After a busy deadline day, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley react to all of the commerce exercise, starting with a high-level overview of the deadline, a recap of the Rockiesβ inexercise (5:28), the Padresβ Juan Soto, Josh Hader, Brandon Drury, and Joe Musgrove strikes (13:58) and the mad genius of A.J. Preller, the equally unprecedented nature of the Hader-Taylor Rogers swap (33:42), and the Nationalsβ aspect of the Soto blockbuster (42:03). Then they pause to pay tribute to Vin Scully (53:37), whose loss of life was introduced in the course of the recording. With heavier hearts, they return to the commerce speak and focus on the Mariners and Luis Castillo (1:03:00), the completion of the Reds and Aβs teardowns (1:15:43), the Yankeesβ additions (1:20:50), the Astrosβ upgrades (1:31:27), the Oriolesβ determination to promote (1:36:01), the Twinsβ exercise in contast to the Guadians and White Sox (1:44:11), what the Cardinals did and didnβt do (1:47:51), the NL Eastβs strikes (1:49:06), the Cubs conserving Willson Contreras and Ian Happ (1:52:56), and the Pink Sox, Rays, Blue Jays, Giants, and different groups (1:57:55), plus a Previous Blast from 1884 (2:06:45).
AudioΒ intro: Minutemen, βNo Exchangeβ
AudioΒ outro: Dan Bern, βThe Golden Voice of Vin Scullyβ
Link to FanGraphsβ trade coverage
Link to CBS trade tracker
Link to The Ringerβs winners/losers
Link to Ben on Preller in 2020
Link to FG farm rankings
Link to Schmidtβs Rockies quote
Link to Nick Groke on the Bard deal
Link to Dodgersβ Scully announcement
Link to EW episode on Scully
Link to Galloβs quotes to The Athletic
Link to later Gallo quotes
Link to The Athletic on Mancini
Link to Richard Hershbergerβs 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 βHow to Helpβ wiki page
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