The days leading up to the revocable waiver trade deadline are nowhere near as busy or filled with rumors as the July non-waiver deadline, but this week there was plenty of activity to keep interest high.

From the San Diego Padres continuing to make weird decisions to the two front-runners in their division adding veteran pieces, trade talk had substance this week.

But there has been plenty more to digest. From the stunning shake-up of the Boston Red Sox front office to Major League Baseball and one of its rights holders finally making progress on streaming in-market games to Derek Jeter‘s ego taking a gut shot, there was lots to talk about.

Here are the takeaways from MLB‘s Week 20.

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