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Front Office Chat: 10/21/22
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Anthony Franco
3:00
Hey everyone, hope you're having a good week!
Going to hold tight to an hour today to work on some top 50 stuff
50 Cent’s First Pitch
3:00
Is Stallings a non-tender candidate? Are his days as a legit starting catcher over, and will he be more of a platoon/reserve now?
Anthony Franco
3:01
No I don't think so. I expect he'll at least bounce back defensively, and he has a strong reputation for his ability to handle the pitching staff. Particularly in a pretty weak catching market, I think Miami gives him another shot
Duffy Scliff
3:01
What will Noah Syndergaard‘s next contract look like? And where will he be pitching next year?
Anthony Franco
3:02
He's been a little divisive in our deliberations. There's a huge group of mid-tier free agent starters that are kind of tough to sort out. I had Thor at like 2/18 as part of that group
3:03
Tim has tried to push him to the top based on the pitcher he was before Tommy John and I think likes him more at 3/27-ish
Team? Could plausibly pick from half the league here. I'll randomly go Kansas City
Bill Metsiac
3:03
The Mets have an unusually large number of potential FAs this year, including Diaz, Nimmo, 4 members of their rotation, and several relievers and bench pieces.
I don't see how they can re-sign all of them. Which do you think they'll keep?
Guest
3:04
Jon Heyman wrote a column the other day that said Jacob DeGrom should be the last free agent that the mets should prioritize. Is he out of his mind?
Arise, Sir Loin of Beef
3:04
If you're the Mets, who do you resign and who do you target for the rotation and the bullpen?
Anthony Franco
3:05
So yeah, I disagree with Jon on that one. deGrom would be the guy I'd prioritize if I were them. I understand where he's coming from with the injury risk, but a huge-spending team with World Series aspirations is going to bite the bullet because the upside is so good. I don't see why the Mets wouldn't be involved
3:06
I don't think they can keep them all. I expect Nimmo to walk, at least one of Bassitt or Walker as well (probably both)
3:07
My answer on which relievers I target would be pretty consistent across teams. I'm big on Carlos Estévez getting out of Colorado and using his breaking ball more often. The Mets have a pretty rough collection of lefties. Andrew Chafin's very good and could opt out, Matt Moore fits too
bill
3:07
The failure of most of the 100 win clubs seems to erode the import of regular season success. Perhaps teams should start focusing on the post season, once they are sure they in ,with extra rest etc. The expanded playoffs just increase the odds that a “lesser” team will get hot and win it all,imo.The Padres and Phillies were soooo far out of first place
Anthony Franco
3:08
Yeah I got a lot of questions on this related to the Dodgers as well, and I really just don't think there's a secret to winning in the playoffs. The margins are so razor thin
The Cardinals should've beaten the Phillies in Game One of their series. If they hold a ninth-inning lead, they probably win that series. Does that mean the Braves survive the Cardinals then? Who knows?
3:09
This was always the concern with playoff expansion, it's why the players union resisted 14 teams. The playoffs are very random, even the best teams know this, and the larger field reduces everyone's incentive to be great
3:10
I will say that this doesn't really feel like an outlier to me. The Braves won 88 games last year and went on to win the World Series when they were generally viewed as the worst playoff team in the field
Aaron Judge
3:10
Can Sign with the dodgers if they keep Turner
Anthony Franco
3:11
They do have a ton of long-term payroll flexibility, but signing both of the top free agents on the market would be rich even for their tastes. I don't see it
I'm interpreting this question as Trea Turner by the way. If you're asking whether they can exercise Justin Turner's $16MM option and sign Judge, sure. I assume that's not what you mean haha
Mikey Trout
3:11
If Trout became a free agent today, would he get the 8/300 left on his deal? Would he beat Judge?
Anthony Franco
3:12
I lean no on both accounts. I think there's enough injury trepidation and fear he'll move to a corner very soon that he'd come up a little short of 300
Guest
3:13
Do you think that home plate umpires can still see 95+ mph pitches that have late movement?
Anthony Franco
3:13
Sure, it's probably harder to be an ump now than it was 50 years ago, but they have plenty of reps
3:14
They're really good, by and large. With how fast things are moving, the fact that they consistently get 90-95% of calls right is very impressive when you think about it. Unfortunately the expectation is 100% accuracy, so the misses are glaring
Receo
3:14
Give me one good reason the Dodgers shouldn’t just go with the “young bucks”.  Lux at SS, Michael Busch at 2b, Vargas at 3rd, Pages, Outman and the rest of the gang.  Yeah, they won’t win 111 games but I’ll bet they get passed the first round of the playoffs.
Anthony Franco
3:15
I don't think that's true. That would probably still be a playoff team, but I'd pencil them more in the Wild Card range
Can I axe you summin?
3:15
Which of the remaining managerial vacancies would you consider most desirable -- based on talent on hand, ownership, front office reputation, etc.?
Anthony Franco
3:16
White Sox if it's my last job and I'm just chasing a World Series. Royals overall
3:17
General loyal organization, lot of talented young players coming up. First-year baseball ops leader who's probably willing to share more authority than a White Sox group with Reinsdorf and Ken Williams/Rick Hahn in the front office
jorge78
3:17
Hi Big A!  Thanks for chatting!  Any "rumblings" about what MLB will do with the baseball next season?  This year"s dead ball was atrocious!  Seems like every other player batted .235 with less power.....
Anthony Franco
3:17
I haven't seen anything on this but I suspect they'll try to keep it dead
3:18
I agree, it did not work and I'd rather see it livelier. But the ostensible goal of the shift ban is to bring back more singles. Keeping the deader ball theoretically rewards less of a boom or bust offensive approach. Not sure it works in practice
Lefty
3:18
Giants need (at least) a couple of everyday bats to solidify their platoon-heavy lineup. What would it take to sign Correa and Rizzo? Does Correa at 8/250 and Rizzo 2/40 get it done?
Anthony Franco
3:19
That's right where I'm at on Rizzo, yeah. I think we're going to end up at nine years on Correa but 8/250 certainly isn't a laughable offer. Totally plausible he ends up around there to me
thebeatlesshow
3:19
What do you think the future is for Chas McCormick?  Looks like he could be another 25 HR bat for the Astros?  Are they breaking him in slowly or is he going to be a strict platoon?  (And thanks always for the chats, Anthony.)
Anthony Franco
3:20
I really like Chas, have since he was a prospect. Personally I'd let him have CF and think he could be a 20-25 homer guy as you said
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