Talkin' Baseball (MLB Podcast) - Our Trade Deadline Predictions | 688

Episode Date: July 14, 2023

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Hello and welcome to Talking Baseball, the third annual trade deadline draft episode, except it's the first time it's on Talking Baseball. Chris Rose, Jolly Olive, Trevor Plouffe. Oh, what? It exploded. I got to wear this stupid jacket. What's going on, everybody? Welcome to Talking Baseball.

A special Trade Deadline Draft episode, presented to you by Seek. I am Jake Storelli. I am joined by a group of people I get to call my friends. How special is that? And there definitely won't be any toxicity this episode about Pete Alonzo being traded. We're like 30 seconds in. Trevor Plouffe, Jolly Lov, Chris Rousse.

I will start with you because we did have a trade to figure this out. But you basically stole the idea. Let's call it what it is. When your boss calls it says, yeah, we'd like to maybe since we cut your show to once a week, we would like to now steal your trade shows.

Hey, Mr. Rose, is it okay if we do the trade deadline episode? So let's do it. Why don't we do it? Perfect. Trev, how are you? Don't ask me that. I'm great. Jolly.

Quick trigger. I'm good, man. I'm happy to be here, like talking trades, except when it's about my team. Yeah, well, we might be talking about your team. I don't think we need to. I feel like we still in it.

Should we give out? the rules. I was going to ask you to hand out the rules because I for sure was going to botcha. So we've changed it a little bit now that the program has made its way from Rose Rotation to the number one baseball podcast in the world with talking baseball.

Thanks for having us on, by the way. We are going to shift it from eight rounds down to six rounds. So there will be 24 players traded fictitiously over the next hour or so. If your player gets traded, you get five points.

If you also select the team, you will get an additional 10 points. If that player traded was an All-Star in 2023 in Seattle, whether they were voted in by the fans, named by the players or the managers of the league, or as a replacement, you get another five points. Then you get an additional five points for every major award they have won between MVP, Cy Young, and rookie of the year. So let's play a little what-if game.

If Jake Storialli says that, Layton Kirshaw is going to get traded from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Texas Rangers. Lo and behold, it happens. Safe pick. He gets five points for it happening. Another 10 for him nailing his destination. Another five because Kershaw was named an All-Star. Another five because he has won in Sai Young.

We know he's won three, but we don't give him 15 for that. Just five. And then another five because he was a league MVP at one point. So you add all that up, Jake. And how many points did you just get? 25. Are we sure about that? No idea.

I stop listening. There's a five a ten. That's 15. Another five? 30. Yes, 30 would be the right answer. So, congratulations.

Thank you. Clayton Kurshaught of the Ranger. Right. It's where he's always wanted to go. It's where he's always wanted to be. Actually, John Heyman just reported it. So don't worry. Oh, shoot.

Not looking. Right. What? He named him Chris Kershaw, though, in the tweet. Oh, my gosh. All right. Hey, and shout five minutes in? We do have to figure out the order, right?

Right. And we did, we're starting to get kooky in the All-Star House. It feels like between energy drinks and testosterone, everyone's thoughts are already getting skewed, that we're going to draw bananas. We don't have much in this home, but we did have a bunch of bananas. I mean, what other way are you going to do it?

All right. Don't look at the bananas. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Okay, what the hell, man? I saw my banana. Oh, yes. Chris Rose, do you have the number one banana? I have the number one banana.

Does anyone want to trade bananas? Trevor Plufe has the two. I got a little snake pick. Oh, boon. You bruised the banana. Dude, party foul. Are you eating him right now? Well, yours is mushy.

Do you eat the skin on your banana? So this is going to be a snake draft, right? Who's got two? Trevor Plufe has two. All right, who's got three? I have three. Oh, so you're going to. You're four and five.

I got a banana. All right. Cool. So I guess I'm at that. Yeah. That's kind of cute. Are you comfortable with your computer? What is going on right now?

Looks great over here, doesn't it? Put it on the table. The table is it. You know what you know what you're going? You're like, Rose, you take up too much room. What are you doing? So I'm trying to say he's playing battleship. I don't want anybody staring at my picks.

Oh my God. I won't. I won't steal your books. Rosie's bookmarks are crazy. Yeah. With the first pick. Yes. Oh, shoot.

I got to be ready, huh? In the trade draft, I will take, is there any way he gets traded? Okay. Does Shohay Otani get traded? Wow. That's Chris Rose.

That's Chris Rose. All right, Shohayotani's getting traded. Somebody check on the health of Ben Verlander. Make sure he's okay. Oh, my God. What? I just want to be okay. We care about people.

Why is Rosie being so toxic? All right. I'm going to have him going to the... No, this is fun. I mean, be more basic. Be more basic. I know exactly where you're going with this. No, he's not going to get traded to the Dodgers.

No, that's not fun. But then he's not going to get traded. You know, why? Because where else he's going to go? The Guardians. Let's go, Reds. Make a play for him. This is one one.

