As spring training approaches, multiple big-name players across MLB reportedly are still generating varying levels of trade interest.

The Athletic’s Jayson Stark detailed the growing buzz surrounding Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, Miami Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara and Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams.

Stark explained that Skubal is “flooring it down the road to the richest free-agent pitching contract ever next winter,” but it’s “an awful bet” for him to receive that type of deal from the Tigers, especially if there are “lingering issues from his historic win in arbitration.”

“I’ll believe it when I see it, but … (never say never),” one rival AL Central executive told Stark of a potential deal that would keep Skubal in Detroit.

The two-time AL Cy Young Award winner is arguably the most coveted player on the trade market. If the Tigers don’t plan on signing him to a long-term deal, it would be wise for them to try to recoup assets for him in a trade.

While one exec declared that the Marlins are “open for business,” Stark noted that Alcantara “feels more lined up for a trade deadline shopping spree than a St. Patrick’s Day shopping spree.” He added that it “would make the most sense for the Marlins to bide their time and let him prove that his second-half revival” last year wasn’t a fluke.

However, one rival exec reportedly “isn’t so sure” that Miami would wait to deal Alcantara, explaining that the Marlins can “deal from strength because of all the high-ceiling rotation depth in their system.” Therefore, the exec predicted that “depending on what they see early, it could prompt them to do it.” Stark noted that the price for Alcantara “remains very high” since he’s a former NL Cy Young Award winner.

Abrams topped Stark’s survey of 36 executives, former executives, managers, coaches and scouts for the player most likely to be traded during spring training, receiving seven votes. While the Nationals’ price for Abrams reportedly “wasn’t right” for the San Francisco Giants or any other team that inquired about him, he’s still a prime candidate to be moved before the start of the 2026 campaign.

“Anybody on the Nationals” could get traded, one National League exec told Stark.

One American League exec said of the talks between the Nationals and the Giants, “I know they had legs,” so perhaps the two teams can revisit their discussions as spring training heats up.