About this episode
After a busy deadline day, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley react to all the trade activity, beginning with a high-level overview of the deadline, a recap of the Rockies’ in activity (5:28), the Padres’ Juan Soto , Josh Hader , Brandon Drury , and Joe Musgrove moves (13:58) and the mad genius of A.J. Preller, the equally unprecedented nature of the Hader- Taylor Rogers swap (33:42), and the Nationals’ side of the Soto blockbuster (42:03). Then they pause to pay tribute to Vin Scully (53:37), whose death was announced during the recording. With heavier hearts, they return to the trade talk and discuss the Mariners and Luis Castillo (1:03:00), the completion of the Reds and A’s teardowns (1:15:43), the Yankees’ additions (1:20:50), the Astros’ upgrades (1:31:27), the Orioles’ decision to sell (1:36:01), the Twins’ activity in contast to the Guadians and White Sox (1:44:11), what the Cardinals did and didn’t do (1:47:51), the NL East’s moves (1:49:06), the Cubs keeping Willson Contreras and Ian Happ (1:52:56), and the Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays, Giants, and other teams (1:57:55), plus a Past Blast from 1884 (2:06:45). Audio intro : Minutemen, “ No Exchange ” Audio outro : Dan Bern, “ The Golden Voice of Vin Scully ” Link to FanGraphs’ trade coverage Link to CBS trade tracker Link to The Ringer ’s winners/losers Link to Ben on Preller in 2020 Link to FG farm rankings Link to Schmidt’s Rockies quote Link to Nick Groke on the Bard deal Link to Dodgers’ Scully announcement Link to EW episode on Scully Link to Gallo’s quotes to The Athletic Link to later Gallo quotes Link to The Athletic on Mancini Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1884 story source 1 Link to 1884 story source 2 Link to 1884 story source 3 Link to Facebook post about the EW wiki Link to “How to Help” wiki page Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source