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Santos
1:13
Do you watch the statcast broadcast? It's awesome and I no longer twitch when I listen to baseball announcers
Keith Law
1:13
I didn't last night because I was multitasking and had the game on with the sound off.
Michael
1:13
What ramifications do you expect from the California law allowing College Athelets to be paid for use of their name, image and likeness? Will is force a showdown with the NCAA?
Keith Law
1:14
I think it's only positive, but I don't know how the NCAA will respond (other than assuming they'll do something anti-player and then give themselves hefty pay raises).
bartleby
1:14
wouldn't the Mets benefit by hiring a manager with actual managerial experience (unlike Mickey), instead of going after a newbie?
Keith Law
1:14
Yes. That's nearly always the best strategy.
Idaho Nuke
1:14
It sure looks like it's Maddon's job to turn down for LAA. Do you think Girardi manages again?
Keith Law
1:14
I know Maddon's interviewing in San Diego, too. I expect both guys to be in dugouts on Opening Day.
Kik
1:14
Do you think Anthony Kay can be a top rotation type starter?
Keith Law
1:14
I don't, but I think he can be a quality id-rotation starter.
HH
1:15
Are we headed for an era of tanking/rebuilding/contending/repeat waves for all but the 3-4 richest teams? Seems like that would be rational for almost everyone.
Keith Law
1:15
Yes, barring some changes to the system, that seems like the strategy most teams will take, especially since the owners like saving money.
Tim Robinson
1:15
The Mets traded away their future for .8 fWAR. If they didn't make the Kelenic trade, would they have made the playoffs?
Keith Law
1:15
That trade was stupid the day they made it, but I don't think it cost them a playoff berth.
Dr. Bob
1:15
Are the Cubs really going to consider the never-managed-or-coached-anywhere, former player David Ross? The recent track record of those guys hasn't been so good.
Keith Law
1:16
Seems like it but I have no inside info on that. When I talk to front office people I don't ask about rumors that fifty other people are chasing. They get enough of that elsewhere.
Joe
1:16
Kershaw's looping, parabolic lefty curveball--why do lefties seem to be able to throw these while righties do not?  I'm not sure if this is camera angle, or small samples, or what, but I've been curious why this sort of pitch seems hand-dependent.
Keith Law
1:16
It's not hand-dependent; I think that's just an availability bias. You remember more of those from lefties.
Jake
1:17
What are your thoughts on the strength of this years draft compared to recent yrs?  What do you think KC is looking at at #4?
Keith Law
1:17
No team is looking at specific players yet.
BD
1:17
What does it say for the game when a team like the Red Sox might trade Betts for money relief?
Keith Law
1:17
It says the luxury tax is doing exactly what the owners hoped it would do. There's a baseball argument for trading Betts, but it's secondary to this financial consideration.
Adam
1:17
Do you believe Forest Whitley can still be a consistent starter for the Astros after this year’s disappointment?
Keith Law
1:17
Yes.
Sho
1:17
Given what he's been, has Stephen Strasburgh overperformed or underperformed as an overall #1 pick?
Keith Law
1:17
He's performed. Neither over nor under.
John
1:17
If Yellich had played all 162 could he have beaten Bellinger for MVP in your vote or was Belli pretty far ahead at the point Yellich got hurt?
Keith Law
1:18
He had a chance had he played the whole year.
Kevin W
1:18
Do you frequent the athletic or the ringer?
Keith Law
1:18
I subscribe to the Athletic and read articles there rather often.
Rob
1:18
Seems rotten for the angels to fire ausmus after that season, doesn't seem there was anything he could have done to change that. Do you think he is a scapegoat or maybe the FO or arte didn't like something behind the scenes?
Keith Law
1:18
Probably a scapegoat, but did he show any growth from his time in Detroit? I don't think he did.
Handsome guy, though.
Eric
1:19
I wish I knew when I went to college that Grifting was a potential job opportunity. It seems so fun to just make up things when the facts are in front of you and make boatloads of money from it.
Keith Law
1:19
Indeed. More schools should offer it as a major.
Jesse B
1:19
Does Victor Robles make enough hard contact to be a .300 hitter at some point?
Keith Law
1:19
I would bet no, but it's not out of the question.
Kevin
1:19
When I hear that people say the game is now 3rd in popularity why should I care?  It won’t go away and the amount of other fans doesn’t change my love for baseball.
Keith Law
1:20
Yeah that's "please like my sport" nonsense. Baseball remains popular. It could do more to get fans in the seats, and to recruit/retain younger fans, but it's not dying.
Mad Max's Brown Eye
1:20
What do you see as a fair market contract for Rendon, and what teams besides the Nationals are likely to pursue him aggressively?
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