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Keith Law
1:30
FA class will be loaded, but not loaded with shortstops. I think he'd be smart to opt out.
James
1:30
How close are Santana and A. Jones to getting your vote? Do you think they'll at least hang around for a couple of years?
Keith Law
1:30
No on Johan. Andruw is probably a no, but near the border for me. Guy was basically finished at 30, and if you consider character at all, he loses a lot of points there too.
Bob
1:30
Matt Carpenter is a way better hitter than Eric Hosmer, right?
Keith Law
1:31
Yes.
Ben
1:31
I sous vide a brisket for Thanksgiving using Kenji Lopez's recipe.  Wow, was it good.
Keith Law
1:31
Sous vide is a game-changer. I didn't use it this holiday, but that was mostly because I didn't cook meat besides the turkey itself, which I spatchcocked and roasted.
Jim Nantz
1:31
Quick thoughts on the Doug Fister signing?
Keith Law
1:31
Yawn.
Arnold
1:31
Juiced baseballs aside, is MLB concerned about hgh? Versions now get out of your system in 72 hours. Take it after a Thursday night, clean by Monday...
Keith Law
1:32
Available research found no benefit to using HGH in men under age 50. It's not magic.
RSO
1:32
Manny Machado for Gleyber Torres who says no?
Keith Law
1:32
I'm assuming the Orioles would, but that's actually not a bad deal for them. Six years of a plus regular at short for one year of Machado? You ask for more, but it's not a crazy deal.
Assuming Gleyber's elbow is fine, and it should be.
Chris J
1:33
Any new (to you) boardgames you discovered and enjoyed at PAX Unplugged?
Keith Law
1:33
Majesty, Istanbul dice game, Ticket to Ride France, Ex Libris (review coming), Evolution app/video game, Seikatsu.
Jshep12
1:33
Is it Ohtani or Otani or O'tani?
Keith Law
1:33
Ohtani.
Jeff
1:33
Do you see the things Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose were accused of happening at ESPN?
Keith Law
1:34
We are prohibited from discussing internal company matters. I say this all the time, and people still ask.
Birddog
1:34
Highest probability of success: Chance Sisco, Austin Hays or Anthony Satander?
Keith Law
1:34
Sisco. Big positional advantage.
PHM
1:34
Better bat: Bregman or Devers? Thanks!
Keith Law
1:34
Hit only? Bregman.
Rahn
1:35
Presented for your comment: Huntington said last night the Pirates are hoping to show Otani that the team is a great option for him.
Keith Law
1:35
Good for them. Won't happen, but still, good for them.
Raphael
1:35
Legitimate question: is it really so wrong to disqualify known PED users from the HOF (either by positive tests or other evidence like the Biogenesis case)? The media and generic public may exaggerate the effects of them, but they're strictly against the rules and have a known profound effect on being able to recover from injuries and work outs quicker. (Though I'm definitely not advocating the amphetamines users be treated any differently, just that I don't get the outrage over disqualifying known rule breakers)
Keith Law
1:35
So take Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, and Babe Ruth out. Also, amphetamines are PEDs. Saying otherwise is a false dichotomy.
Jackie
1:35
What went wrong with Mark Appel?  Is he still salvageable?
Keith Law
1:36
Finished the year hurt. Hasn't been the same since the half-year in Lancaster and changes Houston made to speed him up to the plate. There's a causation question - did delivery changes wreck his command? lead to injury? or all separate? - but those are factors.
Brian
1:36
Trade: Padres trade Hand, Quantrill, Arias, De Los Santos To NYY for Gleybar. Who says no?
Keith Law
1:36
Yankee fan, eh?
Joe
1:37
Made no sense to protect Loaisiga, right?  Only chance he has to make the majors is as a reliever now since he will run out of options if he continues to develop as a starter.
Keith Law
1:37
He would have been taken.
Chris
1:37
Am I insane to argue that categorizing pitchers as "closers" is ridiculous?  People treat a pitcher that "closes" a game almost as a separate position, and teams not only sign players accordingly, but play them as such.  If you're the best pitcher coming out of the bullpen, you should be pitching in the highest-leveraged situations regardless of inning.  It's what a little-league coach does, so why should MLB be any different?  I hear this non-stop in Chicago about replacing Wade Davis as a "closer" and it drives me crazy. [end of rant]
Keith Law
1:38
Relievers are just failed starters. I know that sounds harsh, but it's true: If you can throw even 150 major-league average innings, you're going to start. You can have a hierarchy in your bullpen, but this elevation of the Proven Closer is how we end up with stupidity like Trevor Hoffman's 28 WAR likely entering the Hall of Fame.
JPro06
1:38
When is/are you doing your top prospect lists next? End of the year or just before the season next year?
Keith Law
1:38
Late January. Same every year.
Rob
1:39
Do you think Robert Stephenson could stick in the Reds rotation this year and be successful?  You were one of the first writers to say that he was a bullpen guy.
Keith Law
1:39
Don't think I said that. Has three pitches to start, longtime trouble with command/control.
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