This is one one. What's the matter? with that? That's not going to happen? What are you laughing at? Just give him De La Cruz and McLean. No, they've got plenty of young guys

in their organization. Strand and Carnacion, he can go. What? Okay. What's the matter? Go ahead. I like it, actually.

Did you sleep that? I thought you were going to say the Dodgers. Not well. If Shohei gets traded, you get a ton of points. Yes. MVP, All-Star, etc. Cincinnati.

They're in play. You heard it here first. He's from Ohio. Hold on. So they need a pitcher. They need a pitcher. They've got plenty of young talent behind the guys that have already come up.

Plenty of young talent. Why doesn't it make sense for the greatest rental ever? Give yourself a shot. Where would that put Cincinnati if they traded for him? I like where your head's at. I really do.

We laughed initially because it was a shock because I thought you were saying show hey to the Dodgers, but show hey to Sinti. I'm in. Okay. Okay. Who's number two? Tough act to follow, Treff.

We're just going to keep going. Well, because you left the door wide open, I think the Dodgers are going to trade for a starting pitcher. Yep. You've mentioned many times on our show, which is maybe some people might consider it the best baseball show ever. Yeah, probably. Some people.

You've mentioned they want a starter and a reliever. I'm going to go with the starter. It's Lucas G. Alito. I think there's like 100% chance that he gets traded. And I think he is going to go to the Dodgers. Okay. Bring him home. Valley boy pitching for the Dodgers.

A little bit of stability. You know, he's an ace type pitcher that'll slot into what? The two, three, four slot in their rotation. I'm in, man. Really interesting that you didn't go for a guy who's ever won an award or was named an All-Star. He's only leading points on the table. Do I need to do that? Yeah.

What do you mean? I'm just trying to get it right. There's different ways to play the game. I just said interesting. I didn't say wrong. Year one. Lucas G. has ever been an All-Star?

No, he has been, but he wasn't this year. Oh, he has to be an All-Star this year. I'm lost on the rules. So he did miss some of the rules. Okay. Hey, I remember one of our first bonding moments, big bonding moments, was the first ever draft of this. Yeah.

And Ashland won by drafting all guys to be traded to the Atlanta race. And it actually happened. It actually happened. So, hey, Gioito's probably getting traded. Yes. I'd say so. Those are points. Yes.

Those are points. Okay. Jake? I chase points. That's who I am. From the giggo. That's who I am. And I think we have a former MVP getting traded.

Ooh, I like it. Where's Paul Goldschman going? And he's one of your three favorite players, Trevor Plush. Wow. He's doing anything. Andrew McCutchen. Oh, boy. Touch?

Where's he going to go? McHutchin gets traded to a team that just needs a reliable stick. A team that's trying to win the NL Central and compete with Shohei Otani's reds. Andrew McCutcheon to the brew crew. Back to the Brewers. A little reunited. Run it back. Interesting.

Get those MVP points. I don't hate it. Thank you. It's not bad. MVP points are critical. I thought for sure you're holding the Yankee trade right off the butt. I mean, those will come. They'll come.

There's six rounds. Yeah. So I got two in a row? Yeah, you get four and five. I kind of like the number four banana. I don't know about you guys. I'm going to do a starting pitcher because I feel like this is going to be a starting

pitching heavy trade deadlines. I think those are like where the best pieces are at. Jake's going to hate this pick. You already stated that you hate this pick. Yeah. I'm going to make it anyway. Because Baltimore Orioles are a top three team in baseball

right now. Yeah. I've always been an Orioles guy. Sure. Everyone knows that. You know, I was born. Who's going there? I'm wearing an Orioles hat.

And they're looking. looking for a guy that's going to be a part of the future, you know, because it's not just this year. It's going to be the 2020s, you know, and I think a big piece of that would be getting a guy with a couple years of control on a team that's not doing so well. I think Dylan Cease makes the jump for a huge package of position players, which the White Sox need, and he joins the Baltimore Orioles and becomes their ace. Okay, that's a good one. I like it. It's an ideal target for them. I like that, and I hate that. Walks a few too many guys for my liking, but he's a really good pitcher.

So we're just stripping the white socks. White socks are already going to all down. You just lost 40% of their rotation. Like how many teams are for sure selling? Yes, the white socks are in that group. Yep. Okay.

Speaking of which, I'm going to keep it in the AL Central with teams selling with another starting pitcher that I think will fly off the board relatively quickly. I think Eduardo Rodriguez is going somewhere. I'm still kind of deciding in my brain where he goes because he has been good.

I think he was injured for a little bit. And I think the Dodgers are not going to want to let this season kind of slip away. And they think they see the Diamondbacks slowing down a little bit, heading into the break. I think they make a play there because they got kind of like a decimated rotation too. It's center guard not working. Dustin May's got Tommy John. So I'll say Eduardo Rodriguez to the Dodgers. So I think you got short-changed a little bit on that one because he would have been an All-Starhead.

