The saying goes that April showers bring May flowers, but it's apparently not a theory that the baseball gods subscribe to.
More than a few of the top potential trade targets that we looked at heading into May last week continue to deal with stagnant or dropping stock values as a possible trade chip for their current club to play.
Additionally, we've seen our first managerial change of the season, as Milwaukee replaced Ron Roenicke with the unproven Craig Counsell, a move that ESPN's Buster Olney reports signals that the Brewers are "open for business" on the trade front.
With that in mind, we've added a handful of Brewers to the mix. Noticeably absent from the list are outfielder Ryan Braun, catcher Jonathan Lucroy and pitcher Jimmy Nelson, three players that I believe the Brew Crew will deem as untouchable.
Such is how this list will change in size as the season progresses. As teams pull back into or fall out of contention and make changes in leadership, the pool of teams from which potential top trade targets will emerge from will shuffle, forcing us to do the same.
That said, let's take a look at who, if anyone, has managed to raise their stock over the past week, which, for our purposes, ran from April 28 to May 4.
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