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Rjd
1:40
Yankee fan here, any hope for volpe? Roster construction wise, seems like the team needs him to be a superstar for 24-27 and he will probably end up a league avg ss (3 war player based on d) . I don't have faith in this current staff of guiding him to anything more and fear the org too slow/prideful to change course, thoughts?
Keith Law
1:40
Oh I think he's going to be much better than a league-average player.
Guy
1:40
Will it matter who Red Sox pick for GM because of ownership’s ridiculous take on being cheap these last 5 years?
Keith Law
1:40
This is one of the premises of my column today.
Steve
1:40
Are you down on Parada?   Seems to have been mediocre behind the plate, and he didn't mash like some expected.
Keith Law
1:40
Reports from pro scouts weren't great this year, mostly on the defense. I think he'll hit more than enough, but he has to stay behind the dish.
Jay
1:41
A new GM fires Alex Cora, right?  Gotta have your own man in the dugout -- the relationship between Bloom and Cora was downright frosty.  Cora spent many a press conference passively/aggressively telling us that Bloom was the source of every problem in Boston since King George III.
Keith Law
1:41
I don't see that, plus I think Cora is ownership's guy anyway. In my view he's a good tactical manager and the right person if you're expecting to bring up a slew of position player prospects in the next few years.
Chris
1:41
I've been reading you for a while and correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems you've become less libertarian and more liberal since 2006? Do you think this is true and if so have you thought about why?
Keith Law
1:42
I think it's the Overton window affecting your view here. The rise of the alt-right, Christian nationalism, hate & violence towards LGBTQ+ people ... I'm not going to sit quietly by while this shit takes over our country.
Mike
1:42
Do you have a sense of what Deion Sanders' ceiling would have been had he committed to baseball?
Keith Law
1:43
He was more tools than skills, really - the lack of at bats really showed in the majors. A credit to what an incredible athlete he was that he could even accomplish what he did in MLB in what was essentially his hobby sport.
Steve
1:43
Love what the Mets did at the deadline, but while they seem stocked on position players, I'm not sure I see a pitcher in their system who projects as more than a #4 starter or middle reliever.    Am I missing anyone?
Keith Law
1:43
It's definitely their system's weakness. I like Sproat more than you do, I think. High beta prospect, but definitely more than #4 starter upside.
Jibraun
1:44
Re Goldschmidt and Arenado, several local writers have reported that ownership doesn't want to trade them. The decision not to trade them can't be pinned on Mo and Co. accordingly.
Keith Law
1:44
That's fair, but then you have to ask ownership if they want to win, or want to just market those two stars and be happy with a .500 team.
Sedona
1:44
Jeremy Pena was unfairly destined for stardom by many... does he still have a chance?  Or has he shown who he'll be?
Keith Law
1:45
He's a very good player, no? League average hitter with plus defense? I'll take it. Not a star, doubt he ever will be, but he added enough strength to make the bat play.
Guest
1:45
Do the Royals have to move MJ Melendez back to Catcher, or has that ship sailed?  Seems that the bat isn't good enough to be an every day outfielder.  His defense has been in league worst range at both C and OF too.
Keith Law
1:45
He should be catching regularly because nobody gets better by not doing something.
Dan
1:46
MacKenzie Gore--I feel like he has the stuff, but doesn't miss as many bats as he should. What's his ceiling?
Keith Law
1:47
He misses plenty of bats, but his four-seamer plays well below its velocity and he needs to deemphasize it in favor of all of the other weapons he has. He's allowed 17 homers on the four-seamer alone. That would put him in the top 50 pitchers in baseball in homers allowed even if we ignore the ten he's given up on non-FB.
Tyler
1:47
Are you lower, higher or about the same on Kyle Harrison than a year ago? He has done a better job at limiting walks in a small sample with San Francisco but hasn't found his groove otherwise yet.
Keith Law
1:47
Lower.
1:48
Tiny sample, again, and one of his outings was against a Reds team that was on the bus before they finished swinging the bats.
Sedona
1:48
Seems like Sig was big part of the Cardinals, Astros and Birds rebuilds
Keith Law
1:48
Yep. And he should get consideration for open GM jobs.
Dan
1:48
How many questions per chat do you get and just think "this person is a moron?" (other than this question, of course)
Keith Law
1:49
That's way more common on Twitter than anywhere else. Lot of people there comment without reading an article, or comment based on something they heard I said/wrote but actually didn't.
Jibraun
1:49
Have you considered doing a year-end books you read post? You don't have to rank them from top to bottom, but maybe do them tiered on the 20-80 scale. I know some readers (read: me) would like that.
Keith Law
1:49
Fair idea.
Jason S
1:49
Does Langford have a higher ceiling then Crews?
Keith Law
1:49
I think so. Crews is higher probability.
Zirinsky
1:49
Yankees offense: older players having down years or an organizational philosophy that needs a rethink? Or both?
Keith Law
1:49
Why not both?
Seymour
1:49
What is Jasson Dominguez's ceiling?
Keith Law
1:50
Superstar, top 10 player in the AL type.
Jt
1:50
Is fixing the Blue Jays just a matter of going out and getting a corner OF with some thump?
Keith Law
1:50
More than that but I think that's a good start.
Sedona
1:50
Christopher Morel talented enough to hold down an everyday role?
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