The trade deadline looms for teams like one of those “last chance for gas” filling stations on a rural highway. Every team in contention is under pressure to address a roster flaw that could impact getting to, or through, October. While this may not be a loaded field of blockbuster names this year, 24 of the 30 teams are within six games of a postseason spot and that means this will be an active deadline. Standing pat is not an alternative.
Each trade deadline one team looms as the key player at the card table. Last year it was the New York Mets, who moved Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, David Robertson, Mark Canha, Tommy Pham and Dominic Leone.
