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Klawchat 10/19/17
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Bruce
1:58
Jorge Alfaro had some success in limited playing time this season though his walk rate continues to be horrendous. What are your expectations for him going forward offensively and defensively?
Keith Law
1:58
Can't forecast him ever posting acceptable OBPs given his allergy to walks. He can really throw, he has 80 raw power, and I think he can put the bat on the ball enough to be a regular. The one deficit he can improve upon is his receiving - that can improve with work, and he has to commit to that to be their everyday guy next year.
Xandyfixit?
1:59
MrKeithLaw, what's the future for Bogaerts? In the first half, before injuries, he seemed to be focusing on contact and not power. That's great if he's getting on base a substantial clip, but it wasn't happening. Then the hits to the hands/injuries derailed everything and he seemed lost. Should he just sell out for power (as if that's easy to do)?
Keith Law
1:59
Nice pull there. I think there's more than average power there if he's healthy, but couldn't make hard enough contact once the hand injuries came. I'm still all in, and I wouldn't advise him to change his approach at all.
Andrew
1:59
Was Keon Barnum much of a prospect coming out of high school?
Keith Law
1:59
I did not think so.
Chris
2:00
Did you see Calgary re-elected their mayor after the NHL essentially tried to interfere to get someone that would give more public money to the Flames? This is a small victory against giving public money to make rich people richer.
Keith Law
2:00
Let's hope the people of Columbus, Ohio, do the same thing as their soccer team tries to extort money from the town.
Chris
2:01
Your liberal social stance doesn't suck. Politics should be about arguing what to do with taxes...not fighting over equality and equity for all.
Keith Law
2:01
Agreed. And I don't think my views on taxation would be characterized as "liberal." (Probably not truly conservative either.)
Biscuit
2:01
Where are we at with Isan Diaz? Is the swing and miss too much to overcome, or does he end up having a few big power years in the majors?
Keith Law
2:01
Hamate injury this year. Check back in after a few months of 2018.
Marshall MN
2:02
What are your thoughts on Akil Baddoo as a prospect for the Twins, he broke out big time this year but its was low level A ball and its hard to know if those numbers will translate to anything.
Keith Law
2:02
Cautiously optimistic. Did get some very good reports on him this summer too.
Biscuit
2:03
Recently read Lonesome Dove.  Loved every minute of it, and (unexpectedly) found myself laughing out loud at some of the verbal exchanges between McRea and Call.  Having not seen the TV Series (which everyone seems to agree is legendary), I of course was excited to see this excellent book brought to life.  Watched the first two episodes and....it's garbage? I mean, books are generally better than movies but- man these two are not even close.  No real question here, but thanks for yet another great book recommendation.
Keith Law
2:04
I never bothered with the series, given its length and age, but I'm glad to hear I made the right call.
Tex
2:04
What happens to the league when the tv bubble inevitably bursts?
Keith Law
2:04
I think MLB is already repositioning itself to sell more directly to consumers - which, by the way, could help smooth out revenue gaps between teams.
Dennis
2:04
Do you underline or write margin notes when you read fiction?
Keith Law
2:04
No, that's heresy. But I'll highlight on the Kindle when I read there.
Greyson
2:05
Is there any evidence of pitchers newer to pitching having a lower injury risk because they have more "tread on the tires?" When I hear that I always think of Hunter Harvey.
Keith Law
2:05
No, I think conversion guys get hurt at at least the same rate if not higher.
Science is Faith in NASA
2:06
Did you know that there are 0 pictures of earth? Even NASA's Robert Simmon says that everything is photoshopped. Is that because the earth is geocentric and the sun and moon rotate around the earth like hands on a clock? Why does NASA need green screens and VR for live broadcasts?
Keith Law
2:07
I assume this is a joke, but there are pictures of earth (the last full photo of earth from above low orbit was taken in 1972) and Simmon (the "Blue Marble" image guy) said no such thing.
Matt
2:07
Apparently a school in Mississippi is changing it's name from Jefferson Davis to Obama. Oh the racists are gonna be mad!
Keith Law
2:07
My wife and I enjoyed envisioning that reaction.
Andrew
2:08
Man, I know it's early but the Brewers appear to have had a monster 2017 draft! Thoughts?
Keith Law
2:08
I think Ray Montgomery has drafted very well for years, going back to his time with Arizona, but I don't think their 2017 class is a "monster." They did well, and if Hiura never has to have surgery (as many teams believed predraft that he would) then so much the better.
Corey
2:09
Could Michael Chavis do a Devers and be ready for some MLB at-bats late next season ?
Keith Law
2:09
Could be ready, but not over Devers.
jp
2:09
Favorite Carcassone expansion/edition?
Keith Law
2:09
Traders and Builders is still the best, IMO. I haven't played some of the latest ones - I feel like every game reaches a saturation point with expansions after maybe three or four.
2:10
That's all for this week - thanks as always for all of the questions and for reading. Free agent rankings will be my next big Insider project, appearing whenever the World Series ends. I'll be back some time next week for another chat.
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