He stayed healthy. Well, right? I'm playing for accuracy. Yes. Yeah. No, I'm just saying that I think I like the idea. I just think that I think his injury costs. you five points.

I forgive him, honestly. Okay? He can opt out, huh? Yeah, he can't. I wonder if another opt-out guy comes up later in this draft. We're all in agreeance that the Dodgers are going to trade for a starter. Yes. Yeah.

Okay. I would agree. I don't know if I am, by the way. I don't know. They have a ton of guys coming off the IL, like eventually, right? I mean, not really with the starting pitching, though. That's like their one vulnerability right now. Their bullpen needs a lot of help, too.

Yeah, but you can fix that. Okay. Great job, Jolly. Thanks, man. Appreciate you. Well thought out. No, but I would have taken. Oh, okay.

Emmett Sheehan. Pretty good pitcher. Let's see. I need to figure out. I don't know where that guy's going. Let's come back to him because you guys won't take him. Let's go with... How many points for finishing your banana?

Oh, I already crushed that. Jesus. I'm already on the board. I think Jolly left some points out there. Uh-huh. Yeah. I am going to take teammate of Eduardo Rodriguez and All-Star Michael Lorenzo. Wow.

Okay. You love Michael. And you know where he's going? I don't. He is joining Shohei Otani on the Cincinnati Reds. A little Michael Lorenzen reunion. Wow. Interesting.

Bring back the van. That's a hitter of our pitcher. Two Otis on the same team. I kind of love that. That's my favorite. Do you think Shoah will join? him with the shirtless pull-ups with the chain around his neck? I'd love to see it.

That would be impressive. I'd tell you that much. Yeah. That dude can work it. Show Hayes. All right. I like that. Interesting.

Michael Lorenzen six overall. Going for those All-Star points. I got him. Okay. Okay. I think I'm going to stay starting pitcher. I am going to go with Marcus Stroman. All-Star this year, right?

Yeah. All-star. I get points for that. Yeah. I haven't figured out a destination for him, although I'm thinking now in my head what teams need starters. You guys have already taken the Reds a couple of times.

You take the Dodgers a couple times now. And then we talked about the Orioles needs and starting pitching. I think Marcus Stromen to the Diamondbacks. That's what I had on my shoe. I love that. That's a really good one. If you go, Zach Gallen,

Marcus Stromen in the desert. Merrill Kelly. Merrill Kelly. You win any three-game set, man. That's good. Snakes need a jolt. That's fun. I thought about doing this.

He's a joltie guy. He's a jolty guy, him and Longo in the same clubhouse. Wow. So, yeah, Marcus Drummond to the Diamondbacks. Has he ever won any awards? No. Okay. All star this year.

He's lining up a Cy Young this year. Yeah. Cubs don't want to extend him. He's worth a lot right now. Yep. I think that's a great call. Great job. Thanks, bro.

We were all kind of worried we were going to lose you after your first pick, but that was good. Which is why I am going to follow suit, and I think he's not the only Chicago Cub out the door. That's going to be. Hey, now. That has an opt-out. Cody, we have seen the resurgence of one Cody Bellinger, a former National League MVP. I was going to go. Some chasing those points.

Now, the question is, you know where he's going. Where does he land? You don't know where he's going, you don't have to say it. You can go anywhere. Don't you think that Sean Casey has brought? He had his swing. Yes. Lostable times.

I'm a big board. In Studio 21. He probably goes, Deero, hey, Diro, look at this. See what he was locked in? Bro,

he was swing. Oh, God. Look at that. Liftated swing. He steals your show and then you do this for him. That is amazing. No, no.

Casey's a buddy of mine. He wouldn't steal the shows. No, no. So he is off to the Bronx. I think, you know, pops played there. Yeah.

Why not? Let's see if he can continue the magic up there. They need help in that outfield. You move Bader over the left? I love it. All of a sudden, what? Oh. They didn't like that.

Cody can play left. Cody's going to left? Yeah. I don't know about that. I don't know about that. I don't. I think Cody's a center field. Which is why I won't work.

You probably should have picked a different team. Yeah. Maybe you just. Or maybe somebody goes to right. Maybe you just do two outfielders. That judge in judge guy. Judge? Aaron.

Well, you know, if you put a, if Judge isn't back, if you have Bader and Belly and Stanton in the outfield, I think you just tuck Stanton in kind of by the foul pole. Let the other two just go get it. That's a great pick, Chris Rose. Thank you. I've got a wrap-around pick here. This one pains me a little bit because it's gotten a little personal finally.

You're doing it. Guard dog. Because I've been on this train since the beginning of the season that I said, regardless of how he pitched, that this is the year that Shane Bieber gets traded. He has a year and a half of control left. He has not pitched great. He's been very hitable. He's given up a ton of homers, which is why I think that if he heads out to San Francisco,

that might play. Wow. They are, even though they seem like a giant. He seems like a giant. Even though they have signed a bunch of guys, Ross Stripling, Sean Maniah. Yeah, it just hasn't worked out. for them, whether it's been because of health or they just haven't performed well. They have basically had three guys in a rotation and then had to fill, you know, the other two

spots with bullpen games or spot starters here and there. That's not going to be good enough for a team that is in contention. The one thing that Shane Bieber can give you is innings. And that's what the Giants need. So I think that actually Farhan has done a really good job building up that farm system, getting some young guys up here that have contributed. and I think they're going to send it an everyday bat back to Cleveland. I don't know who that is.

