Fantasy Baseball Today - 🚨Trade Deadline Recap! Tyler Mahle to the Twins & More (8/2 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: August 3, 2022

Tyler Mahle sees a huge boost with the Twins (1:20). ... Could Whit Merrifield lose playing time with the Blue Jays (5:00)? ... With Raisel Iglesias traded to the Braves, who will close for the Angels (9:50). ... How much value does Brandon Drury lose in San Diego (12:43)? ... Jordan Montgomery was traded for Harrison Bader (16:20). ... Who closes for the Phillies (19:00)? Can Eric Hosmer get back on track with the Red Sox (23:03)? ... Joey Gallo was traded to the Dodgers while Miguel Vargas was promoted (24:40). ... We wrap up with the rest of the trades (27:20). Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Get 20% off Fantasy Baseball Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-baseball-today?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-baseball-collection Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/ For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now here's Frank Scott and Chris. Another trade deadline is in the books, and we have a ton of trades to talk about. Welcome in to fantasy baseball today on Tuesday, August 2nd. Frank Sample joined by Scott White here to recap all of the trades that went down after the Juan Soto deal. That's basically where we left off with our emergency podcast earlier on Tuesday. Scotty, how are we doing? Did you make it through the deadline in one piece? I did.

It was busy. It wasn't quite. 2021 busy because that was the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. But I am still, I'm still here, Frank. I'm still living and breathing and ready to break down these trades one more time in oral form after already doing so in written form. All right. So there you go. He's got all the wheels already turning. You got all the thoughts that you want to get out there. And we'll do that in just a second for this podcast. Yeah, we'll try and keep it 30 minutes or less. And then of course, we'll be back again later on Tuesday night to recap all of Tuesday's action,

but we didn't really want to save all these deals for then because then we wouldn't actually talk about anything that happened on Tuesday. So instead, we'll just give you another bonus podcast reacting to all of these trades. And let's start with Tyler Malley, who is traded to the Minnesota Twins for a pretty nice package of prospects. Infielder Spencer Steer, Infielder Christian Encarnasio Strand, someone I know we talked about recently on FBT and 5 and a left-handed pitcher in Stephen Hajar. And look, for Tyler Mallet, Scott,

this is a huge park shift upgrade. His home road splits 4.76 ERA in Great American Ballpark, 3.83 ERA. This has me thinking that he's a borderline top 40 starting pitcher rest of season. What do you think about that? I think he could threaten top 30 status, to be honest, Because, I mean, so did you give the career splits home away or just this year's?

Yeah, that's career. Career. Okay, so pretty significant between the home and road ERA. What's even more significant for Tyler Malley's career, which has been entirely in Cincinnati, it's worth pointing out, is the home run rate, home runs per nine innings. His career at home, 1.9. That's really, really bad. his career home run per nine on the road 0.8 that's really really good

opposite end of the spectrum and it makes sense that he'd be so home or prone in a small venue like great American ballpark because he's a fly ball pitcher but it seems like his flyballs are potentially just the right

you know they're just of the right distance that a shift from a smaller park like Great American Ballpark to a more neutral, maybe slightly more pitcher-leaning than you like target field, could be pretty transformative for Tyler Malley. Who we already think of is, what, a top 60 pitcher? And, you know, really, he's been more than that since the end of May over his last night starts, Tyler Malley, a 283-ERA 105-WIP 10K per 9. Yeah, things only get to stand to get better with the twins.

I'd be looking to buy on him if I could right now in fantasy. All right. And Tyler Malley, obviously moving from the National League to the American League, will be available in AL-only league. So if you saved your fab for this deadline, Tyler Malley is probably someone you want to go out there and pretty much spend the rest of it on if you play in AL-only. It's got this prospect hall here,

Spencer Stier, Christian Encarnacion Strand, and left-handed pitcher Steve Hajjar. Of the three, Stier, I think, could actually make a difference, could make an impact this season in fantasy because he has played 48 games at AAA and pretty good numbers.

