Move baseball trade deadline earlier

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This year the number of trades of expensive stars for minor keepers has been a problem in a few leagues I am in. Now with the trade deadline actually a day after the regular season ends there are more trades that will occur from team’s whose season is over yet they can still trade with a playoff team, that makes no sense.

The last two year teams that have won have had payrolls of over $600 (over $700 in one league) as teams out of it trade stars to rebuild. An earlier trade deadline (when theoretically more teams are in it) would help this issue.

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We have had a commish enforced + or - $200 “hard cap” to try and counter the impact of deadline loans and deals a bit. Still always significant rebuilder or competitor swings and you can adjust your cap as desired.

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I agree. Trades after the regular H2H are terrible. Both sides of a trade should have some skin in the current season. Trade deadline should be two weeks or more before end of the season. Vetos are a bad idea.

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