But I can't wait to find out. Former Sy Young winner, too. Yeah, some points there. Okay, Pluffy. It's back to me. Oh, no. I never thought about the team for Beaver Giants. That makes sense, though.

I like that. You all scoffed me when I had Shoah going to Cincinnati to watch. I actually really liked it. I think he looked great in that uniform. Him and Elidae de Cruz, two aliens playing together. Dude, how about putting on the Viking hat? I would not like that. I'm against the Viking hat.

Everyone knows that. Wouldn't the trade require Ellie, though? Would he take... No. Not for two months. For Show Hay, though? Not for two months. It's the greatest player to ever play the game.

But for two months. Yeah. It's a rental. I don't know. That takes you the Instant World Series favorites, if you have showing your team. If they could get two everyday players for a rental, they would do it.

I think we're underselling him a little bit. That's all I'm saying. Okay. A little bit. I am going to go with a blockbuster of sorts. I think there is a chance that Juan Soto gets moved. Oh my God, again? I do.

I don't know if they, I mean, I don't know this. I'm not in the front office of the Padres. I don't know what talks they've had yet about extending him if there is a chance. I know he still has another year of control. 2024, he's a free agent after that year, correct? Yeah. So if they don't think they can extend him, and things haven't necessarily worked out for San Diego,

but he's having a really good year. So they want to maximize their return for him. Now's the time. Now's the time. You get him for this year to play out front plus a whole other year. So I'm looking at Juan Soto, and the team that I think that he might go to is the Tampa Bay race.

Oh, I love that. Yes. They were linked on him. Yes, they were. just last year. You're right. So if they want to continue being the big bad boys

of the East as the Orioles are breathing down their neck, the Yankees are middling around, we talked about that earlier, but I'm going out there. He's got, does he have MVP stuff? No,

he has some one one. Well, anyways, I think it's, I think that he's finished runner up for rookie the year. I think he's got a chance to be moved.

I don't know if it's the raise. I'm going to go with Ray's just because they were linked with him before. I think that, I mean, anybody would want, him there, but because they were linked, I'll go

Juan Soto to the race. I kind of like it. I do too. I kind of like it. If you're curious about this, runner-up rookie the year in 2018, runner-up MVP in 2021. So he's sniffed it. How many points for that? But he is an all-star this year.

There you go. Okay. Nata. I like it. I almost went to the Yanks, but no. Come on. He's linked to the race. We got to stop stroking. There's good news. I'll talk some Yankees. Oh. Hey, I'm going to send a photo to Chris Dickerson, speaking of the Reds

and Yankees. And Orioles. He's asking what we're doing today. Just bopping with the boys. Oh, can we get everybody in there? Okay. That's a bad picture. Horrible. Horrible. Horrible. Show. Come on. Can we keep going? I have the big Yankees trade.

Huge. MVP type player. Whoa. What? Leaving New York. The Yankees made a trade at last year's deadline. Joey Gallo. I think they're going to make a similar transaction this year with former MVP Josh Donaldson. I think the Yankees will move on from Josh. I will pick for now the team that tried to tap into Joey Gall.

I say the Dodgers go for it. See if they can get some Josh Donaldson magic for a couple months. Why not? Do the Yankees take all the money? Interesting. Yeah, they have to. Right? They're already in.

They're already, it's a sunk cost. Don't hate it then, honestly. Is this the last year they're paying him? he has a it's a buyout well how but the buyout's got to be big it's real the yankies would have to cover it let's see wow i can't wait to find out what the buyout is eight

eight yeah not bad right to not don't play for us what is my john boy pay uh buyout looked like i forgot is it is it four million to not work for it it was banana three

which is halfway eaten is that the back end of the you stealing this show trade I want to sit. That's what I guess we're not saying. I'm sick of that banana. I dare you to eat that banana. Oh, yeah.

Why don't you let him hold it? Would you let him put his fingerprints in the banana and then would you eat it? I'm getting a lot of like. Jolly, you have the next two. I do. So I'm sorry to went off the board, by the way. No, I kind of like that. I like it that you got a former MVP in there.

That was sneaky. I love the extra points. I love the extra points. What do you got there, Jolly? I got to do All-Stars this time because I didn't last time, and I feel like I left some points on the board. So I'm going to take two All-Stars with my wrap-around. First one, kind of the cute pick.

I think it's cute. Breakout Star this year, got away from Colorado, Carlos Estavis. There was a lot of things for the Angels doing a really good job. They were in it. They fell back to 500. They're kind of out of it now. This is a bad episode for Angels. I think, I know, and it's tough because I didn't know.

