Last-Minute Blockbuster MLB Trade Ideas Before 2024 Season

Rosters for Opening Day of the 2024 MLB season are just about set in stone.

Or are they?

A blockbuster trade this close to Opening Day would be unusual, but not unprecedented. Two years ago, Craig Kimbrel, Miguel Castro, Joely Rodríguez, Isaac Paredes, Victor Caratini, Taylor Rogers, Chris Paddack and Emilio Pagan were all traded in the final week before Opening Day.

Granted, that was the lockout offseason where no team could do much of anything for three-and-a-half months. But it was a good reminder—especially in a winter where the free-agency cycle never quite ended—that it's never too late for teams to put final preseason touches on what they hope will be a championship-caliber lineup and…