The 2020 MLB trade deadline will be a little different than normal, but there are still some experienced players available to teams looking to add.
A big question looming over the trade deadline is the uncertain status of the season itself. Why should a team risk its long-term future and trade top prospects to pursue a title when the pandemic could put the entire post-season at risk?
"If you would have asked me that question two or three weeks ago, I would have thought it would have been a little quieter than I think it’s going to be now," Daniels said. "And I think the biggest piece of that is, it really speaks to the confidence level across the industry that we’re successfully playing out the season, and the confidence level that we’re going to be able to crown a champion at the end of the post-season.
Eight teams from each league will make the playoffs this year. Heading into Wednesday’s games, the National League had only six teams with winning records. The AL had seven teams above .500. Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington noted that MLB does have a data sharing plan among teams that gives teams some access to what prospects at other organizations are doing at alternate training sites.
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