Tigers actually get an A++ because 1)they didn’t let Avila trade away the entire roster for low a players (as he did in every other move he did the last 7 years) and B) they fired Avila today
@@everybodysMaster1 seriously, the Fulmer trade is a perfect example. Tigers somehow have a top 5 bullpen and the only guy they trade from it gets a single prospect in return who is 25 and has a 7.17 era in AA. If he traded the other 4/5 valuable bullpen arms and the young starters in the same way the tigers would literally be a AA team in the majors
The Mets addressed most of their needs without giving up anyone that big. It was pretty similar to what the Braves did last year. I wouldn’t be surprised if any of those 3 bats they got goes on a tear in the playoffs
Nah they missed a little bit on bullpen. If they got like 2 good pitchers then it would’ve been a good move. The pitching pieces the Braves got is what got them to the World Series last year
@@DasFlippityFlop The Braves didn't go for many arms if at all last deadline. The vast majority of it was the series of ultimately game-changing bats they brought aboard. Most of their bullpen arms developed from within or were more or less claimed off waivers.
As a Mets fan no lie I was underwhelmed at the trade deadline, but that said..it looks like their FO might have known something that we didnt, now the DH spot is a big boon and really helped out against the Yankees and Braves series. That said, Braves have a very dangerous lineup and until the last pitch is thrown in the regular season, I still say the division will be a dogfight between the Mets and Braves. The loser winning the 1st wild card. The phillies arent a slouch as of right now either, so 3 NL east teams might go to the postseason at this rate
@@henrycalde1991 as a mets fan, I disagree with the assertion that the front office knew something that we didn't. There were plenty of us that knew these were good pickups. You just had to look at vogelbach's splits vs. Righties and Ruf's splits vs. Lefties. It isn't rocket science, I mean all you had to do was look at the 2021 giants to see the results of lefty righty platoons
@@henrycalde1991 if you were underwhelmed by that deadline, then you are probably a casual baseball fan. Those were smart moves, and made the Mets better.
I mean of course getting a guy like Soto was insane and Josh Bell is a huge upgrade at 1st both offensively and defensively but holy shit Brandon Drury has made noise immediately. Its funny how the guy who didn't even get a press conference jacked a grand slam his first game and hit a 3 run blast today too.
Drury is the type of player they need, shows up and does his job and doesn’t draw the media’s attention. He’s a dude and he got the right mentality for the sport.
And 2 weeks later, Josh Bell has been hitting about .132 for the Padres, Drury has done very little, Josh Hader has been a train wreck, and Juan Soto has been solid but unspectacular, and the Padres have had a sub .500 record against poor competition.
Mariners at the least get an A grade, they improved their rotation while getting some smaller pieces to add depth. They’re competing now and this trade deadline shows it.
Luis Castillo alone makes it an A+ trade. Yankees really fucked up not getting Luis, but with the amount the Mariners sent to the Reds for him, I’m happy with Montas.
@@whollyunaware5185 the fact you don't realize the entire part of a farm system is for moves like this baffles me. Sure we gave up Marte but you have zero idea how a player can transition in the pros. Getting him alone gives us an A
The Dodgers trade deadline acquisitions were Walker Buehler, Dustin May, Blake Treinen, Brusdar Graterol and Clayton Kershaw off the DL and they didn't have to give up anyone!
@@xLA625 Sucks But We Still Have May And Kersh. If They’re Not Horrible Than We Still Have A Great Shot. Buehler Would’ve Been The Cherry On Top Though
Hated seeing Mancini leave Baltimore and to trade Lopez. But it was the correct move for the future. The Dan Duquette Era Orioles would have kept Mancini and would have lost him in FA. They would have kept Lopez a year too late, and would have gotten prospects at a lesser value. They addressed a weakness which is starting pitching. Great move by Mike Elias.👍🏻
@@Niptonian9551 nah, you don’t have to become depressing and a douchebag to be a true fan. Also many fans are being negative on purpose because they’re copying how fans of other successful teams are acting. It’s pitiful.
I'm a Brewers fan, and I was so disappointed by what they did at the deadline. I didn't mind the idea of trading Hader IF we got a top prospect or two in return. Instead, we basically traded him for a middle reliever, a utility player/pinch runner, and a guy who may be a bottom of the rotation starter in a couple of years. I simply cannot believe or accept that that was the best return package we could have gotten for Hader, and if it was, we should have just kept him.
interestingly, the Orioles are 7-1 since trading Trey Mancini on August 1st. Obviously tonight's game vs Blue Jays has been postponed. I'm honestly curious how Gunner Henderson is going to do when he gets to play.
Raisel Iglesias has been terrible this year for the angels. If the angels traded him away for nothing like Vegas, I would consider that a victory. It's addition by subtraction.
The thing is his underlying metrics are much better than his subpar ERA would suggest, indicating perhaps he's been a bit unlucky this year. He's been mostly great so far with Atlanta.
