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OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO Audio It’s winter, it ain’t getting warmer (at least here in NYC), and I’d argue that there’s no better place to be than snuggled up indoors with a podcast for company. If you’re in need of material, TechCrunch has a few ...
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OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO Audio It’s winter, it ain’t getting warmer (at least here in NYC), and I’d argue that there’s no better place to be than snuggled up indoors with a podcast for company. If you’re in need of material, TechCrunch has a few ...
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OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO If you’re in need of material, TechCrunch has a few that should definitely be on your radar. This week on Equity, the crew dove deep into the encouraging signs from the fintech startup market, starting with Klarna’s Q3 re...
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OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO If you’re in need of material, TechCrunch has a few that should definitely be on your radar. This week on Equity, the crew dove deep into the encouraging signs from the fintech startup market, starting with Klarna’s Q3 re...
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OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO This week on Equity, the crew dove deep into the encouraging signs from the fintech startup market, starting with Klarna’s Q3 results. From there, they looked at buy now, pay later consumer behavior and fintech fundraising...
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OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO From there, they looked at buy now, pay later consumer behavior and fintech fundraising results with a 2021 flavor. Meanwhile, Found featured Nasrat Khalid of Aseel, which started as an e-commerce company making it possib...
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OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO Meanwhile, Found featured Nasrat Khalid of Aseel, which started as an e-commerce company making it possible for local artisans in Afghanistan to sell to customers across the world. It has evolved into working in humanitari...
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OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO It has evolved into working in humanitarian aid, delivering emergency food supplies to people in need in Afghanistan and Turkey. TechCrunch+ TC+ subscribers get access to in-depth commentary, analysis and surveys — which...
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OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO TechCrunch+ TC+ subscribers get access to in-depth commentary, analysis and surveys — which you know if you’re already a subscriber. If you’re not, consider signing up. Here are a few highlights from this week: Another s...
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OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO If you’re not, consider signing up. Here are a few highlights from this week: Another superconductor disappointment: Tim writes that a new, supposedly room-temperature superconducting material isn’t what the scientific co...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI OpenAI is expanding its internal safety processes to fend off the threat of harmful AI. A new “safety advisory group” will sit above the technical teams and make recommendations to leadership, and the board has been granted veto power — of course, whether ...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI OpenAI is expanding its internal safety processes to fend off the threat of harmful AI. A new “safety advisory group” will sit above the technical teams and make recommendations to leadership, and the board has been granted veto power — of course, whether ...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI A new “safety advisory group” will sit above the technical teams and make recommendations to leadership, and the board has been granted veto power — of course, whether it will actually use it is another question entirely. Normally the ins and outs of poli...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI Normally the ins and outs of policies like these don’t necessitate coverage, as in practice they amount to a lot of closed-door meetings with obscure functions and responsibility flows that outsiders will seldom be privy to. Though that’s likely also true ...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI In a new document and blog post, OpenAI discusses their updated “Preparedness Framework,” which one imagines got a bit of a retool after November’s shake-up that removed the board’s two most “decelerationist” members: Ilya Sutskever (still at the company i...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI In a new document and blog post, OpenAI discusses their updated “Preparedness Framework,” which one imagines got a bit of a retool after November’s shake-up that removed the board’s two most “decelerationist” members: Ilya Sutskever (still at the company i...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI The main purpose of the update appears to be to show a clear path for identifying, analyzing, and deciding what do to about “catastrophic” risks inherent to models they are developing. As they define it: By catastrophic risk, we mean any risk which could ...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI As they define it: By catastrophic risk, we mean any risk which could result in hundreds of billions of dollars in economic damage or lead to the severe harm or death of many individuals — this includes, but is not limited to, existential risk. (Existent...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI As they define it: By catastrophic risk, we mean any risk which could result in hundreds of billions of dollars in economic damage or lead to the severe harm or death of many individuals — this includes, but is not limited to, existential risk. (Existent...