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Klawchat 10/31/18
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Keith Law
1:36
Who knows? She enjoyed them, I enjoyed playing with her, and it didn't involve staring at a screen. That's a win for me.
Mac
1:36
What's your take on the launch angle revolution?  Do you think it's here to stay or do you think baseball will revert back to: little guys put the ball in play and big guys swing for the fences?
Keith Law
1:38
It's here to stay at least in part, but haven't we always known that guys with flatter swings produced less power, and guys who swing too far uphill tended to swing and miss too much and also fail to produce the power they might physically possess? Now we just have the data to fine-tune it. The one thing I think might change is that we might see teams like the Dodgers become more discriminating in whose swings they alter - that there are just some players who become worse off by trying to optimize their launch angles for power because they become sufficiently worse hitters for contact.
Larry
1:38
Is Peter Alonso’s defense now passable like Ricciardi says?
Keith Law
1:39
It was bad in the AFL. His hands are fine, but he's pretty big and not agile. His bat would play well at DH, but again, not an option.
Junior
1:39
Are you impressed with what Billy Eppler has done with the organization?
Keith Law
1:39
Yes, overall I think he's done a great job to date, especially with the mandate to try to win now.
Ben
1:39
Why would the Mets hire a GM with no front-office experience?
Keith Law
1:39
Because Jeff liked him.
Joe
1:39
Interesting that each side thinks that it's ok to change the constitution for one thing but not for the other when it comes to gun control/immigration. The argument on each side is even the same - that it was not the framers intent when they originally passed the law. I would prefer they follow the constitution in both ways. Both sides are arguing out of both sides of their mouth.
Keith Law
1:40
Well, I guess talking out of both sides of your mouth is better than talking out of your ass, Joe.
Eric
1:40
who do you think has a better career, Touki Toussaint or Shane Bieber and why?
Keith Law
1:40
Give me Touki. Better stuff, better athlete, still a year younger too.
Drake
1:41
How much of an improvement do you think we see in Devers next year?
Keith Law
1:41
I believe he will end up a star. That might be 2019, it might be 2020, but I firmly believe it's coming.
Tony
1:41
Is Yu Chang anything other than a spare infielder? Or, put differently, in an organization other than Cleveland could he be a starter?
Keith Law
1:41
Maybe a starter in some orgs. I think he's kind of a fringe regular.
Clayton
1:41
Kershaw's less than stellar performance in the post season is mostly just SSS noise, right?
Keith Law
1:42
That is just noise, and better competition. What is not noise is a full year of pitching at 90-91 with less power to the slider too.
Justin
1:43
Did you get a look at Andy Young (STL) when you were at the AZ Fall League? Does he have a future as a big league UTIL guy?
Keith Law
1:44
I did and yes, if not a little more.
Chris Verdugo
1:44
Do you think the era of Donald Trump is going to motivate future Americans to become more aware and concerned about politics in general, and if so do you think the Republicans are just waiting for their demise as voters become younger and younger and side with more progressive policies?
Keith Law
1:45
I think it has alerted more people, probably on both sides if not in equal numbers, to the importance of getting involved and voting.
Patrick
1:45
Thanks again for the chats, Keith!
Do you ever read/review your daughter's reading choices? As my son gets older, I struggle with how much to direct (approve?) his choices.
Keith Law
1:45
Yes, I do, but she also has yet to ask to read something I wouldn't approve.
Tom
1:45
Have you read Salt Fat Acid Heat or seen the Netflix show? If so, what do you think of them?
Keith Law
1:46
I own the book but haven't read it yet.
Patrick
1:46
Keith, your thoughts on Fox WS announcers? Would viewers be better served by PBP person that regularly works games?
Keith Law
1:46
I muted them the whole way through.
Andrew
1:46
In 2010 my friends and I went to Pitt for a Mets/pirates series.  One game was rained out early and we walked around downtown Pitt. A woman saw us in Mets gear and struck up a conversation.  She was from LI too and invited us to Squirrel Hill pray at a synagogue. We said we weren't Jewish and she said it didn't matter we were welcome anyway.  I've always remembered the exchange and how kind and welcoming the woman was.  I am really at a loss as to what happened this weekend
Keith Law
1:47
I am too. I am not Jewish, but lived very near that synagogue and interacted very often with members of the Jewish community in Squirrel Hill for two years, and never felt anything less than welcome even though I was an interloper twice over (I was a grad student, and obviously not a permanent Pittsburgh resident). The normalization of white nationalism the last three years has encouraged domestic terrorists.
Rich
1:48
I don't know whether Kim Ng would be a good GM or not.  I hope she gets a GM job sometime soon and thrives.  Do you think teams interview her as a token candidate with no intention of hiring her?  Seems like she has interviewed countless times and never gotten serious consideration.
Keith Law
1:48
I believe she has been used repeatedly to satisfy MLB's unwritten Rooney rule.
Hyce Brarper
1:48
A Marlins beat writer claimed the price for JT hasn’t gone down, would still insist on Acuña. He has to be kidding, right?
Keith Law
1:48
He may not have been kidding but that ain't happening.
Also, the price for any player goes down as he approaches free agency. Take an econ class, dude.
Jake
1:49
Have you seen Brusdar Graterol in person? Ace potential?
Keith Law
1:49
I have not. I've talked to multiple scouts about him, and the consensus was more high-end closer potential than starter potential, at least right now.
Jake
1:50
Kohl Stewart hasn't seemed to live up to his potential so far, but his ground ball rate kept him around the majors... Do you think he ever develops further into a quality starter?
Keith Law
1:50
I don't think so, unfortunately. I was way too high on him as an amateur/young prospect. His stuff regressed.
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