When MLB Pro was formed way back when, the rules described MLB Pro as a, “realistic Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) league” where decisions one of the clear factors on any decision would be realism.
Blending “realism” with the understanding that OOTP is in fact a game creates some gaps in reality. The first rule under trades is:
No more than ten players may be included by a team in a single trade.
MLB Pro League Constitution
I was not part of MLB Pro at the beginning. I do not know the intent behind the original creator of the league when it came to the above rule.
For starters, there are “workarounds” that have been exposed. For starters, “a single trade” can easily be made into two trades. It is something we have seen, something that does not make me particularly happy, but it’s been within the rules. Realistic though? No, not really.
On December 16th, I was asked about this rule. I stated the following in chat:
I was approached by a GM tonight with a question about the number of players who can be involved in a trade.We do have a 10 player max per side in any given trade. This is our attempt at realism. While often I have real data with numbers backing things up, but in this instance I do not. Rather though, I think we all could agree that trades of even 6+ players are rare, let alone 6-10 or those seeking 10+ here. We have no trade committee, we are not looking to veto trades or to come up reasons to grow stricter with what is allowed. We just want to remind people, that there are ways for deals to get done with fewer than 10 players moving. As far as the other workarounds or methods of sidestepping the rules and this one specifically. Yes, we see them, we know them…and while we’re not going to go out of our way to create more rules to stop these, we just want it to be said again that I think there are better ways than to be seeking 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 players in a deal. If that’s what it is going to take, I would advise you to be in contact with the @anonymous_gm in an attempt to market your players to get other offers on the books, offers of quality, but decreasing the quantity to reasonable levels.
Message posted to Slack on December 16th
Since then, we have had another 10 for 1 trade be completed. While this trade is 100% within the rules and will 100% be processed, it was the tipping point for me when it came to not having data. Using Baseball-Reference’s Transaction Data along with our message board, I have compiled some of the following data.
ACCORDING TO BASEBALL-REFERENCES…
-Since January 1st, there were 134 trades (two-team trades) posted on the transaction page. Of those 134, 93 (69%) involved a total of 2 or fewer TOTAL PLAYERS being traded.
-Of the 42 trades that included a total number of three or more players being traded, only 10 trades were made where five or more total players were involved. Of those 10 trades, only two (Zach Greinke and cash for Seth Beet, J.B. Bukauskas, Corbin Martin, and Josh Rojas — and — Dylan Bundy for Kyle Bradish, Kyle Brnovich, Isaac Mattson, and Zech Peek) were trades of four or more players in return for a single player.
-Only two trades involved more than five total players, both of those involved seven players, they included a five-for-two and a four-for-three trade.
MLB PRO TRADE DATA
-Since the 2019 season was completed, MLB Pro has had ten trades involving five or more players, seven of which have seen a single side trade six or more players.
-During the month of July in the 2019 MLB Pro season, MLB Pro had 14 trades where one side gave up four or more players.
-During the month of July in the 2019 MLB Pro season, MLB Pro had seven trades where seven or more total players were involved.
–(April 1 to June 30) During this time, MLB Pro had 12 trades where a single side gave up four or more players. Of those 12, eight involved a single team giving up five or more players.
–(April 1 to June 30) During this time, MLB Pro had 15 trades where a total of five or more players were traded.
-(January 1 to March 31) During this time, MLB Pro had six trades where a single side gave up four or more players.
As the data shows, the frequency of trades involving large number of players in MLB Pro FAR EXCEEDS the real-life frequency.
Having said all that, the following couple of points come to mind:
- Is this a “concern/problem”?
- If it is a “concern/problem” – is there a solution?
I am very curious to hear what others have to say on the matter. For now, I’ll leave it at that. Let me know your thoughts!