A week ago, I don't think there's any. I didn't want to be talking about the Angels like this, but I think a lot of the fan base is slowly realizing this is the move now with all their injuries. Estaviz is on a favorable contract. He's had a great year. He just made the All-Star team. He's a good one. And I think I'm not going to pick a big market team here because I think they're going to shoot a little bit higher

for like the elite echelon of relievers that are available. But one team that I think will upgrade because we're halfway, more than halfway through, and they're still well into things that could use a bullpen upgrade is the Miami-Marlins. Because I think that they're not just going to do nothing. and I think they have a lot of pieces they can sell, and the Angels need pitching, like they've always kind of needed pitching. And you put Estavis at the back of the bullpen,

you got A.J. Puck, Tanner Scott's had a good year. That's kind of a formula. So it's a little outside the box, but I want to get an all-star on the board. I really enjoy that. The higher-up pick that I want to do is that I think... Mike Trout's going somewhere, isn't it? He's not.

Can you imagine? It's my last pick, just throw them out there. Why not? No, I think the Texas Rangers, they see Houston kind of down the dumps right now. They see vulnerability. They make their Death Star move. They add another reliever from the San Diego Padres,

who also made the All-Star team. Josh Hader, big FD. Heading down to Texas. Yeah. Texas tries to seals up the American League West. If you've forgotten, that's actually where he was. Yeah. He was, wasn't he part of the fires deal?

He was in Houston. He was in Houston. When they got shipped up to Milwaukee. It was him. and Brett Phillips. Yeah. Was Phillips in that one? Yeah, and then there was one other.

Houser was the other, right? He was in that deal. There you go. Then he goes back to Texas. All right. You're up, big guy. Well, you know where I'm actually up, Trev? The Draft King's Sportsbook, America's top rated sportsbook app.

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Dot com slash. I was clean and then I was dirty. One more time? And it's my turn. Just slower this time. I'm going to go to a pit, because pitchers get traded. That's just, those are the facts, Jacks. It's only one Jack.

Jordan Hicks to the Diamondbacks. Wow. Jordan Hicks. Jordan Hicks. From the Cardinals, obvious, you know, one of the bigger flamethrowers in baseball. I think if you're another organization, you think you can tap into him even a little more than the Cardinals have, and you had a guy that throws 102 in your bullpen. Kind of like it.

We have the Diamondbacks having kind of the big deadline. Might as well. Cool. We're here, right? Yeah. Two big buyers. We're here. Diamondbacks Dodgers.

I'm getting up some numbers on my pick, and this is also a big one. This is a former MVP. What? Yeah. Are you actually doing trout? I'm not doing trout. I just want to get the... You think Burlander wants to leave New York that bad then?

Stop. Oh, a lot of Erlander talk here. Okay. I have already talked about this one, kind of like jokingly, but I've convinced myself now that something like this could happen. Okay. The twins. Okay. They need offense.

Sure. There's no way around that. A great controllable starting pitching staff is there now. They have Carlos Correa locked up. They have Byron Buxton locked up. They have a blog jam of like, people at like the higher levels that are ready to come up or get traded they need someone who's a proven hitter that's going to come in instant offense

Paul Goldschmidt is going to my Minnesota twins and it's going to be the Buck Paul Carlos show Gulchman kind of feels like a Minnesota guy It does a little bit. I really like I was joking about this when I first mentioned it, but I think it makes a lot of sense. The Cardinals aren't doing it this year. Goldie is a free agent after 2024.

So it's a year and a half rental. I guess is that a rental? Year and a half. Yeah. So they're going to get something back. I think Minnesota has the pieces to do it. And honestly, like, I think he fits perfectly there. I think Travis having a really good drive.

You know who I was going to... Thank you. He was going to be my next pick. Really? But I was going to have him going to Seattle. Okay. I like that too.

I was going to have him go to Seattle. Like the Twins better. Because I would have tied France as part of the trade. Oh, okay. As the everyday guy to go back for a few more years of control, but then some of their young pitching

would have headed to St. Louis. So, but I do like it. I mean, I hate it as a Cleveland fan, but I think that it actually makes some sense. Yeah. Which I don't. love. All right, so I've got the next two picks here.

You do. This is where it starts to get a little tricky here, gentlemen. You kind of got to get risky a little bit. A little bit, but I think the first guy is rather easy. He's an all-star. He's now a two-time all-star. He didn't make it on the first selection. I'm not sure why.

But I know people have had, somebody had a reliever going to the Rangers. You had a hater going to the Rangers? Yeah. Well, we've already seen them. take on a Rollis Chapman. You have them adding Josh Hater, which makes sense. But I think that they want a righty. And I think David Bednar ends up going down there.

That's a tough one for the pirates because he's a Pittsburgh guy, loves it up there. Yeah. That's his city, right? He's a huge city. He just told me bought Sealer season tickets for the first time. He can't wait for it. So I hope he also bought Cowboy season tickets. I'm going to ship you right now, my man.

