Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Ben Clemens break down the Randy Arozarena, A.J. Puk, James Paxton, and Austin Hays trades (plus real-time reactions to the Yimi García and Zach Eflin deals), Stat Blast (29:21) about the most WAR ever dealt at a trade deadline, banter (54:45) about Garrett Crochet’s extension desire and the MVP cases of Francisco Lindor and Bobby Witt Jr. (and Witt’s/the Royals’ home-road splits), and discuss (1:12:27) the toughest calls, biggest snubs, and process changes in Other Ben’s annual Trade Value ranking.
Audio intro: Michael Baumann, “What Did Jerry Dipoto Do?” Audio outro: Michael Baumann, “What Did Jerry Dipoto Do?”
Link to FG on Arozarena Link to FG on the Phils-O’s trade Link to MLBTR on Paxton Link to MLBTR on Puk Link to MLBTR on García Link to MLBTR on Eflin Link to Arozarena’s splits Link to Puk’s splits Link to Lindor’s splits Link to leaders since 6/1 Link to FG WAR leaderboard Link to Stat Blast cover Link to Ben on the White Sox Link to trade deadline data Link to Kenny Jackelen’s Twitter Link to Updike quote Link to MLBTR on Crochet Link to Witt splits tweet Link to largest team splits Link to largest batter splits Link to park factors Link to Trade Value intro Link to Trade Value top 10 Link to Trade Value chat Link to Ben on pitching prospects Link to SP depth charts Link to RP depth charts Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form
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