JotCast | Top 50 Free Agents Chat | 11/9/2023

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Ben Clemens

12:38

I would say yes. This year was so weird that I struggle to project off of it

Adam

12:38

Rank in order of likelihood: Alonso extension, Alonso trade, Alonso plays it out and becomes a FA

Ben Clemens

12:38

I would go extension, FA, trade

12:39

a trade isn't impossible, but the market for rhh power bats in trade has just been miserable recently

for the team doing the trading away, to be clear

if you want to acquire cheap righty power at the deadline, it's been shockingly easy

Lee

12:39

Do the Angels trade Mike Trout? I'm sure he likes playing there but they are probably a few years away from really competing and does Trout want to waste more of his prime years without playing meaningful baseball in October.

Ben Clemens

12:40

I think it comes down 100% to what Trout wants, to be honest

if he says trade me, they probably have to

if he wants to stay, he's staying

so I'm not sure the team's preferencdes matter much here

12:41

Okay site's back up, so to finish a Mets question, they'd also need one more OF, so I guess GUrriel

Appa Yip Yip

12:41

Would you trust Alek Manoah with a rotation spot, or should the Jays sign a starter and put Manoah in AAA to earn his way back?

Ben Clemens

12:41

Might be a spot for Nick Martinez, or somebody of that general skillset. Manaea?

I'd probably start him in Triple-A but make it really clear to everyone that if he is pitching well, he will be in the major league rotation sooner rather than later

12:42

so I'd build my roster with that in mind

Dan

12:42

I used to play a game call can I turn the Orioles into playoff favorites with just a checkbook. Since the Orioles have made that game boring I've switched to the Rockies. I see 42 war available from the best 7 hitters, best 5 starters, and 7 best relievers. That plus their existing guys as bench plus starting corner outfield and middle infield and it doesn't actually feel like a playoff team.

Ben Clemens

12:43

Since I'm taking Dan's normal chat spot, I obviously have to mention the Rockies

Nate

12:43

What do the Giants do this winter, realistically? Like, am I too optimistic to believe they could actually land Ohtani?

Ben Clemens

12:43

With the caveat that only one team is going to land Ohtani, and that I don't think any team is 50% likely to

for sure you're being realistic

The Giants are gonna try really hard to get him

I don't think money is gonna be the holdup here, it wasn't with Judge or Correa

Tom

12:44

What happens in SF if the Giants can't land a big name for what feels like the fifth year in a row?

Ben Clemens

12:44

The mood here is pretty grim

Gabe Kapler was a really popular manager among SF fans who I know. to be fair, that group skews towards younger and more recently moved here fans

12:45

Crawford is beloved by everybody

this team keeps getting rid of likeable people, there better be some payoff or I think this could end in Zaidi losing his job by end of 2024

Dan

12:45

The saying is you can never have enough pitching but at some point good pitchers stop taking your call since they don't want to be the 5 or 6th best pitcher on a team, is this a fair take?

Ben Clemens

12:46

It is, but only kinda

Like, Shota Imanaga is not signing with you if you're not sure if he'll start

but Wade Miley might

Zach

12:46

Is the relative weakness of this (non-Ohtani) class mostly coincidence, or more because the best young players in baseball are more frequently signing contract extensions, leaving free agency to the 30+ set and the occasional Boras client?

Ben Clemens

12:47

these are the two contributing factors. I think it's more coincidence, just look at last year's class, but I do think that free agency is tending less star-studded over time because of extensions

Izzy

12:47

I'd love it if the Cubs went after Giolito. You need 9-10 starters to get through a season, surely he's good enough to be one of them... as long as you treat him as a depth piece and not a guy you're trusting in the playoffs.

Ben Clemens

12:48

Yeah, I think that makes good sense. I think a lot of teams with these big pitching needs should be in on Giolito for that exact thought process

If he looks a lot better this year, amazing

he's in your playoff rotation

if he is just an innings eater, hey that's life

Hunter

12:49

Is Detroit a possible spot for Chapman or would it require too much of an overpay?

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