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Chat with MLBTR's Steve Adams: 8/19/25
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Luis Robert Jr
1:26
What sort of contract offer can I expect this offseason?
Steve Adams
1:26
You can expect the White Sox to pick up your $20MM option, which I wouldn't do -- I'd have traded him -- but they wouldn't have held him just to decline the option.
Kyle
1:27
Nate Lowe has a 1.000 OPS so far with Boston, how long can he continue this level of production?
Steve Adams
1:27
Forever.
WT
1:27
Do you see the Reds this winter signing Tyler Stephenson to an extension? He only has 1 year of control after this season. Or will the Reds try to flip him this winter and make Jose Trevino their starter given Jose is locked up for several years? Catching depth in the Reds system seems  light if they trade him or let him walk off after 2026.
Steve Adams
1:30
He's been below-average at the plate (albeit average relative to his position) and would be getting a raise north of $7MM probably. I don't know that he's a non-tender candidate, but I could see him traded.

Trevino gives them an elite, affordable glove to start back there until Alfredo Duno is ready for a look in a couple years. And while the system is lacking volume in terms of catching prospects, Duno is one of the better catching prospects in the sport.
Zeke haydn
1:31
Who will be the first pirate traded after the season has ended?Skenes? Or Cruz?
Steve Adams
1:32
Neither? But definitely not Skenes. Either Mitch Keller or Dennis Santana seems like they'd have a good chance to go, though.
Mike T
1:33
Will Nick Allen be looking for a new team after this year? Will he even still be in the majors?
Steve Adams
1:34
He's such a good defender that someone will have him on a roster on Opening Day, but the Braves should 100% be looking for shortstop upgrades, with Allen either moving to a bench role or being traded.
Playing Nats GM
1:34
Between the 5 OFs on the MLB roster and a few others in the pipeline, trading from that group to fill another need makes sense for Washington. Is that something you could see the Nationals doing this winter?
Steve Adams
1:35
Sure. They're not going to move Wood or Crews, but any of Young, Hassell or Lile seems plausible.
Ryan
1:35
Eovaldi = 2025 AL Cy Young winner?
Steve Adams
1:37
He's going to come in 30 or so innings behind Skubal, Crochet and Hunter Brown. I don't think he's going to have the innings. But I suppose if he can somehow sustain a 1.75 ERA or even improve upon it, at a certain point the workload gap will take a backseat to the rate stats. I don't know that anyone can really expect to sustain results this good, though, and I wouldn't say we've reached the point yet where the gap can be justifiably overlooked.
Kyle
1:37
Does Bichette find someone to pay him like a SS this offseason, or do teams see him more as a guy who needs to move to 2B/3B and pay him accordingly?
Steve Adams
1:40
I think he'll sign as a shortstop but probably move to one of those other spots a few years into a deal. Jays, Tigers, Braves are the obvious potential landing spots (not that the Braves typically spend to that extent in free agency). Detroit has McGonigle coming, but he's still only 20 and as said, Bichette could move to another spot in a few years.

But, much like Willy Adames last winter, I think it'd be beneficial to get it out there early in the winter that he's willing to play other positions, even if the goal is to sign somewhere that he can continue as a shortstop for a few years.
Alex Bregman
1:40
Can I top 40 MM AAV again but on a longer deal?
Steve Adams
1:41
No, but he'll crush the $80MM he has left. And you can argue he doesn't really even have a $40MM AAV right now anyway, once you factor in deferrals.
Tom Kelly
1:42
Will Emmanuel Rodriguez be starting in lf for Twins next year?
Steve Adams
1:42
I can see him up at some point, maybe even early in the season, but the K's are a huge concern as is the durability (or lack thereof)
Moneyball
1:43
Who would you dangle in trades for pitching from the position player logjam forming on the A’s and which team(s) do you think would line up well as potential trade partners?
Steve Adams
1:47
Bleday and Soderstrom feel like the most straightforward calls to me, though I think you can keep functioning with Soderstrom, Kurtz and Rooker all on the same roster. Soderstrom has handled the outfield move just fine. Colby Thomas would get some interest if the A's are envisioning Soderstrom, Clarke and Butler as the long-term outfield trio.

I imagine they'll have teams trying to pry Langeliers away, and if someone offers enough pitching, I think you have to be open to it. Three years of control remaining, price tag is going to skyrocket in arb, etc.
Ranger Danger
1:48
Will Philly make a QO to Suarez?
Steve Adams
1:48
Yup
The Mick
1:48
What years/$ will it take to sign Bellinger next season?
Steve Adams
1:49
Five years in the $25MM per year range?
Kyle
1:49
Any chance King exercises his option for next year and stays in SD, given the amount of time he's doesn't on the IL with health issues the year?
Steve Adams
1:50
No. Even with the injuries, he could decline and expect a much better one-year deal than the net $11.25MM. He gets the $3.75MM buyout regardless.
Jeremy
1:51
Contract that gets Bregman resigned next year?  5 years/150m?
Steve Adams
1:51
I'll take the over.
Bud Man, Cub Fan
1:51
Cubbies have to be kicking themselves for not trading one of Cassie or Alcantara for another starter, right?
Steve Adams
1:51
Cubs' and Tigers' passive deadlines still surprise me.
MonarchsAllDay
1:51
Can the Royals at least make things interesting over the next month for that final playoff spot, however unlikely?
Steve Adams
1:54
They're only 3.5 out, so sure, I can see them kind of hanging around. But the rest of their schedule is pretty rough. They have a stretch coming up where they play the Tigers six times in nine games, and they still have series against the Phillies, Mariners and Blue Jays.

So... I don't expect it, but they're close enough already that it's not unthinkable.
Kyle
1:54
Assuming Giolito passes the 140 innings and declines the option, does it make sense for Boston to give him a QO?
Steve Adams
1:55
It does. If he accepted, that'd be a fine price for him on a one-year deal, but I think he'd be very likely to decline. When you've got Jameson Taillon, Eduardo Rodriguez and Taijuan Walker signing in the $68-80MM range, I don't see why Giolito can't get into that range.
Dandy the mascot
1:57
Are Dominguez and Stanton the worst defensive corner OFs for a playoff bound team this century?
Steve Adams
1:57
Not great, but the Phillies got there with Schwarber and Castellanos playing OF regularly in 2022.
Schwarberr
1:58
How scary are the 2026 Reds if they sign Schwarber given their Rotation.
Steve Adams
1:59
I'll believe they sign Schwarber when I see it. I know he's from there and there was the recent piece in The Athletic about the idea of him playing at GABP, but I've come around on the idea of him signing a precedent-setting deal for someone of his age and lack of defensive versatility, and I don't see Cincinnati topping $100MM to sign him.
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