Steve Adams
- Good morning! We’ll get going at 2pm CT today, but feel free to ask questions ahead of time, as always!
Philly A’s
- Leo de Vries is slipping in the baseball america rankings, where all other outlets still have him as a top 5. Does BA have a different matrix that they rank than others?
Steve Adams
- Hello! Let’s get going
- I wouldn’t say “falling” to No. 12 is a slip. The gap between the No. 5 and No. 12 prospect is more or less negligible. Maybe a half scouting grade. In this instance, you can look at the FV grades and see that’s not even really the case.
Arthur Dent
- With Logan Evans out for the season, can the Mariners afford to move any established pitching, like Bryce Miller for example, to upgrade the offense?
Steve Adams
- The Mariners weren’t ever keen on dealing one of their big league starters, and I would imagine that losing Evans only furthers reduces those chances.
John B
- What do you think of the Giant’s moves and do they push the team into contender status?
Steve Adams
- I find them underwhelming as a whole. If they were going to spend $60-70MM in free agency, I’d have preferred they pursue some impact rather than just make a volume play to address a bunch of holes.The rotation still feels quite wobbly behind Webb. Arraez is a good value at 1/12 in a vacuum, but he’s a poor fit for this roster if they’re really going to play him at 2B every day.
I’d love the Bader deal if they’d acquired a more impactful bat somewhere else, but adding him and Arraez to a lineup that already looked a bit light isn’t all that encouraging.
wiseoldfool
- Outlook on Drake Baldwin. Will Braves trade S. Murphy?
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