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The MLB trade deadline is less than a week away, which means your league's deadline is also coming, if it hasn't already.

This latest Trade Chart can help you hammer out those last-minute deals. As you can see, high-end starting pitching will come at a premium given what an absence of it means for a Fantasy team in our present environment. Recent surgers include Lucas Giolito following his no-hitter Tuesday, as well as Tyler Glasnow, Jesus Luzardo and Framber Valdez.

A few guidelines:

  1. These values are tailored for standard CBS Head-to-Head points leagues, meaning 12 teams and 21-man rosters. The low-dollar players would be worth more in a deeper league, and the mid-dollar players would be worth less in a shallower league.
  2. These values are intended only for 1-for-1 and 2-for-1 trades. Get into 3-for-1 or, heaven forbid, 4-for-1, and the impending roster crunch makes it near impossible to justify giving up the superior player (unless, of course, it's an obvious overpay).
  3. These values are more of a rough guideline. In theory, if two players add up to more than some other player, you'll take the two over the one, but not every possible scenario has been vetted. And particularly with the lower-value players, perceptions are changing constantly. When in doubt, you'll want to stick with the better player.

Rank

Player

Position

Value

1

Mike Trout, LAA

OF

53

2

Shane Bieber, CLE

SP

53

3

Mookie Betts, LAD

OF

53

4

Jacob deGrom, NYM

SP

50

5

Gerrit Cole, NYY

SP

50

6

Juan Soto, WAS

OF

48

7

Max Scherzer, WAS

SP

46

8

Christian Yelich, MIL

OF

44

9

Cody Bellinger, LAD

1B/OF

42

10

Anthony Rendon, LAA

3B

41

11

Nolan Arenado, COL

3B

41

12

Trevor Story, COL

SS

40

13

Fernando Tatis, SD

SS

40

14

Aaron Nola, PHI

SP

40

15

Trevor Bauer, CIN

SP

40

16

Walker Buehler, LAD

SP

40

17

Lucas Giolito, CHW

SP

40

18

Francisco Lindor, CLE

SS

39

19

Sonny Gray, CIN

SP

39

20

Freddie Freeman, ATL

1B

38

21

Jose Ramirez, CLE

3B

38

22

Clayton Kershaw, LAD

SP

37

23

Yu Darvish, CHC

SP

37

24

Ronald Acuna, ATL

OF

36

25

Luis Castillo, CIN

SP

34

26

Jack Flaherty, STL

SP

33

27

Lance Lynn, TEX

SP

33

28

Patrick Corbin, WAS

SP

33

29

Zac Gallen, ARI

SP

33

30

Bryce Harper, PHI

OF

33

31

Trea Turner, WAS

SS

33

32

Charlie Blackmon, COL

OF

31

33

J.T. Realmuto, PHI

C

31

34

Nelson Cruz, MIN

DH

31

35

Zack Greinke, HOU

SP

31

36

Kenta Maeda, MIN

SP

31

37

Tyler Glasnow, TB

SP

30

38

Mike Clevinger, CLE

SP

30

39

Xander Bogaerts, BOS

SS

30

40

Rafael Devers, BOS

3B

30

41

Aaron Judge, NYY

OF

30

42

Ketel Marte, ARI

2B/OF

29

43

Chris Paddack, SD

SP

29

44

Brandon Woodruff, MIL

SP

29

45

Corey Seager, LAD

SS

28

46

Nick Castellanos, CIN

OF

27

47

Whit Merrifield, KC

2B/OF

27

48

J.D. Martinez, BOS

OF

26

49

Alex Bregman, HOU

3B/SS

26

50

Dylan Bundy, LAA

SP

26

51

Jose Berrios, MIN

SP

26

52

Max Fried, ATL

SP

26

53

Jesus Luzardo, OAK

SP/RP

26

54

Anthony Rizzo, CHC

1B

23

55

Keston Hiura, MIL

2B

23

56

Brandon Lowe, TB

2B/OF

23

57

Tim Anderson, CHW

SS

23

58

Dinelson Lamet, SD

SP

22

59

Blake Snell, TB

SP

22

60

Carlos Carrasco, CLE

SP/RP

22

61

Hyun-Jin Ryu, TOR

SP

22

62

Pete Alonso, NYM

1B

20

63

Matt Olson, OAK

1B

20

64

Gleyber Torres, NYY

2B/SS

20

65

George Springer, HOU

OF

20

66

Jose Altuve, HOU

2B

20

67

Starling Marte, ARI

OF

20

68

Carlos Santana, CLE

1B

20

69

Mike Yastrzemski, SF

OF

20

70

Josh Hader, MIL

RP

20

71

Zack Wheeler, PHI

SP

20

72

Luke Voit, NYY

1B

20

73

Frankie Montas, OAK

SP

19

74

Cavan Biggio, TOR

2B/OF

19

75

Jose Abreu, CHW

1B

18

76

Paul Goldschmidt, STL

1B

18

77

Max Muncy, LAD

1B/2B/3B

17

78

Kyle Hendricks, CHC

SP

17

79

Aaron Civale, CLE

SP

