MLB TRADE DEADLINE: Marlins hold the two biggest keys! What will Giants and Twins do? Acuna hurt again! (Episode 1325 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

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🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘Fleetwood Mac’ as in rumors as in trade deadline as in the Miami Marlins as in sellers as in buyers! The Marlins have two of the biggest trade chips in the sport right now with Sandy Alcantara and Edward Cabrera. What calls are they taking? Are they holding out for more? (12:00) The Giants have the worst record in baseball since the trade for Rafael Devers. Oh boy. What will Buster Posey do? (16:40) We have a rare trade! A trade in-between a doubleheader! (23:00) The Minnesota Twins are finished. Byron Buxton is hurt again. Horrible. (25:30) Ronald Acuna is hurt again. This is a sad one. He’s missed so many games due to injury. (28:30) Framber Valdez was not happy with his teammate. (35:00) Review: The Accountant 2. (38:45) There’s been updates on the shooting in NYC the other day. The man had a suicide note about his brain, and CTE, and how much he hated the NFL. (43:35) Jimmy Haslam had some more quotes that need to be discussed. He’s the owner of the Cleveland Browns. (49:40) NPPOD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you. Fleetwood Mac. That's the nothing personal word of the day for Wednesday, July 30th,
0:41.4	2000, 25.
0:43.5	Obviously, we're talking about one of the best albums of all time called Rumors.
0:50.2	We don't have secondhand news here.
0:52.3	We have got firsthand every possible angle.
0:59.3	And some teams are going to go their own way.
1:02.2	We're starting down in Miami, the center.
1:05.8	Man, I used to love this heading into the trade deadline.
1:09.0	I mean, well, hold on. It'd be way better to be buying because you're in first place.
1:15.6	You're five games up and you're trying to figure out how best to plan for October.
1:21.6	That's awesome.
1:22.6	Or you're in the wild card position, pull position, and you're buying because you want to just get there
1:29.9	and see if you can maybe get through October. Oh, wait, there's one more better thing.
1:36.1	When you're like a game out of the last wild card and you're dreaming and you're willing to
1:42.0	give away your young players who aren't in the big leagues yet because you want to win in the big leagues and you're dreaming and you're willing to give away your young players who aren't in the big
1:44.1	leagues yet because you want to win in the big leagues and you're this close.
1:48.8	That's cool.
1:51.3	Worst possible scenario, five games out, trying to climb over four teams to spawn to be on repair
1:59.8	because you're holding on to the dream you feel like you
2:03.7	can't give up you want to give up you need to give up but you can't how could you look at your
2:09.8	fans in the face and your owner in the eyes and say sell that's a bad one.
2:20.4	You know what's good though if you're selling and you've got the pieces that everyone wants?
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