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Keith Law
1:03
You look good when your heart is on fire. Klawchat.
DJ
1:04
Is O' neil Cruz an infielder?   Top 100 guy this time next year?
Keith Law
1:04
I highly doubt he plays anywhere on the dirt other than first base, and I do not think he's a top 100 guy this time next year.
Kevin S.
1:05
Tim Tebow has struck out, popped up or hit a ground ball in a full two-thirds of his plate appearances this season.  Can we please stop talking about him being a league-average hitter in AA or saying that he nearly projects as a major league reserve player, as BP recently did?  Just stop the madness.
Keith Law
1:07
Every time he has a hot weekend, there's a spate of crap articles saying he's actually not awful, but no credible prospect outlet has ever fallen for this. He still has one of the highest strikeout rates of any full-season player this year - and nearly everyone above him is way younger than he is. (Pity poor Gareth Morgan.) But the Mets are going to call Tebow up, because that is what the owners want to do.
Tom
1:07
Steamer has Juan Soto as the 13th best hitter in the majors RoS by wOBA, sandwiched between Judge and Donaldson. Is that extremely optimistic or do you think Soto is already capable of that? Does he even keeping playing everyday with Eaton? I, personally, don't see how he couldn't.
Keith Law
1:08
Projection systems can only use the data that are available, and Soto has under 400 pro PA above rookie ball, total. I doubt any system would be reliable working off such a tiny sample of data on a player.
John
1:09
What are some college programs that treat their pitchers the right way?  We tend to hear only about the bad ones.
Keith Law
1:10
Florida, Vandy, and LSU all come to mind right away. There are some smaller ones that just don't get press ... Nate Pearson was very well handled at the College of Central Florida, but of course that's not a school you will hear about unless they have a top prospect.
Donald
1:11
Obviously Max Muncy isn't this good, but can he be an above average (or even average) everyday player? The eye seems great, and he lifts the ball.
Keith Law
1:12
An average player, sure. I don't think he's going to sustain a 46% hard-hit rate (via Fangraphs), which would put him right outside the top 10 in baseball if he qualified.
addoeh
1:12
Do you think Jonathan India will pass Brian Jordan as the best player with a country for his last name?  To be honest, I haven't done a lot of research on this, only checking Ricky Jordan, Mark Portugal, and Al, Derek, and Greg Holland.
Keith Law
1:13
I can't believe you'd diss Tommy Burkina Faso like that.
Rob
1:13
Thoughts on Tyler Stephenson’s season?  Does he have a chance to be a top 100 prospect?
Keith Law
1:14
If he's a catcher, he's a top 100 prospect. I would say the majority of scouts I've asked think he's not a catcher in the long run - he has arm strength, but a long arm stroke, and is a poor receiver. And then the question changes to whether he'll hit enough to be an impact guy at a position like first base, and I would say the jury is still out on that. (I know the Reds believe he's a catcher, and I think he's still too inexperienced to give up on him.)
Rodney
1:14
Is my love for Matt Thaiss justified? He's always got on base, but his 2018 HR total already exceeds 2017's. Can he be an everyday player for the Angels next season?
Keith Law
1:15
He's in Salt Lake now, a great hitters' park. I don't think this power surge is real, not at sea level.
Adam
1:15
Worried at all about Albies or is this downswing simply because hes like 12 years old and playing Major League Baseball? Has he shown he can adjust before?
Keith Law
1:15
What he did in April was never likely to last.
Adam
1:16
What should the Braves do with Fried? Its obvious the team likes Gohara more. Should he be in the pen or traded?
Keith Law
1:16
I prefer to see him starting in AAA and waiting for an opening than have him come up and barely pitch out of the pen.
Lyle
1:16
Eric Filia, while being something like the 6th-10th best prospect in the Mariners system and is probably in the 20s in the Red Sox system, still seems like a big overpay for a pitcher the Red Sox basically just wanted to get rid of. Thoughts?
Keith Law
1:17
No position really, but I do think he can hit and has major league value.
Brian
1:17
Keith, I find myself heading to THE BOARD on Fangraphs as well as MLB's Top 100 pages quite often and was wondering if you've been giving thought (or your editors have) to having your rankings somewhere on ESPN. I realize the time and resources that would go into keeping that fresh and updated; just wondering if it's considered.
Keith Law
1:17
I have zero interest in this. It becomes way too prone to recency bias.
Mark
1:17
Do you like espresso?  If so, how do you drink the sparkling water served with it?
Keith Law
1:18
After the espresso as a palate cleanser. I assume that's your question - like, as opposed to dumping the espresso in the sparkling water?
Jo-Nathan
1:18
Is the handling of Mike Vasil closing in on abuse? He was ‘needed’ for the final 4 outs Tuesday as his team was about to blow a 6 run lead, and his coach still planned to start him Wednesday.  Lucky for his arm the game was rained out, but he’s scheduled to pitch today.  It would be interesting to see a lawyer go after this coach in a civil suit when his arm blows up.  Having said that this coach should be fired but instead it sounds like he’ll be celebrated for getting his team this far.
Keith Law
1:19
His coach refused to take responsibility for misusing Vasil two days before the start where the kid got hurt, throwing him a meaningless relief inning with no scouts present. If Vasil blows out, I hope parents and administrators look back at how he was mishandled this spring. You can never draw a straight line from misuse to injury, but we can at least point to the misuse as bad process.
Rex
1:19
Have you tried the new board game Bofa yet? It’s gotten pretty decent reviews, but I wanted to get your expert opinion before I buy it.
Keith Law
1:20
I have been on the Internet since you were an egg sitting idly in your mother's ovary. You must be really, really stupid to think I'd fall for DEEZ NUTS.
Mark
1:20
Do you think a Brad Hand for Kyle Tucker trade is fair for both sides?
Keith Law
1:20
HAHAHAHAHAHA no.
Harold Kunz
1:20
Do you expect the Cubs to run away with the division this year?
Keith Law
1:21
No. Try asking less extreme questions, like, "do you expect the Cubs to win the division this year?" (Yes.)
TJ
1:22
So what happened with Liberatore? Teams didn't know his price so they passed and then he signed for slot anyway?
Keith Law
1:22
I think his price was a little high for the teams in the top ten, and then he got to teams his adviser may not have talked to seriously, assuming they'd never get there. I know the Rays had no expectation he'd get to them.
Chris
1:23
Have you seen or heard anything about Oakland INF/OF Eli White? Total np coming into the year, did nothing in Stockton last season, but he's putting up big numbers in AA. Anything there, or just the best 250 AB's of his life?
Keith Law
1:23
Best 250 AB of his life. Not young, .404 BABIP, no previous performance.
Marc (DC)
1:23
Is Dom Smith still a prospect? How badly has Sandy Alderson mismanaged the Mets farm system?
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