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Front Office Chat: 6/24/22
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Arise, Sir Loin of Beef
3:53
According to Metsblog, the Mets are interested Luis Castillo, what do they have minus Alvarez and Baty that could get it done?
Anthony Franco
3:55
I think one of Baty or Alex Ramirez is going to have to be in there as a headliner
Alvarez isn't happening
Cody bellinger
3:55
What is my future if I don’t start hitting
Anthony Franco
3:55
Non-tender at the end of the year, likely one-year deal somewhere else
Snoozy
3:56
How do you see the Giants closer situation ROS? Is Doval the man despite his struggles vs  the Braves or will they add at the deadline?
Anthony Franco
3:56
Sort of a similar thing to the Red Sox. I think they'll absolutely add bullpen help without really caring whether that guy is necessarily a closer
Dave roberts
3:56
Are the reds that bad or are we turning the corner
Anthony Franco
3:57
The Reds are quite bad, but the Dodgers were always going to be fine
Dodger paul
3:57
I read that the dodgers are going after another big bat and starting pitcher.  Who do you think they might target
Anthony Franco
3:58
I'd guess they get one of Castillo, Mahle or Montas. The bat's tougher because Justin Turner's the only guy they're probably especially worried about
3:59
The trade market at third base is awful, so unless Mookie's out way longer than expected, I think the offensive pickups will be more complementary and they'll prioritize arms
Baseball fan
3:59
I read that mlb changed an error to a hit on the game Kyle Anderson pitched against the Angels. Can they do that and what’s the point
Anthony Franco
4:00
They can and often do retroactively make scoring changes like that. There's some kind of appeals process where the team can try to push to have something changed to a hit for the  good of the player's stats
I agree it's basically pointless
Artie moreno
4:01
What would it cost me to get farmer and either Mahle or Castillo
Drury
4:01
Do I make sense for the angels
Anthony Franco
4:01
I think they'd have to get closer to bother buying, particularly a rental like Drury
4:02
If that happens, I wonder whether the Reds would have interest in Adell as the center of a Castillo or Mahle deal. For a year and a half of those guys, I could see the Angels considering it
4:03
They'd have to be within realistic striking distance this season, though, which requires going on a real heater over the next five weeks
Whit's End
4:04
Odds of a Merrifield Move? Seems like selling low, but just read a Heyman report that KC is shopping him more than in usual years. Obviously those reports run rampant, but curious for your take.
Anthony Franco
4:04
Yeah I just can't see it. They held onto him throughout the entire rebuild when he was controllable, very good and would've brought back an absolute haul
4:05
Now they're going to pivot and deal him after the worst half-season of his career for almost nothing? What would be the point?
Maris
4:05
Who's going to perform better for the rest of the year: Franmil Reyes or his onetime replacement Oscar Gonzalez? Who will get more playing time?
Anthony Franco
4:06
I still like Reyes more
Keep waiting on Gonzalez to regress with how often he's chasing pitches out of the zone. He hasn't, to his credit, but I can't really buy it yet
Anita
4:07
Now that Ryu is gone probably all next season with Kirk and Moreno doing so well.... if Jansen comes back from the IL and is still swinging the bat, do you think Jansen plus say Otto Lopez, Spencer Horwitz & one of CJ Van Elk or Trent Palmer could get us Ian Happ, David Robertson and Scott Effros?  If not, what would work?
Anthony Franco
4:08
I don't think so. A little too much of a quantity-over-quality thing from the Jays' end, and Jansen's a tough fit for the Cubs anyhow as a player only controllable through 2024
4:10
I think the Cubs would look more towards the upper levels of the farm system than Jansen. Can't see them moving all of Happ, Robertson and Effross in the same deal to begin with, but for Happ plus Robertson they could ask for a Groshans or Tiedemann type headliner
Hits Like Rays
4:10
Are the Rays close to getting Yonny Chirinos or Luis Patino back? If so, will the Rays combine them with their converted starters (Drew Rassmusen and Jeffrey Springs)? It seems like it could be very effective to pair Rassmusen/Patino for the first 8 innings or so and Springs/Chirinos for the first 8 innings of another game. That could save the bullpen to lockdown games started by the Rays’ more “traditional” starters (Shane McClanahan, Shane Baz, and Corey Kluber).
Ray Donovan
4:10
I’m a fan of what I think Luis Patino can do in the big leagues.  Is it me or does he throw fast but with no movement?  He can get hammered by major league hitters unless he can tweak.  Thoughts?
Anthony Franco
4:12
Chirinos is just throwing batting practice, seems like he's still more than a month away. Patino is on rehab now and should be back sooner than that, maybe right after the Break?
4:14
As for Patino specifically, I'm more optimistic than Ray. The fastball's gotten a decent amount of whiffs over his career, and I was really impressed with the breaking stuff and athleticism when I saw him in the minors
4:15
The injury history makes me less confident than I was that he'd be an above-average starter, but he could probably thrive in a hybrid role like the one Hits By Rays suggested
Don
4:15
Do you think the Braves will look to add a front line starter like Montas or Castillo to fill out rotation as Strider maxes his innings. Or will they roll the dice with Srotka , Muller and Davidson mix
Anthony Franco
4:15
Probably the latter. Adding an impact bat feels the likelier splash move there
4:16
Maybe a veteran depth starter to shoulder some innings because of the workload concerns you mentioned, but I wouldn't pick them as a landing spot for a top-tier arm
Alex Cobb
4:16
Is my ERA (5.62) or my FIP (3.28) more who I am?
Anthony Franco
4:17
FIP's closer but neither really. He's probably an upper-3.00's ERA guy
4:18
The FIP is great because he has a career-high 27.2% strikeout rate, but his swing-and-miss and chase rates are right around last year's. Strikeouts probably come down even as more batted balls start finding defenders, and the ERA and FIP converge
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