We are only two weeks away from MLB's 2023 trade deadline. And as the narrative dust swirls around Shohei Ohtani, every team is strategizing about what direction to go before the Aug. 1 cutoff and which players can best help them get there.
and a very expensive partridge in a pear tree.
The Padres' Snell is in the final year of an extension he signed with the Tampa Bay Rays and has not allowed more than two runs in a game since May 19. Over the 10 starts since something clicked, Snell is running an absurd 0.62 ERA. Small-sample theater? Yes, but, nor has anyone topped Snell's 40.1% strikeout rate in that span.
The puzzling turnabout might make teams skittish in the offseason, but it probably won’t diminish Bellinger’s market for deadline dealers. Even during the bleak recent years with the Dodgers, Bellinger was valuable for his defense in center field. If he’s also hitting like this — however unfamiliar the shape of it — he’s a very good player to add.Two teams that very much expected to be in the postseason this year are very much not in the picture right now.
The Cleveland Guardians’ Shane Bieber would fall in this category, too, for the record, but an elbow injury has him on the injured list and likely off the trade block.Eduardo Rodriguez, Detroit Tigers starterMore realistically, this group will stand as the second tier of starting pitching available. All of them can hit free agency after the season.
Candelario, meanwhile, looks smart for taking a one-year deal to provide evidence that his down 2022 was a fluke. He won’t knock your socks off with any one skill, but he consistently gets on base and plays very strong defense at third base. DeJong, the 30-year-old shortstop and former Cardinals Devil Magic pop-up slugger, is experiencing a bounce-back season in his walk year after struggling so mightily in recent years that he spent parts of 2021 and ‘22 in the minors. He’s mostly a homer-or-bust hitter, but he can play shortstop.
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