[MLB Trades via Baseball References]
| Total Players | Players From Team 1 | Players From Team 2 | Other Trade Assets | Trade |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Cash | The New York Mets traded Jarred Kelenic (minors), Gerson Bautista, Jay Bruce, Justin Dunn and Anthony Swarzak to the Seattle Mariners for Robinson Cano, Edwin Diaz and cash. |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Cash | The Cincinnati Reds traded Jeter Downs (minors), Josiah Gray (minors) and Homer Bailey to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Kyle Farmer, Matt Kemp, Yasiel Puig, Alex Wood and cash. |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | The Houston Astros traded Cody Bohanek (minors) and J.D. Davis to the New York Mets for Ross Adolph (minors), Scott Manea (minors) and Luis Santana (minors). | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | The Seattle Mariners traded Michael Plassmeyer (minors), Guillermo Heredia and Mike Zunino to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jake Fraley and Mallex Smith. | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | The Seattle Mariners traded Roenis Elias and Hunter Strickland to the Washington Nationals for Elvis Alvarado (minors), Aaron Fletcher (minors) and Taylor Guilbeau. | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | The Baltimore Orioles traded Dylan Bundy to the Los Angeles Angels for Kyle Bradish (minors), Kyle Brnovich (minors), Isaac Mattson (minors) and Zach Peek (minors). | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | The Cleveland Indians traded Dante Mendoza (minors), Tahnaj Thomas (minors) and Erik Gonzalez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jordan Luplow and Max Moroff. | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Zach Davies and Trent Grisham to the San Diego Padres for Eric Lauer, Luis Urias and player to be named. | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Cash | The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Zack Greinke and cash to the Houston Astros for Seth Beer (minors), J.B. Bukauskas (minors), Corbin Martin and Josh Rojas. |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | The Philadelphia Phillies traded J.P. Crawford and Carlos Santana to the Seattle Mariners for Juan Nicasio, James Pazos and Jean Segura. | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | The Miami Marlins traded Chris Vallimont (minors), Sergio Romo and player to be named to the Minnesota Twins for Lewin Diaz (minors). | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Miami Marlins traded J.T. Realmuto to the Philadelphia Phillies for Sixto Sanchez (minors), Will Stewart (minors), Jorge Alfaro and international bonus slot money. |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | The Miami Marlins traded Nick Anderson and Trevor Richards to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jesus Sanchez (minors) and Ryne Stanek. | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | The Houston Astros traded Derek Fisher to the Toronto Blue Jays for Cal Stevenson (minors), Joe Biagini and Aaron Sanchez. | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | The Minnesota Twins traded Prelander Berroa (minors), Kai-Wei Teng (minors) and Jaylin Davis to the San Francisco Giants for Sam Dyson. | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | The New York Yankees traded Dom Thompson-Williams (minors), Justus Sheffield and Erik Swanson to the Seattle Mariners for James Paxton. | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | The San Diego Padres traded Xavier Edwards (minors) and Hunter Renfroe to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jake Cronenworth (minors) and Tommy Pham. | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | The Cleveland Indians traded Yan Gomes to the Washington Nationals for a player to be named later, Daniel Johnson (minors) and Jefry Rodriguez. The Washington Nationals sent Andruw Monasterio (minors) (December 17, 2018) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade. | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Keon Broxton to the New York Mets for Adam Hill (minors), Felix Valerio (minors) and Bobby Wahl. | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Competitive Balance Pick | The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Paul Goldschmidt to the St. Louis Cardinals for Andy Young (minors), Carson Kelly, Luke Weaver and 2019 competitive balance round B pick. |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | The San Francisco Giants traded Juan De Paula (minors), Alen Hanson and Derek Law to the Toronto Blue Jays for Kevin Pillar. | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Cash | The Chicago Cubs traded Alex Lange (minors) and Paul Richan (minors) to the Detroit Tigers for Nicholas Castellanos and cash. |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Cash | The New York Mets traded Simeon Woods Richardson (minors) and Anthony Kay to the Toronto Blue Jays for Marcus Stroman and cash. |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Cash | The Atlanta Braves traded Jesse Biddle and Arodys Vizcaino to the Seattle Mariners for Anthony Swarzak and cash. |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | The Atlanta Braves traded Joey Wentz (minors) and Travis Demeritte to the Detroit Tigers for Shane Greene. | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | The Atlanta Braves traded Tristan Beck (minors) and Dan Winkler to the San Francisco Giants for Mark Melancon. | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | The Houston Astros traded Jake Marisnick to the New York Mets for Kenedy Corona (minors) and Blake Taylor (minors). | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | The Houston Astros traded Max Stassi to the Los Angeles Angels for Rainier Rivas (minors) and Raider Uceta (minors). | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Competitive Balance Pick | The Cincinnati Reds traded Shed Long and 2019 competitive balance round A