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Grover
1:51
How annoying is the hot take narratives criticizing the DOdgers and Yankees for pulling pitchers during no-hitters?  No-hitters strike me as special, fun moments, but it's not like you get an extra win for it.
Keith Law
1:51
And there's no way Buehler was finishing that. You want to make the next Bud Smith?
mike
1:51
From "win now" standpoint Vlad Jr. may justify a call up to DH full time with Toronto, however when does a call up make sense developmentally?  other consideration is service time/control matter.... When do you think Vlad Jr debuts in Toronto??
Keith Law
1:52
They already have the extra year of control. If they want to play the super two game, but lose a month of his production, well, I think that's just dumb, but teams do it.
(I'm not 100% sure he's ready, BTW, but if he's not now, he will be.)
San Cristóbal D.R
1:53
Hey Keith big fan .. I used to love Andújar at first but his OBP is way too low.. I think he need to go back to AAA least for now when drury comeback
Keith Law
1:53
His OBP and walk rate are too low, but it's also just a month.
Jor
1:54
How far up the Yankees’ prospect list can Jonathan Loaisiga jump if he keeps this up?
Keith Law
1:55
With Freicer hurt, Abreu just back from injury, and Adams struggling, Loaisiga might be their 2nd or 3rd best pitching prospect right now. (Medina is in extended, and he's the 'maybe' in there, with Sheffield 1.)
Josh
1:55
Thoughts on Fernando Romero thus far? 2 plus pitches?
Keith Law
1:55
Yes two plus pitches.
AGirlHasNoName
1:55
Why wouldn't the market for Machado be less than in the last off-season?  The packages being discussed seem like an awful lot of value for five months of a guy that can leave afterwards.
Keith Law
1:56
The O's absolutely should have dealt him in the offseason and I said so at the time. The buyer would have gotten a full season of production plus a draft pick.
Eminor3rd
1:57
Given that picks 2-6 or so look like they'll have players of the same "tier," is it valid, at all, to say that it makes sense to go with a college position player in order to reduce risk?
Keith Law
1:58
I'm a little lost on this one. I think those picks will all be college position players. However, I think there are a couple of HS players who might make sense up there - Carter Stewart in particular - but who, for various reasons, aren't likely to go that high.
Mark
1:58
Do you think the balls in play thing is an issue?  What's the fix?
Keith Law
1:58
Yes. Raise the bottom of the strike zone (which they did a little last year).
Andy
1:58
Why do the Brewers have an AAA team in Colorado Springs. What is there to keep them from taking Beloit, which has a Single A team, and saying, in 2019, this franchise will be our AAA squad and put them in the PCL or IL.
Keith Law
1:59
Many minor league teams are independent entities with franchise agreements with their leagues. The owners of Colorado Springs are moving the team to San Antonio after the season, and that move takes the PCL franchise with it. (San Antonio is moving to ... Amarillo? Somewhere else in Texas.)
Scott
1:59
I have always thought that San Diego should draft college bats early (unless there is an outlier like Gore) and sign FA pitchers.  They do not seem to follow this thinking.  What are your thoughts on how SD should build their roster?
Keith Law
1:59
I don't think they should force it. If the right college bat isn't there, don't do it. And Preller wants upside - at 7 they're not likely to get a college bat with upside.
JG
1:59
What were your thoughts on Altuve as a prospect and a young Major Leaguer?  Any inkling he would turn into MVP material?
Keith Law
2:00
I thought he'd be a regular. I saw him all of once, at a Futures Game, before his callup, but thought his swing was good and he was very strong for his size. I had no clue he was going to become a plus runner and basestealer and never forecast this power.
Adam Trask
2:00
NYT's Kepner says we should re-examine Ruben's tenure in Philly, saying he left the club in good shape. What say Klaw?
Keith Law
2:00
No, he did not leave the club in good shape, not the major league team and not the farm system.
NYTT
2:01
Love how big you've been on Bryse Wilson since he hit Rome last year. What're your thoughts on him? Is he a higher floor/lower ceiling type guy or does he have significant upside in him?
Keith Law
2:01
Higher ceiling. Think he could end up a #2.
Timmy
2:01
I saw The Florida Project recently. Not trying to ruin it for anybody, but what is your take on the last scene? Is it really make believe - like kids pretending to go "on a safari"?
Keith Law
2:01
It's fantasy. There's no way that could have been real within the context of the film. It also underscores the dichotomy between the setting of the last scene and the setting of the rest of the movie.
K.C.
2:01
Does Newcomb's use of a change up make him a viable #2-3?
Keith Law
2:02
He's always had a good changeup.
Grover
2:02
I know college pitch counts has been a crusade for you (and one I agree with), but how is it that some of the more egregious coaches can continue to get top pitching recruits despite this practice?  I have to imagine most of these kids and their parents have dreams of making the major leagues, don't they recognize that throwing 150 times in a college game is detrimental to that?
Keith Law
2:03
The coaches tell the parents they're the experts and they know what they're doing, and most parents don't know any better. How Vasil's father, an attorney, didn't lose his mind over the coach burning him for a useless inning of relief two days before his start, or Deason's parents aren't seething that their kid went 140 pitches the other day for U of Arizona (#naptime), is beyond me.
Tim
2:03
Can you name 5 prospects that are better than Juan Soto?
Keith Law
2:04
Yes. Vlad, Eloy, Gore, Tatis, Mejia.
Dave
2:04
Does the regression in control for Freicer Perez change your outlook for him at all?
Keith Law
2:04
The fact that he's hurt changes my outlook, at least for now. A bad month doesn't change my outlook on players without some underlying, systemic explanation.
Yuri
2:05
You might have answered this in the past, but who are your go to old school metal bands? Only recently started listening to Judas Priest, Dio, Danzig - and have really been digging them all.
Keith Law
2:05
Maiden is kind of the king of that mountain for me, as well as Sabbath. Then it's more about certain songs, often ones that have some nostalgia value.
2:06
For whatever it's worth, Danzig is more hard rock to me than metal. They dressed like a metal band but their music was never very heavy.
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