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Chat with MLBTR's Steve Adams: 5/16/23
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Steve Adams
1:37
Taijuan Walker and Jameson Taillon just signed four-year deals worth $72MM and $68MM basically to be fourth starters. If E-Rod finishes in Cy Young contention, I don't find a nine-figure deal crazy.
Cease
1:37
Cardinals have to be in on Cease (if available), correct?
Steve Adams
1:38
Everyone would be in on Cease if he were available, but I don't expect him to be -- particularly not if the Sox feel they'd be selling low on him.
Sonny Gray
1:38
Is a 3 year/$60 million extension too much for me to dream on?
Steve Adams
1:39
Chris Bassitt just got 3/63 with a QO in a deal beginning in his age-34 season. Gray will also be 34 next year. Maybe 3/60 gets you in the ballpark, but I could see him wanting to test the market if that's the Twins' stopping point.
Chris Young
1:40
Good morning Steve! Who are some reliable cost effective bullpen pieces we could target this trade deadline?
Steve Adams
1:43
Aroldis Chapman is pretty much a lock to be traded if he's healthy. Other candidates include Scott Barlow, Alex Lange, Carl Edwards Jr., Buck Farmer, John Brebbia, Brad Hand and Chris Stratton, to name a few. Some are likelier than others,, and the price on Lange would have to be pretty sizable, but I can still see it. He's very good
rocco rox
1:44
dont you think that Suter would be the best trade chip the Rockies have?
Steve Adams
1:44
Suter's another one
Distraught White Sox Fan
1:44
What is the argument for leaving in the current FO structure of KW/Hahn in at this point? Why not transition to a new VP and GM (or at least a new VP and an interim GM) to help steer the team in a direction by the trade deadline and not have a new VP/GM burdened by prospects that were scouted by the same people who put this team together?
Steve Adams
1:45
The argument is that Jerry Reinsdorf owns the team and likes his guys. I'm not saying it's a good one, but that's why there hasn't been a change. He's as loyal as it gets and it's his call.
Guest
1:45
What realistic catching options are available for SD? Salvy/Rogers/Grandal…?
Steve Adams
1:48
I don't think the Royals will move Perez. They love him, he recently got the "captain" title. Tigers control Rogers for three years beyond the current seasons, though he's obviously not as entrenched.

Grandal will/should be available, yeah, and the contract will make him easier to move if a team is willing to take on a portion of the deal. That said, the Padres were trying pretty hard to stay out of that third luxury bracket, and that'll be impossible if they're taking on some of Grandal's money.

