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Keith Law
1:10
Double-A is fine. I would love to see him stretch a little more out within games, but after he had some minor arm soreness in the spring they may not want to push him.
Jay
1:11
KC’s top prospects look good so far this year. Do you see any of Matias, Pratto, Lee, or Melendez as top 100 guys next year?
Keith Law
1:12
Lee would be today - he barely missed the cut. I'm not sure what you're looking at when you say Pratto or Matias look good, though; both have OBPs in the .310s and Matias is still striking out at an untenable rate.
Mark
1:13
How close was Grant Little to making the top 100?
Keith Law
1:13
He wasn't a consideration. (He's a draft-eligible sophomore at Texas Tech, for folks who don't know the name.)
Zac
1:13
Does a team draft Luke Heimlich?
Keith Law
1:14
Someone will.
Tom
1:14
Just saw Ashcroft perform last week - he was amazing.  It's too bad bands like the Verve can't make it work.
Keith Law
1:14
Their one comeback album before they called it quits was good even without any standout singles.
Chimmy
1:14
Know anything about Trent Deveaux?
Keith Law
1:14
I do. As does everyone who read about him in my Angels org report in January.
Joe
1:14
Your insightful mock and earlier comments aside, would Kelenic be a reach at 2?
Keith Law
1:15
No, not IMO. Not my choice at 2 but not a reach. At 1, over Mize, yes.
YABoySwaggyP
1:15
Would Seth Beer be a good value pick for the White Sox at 46?
Keith Law
1:15
Yes, I'd be good with that, but I bet he's gone by then.
Neil
1:15
I will use Vlad as an example here, but realise in his case this question may be flawed.  But what do you do with a prospect that has a tool that is major league ready, but still needs to develop elsewhere.  In the case of Vlad, are you hurting his development as a hitter by keeping him in AA where he is dominating, even though he still needs experience there for other parts of his game?
Keith Law
1:16
It depends on your long-term plan for the player - and you need to have one. If you think he can really learn that position, then you get him somewhere where he can work on it, with the best coach you have for that skill. If you think, as I do, that Vlad probably never plays 3b as a regular, then just call him up and make him a DH.
Alec
1:16
Why is it that most people ignore the existential threat that Donald Trump brings by being president? From talking to a lot of people, it is as if most of them have this built in idea in their brains that everything will turn out okay in the end. I think this stems from religion, but it is scary wherever it stems from.
Keith Law
1:16
I see, at best, a decade of trying to undo the damage done just in the last eighteen months. And it could be MUCH worse.
DaveAlden53
1:16
The Dodgers lead the NL West in run differential and are back to within 3.5 games of the lead.  Is the ship righted or is it still leaking below the waterline from injuries?
Keith Law
1:16
Can't it be both? I think it's kind of both.
Jordan
1:17
Should I take the significantly K lower rate from Austin Beck as a sign of his progress?
Keith Law
1:17
It's lower, and that's good, since he seemed like a guy who might punch out like crazy with the jump to full-season ball.
1:18
BTW, Jordon Adell's contact rate in his first month-plus in full-season ball has been amazing. No matter what else he did, I figured he'd swing and miss a lot more.
JaKob
1:18
Hey Keith, do teams track the amount of pitches thrown opposed to the number of actual innings they throw.. Seems like the # of innings could be skewed for a guy that labors through innings and throws say 100 pitches in a 5 inning game.. He would be getting more work than a guy that averages 80 pitches per inning (however, it'd appear they pitched the same amount if you just looked at IP)
Keith Law
1:18
Of course they do.
Pat D
1:18
Keith, I've said before I'm not on Twitter for any number of reasons.  Lately when I've read your Twitter feed, I've been filled with notions of joining Twitter just to argue with people who comment on yours (all due respect, stick to baseball guy comes to mind).  Please reassure me that such an action would be a very silly thing to do.
Keith Law
1:18
Twitter is essential to my job and my career as a whole. It is also a massive source of aggravation, especially since they still don't take their own policies on harassment, abuse, or copyrights seriously at all.
Kevin
1:19
Where would Tirso Ornelas go in this draft?  Love his swing
Keith Law
1:19
Back of the first.
PhilW
1:19
Keith - have you had a chance to see Chris Paddack pitch at Lake Elsinore? Seems to be fully recovered from TJ and putting up ridiculous K/BB ratios. Does he have a chance to move way up the prospect rankings or are there any factors limiting his ceiling?
Keith Law
1:19
I saw him throw a sim game in March and raved about him then.
Greg
1:19
I get that Gorman's power is the reason he's in the top 10. But that's the only thing he does well, right? Is that really worthy of a top 10 pick?
Keith Law
1:20
He's not a slug; he's a decent athlete who could probably become a solid enough defender at third with work. You're really underrating him.
Jordan
1:20
Does Virginia ruin good prospects?
Keith Law
1:20
Pitchers, yes.
Paul
1:20
Are you a believer in the Mets Peter Alonso, if so, why not shift him to LF like the Phillies have done with Hoskins and leave 1B to D. Smith who is the better fielder at 1B?
Keith Law
1:20
Have you ever laid eyes on Alonso? Smith is the better defender but that doesn't mean you can just put Alonso wherever you want to.
Moe Mentum
1:21
If you're a prospective college student who is undecided on a major, is an Ivy League school a good or bad place to "figure it out"?
Keith Law
1:21
I can only speak to Harvard, and it's a terrible place for that. We had to declare at the end of our freshman year, and I certainly wasn't ready at that point.
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