I believe Marc didn't remember that the Braves have a knack for fixing underperforming OFers with their development. Lo and behold, Grossman's doing a lot better with the Braves than he did with the Tigers, saying quote "A lightbulb went off in my head". Iglesias has also looked fantastic, making an already great bullpen even more lethal.
They traded Iglesias to free up some payroll. You could tell this year that his stuff was on the decline and to get out of that contract for the next three years was actually smart. We also have Trout and Ward locked in for outfield spots in the future and it’ll be good to have some competition between Adell and Moniak with also having a solid catching prospect for once. As an Angels fan I actually thought the deadline was decent.
They didn't make the moves I wanted but I agree. Iglesias was looking worse and worse as the season went on and I'm glad they got off his contract. Trading Syndergaard was really smart and I love that they got former #1 pick Mickey Moniak who so far has been hitting really well. The Marsh trade was the question mark for me
The interesting thing about the Cardinals is the GM Mo plays the safe card, like longevity over a stellar single, maybe few years. Which is why the Cardinals have been consistent playoff teams and winning records for like 25 years or so. A lotta Cardinal fans obviously want the big name players, and STL is blessed with Goldy and Nado, but personally I’m glad Soto isn’t a Cardinal. Not because of him himself, but the Cardinals would’ve had to give up pretty much their whole farm system and I personally would rather see multiple successful Cardinals rise up than an minimum 1 year with Soto
Not all their prospects, but Dylan Carlson, whom the Nats were said to really love, and a couple of them. I'm happy too that they didn't pull the trigger.
Did you not see Raisel Iglesias pitch this year? Meatball after meatball. Dude really really struggled. Best thing he did all year was throw the seeds and gum onto the field.
the dodgers a chilling, we really didn't need soto and gallo is doing gallo things. I'm just happy we got him out of NY and we continue winning to prove who are the top dogs. We really shut down the hype over soto and the padres.
As an O's fan. It hurt to see Trey go. But I'm just glad he went somewhere where he's gonna compete for a ring. I'm really interested in the prospect haul we got. Specifically Cade Povich and Chayce Mcdermott. Povich dominated in his first start at Single A, and Chayce has already struck out 10 guys in his first 5 innings of work.
I think you overlook the importance of the reds getting Romine A. We have a Catcher B. They added a consistent veteran catcher who can aid the development of a young staff and handle them
Montgomery has been lights out for the Cards. Bader can't stay healthy and the Cards were ready to move on. Carlson is not a big drop off defensively in CF, and Nootbaar has played well in RF. You can say the same thing about Tyler O'Neill, always hurt and he's been lost at the plate all year. Would not be surprised if they move on from him this off-season.
Respect the grade for the orioles. Broke my heart that Mancini was traded, but so far it hasn’t really mattered. The orioles are still playing amazing without him and Lopez. We got pitching prospects that are going to be ready in 2-3 years, so I liked our deadline. Not crazy, but not nothing either. Go os. Awesome to watch os baseball this year.
Why wouldn’t Boston trade for hosmer??????? They haven’t had a competent first baseman all year and the padres payed off his whole contract. Got Pham for nothing, a decent catcher and traded Vazquez away right before he hits the market for two solid prospects. How did the Red Sox exactly get worse?
You dont want Hosmer because he will be stuck with the team and produces barely over replacement level this year, and in the future will produce less. Instead of signing a FA or letting a young guy play, they will be letting a washed up 35 year old play 1st base in 2026
Cool to see someone who understands the intent behind the Orioles moves when the reporters just took it at face value. Also I am in awe that THE Matt Bush is still playing baseball
Personally disagree with the D for the Angels, Raisel has been shaky at best and straight up bad at times, good opportunity to salary dump, Thor was on a one year contract anyway and since the Angels aren't in playoff contention anymore trading him isn't the worst thing in the world, losing Marsh sucks but the catcher position is a more pressing need for their near future.
Raisel wasn't so much the issue though, as he's been lights out for the Braves for the most part. What was garbage was the defense that was behind him, among other things.
On paper, San Diego looks like one of the best teams and most people seem to assume their gonna get the 4 or 5 seed comfortably. I think the Padres are still not nearly as good as people think and are going to completely miss the playoffs. Everyone is WAAYYYY too confident in the Padres ability to make the playoffs for a team that is ONE game ahead of the 4th place Brewers
Mets gave up very little and got better in the little areas. They quietly have the best DH in the league every game now by playing matchups with Ruf and Beef. But they are so good everywhere else. They’re the best team in baseball right now.
The Soto comment, you didn’t follow what led up to this, he wouldn’t sign the last number that the Nats offered so they tried to get the most out of it by trading him and they have already going on a rebuild mode it was best for both. What’s funny is that people like you will get mad about the LA Angles waisting Trout and Ohtani, which that organization doesn’t know what direction they’re going, but you want to give the Nats organization an F because they know where they are at. Make up your mind.
