Effectively Wild Episode 2041: The Trade Deadline Deals, Pt. 2

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August 3, 2023

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After the trade-deadline dust settles, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley break down the big deals from deadline eve and deadline day, starting with high-level trade-season takeaways (reunions, top prospects, hitters vs. pitchers, missing star power) and then zooming in on almost every team as they discuss the Justin Verlander trade, the AL West arms race, and Framber Valdez’s no-hitter, the Mets’ sell-off, the Padres’ non-sell-off (and the itinerant Rich Hill), the Mariners’ middle course, the Orioles’ prospect-hugging, a number of contending teams’ lack of activity, and more, plus pedantry, follow-ups, and a Future Blast (1:21:57) from 2041.

Audio intro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG trade-post roundup
Link to FG post on unmade trades
Link to Langs on division leads
Link to Jay on the Valdez no-no
Link to BP on Valdez
Link to tweet about Hill in 2024
Link to February Angelos comments
Link to Elias quote 1
Link to Elias quote 2
Link to Elias quote 3
Link to Boone deadline quote
Link to Bloom comment
Link to Rodriguez veto explanation
Link to Kram on deadline W+L
Link to Clemens on deadline W+L
Link to FG farm rankings
Link to Elks record story
Link to Milwaukee punching bag
Link to Mikolas EW episode
Link to Josh Beck EW episode
Link to Rick Wilber’s website
Link to Future Blast wiki

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