Steve Adams
- Good afternoon! We'll get going at 2pm CT today. Feel free to submit questions ahead of time, and we'll get going in a bit less than two hours!
- Hello! Let's get underway
Sam
- It seems like consensus that STL is taking a step back, which I why I am picking them for this exercise. If they played in the AL Central instead of the NL would the be competitive?
Steve Adams
- No, I don't think the AL Central is that bad. They'd be in better shape than in the NL Central, but the Tigers would still be heavy favorites and I wouldn't say the Cards are better than Kansas City or Cleveland.In general, I think their pitching is going to struggle, and while they have a lot of very good defenders on that roster, they're also going to be giving regular reps to guys who can only be considered defensive negatives (Walker, Gorman, Herrera).Bullpen is very suspect, too -- especially if they still trade Romero before Opening Day, which is possible.
Zack Littell
- I've been an above-average starter for two years now. Are teams really that scared to give me a deal along the lines of 2 years/25 million? I think at this point, I'd take that.
Steve Adams
- I would be shocked if he gets 2/25 at this point.
- That's about what I would've thought he'd get back in November/December
- At this point, I imagine he's going to take a year in the $8-12MM range?
Coach Chad
- Who do you think the biggest surprise that has had to take a minor league deal so far? And one that will have to get in camp ?
Steve Adams
- Probably Walker Buehler? Which is maybe contradictory, since I wouldn't have guaranteed him a 40-man spot on my fake team, haha, but I thought someone would just based on the name value -- even if it was a $5MM or so guarantee.Mildly surprised that Rhys Hoskins had to take one, but he hasn't been the same since the ACL tear, and the market pretty regularly craps on defensively limited corner bats like this, so that one's not as much of a surprise
- Much of that Hoskins bit applies to Nate Lowe, too (minus the ACL portion, of course, ha)
Springfield Nine
- Hi Steve, lots of comments from Eric Lauer about being a starter this spring. Any chance the Jays pull a trade to make that happen? What kind of return could he get?
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is it insane that i tried to figure out the game Steve was talking about and i think i did?
4/26/92, As @ Twins, Sunday afternoon baseball at the Metrodome. Pat Mahomes started, went 5 innings, giving up 4 R/ER before getting pulled tied 4-4 after the top of the 5th. Twins scored 4 in the bottom of the 5th, Tom Edens threw 2.2 innings of scoreless ball to make the lead hold up.
Not 100% sure but feels like it matches what Steve is talking about here.
That’s awesome.
I really liked Steve’s answer here. I like discussions about the game & how it has changed almost as much as I like the game. It’s good when they have questions like this, and when they do similar random articles. Great stuff.
And, no, it’s not insane!
Steve, you left out several Braves depth starters. Wentz, Martin Perez, Jose Suarez. They have 2 SP’s in the top 100 prospects, both at AAA. Plus reinforcements from one or both of Schwellenbach and Waldrep later in the year.
Really don’t think the Mets have more depth than the Braves at SP.