Keith Law...

[Angels]

Not going to comment about Law's comments in regards to the Street trade... But Law is often wrong about many different things, like everyone else. He's just a guy with an opinion, like everyone else. Who gives a shit, anyway?

[bloodbrother]

Alex (Florida)

Why are you low on Freddie Freeman? I've seen you say he is a 55. Pretty good, no?

Keith Law

  (6:00 PM)

More of a 50/55, but I wouldn't argue with 55. I get the sense there's an expectation that he's more than that, that he should be mentioned as the sidekick to Heyward. I don't see Freeman having the power required for his position.

 

 

50 = average player on the 20-80 grading scale fwiw

[Angel Oracle]

Keith Law = Colin Cowherd?

[eaterfan]

Awesome. The guy is not always right. We should totally write off everything he says. 

 

The guy is pretty high on Rondon and 3 days ago everyone on here would have been pointing out how smart he was for seeing it. 

 

Also if we are just cherry picking things he's said he was one saying to not get too excited about Trumbo the year he got named an all-star. People on this board were trashing him for that opinion then.

 

Law isn't always right but he's right far more often than a lot of baseball writers and actually uses advanced numbers to formulate opinions. He does admit when he was wrong (Sale, Freeman and Goldschmidt).

[Second Base]

I trust Keith Law more than I trust anyone from MLB.com, Baseball Prospectus or Baseball America.  The only major prospect evaluators I put on par with him are Frankie Piliere and John Sickels.  

 

And Law isn't wrong on this one.  The Angels serverly overpaid and the Padres were the fortunate recipient of their desperation.  Lindsey for Street would've been an ok trade but one in which the Angels won.  Lindsey and Alvarez would've been painful but a slight win for the PAdres, which is expected at the deadline.  Lindsey, Alvarez and Rondon was a horrible price to pay and an extreme win for San Diego.  Lindsey, Alvarez, Rondon and Elliot Morris is astonishing.  

 

The worst trade for a relief pitcher in recent memory.  Street is going to be fantastic for the Angels and I'm really excited and thankful to have him.  I think he's special, one of the few relievers who are going to be really good well into their 30's.  But paying that price for a year and a half of him is just poor judgement on the Angels part. 

[stevestevens]

Law is paid to have an opinion not be correct. He is very good about expressing his opinion.

[Turd Ferguson]

I trust Keith Law more than I trust anyone from MLB.com, Baseball Prospectus or Baseball America. The only major prospect evaluators I put on par with him are Frankie Piliere and John Sickels.

And Law isn't wrong on this one. The Angels serverly overpaid and the Padres were the fortunate recipient of their desperation. Lindsey for Street would've been an ok trade but one in which the Angels won. Lindsey and Alvarez would've been painful but a slight win for the PAdres, which is expected at the deadline. Lindsey, Alvarez and Rondon was a horrible price to pay and an extreme win for San Diego. Lindsey, Alvarez, Rondon and Elliot Morris is astonishing.

The worst trade for a relief pitcher in recent memory. Street is going to be fantastic for the Angels and I'm really excited and thankful to have him. I think he's special, one of the few relievers who are going to be really good well into their 30's. But paying that price for a year and a half of him is just poor judgement on the Angels part.

I'm not sure why people can't acknowledge this. No doubt that this trade helped us this season, but you can't really argue that we just paid a steep price for a relief pitcher. It was a shortsighted, win now trade. Attacking Keith Law won't change that.

No matter how you slice it, it was a win for the Padres, that was a great return for a RP. With that said, depending on what we do the next season and a half, it has the chance to be a win for us too. Let's hope it works out.

Edited July 20, 2014 by Turd Ferguson

[YouthofToday]

Every baseball analyst is wrong from time to time.

Let's also bring up what Law said about the Wells trade apocalypse...

[Lou]

I'm not sure why people can't acknowledge this. No doubt that this trade helped us this season, but you can't really argue that we just paid a steep price for a relief pitcher. It was a shortsighted, win now trade. Attacking Keith Law won't change that.

No matter how you slice it, it was a win for the Padres, that was a great return for a RP. With that said, depending on what we do the next season and a half, it has the chance to be a win for us too. Let's hope it works out.

what if none of the prospects work out? Still a win for SD?

[Turd Ferguson]

what if none of the prospects work out? Still a win for SD?

In my opinion yes. They had to deal Street and I can't imagine them getting a package anywhere close to what we gave up.

What if all 4 pan out? Or 3 of 4?

[m0nkey]

What if Obama was white?

[eaterfan]

what if none of the prospects work out? Still a win for SD?

 

What if none of the prospects work out but Street stinks and gets cut after this year? Who wins then?

[jshep]

What if Obama was white?

 

Wait, I thought he already was

[YouthofToday]

Law on Wells trade 2 days after it was completed: "he is absolutely the wrong player right now for the Los Angeles Angels, who have made one the worst desperation moves I can remember."

Should I juxtapose that with the optimistic bs many here spouted?

[Angels]

Anyone with a few brain cells knew that the Wells trade was a disaster of epic proportions as soon as it was made.

[YouthofToday]

Anyone with a few brain cells knew that the Wells trade was a disaster of epic proportions as soon as it was made.

Using this logic a vast majority on this board have few brain cells then. Go back and read through those comments.

[nate]

The silliness of Law's statement about trading Rondon straight up for Street is that is not what the Padres were accepting so his opinion is not validated by what he posted on twitter.

 

Actually it makes perfect sense.  He would have passed on the deal.  You know, because it was a stupid trade.

[Tyler]

The Angels grossly overpaid. 

 

Can't undo it now. Time to move on.