He’s doing pretty much the same thing. For the life of me I have no idea why youre being such a d*** about this, but Im not blinking first. Lots of people dislike Law and his opinions. Perhaps I was a little harsh calling him an “idiot” but Im not a journalist, just a poster, and I can say things like that and most people would just take them (correctly) to mean that “I disagree with Keith Law on Andrew Brackman.”

Instead, youve made it into a thing about having seen the guy pitch – which, again, Keith Law almost certainly hasnt seem him pitch. I understand what youre saying, and certainly Keith Law is more qualified than I am, but its not because he’s seen more guys pitch. I mean, Brackman has made 7 pro appearances in his career and they all occured in the last couple weeks in the Hawaiian League. I guess Keith Law may have been in attendance, but the odds seem against it. The odds also seem against him having seen Brackman at NC State. Finally, even if Law has seen Brackman, he certainly hasnt seen him enough times to register a valid opinion on him.

Its also funny that youre defending Keith Law on the matter of him having seen players play – when Keith Law is mostly known for being excluded from the BBWAA because he doesnt see enough games live in a season. Ive always thought this was stupid and defended Law on that count, but I find it quite amusing that someone is defending his professional opinion on those grounds.

My opinions, fyi, come from writers I respect more than Law (as I said 100 times already). Goldstein, Callis, Sickels. I trust BP and Mr. Sickels the most by far. Also from articles and lesser known writers. Also from statistical analysis. Ive never been a Law fan. If youve noticed Im first in line to rip him on this site when his top 100 comes out – and for more than just Brackman. He has too much Peter Gammons in him for me, as again evidenced by the Brackman pick. If youll notice, the ONLY top 100 list Brackman made was Law’s – and his inclusion was widely criticized. So its not like Im way off base here anyway. Law was the only analyst/writer who ranked Brackman that high, and I thought then and still think it was a bad choice – and Im hardly alone in that.

Lots of guys work for MLB front offices. Lots of guys work as analysts. They dont all agree on players. Nor is every Top Prospect List the same. My opinion is a valid one just as Keith Law’s is – regardless of the fact NEITHER of us have seen Brackman pitch enough to add to the discussion. Nevermind that my opinion is in large part based on the opinions of most every other scout/writer/analyst besides Law -a good amount of whom saw the draft pick of Brackman as a mistake and who see him as a longshot who doesnt belong anywhere near a top 100 list outside of Yankee fan sites.

If you have something substantial to discuss regarding Brackman and his merits we can continue this discussion – but if you want to just keep p***ing on my opinion because I “havent seen Brackman pitch” we have nothing more to discuss and you dont have a point. Ive already listed what I feel devalues Brackman as a prospect (project, mechanics, delivery, health, secondary stuff, etc..). See above. I would also wager Keith Law would agree with most of what Ive said above – from his comments he just apparantly feels Brackman’s upside is high enough to merit including him over some lower upside/better projection guy at #100. I disagree pretty strongly and had a long list of guys I would have had above Brackman. See above.