269 batting average, 20 homers, 889 OPS. What do you think about Spencer Steer? Yeah, and for as much power as he offers, you know, 43 extra, actually 45 extra base hits in 83 games, the strikeout rate is, is low. He's not, he's not one of those boppers

who, you know, is going to, is going to bury himself with strikeouts. Now, he is hitting only 269, so it may be a situation where, despite the low strikeout rate, he's not going to be able to be particularly useful in batting average. He gets a lot of fly ball outs and such.

But he's a versatile player. He's 24 years old. And as he said, already seems to have mastered the upper minors. It wouldn't surprise me if the Reds had a need for him before the season is done. also want to surprise me if they just wanted to keep his arbitration clock from starting. But yeah, Spencer Steer, named to know, and Dynasty especially. All right. Let's move on to the next trade.

Whitmeryfield traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for Samad Taylor and Max Castillo. Whitmeryfield, obviously downseason, 240 batting average, six homers, 15 steals, has been better since the start of May. Maryfield is unvaccinated too. I haven't seen an update this on this, but I assume if he was traded to the Blue Jays, he might have agreed to some kind of vaccination status. I would hope so. Yeah.

I don't know why you'd make that trade as the Blue Jays if you weren't sure he was going to get vaccinated. Yeah. But Scott, talk to me about Whitmeryfield's value with the Blue Jays and who might be filling in for him in Kansas City because I know that they have a very interesting second base prospect there as well. Yeah, they do. I'll start with that.

We actually saw Michael Massey a couple weeks ago. He was one of the players, the Royals called up, ironically, because they were in Toronto when Whitmeryfield wasn't vaccinated, so they needed somebody to replace them. Played three games. He's not young. He's 24 years old, is Michael Massey. And between double and AAA this year, he's hit 312 with 16 homers,

13 steals, a 903 OPS. And he kind of first emerged on my radar last year, had big numbers in the lower miners. It's kind of old for the level. his pro career was delayed by back issues, and so that's why there's the appearance that he's come out of nowhere, but the Royals have been really high on Michael Massey for a long time. I've heard that internally they've compared him to Chase Utley,

which is an unfair comparison and probably one he's not going to live up to, but it just shows that this is a legitimate prospect here, even though you probably haven't seen him on too many prospect rankings, and it sounds like, yes, he will be getting, the call to replace Maryfield. As for Maryfield himself, I'm a little concerned about what this means. It is a better park.

It is a better lineup. It's a pretty crowded situation. Santiago Espinal, you put his and Maryfield's numbers side by side. Of course, we like Maryfield and fantasy for the stolen bases, but you look at the other numbers, the ones that a team like the Blue Jays would care about more, they're not so different.

I mean, Maryfield actually has a negative war this year, according to baseball reference. Now, a lot of that probably has to do with the slow start, and yeah, he's looked more like with Maryfield we remember over the past two months,

and maybe the Blue Jays recognize that and are planning to install him as their second baseman. But I wouldn't surprise me if he's not quite a full-time player, if, you know, he plays more of a utility role, maybe getting the majority of the starts of second base, but Espinall factoring in there too. And yeah, I don't know that it's going to be. Like so much of Merrifield's value is tied to volume, you know,

so much as fantasy value is. And so if that takes even a little bit of a hit, I wonder if I wonder if he's still going to be, you know, like a must-star player in fantasy, if we could become potentially even somebody we're not rostering in shallower leagues. I hear you, Scott. but I just can't imagine that the Blue Jays would trade for Merrifield not to play him every day,

even if it's bouncing around a little bit, second base, a little bit of outfield, whatever it might be. I could be wrong, but they didn't give up that much to get him. That's fair. Right?

Yeah, was Samad Taylor who's like the 15th ranked prospect in the Blue Jays organization and Max Castillo. Yeah, and in the past, we've always heard the Royals were holding tight to which, at Merrifield.

