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Connor Byrne

2:27

Kluber?

Steve Adams

2:27

He never goes more than 5 IP, but that's fine for them with that 'pen

Tim Dierkes

2:28

Rays seem a little light on the catching front, but there's no one too interesting out there.

Steve Adams

2:28

Kluber, sure, though Rays have a little more reason to be risk averse on injury guys because their margin of error is so narrow.

JASON. CASTRO.

Connor Byrne

2:28

that's true

Tim Dierkes

2:28

I say again, Rays seem a little light on the catching front, but there's no one too interesting out there.

Steve Adams

2:29

You clearly missed where I said JASON CASTRO

Connor Byrne

2:29

it's bleak

Chris

2:29

What kind of contract do you think JBJ lands?

Connor Byrne

2:29

I think we're around 2/16 there

Steve Adams

2:29

(First time I've ever used colored font -- wow)

Connor Byrne

2:29

it helps that JBJ is by far the second-best CF out there after Springer

Steve Adams

2:30

That is also quite the indictment of the CF market.

Tim Dierkes

2:30

He should do OK.

2:30

Any guesses on a stroman contract TYPE? 1 year bounce back or medium priced for 4?

Steve Adams

2:30

We talked about this briefly -- only like 75 minutes

Tim Dierkes

2:30

A lot depends on whether he's issued a qualifying offer, now known to be worth $18.9MM.

Connor Byrne

2:30

hahaha, Steve

Tim Dierkes

2:31

We've started to think he'd turn down a QO. Maybe find a Keuchel-lite deal out there.

Connor Byrne

2:31

sitting out the year makes it hard to predict, but he didn't put wear on his arm and was really good before then

Steve Adams

2:31

I like him for multiple years at this point. Stroman has said he's excited for free agency, and it might help that he and Gausman have the same agent ... they're the two best non-Bauer guys out there

Connor Byrne

2:31

I started at 3/39 but these guys talked me well north of that in terms of money

Tim Dierkes

2:31

If it falls much below 50 mil, maybe he finds the best one-year deal he can. Because a year ago, I imagine he was thinking 5-6 years

That Baseball Fan

2:32

What do you have Profar projected to earn and to whom?

Tim Dierkes

2:32

We're at 2/12 on Profar.

Steve Adams

2:32

If 3/39 is the best that's there for Stroman, he'll go take one year in Atlanta, where old frien Alex Anthopoulos will be waiting with open arms in January or February

Are we? Ew.

Tim Dierkes

2:32

We've kind of come off him based on him maybe not being much of a 2B. As an LF it's not a very exciting player.

Connor Byrne

2:32

I'd be more excited about Profar as a 2B, but if he's just an OF, I'm not too bullish

Steve Adams

2:32

I don't find Profar particularly exciting at any position -- sorry Jurickson.

2:33

I wouldn't go two years on him, but we don't agree on all these things

Tim Dierkes

2:33

How about the Indians for Profar?

Connor Byrne

2:33

I think I said 1/6

the Indians do make some sense

Steve Adams

2:33

Profar feels very much like something the Indians would do to pretend they were trying while simultaneously slashing payroll so aggressively that the Pirates would be proud.

Tim Dierkes

2:34

Royals could give him a crack at LF

Steve Adams

2:34

Speaking of the Pirates -- there's a team that could afford to give Profar some playing time and hope he cashes in on some of that very old prospect pedigree en route to trade chip status.

Connor Byrne

2:35

"No, we can't." Bob Nutting

Steve Adams

2:35

Hahaha

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