E2

It's the Robbie Alomar episode of the E2 Podcast. We kick things off by dissecting the three major trades that were completed over the past week, from the not at all shocking trade of relievers to the Nationals, to the surprising move that the D-Backs made for J.D. Martinez. We also had a discussion about whether or not the White Sox got enough return for Todd Frazier, David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle.  That led us to our big topic for the episode, have teams started to place too much value on relief pitching? There has been a noticeable shift in the past few seasons in the way that teams approach building their bullpens. Contenders are no longer satisfied with one ace reliever, they are looking for two or three. This has caused the price for that caliber of reliever to go up in trades. We look at if this trend can continue or if we are moving towards a bubble burst. We wrapped things up with a quick talk about games that we wished had ended with a different outcome, and the greatest players we've ever s