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI (Existential risk is the “rise of the machines” type stuff.) In-production models are governed by a “safety systems” team; this is for, say, systematic abuses of ChatGPT that can be mitigated with API restrictions or tuning. Frontier models in development...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI Frontier models in development get the “preparedness” team, which tries to identify and quantify risks before the model is released. And then there’s the “superalignment” team, which is working on theoretical guide rails for “superintelligent” models, whic...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI And then there’s the “superalignment” team, which is working on theoretical guide rails for “superintelligent” models, which we may or may not be anywhere near. The first two categories, being real and not fictional, have a relatively easy-to-understand r...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI The first two categories, being real and not fictional, have a relatively easy-to-understand rubric. Their teams rate each model on four risk categories: cybersecurity, “persuasion” (e.g., disinfo), model autonomy (i.e., acting on its own), and CBRN (chemi...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI Their teams rate each model on four risk categories: cybersecurity, “persuasion” (e.g., disinfo), model autonomy (i.e., acting on its own), and CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats; e.g., the ability to create novel pathogens). Va...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI Various mitigations are assumed: For instance, a reasonable reticence to describe the process of making napalm or pipe bombs. After taking into account known mitigations, if a model is still evaluated as having a “high” risk, it cannot be deployed, and if ...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI After taking into account known mitigations, if a model is still evaluated as having a “high” risk, it cannot be deployed, and if a model has any “critical” risks, it will not be developed further. These risk levels are actually documented in the framewor...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI For example, in the cybersecurity section, which is the most practical of them, it is a “medium” risk to “increase the productivity of operators . . . on key cyber operation tasks” by a certain factor. A high-risk model, on the other hand, would “identify ...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI . . on key cyber operation tasks” by a certain factor. A high-risk model, on the other hand, would “identify and develop proofs-of-concept for high-value exploits against hardened targets without human intervention.” Critical is “model can devise and execu...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI I’ve asked OpenAI for more information on how these categories are defined and refined — for instance, if a new risk like photorealistic fake video of people goes under “persuasion” or a new category — and will update this post if I hear back. So, only me...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI I’ve asked OpenAI for more information on how these categories are defined and refined — for instance, if a new risk like photorealistic fake video of people goes under “persuasion” or a new category — and will update this post if I hear back. So, only me...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI So, only medium and high risks are to be tolerated one way or another. But the people making those models aren’t necessarily the best ones to evaluate them and make recommendations. For that reason, OpenAI is making a “cross-functional Safety Advisory Grou...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI But the people making those models aren’t necessarily the best ones to evaluate them and make recommendations. For that reason, OpenAI is making a “cross-functional Safety Advisory Group” that will sit on top of the technical side, reviewing the boffins’ r...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI Hopefully (they say) this will uncover some “unknown unknowns,” though by their nature those are fairly difficult to catch. The process requires these recommendations to be sent simultaneously to the board and leadership, which we understand to mean CEO S...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI The process requires these recommendations to be sent simultaneously to the board and leadership, which we understand to mean CEO Sam Altman and CTO Mira Murati, plus their lieutenants. Leadership will make the decision on whether to ship it or fridge it, ...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI The process requires these recommendations to be sent simultaneously to the board and leadership, which we understand to mean CEO Sam Altman and CTO Mira Murati, plus their lieutenants. Leadership will make the decision on whether to ship it or fridge it, ...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI Leadership will make the decision on whether to ship it or fridge it, but the board will be able to reverse those decisions. This will hopefully short-circuit anything like what was rumored to have happened before the big drama, a high-risk product or pro...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI Leadership will make the decision on whether to ship it or fridge it, but the board will be able to reverse those decisions. This will hopefully short-circuit anything like what was rumored to have happened before the big drama, a high-risk product or pro...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI Of course, the result of said drama was the sidelining of two of the more critical voices and the appointment of some money-minded guys (Bret Taylor and Larry Summers), who are sharp but not AI experts by a long shot. If a panel of experts makes a recomme...
