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Anthony Franco

• Good evening, hope you all enjoyed your weekend!
• Steve needed today off so we're flipping chat schedules this week. He'll run one on Friday afternoon, going to keep this one around an hour

Red Wright Hand

• 4/112 million for Freddy Peralta to sign extension with Mets. You think that gets the deal done?

Anthony Franco

• $28M AAV seems reasonable but I think it's a year light. Have a tough time seeing why he's taking less than Ranger Suarez money without at least seeing what's out there
• If he has another season like 2025, I assume he's getting six years and north of $200M

Youk

• Do you think it’s the right move for the Sox to trade an OF?  I’d love to lengthen the lineup with an infielder but it’s really hard to find a fair matchup and I would hate to lose any of the four.

Anthony Franco

• Nah I think they're fine with Durbin and giving Mayer some leeway. I'd keep all four

LeagueWide

• Any predictions for a late offseason trade before Opening Day? The FA market is pretty barren, so teams looking for an impact arm or bat don't have many options left.

Anthony Franco

• Hope I'm wrong but I'm not really seeing anything big at this point. Most teams are at least saying they want to compete this year and as you mentioned, there's no real opportunity to backfill in free agency if you're trading away an impact player
• Feels like a Paredes deal before Opening Day is viable but a long shot. If that doesn't happen, it's probably mostly tinkering at the back of rosters for the next couple months

Giant Hopes

• The Giants have a glut of outfielders. The Royals need outfielders. Is there a match there?
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