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Games 101/102: **Scherzer & Turner** Traded After Split in Philly

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

The Nationals split their doubleheader in Philadelphia, but the main news postgame was the blockbuster trade that sent Max Scherzer & Trea Turner to the Dodgers. Mark & Al analyze the mega move by Washington and assess what they think of the move. Why was Turner dealt instead of locking him up to a long-term contract? Did they get enough in return from LA? (12:15) Kiebert Ruiz (catcher) and Josiah Gray (pitcher) are the top rated prospects in the Dodgers system. When will they be contributing at the big league level? (25:24) The Nats won Game 1 of the doubleheader 3-1 in Scherzer's final start for the franchise. As fitting as the victory was, Al wonders why the team put Max on the mound while he was on the trade block. Mark explains what might have led to the initial report on Thursday afternoon that the Padres were Scherzer's likely landing spot, not LA. (35:38) Washington coughed up a 7-0 lead in Game 2 of the doubleheader, missing a major opportunity to sneakily have an outside chance in the division. The bullpen had its worst game yet, as they collapsed in their first day without Brad Hand. Mark puts in perspective how this loss was a microcosm of the entire season. (43:36) Tim updates the trades that were made after taping of Kyle Schwarber to Boston & Daniel Hudson to the Padres. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Navy Yard, Nats fans.

0:02.6

Walters would like to thank you in advance for masking up starting Saturdays.

0:07.2

D.C. COVID restrictions have been put back in place requiring everyone dining indoors to wear a mask.

0:12.4

While this isn't what Walters was hoping for, Walters will comply with D.C. regulations.

0:18.0

Walters would also like to thank Max Scherzer for the last seven years.

0:21.6

It's been a real pleasure watching greatness every five days.

0:25.2

Here's the set of the pitch, fastball. Swing and a miss. Swing and a miss. He struck him out and a

0:31.1

curly W. Is in the books. It's the first major league save for Kyle Finnegan, and it could be the last victory in a nationals uniform for Max Scherzer.

0:41.2

His 92nd international's uniform of his 183 career wins, and for Max Scherzer, it'll be his eighth win of this year.

0:50.7

Yeah, I mean, I'm a human. I get it. You know, I understand what's going on. It just is what it is. I mean, you know, the human baseball can throw, you know, so many curballs at you. I've never been in a situation in my career, you know, going through, you know, all the hoop blog right now. But today was just a chance to, you know, get challenged and have to block all that out and have to go out there and just compete. And welcome to an episode unlike any other in the history of this podcast.

1:13.7

It's great to have you with us, along with Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of Massensports.com.

1:18.0

I'm Al Galdi host of the Al Galdi podcast.

1:20.6

Well, it has been a season that has been like no other in Nationals history.

1:25.0

This month of July has been a month like no other in Nationals history. This month of July has been a month like no other in Nationals history,

1:29.3

and Thursday, July 29th, 2021 ends up being a day like no other in Nationals history.

1:37.2

A day that culminates with the Nationals reportedly agreeing on a blockbuster trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1:44.5

Max Scherzer is being dealt. Nobody's surprised by that. But Tray Turner is being dealt as well.

1:50.9

The Nationals trade Max Scherzer and Tray Turner to the Dodgers get back a horde of prospects,

1:56.9

including the Dodgers' top two prospects. There is a lot to get into.

2:02.0

There's a lot to unpack with this.

2:03.8

There's a lot to process in terms of why this happened, what this means for the future.

2:08.7

Mark, you've been covering the team since it came to D.C.

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