Midseason Grades for Every MLB Team!

Trade Deadline season has kicked off with Lance McCullers being traded form the Houston Astros to the Milwaukee Brewers. Jake is recapping that AND his full All-Star Week experience from Philadelphia   ++++ Timestamps: 0:00 Bison Video 3:15 Lance McCullers Jr. TRADED to the Brewers... Why? 12:45 Shouldn't YOUR Team Be Trying This? 13:45 What's Houston's Plan? 21:25 My All-Star Trip in Philadelphia This Weekend  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The All-Star break is here and Jake & BBD grade all 30 MLB teams on a curve based on their first halves! Shop Back to School at Amazon – and spend less on your kids!  https://www.amazon.com/backtoschool They say ask 100,000 times and you shall receive. Popcorn Chicken is back at KFC! Remix and share your own All-Star templates on Adobe Express! https://adobesparkpost.app.link/X6xglzrFg4b  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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