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If your team is in the market for a right-handed hitter, you might be kind of screwed…
ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Buster Olney all but pointed toward that unfortunate reality in their article sharing intel on the 2026 MLB Trade Deadline on Wednesday.
“The Mariners, Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox, Braves and Dodgers could all use a right-handed hitter,” Olney wrote. “… but even as more teams drop out of contention, it doesn’t appear many options will emerge.”
“Right-handed bats. Certainly, there are possibilities that attractive ones move. But so many of the potential players worth targeting are, at the moment, available only for an outlandish return,” Passan followed up. “… But as it stands now, there is not a single impactful right-handed bat who is certain to move by Aug. 3.”
Great! Wonderful! Fantastic! Grand!
It’s certainly none of those things that the most commonly sought after archetype in the entire sport is without many available options, but that doesn’t mean things can’t change as we get closer to the day itself — with those teams in need of a right-handed bat needing to give up quite a bit in order to get one.
Byron Buxton, Shea Langeliers, Hunter Goodman, Jeremy Pena, and Isaac Paredes aren’t necessarily on the open market, but they’ll be available for the right price. If you look at each player or team individually, it makes sense that they could be on the move.
Buxton is the type of guy who could bring back a package worthy of resetting the timeline out in Minnesota. Langeliers and Goodman are franchise catchers, but if there was ever a time for small market teams to trade away players that they know they can’t afford it’s when they can still get monumental returns. Pena and Paredes are the two best pieces in Houston, which could trade them in order to fix its major pitching problem.
It’s not likely that they get moved, but it’s not completely out of the question.
It’s just also not a good spot to be in for those looking to add…
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