Cubs catcher Willson Contreras almost certainly is going to be dealt before the trade deadline.
We’re just about a month away from this year’s trade deadline, and the coming weeks surely will be dominated by rumors of the players who could be on the move before Aug. 2 at 6 p.m. ET.
This week, we saw the first big deal of the season, when the Mariners acquired veteran first baseman Carlos Santana from the Royals in exchange for two minor league pitchers. The interesting thing about the trade was that, at the time of the move on Monday, Seattle was seven games out of the final wild card spot with a 10.