pick to the New York Yankees for Reiver Sanmartin (minors) and Sonny Gray. |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Yes | The Baltimore Orioles traded Andrew Cashner and cash to the Boston Red Sox for Elio Prado (minors) and Noelberth Romero (minors). |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Cash/INTL Money | The Chicago White Sox traded Nate Jones, cash and International bonus slot money to the Texas Rangers for Ray Castro (minors) and Joseph Jarneski (minors). |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Yes | The Cleveland Indians traded Corey Kluber and cash to the Texas Rangers for Emmanuel Clase and Delino DeShields. |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Cleveland Indians traded Ruben Cardenas (minors) and international bonus slot money to the Tampa Bay Rays for Christian Arroyo and Hunter Wood. |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | The Cleveland Indians traded Sam Haggerty and Walker Lockett to the New York Mets for Kevin Plawecki. | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Domingo Santana to the Seattle Mariners for Noah Zavolas (minors) and Ben Gamel. | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Mauricio Dubon to the San Francisco Giants for Ray Black and Drew Pomeranz. | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | The Oakland Athletics traded Jurickson Profar to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Austin Allen. The San Diego Padres sent Buddy Reed (minors) (December 12, 2019) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade. | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | The Kansas City Royals traded Jake Diekman to the Oakland Athletics for Ismael Aquino (minors) and Dairon Blanco (minors). | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | The Los Angeles Angels traded Will Wilson (minors) and Zack Cozart to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. The San Francisco Giants sent Garrett Williams (minors) (December 12, 2019) to the Los Angeles Angels to complete the trade. | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Cash/INTL Money | The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Jeffry Abreu (minors) and Tony Cingrani to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jedd Gyorko, cash and international bonus slot money. |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Cash | The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Ronny Brito (minors) and Andrew Sopko (minors) to the Toronto Blue Jays for Russell Martin and cash. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Chicago Cubs traded Carl Edwards Jr. to the San Diego Padres for Brad Wieck. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Chicago Cubs traded Drew Smyly and player to be named to the Texas Rangers for player to be named. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Chicago Cubs traded Jason Vosler (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Rowan Wick. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Chicago Cubs traded Martin Maldonado to the Houston Astros for Tony Kemp. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Chicago Cubs traded Mike Montgomery to the Kansas City Royals for Martin Maldonado. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Chicago Cubs traded Tom Hatch (minors) to the Toronto Blue Jays for David Phelps and cash. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Chicago Cubs traded Tommy La Stella to the Los Angeles Angels for a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Angels sent Conor Lillis-White (minors) (December 13, 2018) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Miami Marlins traded Brian Schales (minors) to the Minnesota Twins for Nick Anderson. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The New York Mets traded Jason Vargas to the Philadelphia Phillies for Austin Bossart (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Atlanta Braves traded Kolby Allard to the Texas Rangers for Chris Martin. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Boston Red Sox traded Esteban Quiroz (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Colten Brewer. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Boston Red Sox traded Sandy Leon to the Cleveland Indians for Adenys Bautista (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Houston Astros traded Trent Thornton to the Toronto Blue Jays for Aledmys Diaz. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Houston Astros traded Tyler White to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Andre Scrubb (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Tampa Bay Rays traded Nick Solak to the Texas Rangers for Peter Fairbanks. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Tampa Bay Rays traded Wilmer Font to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Neraldo Catalina (minors) (May 13, 2019) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Cincinnati Reds traded Brian O’Grady to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash and a player to be named. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Cincinnati Reds traded cash and a player to be named to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jose De Leon. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Cincinnati Reds traded Connor Joe to the San Francisco Giants for Jordan Johnson (minors) and cash. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Cincinnati Reds traded Matt Wisler to the San Diego Padres for Diomar Lopez (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | PTNBL | The Cincinnati Reds traded Scooter Gennett and cash to the San Francisco Giants for player to be named. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Cincinnati Reds traded Tanner Rainey to the Washington Nationals for Tanner Roark. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Cincinnati Reds traded Tanner Roark and cash to the Oakland Athletics for Jameson Hannah (minors). |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Minnesota Twins traded Michael Reed to the San Francisco Giants for John Andreoli and cash. