Attention big league shoppers: You have four weeks left to find the piece—or pieces—you need for the stretch run. That might seem like a long time, but it’s not. The Aug. 1 non-waiver trade deadline will be here before you know it.
As a result, the rumor mill has been buzzing. It’s not spinning as fast as an Aroldis Chapman fastball, but it’s certainly moving faster than what passes for a heater from Jered Weaver these days.
Is a forgotten-about veteran starter on more than one contender’s radar? Could a pair of currently employed veteran sluggers become free agents before the season ends? Have general managers learned from the past mistakes one of their counterparts has made?
We’ll hit on all that and more in this week’s pitching-heavy round of fact or fiction.