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Five deals that should happen before next week's MLB trade deadline

SI contributing writer Jay Jaffe looks at all the reasons why Chris Sale's trade value is still sky high.

  • Chris Sale to the Dodgers for Julio Urias? Carlos Beltran back in Houston? The Indians going all in? Here's why those trades and more make sense for each team.

When I examined the possibility that Chris Sale might be traded in the wake of his bizarre, retro jersey-snipping snit and subsequent suspension by the team, I initially didn't see the Dodgers as strong contenders for ace lefty's services. But a report from the New York Post's Joel Sherman indicating that Los Angeles would be open to using 19-year-old phenom Julio Urias as the headliner for a trade package is a game-changer.