The five players who could dramatically alter the simmering MLB trade deadline

Teams FINALLY stretched beyond the liar’s poker period of the trade deadline to begin moving more aggressively on Wednesday with — namely — the Phillies landing dynamic closer Jhoan Duran. 

It does lead to this question: Just how much further can teams go before the 6 p.m. Thursday deadline? 

For this exercise, I had a simple rule as I called and texted team officials and agents into these waning hours: If a player was mentioned as available at least twice independently, then I will include him here. 

My final caution alert that will certainly be ignored by all aggregators: Being on this list does NOT mean a player will be traded. But …