Rules regarding Trades
Basically it'd be all trades go through unless it's grossly awful(Ex: Trading on opening day Albert Pujols for uh...a guy who has a season ending injury that everybody knows about in Spring Training). The reasoning behind this is because with majority rules, most people nix the trade because A) they fear that your team will beat theirs if it goes through or B)It's not the trade they would do.
Now you can all argue about this day and night but in the end, it's what the two owners who are apart of the trade are doing and they'll do what they think is best for the team. I'd like to think everybody in this league is fairly smart as far as baseball goes so they'll presumably have a good reason for any trade they do.
First Trade of the Season
Crimson Storm Receive:
OF Barry Bonds
SP Jason Marquis
Round 6 Pick
Round 7 Pick
Warts Whackos Receive:
OF Johnny Damon
SP Roy Halladay
Round 2 Pick
Round 3 Pick