I don’t understand why u can already grade deadline moves already. Montas had one start and it was bad it doesn’t mean that he’s a bad player as a whole
Amazing going back to this and seeing Jordan Montgomery going 4-0 with the Cardinals with a 1-hit shutout. It's still probably a B because the Cards do always make safe trade deadline moves but Quintana has been very good too. It's wild to watch what the Cards are doing right now and Yankees fans are hating that trade.
Something I don’t think I’ve seen you do that I think would be cool, ranking all 30 bench’s (when having their best lineup on the field) for example Arcia and Grissom would be on the bench for the Braves even though they’ve been starting lately. Same with Sierra for the Angels
As a Brewers fan I would give them a D, I get trading Hader that I can understand, but I don't understand why we had to DFA Lamet even if we had to make more salary for Bush, then the Bush trade also was ok, but I really hate the Rosenthal trade, not only do we give up a to 20 prospect in our farm system, we only get maybe a month out of Rosenthal, unless we sign him again in the offseason, but we also could have signed him a month earlier instead of trading for him, it was one of the stupidest trades ever and he hasn't pitched in two years so we have no idea how good he actually will be.
i agree with your take on the orioles. they’re playing it safe bc they might not make the playoffs this year so they should sell the value that they have so their future is looking even more bright and they become more dominant eventually
The reds Castillo trade went in cincinnati 's favor, they got tons of prospects and they now have one of the best farm systems in the mlb. Watch them make the postseason in 2 years.
Angels are slowly building their farm system and getting depth. That Raisel trade wasnt as bad as u said. Tucker was the Braves 5th prospect. Chavez has been outstanding. As for Thor, he has been awful for the Phillies and Moniak has been great for the Angels. Not to mention he was the Phillies number 1 pick in 2016 and he’s only 24. I disagree with the grading. Perry Minasian is a not a terrible GM, this is his only 2nd year and he’s starting to build the Angels in his vision not Epplers.
Sucks that he had a 1.048 OPS during his few games with the Angels only to land on the IL from being hit by a pitch... Angels can't catch a break with injuries lol I agree, I thought his Angels grade was wrong regarding almost everything he said but I still love his content and discussing it
C for Jays. We still don’t have reliable pitching, and Mitch while is a filler SP brought in to replace a filler SP. We have only 2 consistent true starting pitchers. We were also trying to make playoffs, and at the start of the season had even higher hopes. Merrifield is past his prime, and is basically an advanced utility player for us.
You forgot the biggest move for the royals. The draft pick trade for Drew Waters and 2 others. Waters is MASHING in AAA and is that big quality name you said they were missing.
Regarding the Astros deadline moves: You mentioned Will Smith is not who he used to be, but have you considered that the Astros tend to take mediocre pitchers and turn them into gold? It's their specialty. Also, I'll give you that Maldonado has been slow offensively, but defensively he looks almost better than ever and since July, he's actually hitting VERY well. Vasquez was supposed to be the catcher who hits, but now they both do so we are never sure who's gonna be starting. lol.
I am a Mets fan but I think the Mets got an A because they did not give up a lot and all the players they got are performing better than we thought. No one that excites you but everyone is performing
As A Tigers fan, I hate that Avila got one last chance this past trade deadline, but better late than never. this may have been his worst deadline. At least he can't do any more damage, but it's gonna be years before we recover from this.
The trades this year seemed very lopsided towards the winning team getting the better deal every time. Mainly a Royals fan, so the main problem I had was with the Royals not trading Merrifield last year or the year before. I think the vaccine status and Merrifields comments soured the Royals fo on keeping him around. I'm with you that I feel the Royals got fleeced on many of the trades. Should've pushed Yankees harder for at least a higher in system prospect, same with the others. Maybe Dayton Moore and company finally get the boot after the next 6 weeks is done? He hasn't been able to put in near as good a farm system as the one that propelled the Royals of the early 2010s. Padres definitely killed the trade deadline and Yankees look more "in" on this year than previous years. The NL is definitely more stacked team wise and I believe their representative in the WS will be the winner, whoever it may end up being
I feel like the royals have actually played really well since the deadline and I think the witt merrifield and benintendi trades allowed the younger solid players to get more time
the M's getting" castillio, was an A+++!!!!! dont care what anyone thinks. plus as i write this, hes already beaten the yankees twice" since my mariners signed him...
Raisel Iglesias is 32 and has the worst hard hit rate in the league and is signed for 3 more years at $16 million. Angels have the 2 of the best closer prospects in baseball with Ben Joyce and Sam Bachman. Dumping that contract for anything is a huge W
As a Redsox fan I'm fine with Hosmer because we needed a 1st basemen badly and a part of the Hosmer deal is the Paders have to pay most of the money that's he is owed
I'm not really surprised by the Franmil move, tough to keep around a DH who's not hitting and will be due a raise next season. They'd rather rotate other players in the slot and move on, and he's an odd type of player where he's not quite good enough to start for a contender, but many non contending teams probably won't spend money on a DH and instead use other players.
