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Chat with MLBTR's Steve Adams: 8/26/25
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Steve Adams
1:32
They'd have non-tendered him in the offseason. No one was going to give up a prospect of any value to acquire one year of Lowe when he'd have gotten a raise north of $12MM. They cut him loose to open at-bats for younger players and probably held out a small bit of hope that maybe someone would claim the contract, which they unsurprisingly did not.
Charleston Chew
1:33
Will Cal be MVP?
Steve Adams
I tend to agree, though it's hardly a sure thing just yet.
King Tuck
1:34
O/U 75% chance the Cubs re-sign Tucker? If they do would a Cody Bellinger contract be possible? 3-4 years with an opt out after 2 and 3 years. 150mil over 4 years. 37.5 mil aav is a hefty pay raise from this year.
Steve Adams
1:34
Way under on the percentage the Cubs re-sign him, and no way he's taking a three- or four-year deal.
$ for a question?
1:35
Only way a question can be fielded is if I pay a subscription?........poor people like baseball too!
Steve Adams
1:36
This chat is hosted on third-party software. I have no idea who in here is a subscriber or not. But there are 448 people participating/asking questions, and that constitutes a (very) lightly attended chat. Which is par for the course this time of year, as opposed to the deadline or offseason.
anxious jays fan
1:36
whats our plan if bichette walks? start clement full time? kick gimenez over?
Steve Adams
1:37
Gimenez to shortstop and go outside the organization at 2B, I would think.

But I thought the Guardians should've moved Gimenez to SS years ago and they chose not to. So we shall see. I think the Jays will make a genuine effort to re-sign Bichette, too, so it's not a foregone conclusion that he leaves.
Pete
1:37
Now that a little more time has passed, does the White Sox handling of the Louis Robert situation make any more sense to you?
Steve Adams
1:37
Robert could stay healthy and hit .300/.375/.530 from the deadline on, and I would still say it was a risk I wouldn't have taken, even if it pans out perfectly like that.
1:38
I understood the risk they were taking, I just didn't agree with it and still don't. But teams and players take risks all the time where I say "Woof, I don't like that at all" and it still works out. Part of the game/business.
BTinVT
1:39
Can you see Gorman turning into Muncy? Thank you
Steve Adams
1:39
Gorman doesn't walk like Muncy, and Muncy has never struck out as much as Gorman. I guess he could be a poor man's version of Muncy, but I don't think he has that same sort of offensive ceiling as Muncy
PhilsPhansince1965
1:40
Should we unload either Castellanos or Taijuan over the winter to save some $$?
Steve Adams
1:41
Far easier said than done. No one's going to take much (any?) of Castellanos' contract. I guess maybe you could pay Walker down to like $5-8MM and dump him for little to no return.
Even year
1:41
What will need to happen for the Giants to contend in 26?
Steve Adams
1:43
If they add one more legitimate bat, get Devers healthy, and bring in some rotation support for Webb/Ray, I don't think it's far-fetched that they contend. I'd like to see two bats (one in RF, one at 2B), but you can't just expect them to go sign Tucker, Gleyber, Cease and a couple relievers, so trying to traffic somewhat in reality here.
rusty
1:44
Will Jakob Marsee go 20/20 in '26?
Steve Adams
1:44
At this rate he might do it in 2025!
1:45
Kidding, obviously. I think it's a pretty easy yes on the steals. Bit more skeptical on the power, but it's not outside the realm of plausibility.
Guest
1:45
Do you see any big ticket free agents heading to San Francisco in the near future?
Steve Adams
1:47
They're among the more obvious suitors for Kyle Tucker and Gleyber Torres, sure. I imagine Bichette is going to state early on that he'll play any position (a la Story and Adames) to increase his market viability as well, even if he wants to stay at shortstop. Giants pursuing him as a 2B option wouldn't surprise me.
1:49
Ok, I've got to wrap up for the week.

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