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Mike
1:49
Keith, they have to do something about the time the World Series starts. With games taking close to 4 hours, am I the only one who checks out early & goes to bed?
Keith Law
1:50
I agree with this ... we get up at 6:45 here for school and games ending around midnight means that I'm running on fumes most days. I actually went back to bed this morning because I had such a bad headache, which I think was a function of lack of sleep.
Guest
1:50
You've previously said Ian Anderson has the ceiling of a #2 but I believe this was before the development of his change. Does the new pitch change your view of his (already high) ceiling?
Keith Law
1:50
I'm holding to that because I think the breaking ball is a little light and the fastball is good not outstanding.
1:51
The changeup is a 70, though, and I did not have that.
Jason
1:51
Do you ever use UberEats or Doordash?What do you think about these delivery apps?
Keith Law
1:51
I don't. I've read that their terms are pretty bad for the restaurants, so we always order directly.
TomBruno23
1:51
What is the deal with tea? Granted I like coffee and I sound like the people who hate on coffee. But tea to me tastes like someone took perfectly good water and ran it through a sewer.
Keith Law
1:53
There are so many kinds of tea - black, white, green, oolong, plus tisanes like red - and even within some of those categories there are vast differences in flavor profiles (e.g., green includes matcha, which tastes like grass, and hojicha, which is roasted and more earthy), that you might just not have found the right kind for your palate.
Ryan
1:53
As a Dbacks fan, please tell me there is hope for this team! The Dodgers are loaded. The Padres will be good for a long time too. But the Dbacka major league team is such a disaster, and the front office seems to think it will be fine next year?! Is there any hope they can compete again in 2022 or so?
Keith Law
1:53
Lot of hope. Really like the position player prospects in the low minors. But that franchise really needs an MiLB season in 2021.
Pizza is good
1:53
I asked a couple chats back if you thought frozen Pizzeria Bianca was worth a shot. I did and it was really terrific. Individual ingredients really stand out. Good rec. thanks.
Keith Law
1:54
Awesome! I know it's quite expensive but for the best pizza in the country it's not an unreasonable splurge.
Ridley
1:54
Just so we're clear, Rudy Giuliani's excuses were bullshit, weren't they?
Keith Law
1:54
Oh absolutely.
J5
1:54
Out of these rotation candidates, Severino/German/Deivi/Montgomery/Schmidt, which 2-3 do you think makes it next year?
Keith Law
1:54
I wouldn't bank on Severino being healthy for a full season, but he'll make some starts. Deivi probably did the most to earn the spot.
addoeh
1:55
Any plans for a pizza list update?  I know you haven't been able to cross many off your list recently.
Keith Law
1:55
I was going to do one this spring or summer, but the pandemic put it on hold.
Adam
1:55
Maybe the Padres didn’t send away any “premier” talent for Mike Clevinger, but they basically gutted their upper minor/major league depth in the trade for him. That could come back to haunt them in a full season, right?
Keith Law
1:56
Eh, Trammell's the one guy they might most regret trading and he was in a different deal. I'm worried about this ridiculous Campusano story ... felony charges for weed possession? was he in Georgia or Indonesia?
Josh
1:56
My theory (on people who make far less than whatever threshold Biden might set for a higher marginal tax rate, opposing it) is, way too briefly:  they (1) have no idea how much wealth is concentrated at far-right reaches of the income distribution curve (big numbers are really hard, even for smart people), and/or (2) aspire to the grievances of the 0.1% having to fork over millions in taxes.
Keith Law
1:57
I've heard #2 as an explanation for decades, but I think #1 is more plausible. And maybe it's like people trying to understand how large the universe is and how tiny we are relative to it. We just can't. So if you make $30K a year, can you really imagine the difference in wealth and standard of living for someone making 20 times that?
Mike
1:57
Is it a foregone conclusion that Lindor gets traded before next season?  If so, most likely landing spot?
Keith Law
1:57
I think so. I'm not sure what the market is right now, though. Some of the teams that should be most interested might not have the pieces to make the trade.
Ridley
1:58
Lauren Witzke. Please tell me she's not going to win that seat.
Keith Law
1:58
She'll be lucky to get 1/3 of the vote. She's an open white nationalist running in a very blue state. She might win Kent or Sussex counties but more than half of our population is right here in New Castle.
TomBruno23
1:58
Jones was #21 pre-95, #1 pre-96 and #1 pre-97 on BA's lists.
Keith Law
1:59
I was right! I should trust my memory sometimes. But not too often.
Guest
1:59
Thanks for the chat, Keith. Assuming owners approve the Mets sale, what do you think of Cohen turning baseball ops over to Sandy Alderson? I always loved Sandy, and am okay with pairing him with a young, smart GM (you interested in the job?) but I also wonder if it might be better to turn the page completely from past eras or even to try to lure Theo from the sinking ship that is the Cubs ownership.
Keith Law
2:00
Thrilled to see Sandy return, think he's so respected that he'll get the right kind of person in as GM. Plus the pattern of execs going over the GM to Jeff or Fred Wilpon is gone now.
Philip C.
2:00
Daniel Lynch reports from the alternate site were electric. What is timeline for his debut?
Keith Law
2:00
I bet we would have seen him this summer if the Royals had been contenders.
Mike
2:00
Franklin BBQ brisket is now available on Goldbelly.  $250 for a 5lb brisket.  Worth it?
Keith Law
2:02
I no longer eat beef, but I have had their brisket, and it is absolutely incredible. If you're reasonable about portion sizes, that's about $12.50 per portion - brisket is rather fatty, and if you're eating 6-8 ounces, well, vaya con Dios - and that's a good price for high-quality beef.
2:04
That's all for this week. I'm taking a week off leading up to the election to volunteer for various campaigns, so there won't be a chat next week, but the top 40 free agent rankings post will go up some time between next Tuesday and Friday, and I may do a live Zoom Q&A through the Athletic to support that. Thanks for reading, everyone. Stay safe, wear your masks, and vote for reason and science.
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