I think the Hosmer trade is great for the Red Sox because they're only paying him the minimum for his entire contract, and the Padres are covering the remaining 44 million. So there's really no reason not to have him, no matter how bad he might be (and he's been good so far) he's basically a free player.
Aye it may look like hosmer has been good, but watching him daily as a padres fan you can tell he’s bad. Idk how many games/runs he’s cost us on the defense. He had the hottest April and may, but fell off quickly which is why his stats are so inflated. He’s not clutch at all and has the highest ground ball rates ever!!!
I just got into baseball a few years back and I still dont get the whole TRADE TRADE TRADE frenzy that fans get into right before the deadline. Trading for players, no matter how good they are, is never a guarantee of success or even getting better. The Yankees get an A for their deadline and yet seem to be going into panic mode after losing like 15 games the past 20 days while the dodgers got a D and are flying higher than ever. And then Marc claims the Astros upgraded on catcher and first base but nobody seems to have told the Astros themselves given Maldonado and Gurriel still start over the new guys, Gurriels time might be up but Maldonado will still definitely be the main catcher for the rest of the year.
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Tigers actually get an A++ because 1)they didn’t let Avila trade away the entire roster for low a players (as he did in every other move he did the last 7 years) and B) they fired Avila today
Tigers won the deadline, IMO.
Tarik getting hurt saved the Tigers
We're going to have to add more +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
@@everybodysMaster1 seriously, the Fulmer trade is a perfect example. Tigers somehow have a top 5 bullpen and the only guy they trade from it gets a single prospect in return who is 25 and has a 7.17 era in AA. If he traded the other 4/5 valuable bullpen arms and the young starters in the same way the tigers would literally be a AA team in the majors
They have the best post-deadline move which is firing Avila
The Mets addressed most of their needs without giving up anyone that big. It was pretty similar to what the Braves did last year. I wouldn’t be surprised if any of those 3 bats they got goes on a tear in the playoffs
Nah they missed a little bit on bullpen. If they got like 2 good pitchers then it would’ve been a good move. The pitching pieces the Braves got is what got them to the World Series last year
I like all 3 bats tho. Vogelback is just a fun player and Naquin has been sick.
@@DasFlippityFlop The Braves didn't go for many arms if at all last deadline. The vast majority of it was the series of ultimately game-changing bats they brought aboard. Most of their bullpen arms developed from within or were more or less claimed off waivers.
@@MeargleSchmeargle I thought they traded for bullpen guys who helped them get to the World Series? I could be wrong tho
@@DasFlippityFlop Luke Jackson, AJ Minter, Tyler Matzek, Kyle Wright etc. were already in the organization heading into 2021.
Vogelbach and Ruf is an insane DH platoon. They can play matchups and those two will rake. As a braves fan I am legitimately scared
As a Mets fan no lie I was underwhelmed at the trade deadline, but that said..it looks like their FO might have known something that we didnt, now the DH spot is a big boon and really helped out against the Yankees and Braves series. That said, Braves have a very dangerous lineup and until the last pitch is thrown in the regular season, I still say the division will be a dogfight between the Mets and Braves. The loser winning the 1st wild card.
The phillies arent a slouch as of right now either, so 3 NL east teams might go to the postseason at this rate
@@henrycalde1991 as a mets fan, I disagree with the assertion that the front office knew something that we didn't. There were plenty of us that knew these were good pickups. You just had to look at vogelbach's splits vs. Righties and Ruf's splits vs. Lefties. It isn't rocket science, I mean all you had to do was look at the 2021 giants to see the results of lefty righty platoons
@@henrycalde1991 if you were underwhelmed by that deadline, then you are probably a casual baseball fan. Those were smart moves, and made the Mets better.
I mean of course getting a guy like Soto was insane and Josh Bell is a huge upgrade at 1st both offensively and defensively but holy shit Brandon Drury has made noise immediately. Its funny how the guy who didn't even get a press conference jacked a grand slam his first game and hit a 3 run blast today too.
And was close to another hr but got robbed
Little did we know it was all part of the plan to get Drury riled up
Drury is the type of player they need, shows up and does his job and doesn’t draw the media’s attention. He’s a dude and he got the right mentality for the sport.
Also those moves to compete with the Dodgers and dodgers still swept them
And 2 weeks later, Josh Bell has been hitting about .132 for the Padres, Drury has done very little, Josh Hader has been a train wreck, and Juan Soto has been solid but unspectacular, and the Padres have had a sub .500 record against poor competition.
“Tatis is coming back real soon” lol that aged well
Mariners at the least get an A grade, they improved their rotation while getting some smaller pieces to add depth. They’re competing now and this trade deadline shows it.
for sure!
Luis Castillo alone makes it an A+ trade. Yankees really fucked up not getting Luis, but with the amount the Mariners sent to the Reds for him, I’m happy with Montas.
