Trade deadline fill-ins, 2024
Jul 17 2024
It's time to stash.
With the MLB trade deadline less than two weeks away, throwing speculative darts at the "next men up"—those who fill vacated spots left by a departing starter—ahead of time can be a profitable endeavor.
A few years ago, Jeff Zimmerman researched the odds of a player being traded based on the annual MLBTradeRumors.com (MLBTR) Top 50 Trade Candidates list. As a quick refresher, here are Jeff's findings on those trade odds ("Trade Rate") from his 2021 update based on MLBTR's list from 2016-19:
Rather than blindly speculate on where these players might go, we’ll take an alternate approach by focusing on the most attractive fill-ins for those most likely to be dealt. We'll group these players by hitter/pitcher and sort...
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