MLB's annual amateur draft, which is scheduled for Sunday, July 13th, and stretches to July 14th, is the key date for the MLB trade deadline. Once the draft is over, the baseball world will ramp up trade talks once again.

The amount of teams hovering near contention will make for a slow-developing market, multiple executives said.

The Philadelphia Phillies are going to be buyers ahead of the trade deadline. That's going to result in some of their best young players being a part of other o

The Houston Astros need to add a starting pitcher this season. ESPN's Jeff Passan recently connected the Astros to a huge trade for a starter.

Phillies Trade Target Earns Embarrassing Award Amid Disappointing Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Few, if any, Chicago White Sox fans had anything close to high expectations for this year’s team. Really, the goal should have been—and still should be—surpassing last year’s modern-day record 121 losses.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/phillies as Phillies Should Only Entertain Mick Abel Trade Talks with One Thing in Mind. With the No. 15 overall pick in the first round of the 2020 MLB Draft, the Philadelphia Phillies selected right-handed pitcher Mick Abel out of Jesuit High School in Beaverton, Oregon.

The New York Mets need to add a starting pitcher ahead of the trade deadline. They could look to swing a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks to do so.

The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal is not impressed by what he described as "preposterous" rumors that the Boston Red Sox will consider trading Alex Bregman this season.