MLB trade deadline: Ranking the top 50 deals of the deadline, from Paul DeJong to Erick Fedde to Jazz Chisholm Jr.
July is the time for wheeling and dealing among the 30 MLB teams, and the days leading up to Tuesday’s trade deadline were no different. With a hard deadline at the end of the month, trade season usually kicks off in earnest following the All-Star Game. Sure, you get the occasional early-season blockbuster, such as San Diego’s deal for Luis Arraez back in early May, but for the most part, nothing gets cooking until after the break. This year, the first big move came when Kansas City acquired reliever Hunter Harvey fromWashington on the Saturday before the All-Star break, the inaugural swap of this season’s deadline-related action. Then things really picked up last week, unleashing a steady flow of transactions punctuated by an absolute rush of activity in the hours and minutes leading up to Tuesday’s 6 p.m. ET deadline. Now that the dust has settled, it’s time to take a deep breath and review what has transpired. While we’re a long way away from knowing exactly how these deals w...