Dugout Metrics Podcast 8 — Trade deadline review — 2023-08-03
Trevor Lines and Malachi Hayes hop on with Brett Ballantini to break down each trade of the latest Rick Hahn reshuffle
Sox Populi - A Chicago White Sox podcast
August 3, 20231h 9mExplicit
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Show Notes
After almost two years away, Dugout Metrics is back, and bolstered by a new teammate, pitcher/analyst Malachi Hayes, who sits down with Trevor Lines and Brett Ballantini to review Rick Hahn’s Big Trade Deadline Adventure.
- Dugout Metrics left field Luke Smailes has been traded! We needed pitching, badly
- Up top, did Hahn execute at this deadline about as well as expected, better, worse?
- Breaking down everything, trade by trade. Importing some catching, good; expecting greatness of hurlers jettisoned by a pitcher-strengthening organization like the Dodgers, a bit dicey
- But, broadly, Hahn took some big swings, a necessity for a team in the bottom-five in baseball, and a minors system no better
- A dive into players not dealt, which of course features a ton of Dylan cease talk but also moves into both, hmm, why not Aaron Bummer and, hmm, who in the world else has any luster for other clubs?
- Malachi makes a strong case for why Tim Anderson was never close to being dealt, and never should have been
- On a scale of 1-10, how did Hahn do?
- What is Hahn’s future with the club, as his post-deadline comments indicate there might be some writing on the wall
- Also, just kidding, Luke was dealt away for this podcast, but he’s back tomorrow to break down the 2023 draft class!
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