Trade Deadline Tracker Keeps GMs On The Phone

The Athletic’s tracker says the market is moving, which means the league’s usual late-season chaos is already in gear. Around this time of year, every GM starts acting like a poker player who is somehow also answering three different burners. Some deals are real, some are leverage, and some are the front-office equivalent of telling people you are “close” when nothing is close at all. The pressure rises fast when the deadline gets near, and one unexpected call can flip a contender’s entire plan.