Five weeks. That's how much time each of MLB's 30 franchises have to figure out whether they're going to be buyers or sellers at this year's non-waiver trade deadline, which arrives on July 31.
While that might seem like plenty of time, it's really not, especially when you consider that two-and-a-half months into the regular season, only two teams—the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies—are more than 10 games out in both their division races and for a wild-card berth.
That's one of the reasons you'll find a handful of players from both clubs included on our weekly look at the top trade targets, a list that will grow as more teams fall out of contention.
How has the past week, which for our purposes ran from June 16 to June 22, impacted the trade value of top targets like Carlos Gomez and Cole Hamels? Let's take a look.
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