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Scott

3:28

Should the Mets demote Peterson and promote szapucki (already on 40 man) and/or stretch out Lugo?

Steve Adams

3:31

They want to show faith in Peterson, which I get. He's really only had two awful outings in a row, and he had a stretch of eight starts with a 4.05 ERA from April 14 to May 24.

If he has a couple more clunkers, they'll probably look more seriously at a change. I doubt stretching Lugo out after he just got back from a prolonged injury stint is a consideration, though. Szapucki, as you said, is a sensible option who is pitching reasonably well in Triple-A.

Hal

3:32

This is a very weird season. So many no hitters; so many guys on the DL (I mean IL). Some ridiculous blow-outs. And this insane 4A Player merry-go-round that seems guys released and picked up by multiple teams just trying to throw pasta at the wall and see what sticks. You guys must be going crazy with all the transactions. WHY is this happening? Has baseball ever seen anything even approaching this insanity?

Steve Adams

3:34

I think we're getting a better and better sense for the rise of dominant pitching performances, and it seems like the league might finally wake up and remember that it has rules in place which it could maybe perhaps just a little bit try enforcing.

The player merry-go-round is nothing new, though. We probably see more teams aggressively try to manipulate waivers and game the DFA system, but I don't feel there's been a necessarily egregious spike in that trend in 2021.

3:35

Oliver Drake pitched for five teams in 2018

Casper Wells was designated for assignment and claimed or traded five times, I believe, back in 2013.

William

3:35

What is keeping the M's from calling up Cal Raleigh? He is crushing it in Tacoma, and the M's are getting next to nothing from their current catching core.

Steve Adams

3:37

I imagine they want to prevent the situation we just saw with Jarred Kelenic. Jerry Dipoto actually just talked about Raleigh's timeline the other day, if you didn't see:

Here's Dipoto's comments on Cal Raleigh and his recent stretch of hot hitting and timeline.

Always forget that I can paste tweets in here and they render like that, ha.

Sounds like second half he'll for sure be up. At this point, they might as well wait another week or 10 days, too, to make sure he steers clear of Super Two status.

Bernie

3:38

Brewers obviously could use someone for 3rd or 1st base for better lineup production. But I think adding a high quality pitcher to even further strengthen their rotation would be better. What say you?

Steve Adams

3:41

Value is value. I think it's natural for any fan to see a weakness on the roster and say that needs to be addressed. A balanced team is a good team. But front offices, increasingly, are just looking at ways to add wins -- bottom line. I expect the Brewers to acquire some corner infield help, but if there's an opportunity they like to acquire an impact starting pitcher, it's silly to shrug and say "Eh, we already have Woodruff, Burnes and Freddy -- we're probably fine."

They should absolutely get another arm if the opportunity presents itself. Make your rotation an uber-rotation. Make Freddy a buzzsaw postseason reliever who comes in at the first sign of trouble and strikes out 9 dudes in four innings of relief.

3:45

Alrighty, I've been trying to stick around longer and take a larger number of questions because we have a lot today and plenty of good ones. Can't get to everything, though, and I've got to jet for now unfortunately. You can always ask me questions on Twitter @Adams_Steve, or submit questions to Tim's weekly mailbag.

I'll be hosting next week's Front Office chat as well, and I'm going to run my weekly chat on Monday, as I will be off next Tuesday to celebrate the birthdays of Trevor Plouffe and Tim Lincecum. Oh and I guess of myself as well.

Have a great weekend everyone. Thanks so much for supporting MLBTR and for participating in these weekly chats. I hope you're enjoying them as much as I do. Take care. You guys rock.

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