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Klawchat 1/16/20

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Matt

1:38

Beltran is gone. Rosenthal reported it 5 min ago

Keith Law

1:38

Bear in mind that I see questions here often several minutes after you post them - I'm 23 minutes behind in the queue right now.

Don Gately

1:38

Holding hope that Walker gets the HoF nod this year?

Keith Law

1:39

I would love to see that. I voted for him.

Scherzers_Blue_Eye

1:39

The Mets get a lot of flack, but how poorly run are the Rockies, already looking to deal Arenado a year after his mega-deal?

Keith Law

1:39

They're probably the front office with whose moves and strategy I disagree most right now. Not saying I'm right, by any stretch, but that I think I don't understand what they're doing, at least more so than I do for other orgs.

Noah

1:40

Why wohld the Rays give Matthew Liberatore up seemingly so easily. Any red flags?

Keith Law

1:40

No red flags. I've looked into it.

Extra Spicy

1:40

With three managerial openings and Dusty Baker still wanting to manage, do you think he gets one of the jobs? And do you think he'll be good at it?

Keith Law

1:40

Given where we are in the calendar, yes, I do, and I would like to think - given his improvement each stop - he would indeed be good at it.

John

1:41

Nolan Arenado has a OPS of 770 to 880 away from Coors the past 3 yrs w/ a batting avg around 260-275. Does that mean he's a Moustakas or Chapman offensive type talent if he gets traded?

Keith Law

1:41

There's 25 years of data now that you can't just look at the road stats of Rockies' hitters to project what they'll do away from Coors (or Mile High). I think he'll continue to hit at a well above-average level.

Kevin

1:41

Can we get Jim Leyland back as a manager just to get shots of him smoking cigarettes in the dugout?

Keith Law

1:41

He'd probably be Juuling.

Jeff

1:41

Which Corbin will have the better 2020 as a starter - Burnes or Martin? Patrick will obviously top the list.

Keith Law

1:42

Still very high on Martin when he returns, but that probably won't be in 2020. Burnes I think has a mechanical adjustment to make to get back to where he was in 2018, but I don't see any reason he can't do so.

Grant

1:42

Judas Priest got passed over for the Hall of Fame. I mean come on...

Keith Law

1:44

The R&R Hall is kind of a joke. It's like if the Baseball Hall didn't have the writers vote, and just used the crony committees for every selection. Priest, Pat Benatar, Motorhead, and Soundgarden were all snubbed and all have excellent cases (Soundgarden especially as influencers, and I guess Benatar for similar reasons as the rare woman in rock, although I'll never get over how bad the "Love is a Battlefield" video is).

Matt W

1:44

Any chance Eduardo Perez would still take the Mets job? Otherwise it seems like it'll be Jeff Wilpon as Mr. Manager

Keith Law

1:44

I'd support that.

Larry

1:44

Fangraphs mentioned Corbin Carroll's exit velocity being surprisingly high. Do you think he has 25+ home run upside? If so, that probably makes him a superstar, no?

Keith Law

1:45

He might be a superstar, yes. He has more power than people expect given his height. I had him #4 in the draft class for a reason (that reason being I think he's a star).

addoeh

1:45

If you gave me a choice for "Emerson Hancock, college baseball pitcher or signer of the Declaration of Independence" I would have chosen the latter.

Keith Law

1:45

I swear I made that exact joke to Emma Span the other day.

1:46

Three of the four 1-1 candidates have great names. Hancock is one. Spencer Torkelson is another. Austin Martin is practically a British luxury car brand. Poor JT Ginn is so ordinary in comparison.

Ridley

1:46

Do you watch any online/YouTube cooking shows? We've been, um, binging "Binging with Babish" and "What's Eating Dan" and I find myself enjoying them far more than anything that's being broadcast these days.

Keith Law

1:46

I haven't - the only cooking show I've watched in the last year is GBBO.

Robert

1:46

Watching Luis Robert, I am impressed by how hard he plays (scoring from 2nd on a sac fly, beating out infield grounders, etc.). If he wasn't so physically gifted, would he be more likely to get the "grinder" label?

Keith Law

1:46

Well, that's one reason he's not tabbed as a "grinder," but there's a more prominent reason I can think of...

Dan

1:47

Unless Costco has become a purveyor of high-quality meat, I would really suggest not purchasing pork belly there. Find a local small producer and support them. Yes it will be quite a bit more expensive, but meat should be. There's a reason most of humanity didn't eat it in large quantities until pretty recently.

Keith Law

1:47

I missed that but yes, I don't buy much red meat these days anyway, but when I do it's from Whole Foods or a local butcher. That's a privilege I have, of course, but also I'd rather spend more per pound but buy less of it in total.

Drew_Tomlinson

1:48

Where do you think board games go from here? Already some discussion the bubble is bursting.

Keith Law

1:48

I haven't heard any such discussion. I do think there are too many games getting released, but that's not the same thing; the level of demand is nowhere close to its potential.

Mike

1:49

Is organic fruit BS ?

Keith Law

1:50

I mean, it's organic, it's just not any better for you. Buy what tastes best. That's probably local; it might be organic but doesn't have to be. I think organic makes the most difference in eggs, to be honest; unless you can get eggs from a local farm organic eggs will probably give you the highest quality (especially the strongest membrane around the yolk, so they stay intact while cooking).

Dave

1:50

Losing their 1st and 2nd round picks effectively tanks their entire drafts, right? Something like 60% of the total slot $ is tied up in those two picks.

Keith Law

1:52

Yes, teams that have had this situation recently have gotten nothing from their drafts: the Cubs in 2016 and Cardinals in 2017 had zero day-one picks between them, and neither has produced a big leaguer or a significant prospect yet.

Matt

1:52

Favorite Richard Russo book?

Keith Law

1:53

1. Empire Falls 2. Straight Man 3. Nobody's Fool 4. The Risk Pool

1:53

do you plan on watching 1917?

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