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Keith Law
1:33
The cutter seems to be enough to keep lefties in check - he still gives up too much power to them, but also is getting them out enough to mitigate that. That was the knock on him since probably AA, that he lacked a third pitch for LHB. So yes.
Zack twink
1:34
Was Emmanuel rodriguez over hyped... or it there not a reason to worry yet. Thank! Happy birthday
Keith Law
1:34
He's very young, with less than a half-season in low A last year, and it's only two months.
1:35
I'm more concerned about Gavin Cross, who's 22 in high A, hitting much better the last 3-4 weeks but striking out a third of the time at a level he should be crushing.
G
1:35
Considering Crews and Langford are considered some of the favorites for 1st overall, it got me wondering: The history of college OFs drafted 1st overall is small and not great overall. Is there a reason for this? Is college OF generally considered too limited in upside for 1st overall?
Keith Law
1:36
I think a lot of it is selection bias - the type of player who'd be 1-1 out of college as an outfielder probably gets drafted high out of HS enough of the time that he never gets to this point.
Robbie
1:36
What’s your opinion of the Braves decision to call up AJSS? Clearly rushing his development with such a short stint in the minors.
Keith Law
1:37
Is it, though? Or is this a case of he's good enough to help us now, so why waste his bullets? I have said he's basically a two-pitch guy and it will be very interesting to see if he can get lefties out just like that, which Strider has as a two-pitch guy, or if he needs to develop (almost from scratch) a third pitch.
Tom
1:37
think kyle manzardo gets the call in the next month or so?
Keith Law
1:38
No, unless there's an injury.
James
1:38
What should the Yankees do with Oswald Peraza? Seems like he's ready for the big leagues but they don't have room for him. Easy answer would be to cut Donaldson and let him split time with DJ but they don't seem to want to do that.
Keith Law
1:38
Yes, that's the answer. Not sure why they still have Donaldson at this point.
ChicagoDude
1:38
Happy 50th birthday! May your every endeavor turn out better than baseball in this town this year.
Keith Law
1:38
Thank you! That's a low bar to clear.
G
1:38
Recent buzz has Max Clark as an option for the Pirates at 1st overall. I know the top-5 in this class is very strong, but would passing on Crews/Skenes/Langford be a Bryan Bullington level error on the Pirates part?
Keith Law
1:39
I think that's been the buzz all spring - if they wanted to go HS, he'd be the choice. And in some drafts he'd be 1-1. It doesn't hurt that he plays about 20 minutes from Pittsburgh's AAA affiliate, so any exec in town to see their prospects can just pop over and see him too. I think the risk they run if they take Clark is that a year from now Crews and Skenes are in the big leagues and Clark is in A-ball, even maybe doing well there, but they've missed a chance to get someone who gets there almost right away.
Isaac
1:39
The guardians HAVE to move some of their SP depth for probably 2 hitters.. at least.. right? Is there any chance they can package a deal for Jordan walker? Would the cards move him? It seems like 2 teams dealing good pieces from positions of strength. What would that take?
Keith Law
1:40
Don't see the Cards trading Walker but I wonder if they'd move another young OF like Carlson, who I still believe in but who might be superfluous there.
Joe
1:40
Is Vogelbach proof that high OBP in itself does not make a good player, or is he just an outlier? He currently has .364 OBP (great!), but 0 WAR because he can't do anything else.
Keith Law
1:40
Also a platoon guy. 121 PA vs RHP, 8 PA vs LHP this year. His OBP would be a lot worse if he had to play every day.
Jim
1:41
There's been some some suggestions by White Sox fans to move Moncada or Tim Anderson to 2B to fill the hole that's seem to have been there since Tadahito Iguchi. How easy or difficult is it for a guy to move from 3B or SS to 2B strictly from a defensive perspective?
Keith Law
1:42
It's not difficult, at least based on past cases of guys making the shift to second, but I'm not sure why you'd move an average-ish SS like Anderson off the position unless you have a better defender right there to take his spot.
Tim
1:43
What is your current read of Drew Gilbert? I’m guessing we are looking at a 2024 arrival, though AA, I guess, kind of means it could be any time. Do you see him as a regular? An occasional all star? A 4th outfielder?
Keith Law
1:44
I think occasional all-star is a fair ceiling, more likely a quality regular who's a little better than average. The power he showed in hitter-friendly Asheville hasn't shown up in AA yet, and I think this level is going to be more telling.
Tom
1:44
Do you think Jameson Taillon turns it around?
Keith Law
1:44
If healthy, yes.
Jibraun
1:44
Happy Birthday!
Keith Law
1:44
thank you!
Ryan
1:45
Should Brave fans be concerned about Michael Harris?
Keith Law
1:45
I think some regression was inevitable. He's never had a particularly good approach, notably in pitch recognition, and at some point that was likely to bring down his production. He's also been pretty unlucky this year.
JD
1:45
Does Gavin Williams have more to work on before the Guardians call him up?
Keith Law
1:46
Yes, getting LHB out.
addoeh
1:46
Congrats on completing another lap around the sun!  Have you ever, or would you ever, want to throw out the first pitch at game?
Keith Law
1:46
I have not. I'd consider it, if I knew ahead of time and could make sure I could practice enough to have a chance to throw a strike. I'm not going to get cute out there and try to throw hard or be funny.
JD
1:46
With Henry Davis looking fully recovered from last year's injury, how does he project compared to this year's breakout catchers?
Keith Law
1:47
I'm all in. This was my hope, that the hand injuries held him back last year and he'd be the hitter I saw in college once again.
Luke
1:49
Do you see anything different in Alex Faedo? Has some nice peripheral stats (26:2 K:BB) in his 26 innings this year.
Keith Law
1:49
He is throwing more strikes, so the drop in his walk rate might be real, but I don't think he can limit hard contact enough to be more than a back-end starter.
JD
1:50
Does Ben Joyce have enough control to thrive in the majors? The stuff is obviously top-shelf, but you have to throw it over the plate occasionally...
Keith Law
1:50
He'll stay in the majors and probably have stretches where he looks unhittable and stretches where he can't get it over the plate or gets hit hard. It's primarily that one pitch.
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