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Brett
2:30
If I said Ronald Acuna to your wife, would she have any clue who that was?
Keith Law
2:31
I just said it to her, and she said, "Is that like Hakuna Matata? It's a wonderful phrase." So that's a no.
Logan
2:31
Thoughts on the Grichuk deal?  Thanks, really liked your book.
Keith Law
2:32
Grichuk has long been a 4th OF for me, sunk by poor plate discipline, esp recognition of breaking stuff. Greene throws hard, up to 99, trouble repeating, may have to go to the bullpen. Leone is a solid middle reliever when he's healthy.
Drew
2:32
Is Seth Romero's makeup is main achilles heel or are there other reasons for Nats fans to be skeptical of him?
Keith Law
2:32
Not a great delivery either. But you can't ignore the stuff.
Tom C
2:32
It's funny to me people who complain that players should vote for HoF, MVP, etc because "they played the game"; like it hasn't been proven 1) they're just as bad at it as anyone, 2) they have their own personal biases and 3) oh BTW, people will still be mad when the players don't vote in their own favorite guy.
Keith Law
2:33
Aren't player votes for the All Star Game often worse? Like, they just look at fantasy stats for the current season?
Sparhawk
2:33
For a big guy like Joey Wentz his FB velocity seems on the light side. Do you expect he'll get the FB to mid 90's consistently?
Keith Law
2:33
Velocity is great, but when you have deception and great extension you can do well at solid average. If Allard had that stuff, I'd feel better about him right now than I do.
Jeremy
2:33
Where would a healthy Anderson Espinoza rank? Surprised to not see him on there when guys who also missed 2017 due to injury are on the list.
Keith Law
2:36
Missed all of 2017, likely to miss most of 2018, never got above A-ball before injury or showed great performance. How many guys who missed 2017 are on the top 100? Reyes, but he was literally in the majors. Kaprielian was a lot more advanced as a pitcher than Espinoza. I think that's it.
Nick
2:36
I don't drink coffee, but I would like to try to start making/preparing high quality cups of coffee for my wife.  Suggestions on where to start?
Keith Law
2:37
I'm a pour-over fan myself. I own this $16 Hario V60 dripper: http://amzn.to/2DA3WjI and use paper cone filters. And buy good coffee - just find a good local roaster. Tell me in the comments where you live and I'll see if I know one.
Nic
2:38
Help me out?I am so conflicted.I think schilling is 100% a hof'er AND i think he is, and hispersonal views are, disgusting.What do i do?I want to advocate for him but i feel he doesnt derseve it because of his personal life.
Keith Law
2:38
HoF should be mostly if not completely about the player, not the person. And the political stuff was largely after his career anyway. I won't argue against anyone who declines to vote for him, because he's said some truly awful things, but I would vote for him myself.
Brian in Ahwatukee
2:38
Re AJ Puk- you mentioned him as a #2 but also a top LHP. What is the difference? I figure by rarity one a top LHP would be a 1.
Keith Law
2:39
He could still be a 1, but I would not say the top LHP in the minors is a future 1 by default. Has to earn it, so to speak, with stuff and command and feel.
Rick C
2:39
Sorry to hear that.  I still think there's a flaw in this ranking process, but I'm not going to personally attack you over it.
Keith Law
2:40
I'll put it this way: If I had my druthers, I'd only do the offseason top 100s. I have an extensive process that produces results with which I am comfortable. They're never perfect, and I could always have done something more, but I know they are well-researched and that I give solid evidence for every ranking decision. Nothing I do in-season can match that. I just don't have the time when I'm also traveling to games, mixing in amateur stuff with the pro, and writing about major-league topics as they occur.
Kevin
2:40
Wow, this KLAW has been long and meaty today..........
Keith Law
2:41
I think you all deserved a long chat, since I had only done one in the previous five weeks, and gave you all this content earlier in the week that I know led to lots of questions. And I'm happy to answer them.
2:42
Thank you all for reading this week, for showing up here, and for making all of this possible with your support and readership. The org reports will start on Monday, farm rankings tomorrow, and I will try to chat somewhere next week (but perhaps not Thursday, as I have to go to Bristol that day). Twitter's been a mess of HoF stuff, so if you have questions as we go, my Facebook page is going to be a better place to interact - just leave comments under the articles as I post the links each day. Thanks again!
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