Albies, a three-time All-Star and lifelong Brave, owns a .225 average, five homers, and 17 RBI in 47 games. The 28-year-old has posted 0.2 bWAR and a career-worst .616 OPS across 204 plate appearances on a Braves team finally finding its momentum—and that in itself could inspire Atlanta to propose a bold trade.

It's rare that a Major League Baseball player's trade value increase while he's unable to play, but that's exactly the case with New York Yankees All-Star starting pitcher Marcus Stroman, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today.

The New York Yankees are no strangers to acquiring superstar talent. Alex Rodriguez, Gerrit Cole, and Juan Soto are all recent examples of the evil empire flexing their muscles at the entire baseball world.

Adam Ottavino is considered one of baseball’s good guys, but even he can’t ignore the concerns around Juan Soto’s hustle lately.

Following an adversarial Subway Series between the New York Yankees and New York Mets, outfielder Juan Soto has seen every aspect of his play cast into the limelight. Over the weekend, the Yanks took two of three games from the Metropolitans,

New York Mets superstar Juan Soto is on pace to have the worst statistical season of his Major League Baseball career. It's early, of course, but Soto is currently slashing .246/.376/.439 with eight home runs,