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Giants fan
2:14
Good day Mark. A couple of days ago it was reported that the giants attempted to trade for Abrams from the Nationals. Gonzalez and others would go back. I certainly wasn't thrilled with that in the least. I understand you need to trade to get. But the giants minor leagues are just starting to turn a corner. BA compared them like night and day. What are your thoughts please.
Mark P
2:17
Abrams still has some question marks, but he is a proven Major League-caliber player.  Josuar Gonzalez and the other prospects mentioned are total wild cards, and in Gonzalez's case, he isn't even 19 years old.

Now, is Abrams necessarily the guy the Giants want to clean out their system to obtain?  Probably not, which is why the trade didn't happen.  It could also be that the Nationals were insisting on Eldridge in any Abrams trade, and the Giants naturally balked.
Jasson With Two S’s
2:17
Brady Singer + Luis Mey or Zach Maxwell for Jasson Dominguez. Who says no?
Mark P
2:18
New York would want a lot more than that for the Martian
Bears
2:19
Bees?
Mark P
2:19
Beads?!
Steve Cohen
2:20
Why isn’t Eugenio Duarez getting more love from all the teams? He put up great numbers last year. Wouldn’t he be an excellent replacement for Alonso at DH for the Mets?
Mark P
2:21
Suarez runs very hot and cold, he strikes out a lot, and doesn't bring much defensive value.  Even installing him at DH closes off another spot in the lineup for other players (Baty, Vientos, veterans) to get at-bats or rest days.
JeffyM
2:22
Springer and Santander were worth a combined 4.3 WAR last year.  Over/under between them for 2026?
Mark P
2:23
This is very much a "the Gretzky brothers hold the NHL record for most goals by two brothers" type of lopsided statistic.
2:24
Anyway, this is arguably the biggest question the Jays face in 2026.  How much will Springer regress (if at all), and how much can Santander improve (if at all)?  If both move enough to even out to that same basic 2.2 WAR apiece, I suspect the Jays would take that
Ace
2:26
Skenes or Skubal  who gets the bigger contract?  Or are they waiting on each other to sign for this reason?
Mark P
2:26
Skenes will get the bigger contract since Skubal's free agency is coming next winter.  So Skenes will be using Skubal as a baseline for years down the road.  Assuming Skenes remains healthy and dominant, of course.
Very patient fan
2:28
Better question, what do you think of peter bendix, is he what we’ve been waiting for for the past few decades
Mark P
2:29
The Marlins were a lot better than expected in 2025, so that's an early positive sign that the rebuild is taking hold.  Obviously there's a long way to go before we can consider Miami as a true contender, and the fact that Cabrera and Weathers were both traded indicates that Bendix isn't getting too carried away by last season's results.
Mr KLC
2:32
Do you think Cam Smith faded last year because he was not used to a full MLB season.
Mark P
2:33
Could be the extra games, could be rival teams getting a book on Smith as the season went on, or any number of reasons.
Guest
2:34
Better fit for the White Sox,  Hays, Bader, or a trade for Kjerstad?
Mark P
2:35
Signing Hays/Bader wouldn't be too useful for a team that isn't planning to contend in 2026. In the bigger picture sense, Kjerstad is the better fit since he can stick around long enough to be a part of Chicago's next winning team.
Rangers13
2:35
I have an extension question. Rangers absolutey need to get Langford extended likely somewhere close to 6/90-100 million. In an extension does the AAV for CBT purposes start from original of overall contract or first year of extension.
Mark P
2:35
Starts from the first year of the extension
Guest
2:36
How awesome is J-Ram?
Mark P
2:37
He's pretty awesome.  The rare first-ballot HOFer who is still to some extent a little underrated
BeBopCola
2:37
If you’re Eugenio Suarez and the athletics offer you a multi year deal and the brewers offer you a one year deal, which do you take?
Mark P
2:38
Depends on how much the A's offer is worth, but if this hypothetical has a similar AAV, I'd suspect Suarez might favor Milwaukee.  He gets to play for a clear-cut contender, and in a Major League ballpark.
Rare German Baseball fan
2:40
For some reason, I can’t imagine Bichette playing third base properly. This will be wild, like Devers-wild?
Mark P
2:40
Having watched Bichette struggle to handle shortstop, I agree that having him at third base seems like a stretch.
Trey
2:42
If Andru Jones is a Hall of Famer, can Jim Edmonds be that far behind?
Mark P
2:42
Edmonds is long overdue for a second HOF look on a veterans' committee vote
You’re nuts
2:42
Rogers Centre and T-Mobile Park over Oriole Park and Fenway are crimes punishable by the baseball gods.
Mark P
2:43
I've never been to Oriole Park.  Fenway was fine, but mayyyyyybe a touch overrated.
Ken
2:43
How do the A's improve their rotation?
Mark P
2:45
It's getting to the point in the offseason where any unsigned pitchers are probably getting antsy about their next contracts, and are maybe more willing to consider offers from the A's.

Trades are still a possibility too, plus there's also the unresolved Severino situation.  But, given the Athletics' limited budget and how most pitchers are likely adverse to Sacramento, the A's were pretty much always going to wait until late Jan/early Feb to start diving into the pitching market.
Clase
2:47
What’s the latest on this? Is he going to get lifetime suspension
Mark P
2:47
Clase's MLB career is almost certainly over
Lou Brown
2:48
I have only really been paying attention to the HOF voting for the last decade or so, It seems that it is getting watered down with guys that I did not think of as HOF players when they were on the field. Is the HOF letting more very good players in now or do some of the old time guys in the HOF that I thought were amazing are actually just very good?
Mark P
2:50
We tend to elevate past players due to reputation or legend, when you're right that in some cases, their actual stats don't really measure up to what we'd consider a "HOF resume"
2:51
And that's not even considering the 20-30 guys who got into Cooperstown just because the writers liked them, or because they played for winning teams, or because they played with Frankie Frisch (who oversaw the veterans committee for years)
2:54
Time to wrap things up for today's chat.  Thanks to everyone for all the questions!
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