Respectfully disagree. While it's way too early to grade any of these trades, totally overpaying for Castillo should land them an F.
@@whollyunaware5185 the fact you don't realize the entire part of a farm system is for moves like this baffles me. Sure we gave up Marte but you have zero idea how a player can transition in the pros. Getting him alone gives us an A
@@NotRage. Sorry, I was thinking they gave up four players, including 3 of their top 5 prospects. If it was actually only Marte, you might be right.
The Dodgers trade deadline acquisitions were Walker Buehler, Dustin May, Blake Treinen, Brusdar Graterol and Clayton Kershaw off the DL and they didn't have to give up anyone!
Damn We Really That Deep It’s Scary😅
They should’ve traded Kimbrel for something useful. Roberts is going to use him no matter what and will pay for it.
@@powercorrupts50 Dave’s trynna get him back in his rhythm before October
Buehler 😭... he's done for the season.
@@xLA625 Sucks But We Still Have May And Kersh. If They’re Not Horrible Than We Still Have A Great Shot. Buehler Would’ve Been The Cherry On Top Though
Hated seeing Mancini leave Baltimore and to trade Lopez. But it was the correct move for the future. The Dan Duquette Era Orioles would have kept Mancini and would have lost him in FA. They would have kept Lopez a year too late, and would have gotten prospects at a lesser value. They addressed a weakness which is starting pitching. Great move by Mike Elias.👍🏻
Castillo after his last 2 starts against the Yankees has been absolutely worth it. He’s basically won the Mariners two games
This is true but no matter what it’s still an over pay I’d give it a C+ myself
@@sadmarinersfan8935 bro who cares abt prospects
@@sadmarinersfan8935 You sound like a fairweather fan.
@@ximienlundquist8487 not really. The only true Mariners fans are miserable and negative, we wouldn't have lasted this long otherwise.
@@Niptonian9551 nah, you don’t have to become depressing and a douchebag to be a true fan. Also many fans are being negative on purpose because they’re copying how fans of other successful teams are acting. It’s pitiful.
I'm a Brewers fan, and I was so disappointed by what they did at the deadline. I didn't mind the idea of trading Hader IF we got a top prospect or two in return. Instead, we basically traded him for a middle reliever, a utility player/pinch runner, and a guy who may be a bottom of the rotation starter in a couple of years. I simply cannot believe or accept that that was the best return package we could have gotten for Hader, and if it was, we should have just kept him.
interestingly, the Orioles are 7-1 since trading Trey Mancini on August 1st. Obviously tonight's game vs Blue Jays has been postponed.
I'm honestly curious how Gunner Henderson is going to do when he gets to play.
Dodgers too since gallo. Lol. And he gave them D
That’s so true
“And that’s why the Mets get an A+ because of their trade for Michael Pérez”
Raisel Iglesias has been terrible this year for the angels. If the angels traded him away for nothing like Vegas, I would consider that a victory. It's addition by subtraction.
This guy has always been stupid, no point in really listening to him lol
The thing is his underlying metrics are much better than his subpar ERA would suggest, indicating perhaps he's been a bit unlucky this year. He's been mostly great so far with Atlanta.
Daniel mobile for the Brewers last year
The best thing he’s done this year is throw the seeds
And now the Braves bullpen has become somehow even better than it already was. Many thanks.
Yankees fans are counting their blessings that the Joey Gallo curse is over, but still realize that they're 1-7 since
Meanwhile the dodgers are 7-0. The only day the Yankees won was when the dodgers had an off day. Joey Gallo curse continues
@@jaimelannister1797 8-0 now, Gallo got the dodgers some insurance tonight going oppo taco for his first bomb as a boy in blue
I believe Marc didn't remember that the Braves have a knack for fixing underperforming OFers with their development. Lo and behold, Grossman's doing a lot better with the Braves than he did with the Tigers, saying quote "A lightbulb went off in my head". Iglesias has also looked fantastic, making an already great bullpen even more lethal.
Tyler Naquin has been a beast for the Mets
They traded Iglesias to free up some payroll. You could tell this year that his stuff was on the decline and to get out of that contract for the next three years was actually smart. We also have Trout and Ward locked in for outfield spots in the future and it’ll be good to have some competition between Adell and Moniak with also having a solid catching prospect for once. As an Angels fan I actually thought the deadline was decent.
They didn't make the moves I wanted but I agree. Iglesias was looking worse and worse as the season went on and I'm glad they got off his contract. Trading Syndergaard was really smart and I love that they got former #1 pick Mickey Moniak who so far has been hitting really well. The Marsh trade was the question mark for me
@@thatkristiandude4048 O’hoppe has been doing really good recently if he keeps it up maybe win win scenario for both teams
The interesting thing about the Cardinals is the GM Mo plays the safe card, like longevity over a stellar single, maybe few years. Which is why the Cardinals have been consistent playoff teams and winning records for like 25 years or so. A lotta Cardinal fans obviously want the big name players, and STL is blessed with Goldy and Nado, but personally I’m glad Soto isn’t a Cardinal. Not because of him himself, but the Cardinals would’ve had to give up pretty much their whole farm system and I personally would rather see multiple successful Cardinals rise up than an minimum 1 year with Soto
Not all their prospects, but Dylan Carlson, whom the Nats were said to really love, and a couple of them. I'm happy too that they didn't pull the trigger.
