Trade season doesn't start in earnest until after the All-Star break, but with just over six weeks until the trade deadline, it's officially trade rumors season.

The Houston Astros have bounced back from a tough start to the 2025 MLB campaign to take a commanding lead of the American League West. As they’ve begun to play

Here are 20 things I’m hearing, watching for, and thinking about with 50 days until the July 31 trade deadline.

Why the Houston Astros must avoid trading top pitching prospect Miguel Ullola before the 2025 deadline to protect their future.

The Boston Red Sox have fallen short of expectations this season, entering MLB games today below the .500 mark and 8.5 games

Christian Walker went 8-for-42 across his next 12 games, negating whatever nirvana the superstition may have spurred. He averaged at least a 96.5 exit velocity during eight of those 12 contests, continuing a confluence of poor luck and putrid results.

The Houston Astros have been playing some phenomenal baseball as of late, seizing control of the American League West again and currently holding strong with a three-game lead. After it looked like their competitive window had closed during the early part of the season,

Alcantara, who won the NL Cy Young Award in 2022, has struggled in his first season back from Tommy John surgery. The 29-year-old enters MLB games today with career worsts in ERA (7.14), WHIP (1.49) and OPS allowed (.758).