Trade Deadline Tracker Keeps Getting Wilder By The Hour

The Athletic’s tracker is doing what every deadline tracker does in late May - it is turning rumor season into a full-time industry. Teams are circling deals, sniffing out value, and trying to decide whether they are buying hope or just renting it for a few months. The fun part, if you like front-office chess and bad sleep, is that one move can still change the market for everyone else. By now, every GM is pretending to be calm while the phones keep lighting up.