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OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI If a panel of experts makes a recommendation, and the CEO makes decisions based on that information, will this friendly board really feel empowered to contradict them and hit the brakes? And if they do, will we hear about it? Transparency is not really add...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates While the offseason has gotten rolling, trade season hasn’t quite arrived. The Tigers acquired Mark Canha from Milwaukee in the biggest swap of the first couple weeks. Otherwise, the GM Meetings simply served to set the stage for future transactions. That’ll surely involve some no...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates The Tigers acquired Mark Canha from Milwaukee in the biggest swap of the first couple weeks. Otherwise, the GM Meetings simply served to set the stage for future transactions. That’ll surely involve some notable trades. Unlike the summer deadline, projecting which players will cha...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Otherwise, the GM Meetings simply served to set the stage for future transactions. That’ll surely involve some notable trades. Unlike the summer deadline, projecting which players will change hands is difficult at this stage of the offseason. Aside from the A’s, there aren’t any ...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Unlike the summer deadline, projecting which players will change hands is difficult at this stage of the offseason. Aside from the A’s, there aren’t any teams clearly in rebuild mode. Clubs like the Rockies, Royals, White Sox, Nationals and Angels have uphill paths to contention, ...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Aside from the A’s, there aren’t any teams clearly in rebuild mode. Clubs like the Rockies, Royals, White Sox, Nationals and Angels have uphill paths to contention, yet none has indicated they’re prepared to punt on the 2024 season entirely. The Padres, Twins, Rays, Brewers and Gu...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Clubs like the Rockies, Royals, White Sox, Nationals and Angels have uphill paths to contention, yet none has indicated they’re prepared to punt on the 2024 season entirely. The Padres, Twins, Rays, Brewers and Guardians are all aiming to contend but have questions about their pay...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates The Padres, Twins, Rays, Brewers and Guardians are all aiming to contend but have questions about their payroll. That’s standard operating procedure for Tampa Bay, Milwaukee and Cleveland. San Diego and, to a lesser extent, Minnesota have shown a willingness to spend in recent year...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates The Padres, Twins, Rays, Brewers and Guardians are all aiming to contend but have questions about their payroll. That’s standard operating procedure for Tampa Bay, Milwaukee and Cleveland. San Diego and, to a lesser extent, Minnesota have shown a willingness to spend in recent year...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates San Diego and, to a lesser extent, Minnesota have shown a willingness to spend in recent years but are scaling back — in both cases, likely tied to their uncertain local television rights contracts. That informs the offseason trade landscape, which is headlined by a few stars deep...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates That informs the offseason trade landscape, which is headlined by a few stars deep into their arbitration windows. Without many clear rebuilders, it’s possible we see more swaps of big leaguers at positions of need between teams that expect to compete. Before we get to the list, a...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Without many clear rebuilders, it’s possible we see more swaps of big leaguers at positions of need between teams that expect to compete. Before we get to the list, a note on methodology. This isn’t a strict ranking of players’ trade value, nor is it solely about likelihood of bei...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Before we get to the list, a note on methodology. This isn’t a strict ranking of players’ trade value, nor is it solely about likelihood of being moved. We’re trying to balance both of those things, an inherently subjective exercise. All projected salaries for arbitration-eligible...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates This isn’t a strict ranking of players’ trade value, nor is it solely about likelihood of being moved. We’re trying to balance both of those things, an inherently subjective exercise. All projected salaries for arbitration-eligible players are courtesy of MLBTR contributor Matt Sw...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates All projected salaries for arbitration-eligible players are courtesy of MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz. 1. Juan Soto, LF, Padres Other than Shohei Ohtani’s free agency, there may be no bigger story of the offseason than Soto’s future in San Diego. He is entering his final year of ...