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Klawchat 12/7/17
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Adam Doctolero
1:57
If Hankins is there for the Giants at #2, he's has to be the pick, right? Who else would you say is in that mix for a top-2 pick?
Keith Law
1:57
No I don't think he has to be the pick at 2. He's very good, but I wouldn't separate him right away from the pack. Heck, Rocker is a different type of pitcher, but he could be above Hankins on some boards, and I haven't even left Georgia yet.
Henry
1:58
Check out the new Noel Gallagher LP. It's very good!
Keith Law
1:58
I have, but it didn't hold my attention at all. Liam's isn't really setting the world on fire either. They're better together, obviously.
John
1:59
Hot take: Billy Wagner is more deserving of the Hall of Fame than Trevor Hoffman.  Better pitcher, shorter career. The only reason Wagner isn't getting the support is that he retired at 39 and didn't compile another 100+ saves like Hoffman did.  (Neither are actually deserving, by the way...Wagner's just closer)
Keith Law
1:59
I agree. Wagner was better than Hoffman when they actually pitched. I wouldn't put either on my ballot.
Jim Nantz
1:59
Are the relatively low salaries paid to managers (I saw that Callaway won't even clear $1M this year) a sign that teams don't believe managers add much value?
Keith Law
1:59
I think that's fair to assume.
Chris
1:59
You wisely are more bearish on Ohtani's ability to be an impact player as both a pitcher and a hitter. Do you see a player ever filling both of those roles with the specialization of today's game given how difficult it is to be a true two-way player?
Keith Law
2:00
I don't. The hype around him has been ridiculous.
Andy
2:00
Don't most teams rate their prospects more highly than you? I mean that even if they take an even handed approach, most teams are going to focus on positives of their guys, while minimizing the negatives.
Keith Law
2:01
Your job as a GM or farm director or VP is to try to evaluate your players objectively so you can make better decisions around trades, promotions, and adjustments. So if a team rates all or most of its prospects more highly than I do, then they're probably doing themselves a disservice.
JJ
2:01
A writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch shared his HOF ballot.  He voted for Clemens but not Bonds, for obvious (?) reasons.  He also declined to vote for Chipper Jones, citing Joe Morgan's plea for character to matter, specifically Jones' "Sandy Hook was a hoax" tweet.  Should Jones' post-playing career dumbassery have any impact on his HOF candidacy?
Keith Law
2:04
If you read the one sentence in the voting guidelines, it seems fairly clear that we're discussing character while a player. I think hoaxers should all be sent to live on the surface of Venus, but this was a single comment that he walked back fairly quickly. If you're downgrading him for "character," the lengthy extramarital affair he had while in the peak of his career should weigh more than a single post-career tweet. (If you want to argue none of this should matter, I'm fine with that too.)
Doug
2:04
You have a take on the John Oliver/Dustin Hoffman incident? Big fan of Oliver but it seemed a tad extreme in his part.
Keith Law
2:04
It is exactly what we needed, and I hope more people take a cue from Oliver and call the accused out in public when they're getting a free pass.
2:05
That's all for this week. Thank you as always for reading and for all of your questions. Because of my travel schedule around the winter meetings next week, the next chat will probably be on December 21st (or thereabouts). Have a great weekend.
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