Opening Day rosters due Monday at 5 p.m. ET: what the Oct. 19 deadline means
Oct 14, 2026
Cut day
Opening Day rosters are due Monday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. ET: no more than 15 standard contracts and three two-way deals per team.
Opening Night
Tuesday's tripleheader follows: Boston at Detroit, Philadelphia at New York and Oklahoma City at San Antonio.
Last contract moves
Through Monday, teams can still convert Exhibit 10 deals to two-ways, finish sign-and-trades and file eligible extensions.
Why Saturday matters
A player waived Monday would not clear until Wednesday and gets paid for those days, so many non-guaranteed cuts come by Saturday, Oct. 17.
What to watch
Waiver announcements, two-way conversions and the last camp battles through Monday evening.
Photo credit
Toyota Center before tip-off. Photo by Victor Araiza, CC-BY-SA-4.0, resized.
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