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Klawchat 7/19/18
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Keith Law
1:00
Take the weakest thing in you, and then beat the bastards with it. Klawchat.
Seath
1:00
you talked how the Orioles waited too long to trade Manny.  What non rental player(s) do you think teams should trade now in order to maximize values
Keith Law
1:01
Chris Archer particularly comes to mind. Michael Fulmer, but that's less urgent.
Adam
1:01
Thoughts on William Contreras? Seems to be having a really good year.
Keith Law
1:02
Yep, he's not far off from that top tier of prospects - whether that's top 75 or top 100 or top 120 or so, I'm not sure yet.
Hinkie
1:02
You have Sixto and JoJo as the Phillies top two pitching prospects.  How close is Adonis Medina (assuming he's their #3 pitching prospect) to Romero ?
Keith Law
1:02
Suarez > Medina for me. It's a really good system. Kilome seemed like their top pitching prospect a few years ago and now he's ... 5th? 6th?
Craig
1:04
Where was Kyle Tucker before his promotion? And I'm guessing Yordan was left off due to position concerns?
Keith Law
1:05
I didn't rank promoted guys. Mejia was on and then off and then on again, but he was the only one. Yordan has no position that I can see, and having seen him up close a few times, if he's really 21 years old, he doesn't have the physique or projection we typically ascribe to a player of 21.
Nate
1:05
KLaw, sure you’ll get a bunch of questions about the Manny & Hand deals, wondering if Kyle Lewis has re-gained enough value to consider top 100 and if Burnes is still top 100? Thanks
Keith Law
1:05
Burnes was top 20 before the season, I think, but he was also called up before the list. Lewis is not top 100 until he shows he can play regularly and can still handle an OF corner. That knee injury has been a motherforker.
Michael
1:05
Could you vote for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
Keith Law
1:05
No, because I'm not in her district.
Michael
1:06
Do you think the number of draftees who didn't sign this year is an outlier or the start of a new trend?
Keith Law
1:06
Outlier.
Steve
1:06
Wander  Franco, a young Lindor at the plate? Better?
Keith Law
1:06
Completely different players.
Andy
1:06
Obviously there is no way to know for sure if it would have been offered, but in the offseason could Baltimore have gotten Andujar and Sheffield?
Keith Law
1:07
I don't think there were any serious talks around Machado this winter. The Orioles have so many people involved in any such decision that even when Duquette knows what the right thing to do is, he has to wait for everyone else to agree before he can do it. I don't think Sheffield/Andujar would have been an unreasonable request.
Joe
1:07
As an Orioles fan, should I be worried about Chance Sisco?  He has seemed to be overmatched, plus it looks like he doesn't have the backing of the coaching staff.
Keith Law
1:07
The coaching staff issue can be fixed. I firmly believe in the axiom that catchers develop later and I'm not worried about him.
Hinkie
1:08
Please rank these soon to be free agent LHSP's:  Drew Pomerantz, Patrick Corbin, Yusei Kikuchi.
Keith Law
1:08
Never seen Kikuchi, sorry.
J
1:08
Do you trade DeGrom now and what kind of package could the Mets get in return? Also, do Wheeler or Matz have enough value to return a top prospect?
Keith Law
1:08
Oh, duh, he should have been in my first answer along with Archer. Sorry, been a busy morning. I'd explore trades for all three and, yes, for Thor too. See what the market offers and go from there. I imagine Wheeler or Matz would have appeal as starters who might be decent long guys in October too.
OgieOgilthorpe
1:09
I'm curious as to your thoughts on errors as a valid part of defensive stats. The vagaries of errors and official scorers was quite evident in the ASG... Yellich mis-plays a ball to OF (lights?) for a base hit, and Votto reaches over the dugout fence in out-of-play territory. Error!
Keith Law
1:09
Errors suck and I don't look at them.
Andy
1:09
I know the comparables on BBref are a pretty blunt tool, but Yadier's comps include Tim McCarver, Sherm Lollar, Jason Kendall, AJ Pierzynski and Terry Steinbach. Definitely good catchers all, but none of them screams HOF. Especially since so much of his case resides on defensive WAR, which is probably wildly inaccurate in all directions for catchers, how is it even controversial that he isn't a HOFer?
Keith Law
1:10
His case really relies on framing, which 1) I don't believe is a basis for HoF induction, and 2) wasn't even a well-measured thing when the Yadi-for-HoF stuff started, so we're just retconning it into his dossier now. He's a good player. He should be in the Cardinals Hall of Fame. I can't see any way I vote for him for the MLB Hall of Fame.
Hinkie
1:11
What's up with Logan Davidson ?  He didn't make the USA collegiate team this summer and now he is struggling on the Cape.  Is he more of a top 10 pick in the 2019 draft, a later first rounder, or has he moved out of the top round ?
Keith Law
1:12
He wasn't invited to the USA team - not the same as not making it. I think he's a potential top 10 pick.
Justin
1:12
Any Red Sox remotely close to your top 50? What are the chances this is the worst farm system in baseball by the offseason?
Keith Law
1:12
Seattle probably has that worst farm system thing on lockdown. KC is worse too. Boston may not be bottom five. Their problem is more that the best guys are hurt, not that their best guys aren't good.
A big dumb idiot
1:12
I know you were high on Sean Reid-Foley for a while, and the superficial stats are starting to look pretty good in Buffalo. Have you heard anything about his recent performance?
Keith Law
1:13
I saw him this year. Think he's probably a RP in the end.
Adam D.
1:13
Any chance for Joey Bart of Heliot Ramos to crack the top-50 next year?
Keith Law
1:13
It seems very unlikely to me, given Bart's hit tool, and how far away Ramos seems to be.
Blackburn
1:13
After seeing what elite relievers with control have fetched in trades the last few years. What would Felipe Vazquez fetch back in a trade?
Keith Law
1:15
I may never get used to him not being Felipe Rivero (that's my fault, not his). I would have to think he'd be in line for the Andrew Miller sort of return - you get 3 years of him and acquire him at his peak.
PhillyJake
1:15
Did the Os do better over all than the compensatory pick they'd have received for Manny rejecting the QO at the end of the season?
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