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates 1. Juan Soto, LF, Padres Other than Shohei Ohtani’s free agency, there may be no bigger story of the offseason than Soto’s future in San Diego. He is entering his final year of club control, projected for a $33M salary that would be the highest ever for an arbitration-eligible pla...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates He is entering his final year of club control, projected for a $33M salary that would be the highest ever for an arbitration-eligible player. The Padres are scaling back payroll, perhaps as much as $50M. They need multiple starting pitchers and could stand to upgrade at first base...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates The Padres are scaling back payroll, perhaps as much as $50M. They need multiple starting pitchers and could stand to upgrade at first base and/or designated hitter. Trading Soto would allow the Friars to recoup MLB-ready talent while clearing significant spending room for multipl...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates They need multiple starting pitchers and could stand to upgrade at first base and/or designated hitter. Trading Soto would allow the Friars to recoup MLB-ready talent while clearing significant spending room for multiple smaller additions. It would also be a devastating blow to th...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates It would also be a devastating blow to the lineup. Soto overcame a relatively slow start (by his standards) to hit .275/.410/.519 with 35 home runs this year. The Padres are still motivated to win in the short term. Barring what would be a stunning run at Ohtani, they’re not going...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates The Padres are still motivated to win in the short term. Barring what would be a stunning run at Ohtani, they’re not going to acquire anyone better than Soto. President of baseball operations A.J. Preller continues to maintain they’ll explore a long-term deal. There’s nothing to s...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Barring what would be a stunning run at Ohtani, they’re not going to acquire anyone better than Soto. President of baseball operations A.J. Preller continues to maintain they’ll explore a long-term deal. There’s nothing to suggest an extension is particularly likely. Soto rejected...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates President of baseball operations A.J. Preller continues to maintain they’ll explore a long-term deal. There’s nothing to suggest an extension is particularly likely. Soto rejected a $440M offer from the Nationals before he was traded at the 2022 deadline. The price would only be hi...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates There’s nothing to suggest an extension is particularly likely. Soto rejected a $440M offer from the Nationals before he was traded at the 2022 deadline. The price would only be higher now that he’s a year and a half closer to free agency. In the absence of an extension or a defin...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Soto rejected a $440M offer from the Nationals before he was traded at the 2022 deadline. The price would only be higher now that he’s a year and a half closer to free agency. In the absence of an extension or a definitive declaration that Soto is off the trade market, speculation...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates The price would only be higher now that he’s a year and a half closer to free agency. In the absence of an extension or a definitive declaration that Soto is off the trade market, speculation will linger. Alden González of ESPN wrote last week that many throughout the industry bel...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Alden González of ESPN wrote last week that many throughout the industry believe the three-time All-Star will be available. 2. Corbin Burnes, SP, Brewers 3. Willy Adames, SS, Brewers Burnes and Adames are tied together with good reason. They’re each one year from the open market...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates 2. Corbin Burnes, SP, Brewers 3. Willy Adames, SS, Brewers Burnes and Adames are tied together with good reason. They’re each one year from the open market and projected for a noteworthy arbitration salary — $15.1M for Burnes, $12.4M for Adames. Milwaukee is reportedly open to of...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates They’re each one year from the open market and projected for a noteworthy arbitration salary — $15.1M for Burnes, $12.4M for Adames. Milwaukee is reportedly open to offers on the majority of the roster. A former Cy Young winner, Burnes may be the best pitcher available in trade. T...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates They’re each one year from the open market and projected for a noteworthy arbitration salary — $15.1M for Burnes, $12.4M for Adames. Milwaukee is reportedly open to offers on the majority of the roster. A former Cy Young winner, Burnes may be the best pitcher available in trade. T...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Milwaukee is reportedly open to offers on the majority of the roster. A former Cy Young winner, Burnes may be the best pitcher available in trade. The right-hander posted a sub-3.00 ERA each season from 2020-22. His 3.39 mark across 193 2/3 innings this past season wasn’t quite so...