They need to be blown away to trade him. So I wonder if we've reached, especially even that he has a negative war this year, I wonder if we've reached sort of a breaking point where the league doesn't value him the same as they had as recently as last year. But I don't know, it remains to be seen. I'm not dumping with Merrifield or anything.

I may look to shop him now, particularly in a league where steals are emphasized. If it's a roto league, obviously you need to be in a good position for steals to trade somebody like him. But if you can get full value for Wimeryfield, then obviously that's a no-lose situation for you, even if he does end up being a full-timer for the Blue Jays.

How about this one, Scott, trade Witt-Merryfield for Tyler Malley? Eh? Eh? I mean, it depends somewhat on need, but in a vacuum, I would expect Malley to be the more valuable of the two in the second half, or over the final two months, I should say. All right, let's move over to your Atlanta Braves. They acquired Rysel Iglesias, the former closer for the Angels,

in exchange for Jesse Chavez and Tucker Davidson. And look, if you were relying on Iglesias as your first or second closer in a categories league, or I guess even in a points league, this sucks because I do not think that he is going to close anymore. Kenley Jansen is the guy. He's been very good for the Braves season. Now, the Braves do have Iglesias for like, the next three years after this, and Kenley Jansen is on a one-year contract.

So maybe next year, Reisley, Glacius is the closer for this team, but it does not look like it will be the case this year. Yeah, I think that's exactly the incentive for the Braves. They didn't give up much of value to get Iglesias. They are paying his full salary for the next three years, and it's about what Kenley Jansen is making this year. So I think they were kind of just locking up their closer for the future when Kenley Janssen leaves, and in the meantime, of course, they get to enjoy

Riceil Iglesias as another late-eating leverage guy. I suppose it's possible that he and Jansen split saves in some former fashion down the stretch, but I'm with you. I think it's going to remain Jansen's role, and DeGlacius is going to be there to be a set-up guy, maybe even a multi-inning setup guy from time to time. His ERA is over four on the year, but he's still, you know, he still looks like a dominant.

our reliever otherwise and expect that number to go down as we as we finish out the season. Who closes for the Angels now that Iglesias is gone? It probably doesn't matter, but the real answer, I think, is Ryan Tepera, who has been the eighth-ending reliever for most of the season. His numbers are not very good, not a bunch of strikeouts. Scott, how do you rank these three? These are kind of like the trade deadline closers who emerged. Ryan Tepera, Rowan Wick, as the Cubs traded both, David Robertson, Scott F. Ross, and Michael. And Michael Givens. Yeah, so Rowan Wick looks like the closer for the Cubs again.

And Felix Bautista with the Orioles. How do you rank those three? Batista looks like he could be a front line closer. So I think he's the clear number one. As you say, Ryan Tepera doesn't look like he should be closing, but I do think he's the best thing angels have. So I feel pretty confident in him. handling that roll down the stretch.

Rowan Wick, I'm not, yeah, yeah, the Cubs traded the whole back end of their bullpen. I get that, but Rowan Wick has a 436 ERA, a 173 whip. Maybe the Cubs will turn to him first, but I'm not sure that's going to go well. And it wouldn't surprise me if they were just mixing and matching in the roll to close out the season. All right, next up we have Brandon Drury,

who is having a breakout season with the Cincinnati Reds, no more. He was traded to the San Diego Padres. It's just, how many players do you want Padres? Drury, Soto, Josh Bell, Josh Hader, all the players. Anyway, Brandon Drury, as I mentioned, breakout season, 274 batting average, 20 homers. He is a top 7 third baseman in both head to head points and Roto this season.

He is the 33rd overall player in Roto categories this year, which is just bananas. He's been amazing. The problem, Scott, huge negative park shift from Great American Ballpark, where jury was hitting 298 with a 915 OPS, now going to Petco, where on the road he's hit 241 with a 771 OPS. Do you agree? Do you think this is a downgrade for brand injury?

