Trades

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Baseball Tonight's trade deadline will be August 16th in 2023 and trading will re-open the following offseason ten days prior to the start of the draft. Cash exchanges are allowed to be made within deals so long as they don't exceed a player's annual salary in any given year of the contract. These payments then follow that player in any future trades (denoted on the spreadsheet as '$ Paid', scroll down to cap adjustments for full details). Prospect signing bonuses stay on the books of the franchise that signed the player.

MLB free agents signed to a contract averaging $1m or more and prospects given a bonus of $1m or more may not be traded for 60 days. All other free agents cannot be traded for 30 days (the signing dates can be seen on the spreadsheet). Players extended after the first day of Spring Training games (Feb 24th in 2023) can't be traded for 60 days.

In addition, all players extended or signed via free agency in the offseason cannot be traded with cash paid before June 1st.

When posting a trade please include the contract details and a brief explanation of your motivation.

Trades will be voted on by the entire league. You may vote to approve or veto with reasoning encouraged in the latter case. Trades will sit for at least 48 hours and must be passed by a 75% majority.

In exceptional situations the commissioner may void a trade under the following circumstances:

• New member who hasn't had a trade block up for at least 48 hours
  
• First year GM not aware of a league rule
  
• Existing cash payment on a player not listed
  
• One team being unaware of a player injury or cases of mistaken identity
  
• A player with an undetermined or non-typical injury/medical condition or who faces a possible suspension
  
• Suspected collusion or circumvention of league rules
  
• GM appears unlikely to return and the trade isn't in the best long term interest of the franchise