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Klawchat 9/27/18
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Keith Law
2:08
In half a season of judicious usage. I'm more surprised how often I see him get pitches out over the plate, since he's got such a weakness inside (and a 30% K rate).
Steve
2:08
Looks like Duquette is going, Buck is staying. Thoughts?
Keith Law
2:09
Keeping Showalter, given their problems developing pitching under his watch, and thus saying the new GM doesn't get to pick his manager, would be a big concern if I were an O's fan.
Lumin
2:09
BP has Trout ahead of Betts in WARP, so a Trout vote is by no means wrong. However, that difference is not explained defensively - all 3 sites say that Betts has been roughly 1 win better in the field.

But I found your reasoning for putting Trout over Betts interesting, and it's basically that KLawWAR is constructed differently than bWAR or fWAR, right? With high skepticism of current defensive quantification and high emphasis on TAv (true average)?
Keith Law
2:09
I try not to be too slavish to any single WAR because they all impart useful information, and some of the component stats (like defensive metrics) are still a little noisy. I don't use the BP stats, though.
Kevin
2:10
Believer in Marquez?  Should Colorado lock him up?   Reminds me of the second half Arrieta had a few years ago
Keith Law
2:10
His year has been outstanding. I think he's going to still have trouble with LHB and if he has a bad-luck year in that regard he's going to lose a lot of value quickly.
Tracy
2:11
The Name of the Rose vs. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Go.
Keith Law
2:11
I'm in the tank for Sherlock Holmes. Sorry.
Skip
2:11
Any chance that Renato Nunez could be the long term answer at 3B for the Orioles? Defense was a real question mark but he's looked pretty good there since he's started playing every day.
Keith Law
2:11
Seen him a lot as a prospect and he was never close to playable at third for me.
Joshua
2:12
Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns is a masterpiece. And yes, the chat has now ended.
Keith Law
2:13
Let us go in peace to love and serve the WAR. Thank you all for all of your questions, as always. I'll chat next week as well, likely Thursday again. Enjoy this final weekend and let's hope we get a game 163 on Monday.
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