A lot of relievers this episode. Well, there's a lot of relievers going to Texas. Chapman's already there. Hatman's already there. Hater's going there. That's an elite bullpen you just brought in. You're stacked. You can see one more reliever going there.

I only see one, but I've got the righty. He's got the lefty. Okay. How was Paul Goldschmidt younger than me? Wow. What does that mean? I just, man, he seems like such like a man. Are you ripping on his hair line?

Such more of a man than I am. Is that what you're doing? I'm older than Garrett Cole. Oh, my God. Garrett Cole is like a military leader. Famously, Paul Goldschman gave me a Vans gift certificate and says, I don't wear vans, but you look like you wear vans. He was right.

He was right. Is that like a compliment? I don't know. I think it's just an observation. It was nice and insulting. He shook my hand and boys. I remember that handshake. I think you have another pick.

I do. Okay. I've got a former award winner. Okay. The guy who, upon his last start, said, I have got to be better. And I think he will be better. But I think he's going to be better for another team. Oh, boy.

Here we go. And it's been crazy because this will be one, two, three, four, five. So this would be another time where he's on the move. Yeah. But don't you like it? Like we loved it when McCutcheon went back to where he originally was, right? Do you know where I'm going? I think I know where you're doing.

Furlander to Detroit. Stop. Don't you think Max Scher deserves a shot out in Arizona? Oh, I thought you were going Dodgers. Don't you think? We're building a Death Star out in the desert. We got Scherzer Stroman. Hey, listen, I think it's fun.

I mean... You think he's moved, huh? He was my next pick. I was trying to get some side of the guy. So you're in on that. Where are you going to have him go? Verlander feels unmovable just because it's the first year of the new deal. But Scherzer, I thought, is going somewhere on the west, whether Texas, L.A., Arizona.

People forget he was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks. What they trade him for? He was in the three-team deal, I think, with Curtis Granderson. Right? I knew he would know this, too. Yeah. Isn't that, isn't that it? It was, uh, I got to look this up.

Yeah, look at it up. I'm almost positive that Granderson went to the Yankees from Detroit. We're being too nice at Diamondbacks fans. Scherzer and, um, who was the lefty that went with, uh, Scherzer? The New York Yankees sent Ian Kennedy. Ian Kennedy to the Diamondbacks. Max Cherser, three in Canada. Right?

Great career. And then wasn't Granderson the last part of that? Grandson went Detroit to the Aix. But there was one other lefty at that, uh, oh, you know who was in there? wasn't Daniel Schlereth? In that trade? Am I right? Mark Schlereth's son.

Am I right? You're right, but that was disgusting. The fact you just like have it. Yeah. Unpronced his name, right? Come on. It's a lot of constant. That's four confidence in a round.

It's crazy. 29 surgery. Rosie got gross there for a second. All right. Let's go. Pluffy. Your penultimate pick. My penultimate.

That means second to last. Very good. Wow. Yeah, I know that. Stanford, man. Yes, thank you very much. I am, ah, shoot. I'm all over the.

place with this one because I want to give something to the Houston Astros. Sure. It makes sense. Great team. Yeah. If we're going to tear it down out there in Chicago, white socks,

might as well tear it all the way down. I'm picking an all-star. La Pantera? No, come on. To the Houston. No way. What is that? He doesn't get traded.

Why not? On the best deal outside of Ronald Lucuna in baseball? Why not? You traded Shohay with the first pick to the Reds. He's leaving. He's going to be on a new team after this year anyway. I like the pick. I feel like they build around him.

Now that I've thought about it. Build what around him? But if you're rebuilding, you need something in the center. He's got club options to be 27. Holy shikes. Can I take that one back? Nope. He's already falling out of your mouth.

You're crazy. All right, fine. Luis. Robert Jr. Cool. Put a package together. To the Houston Astros. Yeah.

Chaz McCormick. Hunter Brown. Hunter Brown. See you later. Luis Garcia. All right. Hey. Swing for the fences.

You land amongst the stars. I do think they are going to make a trade, though. All right. Sometimes our eyes get a little big for our britches. Didn't somebody say, like, shoot for the moon and you land amongst the stars, but then someone was like, well, the nearest star is, like, way further than the moon. So that does make any sense. Simulation talk. Yeah.

What the f. Jake, you got anybody? I have an All-Star being traded. I just did that. Lubbob. He's dealing in a lot, dude. An All-Star catcher. Huh?

Really? Because, I mean, Rushman's a good fit in Baltimore. Stop. No. Elias Diaz. Is your representative from the Colorado Rockies. Okay. Been around for a little bit.

He made the All-Sys. our team he's been raking this year. I have a team that probably shouldn't be trading four players, but boy, are they dug in, and they haven't gotten a lot of production from their catchers. In division, the San Diego Padres trade for Elias D.S. Throw them behind the dish a little bit. What about Blake Snell and Gary Sanchez's relationship? Yeah, that one's been pretty special.

