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MLB Trade Rumors Podcast: The Angels Trade for Infielders, Indecisive NL Central Teams and Aaron Judge’s Toe

By Darragh McDonald | June 28, 2023 at 9:19am CDT

The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts.

This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors to discuss:

  • The Angels acquired Eduardo Escobar from the Mets and Mike Moustakas from the Rockies (1:25)
  • The Pirates and Cubs and Cardinals are thinking about their respective trade deadline approaches (7:20)
  • The Yankees’ hopes are hanging on Aaron Judge’s toe (16:05)

Plus, we answer your questions, including:

  • How do you think the Red Sox will approach the deadline? Will they try to toe the line like last season (which did not work)? (18:50)
  • I would like to know what you think the Padres are going to do? They have numerous holes in that lineup, they are selling out game after game at home? You think major trades forthcoming? Or what? (22:40)
  • What do you think are the chances that the Braves trade Vaughn Grissom at the deadline? What caliber of player do you believe a package built around Grissom would bring in? (25:35)

Check out our past episodes!

  • Exciting Youth Movements in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, Bad Central Divisions and the Dodgers Want Pitching – listen here
  • Marcus Stroman Lobbies for Extension, Mets’ Woes and Astros Seeking Bats – listen here
  • Elly De La Cruz, Alek Manoah’s Demotion and Surgery for Jacob deGrom – listen here
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  1. getrealgone2

    2 years ago

    Braves’ roster is pretty stacked. I guess what they need at the deadline depends on the continued performance of Ozuna and Rosario. Also, what can Fried and Wright contribute.

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    • Captain-Judge99

      2 years ago

      Is Ohtani going to be traded? Lol.

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      • Gasu1

        2 years ago

        They can trade him for Domingo German, who’s the best pitcher in the history of baseball for the next 15 seconds.

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  2. aragon

    2 years ago

    Angels need one good relief pitcher more than anything.

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    • angelsfan4life

      2 years ago

      Need to get Anderson out of the starting rotation and another late inning reliever

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    • nukeg

      2 years ago

      The answer may be to get a quality starter behind Ohtani and then slot Barria back to the bullpen. Keep in mind Moore will be coming back at some point (the recent soreness didn’t help), but he was a huge 8th inning guy to set up Estevez.

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      • angelsfan4life

        2 years ago

        Barria needs to be in the starting rotation, over Anderson. Anderson has been complete garbage to this point

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        • nukeg

          2 years ago

          I agree with that but the Angels aren’t going to give up on starting their $39M investment. Now whether they should have paid a soft-throwing lefty starter that much money to begin with is another story…

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        • Mikeyman

          2 years ago

          Warren Spann was a soft throwing hurler and so was Roy Face! I know it was a different time but they did pretty dam good!!

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    • bkbk

      2 years ago

      What? The Angels bullpen is probably their strongest component. They need Neto back and to cut bait on Rengifo. They could also use one more SP.

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      • aragon

        2 years ago

        How many times the pen gave away a game? And the closer seems to be able to pitch only once or twice a week.

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        • GoogleMe

          2 years ago

          Estevez is 20 for 20 in save opportunities. Can’t really do any better than that. A lot of the bullpen that have cost the Angels, Herget, Quijada, Tepera, Wantz, are no longer with the team. The only one that most fans have an issue with is Loup. The starting pitching has been much better, particularly Detmers and Ohtani.

          The bullpen has plenty of options from the right side, Devenski, Webb, Soriano, Bachman, and Estevez. With Moore out, I don’t have the most confidence in the left hand options in Loup and Davidson. I would take an upgrade there, but wouldn’t give up a guy like Adell in order to get an upgrade.

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        • M.C.Homer

          2 years ago

          Spot on. The blowpen has given up 7 late inning leads of 2 runs or more, 5 of 3 runs or more. That stings…at least 5 games they should have easily won!

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        • RyÅnWKrol

          2 years ago

          The more informative question would be: How many times has the pen given the game away when the offense is either giving no run support, or starters can’t get past the 5th inning because they can’t put hitters away and are constantly leaving with traffic on the bases, or their defense fails them? Blown saves are a BS stat because there are too many variables such as those that factor into them. It could even be a 2-1 lead in the 7th inning that any team could blow, and then still turn out to be a 3-2 win. You win the game but you still got a blown save. Their bullpen has been their biggest strength aside from home runs.

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  3. brave from the woods

    2 years ago

    I think the Braves will be looking at pitching. A reliever with closing capability is possible as is possibly a starter if one of enough quality is available.

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  4. j0nnyg

    2 years ago

    Grissom in a deal with the white sox for Giolito or Lynn, plus something else. Then the sox could flip TA to the dodgers.

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    • YaySports

      2 years ago

      Lmao…. Atlanta’s not trading 6 years of Grissom for a rental period. That something else would have to be better than the SP. That’s just ridiculous. If they didn’t call him up due to injury last year he’d be a Top50 or higher prospect right now lol

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    • Sid Bream Speed Demon

      2 years ago

      Giolito or Lynn plus “something else” unless it’s really good isn’t going to get that done.

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  5. The Natural

    2 years ago

    Marcus Stroman: “extend me right now while I’m pitching the best ball of my life at an unsustainable level. I want to be over paid for the next 3-5 years for what I’ve done these last 3 months and I’ll negotiate in the media.”

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    • ericcarroll1

      2 years ago

      That’s baseball. Buy high and sell low.

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    • Blue Baron

      2 years ago

      Can you blame him?

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      • The Natural

        2 years ago

        Yes. Management nor player should ever negotiate through the media. I thought it very wrong when Oli Marmol castigated Tyler O’Neill publicly ( and it sure didnt help the team) and the Cubs would be fools to extend Stroman at this time.

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        • Blue Baron

          2 years ago

          I don’t blame any player for promoting himself and touting his value. Their careers are short and they deserve to make as much as the highest bidder is willing to pay.

          They’re doing it for themselves and on behalf of generations of players who were exploited and underpaid before the reserve system was struck down in the Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally cases in 1975.

          Good for them.

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        • The Natural

          2 years ago

          Spoken .like a true snowflake

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        • Blue Baron

          2 years ago

          Spoken like a true brainwashed idiot.

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        • gbs42

          2 years ago

          What do you even think a “true snowflake” is?

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  6. ama411

    2 years ago

    You guys missed Muncys return

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    • Sid Bream Speed Demon

      2 years ago

      An article talked about it yesterday.

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  7. Omarj

    2 years ago

    I’d like Lucas Giolito, Brad Hand, and or Kendall Graveman to Halos.

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