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Klawchat 9/10/20
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Keith Law
1:29
Some of it is just luck - you stay healthier one year, or you have a guy have an outlier year like Cronenworth - but I will say no large-market team would scare me more as a competitor than the Dodgers. They're extremely strong at the major-league and minor-league levels, they keep finding high-end talent in the draft even when they draft low, and they're exceptionally well-run.
BJ
1:29
Are you coming around on Mountcastle? All the guy does is hit. Even if the BB% boost is just a small sample, who cares? Why walk when you can rake?
Keith Law
1:29
Because when you don't walk, pitchers tailor their approach and you don't rake so much.
Larry
1:30
Whats your level of concern for Soroka’s future while coming back from the Achilles tear?
Keith Law
1:30
None.
Greg
1:31
Fried, Soroka, Anderson seem like logical pieces in the future Atlanta rotations. Any other internal guys who you think could figure it out and join them?
Keith Law
1:32
I would bet that one of that group of Wright, Wilson, Toussaint, Davidson would figure it out ... but I am not really sure which one I'd bet on. Touki has the best arsenal, and all the athleticism in the world, and when he's on - repeating his delivery especially - he's the best of the quartet.
If he doesn't figure it out in Atlanta, he'll spend the next ten years going from team to team because every pitching coach will want to work with him. He could be the new Edwin Jackson.
Matt
1:32
200K dead Americans but 2020 Voter is concerned about his 401. That's nice.
Keith Law
1:32
I wonder if questions like that are just bait.
Adam
1:33
Is it odd that the Padres, for all their drafting and IFA prowess, have a roster comprised of only maybe 2 “homegrown” players, depending on your definition of the term?
Keith Law
1:34
They've used a lot of homegrown players to acquire guys on the roster. Also, you're probably not counting Tatis Jr. as homegrown, since he originally signed with another club, but he never played an official game with any other org but the Padres.
James
1:34
Do you agree with Kershaw that the extra-inning rule is "not real baseball"?
Keith Law
1:34
It's not my kind of baseball.
Steven
1:34
If Bart can hit .250+, is he an all star?
Keith Law
1:34
What's his OBP in that scenario?
Matthew
1:34
All the beat writers seem to think Cleveland will decline Hand and Santana's options and trade Lindor in a massive salary clearance this offseason. With Carrasco set to achieve 10-and-5 next May or so, I'd imagine they'll also be eager to move his salary while they still can, without his approval. What do you think his trade value is like? Definitely a unique case.
Keith Law
1:35
I would bet it's high. People seem to love Carrasco the person, and obviously he's a top-end pitcher. I think they'd do very well if they trade him - multiple real prospects in return.
Guest
1:35
Would you bring up brailen marquez for the last bit of this year if you were jed/theo?
Keith Law
1:35
Assuming he's ready & healthy, he'd be a hell of a weapon in relief.
Jon
1:35
It looks like Andres Gimenez has overtaken Rosario at SS, at least for the rest of the season.  If you're the Mets, what do you do with Rosario next year?  Try him in CF, trade him or see if he can still become what a lot of people thought he could be?
Keith Law
1:36
My guess is they'll end up trading him. I wouldn't be shocked to see him succeed somewhere else.
zeke
1:36
Do you think the anti-Military comments and COVID disclosures re "Clown Hitler" move the needle at all?
Keith Law
1:36
You would think so ... how any veteran or military family could hand-wave this away is beyond me.
Brian
1:36
Do you think some players perform better because of not having fans? Thinking specifically of Darvish.
Keith Law
1:36
No.
Appa Yip Yip
1:38
Are you buying Teoscar Hernandez? His good run started last year.
Keith Law
1:39
Another 2019 breakout candidate. More buying than selling, I would say, but again, 2020 is a tiny sample and I would not extrapolate any player having a strong but outlier six weeks into him doing it for a whole year.
Brian
1:39
Ian Happ is another breakout you jumped the gun on. Great power and OBP mix. Think he can be a regular All-Star?
Keith Law
1:39
I do - he was one of my bigger breakout disappointments because I was always pretty confident he'd be a strong OBP/doubles guy at the worst while playing a few positions.
Johnny Tuttle
1:39
Why did Libertarianism take such virulent root in the US?
Keith Law
1:40
Isn't it innate? One of the original 13 states has "Live Free or Die" as its motto.
Greg P
1:40
Isn't it scary to think 45% of Americans will vote for Trump?
Keith Law
1:40
45% of voters will. Not the same thing. The problem is all the people who don't vote, many of whom will see their quality of life affected quite directly by the outcome.
Adam Trask
1:41
You still think Hinch gets hired again but not Luhnow? Hinch knew about it and couldn’t control his team. Luhnow may not have known and got screwed. And he seems to have interest from the A-Rod group at least.
Keith Law
1:41
Luhnow knew. Let's not revise history here.
Guest
1:41
Awesome to hear you’re running. Interesting to know you can do something you never thought possible. In that sense, do you have any hope that we’ll see substantial progress in climate change in our lifetime?
Keith Law
1:41
I think we will in my daughter's lifetime, but by then it may be far too late.
Tracy
1:41
If this current administration is defeated this fall, should the Biden admin go after any of the obvious lawbreakers who’ve run amok the last four years? I’d hate to see them literally get away with murder because the new administration would deem it “ not worth it.” Sends a bad message that there are indeed two separate sets of laws that are enforced.
Keith Law
1:41
Yes. Lock them up.
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