{"id":7655,"date":"2017-07-19T16:42:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T20:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=7655"},"modified":"2017-07-19T16:42:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T20:42:26","slug":"crowding-plate-podcast-episode-54-2017-trade-deadline-primer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/07\/19\/crowding-plate-podcast-episode-54-2017-trade-deadline-primer\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowding the Plate Podcast Episode 54: 2017 Trade Deadline Primer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the\u00a02017 Trade Deadline creeping ever closer, Joe Hojnacki and Greg Hessen try to decide which teams are selling which players for which prospects from which teams that should be buyers. Before that gets cleared up, Greg gives his review of the All-Star Game and Joe tries to decide if it was worth missing for the third season in a row.<\/p>\n<p>The trade deadline discussion also devolves into a rant about how sports media are often very team-friendly when assessing the quality of a contract. Sure, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=martivi01,martin012vic,martin011vic&amp;search=Victor+Martinez&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victor Martinez<\/a><\/strong> has a terrible deal as far as the Detroit Tigers front office is concerned, but isn&#8217;t it a great deal for Martinez himself? Anyway, it&#8217;s a rant worth listening to.<\/p>\n<h2>Crowding the Plate Podcast Episode 54: 2017 Trade Deadline Primer<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/22e95-6d2b57?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Music in this Episode:<\/h3>\n<p>Intro\/Outro: \u201cTake Me Out to the Ballgame\u201d sung by Edward Meeker and \u201cTake Me Out to the Ballgame\u201d by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isotopespunkrockbaseballclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Break 1: &#8220;Voodoo Child&#8221; by Jimi Hendrix and a quote from\u00a0<em>Major League.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Break 2: &#8220;Bamboo&#8221; by The Hard Lessons and a quote from the\u00a0<em>Seinfeld<\/em> episode &#8220;The Visa&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hosted by Joe Hojnacki and Greg Hessen, Crowding the Plate is a weekly baseball podcast here on Last Word on Sports. It aims to cover the fun, yet analytical, side of baseball once a week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Joe Hojnacki writes about soccer for Last Word on Sports and is also co-host of the Crowding the Plate Podcast. An avid Red Sox fan, Joe idolizes <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harpebr03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryce Harper<\/a><\/strong> and feels that his fun showmanship is the way to save baseball from becoming overrun by old folks, and from dying out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Greg Hessen is the resident Tigers fan on Crowding the Plate. 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