When Major League Baseball finalized its decision to incorporate a second wild card berth into the league's postseason format, everyone realized that things were going to be very different going forward.
The second wild card is already starting to make its presence felt. We're still many weeks away from seeing teams lock up postseason berths, but we're really not that far off from MLB's trade deadline. The existence of the second wild card is going to make things even crazier than usual as we get closer to July 31.
On the surface, the situation is pretty straightforward. With one more postseason berth up for grabs, there are more teams vying to make the playoffs than usual. Simple as that.
Naturally, things get slightly more complicated once you go digging beneath the surface. Here's a look at five ways the extra wild card is shaking up the MLB trade market.
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