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Klawchat 12/3/20
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Keith Law
1:23
I don't know of any common factors other than that those guys stayed healthy.
Andrew
1:23
How will the new wood bat league set up by MLB affect the Cape Cod League?
Keith Law
1:24
Probably not at all. The new league is supposed to include mostly players eligible for that year's draft. The Cape's strength has always been underclassmen for the following two drafts.
Todd
1:24
How far away for the Yankees are the likes of Medina and Gil?
Keith Law
1:24
Two years. Both more likely relievers than starters.
Jason S
1:25
Hi Keith, what are your thoughts on the Knebel deal? Here is my thinking-- with Jimmy Nelson I understood cutting him loose because he was just not right.  With Corey, he is just 1 year removed from TJ and we all know it takes 12-24 mos to come back. Is this a harbinger of cheapness to come for the brewers? Or were they right to cut bait?
Keith Law
1:25
He had one good year, in 2017. I have no problem with the Brewers cutting bait on him.
Alec
1:25
A couple weeks ago you mentioned Abrams could stick to SS, as opposed to 2B or CF.   Where would FTJ go in that scenario?
Keith Law
1:25
Tatis Jr. is a shortstop long-term. They don't have to both be on the same team.
Salty M’s Fan
1:26
What would it take for the Ms to get the Rays to consider moving Snell? Would Gilbert plus be enough or would it have to start with Kelenic / Jrod?
Keith Law
1:26
There's no way I do a deal with the Mariners that doesn't include one of those two outfielders.
Zihuatenejo
1:26
I thoroughly enjoyed your board game rankings.  What would you rank as the top 10 (or 5, or whatever, it's your chat) most *influential* board games of all time?
Keith Law
1:27
Monopoly, Scrabble (ugh), Catan ... do we count go and chess? They are board games, just unbranded.
Sean
1:27
How are you primarily scouting this season? Like, how are you deciding which prospects are rising/falling in the ranks?
Keith Law
1:28
The default option will be to leave a player's ranking and evaluation alone in the absence of good, new information. Teams did hold instructional league, and most allowed scouts in, so I will gather information from those scouts and incorporate it. But I expect fewer changes than in any previous year, and I will probably keep the org reports much shorter rather than just re-writing the same thing for player after player.
Peter
1:28
Which teams are doing the best job of prospect development during COVID? What methods seem to have worked? Is this even something anyone has visibility on?
Keith Law
1:28
We won't know anything on that until we have games again.
Murph
1:28
With a potential return to normalcy by summer, is there any chance that the minor league baseball schedule is shifted back a month to May-October so that there can be more games with fans in the stands? Seems like this may be possible with no longer having a 40-man September MLB roster.
Keith Law
1:28
This was the rumor a few weeks ago - a staggered spring training where minor leaguers arrive when the MLB roster leaves.
Paul
1:28
My wife and I did Thanksgiving alone this year - and it was a great opportunity for me to try my hand at cooking a turkey. I went the spatchcock route and it came out great.
Keith Law
1:28
Best and easiest way to cook a turkey. Works great for whole chickens too.
Paul
1:29
However, all the drippings in either burnt over evaporated. Do you have this issue?
Keith Law
1:29
Pour 1 cup of water into the sheet pan before you put it in the oven.
CR
1:29
Thanks for the chat, Keith. No question but just wanted to say my wife, two kids, and I are all sick with COVID at the moment and baseball discussion of any kind is good medicine right now. My wife is a nurse who got covid after working a month straight with no days off at 12-16 hours a day. Despite our best efforts, she passed it to our 9 year old then to our 11 year old then to me. We’re hanging in there but it sucks. Everyone stay home. Everyone wear masks.
Keith Law
1:29
Get well soon. And please give our gratitude to your wife. The idiocy of the multitude put her at needless risk.
Paul
1:30
As someone who lives on Staten Island the one good thing we had was the SI Yankee Stadium. Thanks MLB!
Keith Law
1:30
They never drew that well, though, did they? It was easier to get there from Jersey than from the city. I did like going there.
commish
1:30
I name you MLB commish for a year. What on-field changes (if any) would you try to push through? Does the current suffocation of strikeouts and home runs poison the game for you, or do you instead prefer to focus on how talented the players are? Obviously stronger, faster, etc.
Keith Law
1:31
Raise the bottom of the strike zone. Limit warmup pitches for any reliever coming in for a non-injury reason. Cap pitchers on each roster at 12.
That Guy in Detroit
1:31
Keith, thanks for the chat.  Does the republican party ever put the brakes on this, or is this just who they are now?
Keith Law
1:33
I reviewed the documentary The Donut King on the site this morning, and one thing that stood out to us as we watched was the compassion in the policies of President Gerald Ford (a Republican) toward refugees from Cambodia (a war we helped create, of course), which led to a large, multi-year and multi-Administration effort to help them settle and assimilate into the United States. I can not imagine the Republican Party of 2020 doing such a thing. They've had chances, with Syrian refugees, and have done nothing but obstruct any efforts to help them.
Dean
1:33
Keith, have you heard anything to the rumor that MLB is ultimately is working towards two levels of full season minor league ball: a Junior Circuit (A/A+) and Senior Circuit (AA/AAA) over the next 10-20 years?
Keith Law
1:33
No.
books
1:33
Murakami fan? Favorite Murakami?
Keith Law
1:34
Yes. I loved Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore. I haven't loved anything else by him out of at least a half-dozen other books.
Bighenz
1:34
I like springer but don’t think he’s long for Cf if at all.  As a Mets fan I think I’d prefer signing Bauer and Odorozzi and go all in on pitching and a solid lineup while sacrificing the Cf d (again). Especially if they can sign a decent enough C.   Bad plan?
Keith Law
1:35
I'd always prefer the elite position player over the elite pitcher in free agency or when the deal is long-term. And if Springer moves to RF, he'll probably be plus there.
Kevin
1:35
How worried should we be about the Campusano weed charges?
Keith Law
1:36
I'm cynical enough to think that a pro athlete gets different treatment than a typical citizen of color would, and MLB will find a way to get him back on the field. Also, decriminalize marijuana everywhere already. The Puritans have been gone for 300 years already. (Well, most of them.)
Joe
1:36
Would you please explain the concept of "partner leagues" and how this changes my city's Pioneer League team and fan experience?
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