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What Should We Expect From This Year's MLB Trade Deadline?

A season unlike any other delivers a trade deadline unlike any other. Most of that stems from the expanded 16-team playoff, with almost every club in baseball a short winning streak from vaulting into a postseason spot. So how will that shake up the trade deadline and our beloved buyers and sellers?

Spoiler: Don't expect much drama on the transaction wire over the next week. Maybe we'll all be surprised. Maybe we won't. SI's MLB experts weigh in on what to expect at this year's deadline.

Tom Verducci

I’m not expecting too much at the deadline this year, because this season is so unusual and the deadline has become a hyped event on the calendar.