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Chat with MLBTR's Steve Adams: 6/3/25
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Kurt the Hurt
1:37
Would someone try to sign Tyler Alexander ?
Steve Adams
1:38
Sure, assuming he clears waivers. He'd only cost the prorated minimum for any time in the majors. Strikeout rate is a ways below average but not quite in the gutter. Good command. He's a fine swingman in general, and teams need depth.
Jazz Hands
1:39
Is the move of Jazz back to 3B in deference to DJ (who looks done) or because they think it will be easier to acquire a second baseman?
Steve Adams
1:39
A bit of both. LeMahieu is a better fit at 2B right now, and the market will naturally have more available 2B options than 3B
Ryan
1:40
I see a lot of articles about the Twins cornerstone players, like Buxton, Correa, Joe Ryan, being targets for other teams. Realistically, are the Twins going to make any substantial moves between now and their typical period of activity? (March)
Steve Adams
1:42
Buxton and Correa have full no-trade clauses. Ryan is controlled through 2027. The Twins are 25-12 since April 22.

Maybe they crater and sell some guys off, but it won't be those three even if they do, and as of right now there's no way they're selling.
Jon
1:42
luis roberts value ? What is it? Is it worth it to even trade him this low?
Steve Adams
1:43
It's negligible, but the alternative is just to decline his option at season's end, so I assume they'll just trade him for pennies on the dollar to a team hoping to catch lightning in a bottle.
John
1:43
Assume Alonso finished the year .275, 35 HRs, 125 RBIs, and an OPS over .900, does that attract more suitors than last offseason without the QO attached?

As a Met fan I think it would be reasonable for the Mets to Mets to offer him a 4 yr, $120M and maybe a fifth-year option and then trade Ryan Clifford in a package to supplement the roster elsewhere. But curious if his market drastically changed considering he has similar underlying metrics and will be a year older
Steve Adams
1:46
No team is going to care what his batting average or RBI total is. They're going to focus on the power output, plate discipline and contact skills. Alonso was great in April and tanked in all three of those areas in May (6.0 BB%, 29.1 K%, .178 ISO). If he ends the season with a walk rate in the 11-12% range, 35 to 40 homers and a strikeout rate that's a ways down from last year's near-25% mark, I don't think 4/120 is impossible, but he has to make May look like an aberration.
squinky
1:46
Is cal Raleigh the best catcher in baseball?
Steve Adams
1:46
Yup
Trout
1:46
Will I stay in Anaheim
Steve Adams
1:46
Yup
Paul Skenes
1:46
So many rumors. Could I really be a dodger
Steve Adams
1:46
Nope
Dombrowski
1:46
Deadline Dealing Dave is more conservative today, and won't deal from our top 6 (Painter / Miller / Crawford / Escobar / Tait / Abel) for a relief arm. Who might be a realistic fit for a pen guy at the deadline where the return would be more in line with the Estevez deal last season?
Steve Adams
1:51
I think you're underrating the return they sent to the Angels for Estevez last year. George Klassen and Samuel Aldegheri were both firmly among the Phillies' top 10 prospects -- top 5-ish for the former.

Relievers who might not cost one of their tip-top guys though ... Dennis Santana, David Bednar, Jake Bird, Kyle Finnegan, Chris Martin, Shelby Miller to name a few. Martin might not be available though. Signed with his hometown Rangers for the final season of his career. Might not be super keen on being dealt, and the front office might honor that since he took a discount to sign there.
Al Swearengen
1:51
Can't a team avoid Super Two status by sending the player down later in the year? If so, there's no reason for Bubba to still be in AAA.
Steve Adams
1:52
Sure, but they'd face a more concrete grievance if Chandler is dominating in the majors -- which he probably will do -- and they try to send him down anyhow.

I tend to think the reason he's down has more to do with him not wanting to finish top-2 in ROY voting and get the full year of service.
Its Over
1:53
How long until the Braves call it what it is and start a rebuild?
Steve Adams
1:54
I could open a chat from June 3, 2024, and see this same question from Mets fans. Or June 3, 2022, and see it from Phillies fans. Or June 3, 2019, and see it from Nats fans. The list goes on.

