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Front Office Chat: 2/3/23
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Anthony Franco
4:48
I think this is what you're looking for?
4:49
You could also search players on Baseball Reference. Don't believe it houses a full leaderboard but you can find any individual's winter ball numbers there
charlie window
4:49
Could the whole RSN financial mess bring down the house of cards for MLB?
Anthony Franco
4:50
The TV contract stuff is outside my wheelhouse, so I'm not really qualified to speak on this, but my guess is that it's not a huge deal
People who have been following this stuff more closely than me have suggested that Bally could be in trouble for a while now. I'm sure teams with those RSN's were aware of things being kind of precarious and yet spending skyrocketed this offseason anyways
charlie window
4:51
Are the Angels not moving on a shortstop because they think Zach Neto is going to be ready this year?
Anthony Franco
4:52
Think it's more than there weren't many shortstop solutions out there unless you wanted to spend $175MM on one of the top free agents
4:53
Neto might factor in at some point but he has 37 professional games under his belt and wasn't even consistently seeing high-end pitching in the Big South at Campbell. He's advanced and showed well at Double-A in limited action but counting on him to take the shortstop in a hopeful playoff season this year would be really optimistic
Rodon Right On
4:53
Gleyber is probably not going to be traded before the season, but if Volpe is killing it in AAA, I could see him being traded before the deadline.  Volpe has a mediocre arm, so he is a long term 2B.  In general, what is the difference in return between trading Torres now, at the deadline, or next off-season?
Anthony Franco
4:55
Not sure there's a huge difference in his value between now and the deadline. Half-season less of control but the Yankees will have paid half his arb salary and another team still gets two potential postseason runs with him
4:56
By next offseason, though, the value's probably pretty minimal. At that point he's a second baseman on a one-year deal with an arb salary likely in the $13-14MM range. That's not a profile teams love, even for good players. The Phillies declined an option on Jean Segura for 16MM this year; the Brewers picked one up on Kolten Wong but traded him almost immediately for a bounceback flier on Jesse Winker and an Abraham Toro dice roll
Gerald
4:56
Assuming similar performances to this year, no injuries, etc…top 5 players who will receive biggest contracts next offseason (including players you believe will opt out)
Anthony Franco
4:57
We'll put more thought into this over the next month or so as we map out our initial FA power rankings
4:58
My off the cuff answer would be Ohtani, Machado, Urías, Nola, Chapman
4:59
I eventually think Chapman gets squeezed out by a bounceback season from someone like Giolito, Bellinger or Flaherty, but it's hard to project which one right now
Perry Minasian
4:59
I've been told I can make ONE more move this offseason. What move could I make that most helps my team?
Anthony Franco
4:59
(Angels)
I'd go Wacha
5:00
LH reliever like Chafin would be the fallback, think the position player group is fine
Bill The Cat
5:00
Hello Anthony! Mariners fan here. I know it would be a long shot, but do you see them as a possible dark horse to sign Ohtani next offseason?
Anthony Franco
5:01
I'm sure they'll check in and probably get some advantage being on the West Coast, but they're not any kind of favorite given the amount of long-term commitments they already have on the books and the bigger spenders they'll be up against
Adbert Alzolay
5:01
Do you think that I am in the mix for Cubs' closer if we don't pick up a free agent like the Sheriff (Andrew Chafin)?
Anthony Franco
5:02
Should be even if they sign Chafin. I'd rather have Chafin and Brandon Hughes as situational matchup options in the middle to late innings
I think Alzolay has back-of-the-bullpen potential, yeah
Rizzo
5:02
How would you rank my five starters? Corbin, Gray, Williams, Gore, Cavalli? Any chance Stras ever pitches again? Who would be the next in line when inevitably one or more of these guys go down? Are any of them on a pitch count?
Anthony Franco
5:02
(Nationals)
5:04
It's a rough rotation. If I'm going just on 2023 productivity, I'd probably order it Gore, Williams, Gray, Cavalli, Corbin. Obviously the younger guys are the more pivotal ones for the organization coming out of the rebuild
Considering Gore and Cavalli both had injury issues last year, seems plausible they curtail the workloads on both
5:05
Strasburg, idk. Heyman wrote yesterday that he's throwing again, which is a slightly positive sign. Hard to bank on anything though, thoracic outlet surgery just nukes some careers unfortunately. Obviously hope he can make it back. It'd be a shame to see him go out like this
5:06
Joan Adon or Tommy Romero feel like the next guys up
Duffy Scliff
5:06
Do you think Wacha holds out for a two year deal even into spring training or possibly the regular season? Or will he ultimately settle for a one year deal?
Anthony Franco
5:06
Two years is fine, just has to come off the ask for like $30MM
5:07
Have to imagine someone would give him 2/15, although maybe he'd prefer 1/10 or whatever if he feels the market undervalued him and he wants to try again next winter
The Rangers fan
5:07
Just curious here, Why is DeGrom rated on every pitching prediction #1 and all MLB shows stating so till he goes to Texas from NewYork and Vice Versa with Rondon, now he’s Rated above DeGrom? Why such bias towards Texas getting the player.
Anthony Franco
5:08
I can't speak for MLB Network's rankings -- I assume that's what this is in reference to -- but I'd probably still have deGrom #1 if ranking starting pitchers this year
The injury risk is huge obviously, but he's so clearly the best pitcher in baseball when healthy
Chriss
5:08
With talk about Tyler O’Neil possibly getting traded, any chance the Braves might seek a trade?
Anthony Franco
5:09
Eh, he'd help but it also feels like a situation where St. Louis might not want to deal him to one of their top competitors in the National League
Guest
5:10
Wondering about the correlation between prospect ratings and success....if you are ranked in the top 10 or top 20, what is the probability that you will become at least an everyday major leaguer?
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