The offense is struggling, but the club’s biggest near-term need is the pitching staff due to a heavy injury load, including Edward Cabrera’s blister issue. Despite these gaps, no impact trades are expected in the near future. Trade activity is shaped by how baseball coverage and timing work, with attention building from April toward the Trade Deadline. Teams may discuss buy-low opportunities for players who are struggling, but acquiring someone pitching well early is unrealistic. Selling a starting pitcher for prospects this time of year is described as unusually rare, and many teams do not yet know their postseason outlook. Past season outcomes also affect how teams decide whether to sell or wait.
"“Of all the sports, baseball is the one where, starting in April, people start talking about the Trade Deadline,” Hoyer said. “It’s just the nature of how the sport is covered. People feel like you can always go out and get replacements externally. The reality is, we’ve had discussions with teams about guys who are probably struggling and where there may be a buy-low opportunity. But to go out and get someone who’s pitching well early in the season, it’s just not realistic. For a team to sell a starting pitcher for prospects this time of year is just unbelievably unusual. For the most part, teams would wait to get a higher price if they know they’re going to sell. And a lot of teams right now simply don’t know.”"
"“Think back to 2023,” Hoyer continued. “We were going to be a seller until about July 20th, then we won nine out of 10. Teams look at it that way, especially in the American League. The National League looks like it’s going to take a fair number of wins to make the postseason. There are so many good teams. In the American League, a pretty low win total could very easily sneak into the playoffs. So if you”"
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