World Series champion Joe Giradi reveals the two major things impacting the trade deadline

The World Series champion talks to Fox News Digital about the impact the additional postseason spots and upcoming CBA negotiations will have on the trade deadline.

One of the busiest and most exciting times of Major League Baseball’s season is rapidly approaching: the trade deadline.

This year’s trade deadline is set for Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. ET with plenty of contenders looking to bolster their rosters. However, looming over the trade deadline is the expiration of the CBA and the lack of sellers.

In 2022, Major League Baseball added the third wild-card spot to the postseason, allowing more teams to remain in contention. At the time of this writing, all but seven teams are within 5½ games of the final wild-card spot, making more teams reluctant to part ways with key pieces while chasing a playoff berth.

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Joe Girardi salutes the crowd during New York Yankees Old Timers Day Aug. 24, 2024, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y. (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

World Series champion Joe Girardi said the sellers will control the market.

"Well, I think it changes it completely because so many teams are still in it," Girardi told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "I would say there's only probably seven teams that would consider themselves eliminated out of the 30 so far. 

"So, that means there's probably not going to be a lot of people traded from the other 23 teams. So, everyone's going to be in the hunt for those guys on those seven teams. And there's only so many that you can acquire."

The Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, the Athletics and Kansas City Royals are expected to be among the sellers.

"I think it's