Around the Nest, Week 12 – Trade Talk
A-Advanced Salem Red Sox – Ben Gellman
0:43 – Who is Santiago Espinal, acquired for Steve Pearce
2:00 – The reaction in Salem to Espinal getting traded
3:22 – Ben’s Major League comps for Espinal
4:03 – Ben’s first impression of Espinal
A Lansing Lugnuts – Dante De Caria
5:50 – Overcoming adversity on the way to 50 wins
6:28 – Maximo Castillo’s keys to 16 consecutive scoreless innings
7:22 – What stands out recently? The bullpen and rotation
9:15 – The starting rotation is a true strength
Short-Season A Vancouver Canadians – Rob Fai
11:31 – The 2018 draft’s impact on Vancouver
11:50 – Griffin Conine has one of the best arms Rob’s ever seen
12:10 – Chris Bec is the millennial catcher
12:41 – Nick Podkul wears pitchers out
13:31 – Sean Wymer has been lost in the shuffle
14:19 – Rob’s Alex Anthopoulos Trade Story
16:00 – Jesse Goldberg-Strassler tells a few trade stories
Triple-A Buffalo Bisons – Pat Malacaro
17:15 – Pat’s NHL trade story
18:47 – On All-Stars Jason Leblebijian and Danny Jansen
20:48 – Following along with ex-Bison Ryan Borucki’s MLB debut
21:41 – Jon Harris’s sparkling Triple-A debut
22:33 – The word on Darnell Sweeney, called up to the Majors
A-Advanced Dunedin Blue Jays – Dan Venn
24:00 – Dan’s call of Kacy Clemens’s home run
25:12 – A Lane Thomas trade story
26:11 – Eduard Pinto, Alberto Mineo and Ivan Castillo:
three players acquired last year who’ve impacted the D-Jays
28:23 – Rodrigo Orozco has been huge, Joshua Palacios is clutch
29:04 – Jake Fishman has tremendous in the Dunedin bullpen
30:08 – Promo Night parade with the D-Jays!
Advanced Rookie Bluefield Blue Jays – Zach Helton
31:34 – It’s been a full couple of weeks in Bluefield
33:14 – Eric Pardinho is the only pitcher not getting run support
34:16 – D.J. Daniels has been strong defensively
34:56 – Hagen Danner is going to be a prospect for years to come
36:22 – The near no-hitter
Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats – Tyler Murray
37:47 – Jonathan Davis hits for the first cycle in franchise history
39:26 – The Fisher Cats are feeling good about themselves
40:54 – Cavan Biggio makes his third All-Star team in three years
42:15 – Super Team
45:20 – Playing without Vlad
47:40 – One last trade story to end the podcast
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