Trade Deadline Review
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2025
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Eno, DVR, and Britt discuss all of the happenings leading into the 2025 MLB Trade Deadline including the Padres' huge deal with the A's to land Mason Miller, trades that sent elite relievers to the Phillies (Jhoan Duran), Mets (Ryan Helsley) and Yankees (David Bednar), the Astros' reunion with Carlos Correa within a flurry of upgrades, Eugenio Suárez's move to Seattle, Shane Bieber to the Blue Jays, and much more.
Rundown
0:45 A.J. Preller Wreaks Havoc (Again) at the Trade Deadline
1:54 Mason Miller (and JP Sears) to the Padres
14:04 Jhoan Duran to the Phillies for Mick Abel & Eduardo Tait
19:12 The Mets Get Two Bullpen Upgrades (Ryan Helsey & Tyler Rogers)
24:32 Shane Bieber to the Blue Jays, Expectations Post-Injury?
30:08 Carlos Correa Goes Back to Houston as the Astros Make Several Moves
36:30 Ke'Bryan Hayes & the Reds' Upgrades
43:09 Eugenio Suárez: Lands in Seattle for Reasonable Three-Player Return
53:21 Ryan McMahon and David Bednar Lead the Yankees' Haul
59:14 Taylor Rogers & The Cubs' Moves
1:06:51 The Minnesota Bullpen Gets Cleaned Out
1:16:02 The Royals Make a Few Additions
1:21:55 The Twins Get Away From a Large Share of the Carlos Correa Deal
1:31:57 Late Deals & Small Swaps
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| 0:00.0 | Did it, did it, did, did. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to rates and barrels, presented by E-Trade from Morgan Stanley. |
| 0:17.5 | It is Thursday, July 31st. |
| 0:19.3 | Trade deadline day in Major League Baseball. We are one hour |
| 0:22.4 | away from the Pencils Down Chorus that we're going to get. It's been busy already. Derek |
| 0:29.1 | Van Riper, you know Sarah, Britcheroli here with you. A.J. Preller wreaking havoc on everyone at this |
| 0:34.9 | deadline. The Houston Astros doing big things. Carlos Correa is an |
| 0:38.9 | astro again. That's incredible. Eugenio Suarez is a mariner again. We're going to break all of that |
| 0:44.2 | down over the next hour plus. So tons of ground to cover. And I wanted to start, hey, with our |
| 0:51.0 | newest contributor. How are we doing? We're doing good. Those of you watching on |
| 0:55.0 | YouTube, you might have seen my child. We have a little travel snafu in our house. He will be |
| 1:00.5 | in and out of this podcast. Oh, he's doing great. You make big babies, Britt. |
| 1:07.4 | I do. We're enormous. Look at that. |
| 1:11.5 | Oh, come on. |
| 1:14.4 | Oh, come on. |
| 1:17.0 | This is a great trade deadline so far. |
| 1:18.6 | Everything you could possibly want. |
| 1:21.8 | I want to start with maybe the most surprising move of all. |
| 1:27.5 | Mason Miller got flipped to the Padres in a five-player trade. |
| 1:29.5 | J.P. Sears goes with Mason Miller. |
| 1:33.8 | Leo DeVries, the best prospect moved probably of the entire deadline. |
| 1:40.3 | One of the highest ranked prospects moved, I think since Eloi Jimenez, according to baseball America, and that was in 2017. |
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