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Anthony Franco

2:53

As a meal, turkey. As a lunch meat for a sandwich, ham

Tigers Fan

2:54

Does Richard Rodriguez have any chance of getting back to being a full-time closer (as he was with Pittsburgh, before he was sent to Atlanta)?

Anthony Franco

2:54

Sure I wouldn't put that past him, but not in Atlanta

Jeremy

2:54

Do you see any world where the Jays sign a FA bigger than Ray/Semien? Or you think that if they are going to try for that tier of player they will retain their own guys first?

Anthony Franco

2:54

Yeah I can't really see it. I think it's likelier they re-sign Semien than go to Bryant money

Jeremy

2:54

Do you see Kershaw getting a similar contract to Verlander?

Anthony Franco

2:55

Under. Feels like Kershaw might limit himself geographically more than Verlander did, and he ended the season with less health certainty ironically

2:56

It's pretty easy to believe Verlander's fine. He'll be eighteen months out from the surgery, he's already throwing 96 in showcases

The last we saw of Kershaw, he was leaving with a forearm issue like three starts after missing two months with the same injury

mmddyyyy

2:56

How many years would it take an expansion franchise to reach the playoffs?

Anthony Franco

2:56

Depends on the rules structure obviously, but I'm guessing you could probably get there in like three or four if you played your cards right

Deep in the Heart of Texas

2:57

Sounds like Trevor Story may end up heading back home to Texas where he's originally from. Considering his home/road splits, would Choctaw Stadium favor his hitting tendencies?

Anthony Franco

2:57

I do want to dig deeper into Story's H/R splits at some point, but my guess is they're not that important

2:58

Rockies' hitters struggle on the road because the ball moves differently in home games. So while guys get worse at home after leaving Colorado, they typically get better on the road

Five Tool Time

2:58

What will the White Sox budget be for 2022? What should it be? With their contracts and expected arb raises, they will already have a record high budget, but they could stand to improve at 2B, RF, SP depth, the bullpen, and even at back-up catcher and their bench in general. They have a relatively weak farm, so to acquire any upgrades they'd probably need to trade players already contributing at the MLB-level (e.g., Vaughn, Sheets, Crochet -- or Kimbrel or Keuchel, who don't have much if any excess value) which defeats the purpose to some extent, or spend money in free agency, which would require a higher budget. I think they should be prepared to spend now that they are in their "window of contention" but it's been a while since Jerry Reinsdorf opened up the checkbook. Of course, they said just a couple of years ago that "the money will be spent" and Boob Nightengale recently reported that they plan to be "aggressive" this offseason. So what should our expectations be?

Anthony Franco

2:58

I think it's a red flag that they didn't QO Rodón, and they're already pretty close to the franchise-record outlay

2:59

I don't expect them to be super active, although they'll probably trade Kimbrel and free up some money to add a role player or two

It's Jon NOT John

2:59

Is there a more perfect fit then an undervalued Jon Gray for what Farhan is searching for in SF?

Anthony Franco

2:59

Not sure Gray's really that undervalued. We projected him at four years, which feels right

3:00

I do think the Giants make a lot of sense as a suitor, to be clear. But signing Gray won't be like signing Gausman over 2019-20. Gray's going to get paid pretty well

HotStoveFeelings

3:00

Gut feeling guess! Who is a surprise player that gets moved this offseason? Not looking for where said surprise player goes, just WHO.

Anthony Franco

3:01

Would people be surprised if Adam Frazier gets traded?

I think Josh Hader probably gets moved, but people have speculated on that for a while

Charles

3:02

How much money do teams make for reaching the playoffs? LCS? World Series? Would making the payoff more lucrative for reaching the playoffs and advancing to the World Series be a way to address tanking, or at least to motivate teams with a possibility of making the post season to try harder at the trade deadline?

Anthony Franco

3:03

I don't think anyone really knows the answer to this, but Forbes speculated around $30M in the case of the 2019 Nationals

Take that for what it's worth

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2019/10/31/winning-world-seri...

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3:03

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3:03

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