NEGADELPHIA

TRADE MACHINE

Negadelphia Trade IdeaHypothetical scenario. Not a report, not a rumor, no team or reporter has said this is happening.

Kill switch: every MLB check turns off after Dec. 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET (Art. XXVI), or sooner if the site operator switches MLB off.

You type every number. Nothing is prefilled from contract sites. 2022-26 MLB Basic Agreement.

MLB NUMBERS

Name this trade (optional)

Contract Year for the tax effect

When is the trade?

TEAM A

Team name

Club tax payroll ($ millions)

Cash this team pays ($ millions)

SENDS

TEAM B

Team name

Club tax payroll ($ millions)

Cash this team pays ($ millions)

SENDS

TRADE

Team A

SENDS

Nothing yet

GETS

Nothing yet

OUT $0/IN $0

Team B

SENDS

Nothing yet

GETS

Nothing yet

OUT $0/IN $0

Team A tax payroll after the trade

Takes on $0, sheds $0 (average annual value)

Team B tax payroll after the trade

Takes on $0, sheds $0 (average annual value)

MLB TRADE CHECK

CANNOT VERIFY

Add at least one player or pick to a side to run the check.

Built from the numbers entered here. Not editor-verified.

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CBA CHECKS THAT DECIDE THE VERDICT

CANNOT VERIFYTeam APARTLY MODELED
Team A: competitive balance tax payroll effect
Missing input: club tax payroll and the Contract Year. Enter it to run this check.
2022-2026 MLB Basic Agreement, Art. XXIII, Sec. B(2), B(4), C(2)(b) source text
CANNOT VERIFYTeam BPARTLY MODELED
Team B: competitive balance tax payroll effect
Missing input: club tax payroll and the Contract Year. Enter it to run this check.
2022-2026 MLB Basic Agreement, Art. XXIII, Sec. B(2), B(4), C(2)(b) source text

CBA RULES THIS TOOL DOES NOT CHECK. THEY MAY STILL APPLY.

CANNOT VERIFYNOT MODELED
Waiver rules for trades
The Basic Agreement requires every assignment to follow the waiver rules in Major League Rule 8. Not modeled.
2022-2026 MLB Basic Agreement, Art. XIX(F) source text

ALSO LISTED. THESE DO NOT CHANGE THE VERDICT. EFFECT ROWS ARE CALCULATED. LEAGUE RULES AND ROWS MARKED NOT IN CBA TEXT ARE NOT CHECKED.

CANNOT VERIFYNOT MODELEDNOT IN CBA TEXT
40-man roster limit and options
The roster limit is not in the Basic Agreement text modeled here.
Major League Rules (not the Basic Agreement text)
CANNOT VERIFYNOT MODELEDNOT IN CBA TEXT
Trade deadline date and league approval
League rules and calendar. Not modeled.
Major League Rules (not the Basic Agreement text)
N/ANOT MODELED
Assignments to the minor leagues
Applies to assignments to minor-league clubs and players on the injured list, not to a trade between two MLB clubs.
2022-2026 MLB Basic Agreement, Art. XIX(A)(2), XIX(C)(1) source text
N/ANOT MODELED
Cash in the trade
No cash entered.
2022-2026 MLB Basic Agreement, Art. XXIII, Sec. C(2)(b)(iii) source text

What this tool models for the MLB

MODELED (1)

Ten-and-five consent and no-trade clausesArt. XIX(A)(1)

PARTLY MODELED, CANNOT VERIFY unless you confirm (1)

Competitive balance tax payroll effect (offseason, no cash, 2022-26). Listed, does not decide the verdictArt. XXIII, Sec. B(2), B(4), C(2)(b)

CANNOT VERIFY, not modeled (3)

In-season tax recalculation, cash tax treatmentArt. XXIII, Sec. C(2)(b)
Waiver rules for tradesArt. XIX(F)
40-man roster, deadline date, league approvalMajor League Rules, not the Basic Agreement text

MLB TRADE CHECKCANNOT VERIFYSEE RESULT