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What's next for Wang, Johnson, Capps and more
Keith LawSaturday night's non-tender deadline brought a few surprises and swelled the free-agent pool; this may depress prices for some relievers and bench pla...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 14, 2009
Indy? Psst, at least it's not Nashville
Keith Law...MLB's winter meetings are actually not MLB's affair, at least not in name. Minor League Baseball sets them up and uses them to hold meetings but also to attract vendors and hold a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009
Paxton, Duke and the Mets' catcher search
Keith Law...student-athletes. He was, is and will continue to be a member of the University of Kentucky baseball team. The statement does not jibe with the affidavit filed by Paxton's original lawyer in the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009
Noel Argüelles and the Royals' development
Keith Law...amateur players by paying them less than their market value. The next time you read about how baseball needs to introduce hard slotting to make the draft more "fair," try not to throw up in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009
Wagner to Atlanta may be unwise
Keith Law...executive with another club who inferred from the non-moves that "they're broke." There's little baseball logic to it -- Wolf is headed for a multi-year deal elsewhere, and getting Hudson back for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009
My 2010 Hall of Fame ballot
Keith LawI don't have a ballot for the Hall of Fame yet -- just nine years to go -- but if I did, my ballot would include: Tim Raines, Mark McGwire, Bert Bl...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009
Those who favored King Felix and Verlander
Keith LawThe AL Cy Young Award went more or less as expected, with the very deserving Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals running away with it, nabbing 25 o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009
The market for those coming off injuries
Keith Law...between price and value. Defensive value has recently represented a point of inefficiency in the market for baseball players, but after the Tampa Bay Rays went from worst-to-first by overhauling their defense, the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009
Lackey's and Bay's markets emerge
Keith Law...teams can retain their star players forever without paying market salaries. Furthermore, increasing player compensation has made baseball a more lucrative career option -- more specifically, the expected value of entering pro ball has increased, even...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009
Ranking the top free agents (Nos. 11-30)
Keith Law, Scouts Inc.Keith Law lists his top free agents, from Matt Holliday at No. 1 to Adam Everett at No. 50.
Story | Conversation | November 12, 2009
Ranking the top free agents (Nos. 1-10)
Keith Law, Scouts Inc.Keith Law lists his top free agents, from Matt Holliday at No. 1 to Adam Everett at No. 50.
Story | Conversation | November 12, 2009
Ranking the top free agents (Nos. 31-50)
Keith Law, Scouts Inc.Keith Law lists his top free agents, from Matt Holliday at No. 1 to Adam Everett at No. 50.
Story | Conversation | November 12, 2009
Analyzing the early hot-stove deals
Keith Law...prize here for Kansas City is Fields, a former college quarterback at Oklahoma State who came into baseball with less experience than a typical college player and who has missed a lot of development time...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
Insider Intel: 2009 World Series
Keith Law, ESPN InsiderKeith Law checks in with a scout's eye on the 2009 World Series, offering five keys for the Phillies, five for the Yankees and an ultimate series prediction. Plus notes from Inside Edge, Baseball Prospectus and ESPN Stats & Information.
Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009
Starlin Castro headed for stardom
Keith LawSome final observations from my trip to the Arizona Fall League: Chicago Cubs: Starlin Castro is a future star. He won't turn 20 until March but ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009
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