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Klawchat 3/7/19
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Keith Law
1:01
Today it's just a place where we meet. Klawchat.
The Fonz
1:01
Kimbrel ends up in Atlanta?
Keith Law
1:02
I tweeted over the weekend that I heard he was farther down the road towards a deal with Washington. That's the last info I have (and I haven't sought more ... that just came to me). BTW, let's chill with the Kimbrel as future-Hall-of-Famer talk. His agent misread the market, and now the player is paying the price for that. Overstating the player's ability or career doesn't help.
addoeh
1:02
What anti-vaxxers don’t realize is that snake oil sales is a very lucrative business.  “Dr’s” Sears and Mercola, Alex Jones, the guy who owns N*****l N**s, and the rest have made a ton of money peddling essential oils, elephant extract elixirs, and other crap they sell.
Keith Law
1:03
Yep. It's a weird, unholy alliance between these mountebanks, parents who need someone to blame for their children's neuroatypicality, and religious cult members. They can all believe what they want, but if you want to send your kids to school, you need to get them vaccinated.
PhillyJake
1:03
Neil Huntington has made the contention that, had he signed a high price free agent, the salary differential could cause a jealousy in the clubhouse, with one player being paid a huge percentage of overall salary.  Any thoughts on this type of thinking?
Keith Law
1:04
I understand his point, but don't quite agree. One, if the team wins, every player stands a chance to make more money. Two, the other solution to that is to ... sign two players at high prices?
CH
1:04
If the Mets have a rough start, an absolute fire sale of their pitching would make sense, right? Get as many good young players for Thor and deGrom as possible?
Keith Law
1:04
Yes, especially with that very, very tough division, but I don't foresee them doing so.
Sam
1:04
I've been reading the Ringer's series on the Reds' scouting reports, and it got me thinking about how scouting has changed over the years. What do you think are the biggest changes you've seen in your scouting process or the league's process as a whole?
Keith Law
1:06
Many things - I spoke to Ben about some that may appear in part 3 (that's not up yet, I think). Scouting reports themselves have changed. Scouts are expected to be more literate in analytical basics, to be better able to provide information R&D can use, to look more at things that we think matter and less at things that we don't. BTW, one subject I have not seen anywhere was whether the leaking of those reports violated trade secret laws or anything the leaker signed.
JaKob
1:06
Hey Keith, how do you see the Brewers 5th spot shaking out between Woodruff, Burnes and Peralta?
Keith Law
1:07
I would be very surprised if Woodruff and Burnes don't both get 20+ starts this year.
JP
1:07
Keith - Thanks for the chats and the insider system reviews were great, by the way. I know spring training stats mean diddly, but have you had any looks at anyone or heard reports of anything that jumps out at you?
Keith Law
1:08
I haven't headed to spring training yet - I'll go Saturday for the first trip. I tend to ignore info from the first week or two, since the stats mean nothing and people react more to how players look (like, best shape of his life stuff) than how they play.
Ron
1:08
Hi Keith-Thanks for all your work on prospects and all your baseball write-ups.  You and Buster are the only reason I subscribe to Insider. Would it make sense for Minnesota to offer a 1 or 2 year deal to Keuchel if he would take it, or just let that horse leave the barn?
Keith Law
1:08
Yes, unless there's something so drastic in his medicals that they're uncomfortable even at two years.
The Twins are good. They're certainly at a point where investing further in the 2019 team is likely to have a positive ROI.
Dean G.
1:08
Klaw! My man! Whats good fam? Do you think Chris Paddack makes the Padres rotation early in the year?
Keith Law
1:08
Yes.
JaKob
1:09
Does Duplantier make the rotation this year for the Dbacks? It appears some injuries would have to happen for that to occur.. What about someone like Jose Suarez for the Angels? Do either of those guys help the big league team if there is no starters role in 2019?
Keith Law
1:09
Both probably don't see the rotation until the second half if at all.
Long Dong Silver
1:09
What are your thoughts on Carlos Martinez... this dude is so frustrating... seems like he has the pure talent to be great, but neither the mental durability or "want to" to become an upper echelon pitcher. Would appreciate your thoughts, thanks Keith!
Keith Law
1:10
Nice reference in your username. Amazing how a man facing credible accusations of sexual harassment has been allowed to shape US judicial policy for almost 30 years now. I don't think Martinez lacks "mental durability" or "want to." He's a smaller guy who throws hard and gets hurt.
Rodney
1:10
No question today, just want to say I've enjoyed following you on instagram! I think it's a good format for you!
Keith Law
1:10
thanks! trying different things there since IG is poorly suited to baseball content.
The Dude
1:10
My film turned 21 yesterday. Ever seen it?
Keith Law
1:10
Did you just ask if I've seen The Big Lebowski? Obviously you're not a golfer.
Moe Mentum
1:11
Whose presumed Phillies roster spot did the Bryce Harper signing most likely affect – Altherr, Quinn, or Williams?
Keith Law
1:11
Has to be Williams, who went from probable starter to bench guy/trade bait.
Jarrod
1:11
Hello Mr. Law, is Ryan Pressly one of the more under rated RPs in the game?
Keith Law
1:12
Don't know how to answer that. Underrated how/by whom? He's good, a good example of how very progressive teams like Houston target players they think they can improve through R&D-based coaching, but they also gave up two decent prospects to get him.
Nick
1:12
What have you heard about Eastlake's Keoni Cavaco?
Keith Law
1:13
Nothing. I only cover top draft prospects at that level.
Bighen
1:13
Not that it's some huge battle but should Mets actually be rooting for Dom Smith to come away with 1B job this spring?  Better D, maybe better overall approach at the plate, obviously less power
Keith Law
1:13
Yes and also there's risk he loses any trade value if he has to go back to AAA, whereas Alonso could return to AAA for a couple of months without anyone really batting an eye (pun intended).
Dana
1:13
Any book recommendations off the top of your head for somebody who likes Tolstoy, Proust, Stendhal, Dostoyevsky, Balzac and Hugo?
Keith Law
1:15
My go-to rec for literary fiction is always Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. Bleak House, Middlemarch, The Return of the Native, The Good Soldier all come to mind. But also branch out into some stuff from outside the western canon - how about Ngugi wa'Thiongo's Wizard of the Crow, GGM's One Hundred Years of Solitude, Rushdie's Midnight's Children (not a favorite of mine, but still a book of great literary merit), or Saramago's Blindness?
JR
1:15
Do you ever go into reading "slumps"? I used to read pretty consistently and have fallen out of the habit of doing so. If you do, how do you work through it?
Keith Law
1:16
I do, and I try to read something I know I'll love - a Nero Wolfe novel, or an Agatha Christie book, or something similarly light and fun.
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