Anthony Franco
- Hey everyone, hope you've all enjoyed your week!
- Looking forward to another of these, let's get going
Kevin in Tx
- Does Texas rid themselves of Adolis Garcia this winter, his last year of arbitration, I’m guessing a raise to about $12-17 million.
Anthony Franco
- It'd be much closer to 12 than 17. He's not getting an $8M arbitration raise coming off this kind of season. Agree that he's getting non-tendered anyways though
RoxTalks
- Will Brandon Woodruff be extended the QO after he declines his end of the QO?
Anthony Franco
- He's got a $20M mutual option with a $10M buyout. Just clarifying what the questioner means by "declines his end"
- We'll see how he finishes the year but yeah, I think we're trending towards him receiving and declining the QO. Based on our FA deliberations this week, it seems like I'm the low person on staff about Woodruff's earning power, but there's a lot higher upside than there are with some guys who either received the QO last winter (Severino, Martinez) or signed for the same amount (Buehler)
- I feel like Eovaldi's 3/75 is the absolute ceiling and would have him more as a high-AAV two year guy right now, but others at MLBTR (especially Tim Dierkes) think there's a path to a much better deal than that if he shoves through the end of the season and into the playoffs
GWA
- Are the Yanks cooked for 2025.
Anthony Franco
- Eh, I still think they'll hang onto a Wild Card spot. The bullpen's better on paper than it has pitched. It's tough to feel great about them with how badly they've played for the better part of two months, but there's a lot of talent on the roster and they're still in playoff position right now
Alan V
- Who gets your vote for worst owner in Baseball? It could come from Colorado, Anaheim, Pittsburgh, Miami, Oakland Or the Chicago White Sox.
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What is it with the Red Sox’s “fetish” to need to sign these young players to long outlandish deals? Ask Betts and Devers how it worked out.
Are you guys going to do a regular non front office subscriber chat anytime soon? I’ts been a few weeks and nothing during the trade deadline.
I hate to be an old man saying get-off-my-lawn, but there are just too many questions and answers about salaries, projected salaries etc., here and not enough about, y’know, baseball. They are easy questions to ask and answer–I think the MLBTR guys are coasting a little–but, more than that, they aren’t interesting. Please get back to baseball, and work a little harder, guys.
You ARE being a “get off my lawn” old man. It’s not a good look. “Coasting” and “work harder”? Easy, Alan.
You must be reading a different site?
TR is the most detailed well written baseball articles I’ve ever read
Detailed, but in the chats very focused on salaries and how much so-and-so might get in free agency, that kind of thing–which is boring and not really informative about baseball. The more analytic posts are more interesting.
Very sad for you old man. Too complicated I guess
Someone asked if anyone drafted a RP in the first round. Angels basically did that with Bachman. I mean, you could say they thought he might be starter quality, but all the pundits believed he was at best a RP, and so far that’s been the case.