I’ll go ahead and hit the headline right up front: the Atlanta Braves are involved in the discussions with Toronto over an imminent trade of former All-Star and MVP third baseman Josh Donaldson.
Details are sketchy and this is obviously a fluid situation with less than 6 hours to go before midnight (Eastern time) playoff-eligibility trade deadline, but the best information we have at this hour comes from former Mets GM and current MLB Network Radio analyst Steve Phillips:
All of these teams make sense. The clubs mentioned most prominently in recent days that are not on Phillips’ list include the Red Sox and Indians.