The buzzer is sounding, the bell is ringing, the game is over. The All-Star break has arrived, and with it, time has run out on teams that were on the fence as to whether they should buy or sell at the trade deadline.
While they continue to vacillate, their competition has been working the phones and laying the groundwork for deals that will be consummated in the days ahead. If and when they do finally decide to get involved, they'll essentially be stepping into the box with an 0-2 count and Johnny Cueto on the mound.
That's a position nobody wants to be in, especially against an elite starter like Cueto, who is one of the hottest names on the rumor mill and the subject of one of the proposed deals that you'll find on the following pages.
It's important to remember that the teams we'd classify as buyers won't be the only clubs in the running to acquire a given player's services, so the packages proposed are not only geared toward being fair to both sides, but also to ensure that the seller takes a buyer's offer over the competition's.
Additionally, keep in mind that these proposed deals are only ideas and pure speculation. Unless otherwise noted, there's no indication that any of them have actually been discussed.
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