It's that time of year, baseball fans! Let's take a closer look at which teams will be buying and selling at the 2015 MLB trade deadline.
In some cases, the decision to go for it all or play for the future is pretty straightforward. Probable playoff teams like the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Nationals and Kansas City Royals will use the deadline to fill any glaring holes, while cellar-dwellers such as the Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies and Oakland A's will be hoping to acquire promising young talent for their established major leaguers.
But sometimes, teams must sift through an assortment of factors to decide how they'll approach potential trades. In 2015, the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins and Chicago Cubs each face various circumstances that will affect their thought process over the coming weeks.
Obviously, teams that are at the bottom of the standings profile as sellers, but so do mediocre teams with limited finances and barren farm systems. The trade deadline is often the best time for organizations to receive the most value for their players, which pushes many into sell mode. On the flip side, teams with dwindling championship windows usually use the deadline to bolster their rosters for one last run at a title.
Over the next 30 slides, we'll look at each team's position in the standings and its farm system depth to establish its deadline strategy.
Here we go!
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