SPECULATOR: Trade deadline, 2019

With three weeks until the trade deadline, the rumor mill's a-churning as contenders position themselves for an October run. A new wrinkle for 2019: the deadline is a hard-stop, meaning that unlike in previous seasons, there will be no post-waiver trades after July 31. This year's crop of rumored deadline names is admittedly light, but the compressed timeline should still make for a busy July.

Rather than blindly speculate on where players might go, we’ll take an alternate approach by focusing on the most attractive fill-ins for each prospective seller. As always, check our Playing Time Tomorrow space for more team-specific speculations as we near the deadline, but for now, here are several names that could jump into a larger role with...

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