Ryan Finkelstein is the Managing Editor at Just Baseball. He covers various aspects of competitive sports, with a particular focus on team sports and the sports business landscape. Ryan's work has been featured in KENS 5, Just Baseball Media, Yardbarker, and BVM Sports.
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Ryan Finkelstein's coverage revolves almost exclusively around MLB trades, signings, and sports events. His articles also include investment analysis elements indicating an interest in the economic aspects of these transactions.
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By: Ryan Finkelstein, Clay Snowden
Our guide to the best players on the trade block at this year's deadline, ranking them by who has the most trade value.
The Juan Soto trade back in 2022 has become fully realized this season, as the two center pieces of that trade are leading the best offense in all of baseball.
The MLB trade deadline is exactly 36 hours away at the time of this article's publication, and last night, the biggest domino fell when Tarik Skubal landed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Without Skubal on the market, other starting pitchers take center stage as trade talks continue to heat up. The New York Mets have two of the top starters on the market with Freddy Peralta and Clay Holmes, while the Detroit Tigers are still hanging onto a great trade chip with Casey Mize. Big names have been floated, such as Mason Miller or Zach Neto being available, but there…
By: Ryan Finkelstein
Who are the top players being discussed in trade talks right now, will they be moved at the deadline, and if so, where will they land?
The Tampa Bay Rays were rumored to be in the running for Tarik Skubal at this year's trade deadline, and when they missed out, they had to pivot.
By: Eric Treuden, Joey Peterson, Ryan Finkelstein
We have officially reached the stretch run of the 2026 MLB season. All the buyers have bought, and the sellers have sold. The trade deadline has passed, and now all that is left is to play baseball games and see which teams will punch their ticket to October. The Tarik Skubal trade to the Dodgers only furthered their standing as the most-hated, but also most-fascinating team in baseball, looking to make history with their third-consecutive World Series title. Despite the presence of the Dodgers, we saw the Cubs aggressively buy to improve their chances, not only against L.A., but also…
The best players in baseball always start out playing shortstop, and that is never more evident than if you count all of the shortstops ranked on a top 100. Earlier this week, we updated our Top 100 MLB Prospects, and of the 100 players ranked, 30 of them are still listed at shortstop. If you look at the very top of the list, each of the top three prospects in baseball plays shortstop. Jesus Made of the Milwaukee Brewers is the No. 1 prospect in the game, followed shortly behind by Franklin Arias of the Red Sox, and Leo De…
There is only one month left in the 2026 MLB season, as playoff races are heating up, and award races are being decided.
The 2026 MLB regular season has officially come to a close, and the MLB Playoffs are set to begin, with 12 teams ready to battle it out, with eight set to play in the Wild Card round starting tomorrow.
When the Milwaukee Brewers made the decision to trade Freddy Peralta back in January everybody accepted that this was the Brewers operating how they always have, extracting value from an expiring asset before it was too late.