Did you not see Raisel Iglesias pitch this year? Meatball after meatball. Dude really really struggled. Best thing he did all year was throw the seeds and gum onto the field.
keep talking nonsense, he has looked great for us
@@beginn_tempooo2920 he’s pitched 4 inning for the Braves. Giving up 3 hits and a run while striking out 7. It’s still early.
The seed throw was legendary
@@danaanliker4292 best thing he did for the Angels this year.
the dodgers a chilling, we really didn't need soto and gallo is doing gallo things. I'm just happy we got him out of NY and we continue winning to prove who are the top dogs. We really shut down the hype over soto and the padres.
As an O's fan. It hurt to see Trey go. But I'm just glad he went somewhere where he's gonna compete for a ring.
I'm really interested in the prospect haul we got. Specifically Cade Povich and Chayce Mcdermott. Povich dominated in his first start at Single A, and Chayce has already struck out 10 guys in his first 5 innings of work.
I think you overlook the importance of the reds getting Romine A. We have a Catcher B. They added a consistent veteran catcher who can aid the development of a young staff and handle them
Montgomery has been lights out for the Cards. Bader can't stay healthy and the Cards were ready to move on. Carlson is not a big drop off defensively in CF, and Nootbaar has played well in RF.
You can say the same thing about Tyler O'Neill, always hurt and he's been lost at the plate all year. Would not be surprised if they move on from him this off-season.
Respect the grade for the orioles. Broke my heart that Mancini was traded, but so far it hasn’t really mattered. The orioles are still playing amazing without him and Lopez. We got pitching prospects that are going to be ready in 2-3 years, so I liked our deadline. Not crazy, but not nothing either. Go os. Awesome to watch os baseball this year.
Dodgers 7-0 after Gallo trade while Yankees 1-7
I think the Dodgers did much better than D plus
They get a D because they kept Kimbrel. Dude is going cost them the WS.
Hell yes I’ve been waiting for this Marc love you, plus go Padres!!!
Friar Faithful, Go Padres
“And that is why the Mets had the best trade deadline in baseball history”
Why wouldn’t Boston trade for hosmer??????? They haven’t had a competent first baseman all year and the padres payed off his whole contract. Got Pham for nothing, a decent catcher and traded Vazquez away right before he hits the market for two solid prospects. How did the Red Sox exactly get worse?
You dont want Hosmer because he will be stuck with the team and produces barely over replacement level this year, and in the future will produce less. Instead of signing a FA or letting a young guy play, they will be letting a washed up 35 year old play 1st base in 2026
@@jet_jones_1153 Rosenthal reported they could trade him again. Also they can DFA him. No team is "stuck" playing a player...
Cool to see someone who understands the intent behind the Orioles moves when the reporters just took it at face value. Also I am in awe that THE Matt Bush is still playing baseball
I love this comes out on the day gallo hits a homer
18:46 that is exactly what I wanted to hear Mark!!! THANK YOU!!
Really upset with the giants for the way they went about this deadline, Rodon could’ve gotten a haul back
agree, they're not gonna make the playoffs, so it's a disappointment to see them not acquire a top prospect for Rodon.
agree, they're not gonna make the playoffs, so it's a disappointment to see them not acquire a top prospect for Rodon.
Watching this as a Yankee fan after the Cardinals series… Montas 6 runs, Effross game losing home run given up, yeah…
And montgomery threw a 2 hit shutout. Extremely tough
And then the Cardinals lose to the Rockies 16-5 XD
JP Sears 5+ IP, 3 hits, 2 ER for the A’s in his A’s debut
@@redfern2236 As a Cardinals fan I am just confused on how we sweep the yanks and then get wrecked by the Rockies.
@@Zalyx_YT I’m confused too. Baseball works in strange ways.
Personally disagree with the D for the Angels, Raisel has been shaky at best and straight up bad at times, good opportunity to salary dump, Thor was on a one year contract anyway and since the Angels aren't in playoff contention anymore trading him isn't the worst thing in the world, losing Marsh sucks but the catcher position is a more pressing need for their near future.
Raisel wasn't so much the issue though, as he's been lights out for the Braves for the most part. What was garbage was the defense that was behind him, among other things.
Hey Marc! Have you considered doing a video ranking all the smart and dumb organizations in baseball? Either way, another great vid!
Marc: ‘How dare you trade Juan Soto?’
Nats: ‘We offered him $440 million. He didn’t want to stay’
Also if San Diego collapses again, I swear to god…..
