2026 Trade Deadline Thread

[Omar]

The 2026 Trade Deadline will fall on Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. ET.

Prior to the most recent CBA, the Trade Deadline almost always fell on July 31 at 4 p.m. ET.

2019 rule change
Prior to 2019, July 31 was referred to as the non-waiver Trade Deadline, and players could be traded after that date if they first cleared revocable trade waivers.

• Every team's best Trade Deadline acquisition

The player's original club had three options when a waiver claim was placed: It could either work out a standard trade with the claiming club (the two sides had 48 hours to agree to a deal), allow the player -- and all money remaining on his contract -- to go to the claiming club with no return or pull the player back off waivers. A player who was pulled back off waivers could be placed on trade waivers a second time, but at that point the waiver request became irrevocable. If a player passed through waivers unclaimed, he could then be traded to any club, free of restriction (though all 40-man-roster players in the trade had to clear waivers before being dealt).

Although trades could be completed after Aug. 31 under the old rules, the last day in August was sometimes colloquially referred to as the "waiver Trade Deadline," as players acquired after that date were ineligible to be added to the postseason roster by their new teams.

As of 2019, there's only one Trade Deadline. Players may still be placed and claimed on outright waivers, but trades will no longer be permitted after that date. With regards to newly acquired players, the Aug. 31 postseason roster deadline remains in effect.

[G-Snarls]

Orioles get Jake Rogers 

[Omar]

34 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Orioles get Jake Rogers 

I honestly thought that the O's might trade Rutschman this year after signing Basallo long term last year.  Seems like they have lost faith in Rutschman.  He's kind of made of glass anyways.

[G-Snarls]

1 hour ago, Omar said:

I honestly thought that the O's might trade Rutschman this year after signing Basallo long term last year.  Seems like they have lost faith in Rutschman.  He's kind of made of glass anyways.

Would they Joe Mauer him and move him to 1B?

[jmomcc]

A guy I want is Bergolla from the white Sox, absolute contact machine and a plus shortstop. Just seems like someone who could be a 2/2.5 win player pretty easily. 

[Stangstag]

I just found out the deadline isn’t tomorrow, but next week.

Sigh

Also why have there been like 0 trades so far. Nothing remotely interesting yet

[Brownie19]

1 hour ago, jmomcc said:

A guy I want is Bergolla from the white Sox, absolute contact machine and a plus shortstop. Just seems like someone who could be a 2/2.5 win player pretty easily. 

I support this idea.

[Laika]

29 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

I just found out the deadline isn’t tomorrow, but next week.

Sigh

Also why have there been like 0 trades so far. Nothing remotely interesting yet

Not a lot of sellers 

The teams that will be selling have no reason to move quickly because they'll have so much leverage 

[hanton]

 

Varsho makes sense here, he's currently a 4 so he replaces the injured Adolis - well except for the noodle arm