There aren't many good options out there for catchers. Could try to talk to the Reds about Tyler Stephenson, but he's controlled three years beyond 2023. Backup types like Curt Casali, Luke Maile, etc. might be available, but that's not going to be a huge upgrade.
1:49
I'd like to see someone get Ivan Herrera from the Cardinals and give him an everyday job, since he's a starting-caliber catcher whose path to the big leagues is all kinds of muddled thanks to whatever the heck is happening behind the plate in St. Louis. But it'd be fun to see him get an everyday gig somewhere at some point, to see what he can do.
Guest
1:49
What someone tipping pitches to Aaron Judge?
Steve Adams
1:51
I assume the Jays pitchers were tipping and Judge/the dugout caught onto it. The whole thing is a silly non-story. As Andy Martino wrote today at SNY, there aren't even signs to steal anymore with everyone using PitchCom. If the Yankees caught something the opposing pitchers were doing to tip, and did so with their own eyes, good on them.
Taj time?
1:51
Will I start on Wednesday now that Drew Rasmussen is broken, or will my AAA blowup keep me watching from afar?
Steve Adams
1:51
I don't think a few bad starts in AAA is going to prevent him from getting a call back to the Majors in short order.
Kingpin
1:52
Reds released Cessa & Lodolo on IL. Greene-Ashcraft-Weaver-Williamson...who's #5? Abbott?
Steve Adams
1:53
Should be Abbott. We'll see. They might go Stoudt, I guess, but at this point I don't know why you're waiting on Abbott. They've already gone young at so many other spots. Keep the line moving. Plus, Abbott could still be the organization's third or fourth best starter even when everyone's healthy.
Tyler Mahle
1:53
Do I have any hope of a multi-year deal immediately following TJ?
Steve Adams
1:54
We see guys sign two-year deals where the first season is a rehab year all the time. Garrett Richards, Michael Pineda, Drew Smyly, Nathan Eovaldi have all done this. The price has risen over the years, as you'd expect, but the Padres gave Richards two years and 15.5MM to rehab from TJS in Year One and then pitch in Year Two. Something in that range could work for Mahle.
Lt Data
1:54
Judge looked at the dugout and then homered on a hanging slider, middle of the plate.  Did anyone watch that pitch?  Are we surprised that Aaron Judge can hit that pitch for a home run?
Steve Adams
1:54
Ha, there's also this. Yes.
Hot Corrner Market
1:54
Would Kris Bryant's contract  ~ 7yrs/180 million be a reasonable comp for Matt Chapman?
Steve Adams
1:55
I thought so heading into the season but Chapman's hitting his way to $200MM+ pretty easily, provided he can avoid letting his recent strikeout uptick snowball.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/05/matt-chapman-top-free-agent-blu...
Keller
1:56
Is he finally breaking out?
Steve Adams
1:56
I've been on the Keller breakout train since last summer when I wrote about it for our Front Office subscribers. Yeah, I'm a Keller believer.
Jack
1:57
Do you think Chapman gets that next contract from the Jays, or has he pushed himself out of their price range?
Steve Adams
1:58
I don't think it's so much that he'd push out of their price range as it is they can only sign so many guys, and I'm sure they'd like to extend Vlad and/or Bichette if possible, which makes a Chapman deal more difficult. I'd expect a qualifying offer and Chapman signing elsewhere, but again, that assumes he keeps raking and ends the year poised for a mega-deal.
Dan P
1:58
Who will return to the Astros first - Jose Urquidy or Michael Brantley?
Steve Adams
1:59
With the way the Astros handle injury rehab and the utter lack of meaningful updates they provide, I don't even want to hazard a guess haha. I'll take Brantley if I'm forced to guess, but that is one weird team when it comes to providing injury updates on their players.
Bullpen
2:00
Is Lucas Sims also an option to be traded?
Steve Adams
2:00
Yeah. Needs to cut down the walk rate and stay healthy, but the stuff is good, and he's only controlled one more year after the current season.
Minor league deal
2:01
When someone signs a minor league contract how much money does the player usually get?
Steve Adams
2:02
It varies based on the experience of that player. There's no set number. Johnny Cueto's deal with the White Sox last year had like a $4.3MM base salary on it once he was added to the Major League roster; other guys will sign a minor league deal that pretty much pays them league minimum in the big leagues. The minor league salary varies too, depending on experience, demand for the player in question, etc. There's no one set answer to that question.
Ohtani
2:02
Dodgers seem like obvious choice this off season. Would other teams still trade for me at deadline?
Steve Adams
2:04
If Ohtani is available any contender would try to trade for him. I still don't expect him to be traded. I think he'll reject a QO and sign with a new team in free agency. Dodgers are certainly a threat, as are the Padres, Giants, Cubs, Mariners, Yankees, Mets, Rangers, and just about any team that's shown a willingness to spend aggressively over the years.
Chimp
2:05
What's the deal wiith Manoah, seems lost?
Steve Adams
2:07
Yeah pretty much every meaningful aspect of his game has taken a step backwards. Strikeout rate down, walks up, hard contact up, velo down a bit, falling behind more hitters, getting chases off the plate less, getting way fewer swinging strikes, allowing more homers.

I don't know what's causing the issues -- if I did, I imagine the Jays would pay me a sizable sum right now, ha -- but "lost" feels like a good term to describe him. It's just a heaping pile of problems right now.
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