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Minnesota Twins traded Tyler Austin to the San Francisco Giants for Malique Ziegler (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Minnesota Twins traded Zack Granite to the Texas Rangers for Xavier Moore (minors) and cash. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Colorado Rockies traded Alfredo Garcia (minors) to the New York Yankees for Joe Harvey. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Colorado Rockies traded Hunter Stovall (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies for James Pazos. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Colorado Rockies traded Mike Tauchman to the New York Yankees for Phillip Diehl. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The New York Yankees traded Juan Then (minors) to the Seattle Mariners for Edwin Encarnacion and cash. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The New York Yankees traded Shed Long (minors) to the Seattle Mariners for Josh Stowers (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The New York Yankees traded Shed Long to the Seattle Mariners for Josh Stowers (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The San Diego Padres traded Alex Dickerson to the San Francisco Giants for Franklin Van Gurp (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The San Diego Padres traded Clayton Richard and cash to the Toronto Blue Jays for Connor Panas (minors). |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The San Diego Padres traded Socrates Brito to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rodrigo Orozco (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Seattle Mariners traded Grant Anderson (minors) to the Texas Rangers for Connor Sadzeck. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Seattle Mariners traded Jesus Ozoria (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for Tom Murphy. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Seattle Mariners traded Nick Wells (minors) and cash to the Washington Nationals for Austin Adams. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Baltimore Orioles traded Jonathan Villar to the Miami Marlins for Easton Lucas (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Baltimore Orioles traded Mike Wright to the Seattle Mariners for Ryne Ogren (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Baltimore Orioles traded Mike Yastrzemski to the San Francisco Giants for Tyler Herb (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Baltimore Orioles traded Yefry Ramirez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Patrick Dorrian (minors) (June 26, 2019) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Chicago White Sox traded Alex Call (minors) to the Cleveland Indians for Yonder Alonso. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Chicago White Sox traded Omar Narvaez to the Seattle Mariners for Alex Colome. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Chicago White Sox traded Steele Walker (minors) to the Texas Rangers for Nomar Mazara. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Chicago White Sox traded Welington Castillo and international bonus slot money to the Texas Rangers for Jonah McReynolds (minors). |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Chicago White Sox traded Yordi Rosario (minors) and international bonus slot money to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ivan Nova. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Cleveland Indians traded Gionti Turner (minors) to the Tampa Bay Rays for Chih-Wei Hu. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Cleveland Indians traded Ignacio Feliz (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Walker Lockett. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Cleveland Indians traded Jordan Milbrath (minors) to the Miami Marlins for Nick Wittgren. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Future Consideration | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Adam Hill (minors) and future considerations to the Seattle Mariners for Omar Narvaez. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Chase Anderson to the Toronto Blue Jays for Chad Spanberger (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Cody Ponce (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jordan Lyles. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Erik Kratz to the San Francisco Giants for C.J. Hinojosa (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Jesus Aguilar to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jake Faria. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Sal Biasi (minors) to the Seattle Mariners for David Freitas. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash/INTL Money | The Oakland Athletics traded Jesus Lopez (minors) and international bonus slot money to the Toronto Blue Jays for Kendrys Morales and cash. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Toronto Blue Jays traded Daniel Hudson to the Washington Nationals for Kyle Johnston (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Toronto Blue Jays traded Eric Sogard to the Tampa Bay Rays for players to be named later. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Curtis Taylor (minors) (September 1, 2019) and Edisson Gonzalez (minors) (September 1, 2019) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Kansas City Royals traded Homer Bailey to the Oakland Athletics for Kevin Merrell (minors). | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Los Angeles Angels traded Daniel Ozoria (minors) to the Minnesota Twins for John Curtiss. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Los Angeles Angels traded Jose Alvarez to the Philadelphia Phillies for Luis Garcia. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Los Angeles Angels traded Tyler Stevens (minors) to the Miami Marlins for Dillon Peters. