It feels early to be talking about MLB trade season.
But the landscape has changed with baseball’s new, single trade deadline on July 31st. There was talk that the lack of a waiver trade period would create a greater urgency for both buyers and sellers to be more expeditious in making their moves, and that appears to be playing out so far during the first summer under the altered rules. We have already seen the Mariners deal Edwin Encarnacion to the Yankees and Jay Bruce to the Phillies. Gossip from the national writers has begun connecting other top available players to potential destinations.