Breaking down the MLB trade deadline with Jeff Passan

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It’s that time of the baseball season where Jeff Passan’s phone is buzzing with information. Yes, the trade deadline is coming on Aug. 1, which means teams are making moves and our pal Jeff is trying to wade through the rumors and find the truth. He took a few minutes out of his day — well, like 30, actually — to talk about the trade deadline for this week’s StewPod. We discuss which players he thinks will and won’t get traded, why the trade deadline has actually been more active than you might think and which teams will make a move that has them racing toward the postseason. We’ve also got Bad News Ramen joining us for another installment of Three Strikes, lots of talk about Chris Sale and Aroldis Chapman, plus one StewPod host professing his love, once again, for “Battle Bots.” Here’s the full rundown of this week’s show: - Chris Sale and his cut-up jersey - The complicated Aroldis Chapman trade - Jeff Passan joins the show to talk about the MLB trade deadline - Bad News Ramen’s Three Strikes on Ichiro, Sale and Chapman - Important questions - Rate and review!