JotCast | MLBTR Live Chat with Steve Adams -- 8/2/16

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Goldschmidt

3:50

Can I demand a trade? Im tired of losing year after year after year after year after year after year after year!

Steve Adams

3:51

Sure you can demand one. Doesn't mean the D-backs will listen.

Coppy

3:51

Better trade, the basic purchase of Touki from the D-Backs, or landing Travis Demerette from TEX for Harrel, Alvaez?

Steve Adams

3:52

I'm not as impressed by the Demeritte trade as a lot of people. Striking out in a third of your plate appearances at Class-A doesn't really fill me with confidence. Plus, while Harrell seems like DFA fodder by season's end, Alvarez's velocity gains and crazy whiff rates are genuinely intriguing.

Joe

3:52

Is Jay Bruce as bad as the defensive metrics say? I seem to remember him having a cannon of an arm....

Steve Adams

3:53

He also had knee surgery two years ago. I haven't watched him regularly or anything, though I did see Zach Buchanan in the Cincy Enquirer say he talked to some scouts from other clubs who said he's better than UZR/DRS would indicate. I haven't asked anyone about him

Statman

3:54

Still think the RBI stat is meaningless?

Steve Adams

3:54

I don't really see what function it provides. A good hitter is a good hitter -- RBIs don't tell you anything about a player's skill level really.

Ron

3:55

Give your input on Huntington and giving away two top 12 prospects!

Steve Adams

3:55

Bucs fans are way overreacting. See above. I like Drew Hutchison.

AnnoyedFan

3:56

Is Jeff Todd's body odor as bad as his grammar?

Steve Adams

3:56

Are you the annoying guy who emails us every time there's a comma out of place? Find better things to do, man.

Jeff rocks.

Joe

3:56

Chances of moving Granderson? Or are the Mets stuck with a .220 leadoff/2-hitter for another year?

Steve Adams

3:58

Grandy has a league-average OBP this season and a well above average .341 OBP as a Met. Who cares if he hits for a low average? He gets on base and hits for power. If you have a gripe about him, it should be his defense, but that's not surprising for a 35-year-old

GoMs

3:59

Is Edwin Diaz the next Aroldis Chapman?

Steve Adams

4:01

Well, for one he's right-handed. And I wouldn't bet on anyone being that good over a prolonged period of time. But he's really, really impressive if he can stay healthy. Great for the M's that he emerged like that

Dave Stewart

4:02

I supposedly had 3 teams who wanted Daniel Hudson. Why couldnt I make a deal?

Steve Adams

4:03

Yeah I found that weird. I feel like there was probably one team interested with another one or two that had mild interest, and there was some media manipulation to try to drive up the price from the one interested team (which, by the way, could've been the Yankees? Think I remember seeing something about Cash saying a veteran RP trade fell apart, and then he ended up with a different D-backs reliever...)

Todd Jeff

4:03

Is Tim Anderson the Front runner for AL Roy? Or is it Mazara?

Steve Adams

4:03

Michael Fulmer?

4:04

Tyler Naquin?

Let's poll it up!

4:05

Who will be the AL Rookie of the Year?

Tim Anderson (4.5% | 26 votes)

Nomar Mazara (27.6% | 160 votes)

Tyler Naquin (13.1% | 76 votes)

Michael Fulmer (34.9% | 202 votes)

Max Kepler (14.7% | 85 votes)

Blake Snell (2.1% | 12 votes)

Other (3.1% | 18 votes)

Total Votes: 579

Bob the Builder

4:06

Can we have one for NL?

Steve Adams

4:06

Sure, but it seems weird to do a poll where "Corey Seager" is the only option.

4:07

NL Rookie of the Year?

Corey Seager (59.3% | 336 votes)

Trevor Story (23.1% | 131 votes)

Aledmys Diaz (5.6% | 32 votes)

Kenta Maeda (0.9% | 5 votes)

Steven Matz (3.9% | 22 votes)

Jon Gray (0.9% | 5 votes)

Junior Guerra (4.6% | 26 votes)

Other (1.8% | 10 votes)

Total Votes: 567

4:08

It's Corey Seager and it's not even close, as far as I'm concerned, for what it's worth (if you couldn't tell). AL is more fun to debate.

4:09

Also, there are like 800-900 people not voting for some reason? Get after it folks!

Yankee fan

4:09

Should I be upset or happy with what happened during trade period?

Steve Adams

4:10

The Yankees are being universally lauded as having one of the top three farms in the game now, and really all that happened was you traded two guys that were going to be free agents and an amazing reliever. I'd be thrilled. Yankees weren't making the playoffs anyway.

And for as good as Miller is, he's still a pitcher -- and a reliever no less... the most volatile commodity in the game.

Tomato

4:10

What's with the lack of Rays trades?

Steve Adams

4:11

They traded Matt Moore, Brandon Guyer and Steve Pearce. They were never going to gut their rotation, and the Archer talk was clearly overblown from the get-go, much like the Sale/Quintana talk. It was always "there's almost no way this happens..."

Lou

4:11

Do you see the Dodgers make a push for Archer or Sale in the offseason?

Steve Adams

4:11

Sure, but I still doubt either gets moved.

Fezzik

4:12

What do you think of the Santiago/Nolasco Meyer deal?

Steve Adams

4:13

I don't get it for the Angels at all. I get that they need arms, but they seem to have made the trade for the purpose of betting on Alex Meyer, who hasn't pitched since May due to shoulder fatigue and now has had shoulder problems in three different seasons. They gave up the better MLB pitcher and flipped a reliever that doesn't come with Meyer's pedigree but has a reasonable chance of being a big league reliever... it's really strange to me from their standpoint.

4:14

Maybe they think they can fix Nolasco? But if that's the case, they could've just gotten him for cash and gotten something better out of Santiago.

Rob

4:14

Kemp moved eh there chief!

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