Rule changes have been among the hot topics in baseball this winter. Some changes are set to be put in place on Thursday, according to multiple reports.
The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported earlier on Wednesday that the August waiver trade deadline will be removed (leaving just the standard July 31 deadline) and that rosters will expand to 26 players starting in 2020. ESPN’s Jeff Passan added that an All-Star Game Election Day will be implemented starting this season.
Waiver trades haven’t been a major part of the White Sox rebuild, but it is a mechanism the team has used multiple times in each of the past two seasons.