JotCast | MLBTR Live Chat with Steve Adams -- 7/27/16

MLBTR Live Chat with Steve Adams -- 7/27/16

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Steve Adams

4:10

Gomez and Clippard are the likeliest of that bunch, I'd sayl

Matt Shoemaker

4:10

Come on. I'm not going anywhere. Scioscia loves me.

Steve Adams

4:11

If the Angels can get a near-MLB-ready arm and a couple of other pieces for Shoemaker based on his recent run, they should absolutely be willing to move him. That farm is terrible and next year is looking murky already with or without him thanks to the TJ outbreak in Anaheim.

Jose Quintana

4:11

Am I leaving Chicago?

Steve Adams

4:12

I don't think Sale or Quintana goes

Billy Bobbery

4:12

If you're the O's and you already missed out on Upton, who's your next target?

Steve Adams

4:13

They need rotation help more than an outfielder anyway. Hill, Hellickson, Cashner, Santiago... take a chance on Wade Miley if the price is low enough... Ervin Santana... some type of rotation arm.

Jason

4:13

Is hellickson worth a top 5 prospect/will he even be dealt? Phillies seem willing to gamble on a QO based on recent reports.

Steve Adams

4:16

There's no reason they shouldn't be willing to gamble on a Hellickson qualifying offer. It's not even a gamble the way he's pitching right now. Barring a massive collapse or injury, he's a lock to reject. We're looking at maybe the worst free agent market for pitchers we've ever seen. Hellickson is a former Rookie of the Year that is having a nice rebound season at a reasonable age for free agents.

He doesn't have to make $16.7MM annually for it to make sense to reject the QO -- he just needs to substantially top 16.7MM. He can reject it and still end up somewhere on a 3/36 type of deal. J.A. Happ got that after something like 11 good starts. He didn't have a QO hanging over him, but he was also in a much worse market (from the player vantage point).

Trenton Trakul

4:16

Any ideas on who the "mystery team" is for Jonathan Lucroy?

Steve Adams

4:17

Shot in the dark: Braves with the hope of signing him to an extension

Michael

4:17

Not a very exciting trade deadline thus far huh? Not a lot of enticing pieces out there?

Steve Adams

4:18

Probably just means a chaotic weekend is in store. I'm simultaneously excited and dreading it, ha.

Cody

4:18

Could the Twins get anything decent for Trevor Plouffe?

Steve Adams

4:19

Not right now. He's an August trade candidate but even then he won't bring back too much. I still don't understand why they stubbornly insisted on keeping him when there was no real reason to do so this winter from a roster construction standpoint. Moving Sano to the OF looked like a mistake from day one, and the fact that he's now struggling enormously at third base isn't a huge surprise. Should've left him at third base from the get go and hoped he developed into average (or slightly below) rather than messing with it.

Steve

4:20

Does Miguel Gonzalez have any trade value?

Steve Adams

4:20

Guess I could see the Marlins, Mets, Pirates -- some team looking for a passable arm for the five spot in the rotation -- showing some interest in him as a Plan C, D or E

Michael

4:21

Is this a lost year for the Cardinals?

Steve Adams

4:22

Yes, the Cardinals are 1.5 games out of a playoff spot but totally in a "lost year."

Matt

4:22

Do you see Braun getting traded?

Steve Adams

4:22

I don't think there will be enough demand for him that someone will take on most of the contract AND part with top-tier talent, which is the Brewers' stated goal if he's moved. Attanasio doesn't care as much about shedding the money as he does about getting good minor leaguers in return, supposedly.

Jay R.

4:23

Are the Astros legitimately looking for anything or is it more a case of just keeping the ears open?

Steve Adams

4:24

No reason for them not to look for an upgrade behind the dish. They always strike me as sort of that wild card team that could just out of the blue make a godfather offer for a top-tier starter as well.

René

4:24

What kind of return do you think Mark Melancon could get back?? Lopez from the Nationals?

Steve Adams

4:26

He's not bringing back Lopez, but I like the fit there. I don't think the Pirates should become "sellers," but I do think they should trade Melancon rather than lose him for nothing. He'd have huge trade value, and they're not going to make him a QO. Plus, with Taillon/Glasnow/Kuhl/Brault all more or less MLB ready, they could move one of them into his vacant bullpen spot without losing TOO much production.

Gas-House Gorilla

4:26

Beltran to the Indians? Do they even have the prospects for it?

Steve Adams

4:27

If you're asking "do they have the prospects for Beltran?" you're probably overvaluing Beltran. He can fetch a nice piece, but it's not going to take a Top 3-5 farm system to put together a package to get him.

Cleveland does have the prospects, yes (they have plenty of top-tier prospects, in fact) but they need a left-handed reliever, catcher and third baseman more than another outfielder.

Ok, I have to wrap this up for the week. Thanks for chatting. Jeff will be on tomorrow afternoon for another one!

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