Speaker 1: Welcome in a GM territory, everybody, Jim, Let's get right
Speaker 1: to it. Luis Garcia Junior has been traded to the
Speaker 1: New York Yankees. Break this trade down for us.
Speaker 2: Well, the Yankees had to get a bat. They're struggling
Speaker 2: with offense, and of course, with both Aaron Judge and
Speaker 2: Cody Bellinger on the inter list, with no real timetable
Speaker 2: of when they're going to return, they had it get
Speaker 2: another bat, and they got a good one in Lewis Garcia.
Speaker 2: This guy can flat out rake, as Aaron Boone told
Speaker 2: me just moments ago. I mean, this is a hitter
Speaker 2: with the Nationals that was hitting two eighty three with
Speaker 2: twenty three home runs for Washington, seventy six RBIs. He
Speaker 2: had a war of two point three and a one
Speaker 2: thirty six ops plus. Now I talked to Aaron Boone
Speaker 2: and asked him where Garcia was going to play. He
Speaker 2: told me that he was going to platoon at first
Speaker 2: base with Paul Goldsmith. I said, okay, where does that
Speaker 2: put Ben Rice? And he says he'll catch and d eight.
Speaker 2: So Ben Rice who will split his time between catching
Speaker 2: and dhing, and then Lewis Garcia and Goldschmidt will platoon
Speaker 2: at first base. So that's the plan right now for
Speaker 2: the Yankees. As you can see, Lewis Garcia absolutely raking
Speaker 2: against right hand pitching. On this graphic, you could see
Speaker 2: the nine to nine ops pretty impressive. Now on the
Speaker 2: other side, for the Washington Nationals, they get four pitchers
Speaker 2: in this deal, all pitching prospects. Let's break them down.
Speaker 2: The headliner, according to Paul Taboni, the general manager, Ben
Speaker 2: Grabel is the number one prospect they're getting in return,
Speaker 2: a right handed pitcher, followed by Jack Siebert. Now there
Speaker 2: are some evaluators and publications that actually have Siebert over Grabel,
Speaker 2: but the Nats view it as Grabel one, Sieber two.
Speaker 2: They also get Iovanni Cruz and Jake Bird. And this
Speaker 2: is a deal where you're getting really the quality, the
Speaker 2: quantity over the quality, but you get four arms, and
Speaker 2: the Nationals really need more pitching. We all know they
Speaker 2: have one of the better offenses in baseball, so they're
Speaker 2: trying to take some of that offense and turn it
Speaker 2: into pick Now, keep in mind, Lewis Garcia only controllable
Speaker 2: for one more year, so the Nats all four pitchers
Speaker 2: they get are controllable for six more years, So that
Speaker 2: had a lot to do with this deal by Washington
Speaker 2: knowing they only had one more year of Lewis Garcia
Speaker 2: and the way he's swinging the bat, he's going to
Speaker 2: be tough to sign long term. So the Yankees get
Speaker 2: the bat that they need so desperately. The Nats get
Speaker 2: four pitchers, something they obviously with their organization right now needs.
Speaker 2: So it should be a deal that works for both sides.
Speaker 1: I will give.
Speaker 2: A B plus to the Yankees. I'm getting Garcia and
Speaker 2: a B to the Washington Nationals on the other side.
Speaker 1: Do you think the New York Yankees are done making trades?
Speaker 2: Absolutely not. I still think they're looking for a right
Speaker 2: editing catcher. I still think they're looking for a right
Speaker 2: editing outfielder. I still think they're looking for more bullpen help.
Speaker 2: I do not think Brian Cashman is done. I think
Speaker 2: he's just getting started in the Bronx. Drake, let's go.
Speaker 1: There's been a lot of excitement today in New York.
Speaker 1: The New York Mets also traded Freddy Perolta to the
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Rays. Break this trade down for us.
Speaker 2: Yeah, So, I mean, first of all, we got to
Speaker 2: start with Freddy Parolta going to Tampa Bay. They were
Speaker 2: in the mix for Schoogle, they weren't able to get them.
Speaker 2: They weren't really to give up their top prospects, so
Speaker 2: that really went didn't go anywhere. Freddy Perolta having a
Speaker 2: down year for the Mets five wins, nine losses in
Speaker 2: the area of four point nine to nine and in fact,
Speaker 2: his strikeouts per nine the lowest of his career at
Speaker 2: eight point nine, just to put in perspective, last year
Speaker 2: was ten to four. His fit right now is four
Speaker 2: four five. That's the highest of his career. Last year,
Speaker 2: to put in perspective, was three six four. But it
Speaker 2: was only a year ago where Peralta finished top five
Speaker 2: in the Say Young voting in the National League. In fact,
Speaker 2: he finished in fifth place a year ago, and the
Speaker 2: Mets just weren't able to get that out of them.
Speaker 2: Tampa Bay's pitching room is one of the best in baseball.
Speaker 2: They have great pitching coaches, great analytics, Their research and
Speaker 2: development department is amazing and if anyone can turn peralt round,
Speaker 2: I think it's going to be the Tampa Bay Raised organization.
Speaker 2: So they make this deal with the hopes that they
Speaker 2: can turn it around and in return. Look, there's a
Speaker 2: strong package going the other way for the Mets. Let's
Speaker 2: break that down a little bit. Elmian Ptray to me,
Speaker 2: is the best player in this deal going the other way.
Speaker 2: He's a middle infielder. Probably second base is his best position.
Speaker 2: He was a second round pick in twenty twenty four
Speaker 2: by Tampa Bay. Right now, he's hitting THREEA. He's got
Speaker 2: nineteen doubles, thirty two steals. The league gets caught too much.
