{"id":7769,"date":"2017-07-25T21:17:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T01:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=7769"},"modified":"2017-07-25T23:39:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T03:39:52","slug":"crowding-plate-episode-55-justin-verlander-trade-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/07\/25\/crowding-plate-episode-55-justin-verlander-trade-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowding the Plate Episode 55: The Justin Verlander Trade Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dodgers got the bad news about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kershcl01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clayton Kershaw<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s back the other day. With their superstar pitcher out for the next six to eight weeks, are they looking to complete a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/verlaju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Verlander<\/a><\/strong> trade with the Tigers? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/strasst01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Strasburg<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>also hurt his forearm. Does this open up a possible\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/grayso01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sonny Gray<\/a><\/strong> to the Nationals story? What about\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/darviyu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yu Darvish<\/a><\/strong>? Why aren&#8217;t the Rangers trading him?\u00a0Joe Hojnacki and Greg Hessen discuss those possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>There were also some trades that went down after last week&#8217;s podcast was recorded. What does Greg think of the mediocre haul his Tigers received for slugging outfielder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/martijd02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J.D. Martinez<\/a><\/strong>? Also, what&#8217;s with the early trades going on? It feels like the buyers aren&#8217;t procrastinating their deal-making in 2017.<\/p>\n<h2>Crowding the Plate Episode 55: The Justin Verlander Trade Market<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/is8bg-6d64a4?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;Until I Break&#8221; by Broken Sunday and a quote from\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/durhabu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bull Durham<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Break 2: &#8220;Stranger Then Fiction&#8221; by Bad Religion and a quote from\u00a0<em>The Natural<\/em>.<\/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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With their superstar pitcher out for the next six to eight weeks, are they looking to complete a Justin Verlander trade with the Tigers? Stephen Strasburg\u00a0also hurt his forearm. Does this open up a possible\u00a0Sonny Gray to the Nationals story? 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