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MLBTR Chat: 4/7/26
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Anthony Franco
1:01
I don't think moving a team's top pick back 10 spots for passing the third tier is a huge disincentive. The QO stuff is, at least for mid-market players, but it's designed to be to drive down free agent spending. Union has to give up something else to get MLB to give on this
Taylor
1:01
With Yordan Alvarez finally healthy and the offense leading the AL in batting average through the first week, is this front office in a better position to be buyers at the deadline — or does the bullpen situation (Hader on IL, thin backend depth) make them more likely to address pitching first, even if it costs them a legitimate hitting upgrade?
Anthony Franco
1:03
I'm sure they'd love to buy. Older roster, aggressive ownership (at least for certain players), a GM on the last year of his contract whose team missed the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons
1:04
Still need to find a LH bat, ideally in the outfield. They're still there with the Angels as the most RHH lineups in MLB
1:05
Rotation depth isn't great but is in better shape than it probably should be given where they were at the start of the offseason. Back-end bullpen could be the priority but we'll see how Hader and Sousa recover in the interim few months
Nationals guy
1:06
Are you buying the new analytics the Nationals are giving their hitters? Looks like we could have some guys breaking out (House, Nunez, Lyle) and that's without Crews who should be coming up fairly soon. This team looks like they can at least hit.
Anthony Franco
1:07
Nuñez is what he is, serviceable utility guy. Still don't think House is going to make enough contact
1:08
Agree that Lile can rake and should be athletic enough to play the outfield but man, his tentativeness last year was rough
Benge
1:08
I have not been hitting at all lately. Probably time to go down to AAA to reset, or is it too early?
Anthony Franco
1:09
Give him at least until Soto comes back. If he's still struggling at that point, I'd option him
1:10
Alright that's all I have time for today. Working on a little tighter schedule this week unfortunately
1:11
I'm on X @affranco10 if you want to throw any other questions at me there. I do a Friday afternoon chat for Front Office subscribers where I can get to a much higher percentage of questions with more time to go in depth on the answers
Steve will be back next week, so it should be the usual Tuesday afternoon schedule on that one
Have a good afternoon everyone!
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