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Keith Law
1:11
I don't get that signing at all. Murphy at 1b is barely worth the roster spot, and he can't play 2b any more. To give him that kind of guaranteed money seemed like extremely wishful thinking.
Jack SF
1:11
HNY Keith!  Is the Brantley acquisition a foreshadowing of Tucker's exit from Houston?  Traded for Realmuto?  Is there Yelich potential there with Tucker in Miami?
Keith Law
1:11
I like Tucker but don't think this means Tucker is getting traded.
Sweeney
1:11
At what point do strikeouts become so much of a problem that teams begin preaching about making contact and using the whole field over hitting the ball in the air to the pull side? When teams are averaging 12 ks per game? 15? 17?
Keith Law
1:11
Some teams are already doing that, but we haven't reached an inflection point where the contact-oriented approach is more valuable.
Henry
1:11
Hi Keith, any thoughts on Jeff Passan joining ESPN. Seems like a nice addition. Keep up the great work!
Keith Law
1:12
I'm thrilled. Jeff is great at his job and I've been friends with him for a long time now. He also knows his KC barbecue.
Moe Mentum
1:12
What non-academic advice would you give college freshmen, in order to maximize their experience while in school?
Keith Law
1:13
This might be more like academic advice but if I could do it over again, I'd focus on taking classes on things I loved, or was truly interested in, rather than trying to figure out what classes or major would be the most valuable. The idea that you should enjoy your social life and hate your academic life is just dumb. (Not that my alma mater had a great social life, or that I was anywhere ready to enjoy one if it did.)
Chris
1:13
Do you like eating at restaurants or cooking more?
Keith Law
1:13
Eating out. Then I don't have to clean. It gets expensive, though.
Mark
1:13
What chance do you think Donaldson has of posting at least 5 WAR this year?
Keith Law
1:13
I'd bet the under, but the odds are not zero.
Ryan
1:14
keith, huge braves fan, but wondering why they havn't done more, price just to high for AA?
Keith Law
1:14
It's January 3rd. Lots of offseason left.
Nick
1:14
What do you make of reports like the White Sox won’t go over 7 years for Harper/Machado? Is that just posturing to control the price?
Keith Law
1:14
I do not believe those reports.
BeefLoaf
1:14
Can you please rank Rick Hahn 1-30 (1 being the best) out of current MLB GM's
Keith Law
1:14
I have never ranked GMs and I'm never going to do so.
Vinny
1:14
Are the Padres actually going to make a big trade this year?
Keith Law
1:15
Why should they unless it's a good one? They're going to be good, maybe as soon as 2020. Do you want them to trade Turner and Ross for Wil Myers and stuff again?
Ron
1:15
Fantasy baseball question  - who has the best 2019 season out of beiber, toussaint, kikuchi, or Cahill?
Keith Law
1:15
No idea - I haven't played fantasy baseball in almost 20 years now.
Juwan
1:15
If you were the GM of the Nats, would you prioritize bringing Harper back, or focus on a Rendon extension?
Keith Law
1:16
Love Harper but I think extending Rendon and using any remaining cash this winter to upgrade 2b and the back of the rotation would be the better move to contend in 2019.
Matt
1:16
So how does the shutdown end? The Dems can't cave because if they do, the GOP will always resort to shutting down the government until they get what they want. On the other hand, Trump is a 4 year old child with narcissistic personality disorder. He doesn't have the mental capacity to "take a loss" even if it's for the good the country.
Keith Law
1:16
I have wondered this myself - if the GOP would eventually rebel against Trump enough to reopen the government, for the good of the people who actually voted for them.
Sheng
1:16
Does Harper have the higher upside while Machado the higher floor? Would it make sense for a team to offer a 2 year deal worth 100m? And would either think of accepting such an offer?
Keith Law
1:17
Machado has the higher floor; I don't know that I agree either has a clearly higher upside; and I can't imagine either player accepting an offer that short when they're likely to get 8+ years and could end up at 10/$300MM.
Juwan
1:17
Are you still as high on Victor Robles as you once were? Still think the McCutchen comp fits?
Keith Law
1:17
Yes, maybe yes, could be more defense and a shade less power.
Michael
1:18
Why did you make a tweet slamming clickbait rumors/sources, then like a tweet a few hours later claiming that Harper is going to sign with the Cubs, and then block people who called you out for the hypocrisy?
Keith Law
1:18
Because that's not hypocrisy, a word that people like to use on twitter without knowing what it means (or what the Like function is). And the tweet in question, from my pal Brett over at Bleacher Nation, did not claim Harper was going to sign with the Cubs or anything close to it, so the single person I blocked was, to use the technical term, utterly full of shit, as are you.
Steve
1:19
Belt for Conforto, who says no?
Keith Law
1:19
The Mets should.
Jim
1:19
Thanks for the chats. Would Verdugo, Maeda and a bullpen arm be a fair return for Kluber?
Keith Law
1:19
No.
James
1:19
aside from Vlad Jr., who's the one prospect you think will come up and have a strong 2019 year?
Keith Law
1:20
Robles. Eloy. Whitley. I could see Tatis Jr spending half the year in the majors and producing.
Dan
1:20
Curious on your thoughts of JP Crawford as a hitter. Think the move to SEA might help him to concentrate on hitting gap to gap, instead of the "long ball" mentality? Thank you and happy 2019!
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