After last week’s National League trade deadline preview, MLBTR’s Steve Adams joins host Jeff Todd to cover the American League, discussing how every team might approach the trade deadline. We’ve seen Scott Kazmir change hands since the recording late last night, but there’s still plenty to digest with trade season officially underway. Will the Yankees make significant additions? How do the Royals deal with their injuries and seize the opportunity? Click play for that and more …
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I’m sorry, but it really is not a mystery trying to build an offense at Safeco. 2001 is where you start and end. It isn’t rocket science. You need guys who can hit for average more so than just power, and Austin Jackson, Logan Morrison, Mark Trumbo (Even though I think he could be a better bridge between now and DJ Peterson’s call up) Dustin Ackley, and to a lesser extent, Brad Miller, are not the answers. I may be overthinking it here, but I also believe it has to do with the GM. JZ has made horrible draft choices (Especially overlooking Mike Trout) and killed the bullpen. It starts, in my opinion, with letting Jack go, then molding a team around Cano, Cruz, and Seager before the playoff opportunity slips away in a few years.