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

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Steve Adams

4:16

He did! I will admit to being surprised. Though the fact that the only way he could be moved was to dump a wildly unproductive, wildly overpaid player that is serving an 82-game suspension for being arrested/charged with assault after beating a woman underscores the point I made for months when saying I thought he was untradeable ... there was no actual trade value with Kemp

Lou

4:17

Could you see the Twins ponying up for Ramos or Wieters this offseason or should they expect a Suzuki caliber pickup?

Steve Adams

4:18

Have to think they'll be interested in Ramos. They signed and developed him, after all, and the guy who traded him (Bill Smith) is no longer the GM. Then again, it sounds like they're going outside the org for a GM, so maybe their internal ties to him won't matter all that much.

Really my answer to that question would be dependent on who they hire as GM, so ask me again when that decision has been made.

Steve Adams

4:18

Why can't people spell Lucroy right. I've probably seen 5 different ways since he got traded.......

Steve Adams

4:19

Favorite way to spell Lucroy's name?!?!

The proper way, you dolt. (47.7% | 132 votes)

Lacroy (2.5% | 7 votes)

Lecroy (Matthew Lecroy forever!) (12.6% | 35 votes)

LaCroix (37.2% | 103 votes)

Total Votes: 277

4:20

If you look at seager's and Diaz's numbers they are very similar. Diaz definitely deserves consideration. Thoughts?

Steve Adams

4:20

Defense is a thing.

Plus now Diaz is going to miss several weeks.

You Dolt

4:21

Surprised that Derek Norris was not moved?

Steve Adams

4:22

Yeah -- very much so. Poor Austin Hedges is sitting in El Paso doing his best Gob Bluth impression. "OH COME ON!"

Curly_W

4:22

I'm going with LooKroy

Steve Adams

4:22

Glaring omission on my behalf.

Matt Klentak

4:22

Jake Thompson makes .... starts in the big leagues this year

Steve Adams

4:24

I'll guess 6-7... really surprised that Hellickson didn't move. Might have to wait for an injury to pop up at this point.

Tony Fernandez > Ozzie Smith

4:24

Can Russell Martin fix Liriano?

Steve Adams

4:25

There's just no consistency to Liriano's delivery, mechanics, etc. Ray Searage couldn't get him back on track this year, which is pretty damning. Maybe Martin can help, but this is now the third organization that has thrown its hands up in the air and said "Oh what the hell" in regards to Liriano now. Talented as all hell but maddeningly mercurial.

Seven Costanza

4:25

Steve Adams

4:25

YES.

All hail Gob Bluth. King of sitcom characters.

morebreakdowns

4:25

Can Liriano fix Russell Martin?

Steve Adams

4:26

Ha.

Martin has been really good since late May actually.

.280/.395/.491 over his past 196 PAs. End point is arbitrary, but he's raking.

Alex

4:27

BRYCE HARPER SUCKS...SHOULD WIN LEAST VALUABLE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN NL

Steve Adams

4:27

You heard it here first, folks. #Scoop

Rally Parakeet

4:27

Is De Aza's hot July legitimate.

Steve Adams

4:27

He had 40 PAs. I wouldn't read much into it.

Darth Jayder

4:27

Would the jays trade for Votto ?

Steve Adams

4:27

Votto has a full no-trade clause and has said multiple times that he doesn't want to leave Cincinnati.

Richy

4:28

Why don't I get to ask questions on here?

Steve Adams

4:29

You can! But we've had anywhere from 875 to 1300 people in here depending on the moment, which is actually surprisingly low for this time of year. But I guess trade season's done so maybe people are off chatting about the NFL at Pro Football Rumors or something now.

Jared

4:29

Is there a catcher that could be realistically traded to the Indians ?

Steve Adams

4:30

Derek Norris or Kurt Suzuki? Problem is that they'd probably be claimed by someone else to block them. I was surprised they didn't just add one of those two right before the deadline.

Ed w

4:30

Do you answer questions on Seattle??

Steve Adams

4:30

No I have a firm policy against that.

Ned

4:30

Hour and a half chat, LEGIT. Thanks, Steve! This is fantastic.

Steve Adams

4:31

In fairness, I didn't start till 2:25 CT today, so we're actually only at like 66 minutes. :)

But, still gonna keep going, so yeeha!

Michael

4:31

Why did Colorado not move anyone?

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