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00:00Braves acquiring Jorge Soler from the San Francisco Giants.
00:08The Braves traded for him at the deadline in 2021.
00:12They went on to win the World Series that year and Soler won
00:15the World Series MVP hardware.
00:17The Houston Astros acquiring Yusei Kikuchi from the Toronto
00:20Blue Jays as we shared.
00:22Milwaukee adds Frankie Montes, who of course spent most of
00:25his career in Oakland, was pretty solid at least as a strikeout
00:30guy with the A's, a plus 5 ERA this year so far with Cincinnati.
00:36The Mariners add a bat in Justin Turner.
00:39The Dodgers reacquire Ahmed Rosario, who they traded for at
00:43the trade deadline a season ago as well.
00:46Yeah, some of these deals no-brainers though, so I like
00:48these much more than the first deals that we talked about.
00:50The Braves getting Jorge Soler.
00:51Is it going to change the landscape of the National League
00:53or National League East?
00:54No, it's not.
00:55But what did the Braves need?
00:55They needed some hitting and they got a guy that's done
00:58quite a bit of hitting in Atlanta.
01:00Love that move.
01:00Yusei Kikuchi, you might say to yourself, this isn't a deal
01:04that's going to make the Houston Astros legitimate title
01:06contenders just on that one move alone.
01:09But you got to get to the playoffs here.
01:10If you're fighting with a couple teams in the AOS, Kikuchi
01:12is going to be that guy that's going to eat innings and
01:14give you solid starts.
01:15You can't just have guys on a day-to-day basis like, who
01:17is this guy?
01:18Who did they bring up now?
01:19At least you have a veteran presence and that move made
01:21a lot of sense for the Houston Astros. Montes for the Brewers.
01:24You might also look at them like, what does that actually do?
01:26Have you noticed the Brewers rotation here? Each and every
01:29day, it seems like they're getting more and more injured
01:30here. You need somebody who just is able to get those innings
01:34for you. Montes will provide that.
01:35Maybe my favorite move of the day, the Guardians. Told you
01:37yesterday, we need some bats here.
01:39You need to get some foundational talent in that lineup.
01:42Lane Thomas is a really good player.
01:44One of the guys that I bet quite a few times on the Nationals
01:46this year. That move just makes sense. And the Mariners, you
01:49might look at it and say, well, Justin Turner is fried at
01:51this point. Anything you get out of him for the Mariners is
01:53a positive. The Mariners are going through just adding
01:56bats in that lineup that might be able to give you some help.
01:59The Madre Zero to the Dodgers, okay move for me, but a lot
02:02of those moves that we're previewing right now on the
02:04screen, they made a lot of sense just to get you through
02:07your day-to-day activities in baseball. Smart moves for those
02:10clubs.