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Post by Rockies GM (Alex) on Aug 16, 2018 18:10:26 GMT -5
Hey everyone,
The trade deadline this year just passed... and it passed during the last week of the season. I think that's not very conducive to a competitive regular season. Consequently, the league has discussed moving the trade deadline to July 31st, in line with the MLB trade deadline. This should fall in Week 16 or at the beginning of Week 17 of every season. I'd be in favor of moving it up just a week more, but this is a good start.
It seems we're all in consensus on this, but I'd like to put it to a league vote just to confirm the change. In summary, I'm wanting to:
- Change the league trade deadline from August 15th to July 31st of every year.
VOTE!
Thanks!
- Alex
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Post by Orioles GM (Michael) on Aug 16, 2018 18:16:12 GMT -5
If we're potentially bumping it up further, I'd rather go ahead and have that conversation now leading up through the playoffs and then vote as one of the first matters of the offseason so we just have it entrenched, since if this conversation is going to happen again, I'd rather just do it once and be done with it. If that looks like setting up another forum, I'm good with that, and think we honestly have time to hash that out without it being a massive hassle, or we could even just set up an initial poll with more than 2 (maybe 4 or 5) options to see where everyone's at. Seems like one of those things where we'll inevitably have to revisit if there's currently a few different views, so that might be beneficial rather than having to restart this whole thing again later.
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Post by Rockies GM (Alex) on Aug 16, 2018 18:28:12 GMT -5
Would people be in favor of doing it July 24th rather than July 31st? I don't think we should do it much more before that. A month before the end of the season seems reasonable to me though.
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Post by Nationals GM (Tim) on Aug 16, 2018 19:37:18 GMT -5
Will is a bitch
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Post by Blue Jays GM (Stephen) on Aug 16, 2018 20:35:10 GMT -5
Only reason I say the trade deadline is because roles can change significantly after the trade deadline in real MLB this gives us most of the information. Although, I won’t complain what ever we determine.
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Post by Dodgers GM (Scott) on Aug 16, 2018 20:49:06 GMT -5
What about having the deadline be August 1st? Practically the same as making it the 31st but then we'd have all the deadline information for any final trades.
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Post by Padres GM (Denver) on Aug 16, 2018 21:21:22 GMT -5
Could we make it so that it’s not in the middle of a week?
So like the deadline would be 11:59pm EST Sunday of the round that the real life deadline fell on.
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Post by Gene (Former Athletics GM) on Aug 17, 2018 8:19:22 GMT -5
As per Dodgers, possibly a deadline of 8/1 or 2 so we can assess the fallout of any MLB deals?
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Post by Brewers GM (Tim) on Aug 17, 2018 10:10:05 GMT -5
Selfishly Saturday Sunday after the trade deadline has a lot of appeal ... any chance to add that as a voting option? (perhaps instead of Aug 15) Rockies GM (Alex) |
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Post by Rockies GM (Alex) on Aug 17, 2018 13:24:02 GMT -5
That sounds like a good plan. I can't change the poll though, so can people just comment here if they're in favor of it being the first Saturday evening at midnight ET after the MLB trade deadline?
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Post by Dodgers GM (Scott) on Aug 17, 2018 13:41:13 GMT -5
That sounds alright to me
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Post by Brewers GM (Tim) on Aug 17, 2018 13:42:16 GMT -5
understood, np;
same (I like Saturday after trade deadline)
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Post by Blue Jays GM (Stephen) on Aug 17, 2018 19:35:57 GMT -5
I like it! Approve.
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Post by Angels GM (Derrick) on Aug 17, 2018 20:23:31 GMT -5
The Saturday after the trade deadline sounds good. I choose the updated option.
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Post by Pirates GM (Max) on Aug 17, 2018 21:54:48 GMT -5
How about the Sunday instead? So it coincides the next day with a new week. But either way the weekend after the deadline is def the best
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Post by Rockies GM (Alex) on Aug 27, 2018 14:09:22 GMT -5
Rule Change Official. Seems like we have a consensus.
The Trade Deadline will occur on the first Saturday after the MLB Trade Deadline at midnight ET.
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