With buyers and sellers already beginning to take shape, Deesha Thosar explores the top trade candidates to watch in the coming months.
Buyers and sellers are beginning to take shape with just over eight weeks until Major League Baseball's July 30 trade deadline. Teams that began the year with low expectations and performed like it are clear-cut sellers. While teams that are annual buyers or holders are feeling the pressure to jostle their way to the top before time runs out.
Sure, rival executives are champing at the bit to acquire a slugger who is essentially a lock for 40-plus home runs per season. But Alonso means more to the Mets franchise than those execs might think. He is, in many ways, the face of the team, and that's no small thing in big-market New York City. The ideal scenario for the Mets — and their weary fan base that would be energized by Alonso slugging and staying in Queens this summer — would be re-signing him in free agency.
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