I get the doom and gloom, but the Braves aren't in nearly bad enough shape to wave the white flag on the season, and even if they id, they'd trade primarily shorter-term pieces and look to retool for 2026 -- not burn it all down
Ethan
1:55
Would it make sense for the Guardians to option David Fry? He has limited value given his DH only status for the year, so unless the bat is very elite seems like a wasted spot in the active roster.
Steve Adams
1:55
I'd want him hitting regularly in AAA, yeah
Plus he didn't even hit well on his rehab stint
Lewis reset
1:55
Any realistic chance the Twins would option Lewis to AAA for a reset or just have him work through things at the MLB level?
Steve Adams
1:56
At a certain point they're not going to have a choice. He's lost at the plate right now, he's not playing regularly because of it, etc.

I'm sure they're hoping a big game or two will get him going, but his struggles date back to last year. He still has two option years remaining. Has to happen sooner than later if he doesn't show signs of life.
Dave
1:57
Fangraphs still has the Braves playoff odds at 50%
Steve Adams
1:58
I'd take the under on that, but it's not like they're the Rockies, Pirates, Marlins with a sub-1% chance or anything.
Sodo Mojo
1:58
Seattle seems to match up well with Baltimore for an Ryan  O'Hearn's trade.  Is Hancock or Evan's enough to get a rental like O'Hearns or is that not enough?
Steve Adams
1:59
I wouldn't give up Evans for O'Hearn, personally, but I agree that the two teams line up well. ROH's massive performance probably makes Evans a justifiable ask though. Crazy how O'Hearn just gets better every season. When they traded for him, I remember just wondering how he kept sticking on a 40-man roster. Now he's a genuine monster. Good work by the O's.
TxDude
2:00
Who gets the call first - Roman Anthony for Red Sox or Bubba Chandler for the Pirates?
Steve Adams
2:01
Which (long overdue) promotion happens first?
Roman Anthony (57.4% | 113 votes)
 
Bubba Chandler (42.6% | 84 votes)
 
Total Votes: 197
Anthony for me, for what it's worth. I assume the Pirates are going to leave Chandler in AAA purgatory to the point where their motivations are overwhelmingly transparent.
2:02
Feels like Bob Nutting is probably hoping the kid sprains an ankle to he can push the debut back to 2026.
Padres
2:02
Why haven't the padres offered a couple mid level prospects for Robert. Worst case, he is better than the current options in left, and they don't pick up his $20m options.
Steve Adams
2:03
Maybe they have. But they have major luxury tax concerns, so ownership would need to greenlight it -- or they'd need the White Sox to take on a big chunk of the salary.

And if you're the Sox and teams are offering marginal, fungible returns, is there a big risk in passing on those and hoping Robert catches fire in late June to boost his stock? Probably not.
Dan Bergvall
2:04
  1. How much has Mick Abel rebuilt trade value with his 2025 performance?
  2. Does he have more value to the Phillies to remain in the organization and pitch out of the bullpen in the back half of the season?
Steve Adams
2:07
Significant restoration of value. Fastball is back up by more than a mile per hour. Walk rate down more than four percentage points. Strikeout rate up nearly six percentage points. 10.9% swinging-strike rate last year to 13.5% this year.

There's no team in MLB that wouldn't want Abel right now. It's hard to trade him, but they're so deep that for a real upgrade in the outfield -- ideally one with multiple seasons of control, and not "just" Cedric Mullins or another rental guy (Mullins is good! But you're talking 2 months or so of him).

Otherwise, I don't hate the idea of sticking him in the 'pen. Ranger Suarez is a free agent at season's end. Jesus Luzardo is hurt a lot and a free agent post-2026.

Easy to see a future Phils rotation with both Abel and Andrew Painter in it.
Mo or Less
2:07
Caglianone, predictions?
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