Is Matt Chapman's Future in Major League Baseball Uncertain?

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00:00 All right, so the next two players are in a little bit of a pickle, I think here.

00:06 Now, Matt Chapman's a really good player, but at this point, some teams are filling

00:11 up their rosters.

00:12 And needless to say, he's a great defender, probably the best defender at his position

00:18 in the American League last year.

00:21 But at this point, Matt, he is the one for me that, look, I can't speak to this, but

00:26 if I'm him, get me on a team.

00:30 He may go, to me, Matt, go the route of Bellinger did last year, do your one-year deal, and

00:34 then go back out on the market.

00:36 That I could see happening.

00:37 I know he probably has got to be disappointed, thinking the Giants or some other team was

00:41 going to give him a long-term deal.

00:42 I mean, everyone thinks that the Bellinger situation is very similar to Chapman.

00:45 Everyone thinks he's going to be on San Francisco.

00:47 It's just a matter of time.

00:49 Yeah, no, that's how I always felt, too.

00:51 And I think you're right.

00:53 Multi-years would have been great, but after you hit the way Matt Chapman hit last year,

00:58 it might be one-year prove-it deal time.

01:01 And you never know sometimes with these guys, what they view.

01:04 I think fans love to talk about, oh, the park, that's a bad hitter's park.

01:09 I think the guys are just like, you know what, I'll go there, I'll hit, I'm good enough,

01:12 I'll make it work.

01:15 But on a one-year prove-it deal, that might not be the optimal place to go.

01:18 But obviously, if you go, you have a good year, you play great defense, like you said,

01:21 and the team wins, then that's going to do more for you than five extra homers at maybe

01:27 a "better hitter's park."

01:29 So I don't think the options are as plentiful for him as maybe some of the other guys we

01:35 mentioned.

01:36 But if it is down to a one-year deal, then all of a sudden the market opens up a bit.

01:40 And who knows what team then is looking for him.

01:44 In-field defense, fans don't necessarily emphasize that as much when they talk about a team.

01:50 We tend to look at lineups.

01:51 We tend to look at rotations.

01:53 But in-field defense is important, of course it is.

01:55 And for a guy like that, he can have an impact on any team, especially a team with a lot

01:59 of ground ball pitchers.

02:00 So he'll be an interesting one to watch over the next couple weeks, too.

02:04 But like you said, I do think it'll probably be a one-year prove-it deal at this point.

02:08 Maybe with an option.

02:09 But I think his options are drying up a little bit.

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