This year’s trade deadline will be August 1, reports Jim Bowden of the Athletic (Twitter link). That’s a day earlier than last year’s iteration.
One of the new features of the collective bargaining agreement was a “floating” trade deadline. While the deadline had previously typically been on July 31 annually, the new CBA affords the league office more flexibility in scheduling. The commissioner can now choose to set the deadline date any time between July 28 and August 3.
MLB’s primary consideration has been to ensure the deadline falls on a weekday. The league isn’t keen on a weekend deadline, which could result in a number of trades coinciding with ongoing games due to the league’s tendency to schedule a number of early games on weekends. Last year’s deadline fell on a Tuesday at 6:00 pm EST, with all trades finalized and announced before that night’s play kicked off at 7:00.
According to Bowden, the league will stick with the first Tuesday in August (this time falling on the 1st of the month) for the cutoff. The time of day isn’t clear, though it wouldn’t be a surprise if the league sticks with 6:00 pm EST for a second consecutive year.
bhambrave
I hear Marcell Ozuna’s available.
Gwynning
Best offer- one Ha-Seong Kim bobblehead, still in box. Truth be known, I’m only willing to part with it because I got 2.
Sid Bream Speed Demon
You may still be overpaying.
Curly Was The Smart Stooge
@Gwynning, I’ll give you 1 Manfred deadhead, opened & obscenely dealt with, plus one DustyBaker voodoo doll, littered with toothpicks in all the right places, deal?
Gwynning
“obscenely dealt with” lmao
Curly Was The Smart Stooge
Don’t forget, toothpicks in all the right places…
Woob woob woob woob
bhambrave
Oh a wise guy, hunh?
CaptainJudge99
Ok, now I can go back to bed. Definitely good to know though.
User 3595123227
Pirates Brewers Orioles Royals and Tigers are my guaranteed sellers this year. Yes,I do know what I’m talking about. Sorry fans of these teams.
C Yards Jeff
I’m with ya’ on the Orioles, R/A role! Personally, Id like to see them move Mountcastle. IMO, should get “a lot of bang for your buck” in return.
wvsteve
disagree. bucs are extending reynolds.
User 3595123227
Yes sure ok.
wvsteve
you didn’t exactly go out on a limb.
User 3595123227
Bucks are ALWAYS sellers so no I didn’t.
Fever Pitch Guy
role – The Bucs just swept a $225M team on the road.
It’s 1979 all over again … “We are fam-a-lee” ….
Fever Pitch Guy
role – How did the Milwaukee Bucks get into the conversation?
User 3595123227
It obvious this is baseball but if you really must know my phone corrected my spelling and I didn’t catch it when I read it.
JaysForDayz
$225m doesn’t buy ya what it used to — tho in Boston’s case, it exactly buys you what it used to: Overpaid, injury prone, underperforming contracts stuck on the books.
Jgwi2az
Brewers? Guaranteed?
YourDreamGM
Brewers look good from highlights.
User 3595123227
Yes.
desertbull
They were in 2nd place last year when unloaded.
stevewpants
Brewers win NL Central unless they trade away a top pitcher again.
YourDreamGM
I am going to be bold and add Nationals Athletics to your list.
I would say Rockies Giants but they will probably just hold on to their guys and get nothing. Maybe Cubs. Maybe Reds but do they have much left to sell?
User 3595123227
Yes there are a few more I just mentioned the first ones I thought of.
Pedro Martinez’s Mango Tree
Give it a few more days and you can add the Red Sox to the list
Rounding3rd
The Athletics would also like to be guaranteed sellers but nobody will be buying.
vtadave
He/she/they knows what they are talking about folks.
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Plenty of time for more rumors and witty repertoire.
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Repartee not repertoire!
