<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Mark,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the clarification.</div><div><br></div><div>I see the merits of extending the USML deadline this year, because it makes the stretch run more strategic (because of more information) and less of a guessing game.</div><div><br></div><div>The market for closers, for example, would be more competitive if we all knew before an August 9 trade deadline whether Mason Miller is available or whether someone lost their closer because of a trade to the NL.</div><div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 24, 2026, at 8:33\u202fPM, Mark Blocker <blockermark@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Frank: For better or worse, our deadline is set by Rule 12.1, which says "From the day after the season ends until the first weekly transaction deadline after August 1, any team in the League can consummate a trade with any other team in the League." I would read that to mean Sunday Aug. 2, but understand that is before the MLB trade deadline. Welcome to the views of others.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Mark B.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 1:50\u202fPM Frank Luby <<a href="mailto:frank@presenttensellc.com" target="_blank">frank@presenttensellc.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi everyone,<br>
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When is our trading deadline this year, seeing that the MLB trade deadline falls on a Monday this year?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Frank<br>
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