Hey everyone, Ben here, just so you know, the episode you're about to hear was recorded

prior to the Mariners acquiring Luis Castillo from the Reds for a package of four prospects,

including the Mariners top prospect, shortstop Noelvi Marte. You will hear us talk a little bit

about how the trade deadline has been slow to start. You will also hear us speculate that maybe

that has something to do with teams waiting to see where Luis Castillo would go. So, if that was

one of the holdups, then maybe we will see more action soon, but this is a major move by the

Mariners. They're going for it. They've gotten maybe the best picture available at the deadline.

They're trying not only to end the playoff drought, but to do some damage in October when they do.

I had a feeling that there might be a move made before we could post this podcast.

Probably not the first time that Jerry DePoto has been faster to a trade than we were to

producing an episode. That said, the rest of our discussions should still apply.

Castillo was not ranked on the trade value series we're about to discuss. He is eligible for

free agency after next season, but I imagine Meg will be pleased by the moves so we will discuss it

next time. For now, we should proceed before Jerry makes any more moves. So, let's get started.

Hello and welcome to episode 1883 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Fangrass

presented by our Patreon supporters. I am Ben Nguyenburg of Fangrass. Wait, hold on.

Breaking news here. No, not true. I do not work for Fangrass other than in this podcast capacity.

Still at the rigor. Trade. All right. I'm not going to do that over. We will just leave that in.

But Meg Rally is here and she does actually work for Fangrass. I do. Yeah. That's

pretty important position there as I understand it. We are also joined. Now, this is why I was confused,

I think, because we do have a Ben who works for Fangrass on this episode. It's other Ben

Ben climates. He does indeed work for Fangrass. Hello, Ben. Hello, Ben.

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