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates A former Cy Young winner, Burnes may be the best pitcher available in trade. The right-hander posted a sub-3.00 ERA each season from 2020-22. His 3.39 mark across 193 2/3 innings this past season wasn’t quite so dominant but is still high-end production. Burnes struck out just und...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates His 3.39 mark across 193 2/3 innings this past season wasn’t quite so dominant but is still high-end production. Burnes struck out just under 26% of opposing hitters. While his lowest mark since his rookie season, that’s still an above-average figure. Adames is coming off a less ...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Burnes struck out just under 26% of opposing hitters. While his lowest mark since his rookie season, that’s still an above-average figure. Adames is coming off a less impressive year. The 28-year-old hit .217/.310/.407 through 638 trips to the plate. That’s slightly below-average ...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates While his lowest mark since his rookie season, that’s still an above-average figure. Adames is coming off a less impressive year. The 28-year-old hit .217/.310/.407 through 638 trips to the plate. That’s slightly below-average offense, although he still connected on 24 home runs. ...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates The 28-year-old hit .217/.310/.407 through 638 trips to the plate. That’s slightly below-average offense, although he still connected on 24 home runs. Adames is an excellent defensive shortstop with plus power in an offseason where there are essentially no free agent shortstops of...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Even with a mediocre on-base percentage, he’d generate plenty of interest. 4. Shane Bieber, SP, Guardians Develop high-end starting pitching, trade a top starter as they become more expensive, replace him with talented younger arms. The Guardians have trodden this path with Corey...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates 4. Shane Bieber, SP, Guardians Develop high-end starting pitching, trade a top starter as they become more expensive, replace him with talented younger arms. The Guardians have trodden this path with Corey Kluber, Mike Clevinger and Carlos Carrasco. Bieber, one year from free agen...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates The Guardians have trodden this path with Corey Kluber, Mike Clevinger and Carlos Carrasco. Bieber, one year from free agency with a projected $12.2M salary, could be next. Cleveland has the likes of Tanner Bibee, Gavin Williams, Logan Allen, Triston McKenzie and Cal Quantrill (hi...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Bieber, one year from free agency with a projected $12.2M salary, could be next. Cleveland has the likes of Tanner Bibee, Gavin Williams, Logan Allen, Triston McKenzie and Cal Quantrill (himself a potential trade candidate) as rotation options. While Bieber is no longer a Cy Young...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Cleveland has the likes of Tanner Bibee, Gavin Williams, Logan Allen, Triston McKenzie and Cal Quantrill (himself a potential trade candidate) as rotation options. While Bieber is no longer a Cy Young caliber pitcher, he turned in a 3.80 ERA with a below-average but serviceable 20....
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates While Bieber is no longer a Cy Young caliber pitcher, he turned in a 3.80 ERA with a below-average but serviceable 20.1% strikeout rate over 21 starts this past season. Bieber lost a good chunk of the second half to elbow inflammation but returned to make two appearances in late S...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Bieber lost a good chunk of the second half to elbow inflammation but returned to make two appearances in late September. 5. Tyler Glasnow, SP, Rays The Rays signed Glasnow to an extension in August 2022 when he was completing his rehab from Tommy John surgery. The big right-hand...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates 5. Tyler Glasnow, SP, Rays The Rays signed Glasnow to an extension in August 2022 when he was completing his rehab from Tommy John surgery. The big right-hander is set to make $25M next season, the largest single-year salary in franchise history. That naturally leads to questions...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates The big right-hander is set to make $25M next season, the largest single-year salary in franchise history. That naturally leads to questions about whether the Rays are prepared to meet that figure, particularly in an offseason where they have a loaded arbitration class. If they m...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates That naturally leads to questions about whether the Rays are prepared to meet that figure, particularly in an offseason where they have a loaded arbitration class. If they made him available — and he’s already surfaced in rumors — Glasnow would be a very appealing target. He was q...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates If they made him available — and he’s already surfaced in rumors — Glasnow would be a very appealing target. He was quite good this year, working to a 3.53 ERA while striking out more than a third of opponents over 21 starts. An oblique strain cost him the first two months of the s...