The August waiver trade deadline is dead, and in 2020, pitchers will have to face a minimum of three batters MLB and the player’s union agreed to eliminate the second trade deadline Wednesday evening as part of several rule changes coming. Jeff Passan of ESPN wrote about the upcoming changes including changes to All-Star voting, a $1 million bonus for winning the Home Run Derby, and an expansion of MLB rosters from 25 to 26.
Thus far, I haven’t seen express a dissenting opinion about the waiver trade deadline going away. The deals were confusing and outside of Justin Verlander, they were generally for low impact players.