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Keith Law
1:00
Hang a sign upon the door. Klawchat.
Chris
1:01
This Mets GM hire looks dumber and dumber already. Future of the team aside, the fact that existing agents like Boras are wary upfront of dealing with Van Wagenen on any level should've made this a non-starter. Bloom or Ng would've been great hires.
Keith Law
1:01
Boras is wary of dealing with BVW, but I don't know that any other agents are. I don't want to generalize from one guy's comments here. I thought Bloom would have been a great hire, yes.
Bernie
1:01
Should the Yankees be looking at Daniel Murphy to fill their 1B/2B issue? Gleyber at SS until Didi is ready to come back then Gleyber to 2B and Murphy to 1B.
Keith Law
1:01
No, because Murphy can't really play second base.
Briggs
1:02
KLAW, thanks for the chat as always.  I've recently been trying to listen to more science focused books on Audible.  I'm particularly interested in space/astrophysics and other things in that vein.  Do you have any recommendations for books which are informative but accessible?
Keith Law
1:03
Einstein's Cosmos, Spooky Action at a Distance, Uncertainty (David Lindley) all might fit what you're looking for and I listened to those as audiobooks.
Jon
1:04
Keith, thoughts on Stir Candelario's upside please? Last time I saw scores he was 50 Hit tool and 60 PWR. About right? Thank you in advance for the answer.
Keith Law
1:04
I never gave him those scores nor would I.
addoeh
1:04
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?
Keith Law
1:04
I am Arthur, King of Elwood City.
Ben
1:05
I want to learn to make really good homemade pizza.  Any books you would recommend on the topic?
Keith Law
1:06
The dough I make is from Peter Reinhart's Bread Baker's Apprentice, and it's incredible for making very thin Neapolitan-style crusts. There's a new pizza book out from Marc Vetri that I'm hoping to pick up to build on that. Of course I need a better oven to really step up my game, but I can turn out decent pizzas by cooking in my regular oven at 500 degrees for six minutes, using a pizza stone set on the oven floor.
Chris
1:06
Will Toffey have any value? Seems like a super-sub candidate who can hit righties.
Keith Law
1:06
Not to me. I don't think there's any hit value there at all.
Joe
1:06
I feel the Padres best, most well rounded outfield going forward is Myers, Margot and Cordero. What kind of value would Franmil Reyes and Hunter Renfroe have on the trade market?
Keith Law
1:07
Both are essentially extra outfielders. That's not much value in and of itself but 1) in a package they would both add something because they're cheap with years of control and 2) it's always possible another team looks at one or the other and sees a regular.
Kevin
1:07
Do you see the White Sox as making reasonable offers to Machado and/or Harper? I'd love to see it, but it's not in their DNA. As a Sox fan, hopefully I'm wrong.
Keith Law
1:07
It would fit, given how close their young talent is, but I would be surprised.
GS(Athens)
1:07
I'm curious about Royce Lewis sticking at SS.  Are there some tangible, concrete skills he has shown improvement on and where would you see his ceiling as a defender there if everything goes right? Also, just moved to Athens, GA and tried Five & Ten. Acheson isn't in the kitchen anymore of course but it's still quite tasty!
Keith Law
1:07
No, I'm still a skeptic on him at short.
Bmosc
1:07
It truly amazes me how many people either don't care that our President is completely devoid of integrity and about as low character as you can get, or, worse yet, celebrate those facts.  I don't think our country has been this divided in a long time, and it's virtually impossible to have a rational political discussion anymore.
Keith Law
1:08
The White House has been circulating a fake video of yesterday's press conference, and their pals in state media are further promulgating it. If you're okay with that, you're part of the problem.
TD
1:08
I've been down on Clint Frazier for awhile and wonder what your thoughts were on him and his trade value? To me h is upside is .250  with 20 homers.
Keith Law
1:09
Those two numbers don't give much of a picture. I think he's a sub-.300 OBP guy even if fully healthy, and while he has 30+ homer power I'm not sure he hits enough to get to it. A .280-.290 OBP with a low .400s slug in a left fielder is probably not a regular. He has to hit for a really high average to make this work. He has the bat speed to do so, but hasn't shown the approach yet.
Cole
1:09
What do you think about the A’s essentially buying 2 lottery tickets in the first round of the past 2 first rounds (Beck and Murray)? The argument is that these are the high ceiling players that they ordinarily wouldn’t be able to afford in the open market? Is this a good strategy?
Keith Law
1:10
Good strategy if you're choosing the right players. Beck was more of a fit for me than murray - and I do like Murray for what he is, but he's 21 already and busy trying not to get his brains scrambled this fall.
Moe Mentum
1:10
Best biography you've ever read? How about autobiography?
Keith Law
1:13
Best memoir (is that the same as an autobio?) is probably Gabriel García Márquez's Living to Tell the Tale. Simon Garfield's Mauve comes to mind for best biography. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is biography-adjacent and is also an incredible read.
TREY
1:13
Do you see any other priorities for Cubs this offseason? Or is health, Hamels, and 1 or 2 elite relievers enough for deep postseason? I'm lukewarm on current OF and think they need some upgrades.
Keith Law
1:13
If they can add Machado or Harper, they should, even though it would create some temporary surplus (which they could use to add relief help). I think they're a playoff team without that, but can and should try to improve beyond what they are.
Ken (Cleveland)
1:13
am I crazy to think that the Yankees should avoid a big bat (especially if it costs us Miggy or Justus) and just start the season - Stanton/Hicks/Judge, Sanchez at C, Voit at IB, and Bird as my DH and see what we have
Keith Law
1:14
Yeah, I'd say that's a bit overly optimistic, especially with Sanchez having shoulder surgery and the other two lacking any track record.
Arnold
1:14
Is Farhan Zaidi the right choice to remake the Giants or do we need to wait and see who brings in as GM before making that determination?
Keith Law
1:14
Great choice. Whoever he brings in as GM will be there to help execute Zaidi's vision for baseball ops, which I think will be more analytics focused but not to the exclusion of traditional scouting.
xxx(yyy)
1:14
any date night recipe suggestions to go with pan roasted pork chop?
Keith Law
1:15
Pork of any kind goes really well with polenta.
John Olerud
1:15
As an Ms fan, may I get your valued opinion on the Zunino trade? Does it seem reasonable? Completely misguided? Or just meh? For Ms fans, this trade seems important in helping to gauge Dipoto's potential abilities in spearheading what is now a confirmed rebuild. Yes, he's so far been dubbed "Trader Jerry", mostly for sacrificing minor-league talent in a last-ditch effort to win. But is this just because of the mandate he had in the first part of his tenure? And do you think he and his team can successfully change course?
Keith Law
1:15
Just meh. Backup catcher for fourth outfielder. Some lesser prospects changing hands - Fraley's probably a fourth outfielder himself, Plassmeyer maybe a fifth starter, threw a tick harder in short stints this summer than as a starter in college.
Nick
1:15
Moving forward, would you rather have Albies or Urias?
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