Inside MLB - MLB Trade Predictions 1 Week from Deadline

Some years, baseball's trade deadline hands us a monthlong extravaganza. This year, it's looking more like a weeklong sprint to the finish.

A year ago, Billy Beane picked up Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel on July 5, giving him plenty of time to work on adding Jon Lester on deadline day. By July 22, 2014, Brian Cashman had already made three trades.

And this month? Nothing, at least until Beane got things underway Thursday by shipping Scott Kazmir to the Houston Astros, per ESPN.com. Then the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Aramis Ramirez from the Milwaukee Brewers, according to ESPN.com.

There's more to come—plenty more. It could even be exciting, especially if the guy pictured here gets in the middle of it.

So, Dave Dombrowski, what are you and your disappointing Detroit Tigers going to do? Buy, sell or hold?

If Dombrowski really does trade David Price and Yoenis Cespedes, he could shake up the whole market. Even if he doesn't, it figures to be quite a week.

So get ready for seven days of fun, with our bold (and some not so bold) predictions on what will happen before 4 p.m. ET on July 31, the last time this season teams can deal players without waivers.