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates He was quite good this year, working to a 3.53 ERA while striking out more than a third of opponents over 21 starts. An oblique strain cost him the first two months of the season, but he avoided the injured list thereafter. He’s a year away from free agency, making another extensi...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates He was quite good this year, working to a 3.53 ERA while striking out more than a third of opponents over 21 starts. An oblique strain cost him the first two months of the season, but he avoided the injured list thereafter. He’s a year away from free agency, making another extensi...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates An oblique strain cost him the first two months of the season, but he avoided the injured list thereafter. He’s a year away from free agency, making another extension with Tampa Bay appear unlikely. Yet dealing him would represent a tough blow to the Rays’ chances of competing in ...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates He’s a year away from free agency, making another extension with Tampa Bay appear unlikely. Yet dealing him would represent a tough blow to the Rays’ chances of competing in 2024. They’re already down Shane McClanahan for the entire season and will be without Jeffrey Springs and Dr...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates They’re already down Shane McClanahan for the entire season and will be without Jeffrey Springs and Drew Rasmussen for at least a good portion of the year. While they’d likely bring back some kind of MLB help as part of a Glasnow trade return, the rotation depth could be a problem...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates While they’d likely bring back some kind of MLB help as part of a Glasnow trade return, the rotation depth could be a problem. 6. Dylan Cease, SP, White Sox Cease had a disappointing follow-up to his Cy Young runner-up campaign. He allowed a 4.58 ERA over 177 innings this past se...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates 6. Dylan Cease, SP, White Sox Cease had a disappointing follow-up to his Cy Young runner-up campaign. He allowed a 4.58 ERA over 177 innings this past season. That’s nearly two and a half runs higher than his sparkling 2.20 mark of the prior year. As is often the case, his true ta...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates He allowed a 4.58 ERA over 177 innings this past season. That’s nearly two and a half runs higher than his sparkling 2.20 mark of the prior year. As is often the case, his true talent probably lies somewhere in the middle. Cease still missed plenty of bats — 27.3% strikeout rate, ...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates He allowed a 4.58 ERA over 177 innings this past season. That’s nearly two and a half runs higher than his sparkling 2.20 mark of the prior year. As is often the case, his true talent probably lies somewhere in the middle. Cease still missed plenty of bats — 27.3% strikeout rate, ...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates As is often the case, his true talent probably lies somewhere in the middle. Cease still missed plenty of bats — 27.3% strikeout rate, 13.6% swinging strike percentage — while issuing a few more walks than ideal. His fastball averaged 95.6 mph, down a tick from the preceding seaso...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates Cease still missed plenty of bats — 27.3% strikeout rate, 13.6% swinging strike percentage — while issuing a few more walks than ideal. His fastball averaged 95.6 mph, down a tick from the preceding season. The right-hander has shown the ability to pitch at an ace-caliber level. H...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates His fastball averaged 95.6 mph, down a tick from the preceding season. The right-hander has shown the ability to pitch at an ace-caliber level. He is two seasons from free agency and projected for an $8.8M arbitration salary, making him more affordable than the other high-end star...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates He is two seasons from free agency and projected for an $8.8M arbitration salary, making him more affordable than the other high-end starting pitchers near the top of this list. The extra year of control probably gives him more trade value than any of Burnes, Bieber or Glasnow. It...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates He is two seasons from free agency and projected for an $8.8M arbitration salary, making him more affordable than the other high-end starting pitchers near the top of this list. The extra year of control probably gives him more trade value than any of Burnes, Bieber or Glasnow. It...
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Top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates The extra year of control probably gives him more trade value than any of Burnes, Bieber or Glasnow. It also makes him less likely to be traded this offseason. First-year GM Chris Getz has suggested no one on the roster is truly untouchable, an understandable approach for a team t...