2026 Trade Deadline Thread

[Jays24]

So what do the Yankees plan to do once they have Rice, Stanton, Garcia, Goldschmidt and maybe an injured Judge all available? 

[Orgfiller]

Just now, Jays24 said:

So what do the Yankees plan to do once they have Rice, Stanton, Garcia, Goldschmidt and maybe an injured Judge all available? 

I don't think the Yankees are planning for Stanton to be reasonably healthy at any point this season. Goldschmidt and Garcia Jr. will platoon 1B/ DH. Rice will play every day. If Judge comes back and has to DH for a week or so, they might just play Garcia Jr. in like 2B or 3B and hope for the best. Not like they're known for their defense as things stand.

[Jays24]

4 minutes ago, Orgfiller said:

I don't think the Yankees are planning for Stanton to be reasonably healthy at any point this season. Goldschmidt and Garcia Jr. will platoon 1B/ DH. Rice will play every day. If Judge comes back and has to DH for a week or so, they might just play Garcia Jr. in like 2B or 3B and hope for the best. Not like they're known for their defense as things stand.

Ya that makes sense... its crowded but im jealous of the offensive talent available.  Only truly gets crowded if Stanton returns and Judge needs DH time when returning.  

[M.E.]

if there is no cap I think one of the main fixes is that the deferred money needs to count towards the current threshold.  You can defer paying someone all you/they want, however it hits the threshold now.  therefore the tax is increased and therefore it limits the big spenders some and more cash comes back to the rest of the league.

[Jonn]

1 hour ago, Abomination said:

Remember that there's a decent chance next year may not happen, or at least most of it may not.

I mean yes that’s true but you kind of have to operate under the assumption you will be preparing to field a good club for next year.

Baseball losing momentum now is so bad for the sport because it has seen a pretty good jump in ratings in general. Despite the Dodgers dominance attendance and ratings are up across the league.

I don’t think a lot of fans will care if we lose April and May. It’s when we get into June is when it’s going to really hit hard.

[hanton]

5 hours ago, Terminator said:

And he is analogous to Skubal in what way?
 

You’re going to have to add some color here I’m just getting more confused. :)

Jays are whimps for not waiting

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/07/mets-to-acquire-marcus-stroman.html

[Laika]

11 minutes ago, M.E. said:

if there is no cap I think one of the main fixes is that the deferred money needs to count towards the current threshold.  You can defer paying someone all you/they want, however it hits the threshold now.  therefore the tax is increased and therefore it limits the big spenders some and more cash comes back to the rest of the league.

They should just not allow deferred money anymore, at all 

I don't think it is an issue BUT there is no upside to the league in allowing it and there are clearly big optics downsides 

[glory]

1 hour ago, Jays24 said:

So what do the Yankees plan to do once they have Rice, Stanton, Garcia, Goldschmidt and maybe an injured Judge all available? 

Judge is probably the Yankees DH moving forward. Not sure what they do with Stanton, but he's probably done as an everyday player for them. If they try to keep Judge in RF given his age and now injury, then good luck to them. 

[hanton]

Mariners are 2 games back of the wc and it seems they're in full sell mode...

1 less team to worry about

[Rafters]

Looks like Gausman to the cubs

[Rafters]

Told the return is OF Brett Bateman and INF Ty Southisene.

[hanton]

outch

[Olerud363.354]

1 minute ago, hanton said:

outch

On MLB list they are 13 and 21.   Like 7 career homeruns between them. 

[Terminator]

45 minutes ago, hanton said:

Jays are whimps for not waiting

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/07/mets-to-acquire-marcus-stroman.html

Wow a 7 year old trade that is in no way analogous to the Skubal trade. You really got me there. 

[Terminator]

11 minutes ago, Rafters said:

Told the return is OF Brett Bateman and INF Ty Southisene.

2 slap hitting midgets

Prospect nut huggers rejoice

[Spanky__99]

1 minute ago, Terminator said:

2 slap hitting midgets

Prospect nut huggers rejoice

Gross, I think he comes back in November though.

 

[Rafters]

9 minutes ago, Terminator said:

2 slap hitting midgets

Prospect nut huggers rejoice

I believe the actual prospect comparison for Bateman was a LH Miles Straw

[Sorrow]

Bateman is an immediate replacement for Varsho once he’s traded. He’s never going to hit for power but above average speed and base running and good D in CF.

 

https://prospectsavant.com/player/703520

 

i don’t know much about the SS 

 

https://prospectsavant.com/player/807257

 

But this trade netted me a grand lol, I had a bet about this and this was the trade I predicted for Gausman.

 

 

[bronson44]

3 minutes ago, Sorrow said:

But this trade netted me a grand lol, I had a bet about this and this was the trade I predicted for Gausman.

This exact trade or just him going to the Cubs?

[jmomcc]

God compared to what we gave up for Bieber last year, that is a terrible trade. 

[Sorrow]

2 minutes ago, bronson44 said:

This exact trade or just him going to the Cubs?

Exact trade

[bronson44]

3 minutes ago, Sorrow said:

Exact trade

That's wild. Congrats

[jmomcc]

10 minutes ago, Sorrow said:

Exact trade

Wow that is crazy .

[BTS]

12 minutes ago, Sorrow said:

Exact trade

lol, how?

[Sorrow]

Just now, BTS said:

lol, how?

I was as looking through a few contending teams that needed SP that weren’t on his no trade list and took a gander at MLB ready OF and a MIF or OF lottery ticket in the 15-30 range and this package stood out based on Bateman being a major league ready CF and a chance of Varsho being moved it sort of made sense to get a 24 year old CF who plays plus D with plus plus speed and an eye that Atkins seems to like and the SS seemed the same.

[BTS]

1 minute ago, Sorrow said:

I was as looking through a few contending teams that needed SP that weren’t on his no trade list and took a gander at MLB ready OF and a MIF or OF lottery ticket in the 15-30 range and this package stood out based on Bateman being a major league ready CF and a chance of Varsho being moved it sort of made sense to get a 24 year old CF who plays plus D with plus plus speed and an eye that Atkins seems to like and the SS seemed the same.

That's wild. Where can you even bet on something like this?

[hanton]

4 minutes ago, Sorrow said:

I was as looking through a few contending teams that needed SP that weren’t on his no trade list and took a gander at MLB ready OF and a MIF or OF lottery ticket in the 15-30 range and this package stood out based on Bateman being a major league ready CF and a chance of Varsho being moved it sort of made sense to get a 24 year old CF who plays plus D with plus plus speed and an eye that Atkins seems to like and the SS seemed the same.

Well done. 

Too bad we couldn't do something like Guasman + Hoffman for Alcantara

[Sorrow]

10 minutes ago, BTS said:

That's wild. Where can you even bet on something like this?

My fantasy baseball league does side bets around the deadline and if you’re open to going all in on predictions with specifics you can basically double your winnings if others will go in, if you’re wrong it just ends up in the league pot.

[Stangstag]

2 hours ago, Orgfiller said:

I don't think the Yankees are planning for Stanton to be reasonably healthy at any point this season. Goldschmidt and Garcia Jr. will platoon 1B/ DH. Rice will play every day. If Judge comes back and has to DH for a week or so, they might just play Garcia Jr. in like 2B or 3B and hope for the best. Not like they're known for their defense as things stand.

They might even try something crazy like Rice or Garcia in the OF loll

[hanton]

So we now get to see the trades that didn't go through?  It's odd though

 

Padres Reject Yankees’ Offer Involving Will Warren, Adrian Morejon (per mlbtr)