NEWARK, N.J. Major League Baseballs trade deadline is next Friday, and the ramp-up has seen a total of zero trades made in the past week, since the Dodgers and Le'Veon Bell Jersey Marlins engaged in a yawner of a deal that sent Chris Reed to Miami for Grant Dayton.Not a single deal of significance has gone down in July, thanks to a muddled market in which even teams under the .500 mark cannot definitively call themselves sellers. The Tigers, for instance, entered Wednesday with a 46-47 record, L.C. Greenwood Jersey but stood only four games out of the second wild-card spot in the American League, and whether they buy or sell remains up in the air.MLB TRADE DEADLINE: Given the inertia on the trade market, its worth thinking about whether the non-waiver deadline should be moved back from July 31. Those wondering include commi sioner Rob Manfred, who was at the Beyond Sport United conference on Wednesday.I think that the July 31 deadline is something that we may want to revisit in the context of the revised playoff format, Manfred said. Obviously, when you have Robert Golden Jersey two additional opportunities to be in the playoffs, you have more teams in the hunt, and they may want to wait a little longer before they make decisions. On the other hand, youve got to remember, we want teams that the core of which have been together for the year, playing in the postseason. You just have to balance those two i sues, I think.Teams still can make trades after July 31, but players must clear waivers before being dealt, and must be on a teams roster by the end of August to be eligible for the postseason. So, the whole thing about teams Dermontti Dawson Jersey having their core in place already seems well settled.Pushing back the non-waiver deadline by a week would put the MLB season at the two-thirds mark as teams made their biggest moves. That is approximately when the deadline falls in the NBA, while the NHL trade deadline comes three-quarters of the way through hockey season. Those leagues have more playoff teams than baseball, by a 16-10 margin, but it generally is easier to find teams selling at the deadline because tanking Louis Lipps Jersey for draft position is so much more prevalent.Whatever baseball decides, the additions of the ninth and 10th playoff teams are making early-July blockbusters a relic of history.