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Klawchat 7/3/20
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Keith Law
1:04
Where lands are green and skies are blue. Klawchat.
Matt
1:04
A few weeks ago there was a video of Tarik Skubal throwing 102 during a work out.  As a Tigers fan should I be concerned with him overthrowing like that or is stuff like that commonplace with pitchers when they train?
Keith Law
1:06
No, I wouldn't be concerned, but I also wouldn't believe that that was some new normal for him, or that he'll start throwing like that in games. Kevin Gausman used to hit 102-103 in college by crow-hopping one throw at the end of his pregame warmups. That's not real. And these guys throwing 101+ in highly controlled situations that show up on twitter videos are not going to throw that hard when they're in real games, going 90-110 pitches, with actual batters and umpires involved.
Matt D
1:06
Does the cultural appropriation in board gaming ever give you pause? Ever passed on playing a game due to theme, artwork, accuracy, etc.? I struggle with this esp given prevalent whiteness of board gamers.
Keith Law
1:09
Yes, I gave a critical review to the original version of Five Tribes (since revised) for including slave cards in the game. The argument from the designer was that it was accurate to the history of the time and culture covered, but it was unnecessary and insensitive. I've avoided some other games with themes that made me uncomfortable, and shared a big article from the New York Times a year or so ago about a game that never saw the market that depicted European countries' rush to colonize Africa around 1900.
Guest
1:09
I have to make a long term fantasy decision, Grayson Rodriguez or Tarik Skubal. Who is the better prospect?
Keith Law
1:09
Skubal for me. My answer to these questions will usually line up with my rankings of the players on my top 100, unless there's a timing issue (one player being far closer to the majors than the other).
Guest
1:09
Kyle Wright or Felix Hernandez for the Braves 5th rotation slot
Keith Law
1:10
Depends a little on how Felix throws. If he has some velocity back, I'd be fine giving him the spot. I wonder if the longer layoff will help some older pitchers like him who've lost velocity in the last year or two.
Matt
1:10
I can't be the only one nonplussed about celebrating tomorrow.
Keith Law
1:11
What is there to celebrate right now?
Guest
1:11
At what point do the Braves address the surplus of young, big league ready pitchers on the roster? Newcomb, Toussaint, Wilson, Wright, Muller and others seem stuck.
Keith Law
1:12
Some will end up in bullpen roles but I think we'll see some of those names traded either in August or this offseason to fill an offensive hole somewhere.
Tom
1:12
How do you evaluate SP Jose Urquidy for Houston?
Keith Law
1:13
Fourth starter ceiling, since his four-seamer is probably too hittable. Full report on him in the Astros' prospect rankings from the spring: https://theathletic.com/1627844/2020/02/28/keith-laws-prospect-ranking...
HH
1:13
Do you think it's strange that after all this time baseball still doesn't have a real definition of a "checked swing"?
Keith Law
1:14
I do, and I don't. I do think it's strange that the definition hasn't been clarified in, what, decades? But I also can see an argument that a checked swing is about intent, and judging intent is inherently subjective.
I might look up that definition several times a year, because I find my mind tries to put language into it that isn't there, and it's so unsatisfying to get a non-answer from the rules.
Pat D.
1:14
Why are they still pretending like the Field of Dreams game is going to happen?
Keith Law
1:14
I have no idea. Field of Pipe Dreams is more like it.
Adam
1:14
What is the percent chance we see a game on the 23rd in your opinion?
Keith Law
1:15
I think we get games on the July 23rd. I am way less optimistic that we see games on September 23rd.
kc
1:15
what do you see out of Montas, Luzardo and Puk? Kaprelian, Jefferies?
Keith Law
1:16
All are covered in my Oakland prospect rankings. I do think that Luzardo and Puk belong in their rotation right now.
Will
1:16
You’re high on Bryce Wilson. Should the Braves move him now before they settle him into a bullpen role and kill his value?
Keith Law
1:17
I don't think it would kill his value to use him in relief. Other teams have scouting reports from the last two years that show what he can do as a starter (and what he still needs to work on).
x
1:17
two questions about Atlanta already but your time has come! it's over in Washington, Atlanta and Cleveland next right!?
Keith Law
1:18
Cleveland is far more egregious than Atlanta. I think if Cleveland falls - and my god, it has to now, it's an absolute embarrassment that it's even taken this long - then we can shift our focus to Atlanta (and the chant, it's the chant more than anything).
Ryan
1:18
Hey Keith. My in laws are right wing nut jobs. They keep trying to get my wife to go visit them, but they don't wear masks and insist that covid is a hoax. My wife is stressed out because she feels like she is betraying her family. I told my wife I don't want her visiting them anymore with how much they don't care. How should I handle this situation? For context, I'm in Arizona. Thank you.
Keith Law
1:19
You shouldn't visit them - it's now a matter of safety, especially since they're older and all the information we have says that the older you are the more able you are to catch AND to spread this virus.
Matt
1:19
Why don't sports leagues just relocate to countries that have very low cases of covid and just quarantine there?
Keith Law
1:19
Why would those countries take us? Imagine sending all MLB players, coaches, and staff - easily over 1000 people - to Uruguay. Why would Uruguay let us in, knowing that the odds are quite high that at least one person in the group would have the virus?
Guest
1:20
So I get the obvious reasons why the Redskins’ name has to go.  But does the logo?  If the Redskins were renamed the Lakota or the Comanche, would the name/logo combo still be racist?  Why?
Keith Law
1:20
Yes. And yes.
Nate
1:20
Do you think the short season could help Forrest Whitley finally get back on track again? Seems like it would help with his workload a lot, but who knows if he's finally figured his mechanics  back out again?
Keith Law
1:20
Don't think the short season matters. His mechanics were fine in the AFL.
AJ
1:20
Who was a better prospect as an amateur for you, Zac Veen or David Dahl? Are they similar prospects in any way other than LHH HS OF’s?
Keith Law
1:21
Veen, by a small margin. He's got more raw power at the same age.
Lark11
1:21
Do you think Jesse Winker gets the majority of the DH ABs for the Reds? What do you think Winker's offensive peak will be? Thanks.
Keith Law
1:22
He's nearly a .400 OBP guy vs RHP already in the majors. I think he'll do well enough against lefties, given more experience, that he won't have to be platooned. Even at 15 HR/year that's a regular, and that ballpark may mean he gets well past that.
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