Yeah, he's definitely one of the stock down players from the trade deadline. You know, he wasn't much of a fantasy asset prior to this year. of course, kind of a surprise breakout. And it seems like looking at those homeway splits that the venue had quite a bit to do with it. Petco Park kind of on the opposite end of the spectrum from Great American Ballpark. There is possibly a playing time concern here too

because Drury was playing primarily third base with the Reds. Obviously, that's occupied by Manny Machado. He could play second base, but you got Jake Croninworth there. I think both Drury and Croninworth have enough versatility. that what probably will end up happening since Luke Void is gone, he was included in that one Soto trade. We didn't mention it at the time

because that was kind of a later development. But Luke Voight was included in the one Soto trade after Eric Hosmer balked at being included. Hosmer would then move to the Red Sox. So the Padres got rid of two first basemen and got one back, Josh Bell, which means they can now flex their DH spot. So I think Drury and,

and maybe Croninworth will be used to kind of fill in for players around the diamond while those players each get days off at D.H. It'll be one of those situations. But I don't think Drury will have a dedicated spot of his own, and that could impact his playing time somewhat. The player that the Reds received in return was shortstop prospect Victor Acosta, an 18-year-old shortstop. Hasn't played much so far. 32 games at the the Arizona Complex League, but the numbers look underwhelming so far. He's really young. Yeah, I don't have much to say about him.

We'll see what he turns into. We did get this in the chat, and I think it's a fair question, Scott. Jesse Chavez, can he take over as the closer for the Angels? Now, you know, he went over, he went back to the Angels in that Rice Lake Glacius trade. And the numbers are actually really good for Jesse Chavez this year. 266 ERA, 1.27 whip, 10, K.K. A per 9. What do you think? I think it's possible.

I think it's possible. I don't know that he's particularly better or worse than Ryan Tepara, but yeah, I may have spoke too confidently about Tepara's chances of stepping into that role first. It may be more of a mix and match situation there too. Yeah, I was right there with you. I mean, my first thought was instantly Tepara has been the eighth inning guy. He should kind of work

his way into that role. But, you know, Chavez has some experience and he's pitching well. So I guess there's a possibility. We'll see if they have any save opportunities later on in the week. This one's got was kind of head scratching from a real-life baseball perspective. Jordan Montgomery traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Harrison Bader and a player to be named later. And we talk about Montgomery here or there. Solid pitcher, 369 ERA, 1.10 whip.

Really good swinging strike rate hasn't really turned into many strikeouts so far this season. But just kind of a curious move for the Yankees. I guess Domingo Hermann will remain in the rotation for now. But in general, what do you think about this move for Montgomery now going to the National League? I mean, pitching in a smaller park can only help him. And maybe he's somebody we've talked about before. The swinging strike rates are nothing short of elite for Jordan Montgomery. So why isn't he a bigger strikeout guy?

And maybe the Cardinals will be able to tweak his arsenal so that he becomes that. But even if he doesn't, I mean, I think he's a perfectly satisfactory pitcher in fantasy, kind of a seventh, sixth, seventh guy for your pitching staff. We're talking about a 12-team league. And I think he's perfectly fine. It was curious the Yankees decided to do this. At the time, there was Taco. Maybe they're acquiring Pablo Lopez, and that's why they're doing this.

But that ultimately didn't happen. So they went out and got Frankie Montas, presumably, so they wouldn't have to rely on Domingo Hermann in their rotation. and then it turns out they're going to have to rely on Domingo Hermann anyway because we're not seeing Luis Severino back anytime soon. And, you know, Harrison, he's an asset himself, Harrison Bader, I should say. First name Harrison, not last name. He's an asset himself.

