The Untouchables: The Untradeable Player From Every Playoff Contender

Every contender wants to improve at the trade deadline, but which players can't be moved under any circumstance?

As the trade deadline rapidly approaches, every contender is trying to bulk up at one spot or another to build the best roster possible ahead of the postseason. But that doesn’t mean that each of these would-be World Series hopefuls should give away anything to do that. Each franchise has its fair share of untouchable players—those who wouldn’t be dealt no matter what the offer is, or at least in theory. But who is that man on each roster? For every above-.500 contender in the AL and NL, here’s the choice for the true untouchable.