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MLBTR Chat: 5/20/22
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Anthony Franco
5:41
But mega deals don't unanimously bust. They just have an outsized effect on your roster when you're devoting a good chunk of your payroll to say, Jason Heyward
Anthopolous
5:41
What do I do at the deadline?
Anthony Franco
5:41
(Braves)
5:42
Outfield and bullpen help, probably
5:43
Also some chance they fall out of it and wind up dealing someone like Swanson, but that's still unlikely right now. Too much talent on that team to write them off yet
Mcfly
5:44
what happened to Willian Astudillo? Love his hitting skills
Anthony Franco
5:44
He's in Triple-A with the Marlins, doing exactly what he always does
5:45
2.4% walk rate, 3.7% strikeout rate. Four homers are a surprise though. Nice job Willians
Yo
5:45
Which player and which team are the most popular in today's chat questions
Anthony Franco
5:46
Juan Soto. Blue Jays, I think?
squinky
5:46
Vladdy isn't seeing much to hit, and is chasing balls out of the strike zone. Time to put springer behind him?
Anthony Franco
5:47
I don't think the lineup thing makes a huge difference. Maybe he'd be more selective if he trusts the guy behind him more, but Vlad's already talked about knowing the chase rate's a problem and readjusting his approach
He'll be fine, completely unconcerned
Guest
5:48
Do you ever take a question because you like the screen name?
Anthony Franco
5:48
Nah, I don't even notice the screen names unless they're context for the question itself
Tim
5:49
Lack of CF out on the market? Think Marsh or Adell gets traded? Must have an Adell trade question to be a legitimate chat.
Anthony Franco
5:49
Marsh, absolutely not
5:50
Adell, I lean towards no because it'd be such an obvious sell low but sometimes teams do just get tired of the struggles and sour on a guy
5:51
I wouldn't have thought the A's would give up Jesús Luzardo for two months of Starling Marte either, but they did
Steve cohen
5:51
Does DeGrom opt out? He said he was planning to buy this injury has to have any bidders concerned.
Anthony Franco
5:52
Assuming he pitches this year, I think he still opts out
Ok everyone, that's all I've got time for today
Thanks for all the questions, sorry for everything I couldn't get to
5:53
I also run a chat exclusive to Front Office subscribers every week. I get to the vast majority of those questions because the queue's significantly smaller, more time to go in-depth with a lot of the responses too
If that's of interest to anyone, you can find a link to our Front Office sign-up here
Steve and I also send out weekly analysis articles. Brad sends a fantasy advice column, Tim runs a reader mailbag
And any support we get also just means a lot to the site
5:55
I'm on Twitter @affranco10 if you want to throw any questions at me throughout the week
We'll talk again next week, have a good one!
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