Gary catches two out of five days. Gary's personal catcher for Snell. How awesome would that story be? You have Gary Sanchez, wherever Snell signs for $200 million next year, he also goes. And he just makes another 50 mil because of Blake Snow. Gary accidentally hits 20 homers. What's the more unrealistic side of that? The Padre's buying or the Rockies doing something?

Well, I can't believe I'm taking another Rocky for how bad they burnt me the first ever time doing this. Because I was like, they didn't do shit. They had the most pieces to get. And they didn't trade a thing. So, no, it hurts my soul a little bit. But I think, yeah. You're trusting again. Where are you going, Jell?

That's a good cue. I haven't taken a position player yet, and I kind of feel like a lameo for that. Everyone's been thinking that. I thought it. I picked a guy that was both a position player and a pitcher. Hey, I like it. Everyone knows I'm an Astros fan. I'm wheeling into existence.

What's something crazy we can do? Crazy. It's on the sheet. Let's be a little kooky. It is on there. Right next to this. Starling Marte who Jolly said their trade in.

Don't be toxic. Okay. I think, I'm going to go a little bit of the diet version of what Treb did. Because Luis Robert was a little crazy. Why? You guys. It's so defensive. I think.

People thought Steve Jobs was crazy, too. Yeah. I think the Astros buy, because they're the Astros, and they're not just going to give up. Makes sense. I think they buy a little bit less, but they continue to take from the white socks. you know, plentiful talent, you know, a bray who didn't work out, so they try again. I think they get a big bopper at DH.

Okay. I think Eloy Jimenez could make the jump to Houston. I think the Crawford boxes would like him a lot. Okay. And that's a little bit less of a commitment. You know, he's a free agent after 2024, club options. So that means that either Yordon or Eloy is playing left field.

You could put Yordon in left field. You see in that arm? No, I know. I'm worried about him physically playing the position. I don't think he's worried. I think he wants to be out there. Okay. It's a small left field. It is? No, it would be interesting. If an Eloy trade does happen,

that would be one of those trades that I think people would be shocked by the return. Just because with his injury history, and with a year and a half back, it would be like two, it'd be like two middle prospects, and you'd be like, what, Eloid can hit 40 home? That's what I'm saying. I think the Astros would just find it. And that's, the Astros would be the team that does that.

You got another one. I do have another one. Is this the ultimate round? This is my last. That was the Penn Ultimate round? No, don't say that. No, this is the Penn round. I want to go out with a bang, but I don't know if there's a bang available here.

All right. All right. All right, I'm going to pick Jake's favorite pitcher. Jake's a new favorite pitcher. Who? No. We shared drinks over watching him. Are you joking?

Bow down. That's my favorite picture. Okay. Are you talking about going to Seatgeek and checking out one of their 70,000 events every day? How'd you read my mind like that? Because with Code Talk and you can get $20 off your first purchase at Seatheek. Yeah. You're nuts.

Go to wherever you're about to trade Blake Snell, which makes me really mad because I was teeing him up for my last pick. So you're upset. So I am upset and that's why I'm going to go to Seat Geek, download the app, use Code Talk and $20 off your first purchase. Where's he going, Chal? He's a rental, right? And that AL East is tough, man. A lot of teams are in it. I don't think anyone's too proud not to buy.

I don't know if Snell could pitch in the ALEE. That division. I think Blake Nell, Blake Sinell. Me where he won a son, brother. Blake Nell does not go back. Different last name. I think he joins up with the Boston Red Sox. Whoa.

Come on. That was so toxic. On a rental deal. I sat at the bar. My God, to finish fifth. Time is in a big year of his tenure. I poured my heart out to Jolly about how much I like. You all got out of my ass about Shohei going to Cincinnati.

Can somebody rip him one? I was enjoying my bourbon. And every five seconds, he's going to strike out. I feel like there's a knife. Boston needs a starter. I think they either stand pat or they make one move for a pitcher. And I think this might be it. There you go.

Sanyung, All-Star. Give me my points. Awful. Give me my points. Jake, what do you got? I was going to pick Blake Snell. Now you're back to the drawing board, kiddo. What do you got?

I'm back on the board. And I'm just, you know what? Let's get ugly. Let's just get completely mean. You're going to be so many. The Mets are selling because they stink. Pete Alonzo. It's not going to happen.

The twins are going to call the Cardinals. They're going to say, hey, how are you doing Cardinals? Oh, no, Paul Goldschmidt. Okay. Thank you. We're glad you to get both. And then they're going to call up Uncle Steve and say, hey, Steve, you know, love to Pete Alonzo.

I think the people out here would love him. Polar bears and lakes. The Minnesota twins come for that AL Central and they get the polar bear. I've never seen such a spike-making. Who are some of those prospects that can send him? I'm dying to know. So many.

So many. That was maybe the most toxic thing. Eddie Julian. I mean, what he's been doing. I love this. That's fun. That's fun. Plus, you get some rookie of the year points.

