As the end of August approaches, clubs looking to bolster their MLB rosters in advance of a playoff run will need to pull off waiver trades in the next 11 days if they want the new addition to be eligible for postseason play.
The immediacy of the situation cannot be overstated. It also leads to a question: What types of trade ideas are possible with the information we already have at hand?
Here are three MLB trade scenarios based on actual need and published rumors through the end of Monday, Aug. 11. As a standard note, the following proposals are nothing more than postulation.
The point here is to build a trade based on someone else’s written or spoken word. They are balanced deals that are fair for each team, though, and take into consideration each franchise’s strengths and weaknesses.