And they are collapsing
Only complaint would be for teams like Atlanta who don’t necessarily have much to trade or need much from the trade deadline. Otherwise good vid.
On paper, San Diego looks like one of the best teams and most people seem to assume their gonna get the 4 or 5 seed comfortably. I think the Padres are still not nearly as good as people think and are going to completely miss the playoffs. Everyone is WAAYYYY too confident in the Padres ability to make the playoffs for a team that is ONE game ahead of the 4th place Brewers
Mets gave up very little and got better in the little areas. They quietly have the best DH in the league every game now by playing matchups with Ruf and Beef. But they are so good everywhere else. They’re the best team in baseball right now.
Been waiting for this video since deadline ended!!
The Soto comment, you didn’t follow what led up to this, he wouldn’t sign the last number that the Nats offered so they tried to get the most out of it by trading him and they have already going on a rebuild mode it was best for both. What’s funny is that people like you will get mad about the LA Angles waisting Trout and Ohtani, which that organization doesn’t know what direction they’re going, but you want to give the Nats organization an F because they know where they are at. Make up your mind.
Been waiting for this one lets goo
been waiting 4 this bro
I don’t understand why u can already grade deadline moves already. Montas had one start and it was bad it doesn’t mean that he’s a bad player as a whole
Amazing going back to this and seeing Jordan Montgomery going 4-0 with the Cardinals with a 1-hit shutout. It's still probably a B because the Cards do always make safe trade deadline moves but Quintana has been very good too. It's wild to watch what the Cards are doing right now and Yankees fans are hating that trade.
Something I don’t think I’ve seen you do that I think would be cool, ranking all 30 bench’s (when having their best lineup on the field) for example Arcia and Grissom would be on the bench for the Braves even though they’ve been starting lately. Same with Sierra for the Angels
Cubs added Franmil Reyes, Marlins also got a PTBNL
As a Brewers fan I would give them a D, I get trading Hader that I can understand, but I don't understand why we had to DFA Lamet even if we had to make more salary for Bush, then the Bush trade also was ok, but I really hate the Rosenthal trade, not only do we give up a to 20 prospect in our farm system, we only get maybe a month out of Rosenthal, unless we sign him again in the offseason, but we also could have signed him a month earlier instead of trading for him, it was one of the stupidest trades ever and he hasn't pitched in two years so we have no idea how good he actually will be.
i agree with your take on the orioles. they’re playing it safe bc they might not make the playoffs this year so they should sell the value that they have so their future is looking even more bright and they become more dominant eventually
Pretty good video, surprised with the Yankees grade a bit. The names are big, but obviously hasn’t worked out for them
The reds Castillo trade went in cincinnati 's favor, they got tons of prospects and they now have one of the best farm systems in the mlb. Watch them make the postseason in 2 years.
Can u do ur mid season predictions for ur mlb standings, awards and playoffs? Would love to watch that video!
Lol his take on the angels deadline in retrospect says A LOT
Angels are slowly building their farm system and getting depth. That Raisel trade wasnt as bad as u said. Tucker was the Braves 5th prospect. Chavez has been outstanding. As for Thor, he has been awful for the Phillies and Moniak has been great for the Angels. Not to mention he was the Phillies number 1 pick in 2016 and he’s only 24. I disagree with the grading. Perry Minasian is a not a terrible GM, this is his only 2nd year and he’s starting to build the Angels in his vision not Epplers.
Sucks that he had a 1.048 OPS during his few games with the Angels only to land on the IL from being hit by a pitch... Angels can't catch a break with injuries lol
I agree, I thought his Angels grade was wrong regarding almost everything he said but I still love his content and discussing it
@@92Vreid88 Yes for sure!
C for Jays. We still don’t have reliable pitching, and Mitch while is a filler SP brought in to replace a filler SP. We have only 2 consistent true starting pitchers.
We were also trying to make playoffs, and at the start of the season had even higher hopes. Merrifield is past his prime, and is basically an advanced utility player for us.
What happened to the monthly power rankings?
After both Quintana and Montgomery's 1st 3 starts I'd give it an A-
Love the moves by the Reds!
Tomorrow at noon time is fine too so I’ll let you know when I’m ready
nice work sir
I feel like for future videos you should add departures onto the graphic with additions
Life long Padres fan here!
You forgot the biggest move for the royals. The draft pick trade for Drew Waters and 2 others. Waters is MASHING in AAA and is that big quality name you said they were missing.
How does Marc not have a million subs yet. Love this man
Regarding the Astros deadline moves: You mentioned Will Smith is not who he used to be, but have you considered that the Astros tend to take mediocre pitchers and turn them into gold? It's their specialty. Also, I'll give you that Maldonado has been slow offensively, but defensively he looks almost better than ever and since July, he's actually hitting VERY well. Vasquez was supposed to be the catcher who hits, but now they both do so we are never sure who's gonna be starting. lol.
