s really too thin.
Starting pitching this year has been a miracle, but the club needs more bats to support it. future? Phillies no longer worry about the future that was long ago. As always, in Philadelphia: The necessity to break the victory and win the title, it must be done. It's too late.