🅼. Pitching Will Be In Demand — And Supply — This MLB Trade Deadline

Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander of the Mets are just two of the big names who could be on the move by the trading deadline.

With my colleague Javon Edmonds at The Messenger, we wrote about the Mets’ and Padres’ reported willingness to trade big-name pitchers like Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Josh Hader and Blake Snell. Using that as a jumping-off point, we crunched the numbers on the buyers (playoff odds >=20%) who need pitching the most, and the sellers (playoff odds <50% — yes I know there is an asymmetry there!) who have the most valuable free agents-to-be after the season by WAR. Based on who might be available, pitchers — especially starters — could make a huge impact at the deadline this season.

The Top 10 Pitchers Who Should Be In Demand, and the Teams That Should Be Buying Them

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