The 2022 trade deadline will be set for Tuesday, August 2 at 6:00 pm EST, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com (Twitter link). As previously reported, the new collective bargaining agreement gives Major League Baseball the authority to set each season’s deadline on any date between July 28 and August 3. In the past, the deadline has typically fallen in late July. MLB has been reluctant to set it on a weekend, preferring to avoid the potential awkwardness associated with conducting a large swath of trades at a time when there’s a slate of afternoon games ongoing.
This year, July 30-31 fall on a weekend. It always seemed likely MLB would push the deadline back to at least August 1 because of that, and they’ve elected to wait until the second of the month. The start to the regular season was delayed a week because of the lockout, so setting the deadline towards the back of the allotted window gives teams an extra couple days to evaluate their place in the standings during a slightly compressed schedule.
Some more notes from around the game:
- Joe Davis is set to take over as the play-by-play broadcaster for World Series coverage on Fox, reports Andrew Marchand of the New York Post. The 34-year-old has been the Dodgers television play-by-play man for the past five seasons, taking over in the L.A. booth after legendary broadcaster Vin Scully retired. Davis has also called some national broadcast games for Fox in recent years, both during the regular season and occasional playoff games when previous Fox lead broadcaster Joe Buck was unavailable. Buck had been the play-by-play voice of the World Series for each of the last 21 years, originally pairing with Tim McCarver before more recently teaming with John Smoltz. Buck recently left Fox to join ESPN, however, and the network will promote Davis to pair with Smoltz on World Series broadcasts moving forward.
- Longtime big league hurler Andrew Miller announced his retirement last month, wrapping up a 16-year MLB career that included a pair of All-Star appearances and top ten finishes in Cy Young voting. That came as a bit of a surprise, not least because Miller had taken on an active role during the lockout as a member of the MLB Players Association’s executive subcommittee. In a recent chat with the PA’s Jerry Crasnick, Miller explained why he assumed an active role in the union. “I got lucky in the sense that I got elected to be the team rep in Miami. Once that happens, you start to meet people and make connections and see the inner workings and appreciate how important the union is — what they can do for players even on things a lot of people probably think of as minor issues. They mean a lot to the individual player, and to be able to help guys through that helped me understand that side of the game. Once you get invested and get to know the people, it’s almost like a second team that you’re a part of.” Miller and Crasnick also chat about plenty of non-labor topics, including his transition from the rotation to the bullpen, his most memorable seasons and teammates, and his post-playing goals.
I enjoy listening to the announcers from the 40s and 50s. Although I didn’t listen to him frequently, when I could, I also enjoyed Vin Scully, until he retired. Joe is a decent announcer but I feel he overexaggerates everything. With that said, I’m sure he’s being asked to do so in order to bring some excitement to the broadcast.
I whole heartedly hated Buck as an announcer. He showed favoritism on national broadcasts, his lack of actual playing experience was glaring with stupid comments, etc. I’m general, I would have listened to any local channel over listening to Buck…however, he had one redeeming quality. He knew when to let a play breath. He understood the historical significance of certain moments and let the crowd and silence tell a story. His call of the David Freese and the Cardinals World Series was actually very good. But I’m overall happy about this change.
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Sorry, I should have clarified the Joe I was speaking of. It was Joe Davis, who is taking over.
I’m not a Joe Buck fan either. However, you say that you hated his favoritism, but you liked his favoritism for the Cardinals on the Freese call. That’s odd. Also, he is a play by play announcer. They almost never have playing experience. That’s what the color commentator is for.
neil, Gate’s comment about the Freeze game was that Buck stayed silent during that moment. I don’t see how silence can show favoritism.
Fox would be smart to call Vin and let him do an inning or two if he’s up for it and if the Dodgers make the World Series.
At this point anyone is better than Joe Buck’s stale commentating.
I thought joe bucks call of jose altuve’s walk off home run in game 6 was good. You disagree yankees500?
I can’t wait to be able to watch the World Series without Joe Buck. He is absolutely terrible and surprisingly knows so little about the game he reports on. Anyone, except ARod, is better than Buck.
Thank god joe buck is out. Having had to listen to him call the WS my whole life. I’m glad he’s out and joe Davis is in
Joe Davis nickname should be: “Slick”.
He looks and sounds like a sports broadcaster put together by a marketing computer; still wearing his collage fraternity ring. Got out of the steam room at the club in time for the game. Every hair in place. Having zero characteristics of Vinnie – neither the vocabulary nor fluid delivery; game insights; respect for the game being televised; and understanding that the viewers can see the game, just embellish the action (Vinnie broadcast in more detail when doing radio).
The guy is too perfect. Then again, it might be that all national broadcasters are that way today. As if they come out of a factory.
I’ve turned down the sound for years during national games. Haven’t missed a thing….and it’s far more enjoyable.
Good article on Miller
Replace John Smoltz while you’re at it, Fox.
Must be angry mets or Indians fan.
Smoltz provides more insight to the game. biased as a braves fan.
Davis will be biased when the dodgers lose the LCS or nlds.
Alex Rodriguez has no insight to the game and just reads a teleprompter. probably lacking steroids that day.
Hire Bob Costas.
I’ll go out on a limb and assume most commenters didnt have to listen to tim mccarver and mike shannon attempting to stay alive long enough to mumble some nonsense into the microphone before their double dose of metamucil kicked in.
Tim….couldn’t form a thought that didn’t include ineligible mumbling to the mic…
Shannon- I was shocked he made it through the last season without a medical emergency in the broadcast booth.
Happy retirement to both :))
Fair comments, but using “ineligible” instead of”unintelligible” is rather ironic.
So happy to no longer have to hear the nauseating drone that is known as Joe Buck.
After listening to the garbage Lakers play by play following the death of the legendary Chick Hearn I was dreading Vin Scully’s retirement. Although Scully is greatly missed I feel fortunate that Davis, who does a solid job and is likable, took the baton. He’ll do a fine job announcing the World Series.
What they say about some baseball trades, addition by subtraction. Not crazy about Davis either, following Mr. Scully wasn’t easy and he tries too hard to be Vince, that can’t be done. All that being said Buck was awful, good riddance..
How about do like they used to do and have the announcers of the two teams of the WS do the play-by-play. Either half-half the game or one does one game while the other does game 2, etc.
Joe Buck makes me wish Jack would have used a condom when cheating on his wife.