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RAGBRAI

2:35

What does Milwaukee do in the off-season? What is their biggest need? IF help or OF help?

Anthony Franco

2:37

It's a really good roster. They don't have to do a whole lot. I'd guess they pick up some help at first base and in the outfield, since I expect Avi García to opt out and sign elsewhere

2:38

But even in the outfield, they've got options with Tyrone Taylor looking like a pretty good player all of a sudden. Other than first, I'm not sure there are many blatant needs, just areas where they can bolster the depth a little

Jeremy

2:38

Think the Jays have a fire power to trade for Jose Ramirez? Groshans/Kirk/Pearson too much? not enough?

Anthony Franco

2:39

I think Cleveland would have to think really hard about that offer, yeah. That feels about right if the Indians make Ramírez available. I think they should but I'm less confident they actually will

Bob

2:40

are the cardinals going to devil magic the NLC away from the brew crew??

George Hunt

2:40

How many wins can cards get till the end?

Anthony Franco

2:40

The division ship has sailed. Milwaukee's going to clinch that by early next week

2:41

But with a couple more series against the Cubs to close out the year, it feels like they'll win another seven or eight games

Bob

2:41

WHich FA starters do the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim need to sign to be contenders next year? Odds that they go full nonsense and offer Max something like $145mill for 3 years?

Anthony Franco

2:42

We've never seen anyone go near $50MM per year. Scherzer won't get there, but I do think the Angels will be in on him and he could get to nine figures

RAGBRAI

2:43

Who is playing first in AZ next year? Beers? Walker just doesn’t seem the answer. I don’t see an off season acquisition that is beats internal options considering other needs they have.

Anthony Franco

2:43

Beer's shoulder surgery adds a wrinkle there, and I think it's a little telling they didn't call him up earlier in the year even though Walker's been terrible for most of the season

2:44

I could see them signing one of the stopgap types Steve mentions in this article. Like a Yoshi Tsutsugo or someone in that mold

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/09/mlb-free-agent-preview-first-ba...

RAGBRAI

2:44

How do you see the OF in Colorado shaking out next year? They have quite a few young guns but nobody that had seem to separate themselves from the pack.

Anthony Franco

2:45

Blackmon will be around, but other than that, I think they could use two upgrades

2:46

They haven't spent big in free agency in recent years, but it wouldn't cost too much to grab an Adam Duvall type or someone like that

2:47

I'd non-tender Tapia, keep Daza and Hilliard around for depth and look for a couple outside additions

farhan zaidi

2:48

The 2021 Giants surprised me w/the veterans (longoria, belt, posey, crawford) exceeding my expectations. I extended Crawford and will exercise Posey's $22M option. For 2022, I need 4 starters and corner OF help. Mike Yastrzemski has been somewhat disappointing (still 2+ WAR but OPS .762, BABIP .250, BB rate 9.9%) but inexpensive. Is Alex Dickerson a non tender candidate? Which SPs + corner OFs should I be focused on?

Anthony Franco

2:49

I could see a Dickerson non-tender, sure. Their outlook is really wide open, and I'll be fascinated to see where they want to invest, since they have a ton of free agents and payroll

2:50

Yaz will get another shot though, and I expect they'll take a look at Heliot Ramos at some point

2:51

Ruf, Dugger and Slater give them some options. I don't think they need outfield help per se, but maybe they jump at a chance to add a player they really like. Zaidi overlapped with Mark Canha in Oakland, for instance, and I'm sure he'd love to stay in the Bay Area

RAGBRAI

2:51

Does Suarez stay in the rotation for ‘22? If so what type of regression would one expect?

Anthony Franco

2:53

I'm guessing this is about José Suárez of the Angels. I don't actually think there's much regression on the horizon there. He gets grounders, has roughly average K/BB walk rates. He's a decent third/fourth starter in my book, basically a 3.75 ERA type as he's been this season

Guest

2:53

What teams do you see going after Robbie Ray? And same thing for Scherzer? If you had to predict today, who do you believe signs them? I could see Max returning to LA for 3 years, maybe the Angels. Robbie Ray might be the biggest pitching contract this offseason. I don't see the Jays resigning him, for that reason. Maybe the Red Sox?

George Hunt

2:53

We're do you see Ray and Semien signing?

Anthony Franco

2:54

Sure, let's take some wild guesses on this

Semien- Back to the Jays
Scherzer- Dodgers again
Ray- Giants

Bass Bawler

2:54

Just read your email re Conforto & Schwarber. Made me wonder if it might behoove Conforto to reject a QO from the Mets and look to sign what might be a less lucrative (to account for the draft pick compensation) one-year pillow contract with a team that plays in a more hitter-friendly ballpark. If he can boost his baseline hitting stats by switching parks for one year, he will likely make up any $$ lost for that year in the larger multi-year deal he will command thereafter. What do you think?

Anthony Franco

2:55

Not out of the question, mostly depends on his risk tolerance. I'm sure he could still land a decent three or four year deal this winter if his top priority is maxing out the total guarantee

2:56

But he's young enough he might also want to take a pillow deal and hit the market again next year at age 29 in search of the nine figures he could've had a shot at this winter if he hadn't underperformed. Just depends on his priorities

RAGBRAI

2:56

Sorry. Actually I meant Suarez in Philly.

Anthony Franco

2:57

Ha whoops, forgot about Ranger!

3:00

He's not going to keep a 1.99 ERA obviously, but he's pretty good too. Pretty similar to José in Anaheim oddly enough, although with a few more grounders. Probably in that 3.50-3.75 ERA bucket too

Captain Dunsel

3:00

The Phillies could very well have both the NL MVP and Cy Young winners and still miss the playoffs. How ironic or unusual would this be? Do they have enough of a base for Dombrowski to make them World Series competitors in over the off-season assuming Middleton will approve significant spending? Thanks.

Jay

3:00

Seems like the Phillies need to do something to take a step forward. What do you think about trading Nola? What kind of return could he generate?

Anthony Franco

3:01

Yeah I don't think they're trading Nola. They brought in Dombrowski to add to the roster, not take a step back

3:03

They need to address the left side of the infield badly, and there aren't many contenders with a worse center field situation out there. I expect they'll make one bold strike somewhere. Sign Starling Marte, trade for Matt Chapman like Steve suggested a couple weeks ago. They've had the same few weaknesses (bullpen, defense and back-end starting pitching) for a while. I'm guessing those will be priorities again

Alright that's all I have time for this week

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