Off Season Trade Deadline?

[catman]

What would the reaction to having a trade deadline in the winter be?  How about midnight on the last day of the winter meetings until March 1?  That should hurry the free agent signing up a bit, as teams would know what their holes were and fill them from the free agents available.  They would use the trade market to fill holes they discover in spring training.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

How would this make any sense at all? Yes it might create a sense of urgency but then you'd have an absolutely dead period. No thanks.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Maybe the winter meetings and free agent signings are slower now because these players want ridiculous money and there's a luxury tax.