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Jim
2:47
Personally, I think that people are the greatest fun.  I had a mix of the two versions I loved, but the tape was in a stereo that was stolen.
Keith Law
2:47
I worried that quote might be too deep a cut!
Frank
2:47
At this point does Henry Davis need a change of scenery and a fresh start with another organization?
Keith Law
2:48
Hard to separate whatever his issue is from the team-wide hitting issues.
James
2:48
Has Jacob Wilson impressed you more as the year has gone on? Or still relatively down on him?
Keith Law
2:48
No, he was tapering off hard when he got hurt.
Alek
2:49
Are you conerned about this 2024 nats draft class like i am? King, dickerson, lomavita bazzell, all have been disappointing (dickersons young sure, but Bonemer has outperformed him and was taken right around him if i recall)
Keith Law
2:50
Concerned that several of those guys have seemed to go backwards, notably King and Bazzell, with what look like changes to their swings. Dickerson's 19, has shown some hard contact skills, wouldn't compare him 1:1 to Bonemer or any other single player because there's so much development left ahead of them both. But King's been bad in AA and I've seen it - he's not the same guy.
Michael
2:50
Any thoughts on why Brujan ended up being a bust. I know you were high on him at one point.
Keith Law
2:51
I think some of it is just the contact didn't hold up because he wasn't able to hit it hard enough. He's also never gotten an extended look, though. Atlanta should give him regular PT in September to see if there's anything left there ... he could always run and had bat-to-ball skills, and he's at least flashed harder top-end contact this year.
Kevin W.
2:51
Still play guitar?
Keith Law
2:51
Almost every day.
Patrick (WI)
2:51
Cuisine world tour question...if you could travel someplace you haven't been to sample delicacies, top of your list?
Keith Law
2:52
West Africa.
addoeh
2:52
If you're Carter Hawkins, why are you worried about the 2032 Cubs?  If you do really well between now and then, you'll get promoted, probably at another club.  If you don't do well, you'll be let go.  Why focus on something you may not be around to see?
Keith Law
2:52
Why worry about 2032 when it's not clear we'll have a functioning country at that point?
2:53
I don't understand any GM thinking about 7 years down the road. Even if you're rebuilding you have to have a shorter time horizon than that.
Colin
2:53
Luis Arraez…why is everyone giving him so much guff when he is a 3 time batting champ?
Keith Law
2:53
Batting average champ.
James
2:53
Who do you think has the best chain delivery pizza? Pizza Hut, Dominoes, etc
Keith Law
2:53
No.
James
2:53
Do you think AL MVP is Raleigh or Judge?
Keith Law
2:53
Judge and it's not close.
Ben
2:53
Regarding Michael's question earlier about a union split - speaking as a Brit who's lived through Brexit - you are stronger as a union than split.
Keith Law
2:54
Fair point.
Ryan
2:54
wrt Arizona, it's not just Burnes - Montgomery, E-Rod, even going back to Bumgarner have all been awful since day 1. I guess what I'm getting at is, what do they need to do to ensure they're not wasting this position player core they've built?
Keith Law
2:54
Montgomery was probably hurt the moment he started pitching. Bumgarner was a bad signing, period - he was already showing signs of decline before the deal. Burnes was the right call, though, and it just didn't work out because all pitchers have that injury risk at this point. I wouldn't let Burnes deter me from trying it again.
2:55
They have to go add a pitcher somewhere this winter, trade or signing.
Jack W.
2:55
If you're the White Sox, do you look to trade one of Quero and Teel in the offseason?  Seems like a misuse of resources to have two relatively promising young catchers platooning this much when there are so many other holes on the roster
Keith Law
2:55
Yes, but I'm not sure who I'd rather trade. They're both really good.
John Olerud
2:55
Just curious, do you think there's any validity in the perspective that Harry Ford may have become a bit underrated as a prospect overall? Maybe it's a leading question from an Ms fan like me, but all he seems to do is get better at the things that MLB teams seem to want players to get better at, especially a prospect with his his (and OBP) tools who seems to have done what he needs to do to be a capable MLB catcher.
Keith Law
2:56
I don't, because of the lack of a position. You could argue that as a player who defies the typical categorization, he's undervalued, but that also means (to me) that he'll have a hard time fitting on a typical roster.
you need a team that's unusually flexible in how they think about using/deploying players.
TomS
2:56
How has AI been incorporated into team front offices re: player evaluation's
and do you think there will be AI scouting some day?
Keith Law
2:57
I have not heard of anyone using AI in that way and given what AI is doing to the planet I don't want to see it used anywhere.
2:58
AI sucks. Maybe it will be useful some day. It's just the latest tech bubble, breathlessly reported by a technologically illiterate media base. It's also a great case study in negative externalities.
Ken
2:58
he has a BWAR of 65.9, should Willie Randolph have been a HOFER?
Keith Law
2:58
I thought he was borderline at the time, but given the lowering of the bar in recent years, I think he belongs. Speaking of which, I believe both Lou Whitaker and Dale Murphy, both of whom should be in the Hall, are eligible this year via one of the super-secret committees.
James
2:58
Condon or Dylan Crews?
Keith Law
2:59
Leaning Condon now. He has made some promising adjustments in AA, still whiffing on breaking stuff too often but bringing that down as he gets more reps.
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