Ron Shandler fantasy chat transcript (7/30)

The clock is counting down the hours until MLB's nonwaiver trade deadline. Teams have until 4 p.m. ET on Thursday to complete the deals that could put them over the top in assembling a championship roster.

Many fantasy owners are looking to do the same thing by making major deals of their own. But is there a way for fantasy owners to leverage the MLB deals that could still be made to their advantage? And how should players be valued when putting together a fantasy trade proposal?

BaseballHQ.com founder Ron Shandler writes a weekly Fanalytics column for Paste BN, and he attempted to answer some of those questions in this week's column. In the meantime, he's here to offer his expert advice from a fantasy and an analytic perspective.

Click on the CoverItLive box below to check out a transcript of this week's discussion.