For the contenders, as well as the sellers and cellar-dwellers, the next two months are significant. Here's what each team should lock in on

If you’re trying to predict which team ends up trading the most big-league players away, the Orioles are as good a guess as any. Gregory Soto could soon be followed by Ryan O’Hearn, Cedric Mullins, Zach Eflin, Charlie Morton, Tomoyuki Sugano and/or Seranthony Dominguez, all of whom are rentals.

Featured in this week’s MLB Power Rankings, the Blue Jays keep on rising, Aaron Judge is hurting, the Tigers are slipping, the Mariners make the first big move before the trade deadline, Emmanuel Clase is probably not on the trade block anymore, rookie slugger Nick Kurtz has perhaps the best game by a hitter in MLB history, and much more: