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Effectively Wild Episode 1873: Puke and Rally Cap

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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The Magic Gate Ball Is Still Being Shaken Here

With the trade dead line a mere three inchange weeks away, could the player to be named later trade mechanism be exploited? I've seen examples of players traded for a player to be name later, one to one, and having themselves named as the player to being named later. It seems like this could be used more broadly with young stars on bad teams to get their team some prospects. Is this in the rules? If so, why haven't we seen this more often? Would it sour the relationship between club and player? Could making this legal be a way to get particularly young stars onbad teams a chance to shine in the po season?

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