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00:02 >> A big one in South Florida, Tampa Bay acquiring Aaron Savalli from Cleveland.
00:08 They added did the Arizona Diamondbacks to their bullpen in getting Paul Seawald.
00:13 A few of the big moves that you see on your screen, Craig, yesterday around MLB.
00:17 What stood out to you most on the day prior to deadline day?
00:21 >> Yeah, I think a couple of things.
00:23 Yesterday I was on the show when you were out and
00:26 I mentioned Cleveland as the team to keep an eye on.
00:28 So that was prophetic, glad that ended up happening.
00:31 I think Cleveland still probably has some more work to do,
00:35 whether they're in it or out of it, that still remains to be seen.
00:38 But they really at this point need to, I think, in order to compete,
00:42 they have to add some more reliable starting pitching.
00:45 Or they could just simply choose a bend to go the other way.
00:47 I mean, their general manager yesterday said that they're gonna fight for
00:50 this thing and they're not gonna hand the division to the twins.
00:53 So let's see if that ends up happening,
00:55 because as it's currently constructed right now,
00:57 I think the twins are the better team in that division.
00:59 So that's one thing that struck me clearly, Tampa Bay,
01:02 always sneaky this time of year.
01:04 But look, I think in the end, Arizona adding a closer,
01:09 just adding some more stability to that team.
01:11 They've been sort of free falling then since the All-Star break.
01:15 It was good to see them make a move as well.
01:17 And the Cubs, the Cubs getting back the guy that they had in Heimer Candelario,
01:21 giving up a couple of prospects there.
01:23 Make no mistake about it, the difficulty of this deadline, Ben,
01:26 the difficulty is there's just very few obvious answers at the plate to acquire,
01:33 if you understand what I mean by that.
01:35 It's really hard to go around the league right now and
01:38 say that's an obvious bat that's gonna get traded.
01:42 You can't do it, it's tough to do.
01:44 So the teams that get the most creative by 6 o'clock Eastern,
01:47 I think are gonna end up winning the deadline.
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