Show Notes
Buster Olney, Jeff Passan and Tim Kurkjian react to the 2026 MLB Trade Deadline, grading all 30 teams’ moves at the deadline. It’s a baseball extravaganza crossover event with The Baseball Tonight Podcast and Sources Tell Jeff Passan. The guys discuss Tarik Skubal to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Adley Rutschman to the Boston Red Sox, Freddy Peralta to the Tampa Bay Rays, Luis Arraez to the Philadelphia Phillies, Luis Garcia Jr. to the New York Yankees and more. Plus, Alden Gonzalez, Jorge Castillo, Jesse Rogers and Kiley McDaniel join to deliver their grades. Later, Chicago Cubs GM Jed Hoyer stops by to talk about his team’s strategy at the deadline.
0:00 Welcome
2:29 Dodgers acquire Tarik Skubal
4:50 Red Sox acquire Adley Rutschman
7:16 Los Angeles Dodgers
9:44 Los Angeles Angels
12:28 Arizona Diamondbacks
15:27 San Diego Padres
16:55 Colorado Rockies
17:24 San Francisco Giants
17:45 Seattle Mariners
19:31 Texas Rangers
23:37 Sacramento Athletics
24:42 Chicago Cubs
26:30 Milwaukee Brewers
28:18 St. Louis Cardinals
29:45 Pittsburgh Pirates
31:18 Chicago Cubs GM Jed Hoyer
38:10 Cincinnati Reds
40:23 Cleveland Guardians
44:20 Chicago White Sox
46:58 New York Yankees
48:30 New York Mets
50:46 Minnesota Twins
52:24 Kansas City Royals
52:52 Detroit Tigers
54:25 Houston Astros
56:42 Philadelphia Phillies
58:01 Miami Marlins
58:34 Washington Nationals
59:22 Atlanta Braves
1:00:14 Boston Red Sox
1:02:15 Baltimore Orioles
1:03:55 Tampa Bay Rays
1:05:57 Toronto Blue Jays
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