JotCast | MLBTR Live Chat with Steve Adams -- 8/16/16

MLBTR Live Chat with Steve Adams -- 8/16/16

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Steve Adams

3:52

That's the most borderline of all the cases to me. I think 25+ teams would do it, but I can see Cleveland being really hesitant about the possibility of him accepting, especially after he kind of prioritized happiness over maxing out his deal when he took two years to remain in Boston.

3:53

If I have to guess right now I'll say they do it, but I am not confident in that whatsoever.

Sugar

3:53

Are the Ms for real?

Steve Adams

3:54

I've said every time I've been asked this season that I believe they'll be in the playoff hunt in September. I didn't buy their July slide and I don't buy that they're this unstoppable juggernaut they're currently looking like either. They're a solid, above-average team that is, like any other club, prone to hot and cold spells.

I think they're in the mix till the end.

Gogerty

3:54

Connor ever gonna get a crack at Chats? Like his work.

Steve Adams

3:55

Connor is awesome. I think at some point we're going to have other writers do more chats since they're always well-received, so probably.

Kwame Kilpatrick

3:55

Could Mike Trout be the first unanimous hall of Famer If it's not jeter?

Steve Adams

3:55

Trout will end up with a better chance since by the time he's eligible a lot of the stubborn dolts/anonymous cowards who refuse to vote for anyone on their first ballot won't be voting anymore.

3:57

Seriously, the three fools (I think it was three) who didn't vote for Griffey are a disgrace. I don't get worked up about actual voting too much, but that was so ridiculous.

Yoan Moncada

3:57

Why aren't I getting the Benintendi treatment?

Steve Adams

3:57

For one, he hasn't been healthy recently. Secondly, I think they genuinely believe his development isn't as far along as Benintendi. Probably want to get him more looks at third base, too. (Though that's a guess on behalf)

Colavito

3:58

Do you think the Detroit Tigers will sign another big free agent for 2017 after bombing on Justin (should have signed Melvin) Upton and Jordan (DL and bust) Zimmermann? What is there biggest need?

Steve Adams

3:59

They'll still need rotation help, since that inexplicable Mike Pelfrey deal almost certainly won't yield better results in 2017. But, there's not a lot of great pitching on the market. They could beat the world for Dexter Fowler or Wilson Ramos if they're looking to spend (and Ilitch almost always is). I'm not all that big on James McCann myself, though Detroit seems to love him.

Someone

4:00

Judge (NY) or Bradley (Bos)?

Steve Adams

4:00

Judge has like 4 games in the Majors. Bradley has been one of the best players in the American League this year. This isn't a close debate.

Brandon

4:00

Does Ramos resign with the Nats, the don't have many catchers in their system

Steve Adams

4:02

They don't, but they also spent a ton on Strasburg and haven't so much as even engaged Ramos' camp in extension talks, per Ramos himself to the Washington Post recently. Given the lack of talks to this point, the huge investment in Stras and the need to add heavy deferrals to all of their offers at this point, I don't imagine they're going to pay top dollar for him. I could see the Nats trading for a catcher. Hell, they'd make some sense for McCann if the Yankees were going to eat some cash.

J-Rod

4:02

Will the PTBNL the Yanks get for Nova be anyone we've ever heard of before?

Steve Adams

4:02

Doubt it.

4:02

Any chance Wieters gets QO?

Steve Adams

4:03

Not the way he's played in 2016 -- especially not after accepting last year.

Robert

4:03

Do you see the Mainers making any August trades?

Steve Adams

4:03

They already made two, and Dipoto said he expects to be at the center of the August market, so yeah I bet there's more coming

Sieve Adams

4:04

Holliday also bears mention as a special case QO candidate, should they be willing to keep him at his high salary but more willing to take a pick instead..

Steve Adams

4:04

He was kind of in that mix until he got hurt.

Massive Chris

4:05

Cam Bedrosian to the Dodgers for Alex Verdugo?

Steve Adams

4:06

Maybe this offseason if some other pieces are added to the deal, but Bedrosian isn't getting moved when he's hurt right now (and of course wouldn't clear waivers). Plus, with how dominant he's been, he'd require more than just one prospect -- even one as good as Verdugo.

Sean

4:06

Hi Steve! Just a thought, the Tiger's did well last summer trading David Price & Yonis Cespedes for prospects. Any chance the Tiger's trade Justin Verlander in the same fashion?

Steve Adams

4:07

Not the same situation at all. Both of them were affordable players that were free agents at season's end. Verlander is owed $84MM through 2019 and has a vesting option for the 2020 season. Ilitch wouldn't green-light a move looking that long-term anyway, I don't think.

OHENRY

4:07

Ortiz, Betts, Bradley, Bogarts..........Something rotten in Boston. Biggest baseball scandal since the 1919 Black Sox. Rampant PED usage!!!!! Do not ignore the facts

Steve Adams

4:07

Oh these are proven facts now ok.

Thanks for reporting.

Patrick Starr

4:08

Are you as impressed with Verlander as I am?--bounced back nicely.

Steve Adams

4:08

Yeah his turnaround has been sensational.

PATigersFan

4:08

why is MLB so inconsistent about making known the names of players who clear waivers. Certainly more clear than we hear about????? or no?

Steve Adams

4:09

Absolutely more clear, but MLB isn't the ones announcing it. The whole waiver process is supposed to be secretive, so the info only ever comes out when reporters dig it up, and clubs have seemingly been pretty quiet on the matter this year.

worm

4:09

QO for Doug Fister? He's pitched well enough to earn one, but Houston's pretty cheap and had to pay 16M+ for Rasmus.

Steve Adams

4:11

I wouldn't go near offering Fister nearly $17MM for one year. I'd barely want him for two years at that rate. Everything about him other than his ERA terrifies me. He's 86-87 mph with the worst control of his career, a deteriorating ground-ball rate and one of the lowest K/9 and swinging-strike rates of any starter in the league. I'd say thanks for the solid bottom-line results in 2016 and move on, especially with Musgrove looking ready to take a rotation spot.

Mr robot

4:12

Why is season 2 so bad?

Steve Adams

4:12

I've only seen the first two eps of Season 2, but I've also heard mixed things, which is sad. Season 1 was exceptional.

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