On Sunday, as the Braves were in the process of dropping their series finale, Jon Morosi of MLB Network stated that a trade deadline sale appeared to be the only option available to this Atlanta club. "Difficult to justify anything other than an outright 'sell' approach to the Trade Deadline," Morosi wrote on X.

The Seattle Mariners are an interesting team, but frankly, they should be a bit better. The front office will have an opportunity to improve at the trade deadline, but if history repeats itself, the Mariners likely won’t make the moves that they have to.