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Keith Law
12:20
Prospect stuff? End of January/early February.
@Tepper
12:21
Has your opinion changed at all on Willie Calhoun? Seems like he acquitted himself OK in his first year in the Majors...
Keith Law
12:22
.323 OBP for a well below-average defensive LF who probably needs to DH. 93 outfielders had 600+ innings in the field in 2019; Calhoun's UZR ranked him 85th, and his dRS was worse.
Steve
12:22
Will Harris should also take his QO, right?
Keith Law
12:22
Yes.
Brett
12:22
Do you still believe in Corbin Burnes as a SP? He was electric in his first year as a RP but was lost this year. Brewers need him to pan out as a SP?
Keith Law
12:22
I do, if he's healthy. Also heard of a small mechanical flaw the Brewers are hoping to fix ... we'll see if that comes to anything.
HH
12:23
Is Triston McKenzie still progressing? I don't see him talked about much at all anymore.
Keith Law
12:23
He missed all of 2019 due to injury.
Nash
12:23
Mr.Law, has Twins pitching prospect Jordan Balazovic propelled himself onto your radar?
Keith Law
12:23
He was already on my radar.
Pat D
12:23
I remember you had a harsh view of the current committees for HOF voting.  I think that their ballot for this year has 4 guys who I could easily vote for (Evans, Simmons, Whitaker, Miller).  Is it at least a decent ballot in your view?
Keith Law
12:24
Agreed, and I wouldn't object to Simmons getting in.
Jacob Zaldin
12:24
What do you think is the biggest problem around the league right now? Do you think that the Nationals winning the WS and the subsequent articles ran about their use of old-fashioned scouting over analytics will affect how other teams operate?
Keith Law
12:24
I think those subsequent articles were about 90% bullshit, so, no, I don't think so.
Tracy
12:25
Yan Gomes not in your Top 50 FA.  Was your list compiled before the Nats declined his option or is he not in your top 50 b/c he's not that good?
Keith Law
12:25
He's not that good. I considered everyone with an option for the list and adjusted if I guessed wrong (I had Quintana on the list, for one).
Eric
12:26
Favorite something/other?
Keith Law
12:26
Oh definitely other. Big fan of other.
Hubert
12:26
Hi Keith, I was wondering how do you assess the Rays front office after the departure of Chaim Bloom?
Keith Law
12:27
He's great, and I think he'll do great things in Boston, but the Rays' front office is very strong down into scouting and R&D and I think they can weather the loss.
Brandon J
12:27
I'm not suggesting that the dodgers don't "go for it" every year, but if you were running the team, would you blast past the CBT to make a couple of big signings this offseason?
Keith Law
12:27
Yes.
John
12:27
Do you think Odorizzi gets signed to a long term deal with the draft pick penalty or is he a player better off taking the QO?
Keith Law
12:27
I would be concerned if he doesn't get a long-term deal. That would feel suspicious to me.
Dave
12:27
Do you have a favorite album of 2019 or one you're particularly looking forward to in 2020?
Keith Law
12:28
I will do my annual best albums of the year post in December; I have several candidates, with a bunch of new ones hitting the last few weeks (Alcest, White Reaper, Michael Kiwanuka).
AA
12:28
If you are the Braves would you rather sign Donaldson for 3 years or trade something like Fried and Wright for Kris Bryant?
Keith Law
12:28
I'm a big Fried booster so if that's the requirement, I'd probably pay Donaldson. If they could trade Wright and two other pitchers below Fried, sure.
Jon V
12:29
What’s your view on Oscar Mercado? Can he take another step forward next year or was this year a peak performance type year? How about another reclamation project in Daniel Johnson? Indians seem to have quantity but maybe not quality in the OF
Keith Law
12:29
Mercado's a starter in the long run, IMO, while I think Johnson is a fourth outfielder or platoon guy.
Jay
12:29
Any thoughts on why the Yankees didn't give Didi a QO?  Seemed strange he didn't get one, and I feel like I'm missing something.
Keith Law
12:29
Same. Didn't understand that at all.
Like, if he takes it, so what - isn't one year of a healthy Gregorius at that salary a valuable commodity in trade?
BuccoFan
12:30
You worked with Tony LaCava in Toronto. Would he be a good fit as the Pirates GM? A lot rumors about him in the media
Keith Law
12:30
Yes, he absolutely would.
Dave
12:31
Your piece on the minor league realignment proposal indicated that you were (at least) sympathetic to the idea that the overall population size of the minor leagues is currently too large. From a baseball standpoint, do you have a sense of your ideal minor league population size (and, how that compares to now)?  Clearly you'd want a population large enough to occasionally hit on 'diamonds-in-the-rough' or late bloomers, but not so large that (for instance) I'm pitching to your elite hitting prospects; but I don't know how to go about figuring that out.
Keith Law
12:33
I don't have a specific league/system size in mind, other than believing the current system is too large ... we don't need the Appy/Pioneer Level at all, although I think the Rockies should be mandated to add an AZL team in that case. I'd be fine with losing that level and having every MLB org have seven teams: DSL, complex, short-season, A, A+, AA, AAA. But I think some minor league contraction would also be a function of changing demographics and market sizes. Not every town with a team is capable of supporting that team at a financially sustainable level.
greg
12:34
what was your major in school and did you know what you were doing when you went in?
Keith Law
12:34
I started out as a government major (like political philosophy), switched to a joint sociology/economics major in my third semester, and I would say I still don't actually know what I'm doing.
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