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

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  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Twitter Account  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source