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Drew
1:17
Love the scouting articles. With respect to Triston McKenzie, you had him ranked high as 19. Can you ballpark where he'd fall if you set the rankings again? And what's his ceiling?
Keith Law
1:18
That guy we saw on Saturday would be back in the top 20 again. He might be an ace.
Soto Popinski
1:18
Thanks for continuing to speak out during these times. I can’t say it eliminates the dread of the next few months but at least there’s not any resignation
Keith Law
1:18
We fight, or we surrender. I don't see another choice.
Henry
1:18
You published but didn't answer my Ian Anderson question above? Thanks.
Keith Law
1:18
I did answer the same q later - the software swallowed your question so I answered someone else's.
cool guy
1:19
what did scouts miss about cavan biggio?
Keith Law
1:20
Nothing. This season so far is such a tiny sample that there are weird outlier results all over the place - unless you think Mike Trout is really a .333 OBP guy.
Reds Fan
1:21
How much do you buy the mechanical changes Jose Garcia has made over the past year? If you were ranking again, do you feel he would be higher or lower than 93?
Keith Law
1:21
No change. I thought 93 was appropriate, if on the optimistic side.
Robert
1:21
Adell looks far from ready for the majors, especially in the field. Would you hold him back after watching him this season to preserve his confidence, or is this just something he has to get through with no minor leagues?
Keith Law
1:21
I might start to play him more selectively to get him at bats against pitchers he might be better able to see or hit right now. He doesn't look ready, unfortunately.
Matt
1:21
What are your thoughts on Connor Seabold?  Would developing a better breaking ball to add to FB and change allow him to become a mid-rotation starter?
Keith Law
1:22
I mean, "developing a better breaking ball" is not a minor tweak. He's a fifth starter/swingman type. I didn't have any problem with the phillies' end of that trade.
Jonathan
1:22
What's wrong with Pete Alonso this season? Alternatively, was 2019 a mirage for him?
Keith Law
1:23
How about something in between? He might never hit 53 homers again - especially since the baseball seems to be a little less happy-fun than last year - but he's not a .402 SLG guy. To return to my small-sample point above, Biggio has more homers this year than Alonso. Do we really think Biggio is the better power hitter?
Nelson
1:24
Has anybody ever had the velocity of DeGrom with his level of command?
Keith Law
1:24
Scherzer?
Steven
1:24
Who do you prefer going forward, Luis Urias or Luis Garcia (Nats)?
Keith Law
1:24
Urias.
Noah
1:24
Max Fried has been pitching like an Ace. Can he keep this level up or will he fall into a #2/3 type starter when the sample size is bigger?
Keith Law
1:24
With that stuff, athleticism, and command, I think he can be a top 20 starter in baseball for the long term.
Steven
1:24
Was Fried, Giolito and Flaherty the best high school rotation ever?
Keith Law
1:24
I can't think of a better one.
Jameson
1:24
A few of your Athletic co-writers put together a piece on the emergence of Yaz this year as a "super star" (their words not mine). Do you share a believe in this premise or are us Giants fans still going to see a regression?
Keith Law
1:25
I do not believe he's a super star, or a star.
Neal
1:26
Thoughts on Luis Robert from what you’ve seen thus far?
Keith Law
1:27
Pretty much what I expected - big tools, especially the power, great defense, lot of swing and miss with vulnerability inside.
Great player, with flaws.
Tim
1:27
Does Zack Collins have a MLB future? Seems like there is no room for him in Chicago.
Keith Law
1:27
Last guy on the bench, sure. Emergency catcher, DH/PH with patience and power, there's some value there.
Greg
1:28
I guess I'll ask it another way. You've long been the high man on Touki and Bryse Wilson. Why hasn't Atlanta been able to get more out of them?
Keith Law
1:30
Wilson is still just 22, and he got to the majors very early. I am quite high on him. Touki has shown flashes of it, but I think he still doesn't have the consistency to his delivery, especially his arm swing, to repeat it 80-100 times every fifth day yet. I don't know why, exactly; is it body control, or just that his arm is so fast/loose, or something else? Newcomb you mentioned above, and I don't think he'll ever repeat his arm stroke enough to throw strikes. He's so loose that there isn't really an easy way to fix it to improve the path of his arm or how close he gets to the same release point. He's always going to be wild, unfortunately.
Scherzers_Blue_Eye
1:30
Victor Robles' offense is another Giolito situation, right? Just be patient?
Keith Law
1:30
I'd say yes.
Kamal
1:33
At this point is looks like the NL Rookie of the Year is Cronenworth's to lose. Was he a legit prospect in Rays system and do you see this as sustainable?
Keith Law
1:34
That's a ridiculous statement on a player with less than 100 PA (and with a .375 BABIP, which is clearly not sustainable). I like Cronenworth a bit, but in a normal season nobody would speak about a sample of 87 PA as if it were meaningful. Just among rookies currently playing, I'd probably bet on Bohm or even Carlson to be better the rest of this mini-season.
Morris
1:35
I get why the Giants feel they need to disassociate from Aubrey Huff. But if they want to do that, how can they justify honoring Will Clark and retiring his number? This is a well known racist from who called Chris Brown the N-word in public, never apologized (and still hasn't), had his white manager (Roger Craig) explain his actions and racism away, and had the team quickly ship away the black players (Brown, Jeffrey Leonard) who were bothered by his bigotry. Why two different standards for two terrible people?
Keith Law
1:36
That's a great question, and whenever they trot him out in front of the press, someone needs to ask him point-blank about it.
Nick
1:36
Dominic Smith has been outstanding this season.  If you were running the Mets, what would you do with him going into 2021?
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