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Jibraun (St. Louis, MO): I witnessed CC's performance in person last night...How scared should the Cubs be right now?

Keith law: I could see both teams making the playoffs.

Todd (WI): This question was posed to Callis yesterday buy what's your opinion: Odorizzi and Lintz, yay or nay?

Keith law: Odorizzi > Lintz.

Todd (WI): You said you were lower on Alcides Escobar than some others, why? What are you thoughts on Mat Gamel?

Keith law: Escobar's approach at the plate is awful - swings at everything, no pitch recognition. I don't see him hitting for better than average power. He can run, has good bat speed, and has good actions at short. I don't see him as a superstar, but he's sort of acquired that sheen since the Brewers wouldn't include him in a Sabathia deal. Gamel's got power, no idea where you could play him on defense.

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You should have to pay for that kind of insight! Oh wait, you do.

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I find it funny that guys can get paid for that

yourself or Jim from Bf.net could do twice as good a job as that.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by Jordan M on Jul 24, 2008 11:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Oooh!

Also, he said that Rasmus was a top 10 overall and Gamel wasn’t. Umm, Rasmus is decent, but he’s putting up 0.252 0.347 0.397 0.744 at AAA this year.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by Jordan M on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, Rasmus is also a plus defender in CF, as opposed to an awful defender at 3B

Rasmus is probably a better prospect than Gamel at this point. Fortunately, there’s now a decent chance that he’ll be a top-10 prospect for the Orioles tomorrow after the Cards panic and trade for George Sherrill.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have to disagree with much of this
Escobar’s approach at the plate is awful – swings at everything, no pitch recognition.

This may have been true in the past but I don’t is true this year. Players can learn discipline at the plate and I think Escobar is doing exactly that. Will he end up with a great eye, probably not but it is light years ahead of where he was a couple of years ago.

Also, power seems to be the last thing for Gamel to really learn at the plate. He totally isn’t turn on balls right now. All his power is coming from balls in the gap not balls pulled down the line.

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by dixieflatline on Jul 25, 2008 10:52 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

an shortstop with excellent defense who won't be "hitting for better than average power"

Inconceivable that anybody thinks a guy like that might be worth something sometime…

by Zeyes on Jul 25, 2008 12:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I guarantee you Law is just regurgitating the past status quo

As dixie demonstrated above. It’s just a garbage, and it pisses me off that the Worldwide Leader gets away with it. I understand that a guy like Law’s role is general analysis and not team-specific, but they either need to redefine the scope of questions he’s answering or he just needs to be more honest about what he does and doesn’t know.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 25, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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