Episode 1,214: Adam Schefter says Washington should shut down Jayden Daniels, Zach Ertz has torn ACL and more

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Al Galdi

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open, thoughts on the Washington Nationals potentially trading starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore and/or shortstop CJ Abrams and listener feedback Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter saying that he believes that the team should shut down quarterback Jayden Daniels for the rest of the 2025 season Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: reaction to tight end Zach Ertz having suffered a torn right ACL in the 31-0 loss at the Minnesota Vikings, including analysis of his two seasons with the Commanders and what his injury could mean for tight end Ben Sinnott Segment 4 - Washington Commanders: conversation about the team's awful performance in the 31-0 loss at the Minnesota Vikings and about the state of the Commanders' season off comments from head coach Dan Quinn during his day-after-the-game press conference Download Cash App and use the exclusive referral code SECURE10. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. Exclusive NordVPN deal at NordVPN.com/Galdi - try it risk free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Visit RFKAllAccess.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you For advertising inquiries, email Sales@BlueWirePods.com

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode 1,214 of the Yalgoldi podcast. It is Tuesday, December 9th, 2025. We're now halfway through MLB's 2025 winter meetings. They started on Sunday, last through Wednesday, or taking place in Orlando, Florida. The talk and rumors and speculation about the Washington Nationals potentially trading starting pitcher McKenzie Gore
0:38.9	and or shortstop CJ Abrams continue.
0:41.8	But so far, no actual news.
0:43.7	So we did have this report from MLB insiders Ken Rosenthal and Will Salmon of the athletic on Monday morning.
0:49.4	The Washington Nationals aren't simply drawing heavy interest in left-hander McKenzie Gore.
0:54.6	They are also getting pushed aggressively on shortstop, C.J. Abrams, according to people
0:59.5	familiar with their discussions. The nationals are open to conversations on both players, but the bar is high.
1:06.8	League sources told the athletic, end quote. What Nats president of baseball operations Paul Toboni does
1:13.6	with Gore and Abrams is going to be so interesting. We'll say a lot about what Toboni truly thinks
1:19.1	about where the Nats are on the wind curve. In other words, trading Gore and Abrams suggests a
1:24.9	restarting of the rebuild, not trading Gore or Abrams, suggests that
1:28.8	Toboni thinks that that ads are closer to being a good team than people may think.
1:33.1	Personally, I do think that at least Gore is going to get traded, but we'll see.
1:37.2	And of course, a trade doesn't have to happen during the winter meetings.
1:40.6	It could happen at any point this offseason, could happen during spring
1:44.3	training, could happen during the regular season prior to the MLB trade deadline. Additionally,
1:49.8	the Nats on Monday morning put out a message from Paul Toboni to Nats fans. Among the key portions
1:55.9	of the message, quote, somewhere out there, the players who will comprise the next great Washington Nationals teams are taking shape,
2:04.0	and they will largely be developed inside our walls, end quote, will largely be developed inside our walls.
2:14.0	An acknowledgement of the Nats needing to get better at drafting and player development and Paul Toboni, recognizing that was good to read that.
2:23.1	Hello and welcome to this Tuesday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast coming up on the show.
2:27.4	A lot for you on the Washington commanders of them losing their eighth consecutive game to fall to 3 and 10 in the NFL's 20, 25 regular season,
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