Adam Duvall

As a left fielder for the Braves...

Oh, Adam Duvall.

Adam Duvall.

He has three home runs in a game, two times in a seven-day stretch.

They should bring him back again.

But remember how this gets framed from people who either like Alex or don't.

If you don't like Alex, you'll say he got lucky trading for Jorge Soler and got lucky that Eddie Rosario did what he did and Adam Duvall and Jock Peterson.

He could never replicate that.

And then you start getting into deals like Chris Sale and plenty of other moves that have worked.

But remember how this gets framed from people who either like Alex or don't.

If you don't like Alex, you'll say he got lucky trading for Jorge Soler and got lucky that Eddie Rosario did what he did and Adam Duvall and Jock Peterson.

He could never replicate that.

And then you start getting into deals like Chris Sale and plenty of other moves that have worked.

And the Phillies do need to bring in a little of that.

And so unfortunately, what's happened to the Phillies in recent years is, and Philly Rick says, and Adam Duvall, it's the third outfielder the Braves added that year as well.

Yeah, that's right.

So what's hurt the Phillies with this is the Phillies have, because they're so locked into these huge long-term contracts, what Dombrowski has tried to do is he's tried to balance out the long-term contracts with very cheap guys like a Reyes, an Otto Kemp, because you need someone making $700,000.

And I thought about, I thought about Hunter Renfro in 2021.

I thought about Adam Duvall after him.

I thought about Tyler O'Neill.

And I looked at these players when they had their, their big season, Wilson Contreras last year.

Hunter Renfro, that was probably the most exciting of the bunch, 88-192.

O'Neal, 98-94-92.

Even Adam Duvall, 85-74-80.

So when these guys had these three metrics lined up, they did really well.

Next segment with you, and we have this from Nick San Miguel of Around the Foghorn.

"SF Giants trading Casey Schmitt this off-season would dredge up Adam Duvall memories." Oh my goodness, I do definitely remember that.

"Once this MLB season ends and the off-season begins, the Giants have one imperative: get pitching by any means necessary.

President of Baseball Operations, Buster Posey, said the team will explore all avenues, whether it be free agency or trade, to do this.

I've written about the possibility of a Schmitt trade before.

While this is purely speculation, and personally, it would pain me to see them trade a fellow San Diego State Aztec, if I'm in San Francisco's front office and the Seattle Mariners offer me a pitcher like Emerson Hancock, who had a 3.57 ERA in 25 starts last season, is the same age as Schmitt, and won't hit free agency until the 2030 season, just like Schmitt, I'm going to have a hard time saying no. Schmitt was really good in 2026, but the warning signs for regression were right there.

Still, while trading him would make sense on paper, one can't help but be reminded of when the Giants traded away slugger Adam Duvall in 2015.

The Giants needed pitching at the 2015 deadline, and they decided to trade Duvall, who had only played briefly with San Francisco in 2014 and showed some promise, along with top prospect, Jurickson Profar, in exchange for Cincinnati Reds starter Mike Leake.