Speaker 2: I think is the best player in the deal. Other people,
Speaker 2: other scouts, have told me they think Aiden Smith is
Speaker 2: the best player in the deal. He was a fourth
Speaker 2: round pick of the Seattle Mariners a couple of years ago.
Speaker 2: Twenty two years old. He's only hitting two O nine
Speaker 2: with ten homers. I worry a little bit about the
Speaker 2: hit tool with Aiden Smith. That's why I like p
Speaker 2: Tray a little bit more. And then finally they get
Speaker 2: Gary gail Hill, right handed pitcher. He's made twenty starts
Speaker 2: in the minor leagues, seven and three record with a
Speaker 2: four four to nine er. What bothers me with him
Speaker 2: is he's given up more hits than innings. Pitch in fact,
Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty seven hits in one third innings,
Speaker 2: but the Mets get three prospects back. They continue to
Speaker 2: build up the farm system, and Tampa Bay takes a
Speaker 2: chance on Peralta. So New York, New York Baby, Frank Sinatra,
Speaker 2: jay Z sing the songs the Mets are selling. The
Speaker 2: Yankees are buying, just like we said they would on
Speaker 2: GM territory.
Speaker 1: We sure did say that, all right, I want to
Speaker 1: bring up a couple more players now, Luis Arise, I've been,
Speaker 1: you know, seeing a lot of rumors about him. I
Speaker 1: think he has you know, four or five legit suitors.
Speaker 1: Can you break down these teams fits for me?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean everything I'm hearing, first of all, is
Speaker 2: the Giants asking price is so ridiculous that there is
Speaker 2: absolutely no traction anywhere. That's what I keep hearing from
Speaker 2: everybody I talk to. That being said, I think there
Speaker 2: are a bunch of suitors, and I think, as you
Speaker 2: look right here on the graphic, the foremost likely landing
Speaker 2: spots at this point are the Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays,
Speaker 2: Texas Rangers, in Boston Red Sox. The Yankees were on
Speaker 2: this list. We have to take them off after acquiring
Speaker 2: Lewis Garcia, so that's not a fit anymore. Phillies really
Speaker 2: need more offense. I just don't know where you're going
Speaker 2: to play them. A Rise doesn't want to move off
Speaker 2: a second base, and of course the Phillies have Bryson
Speaker 2: stopped there, so I'm not quite sure how it would work,
Speaker 2: but certainly the bat would help the Phillies. Tampa Bay
Speaker 2: is looking for more offense, so a Rise could fit there.
Speaker 2: Texas Rangers Tray is the one that you kept talking
Speaker 2: about as a team that you felt fit really well,
Speaker 2: and I think because of the Red Sox deal fell
Speaker 2: apart earlier because of the injury to Curtis Mead. I
Speaker 2: kind of feel like a Rise would be a good
Speaker 2: fit in Boston. I know he's not a right hand
Speaker 2: hitter that they're looking for, but if they can't make
Speaker 2: a trade for a player like Zach Nato of the Angels,
Speaker 2: this would be a nice little pivot. A Rise could
Speaker 2: play second base with Durbin at third for Boston and
Speaker 2: would give them some more traffic for the middle of
Speaker 2: their lineup. So I think any of those teams fit.
Speaker 2: But I know one thing everyone tells me, the price
Speaker 2: better come down if they expect to move them by
Speaker 2: six o'clock Monday.
Speaker 1: All right, so the price has a come down for
Speaker 1: a rise. What have you heard about Casey Mize and
Speaker 1: his price?
Speaker 2: Yeah, very interesting. The schoobl trade is done and now
Speaker 2: the Tigers are focusing on moving him. Here are the
Speaker 2: four teams right here that I keep hearing. The Atlanta
Speaker 2: Braves of the team I keep feeling is going to
Speaker 2: be the front runner to get Myze. They certainly have
Speaker 2: the pitching prospects to make a deal work here, and
Speaker 2: I know the president and GM Alexanthopos has been a
Speaker 2: big fan of my since he was a free agent.
Speaker 2: Or a really good fit there. The Cubs continue to
Speaker 2: search for pitching. I do think there's a match there.
Speaker 2: I mean, I think guys like Matt Shaw and Kevin
Speaker 2: Olcontra certainly are guys that the Cubs could use as
Speaker 2: trade bait here, which would make some sense. Milwaukee Brewers,
Speaker 2: you know they were in on school. But we'll see
Speaker 2: if they can make a run on Mize here and
Speaker 2: how much they'd be willing to give up for mis
Speaker 2: as a rental. I know it's going to be a
Speaker 2: lot less than what they would have been willing to
Speaker 2: do for Schoobl And then finally the Padres. Where's aj
Speaker 2: Preller been? He's been too quiet this deadline. At some
Speaker 2: point we're gonna hear from aj Preller. Perhaps it'll be
Speaker 2: for Casey byes deal, I don't know. But the Tigers
Speaker 2: they're back on the clock after trading Schoobl.
Speaker 1: Yep, Tigers are back on the clock. Something I like
Speaker 1: about Ma's going to the Braves is he pitched at
Speaker 1: the University of Auburn, so there's some you know, it's
Speaker 1: not foreign ground for him. Anyway. This is shaping up
Speaker 1: to be an incredible trade deadline or getting breaking news
Speaker 1: after breaking news. I'm excited with the next twenty four
Speaker 1: hours has in hold for us. Jim. That's all I got,
Speaker 1: Choulenge relaxed, were gone,