Major League Baseball 2026 Trade Deadline Review & Predictions

Let's not forget we got a trade deadline still at Major League Baseball too here Craig, which You know We always say this every year. It's like oh boy get ready teams are gonna load up and then usually inevitably the trade deadline comes and goes we're like and It really wasn't what I thought it was gonna be there aren't really big big names that move the needle you're expecting Uh this trade deadline is there? I think the 2024 trade deadline lived up to the billing there were like 40 trades or something like that So not to defend the deadline, but two years ago. We did have a monster one last year not as much Uh, you know, I don't know what we're gonna get this year joe There's a lot of factors playing into this thing. They say the collective bargaining agreement is the main factor I think that's the second factor. I think the main factor of all Joe is you have 23 teams that are still alive for the playoffs in Major League Baseball How do you figure out how those 23 teams are going to poach guys from the seven teams that are not like? It's impossible. Everyone's going to be fighting each other for those players So what does that mean? It means we still will have a trade deadline It means those seven teams maybe eight maybe nine by the time this goes off in uh in a week and a half Maybe there'll be more trades, but it also means this joe It's going down to the last minute if you're one of these teams Why would you take an offer now on any player when you have 2022 organizations that are willing to play this right down to the wire So I know we want action in this industry. We want fun I remember when uh, you know when when everyone was saying yannis had to get traded at the deadline He has to or they're gonna lose their leverage. Remember that why because we want transactions We want to come on a show like this and talk about it get the bleep out of here They opened up the door to every team in the nba as soon as the season ended and he gave him the best offer A lot of times the best offers in sports come in the offseason because you simply don't know Who's gonna be in joe who's gonna be out who's to say i'll give you a team Who's to say joe next year that the cincinnati reds don't want to spend 200 million. Do you know do I know? I don't know So why wouldn't they wait? Why wouldn't some teams wait until the end of the season to make those sort of things? But uh, you know Louisa rise of the giants is a player that I would almost assure you Will be dealt the mets will have some players to be traded the a's will the rockies will And then joe we're starting to get thin here like at that point who's in who's out? I think that's predominantly the reason you're going to see very little until august the 2nd or august the 3rd Well, I think your first also it depends on who considers themselves Still alive who are sellers who are buyers and I think the team at the top is detroit What are you detroit? you've been playing much better baseball over the last month that you got a little bit healthier, but Uh, are you trading scooble at the deadline? Nobody's I half the time you hear yes scooble's gonna wear a different uniform half the time you hear no Uh, what about mys is mys in a long term, but you know, there are some teams I don't know greg. Maybe this is because parity is running rampant or maybe like you said, maybe teams are just saying, you know what with the uh looming lockout possibly coming up, maybe we just Nobody's a seller at this point But I think a lot of this is all going to come down to figuring out which teams are saying You know what now's the time to hit the reset button and move on because if detroit is one of them That's a team there's a lot of teams going to be calling and trying to make moves Right, but but joe, that's a great point. Think about it. If you're detroit right now What is the advantage of doing a deal now none? You may as well wait right until the last second until you have to make that deal No one wants to hear it because they think that people like us just want to you know Hype things up or get clicks i'm giving you the reality of the situation The tiger's best course of action is to wait until 5 59 eastern time on trade deadline day to make a deal now If you want my opinion on this, I think the tigers will look in the mirror And they'll play 500 ball over the next 10 days and I think that they will trade school at the deadline I do and I think it's going to be a tough deal for detroit. It'll be a tough deal for their fans But it is the right deal to make They're not a good team and maybe they're a little bit above average They can look at cleveland joe and point to the guardians and say hey that team won 10 games in a row and ended up Beating us in september and say why can't we be the same team? They're not they're not that good So I would anticipate it, but let's not get excited about it until 559 eastern on trade deadline day Because that's when they're going to decide whether and well They'll they'll decide a couple days before that they're going to do it But they're not going to make that trade until they absolutely have to at the last minute But I do think he'll be moved and when he's pitching for the dodgers in a few weeks You'll be very excited to see him pitching in la as well