Let's look at the air. No points for home run derbies. That's fine. I will say this, and I'll defend our teammate, Paxton. We did just a small social video a few, like a month or two back, and it was like, who's going to be the biggest player trade at the deadline? She said Pete Alonzo. People scoffed at that in the comments.

It's in play. Totally in play. I agree. It's in play. He's a Met for life. Okay. They're locked in a lot. I'm not what the contract says, Pop.

We got to talk after this. Okay. My last pick. I want to pick my friend. It doesn't have. I zoned out before and I forgot if he got picked, but. Jack Flaherty has not been picked. I want to pick out.

I'm not sure if I'm going to as of yet because landing spots are a little vague for me. I already put Lucas Gialito at going to the Dodgers. I could see Jack going to, you know, the Orioles. I could see him going to the Reds. I think that's kind of where they're at. So maybe I will pick him. Because I think he's like one of the guys that's going to get traded for sure.

So I'll pick Jack Flaherty, my good friend. Your guy. And where do I want to place him? Where do I want to place him? Where do you want over? Rockies. How about Jack Flaherty? as a rental

to the Toronto Blue Jays. Sounds like your point, Clue. I like that. Jack Flaherty. I was going to say the Toronto Blue Jays. He needed a high tea team

and I think you found one. With the candlestick. I like it a lot. To the Blue Jays? Yep. So who gets bumped? I don't know. Because Rieu's coming back.

Well, they'll find a spot for him. Because they have Bassett. They have Gossman. And they have Barrios. Burrios, who's been pitching decent. And then the back end is,

you know, Manoa was doing his thing. again maybe. Kikuchi's kind of up and down. What's Ryu going to do? We don't know. Sounds like too many. Doesn't sound like too many to me. Okay. Can never have enough star.

That's fine. I think he is getting traded. I just think he missed on the team and that's okay. I think he's going to go to the Dodgers, but I already put some on the Dodgers. But that's fine too. That's fine. You might be right. Yeah. Last pick. So with my five picks, I have had extra points everywhere,

either as an MVP, a Syang Award winner, or an All-Star. I just want to show I'm for the common person too. Okay. So you don't need to be an award winner. I'm not a star fucker. I don't need to, you know, I don't need to do that all the time. So, although that sounds kind of interesting to me. Brandon Drury is going to be on the move.

Okay. Because apparently we hate the angels. Okay. Okay. Okay. A giant condolario? I know. That was another good one.

That was a really good one. But this one, I think, makes sense. Drury can play multiple positions. He's not great at any particular position, I don't believe. But this team has holes all over the place. The Milwaukee Brewers. What do they have? One guy who's got an OPS over 800,

one guy who's got an OPS over 775. Kristen Yelich. That's it. Good year. Drury's over 800. I just think it makes sense. Fits. It feels like a nice.

It is an extra year on the deal, but that's okay. Add a little payroll. Let's go. I like it. So that's it. Do you want to hear what everybody's team is, or do you not care? I care. I care about everyone excepts.

Your team is Gialito. Yep. Stro. Yep. Soto. Yep. I forgot about that. Goldie.

Yep. Huh? Oh, you filled out the whole damn thing? BBD did. Oh, BBD, no shit. Wow. That's his first time. So you got Gial.

Alito to the Dodgers, Stroman to the Diamondbacks, Soto to the raised, Goldschmidt to the twins, Robert to the Astros, and Flaherty to the Blue Jays. It's pretty fun. Your guys. Okay. Jake? I went out there. McCutcheon back to Milwaukee. Lorenzen back to Cincinnati.

Donaldson to the Dodgers. Jordan Hicks to Arizona. Elias to the Padres. Pete Alonzo to the twins. That's definitely the least amount of star power. It's a bad team. Thank you. It's a bad team.

Jolly has got Cise going to Baltimore. E-Rod to the Dodgers, Estevez to Miami, Hader to Texas, Eloy to Houston, and Blake Snell to Boston. And I've got Show-Hae to Cincinnati, one-one. Cody Bellinger to the Yankees, Beaver to the Giants, Bednar to the Rangers, Scherzer to Arizona, and Drury to Milwaukee.

Gentlemen, I wish you luck. I wish you luck. If you guys had to pick someone else's team, whose team would you pick? Plouf. Plouf. Plouf. I don't think it's...

A lot of big names. That's the thing. It's a ton of big names. What about which team you would least like to pick? On three? One, two, three. Jake's. Cool.

Good draft. Good draft. No royals relievers. I can't wait. Speaking of trades, I can't wait to see what I get back in the return for... Sorry, John. Giving you the rights to this show. Again...

Is it Jamer? It's half a banana three, but then I need that, so... I'll check. You're eating all the profits. We'll hit up HR and see. You've got to be something. The Rockies are by. You lost that title?

I know. I don't know. I think Pete Alonzo's a Rocky. Big sense. 60 numbers. 70. 80? Are we going to fight?

Water bottle flip. Quickly.