Steve Adams
- Good afternoon! Sorry to open the queue later than usual -- hectic day of baseball news! I'll get going at 3pm and take questions for an hour or so before I need to scurry off to pick up the kids from daycare. Thanks everyone!
- Good afternoon! Let's get started
Duffy
- At this point, could the Red Sox trade Yoshida and most of his contract, just to address the log jam he’s creating? I guess they could just DFA him, but at least they could get a lottery ticket back.
Steve Adams
- I've been pretty consistent that the only way they could move him would be to eat like 75% of the contract. I just don't see who's paying anything close to $18MM annually for a platoon DH coming off a down season in terms of both health and performance.I don't think they'd really get much back in terms of lottery ticket prospects, even if they were eating like $28MM of the $36MM he's owed.
I'm sure they've looked into that sort of possibility, but it's not something that's going to appeal to many other clubs.
Grump
- Who will be Braves #2 catcher till Murphy is back?
Steve Adams
- I'd imagine Chadwick Tromp, though they also have Sandy Leon and Jair Camargo headed to camp on non-roster deals. They carried Leon for like three weeks at one point last summer and didn't even put him in a game, ha. Tromp has gotten occasional run in multiple stints with Atlanta and is back, so he feels like the front-runner from here.
Still an A
- Does Marcelo Mayer start the year in the minors now with the Durban trade and IKF signing?
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Thanks Steve.
Re: “Kansas City not doing enough to address their feeble outfield mix is an annual tradition like no other.”
Teoscar H is owed $30 m over the next 2 years., almost evenly distributed over the two years. There were early reports in the offseason that KC had some interest. With Tucker signed, I would think LAD might be open to a trade.
I think LA put out that they want to keep him. Although I agree with you 100%