We are just under a week out from the 2025 MLB trade deadline, which is Thursday, July 31 at 6 p.m. ET. That's the day in which contenders are hoping to shore up their depth or upgrade, and teams that are rebuilding are hoping to make a deal to help get some future stars.

The 2025 MLB trade deadline is Thursday at 6 p.m. ET. If last year is anything to judge by, Wednesday and Thursday are going to be chaotic, with several teams making last-minute decisions on whether to be buyers, sellers or some hybrid combination of the two.

MLB reporter Héctor Gómez wrote on Twitter that the Brewers had emerged "now as a top suitor" for Suarez, but the names he mentioned as a possible return lined up perfectly with our Journal Sentinel story proposing mock trades (with reaction and analysis from Curt Hogg), which seems fishy.