MLB Trades Change Everything In Fantasy Baseball, So Don’t Ignore Them

By Sam McPherson
It happens every summer before and on July 31 as Major League Baseball teams swap a lot of players before the non-waiver trade deadline. Teams with a chance at the postseason and the World Series trade for players to bolster their rosters, while those clubs with a chance for “next year” only send expendable and expensive athletes to the competing teams in exchange for future prospects and stars.
The challenge in fantasy baseball, as we first pointed out two weeks ago