I am a Mets fan but I think the Mets got an A because they did not give up a lot and all the players they got are performing better than we thought. No one that excites you but everyone is performing
Let’s go Dodgers baby
I like how Marc keeps flaming Martin Maldonado when he has the best defensive numbers in the league
As A Tigers fan, I hate that Avila got one last chance this past trade deadline, but better late than never. this may have been his worst deadline. At least he can't do any more damage, but it's gonna be years before we recover from this.
The trades this year seemed very lopsided towards the winning team getting the better deal every time.
Mainly a Royals fan, so the main problem I had was with the Royals not trading Merrifield last year or the year before. I think the vaccine status and Merrifields comments soured the Royals fo on keeping him around. I'm with you that I feel the Royals got fleeced on many of the trades. Should've pushed Yankees harder for at least a higher in system prospect, same with the others.
Maybe Dayton Moore and company finally get the boot after the next 6 weeks is done? He hasn't been able to put in near as good a farm system as the one that propelled the Royals of the early 2010s.
Padres definitely killed the trade deadline and Yankees look more "in" on this year than previous years. The NL is definitely more stacked team wise and I believe their representative in the WS will be the winner, whoever it may end up being
I feel like the royals have actually played really well since the deadline and I think the witt merrifield and benintendi trades allowed the younger solid players to get more time
I love your vids! Keep it up!
Thanks Marc for a good grade rj my pirates
The video I’ve been waiting for
Dodgers keep future catcher, 3rd baseman, top of rotation arm, Lux and haven't lost this month A+++++
We need more draft content
Marc, a die hard Dodgers fan from NYC, you think you could do a preview and/or a conclusion to that series on 8/30-9/1?
JOEY GALLO WENT YARD HAHAHA “D”GRADE
Buts since coming to LA Gallo has played very good defense and has hit 3 hrs a double and triple and Chris Martin has been solid in the bullpen
the M's getting" castillio, was an A+++!!!!! dont care what anyone thinks. plus as i write this, hes already beaten the yankees twice" since my mariners signed him...
as a Boston fan, we’re F
Raisel Iglesias is 32 and has the worst hard hit rate in the league and is signed for 3 more years at $16 million. Angels have the 2 of the best closer prospects in baseball with Ben Joyce and Sam Bachman. Dumping that contract for anything is a huge W
As a Redsox fan I'm fine with Hosmer because we needed a 1st basemen badly and a part of the Hosmer deal is the Paders have to pay most of the money that's he is owed
Jays fan here. I whole heartedly agree.
LA DODGERS THE best team in the MLB
I'm not really surprised by the Franmil move, tough to keep around a DH who's not hitting and will be due a raise next season. They'd rather rotate other players in the slot and move on, and he's an odd type of player where he's not quite good enough to start for a contender, but many non contending teams probably won't spend money on a DH and instead use other players.
I think the Hosmer trade is great for the Red Sox because they're only paying him the minimum for his entire contract, and the Padres are covering the remaining 44 million. So there's really no reason not to have him, no matter how bad he might be (and he's been good so far) he's basically a free player.
Aye it may look like hosmer has been good, but watching him daily as a padres fan you can tell he’s bad. Idk how many games/runs he’s cost us on the defense. He had the hottest April and may, but fell off quickly which is why his stats are so inflated. He’s not clutch at all and has the highest ground ball rates ever!!!
Reds 2026 World Series champs calling it now
Marlins getting a former 1st round pick for 2 relievers on expiring contracts should get an A+
You fucked up making fun of Montgomery because he is the best pitcher in the world right now
The only effective outing raisel iglesias had was his sunflower seed throwing onto the field
Then he gave up 1 run for the Braves in 20 IP while we got back Chavez after he got DFA'd, and he went back to being awesome
And that is why the Mets are the best at everything and will win the World Series for the next 10 years & DeGrom will never get injured again
Can you do a reaction vid on the Edwin Diaz trumpet bc that's kinda cool
my world series pick: dodgers vs yankees. as good as the padres are, they cant seem to beat the dodgers right now
From the NL it will be either the Dodgers or the Mets and in the AL it will be either the Astros or the Mariners.
Field Managers have nothing to do with the teams trade deadline. I expected Marc to know that
The Joey Gallo Effect has officially begun
As a Giants fan, we suck but at least we score 4.5 runs per inning against Josh Hader.
The Oreos are playing really good rn
I just got into baseball a few years back and I still dont get the whole TRADE TRADE TRADE frenzy that fans get into right before the deadline. Trading for players, no matter how good they are, is never a guarantee of success or even getting better. The Yankees get an A for their deadline and yet seem to be going into panic mode after losing like 15 games the past 20 days while the dodgers got a D and are flying higher than ever. And then Marc claims the Astros upgraded on catcher and first base but nobody seems to have told the Astros themselves given Maldonado and Gurriel still start over the new guys, Gurriels time might be up but Maldonado will still definitely be the main catcher for the rest of the year.
“I think the Phillies 4th place thing is over for now.”
Scott Effross was Stud with the cubs already