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Los Angeles Angels traded Williams Jerez to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Stratton. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Tanner Anderson to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Wilkin Ramos (minors) (December 1, 2018) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Caleb Sampen (minors) to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jaime Schultz. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Daniel Castro to the Seattle Mariners for Kristopher Negron. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Nathan Witt (minors) to the Tampa Bay Rays for Casey Sadler. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Niko Hulsizer (minors) to the Tampa Bay Rays for Adam Kolarek. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Tim Locastro to the New York Yankees for Drew Finley (minors) and cash. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The St. Louis Cardinals traded Patrick Wisdom to the Texas Rangers for Drew Robinson. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Arizona Diamondbacks traded cash and Ronald Roman (minors) to the New York Yankees for Tim Locastro. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Jazz Chisholm (minors) to the Miami Marlins for Zac Gallen. | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Jose Caballero (minors) to the Seattle Mariners for Mike Leake and cash. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Marcus Wilson (minors) to the Boston Red Sox for Blake Swihart and international bonus slot money. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The San Francisco Giants traded Erik Kratz and cash to the Tampa Bay Rays for player to be named or cash. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Philadelphia Phillies traded international bonus slot money and player to be named to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Corey Dickerson. |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cash | The Philadelphia Phillies traded Jake Scheiner (minors) to the Seattle Mariners for Jay Bruce and cash. |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Cash | The Chicago Cubs traded cash to the San Francisco Giants for Derek Holland and cash. |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | PTNBL/Cash | The Chicago Cubs traded player to be named or cash to the New York Yankees for Ronald Torreyes. |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | PTNBL/Cash | The Tampa Bay Rays traded Ian Gibaut to the Texas Rangers for player to be named or cash. |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Cincinnati Reds traded international bonus slot money to the San Diego Padres for Travis Jankowski. |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Future Consideration | The New York Yankees traded Nestor Cortes Jr. to the Seattle Mariners for future considerations. |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | PTNBL/Cash | The New York Yankees traded player to be named or cash to the Oakland Athletics for Kendrys Morales. |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Baltimore Orioles traded international bonus slot money to the New York Mets for Keon Broxton. |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Baltimore Orioles traded international bonus slot money to the Philadelphia Phillies for Drew Jackson. |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Baltimore Orioles traded international bonus slot money to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tom Eshelman. |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Baltimore Orioles traded international bonus slot money to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dwight Smith Jr.. |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Cleveland Indians traded international bonus slot money to the San Diego Padres for Phil Maton. |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | International Signing Bonus Money | The Cleveland Indians traded international bonus slot money to the Tampa Bay Rays for Andrew Velazquez. |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | PTNBL/Cash | The Cleveland Indians traded Tim Federowicz to the Texas Rangers for player to be named or cash. |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Competitive Balance Pick | The Milwaukee Brewers traded 2019 competitive balance pick. to the Texas Rangers for Alex Claudio. |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | PTNBL/Cash | The Milwaukee Brewers traded Jake Petricka to the Texas Rangers for player to be named or cash. |
| 0 | Three-Team Trade | Three-Team Trade | As part of a 3-team trade: The Oakland Athletics sent Eli White (minors) and international bonus slot money to the Texas Rangers. The Oakland Athletics sent Emilio Pagan and 2019 competitive balance round B pick to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Texas Rangers sent Jurickson Profar to the Oakland Athletics. The Texas Rangers sent Rollie Lacy (minors) to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Yoel Espinal (minors), Kyle Bird and Brock Burke to the Texas Rangers. | |
| 0 | Three-Team Trade | Three-Team Trade | As part of a 3-team trade: The San Diego Padres sent Victor Nova (minors), Logan Allen and Franmil Reyes to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Trevor Bauer to the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds sent Taylor Trammell (minors) to the San Diego Padres. The Cincinnati Reds sent Scott Moss (minors) and Yasiel Puig to the Cleveland Indians. | |
| 0 | Three-Team Trade | Three-Team Trade | As part of a 3-team trade: The Tampa Bay Rays sent cash to the Seattle Mariners. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Jake Bauers to the Cleveland Indians. The Seattle Mariners sent Carlos Santana and cash to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Yandy Diaz and Cole Sulser to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Cleveland Indians sent Edwin Encarnacion and 2019 competitive balance pick to the Seattle Mariners. |