Carlos Estevez has emerged as a key trade target as the Yankees look to solidify their bullpen for the playoff push.

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With the All-Star break now in the rearview, the next major item on this season's MLB calendar is the trade deadline, and the coming days will go a long way toward deciding where teams on the fence between buying and selling ultimately land.

There’s barely more than a fortnight separating us from baseball’s trade deadline, and the postseason races in each league have only become more interesting since we initially broke each team down into tiers of deadline action.

However, even with the team looking to contend, a tough rest of the month could lead the Cardinals to sell. If such a scenario happens, there are three relievers that John Denton of MLB.com identified as the most likely Cardinals to be traded at the deadline.