Anthony Franco

• Good afternoon, hope all is well!
• Looking forward to another of these, let’s get started

Braves fan since 1968

• Will the braves Target a short stop in the off-season

Anthony Franco

• Yeah they’re going to have to. Dubón’s kind of a stopgap there. Even if they bring him back, he’s ideally a super-utility guy. Jim Jarvis isn’t an answer, Tate Southisene feels like a 2028 arrival at the earliest
• Two-year stopgap deal for J.P. Crawford or something

Matt

• Assuming the Mariners trade either Kirby or Gilbert, who is the most realistic trade target they receive in return?

Anthony Franco

• Went into that more here with a few speculative names I think could be plausible:
• https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/09/the-mariners-best-path-to-a-ros…
• Masyn Winn’s not going to fix the offense but Seattle’s infield defense has also been rough. If Crawford walks, they could play Emerson at 3B and have Donovan in a super-utility capacity.Cardinals need upside SP, could move Wetherholt to SS and have Jesús Báez looming as a 2B option
• I don’t think STL would do it for one expensive year of Gilbert — they’re not quite there yet in the competitive cycle — but as some kind of framework involving two years of Kirby?

brewsed ego

• Kyle Harrison’s wheels have effective fallen off.  Seems safe to say he won’t be part of the playoff rotation, which really hurts us brewers.  Has he just had super bad luck of late?  I’m sure some of it is confidence that he no longer has, going from being a stud in the rotation to can’t get an out on some days.  Does the underlying data show something else at work here?  Is he just gassed?  Appreciate your time!

Anthony Franco

• The stuff doesn’t seem that much different but hard to feel like there’s not something off mechanically after the forearm tightness. Not any huge changes but his arm slot did drop a little bit in August
• Command obviously hasn’t been as sharp. Some regression from a home run perspective was inevitable either way
• But yeah obviously not ideal going into the playoffs. He’s clearly behind Henderson at this point and probably May as well. Might even prefer Gasser as a Game 4 starter

Confused Met Fan

• What is your take on the recent Pete Alonso return to Citi field and the standing O he got from the home crowd after hitting a homerun?

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