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1:51
Small sample size for Aristides Aquino?  Legit or somewhere in the middle?
Keith Law
1:51
Somewhere in the middle.
Scherzer’s Third Eye Color
1:51
With the likely Cole departure, and A’s getting Manaea,Puk, Luzardo and Montas back in the rotation. And a full season of Murphy at catcher, can A’s challenge Houston for the division in 2020?
Keith Law
1:51
I don't necessarily buy that rotation. All four have had injury issues this year. Three have had multiple injuries in their careers. Montas never projected as a starter for me. How many total starts do you think the A's get from that quartet next year? 75?
Anchen
1:51
Phillies fans seem to mostly hate Gabe Kapler at least as their manager.  Do you have any views on him either on field decision making or off field?  Example, he has for the most part not benched players who didn't hustle.  What do you think of the general cost/benefit of benching a player for something like that?
Keith Law
1:52
I don't quite get the vitriol directed at him - my gut says that a lot of it is "he's different, so we don't like him." He's made good moves and bad moves, been good for some players and maybe not good for others, but I think he's been a net positive, and I don't blame him for the utter implosion of their opening day bullpen.
JM
1:53
If Rendon walks, can Kieboom play 140 effective games at 2nd or 3rd in 2020?
Keith Law
1:53
It's an enormous drop in production. I think he needs to play 2b over 3b.
Jason
1:53
Can you name the one prospect whose stock has increased the most this season, and one whose stock has dropped the most?
Keith Law
1:53
Not right now. Maybe in December or January when I've taken a thorough look at everyone.
Dallas
1:53
Sheldon Neuse's BP defensive rate stat FRAA is very good at 3B while in Triple-A; could he start at 3B for other teams giving Oakland a nice trade piece?
Keith Law
1:54
I don't use that stat. Having seen him in the low minors, I think he could be average at third, probably the same at second.
Vincent Adultman
1:54
Have you traveled to Japan and how long of a stay would you recommend for a first time visiter?
Keith Law
1:54
Never been. Would love to go, for work or tourism.
romorr
1:54
Orioles have been bad, no denying.  But this is a good bad right, giving guys playing time to see if anything sticks.  Maybe find some value to build, or trade.
Keith Law
1:55
Yes. Elias et al inherited a very weak foundation.
Mike
1:55
Thoughts on Braxton Garrett this year?  Any chance he's going to crack the top 100?
Keith Law
1:55
Wasn't he on my midseason top 50? He was a top 50 prospect before the injury - chance for plus command with an average fastball and plus breaking ball. Stuff is definitely back.
Ryan
1:56
Pavin Smith has had a very good season, and he really turned it up in the last couple of months. Have you heard about anything he may have done to improve in the second half? Thank you!
Keith Law
1:56
He's had an okay season, for a first baseman. Still nowhere near enough power.
Matthew
1:56
Since acquiring Carson Kelly, has the door closed on Daulton Varsho as a catcher?  Might he be a part-time backup?
Keith Law
1:57
Other teams doubted Varsho would stay at C before the trade, between his own defensive issues and the desire to get a bat/athlete like him to another position. So I think he moves permanently in the next 12 months.
A. person
1:57
First trip to NY in a few weeks. Staying in Manhattan. What should we eat?
Keith Law
1:59
I mean, it would depend entirely on what you like to eat. NYC has just about everything. You could go full New York and focus on pizza and bagels and Jewish and Italian-American food ... but you could also take advantage of the cornucopia of cuisines available in the city's innumerable ethnic communities.
Chris
1:59
Logan Gilbert seems to have answered most of the doubts some had about him at draft time. Is a #2 starter too lofty of a projection?
Keith Law
1:59
It's within reach.
Brett
1:59
Do you ever wear hats?  You strike me as someone who doesn't wear hats.
Keith Law
1:59
If I'm at a game I almost always have a hat on.
Adam
2:00
Thoughts on the season Gabriel Arias is having?
Keith Law
2:02
So young for high-A ... glad to see the good contact, but the low walk rate/moderately high K rate aren't great. I hold to the fact that he's just 19 in high-A, though.
Bill
2:02
Hey Keith. What was the most recent election in which you voted for a Republican?
Keith Law
2:02
2004, I think?
2:03
Actually I may have voted for one or two downballot in 2008, when I lived in Massachusetts and there often weren't two candidates listed for certain offices.
Jeremy B
2:03
Keith, no real question, just a thank you for suggesting Juniper & Ivy in past chats. Was in SD two weeks ago. Not sure I've ever had a meal that good. Thanks again
Keith Law
2:03
I haven't been in 2+ years but am going in December come hell or high water. It's one of the best restaurants in the country.
Jason
2:04
How easy is it to teach a group of people to play Everdell and to understand the game quickly?
Keith Law
2:04
I think it's easy to start. The game is structured in a way that the beginning round is simple, and the complexity increases as you go along, so you're not just thrown to the wolves in round one.
Sam W
2:05
RE- Cy young. With the way he’s pitched the last two months and the cardinals ascent to the top of the division seemingly in conjunction, do you think that Jack Flaherty should be in the conversation with seemingly no clear front runner at the moment.
Keith Law
2:05
Absolutely not. This is a full-season award, not a last-two-months award.
Eric
2:05
while it's more fun to make drawing on a hurricane map the news cycle for four stupid days, let's not forget that there are children being locked up on our border and families being cruley separated every day. this should never be out of the news cycle as long as it is happening.
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