He's a good defensive center fielder. That's a spot. That's been kind of a trouble, some spot for the Yankees the past couple of years. They've played Aaron Judge there a lot, which probably is an ideal. But Bader's also sidelined with Planter Fasciitis. I think he just got put in a walking boot last week after already missing a month. So I don't know.

Of course, in fantasy, we like Bader for the stolen bases, but I don't know how soon we'll see him contribute. Yeah, so the most recent update I saw for Bader is that he's going to be shut down for the next two weeks, and the hope is that he will return before the end of the season. He's under team control through next year as well. So it seems like the Yankees do have a defensive-minded center fielder and a speedy option for centerfield next.

year, but I'm not sure how much he will contribute this year. Again, for those in ALNL only, we have two players switching leagues here. So Montgomery going to the NL only, if you need pitching there, empty the bag for him. Harrison Bader. If he needs steals, you know, maybe he comes back, but I feel pretty skeptical about how much he will contribute the rest of this season. David Robertson was traded to the Phillies for right-handed pitcher Ben Brown. And I think the biggest question here, Scott, is who closes for the Phillies?

I assume it's going to be Robertson. He's the one who's more experienced in the role. He's had a great season. And, you know, the Phillies have seemed reluctant to turn that job fully over to Sir Anthony Dominguez anyway, having him split chances with Brad Hand. It seemed like maybe they were kind of starting to come around to the idea, okay, Dominguez is just our closer. But, you know, I think if you acquire the veteran who seems just as capable

and you don't have to worry about a bunch of saves bringing up Dominguez is arbitration cost, you're probably just going to go with Robertson. That's my guess. It's not, you know, I say it with maybe 75, 80% confidence that Robertson is just the Phillies closer now and some Anthony Dominguez is,

his stock's about to take a hint. So would you be okay dropping Dominguez for Felix Bautista if he were available? I think if that's what you have to do, I think, yeah, I would. You know, of course I'd, prefer to just hang on to Dominguez until we have more assurances one way or the other. But yeah, I feel more confident and Felix Batista getting saves right now than I do.

Sir Anthony Dominguez. All right. Next one up. Noah Cindergarde was traded to the Phillies for outfielder Mickey Moniac and another outfieler Jadiel Sanchez. And I don't think this is like a huge move. obviously Scott, Cinderguard more of a streamer at this point, and he's going to a tougher ballpark and a tougher division

in terms of lineups around him. Yes, and so there's nothing but bad news here for, I shouldn't say that. It's mostly bad news for Cindergarde, 517 ERA at home compared to, I'm sorry, 296 ERA at home compared to 517 on the road. And Philly's park is, you know, that's not a great park for pitchers to begin with. He's already been kind of lucky to have the 383ERA that he does. He's got a 427X-P, a 425 XERA,

and I think he's going to come closer to those numbers in Philly. The one silver lining is that now he's in a five-man rotation after being stuck in a six-man rotation all year. So we'll hopefully get a couple of two-star weeks out of Cindergarde now when maybe we wouldn't have otherwise. Oh, right. In N-O-only, Scott, let's say obviously Noah Cindergarde and Jordan Montgomery both become available,

we're taking Montgomery over Cindergarde. Yes. All right. Luke Voigt, you mentioned this. He was actually part of the Wansoto trade that happened earlier in the day. So Luke Voight headed to the Washington Nationals where he should play every day,

but it goes without saying the lineup is just terrible. And first base is such a deep position this year too. And names that we talked about recently with like Jose Miranda has first base eligibility. Trey Mancini has seen his. his value go up and even someone like Nathaniel Lowe, I would take all of those players over Luke Voight if you were deciding. And speaking of the Nationals, C.J. Abrams, they confirmed Scott, will start at AAA with his new team. So, you know, kind of throw some cold water on adding

