It’s almost July, which means fireworks are approaching — MLB trade deadline fireworks. The deadline is Aug. 2 this year, giving us just over a month for baseball’s contenders to shuffle their cards and play their best hands.
There are also a couple twists that could make this deadline particularly unpredictable.
With a little over a month until the deadline, what we really have now are questions. Until the dust settles on Aug. 2, the answers to these seven quandaries will drive the conversation, and set the stage for the stretch run.