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Klawchat 12/7/17
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John
1:14
Why do people still get so upset with Hall of Fame ballots? The institution is meaningless at this point--it no longer honors the best players.  It's just nostalgia porn for old men.
Keith Law
1:16
The part that bothers me is that these writers with horrendous ballots, like Livingston, are assigned to cover the sport, yet show with their ballots that they don't know the first thing about the sport. If you can't realize that Chipper Jones is a Hall of Famer, then you shouldn't be paid to cover baseball. There are lots of people out there who could do the job and also understand something about the sport.
JP
1:16
Giving up JBJ for Abreu would be a terrible deal for the Red Sox, right?
Keith Law
1:16
I think that's an overpayment.
Randy
1:16
Thoughts on Joe McCarthy (Rays) after his solid 2017 at Double-A. Any chance he develops into a big league regular?
Keith Law
1:17
Yes, I'd agree with that. Potential first-rounder before a serious back injury killed his junior year at UVA, mostly because everyone believed he could hit. Now it seems that's coming true. He was a tick old for AA, though, and obviously needs more power as a corner guy, but I think 15 HR is within the realm of possibility (before we discuss the MLB ball).
Joe
1:17
Do you have any thoughts about Johnny Depp as Grindelwald in the next Fantastic Beasts movie? Even if one can manage to put abuse allegations aside, it still seems like a miscast for the role.
Keith Law
1:18
Yes, totally miscast. What Depp does well - and I do think he's a very good actor - is wrong for that role.
Nick
1:18
True or false:   "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer"
Keith Law
1:18
I'd say true.
Ben
1:18
Thoughts on Jerusalem decision? Seems like many advisors told Trump not to do it, but being the 5 year old that he is, he did it. It's almost like he's hoping to cause as much chaos anywhere and everywhere.
Keith Law
1:18
This administration has consistently pandered to the extremist Christian right. It fits the pattern.
BD in DC
1:19
Gerrit Cole for B. Goodwin, E Fedde, and L Garcia... who says no?
Keith Law
1:19
That's a terrible deal for Pittsburgh.
Troy
1:19
Hey Keith - Thoughts on Monte Harrison? Is he for real if he can stay healthy?
Keith Law
1:19
I think he has a chance to be an above-average regular, with a fairly high bust probability still because of plate discipline/pitch recognition questions. I like the athleticism and hand strength.
Bobby Evans
1:20
I want to give up all or most of the top prospects in my already thin farm system for Stanton's big contract.  That's not a bad idea, right?
Keith Law
1:20
It's not a bad idea if you aren't paying so much of the deal that you choke the franchise for the next decade. The discussed package of players isn't my concern; they can float the losses of those guys.
Clay
1:20
Is Brazil turning into a legitimate baseball country? A handful have found their way to the bigs, at least a couple prospects (Gohara, Pardinho) are highly touted.
Keith Law
1:21
My limited knowledge of baseball in Brazil - boosted by that great multi-part series Pedro Moura did about it maybe a year ago - is that it's popular where Japanese emigres settled, but unknown in other parts of the country.
Jesse B
1:21
Ohtani, Gore, Baez, and Quantrill to go with Myers, Hosmer, Margot and Tatis, is that enough to make the Padres relevant again?
Keith Law
1:21
The Padres signing Hosmer would be, by far, the dumbest fucking thing they could do.
Tyler
1:21
Thinking of quitting Facebook/Twitter as a New Year's resolution. Any suggestions as to other time-killing websites that won't sink me further into depression?
Keith Law
1:22
The dish? Wait, scratch that, those Saturday posts are pretty depressing.
Daniel
1:22
What fallout do you anticipate from Braves scandal? Will other organizations have to clean up the way they do things?
Keith Law
1:23
I believe the bundling practice will stop - it was definitely illegal, but the system encouraged teams to do it, and the argument was that the players still ended up getting paid so the harm was somewhat limited. But MLB has made it clear they're done with looking the other way on much of that stuff.
Justin
1:23
Who is a better plan B for the Cardinals if/when Stanton opts for the west coast - Donaldson or Yelich?
Keith Law
1:23
Donaldson if the goal is win now, which I think it is. Yelich is the better long-term asset, but should cost you more in prospects.
Jake
1:23
If you're the Cardinals, which young pitchers are you least willing to deal for a bat.  Reyes and Hicks?
Keith Law
1:24
I'd trade any of them. Reyes is still coming back from TJ, and I said well before his injury I thought the short stride made him an injury risk (and made his breaking ball worse too), so there are enough knocks that I wouldn't make him untouchable even though he has the best stuff of all their young arms.
Justin R
1:26
As someone who takes anxiety medication, do the studies that such medication increase risk of early-onset Alzheimer's disease worry you? I stopped taking Celexa a few years back because of this but am thinking of jumping back in and wanted to weigh the risks.
Keith Law
1:27
The etiological connection between these drugs and eventual dementia is not well established, and the risk even in patients who start SSRIs before age 65 remains low, just higher than it is for those who never take them. You have to consider the benefit - do I want to live with anxiety, and the associated lower quality of life, to avoid this higher risk that is not completely understood? I've been on the medication, off, back on ... yeah, I don't think I want to live unmedicated. I was miserable and it affected people around me too.
Sterling Malory Chris Archer
1:27
What is it about Ohtani’s swing that you think he won’t be successful in MLB?
Keith Law
1:28
I answered that at length in my article about him: http://klaw.me/2khlBb0
Joe
1:28
Does Austin Hays have 60h 60p tools?
Keith Law
1:28
No.
Wally
1:28
If you were a GM, would you do more prospect challenge trades than we see generally?   Mejia for Robles seems like one that might make sense, given the roster composition of CLE and WAS.  Would that be fair, or would one side need to top it up a little?
Keith Law
1:29
Both top ten overall prospects, reasonable from a value sense, but Cleveland could also move Mejia to another position rather than trade him.
Steve
1:29
Your music playlists featurelots of obscure artists, maybe u hear them on sat radio, but What’s your music “wheelhouse”, if you can describe.
Keith Law
1:30
I do have Sirius XM but they tend to be late to bring new artists on air. I like music that's interesting, that boasts something like strong melodies, intelligent lyrics, technical proficiency, new sounds or textures. I've listened to so much music in my life that I get a lot of "I've heard this before" feelings from mainstream radio.
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