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Keith Law
1:59
No, but unlike a year ago, he looks like a big leaguer.
TG
1:59
Do you support nuclear power as a way to combat climate change?  It really is the only carbon neutral technology that is capable of powering our grids in the near future.
Keith Law
2:00
I do but I fear Fukushima may have ended our hope of a nuclear power renaissance.
Jim
2:00
So Anderson and Wilson have higher upsides than Allard and Soroka?
Keith Law
2:00
Yes, that's accurate.
Chris
2:00
i read somewhere the upside comp for Billy McKinney is Seth Smith. Fair?
Keith Law
2:00
I can't go that far.
Bro
2:00
Who are your top 5 pitching prospects at the end of the year? Based on previous chats and media, I was thinking your top 5 would be (in no particular order) Whitley, Kopech, Keller, Buehler, and I don't really know who the 5th would be. Quantrill maybe?
Keith Law
2:01
Those are the top four, clearly, and then there's a big black line between that group and the next tier. The next group of high-upside guys are all kids a long way off - Sixto, Groome, Ian Anderson - too far to put them in the top tier.
Josh Gilbert
2:02
What do you think about old guys collecting baseball players autographs ?
Keith Law
2:02
Whatever finds your lost remote.
Terpitude
2:02
Hunter Greene reportedly 100-102 in one short inning of work. Having just turned 18, could this be a guy who pitches at around 105  with command when his body fills out? That would be unprecedented as a starter. Thanks.
Keith Law
2:02
No, I don't expect him to add any velocity. His arm ain't getting faster. Nor would I want that.
Joe
2:02
Did you do a write-up on your trip to SWB?  I want to see your thoughts on Andujar and McKinney.
Keith Law
2:03
Not yet; if I had you would certainly be sick of me posting the link. I post writeups every few games, so that the individual posts aren't too short or too specific to one team.
Drew
2:03
Any cause for concern with Erick Fedde's rough start, especially with diminished velocity in his last outing? I know us Nats fans were spoiled by Strasburg's debut but Fedde isn't separating pod from sock right now...
Keith Law
2:03
Yes, big concern. He looks awful.
Keith
2:03
Do you view the rising K rate of hitters as a problem that MLB needs to solve? If so, how? 4 strikes and you're out?
Keith Law
2:03
Raise the bottom of the strike zone.
Dr. Bob
2:03
I have the 30-minute cookbook from America's Test Kitchen. Good stuff in there.
Keith Law
2:04
Their stuff is pretty solid overall, too, although I find Kimball's writing a little cloying.
David
2:05
Knowing what you know of Urias' injury, do you see he or Buehler with the higher upside (in 3 years) to be the Dodgers' #2 starter?
Keith Law
2:05
Urias' career might be over. I would assign him a value near zero at this point because of the probability that he's done or comes back greatly reduced.
MJ
2:06
Verdugo getting called up. Has hit .252 in last two months.  Is it smart to start his service time now?
Keith Law
2:06
I don't care what his average was in the last two months if I'm deciding whether to call a player up.
Dave
2:06
Hey Keith, anything to read into with Mason Martin destroying GCL? Probably not, right?
Keith Law
2:07
Not really. He hit 7 homers in the first 12 games (I think) then 3 in the next 40 or so. Weird stuff happens in short season. At least, that's what Mitch Einertson and Dante Bichette, Jr., told me.
Rahn
2:07
So if that is not fair to the Pirates, what is fair comment or consideration, Keith?
Keith Law
2:09
Nicasio had limited trade value; I know they shopped him in July, asked for a lot, and didn't get an offer they liked. It's two months of a rental reliever who is very good now but has only been good for a year and a half. I had an AGM with another club speculate to me that the team that claimed Nicasio on trade waivers - which he was, by an NL team - offered the Pirates bupkis, so rather than do that they chose to just let him go and figure he'd at least get to go pitch for a playoff team in the AL. I can't confirm that, but it makes sense, and it doesn't make the Pirates "cheap."
Tom
2:09
Is Grayson Long a legitimate mid-rotation starter?
Keith Law
2:09
No, back-end at best.
ML
2:09
Twins just announced it's a bone contusion for Buxton.  Not a hamate
Keith Law
2:09
Hamate is a bone, though.
Gerry
2:09
I know he's better on DL twice but is Aaron Altherr for real from what you've seen?
Keith Law
2:10
He's intriguing - athlete who never really put it together at the plate, suddenly does so in the majors, so the track record isn't there but the physical tools are. That's an "I'm not sure."
Jesse B
2:10
Why isn't Honeywell in the top 5?
Keith Law
2:10
Why would he be? Doesn't have the stuff of those guys.
Mick
2:10
Will you be following the U18 Thunder Bay Canada tournament? Any prospects from non traditional baseball countries that you're excited about?
Keith Law
2:10
I wanted to go see team USA in Minneapolis but the forecast was for rain all weekend. I wouldn't follow any team but ours there.
Connor
2:11
Another injury for Meadows. Do his repeated injuries now effect his prospect ranking for you at all?
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