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Chat with MLBTR's Steve Adams: 7/1/25
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Steve Adams
1:29
ROH and Mullins should get QOs. I'm not making a QO to Eflin when he's struggling like this or Sugano at his age and with a K% sitting around 14%
1:30
That assumes no trades, of course, but I'd be open to trading all of the rentals barring some insane 12-game win streak or something. Even with the O's playing better of late, they're 10 under .500, last in the division and 7 back in the Wild Card.
Juan Soto
1:30
Am I back
Steve Adams
1:32
Soto never went anywhere. He had a two-week slump and certain corners of the media/internet decided to cook up a "What's wrong with Juan Soto" narrative. Juan Soto is an elite baseball player. He's also human, and when he shows that humanity early in a season, I suppose people will freak out ad nauseum, but the notion that there was ever anything "wrong" with Soto never held any traction for me.
Marlins
1:32
If Sandy Alcántara can't show teams that he's back to his 2023 form, Miami should just keep him and see what he's got next spring, right?
Steve Adams
1:32
White Sox fans asked this same thing about Luis Robert at last year's deadline.
Suarez to Cubs
1:34
Doesn't this make too much sense?   Allows Shaw to go to bench and gets rid of Berti/Brujan.   Slots Dansby out of 4/5 hole to 7.  Gives Cubs that power bat needed in playoffs.    Improves bench, lengthens lineup again and give thump if needed.  Of course you live and die with strikeouts,  but hes the perfect offensive guy needed.
Steve Adams
1:35
If the Cubs get Eugenio Suarez, they're going to send Shaw to AAA to get everyday at-bats, not play 1-2x per week. So that doesn't really improve the bench.

And while sure, Suarez makes sense for the Cubs, he also makes sense for the Yankees, Tigers, Mariners, Brewers and others, so it's not like we're talking a fait accompli here.
Trader Jerry's
1:36
Which do you think should be a higher priority for the Mariners this deadline: finding a reliable infield bat or shoring up the bullpen?
Steve Adams
1:37
Getting more offense. The Mariners have a nice track record of spinning low-cost, seemingly fungible relief pickups into quality bullpen pieces. They don't need to pay an exorbitant price in trades to add a reliever. Plus they just got Matt Brash back a bit ago. Munoz/Brash is one of the most outrageous late-inning combos in MLB.
Sophia
1:38
Any chance the Pirates could have a winning team next year?
Steve Adams
1:40
I wouldn't call it especially likely, but they  could have a rotation led by Skenes, Chandler, Keller (if he's not traded) some combo of Ashcraft/Harrington/Burrows/Barco, and a cheap veteran fill-in.... get a rebound from Reynolds, a true breakout from Cruz, slightly above-average offense from Horwitz, and hit on a cheap offseason bat ... I mean, it's a lot that has to go right, but no, I don't think it's impossible. Just like ... "possible" in a 10% chance sort of way.
Blake
1:41
If the Pirates trade Bryan Reynolds, what will they get in return?
Steve Adams
1:41
Some salary relief? Reynolds is 30 going on 31, his offense this year is below average, and he's signed all the way through 2030.
John
1:42
Will we see draft picks become tradeable in the next CBA? Seems like something both sides should be ok with that would make the draft more interesting for fans, while also opening up new avenues to competing for rebuilding teams.
Steve Adams
1:42
I've been saying for the past three CBAs that I hope so, but it's never really been a hot-button issue. I doubt it will be this time around, either, but here's hoping.
Michael
1:43
Would the Phillies consider trading Ranger Suarez to add a right-handed bat, considering their SP depth and that it remains unlikely they sign him in the offseason with other SP salary commitments?
Steve Adams
1:44
I'd be very surprised. They have nice rotation depth, but Abel and Painter will be on workload limits, Nola is already banged up, and pitching depth dries up in a hurry.

Ranger is an easy QO candidate, too, so he'll net them a pick even if he leaves. They could very easily add a right-handed bat without giving up Suarez.
ARGHHHH
1:45
About how many questions do you get during these?  Seems my questions never get answered
Steve Adams
1:45
This is a curiously lightly attended chat and there are 549 people in here right now
Red Sox Fan
1:45
Is it possible that the Red Sox trade Bregman, then Bregman resigns in the offseason?
Steve Adams
1:45
See prior answer re: Bregman
CBA
1:45
Word has it that Manfred wants to change how Free Agency works in the next agreement, by putting a deadline on SIGNING.   Thoughts??   I think that is as unlikely to happen as an actual SALARY CAP.
Steve Adams
1:46
Bregman and the owners have wanted a signing deadline for awhile. Why wouldn't they? It's extra leverage for them. Players are going to push back on anything they deem a restriction on a truly open market. A signing deadline is that.
1:47
I know some fans want it. I -- even absent my employment here -- have always liked that the offseason spans all winter. I'm a baseball sicko. Why wouldn't I want year-round baseball news and transactions? Keep it nice and dragged out, haha
Matt Gage
1:48
Can you see me ending up back with the Dodgers.  They know me and they always seem to have injured pitchers.
Steve Adams
1:48
He's a cheap left-handed reliever. I can see him landing with any team in MLB, honestly. He's going to be on the fringe of the roster wherever he lands and could well be in this same spot again a few weeks or a month from now
Manfred
1:48
Why do I care what Bregman wants for a deadline?
Steve Adams
1:48
Ha, whoops
Bregman on the brain I guess. Rent-free!
Bobby Bonilla Day
1:49
Not a single tip of the cap to the captain of the deferred contract.   Let's give credit where credit is due....each July 1.
Steve Adams
1:49
Bobby Bonilla day is a weird narrative. The Braves gave Bruce Sutter a way crazier deferral structure back in like 1985, one that paid him for 30+ years, and no one talks about it.
MikeM
1:50
Any interest in Yoan Moncada at the deadline?  Hes having a decent year when healthy.
Steve Adams
1:51
Sure, I don't think he'd fetch a huge return, but he's been productive in the 30 games he's managed to stay healthy and he's a non-QO-candidate free agent
Yankee trader
1:52
Dominguez and Spencer Jones to Philly for Stott and Marsh? Philly needs a JOLT and Aiden Miller should be here sometime next season?
Steve Adams
1:52
Yankees aren't making that trade (and I don't even really like Spencer Jones)
Who Says No
1:52
Severino for Santander in a regrettable free agent signing swap.
Steve Adams
1:53
Santander's on a longer deal and owed more money. Doubt the A's are that anxious to move him. He was also playing through a shoulder subluxation for a good chunk of May, so let's see what he looks like when he's healthy.
kc
1:53
Anyone traded on A's besides Urias?
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