17

80

Manny Machado, SD

3B/SS

15

81

Liam Hendriks, OAK

RP

15

82

Javier Baez, CHC

SS

14

83

Jorge Soler, KC

OF

14

84

Joey Gallo, TEX

OF

14

85

Austin Meadows, TB

OF

14

86

Yoan Moncada, CHW

3B

14

87

Matt Chapman, OAK

3B

14

88

Carlos Correa, HOU

SS

14

89

DJ LeMahieu, NYY

1B/2B/3B

14

90

Ozzie Albies, ATL

2B

14

91

Bo Bichette, TOR

SS

14

92

Marcell Ozuna, ATL

OF

13

93

Max Kepler, MIN

OF

13

94

Michael Brantley, HOU

OF

12

95

Marcus Semien, OAK

SS

12

96

Luis Robert, CHW

OF

12

97

Eloy Jimenez, CHW

OF

12

98

Eugenio Suarez, CIN

3B

11

99

Jeff McNeil, NYM

2B/3B/OF

11

100

Eddie Rosario, MIN

OF

11

101

Charlie Morton, TB

SP

11

102

Julio Urias, LAD

SP/RP

11

103

Kenley Jansen, LAD

RP

11

104

Framber Valdez, HOU

SP/RP

11

105

Corbin Burnes, MIL

RP

10

106

Gary Sanchez, NYY

C

10

107

Willson Contreras, CHC

C

10

108

Vladimir Guerrero, TOR

1B/3B

9

109

Josh Bell, PIT

1B

9

110

German Marquez, COL

SP

9

111

Rhys Hoskins, PHI

1B

8

112

Michael Conforto, NYM

OF

8

113

Kyle Lewis, SEA

OF

8

114

Anthony Santander, BAL

OF

8

115

Aroldis Chapman, NYY

RP

8

116

Justin Verlander, HOU

SP

7

117

Josh Donaldson, MIN

3B

7

118

Kris Bryant, CHC

3B/OF

7

119

Lance McCullers, HOU

SP

7

120

Mark Canha, OAK

OF

7

121

J.D. Davis, NYM

3B/OF

7

122

Gio Urshela, NYY

3B

7

123

Yuli Gurriel, HOU

1B/3B

7

124

Yasmani Grandal, CHW

C/1B

7

125

Salvador Perez, KC

C

7

126

Zach Plesac, CLE

SP

6

127

Taylor Rogers, MIN

RP

6

128

Brad Hand, CLE

RP

6

129

Cristian Javier, HOU

SP

6

130

Dustin May, LAD

SP/RP

6

131

Ramon Laureano, OAK

OF

6

132

Trent Grisham, SD

OF

6

133

Eric Hosmer, SD

1B

5

134

Jesse Winker, CIN

OF

5

135

Justin Turner, LAD

3B

5

136

Mike Moustakas, CIN

2B/3B

5

137

Mark Melancon, ATL

RP

5

138

Daniel Hudson, WAS

RP

5

139

Dallas Keuchel, CHW

SP

5

140

Triston McKenzie, CLE

SP

5

141

Pablo Lopez, MIA

SP

5

142

Robinson Cano, NYM

2B

5

143

Jake Cronenworth, SD

1B/2B/SS

5

144

Dansby Swanson, ATL

SS

5

145

Ian Anderson, ATL

SP

5

146

Austin Nola, SEA

C/1B

5

147

Nick Senzel, CIN

OF

4

148

Kyle Tucker, HOU

OF

4

149

Ian Happ, CHC

OF

4

150

Alec Bohm, PHI

3B

4

151

Franmil Reyes, CLE

OF

4

152

Giancarlo Stanton, NYY

OF

4

153

Alex Verdugo, BOS

OF

4

154

Wil Myers, SD

OF

4

155

Dominic Smith, NYM

1B/OF

4

156

Rich Hill, MIN

SP

3

157

Casey Mize, DET

SP

3

158

Adrian Houser, MIL

SP/RP

3

159

Rafael Montero, TEX

RP

3

160

Randy Dobnak, MIN

SP

3

161

Sixto Sanchez, MIA

SP

3

162

Elieser Hernandez, MIA

SP

2

163

Jonathan Villar, MIA

2B/SS

2

164

Tommy La Stella, LAA

1B/2B/3B

2

165

Miguel Sano, MIN

1B/3B

2

166

David Fletcher, LAA

2B/3B/SS/OF

2

167

Dylan Carlson, STL

OF

2

168

Joey Bart, SF

C

2

169

Travis d'Arnaud, ATL

C/1B

2

170

Kyle Seager, SEA

3B

2

171

Drew Pomeranz, SD

SP/RP

1

172

Matthew Boyd, DET

SP

1

173

Raisel Iglesias, CIN

RP

1

174

Kevin Gausman, SF

SP/RP

1

175

Nathan Eovaldi, BOS

SP/RP

1

176

Seth Lugo, NYM

RP

1

177

Giovanny Gallegos, STL

RP

1

178

Teoscar Hernandez, TOR

OF

1

179

Dylan Cease, CHW

SP

1

180

James Paxton, NYY

SP

1

181

Brad Keller, KC

SP

1

182

Adalberto Mondesi, KC

SS

1

183

Jorge Polanco, MIN

SS

1

184

Mitch Garver, MIN

C

1

185

Nick Solak, TEX

OF

1

186

Brandon Nimmo, NYM

OF

1

187

Christian Vazquez, BOS

C

1

188

Garrett Richards, SD

SP

1

189

Masahiro Tanaka, NYY

SP

1

190

Marco Gonzales, SEA

SP

1

191

Luke Weaver, ARI

SP

1

192

Kyle Schwarber, CHC

OF

1

193

Hunter Dozier, KC

3B/OF

1

194

Randal Grichuk, TOR

OF

1

195

Paul DeJong, STL

SS

1

196

Justus Sheffield, SEA

SP

1

197

Alec Mills, CHC

SP/RP

1

198

Tarik Skubal, DET

SP

1

199

Sandy Alcantara, MIA

SP

1

200

Danny Duffy, KC

SP

1