With the 2026 MLB Draft, Home Run Derby and All-Star Game just around the corner, all eyes will be on Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park over the next week. But let’s not forget: The MLB trade deadline is less than four weeks away on Aug. 3.
With so many teams in the middle of the pack, it’s difficult to know who will buy, who will sell and what will transpire over the next few weeks. Here are seven big questions as the trade deadline approaches.
If you had asked six weeks ago what the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox were going to do at the trade deadline, almost anyone around the industry would’ve said they were heading toward being sellers. The Tigers had played really poorly in a weak AL Central, and worse, health was not on their side, particularly with the loss of ace Tarik Skubal for a month.
The Red Sox were in an even worse position, as their poor performance over the season’s first six weeks led to the firing of manager Alex Cora. And with injuries to AL Cy Young finalist Garrett Crochet and second-year outfielder Roman Anthony, things looked bleak in Boston.
But both the Tigers and Red Sox have looked like different teams of late. The Tigers have the best record in MLB since June 1, at 20-12, and the Red Sox have won their past six games and four of their past six series.
With so many teams in the middle of the pack, it’s difficult to know who will buy, who will sell and what will transpire over the next few weeks. Here are seven big questions as the trade deadline approaches.
If you had asked six weeks ago what the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox were going to do at the trade deadline, almost anyone around the industry would’ve said they were heading toward being sellers. The Tigers had played really poorly in a weak AL Central, and worse, health was not on their side, particularly with the loss of ace Tarik Skubal for a month.
The Red Sox were in an even worse position, as their poor performance over the season’s first six weeks led to the firing of manager Alex Cora. And with injuries to AL Cy Young finalist Garrett Crochet and second-year outfielder Roman Anthony, things looked bleak in Boston.
But both the Tigers and Red Sox have looked like different teams of late. The Tigers have the best record in MLB since June 1, at 20-12, and the Red Sox have won their past six games and four of their past six series.
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