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Keith Law
1:54
We're not that good. But maybe it's a development year for Hurts?
Sucked to see Zach Ertz go, though.
Tom
1:54
The long nightmare of the Albert Pujols contract is finally over, however, the Angels weren’t close at all to making the playoffs, and they still have Upton’s money pit deal (he’s secretly been as bad as Pujols the past few years). What do they do this off-season? I guess try to address pitching as best they can?
Keith Law
1:54
That's what I would do. Plow it into starting pitching.
Joe
1:54
High school teacher here - will the pledge of allegiance ever go away in schools? We still have it on the announcements every day but almost no one stands or recongnizes it anymore. Can we just let this thing go or would we hate America too much if we did that?
Keith Law
1:55
Eventually. It's an absurd exercise in performative patriotism.
1:56
I'm glad to hear kids don't stand for it. You don't have to pledge allegiance to our government, let alone a piece of cloth.
Danny
1:56
You said before the season that if scouts thought Austin Wells had even a 20% chance of catching, he'd be a top 100 prospect. Have those odds of catching changed after his first pro season?
Keith Law
1:56
Nope.
Marani
1:56
From afar, I always got the impression that Aaron Boone was neither part of the problem nor part of the solution for the Yankees, but Yankees fans seem to be near unanimous in their disappointment that he'll be back next year.  How would you evaluate his managerial skills?
Keith Law
1:56
I would agree with you - he's certainly not part of the problem.
Deke
1:56
Allison Williams leaves ESPN because of the vaccine mandate and goes to the Daily Wire, where Matt Walsh said "Yes, I said that I don't like female analysts and reporters in football. No, I don't care if that upsets you. No, I don't apologize. Yes, I think women are feminizing traditionally male spaces. Yes, I think that's bad. Yes, I'm right. No, your whining doesn't change any of this."

No question, just ... damn, what an incredible self-own on all sides.
Keith Law
1:57
He's a fountain of bad takes. Also, as someone who left ESPN, imagine leaving them for that site. That's a choice, all right.
Graham
1:57
I tweeted you about this the other night—the Braves used a defensive replacement in CF Wednesday night that wasn’t Pache. If they aren’t using Pache there, why is he on the roster, and as a follow up, have they totally given up on him?
Keith Law
1:57
First question, agreed, second one, I don't think so at all.
Shane
1:59
RIP to the perpetually underrated Peter Scolari
Keith Law
1:59
Oh wow. He was indeed underrated. So good on Newhart.
Max
1:59
Should the Cardinals be giving Alex Reyes a shot as a starter or just accept that he's bullpen material and ride him that way?
Keith Law
1:59
His delivery & injury history really say "reliever."
Paul
1:59
Not sure I saw him come up on any of your playlists. Have you listened to Bartee Strange?
2:00
and nevermind you did recommend some of his stuff please disregard.
Keith Law
2:00
Hah, yep, Mustang was pretty good, looking forward to what he does next.
Paul
2:00
Are you familiar with Seiya Suzuki at all? Any comparisons or what to expect?
Keith Law
2:01
If he's posted, I'll write him up.
Nate
2:01
Idk if you saw where the Astros apparently just lost Ehsan Bokhari to the Cubs FO…do you have any thoughts on what the Astros FO is currently like now? Like has Click made any effort to bring his own lieutenants to offset the brain drain, or done anything different to help reshape things from the Luhnow regime? Seems like we’d already had a pretty big exodus of guys to begin with even before that
Keith Law
2:01
Known Ehsan for a while, he's extremely sharp. I think Sarah Gelles has taken over his role, and she's also very well-regarded, although I don't know her personally.
Alex
2:01
Have you ever thought about doing board game video reviews?
Keith Law
2:02
Funny, I have. Hoping to do something along those lines this winter.
Luis Urias
2:02
You claimed moving Luis Urias to 2B helped him become a better hitter this year, but who's to say that he couldn't have improved this year regardless of his position? I thought correlation doesn't equal causation?
Keith Law
2:02
OK. It was pretty easy to see the change from watching him, but you do you, I guess.
JBisson
2:02
Thanks so much for these chats, Keith. Always one of the highlights of my day. Do you think Leody Taveras made enough improvements with the bat to warrant an extended look in the TEX lineup in 2022?
Keith Law
2:03
I really hope to see him back in CF for them next year. Way too young to give up on him.
Eric
2:03
Will 2022 be another completely lost year (Top 5 pick) for the Orioles?
Keith Law
2:03
Hard to see them competing with the pitching currently in the organization & the competition in that division.
SD
2:03
Is Abrams playing in the fall league? Have you seen him?
Keith Law
2:04
He did not play at all last week. I was told he wasn't physically ready but I don't know if that was the broken leg or something else.
I mean, still related to the broken leg. Obviously if he had a broken leg now he wouldn't play. That would be a bad idea.
Pat D
2:04
I know you mentioned doing movies after the season, and I know you've brought up the book several times, so any interest in seeing the new "Dune?"
Keith Law
2:04
100%.
Bob
2:05
You made a brief comment on Pedro Leon. I know it’s tough when a player doesn’t do much in a live look, but was your negative tone suggestive that others have not seen big tools?
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