Buy or sell? Five struggling MLB teams stuck in the middle as trade deadline approaches
Late July means five-year plans suddenly junked after a bad two weeks, season-long hopes dissipating in a stretch of poor play and an exercise that for Major League Baseball teams provides a challenge in objectivity.
It’s time to assess reality.
This season, with a pair of playoff teams added to a field now swelling to 12, it’s harder than ever to determine if you are loitering in the playoff mix, harboring a potential sleeping October giant or are wallowing in delusions. As the Aug. 2 trade deadline grows ever closer, and at least one franchise-changing superstar dangles on the market, determining whether you’re in, out, or nominally interested is harder than ever.