RELIEVERS: Reading the tea leaves on July trades

Today, we are looking at some potential buyers/sellers with a month before the trade deadline. Let's start with some potential teams that may be looking to upgrade the bullpen to steal a couple incremental wins. 

Toronto is currently using 19-year old Roberto Osuna (RHP, TOR) as the closer for a team that is one game back in the AL East and primed with the most prolific offense in all of baseball:

TOR               Sv   IP   xERA   LI   xERA'  LI'
================= ==  ====  ====  ====  ====  ====
Osuna              2  35.7  3.25  1.56  2.96  2.00
Cecil (L)          4  23.7  3.32  1.02  4.47  1.21
Delabar            0  19.7  3.28  1.00  3.32  1.18
Loup (L)           4  29.0  2.66  1.09  1.74  1.55
Hendriks           0  33.7  2.77  0.89...

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