The Trade Deadline Dissected (Ep. 96)

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann celebrate Adrián
Beltré's 3,000th hit and improbable Hall of Fame career path
(04:00), then break down all the action on trade-deadline day,
including the Dodgers adding Yu Darvish to their already-formidable
rotation (10:00), the Yankees acquiring Sonny Gray and Jaime
García (21:30), and other contenders (including the Red Sox,
Indians, and Nationals) restocking their bullpens (25:00).
They also discuss whether teams such as the Red Sox, Astros, and
Orioles should have been more active (27:30), as well as the steep
decline in the value of Jonathan Lucroy (38:30), who was
traded at a second consecutive deadline, this time for a much
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