Curly Was The Smart Stooge
OK, i’ll be 71 August 2nd, let’s get those trades in before I reach my deadline…
baseballteam
Curly when’s your deadline?
brood550
Sweet. Now I know how long the Cubs will have Bellinger, Mancini, and possibly Happ, if they all bounce back.
drasco036
Bellinger
Stroman
Boxberger
Hosmer
Gomes
Hendricks
And you can probably add Wisdom to the list as well.
brood550
Yeah, I expect them to tear it down again and play the “rebuild” card for the next 5 years. For a top 4 team by valuation they should never have anything more than a reload of talent. Rebuilds are for small market teams that are built around young controllable talent.
top jimmy
It’s too early. They should make it August 15 each year.
Stevil
After 4 months of a 6-month season is too early?
I disagree. This is one of the few things I think MLB got right.
drasco036
And the stove is white hot!
Old York
Shouldn’t be a deadline. Teams should have unrestricted trades all year long, including the playoffs.
drasco036
I think they should bring back waiver trades. I don’t know why baseball got rid of them.
The question is, who will be this years Juan Soto? As who is “not going to be traded” and then traded? Ohtani?
bhambrave
Old York, that would be awesome.
Stevil
So that a team that barely earns a wild card could potentially get a boost at a lower cost and win it all despite cheaping out?
bhambrave
I love randomness and chaos.
Old York
@Stevil
Well, we had a 3rd place Wild Card team get hot at the end of the season and almost win the series so what difference does it make?
Stevil
That third-place wild card also spent a load of money and legitimately tried to field a winner.
One player could be all the difference. There has to be line….and there is.
Old York
@Stevil
Why does there have to be a line?
Stevil
Do you really think it would be fair for a team to acquire Shohei Ohtani, for example, for game 7 of the World Series?
I certainly don’t.
Old York
@Stevil
Sure, they could. However, they would really need to evaluate whether having him for 1 single game is beneficial over what they give up. There is no guarantee he helps the team
Stevil
Right, because teams would be more worried about the next year than a WS up for grabs right in front of them!?
Fortunately, there is a deadline.
bhambrave
It could also help a better team that suffers a catastrophic injury just before the playoffs.
Stevil
Injuries are part of the game as well.
I’m good with 4 months. The one thing I wouldn’t mind is expanded rosters earlier and throughout the postseason. An extra player or two could help lighten the load for players feeling the grind by August.
Lefty_Orioles_Fan
These are exciting times
YourDreamGM
My favorite day and week of the year.
Logistics Guy
I see both Chicago teams been sellers at trade deadline. I wonder what big name superstar that may get trade. And everyone says WOW
cwsOverhaul
You are correct on WSox. They have a lot of perceived yet overloved players that lack substance and consistency/durability. Added talent flash can help clubs with better winning organization to blend in.
Flip side is the inept FO that should have been fired last offseason should not decide what is a great return for 2.5yrs of Cease. They thought very hyped lethargic Moncada and fragile Kopech were a great return for Sale based on groupthink industry prospect lists. Dombrowski knew not to deal Devers. The next FO needs to make that type of decision after ’23 to clean up the mess. Guys like TA/Lynn/rental Giolito up for grabs…..Clevinger rental also.
Vince Ferragamo's Dog
Do they still have to get player through waivers to facilitate trade in Sept after the trade deadline ?
Pedro Martinez’s Mango Tree
Maybe I’m in the minority here but I liked it better when it was on the same date every year. Especially when it fell on a weekend. I have no explanation why, I just liked it better when we all knew deadline day was July 31
AverageCommenter
I know from the players and GM’s perspectives having it not while games are being played is easier, but I think having it on a weekend would add more hype, as more people would be able to closely monitor the moves.
whyhayzee
Last year, so much back stabbing.
8/2 Brutus?
Rsox
I don’t hate the trade deadline being set to a certain day, schedule conflicts or not. I guess I’m old school and found it fascinating watching Jose Canseco get traded by the A’s during a game while he was in the on-deck circle waiting to come to the plate. Now everything is almost robotic that it gets stale.
wreckage
Make it a certain day, like the 1st Friday of August, every year. Not a certain date, like July 31. And just keep it there.
Appeases the powers that be that don’t want it on a weekend and can set the schedule so minimal games that DAY, and affords the fans time to plan time off if they want to sit at home and watch deadline day at home on mlb network or whatever too.