Jeff Passan
speaker
8,355 appearances
53 recordings
8 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 3d ago
Jeff Passan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 53 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 14.
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And the familiarity, the familiarity with them, with their personality, with how to deal with them when they're struggling, with how to get the best out of them, with what they need in their personal lives, all those things.
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It takes time to learn.
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It's why Kyle Tucker, you know, the Cubs can look at the Kyle Tucker trade as a disaster because in terms of their return on investment, it was.
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But it also taught them that they do not want to give him $250 million.
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And they'll happily let somebody else do that.
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And, well, hello, Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Yeah, I mean, they won the World Series the next year, so... But not because of that draft pick.
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No, not because of that draft pick.
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I mean, the Astros almost traded Bryce Harper to the... Excuse me, the Nationals almost traded Bryce Harper to the Astros.
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Your point about...
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guys getting fired that that's a very astute and reasonable thing i think but i also don't know that that's changed a whole lot over the years maybe it's a little more acute now but i think when you're in charge of a business making decisions that you know could ultimately be used against your future employment it makes it tougher that you can argue with me sir and say that's part of the damn job deal with it and i would not disagree with you for one second on that but
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I think it's maybe a little bit unfair to say guys are hesitant to make trades because they're worried about losing their jobs when 99% of operations directors, whether it's baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, any sport...
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they have a little bit of paralysis by analysis when it comes to deals of that magnitude.
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Because if you lose a trade of that size, that's the kind of thing that sticks with you.
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No, I actually think I actually think the race for the number four seed is super interesting because it's either the Cubs, the Phillies or the Padres are going to get three home games.
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to win that Wild Card Series.
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And they're bunched up and close right now.
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The Padres are the hottest team of the group.
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The Phillies have to face Milwaukee and Tampa Bay.
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And you know how big it is to get games at Citizens Bank Park for them.
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