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Chat With MLBTR's Steve Adams: 3/26/19
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Lefty
5:03
Will the Giants release Melancon?
Steve Adams
5:04
Melancon pitched well last year when he was healthy and is owed like $28MM more. No.
Juaquin Boot
5:04
Seems teams pay the price for sending down prospects who belong in MLB. Robles elbow last year, Senzel's ankle this year. Seems to be a needless risk. Right?
Steve Adams
5:06
Robles had like 100 ABs above A-ball when the Nats sent him down. I wouldn't call that service related -- especially since the Nats have been willing to call up a guy like Soto when he's 19 at a time when other orgs like the Jays, Cubs and White Sox have held down more advanced players for a full year just to get that service.
You can believe in karma or whatever you like, I suppose, but it sure seemed to work out OK for the Braves with Acuna.
Dizzy Dave
5:07
Next Red Sox extension by Thursday: Xander Bogaerts?
Steve Adams
5:07
I don't think Xander is signing.
I don't think any of the Red Sox' other players are signing, for that matter.
Lee in YYZ
5:08
Hi Steve, how long do you see Edwin Encarnation to stay in Seattle?
Steve Adams
5:08
If you were going to set the cutoff on him for July 1, I'd say sooner rather than later. Maybe even sooner than mid-June. As long as he's healthy, they'll be pitching him to any AL club with a semblance of a 1B/DH need.
pumpsie
5:09
Would Judge or Betts get more if extended today?
Steve Adams
5:09
Betts. Better player and, more importantly, closer to free agency. Way closer.
SawxChamps
5:10
Steve Adams
5:07 I don't think Xander is signing.
I don't think any of the Red Sox' other players are signing, for that matter.
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Steve Adams
5:11
Ha, no -- just the remaining group that's left. I expect that at some point, in the continued years of the Red Sox' existence, they will extend another player.
Moose
5:11
People don't think the Phillies rotation can hold up all year. Who are some realistic July targets for the rotation for them?
Steve Adams
5:13
Robbie Ray, Marcus Stroman, Aaron Sanchez, Clay Buchholz (again!), Madison Bumgarner, Drew Smyly, Lance Lynn, Shelby Miller, Mike Minor
sp00n
5:13
Florial for Kluber or Bauer... who says no?
Steve Adams
5:13
Not getting either for just Florial straight up
Jameson Taillon
5:14
I'm going to blow up this year. #cyyoungsleeper
Steve Adams
5:14
I don't think most people would consider him a huge sleeper. If I were going to make a list of my 10-15 leading candidates, I'd probably have Taillon on there somewhere.
Mr. Counsell
5:15
So who is my closer at the start of the season?
Steve Adams
5:16
I'd imagine Hader's going to get plenty of looks, and maybe some others based largely on matchups if the Brewers have already burned Hader. (Barnes vs. RHBs, Claudio vs. LHBs)
KO
5:17
Is the Nats bullpen a recipe for disaster?
Steve Adams
5:18
Doolittle is about as good as it gets, and the Rosenthal gamble was a worthwhile one. I like Barraclough's arm, and Miller's 2018 was intriguing at least. I wouldn't call it a great group, but recipe for disaster is harsh.
Ray
5:20
Do we know how much Van Wagenen was actually involved in deGrom's negotiations? I thought he was expected to recuse himself in that case.
Steve Adams
5:20
Apparently he only had to recuse himself from arb talks, as there are multiple reports out there right now indicating that a face-to-face meeting with BVW, Wilpon and deGrom's camp is what pushed things over the edge
Stan Lee the Manly
5:21
Likelihood that Dexter Fowler flops and we see Tyler O’Neill in right by the end of April?
Steve Adams
5:21
I think Fowler will have a decent bounceback, and even if that doesn't play out, I don't think O'Neill is overtaking him regularly after only a month (unless Fowler is injured)
Dave
5:21
What would be more surprising...Orioles get the 2nd wild card or Red Sox only win 70 games
Steve Adams
5:22
Orioles. Easily.
Red Sox have bullpen questions, and if they lost Sale and Mookie to season-ending injuries or something, you could see some weird collapse happening.
5:23
There's nothing that could propel the Orioles to a postseason spot with this roster.
Zips
5:23
Taking out any personal bias, does Tim Tebow ever suit up for the Mets? AAA is gonna be tough.......
Steve Adams
5:23
He struck out in 35% of his plate appearances in Double-.A
Alvaro
5:24
I trust barnes and brasier but everybody has been hit like a sandbag in spring training,  should the redsox be calling kimbrel right now?
Steve Adams
5:25
Let's say Kimbrel was willing to go back to the Sox for the exact $17.9MM he rejected with the QO (which he surely isn't)
That'd mean the Sox pay a $13,425,000 luxury tax on him.
In short, they're paying 75% taxes on any dollar they spend moving forward.
Can't see it happening
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