All-Star Game yawn, weekend series wrap. trading deadline thoughts, all in TWIB! - Ep. 534 -

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At least we got to see Paul Skenes pitch to Aaron Judge. It lasted all of one pitch however. The All-Star Game lost its juice years ago. Mark suggested counting All-Star stats in career totals. For whatever that would be worth. To add to that there are no longer Thursday games post All-Star break so four full days without real baseball that counts is awful!
What's remaining in the 2024 season is essentially a pandemic-legnth season around 60 games. Too many to determine a team's fate, too few not to pay attention.
The MLB trading deadline is July 30th and the next 10 days may shake up the baseball world - at least a bit. But the action may not occur until right at the deadline as too many teams have a chance. Particularly in the National League where only 2 teams (Marlins and Rockies) are truly out of the running.
MLB also dropped the 2025 schedule which includes a season-starting series between the Dodgers and Cubs in Japan. Shohei Othani vs. Shota Imanaga is a pretty juicy prospect!
Intro & Outro music this season courtesy of Mercury Maid! Check them out on Spotify or Apple Music!
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