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Alex Anthoplous did a pre-GM meeting interview on The Front Office Show on 11/8/26.

Here is what he said-

(Sonny Gray)

- his phone blew up over the fake Sonny Gray news and he suggested it was AI-

- if you are a Braves fan and read acquisition news that isn’t from the Braves he said good chances it’s fake-

(Off-season)

- everything is moving at normal pace so far-

- GM meetings to flesh out trades,who is available and leave with as much clarity as possible before finishing the month-

(Dana Brown and Perry Minasian)

- teams always need help with amateur scouting and those guys have a lot of great experience-

- Noah Syndergaard was a Perry Minasian pick and someone he was very high on-

- Dana Brown was the first to suggest Marcus Stroman as a starter not a reliever-

- Dana Brown was a big part of getting Michael Harris and Spencer Schwellenbach-

- Dana Brown said Schwelly was a 1st round talent and the best player he had ever drafted-

(Team needs)

- Raisel Iglesias was a big part of their strong bullpen and there’s a big hole there. They do believe Suarez could handle the job-

- also listed Dubon and Perez as key pieces leaving-

- they would love to have all 3 back but will need to replace their production either way-

- when falling short of the World Series there is plenty of room for improvement and feels they can improve everywhere-

- they’ve been in touch with all the free agents and have a good idea where those are going and now are fleshing out trade opportunities-

- he said you don’t get to choose the order of offseason adds and they have to be ready and prepared when an agent or front office calls and says they are ready to deal-

- AA feels like they are more prepared than ever for this month-

(He was asked about Tyler Mahle after weirdly not mentioning him as a FA)

- AA said he was phenomenal and they enjoyed having him here would love to have him back obviously-

- he reiterated that Tyler Mahle exceeded expectations after trading for him and they didn’t see that coming-

(This means they were good not adding a playoff starter lol)

- they felt their trade deadline guys were good for them down the stretch and they’d love to have all of them back including Suter and Lane-

-of course they were all great clubhouse guys-

- their focus remains getting to the playoffs in the first place. He still believes there are many ways to navigate a playoff run as we saw this year-

-he cited the 2025 pitching staff crumbling as the reason they missed the postseason-

(How gm meetings work)

- group of 6 going with him and meetings happen all day-

- meet with agents to discuss players-

- can have formal meetings for trades with front offices-

- there’s also a ton of water cooler trade talk and dinner time trade talk-

(On manager of the year and Walt Weiss)

- he would love for Walt Weiss to win MOTY but basically said Walt doesn’t give a shit about the award and that Pat Murphy may get it renamed after him-

(Labor agreement and salary cap)

- above his pay grade-

- no planning for it bc they don’t know what the changes will be so they operate with what they know now and will react to changes-

- they don’t worry about major changes bc any changes will apply to all 30 teams and everyone will have the same adjustments to make-

- his focus remains making the Atlanta Braves better-

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@SSJWHB we talked about #3Things the #Royals should do this offseason

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#3Things the #Royals should do this offseason:
1. Sign Luis Roberts Jr
2. Sign Raisel Iglesias
3. Sign Trevor Mahle

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#3Things the #Padres should do this offseason:
1. Address starting pitching—Peralta
2. Get out from Boagart contract
3. Get Ethan Salas more playing time

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#mlboffseason

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@DanClarkSports Yes and I’m saying end of May

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If you’re a Braves fan the answer 100% has to be Austin Riley. The past 3 years have been brutal and he has to show he can still hit

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#3Things the #Royals should do this offseason:
1. Sign Luis Roberts Jr
2. Sign Raisel Iglesias
3. Sign Trevor Mahle

@LockedOn_Royals

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#3Things the #Cubs should do this offseason:
1. Sign Adrian Morejon
2. Resign Gaussman & Seiya Suzuki
3. Trade for Woo

@LockedOnCubs

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@BeaneaterB It’s returning the same guys outside of Joc.

Now, I’m all in favor of bringing back Iggy/Mahle/Dubon. So I didn’t mean nothing in the sense of sitting on hands, but not addressing the actual needs more?

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@606ftForward @j_chisholm3 @ShortStopBall @BeaneaterB @dodge16_12 I think when you look at the #’s Jazz performs better in the leadoff spot. It puts 37sb in front of Acuña so a 1b puts a guy at 2b at higher clip.

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#3Things the #Braves should do this offseason:
1. Sign @j_chisholm3
2. Resign Mahle, Dubón, & sign King
3. Keep Fuentes in the bullpen

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#3Things for the #Dodgers to do this offseason:

1. Trade for Elly
2. Get younger
3. Address the bullpen

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@606ftForward @j_chisholm3 @ShortStopBall @BeaneaterB @dodge16_12 Here’s how I would line it up:
1. Jazz LF
2. Acuña RF
3. Olson 1b
4. Baldwin DH
5. MH2 CF
6. Albies 2b
7. Dubón SS
8. Riley 3b
9. Murphy C

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@606ftForward @j_chisholm3 @ShortStopBall @BeaneaterB @dodge16_12 It IS a stretch; however, he can move to 2b if ATL departs from Albies. Also, those 3yr averages trump all of ATL’s LF production in thst same timeframe

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I think it’s either Donny Baseball or Weiss

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Your 2026 @officialBBWAA NL Manager of the Year Award finalists:

Don Mattingly, Phillies
Pat Murphy, Brewers
Walt Weiss, Braves

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We (@dodge16_12) are going to be going over #3Things each organization needs to do this offseason.

Today we will start with #Braves

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@LockedOnMets @FinkelsteinRyan Lol he’s not going to the Mets

[Michael Bier @MichaelJBier]

Good life lesson from Pat Murphy about how worrying is a "waste of time."

@FoulTerritoryTV | #WorldSeries

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Brewers right now