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

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Ben Clemens

1:10

but the Cardinals probably don't want to move people for non-starters given the hole in their rotation

1:11

getting the Maple Masher to the Jays would be great, though, I agree

Texas Man

1:11

Even though he's not a good catcher, Garver can catch and he rakes. I'd imagine a lot of teams wouldn't mind having their backup catcher as a regular DH for added overall roster flexibility. I was surprised to see him not projected to make more.

Ben Clemens

1:12

I mean, time will tell obviously

He's one where I was surprised that I seem to be the high guesser on him across multiple publications, I thought I'd be mid range

I think that you'd need to plan on having a decent Triple-A fill in for catcher as well if you wanted that plan, though

Like, a shuttle type guy

1:13

I'm not sure that you can count on Garver as your only available backup if he's also DH'ing every day, though he could MOSTLY do it for sure

That said, not a hard lift. There are tons of backup catchers in the world

Tomdric

1:13

Among the top 50 free agents, which players would surprise you the least to see getting a contract significantly larger/smaller than your expectation?

Ben Clemens

1:13

I mean, the easy answer here is the foreign pros

Those are always the hardest projections

1:14

but I'm also gonna add Adam Duvall and Rhys Hoskins

I could see someone being really high on Duvall, remember how exciting it was when he was a CF?

and I could see Hoskins's market just faling apart if his medicals are iffy

Tony

1:14

Give a positive prediction for the Padres, please!

Ben Clemens

1:14

The Padres are going to be one of the most fun teams in baseball next year regardless of competitiveness

1:15

Also, they'll end up with some mid-level pitchers who are really interesting. AJ does interesting nwell

Greg

1:15

Aside from Ohtani, what’s the one batter Jerry Dipoto should be trying acquire whether that’s a free agent or a realistic trade target?

Ben Clemens

1:15

I'd be a fan of them getting Hoskins

Hank

1:16

Tyler Oneil prompted something funny. He could obviously surpass it, but how many guys are out there with a 5+ WAR season and a sub-10 career WAR over a bunch of seasons? Wild arc

Ben Clemens

1:16

Truly a crazy career

Also the only player who has led to me having a picture not approved to post in an article

It wasn't because of content, to be fair

It's because I screencapped it from some random broadcast and we actually do license images

1:17

but it was of the team ripping his shirt to shreds in a celebration, so I like to think I got censored

Adam

1:17

Is a 1 for 1 - Jorge Polanco for Bryan Woo, close to equal value?

Ben Clemens

1:17

I'd take Woo by a fair amount there

Dante

1:17

If a team doesn't have many (or any) scouting resources in Asia, are they ever in the mix for top guys like Yamamoto? Seems like you wouldn't need live looks to know if you want him. Obviously it would hurt them on the non-elite guys. I guess they can send a crosschecker or someone over there if they are serious about a guy?

Ben Clemens

1:17

Yeah I don't think it matters that much for a guy like Yamamoto, because it's easy to send a cross-checker like you said

1:18

and i mean, there's all kinds of great pitch-level data for him as well, NPB is near MLB-quality in data stuff, I watched a TON of video of Yamamoto courtesy of Eric, saw him pitch in the WBC, etc.

I totally agree with you that it hurts more on the non-top-of-scale guys

1:19

Alright, this has been a wonderful chat, but I have to get moving so that I can get breakfast and then go on Effectively Wild to talk about the same thing more

Have a wonderful day everyone, and thanks so much for your interest in this exercise

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