No, it's not Christmas in July, but it might as well be the holiday season. For in every front office around MLB, there's a general manager doing laps around his desk with a shopping list of gifts he wants to put bows on and deliver to his team's clubhouse.
The problem is that many of those shopping lists look the same, and there's going to be a mad dash, if not an all-out bidding war, as teams try to add the pieces they need for the stretch.
Not every team is looking to buy in the traditional sense. Clubs that are on the fringes of contention—or out of the playoff picture completely—are looking to buy controllable assets who could be part of a future run at postseason glory by selling off expendable pieces.
On the pages that follow, we'll look at what every team is looking to do and, in some cases, identify players who could be on those shopping lists. Keep in mind these are partial lists. Just because a player's name isn't mentioned doesn't mean he's not a potential addition for your favorite club.
Let's get started.
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