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Dodgers Land Max Scherzer and Trae Turner in Blockbuster In-Season Trade

SI's Tom Verducci shares his thoughts on the trade that sent Max Scherzer and Trea Turner to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Tom Verducci

The Los Angeles Dodgers landed stars Max Scherzer and Trea Turner from the Washington Nationals in exchange for pitcher Josiah Gray, catcher Keibert Ruiz, outfielder Donovan Casey, and pitcher Gerardo Carillo. This deal was, as SI senior writer Tom Verducci puts it, "one of the biggest in-season trades of all-time." In today's Insider, Verducci shares his thoughts on the trade that sent Max Scherzer and Trea Turner to the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

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Tom Verducci
TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.

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