him right now. Yeah. And he could use more development. So that's probably the right move for the nationals. Yeah, it's kind of funny. I mean, that one Soto trade, one of the biggest trades ever, but the fantasy implications of it are pretty close to zero, right? If McKenzie Gore's hurt and CJ Abrams is going to be in the minors. Yeah. It's just kind of funny how that works. Again, yeah, you're right. It's like the biggest trade in MLB history,

but obviously it's more so for Dynasty leagues, I would say, as of now, rather than anything else. Eric Hosmer, second baseman Max Ferguson, and outfielder Corey Roseer, We're traded to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for left-handed pitcher Jay Groom, who was once regarded as a top pitching prospect, but has not pitched well. And just an interesting deal, Scott, because Hosmer has three more years of team control. He's now on the Red Sox, and they have a first-based prospect seemingly on the way in Tristan Kossis.

So this whole move is just kind of weird. Yeah, I feel like the Red Sox were trying to have their cake and eat it too, doing a little bit of selling, a little bit of buying. They're kind of tweeners right now for a playoff spot. I think there's a non-zero chance that Hosmer can resuscitate a little bit of fantasy value with the Red Sox. You know, Finway Park with its weird configuration has made for some for some unlikely success stories in the past. And Hosmer in his career at Finway Park has hit 354, three home runs and at 889. no PS. Obviously not a huge sample size, but you know, you don't have to hit a fly ball very far into

left field for it to be an automatic hit because it bounces off the green monster. And so maybe Hosmer could see enough of a Babbitt boost that obviously big outfield and left field, so that helps with the Babbitt too. Maybe you could see enough of a Babbitt boost that he's, you know, a fringy contributor again. All right. Next up, Joey Gallow was traded to the Dodgers for a pitching prospect named Clayton Beater. And Gallo looks like he could start in left field against right-handed pitching. But there are reports, Scott, that top prospect Miguel Vargas is being promoted and joining the Dodgers here on Tuesday night. So I'm not exactly sure how all the playing time is going to work out.

But obviously, maybe the Dodgers can kind of resuscitate some of Joey Gallo's value here. and... Oh, they're going to turn him into an MVP candidate, for sure. Yeah, it's like no doubt in my mind. Andrew Friedman suckered the Padres into trading their whole farm system for Juan Soto, and then he's like, yeah, Joey Gallo for nothing. Five win player.

And, you know, speaking of Gallo, there was a story that came out on Tuesday, and it was like an interview asking him about his struggles and just how he's kind of been coping with everything. It was actually pretty sad, man. He's like, I don't leave the house in Manhattan. He's like, people kind of, just bother me everywhere I go.

It's pretty sad. But in general, look, I hope he gets back on his feet. I hope the Dodgers can turn Joey Gallo around. But what do you think about him and Miguel Vargas getting called up by the Dodgers? I mean, I'd like to throw a ticker tape parade for Vargas. I don't know if anybody throws that kind of parade anymore. I'd like to be excited about it, you know, but I don't know if it's just a one-day thing. We have a roster spot to fill

because Joey Gallo hasn't actually joined the team yet and okay Vargas is available we can put him on the 40-man roster now. I don't know. I don't know. Like I think we're going to need a week to see how this is going to play out. How much do the Dodgers really want Joey Gallo playing even

as bad as he's been? Is he more of a reclamation project that they're just going to keep around and work with and you know, maybe set their sights on him being a big help in 2023. I don't know. Are they ready to

send Max Muncie to the bench because that's the only way I think, well, whether it's Max Muncie or Justin Turner, that's the only way I think Justin Vargas, or what's his first name? Miguel. Miguel Vargas, that's the only way I think he gets consistent playing time.

So I don't know. A lot needs to be sorted out here still. I think Miguel Vargas has been the best prospect of stash, basically since Vinnie Pasquantino got called up. If you need third base help, I think it's even an even better idea to have him stash now that he could be here to stay.

