Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals' final flurry of activity before the MLB trade deadline on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The Cardinals moved Paul DeJong and Jack Flaherty ahead of the deadline, but how do we evaluate these moves?

The prospect return was arguably light in the DeJong deal, but we explain why that was likely always going to be the case due to the financial implications of getting a PDJ trade over the finish line.

The Flaherty deal is one we explained on Monday night's episode just *had* to get done. It did and may have produced one of the most intriguing prospects that the Cardinals added over this entire week.