JotCast | Chat with MLBTR's Steve Adams 8/25/20

Chat with MLBTR's Steve Adams 8/25/20

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Dan Paul

3:16

If M's trade Taijuan, can they land a top 100 prospect?

Steve Adams

3:17

I doubt it -- it's only one month of him.

PittsburghBob

3:17

Does Adam Frazier get traded?? I haven’t heard much about him lately and it seems to me, a player w/ his position flexibility, cheap, controllable contract & track record would be attractive to a lot of teams? A left-handed bat too.

Steve Adams

3:17

He's playing so poorly that there's no point in the Pirates selling this low on him, in my view.

Bill

3:18

White Sox are just going to sit back and watch the kids grow, right?

Steve Adams

3:18

Doubt they'll be in the market for rentals, but if there's a starting pitcher or reliever controlled beyond 2020 that they like, they could get in that mix.

Hahnsome guy

3:19

Johnny cueto looks good on the south side as a 5th starter. Hahn has said no rentals, and hes under control for a year plus options.

Steve Adams

3:20

Don't think Cueto is what Hahn meant with no rentals. You structured Cueto's contract like it's a plus, but no team is going to view it that way. He looks like a 4th starter but is being paid like a #2 guy. San Francisco would need to eat the overwhelming majority of that contract, and there's virtually no way his 2022 option is getting picked up a year from now.

Think they'd be much more inclined to pursue someone like Lynn or Bundy -- or ideally someone controlled longer (though not too many of those out there).

Chris

3:21

Yaz for plesac please!!

Steve Adams

3:21

Plesac looked like a fifth starter last year before making three really good outings in 2020. Yaz has been mashing for 140 games. I doubt the Giants make that deal.

Robert Larice Jr

3:22

Will baseball fans see king Felix at all this season?

Steve Adams

3:22

He opted out of the season in July

Billy Eppler

3:23

Should I trade Simba then try to re-sign him this coming winter?

Steve Adams

3:24

I'd personally just make him a qualifying offer; if someone is willing to part with more value than that, then sure go ahead and move him, but that's hard to see with Simmons just now coming off the IL.

The Sloth

3:25

What kind of return can the Red Sox get for the red hot Moreland?

Steve Adams

3:27

Think I said this last week, too, but he's still just a platoon first baseman. Doubt any of today's analytical/data-driven front offices are going to think he's anything other than what he's been for 5-6 seasons just because he's piled up some hits in a short time. The return won't be particularly consequential if he's moved.

Dark

3:27

If Inciarte is non-tendered, does he get a ML deal this offseason? Who might be in the mix?

Steve Adams

3:27

Can't non-tender someone who is on a guaranteed contract.

Inciarte will make $8MM next year

Jon

3:27

What's Matthew Boyd's trade value? The Tigers were asking for a ton at the trade deadline last year, but since then he's really struggled.

Steve Adams

3:29

Like Minor's, it has to be way down. The home run issues that have continued to plague him are concerning. There's probably still plenty of teams who'd love to get their hands on him, but with his struggles dating back to last summer, the Tigers will have a hard time justifying what they'd ask for him.

I think it's likelier they just hold into '21 and hope he looks more like his '19 self. There's obvious talent there.

3:30

Ok -- tried to go a bit longer since we're in deadline season, but I've got to wrap this up. I'm on Twitter @Adams_Steve if you want to ask more questions.

Thanks for chatting as always. Enjoy the rest of your week!

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