MLB Trade Deadline 2019: Date, Time and Latest Rumors on Top Names

This year’s Trade Deadline is different than years past, as Major League Baseball adopted a singular trade deadline on the last day of July as opposed to the “non-waiver deadline” that has been used before.

So, the July 31 deadline at 4 p.m. ET will rid teams of their safety net and force them to make deals now. They can no longer wait to see how their team’s playing in August to make a decision to add another player.

General managers aren’t too pleased with this new system:

Bob Nightengale There is a growing sentiment among GMs to push the #MLB trade deadline back to Aug. 15 to give teams more time to determine whether they are buyers or sellers in light of slow activity. They will discuss at…