But I don't think we should be counting on him to be as being the answer to all our prayers just yet. All right. What else do we have here? Relief pitchers, Anthony Bass and Zach Popp were traded to the Blue Jays in exchange for shortstop prospect, Jordan Groshen's, someone who I know you had on your dynasty team for a while, Scott, do you have any insights on Jordan Groschens? Oh, he's been a big disappointment this year.

Stockdown prospect. I'd been a consensus top 100 guy three years in a row. But I believe he only has one home run this year at last look. Let me see if he hit another one recently. So the Marlins, we're looking to buy low here on a player who earned good marks prior to this year. The biggest takeaway for fantasy is just that Anthony Bass isn't going to be taking Tanner Scott's job anytime soon like we were worried about because now he's with the Blue Jays.

All right, what else? The Cubs did not trade Wilson Catreras. You know, Scott, if you ask me, who's the one player most likely to be traded at the deadline? I would have told you Wilson Contreras. And alas, he is not traded here. Well, he and Ian Hap got a big send-off at Wrigley Field. Yeah.

over the weekends and yeah, now they're kind of awkward that they're coming back coming back with their tail between their legs. Look, I guess the Mets didn't want to pony up, but it's just kind of weird because the Mets had a very clear need a catcher, you know?

They could have used Wilson-Kittreras. A lot of teams could use Wilson-Kittreras, but the leverage for a seller at the trade deadline is still that qualifying offer and the compensation pick attached to it. But nonetheless, I find it hard to believe that the Cubs couldn't get more than what amounts to a compensation pick back from another team for who's arguably been, the player who's arguably been

the best catcher in baseball this year. No contender needs a catcher upgrade. That's just, that's just bizarre to me. Yeah. I don't know, look, I guess maybe this didn't get the offer that they were looking for. Ian Hap, of course, is under team control through next season as well with the Chicago Cubs. So maybe not this year, maybe the offseason, maybe next trade deadline, who knows? Some lesser deals from the day. Darren Ruff was traded to the Mets for J.D. Davis,

a pitcher Thomas Japucky, another pitcher, Nick Zwack, and another pitcher, Carson Seymour, three pitchers, and J.D. Davis for Darren Ruff. Kind of curious deal. Brandon Marsh was traded to the Phillies for catcher prospect, Logan O'Hoppy. Someone I've heard the Welsh talk glowingly about

apparently had a very strong Arizona Fall League last year. Michael Fulmer was traded to the twins. Alfeiler, Brett Phillips, was traded to the Orioles, Jake Lamb to the Mariners, Trevor Rosenthal to the Brewers. Scott,

anything you'd like to add on those kind of ancillary deals throughout the day? I think the most interesting one is that Brandon Marsh for Logan O'Hoppy deal because, I mean,

Brandon Marsh was a high-end prospect for the Angels just last year. So it kind of tells you how disappointed they've been with his first full season. Strikeout rate has kept him forbidding for average. The power hasn't manifested like they hoped. So the Phillies were willing to get him to kind of take care of their center field problem that they've had for a while now. If nothing else, Brandon Marsh can play good defense out there.

And then Logan O'Hoppy, you know, at AA this year, he's slashed 269, 385, so good on base skills, 492 slug 15 homers in 74 games he's been kind of a breakout prospect this year probably going to be a consensus top 100 guy next year and maybe take over behind the plate for the Angels next summer at some point

so you know just not just not the usual buyer-seller situation with this deal more of a meeting the needs kind of trade which is refreshing to see I do think it helps keep Joe Adele around for the angels the rest of the season. So

no more excuses. I think the playing time will be there. Even if trout returns, they throw trout in center. They keep Joe Adele in one of the corners. And look, sink or swim, you have your opportunity. Final two months. Let's see if Joe Adele can get going and hopefully build things up heading into next season as well. There you go. All the trades. We're going to wrap there for Scott. I am Frank. Thank you all for listening and watching this bonus edition of fantasy baseball today. We will be back again later on to recap all of Tuesday's action. Bye-bye.