RESEARCH: Odds of a player being traded
Jun 14 2018
The major league trade deadline can be a stressful yet exciting time in AL and NL-only leagues. Fantasy and real team rosters can change in an instant, with teams buying and selling. The deadline can allow struggling teams to gain an advantage, or those with a lead can pad their advantage. And the movers have to come from somewhere as some owners will see their teams get gutted. By examining the trade trends from the past two seasons, some basic information can be gleaned.
Several approaches to predicting the potential traded players could be investigated, but I decided to go with the trade experts, MLBTraderumors.com (MLBTR). For the past two seasons, they’ve created two lists of potential tradeable players. One is in late May (2016...
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