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Paul Swydan

9:45

Not much. One good prospect and a couple low level guys? With him only being a year from free agency, teams will not be incentivized to trade for him unless he indicates that he's willing to sign an extension, and I see no reason why he would do that given that he's waited this long.

banana stand

9:45

If a team perpetually rebuilt, with no desire to be good, eventually would they be a super team? Like if any time a young player performed well, the team traded them for more future value, would eventually the farm system get so good that they would be expected to be a super team? I guess another way to phrase the question is when you trade current value for future value, are you increasing your organizationally controlled value, and if you perpetually trade current for future value, what are the limits for how good the team can be?

Paul Swydan

9:45

The Marlins say hi, and no.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:46

No on the limits of the team.

Sabr man

9:46

Fangraphs has Judge clutch value at -3.71 and Bellinger at +0.85. What does this reveal? How many clutch hits did one have versus the other?

Paul Swydan

9:47

It doesn't reveal anything other than this was what happened in the 2017 season.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:47

Nothing

Lance Biggerstaff

9:47

Re: big years. Darin Erstad!

Paul Swydan

9:47

Thanks Lance.

LegallyEagle

9:48

Stanton's contract vs. JD Martinez's request for 7/210...gotta go with Stanton right?

Paul Swydan

9:48

No, not really. A) Martinez isn't going to get that much, and B) Martinez still only costs money. Stanton also costs players.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:49

Yes, but I'm a huge Stanton fan

Strasburg and Stanton debuted on the same day.

Laserpug

9:49

The Tigers certainly won’t be active with major free agents. Who could you see them active with?

Paul Swydan

9:50

Minor league free agents, and guys with promise who have failed time and again. The Wilin Rosario's.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:50

Retreads. Hoping to catch lightning in a bottle with one like they did with JD

Dr Evil

9:51

Will baseball allow me to sign Hosmer for only the odd years and loan him out for the even years? Odd year +11.8 WAR, even years -1.8 WAR

Paul Swydan

9:51

It's a bold strategy.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:51

Give it a shot

Saberhagen was the same way as a Royal

pinstripe

9:52

I believe that Trout and Harper also debuted the same day

Paul Swydan

9:52

Really?

That's crazy.

9:53

No, that's not right, sorry.

Trout July 8, 2011

Harper April 28, 2012

Trout's 2012 debut was April 28, but he had played some in 2011.

Close though!

billsaints

9:54

Noises being made about the Rays trading Archer. Is this the peak time to trade him. Weak FA pitching and decent amount of contract left. Would you do it as a Rays GM needing to cut salary?

Paul Swydan

9:54

I mean, when AREN'T there noises about the Rays trading Archer? I feel like we got Archer trade questions all of last offseason too.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:55

I think it really depends on the offer. Archer has yet to be elite.

Henry

9:55

Calhoun is projected to outproduce Bellinger, Puig, and Conforto in the Auction Calculator. Is that actually legit? Seems high for a player with 13 major league games.

Paul Swydan

9:56

Well, Steamer is high on his ability to hit homers. Whether that plays out or not remains to be seen, but he could be a "more valuable in fantasy than in real life" guy.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:56

PA issues? Hoskins was way down because he was at 300 PA. We are still working out the playing time issues with our depth charts

bosoxforlife

9:57

Am I thinking correctly? I thought one-dimensional sluggers were about to be drummed out of baseball and now J.D. Martinez is asking for $30 M/ year. What's the story?

Paul Swydan

9:58

Well, when your one dimension is really, really, really good, you can ask for that. I think it also has to do with it being a really down market, so Martinez stands out more than normal. But I agree, I think his asking price is pretty high.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:58

He can play acceptable OF defense which helps his value a ton.

Erik

9:58

Do they underlying numbers not support Hosmer as a legitimate swing change guy?

Paul Swydan

9:59

Maybe, but as Dave said, you have to be willing to accept that he'll actually change his swing. That's a big bet to make. I wouldn't want to make it, myself.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:59

They do but he's stated he won't change. It may take a couple bad season find out that leading the league in GB% is not a good thing

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