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Keith Law
1:25
I'd be happy with that.
tim
1:26
how likely is it that we'll see robo-umps calling balls and strikes in MLB and how will that impact how catchers are valued?
Keith Law
1:26
By 2022 I expect an automated strike zone and universal DH.
Torkelson
1:26
I will be drafted #1 by detroit, no doubt.
Keith Law
1:26
There's doubt. Austin Martin is pretty damn good. I think it's one of those two.
Chris
1:26
Will players play less hard this year given that they're just competing for a piece of metal?
Keith Law
1:26
Only the ones who realize it's just for a piece of metal.
Chris
1:27
How often will you podcast?
Keith Law
1:27
It should be every week, my schedule permitting.
Matt
1:27
Why is it so hard to draft good players? Mike Piazza was drafted in like the 956th round and a hall of famer. Brien Taylor was #1 pick and never made it to MLB.
Keith Law
1:27
OK, you picked maybe the two most extreme, ridiculous examples to make some kind of point here. Taylor never reached the majors because he got jumped in a bar fight, not because it was a bad pick.
John
1:27
I think I have food tastes that are somewhat similar to yours, but when it comes to coffee, I would imagine that you'd consider my tastes middlebrow.  I like Peet's and Starbucks, especially their darker roasts.  Moreover, when I've had coffee from independent roasters, I've often perceived the taste to be a bit too bitter.  Can you explain what I'm missing and what your reaction is when you have coffee from a mainstream coffee outlet (but to be clear, still a place that focuses on coffeee... not like McDonalds coffee or something like that)?
Keith Law
1:29
That's interesting because I believe the chemicals in coffee that produce bitter flavors are much more present in darker roasts and in coffees that are overbrewed (too high a water/ground coffee ratio). You may be detecting more 'sour' flavors in lighter roasts, which is true because those flavors tend to vanish or be overshadowed by longer roasting. But lighter-roasted coffee is not more bitter unless the brewer isn't using enough coffee in the first place.
Also, I wouldn't consider your tastes middlebrow. They're just not my tastes.
Alex
1:29
100 prospects/30 teams means roughly each team should have about 3 players on your top 100.  Is it fair to say that a team without at least 2 players in the top 100 is not really doing a good job managing their farm system?
Keith Law
1:29
No.
eric
1:29
do you have any tattoos? i'm thinking about getting my first, but still debating if, where and what
Keith Law
1:30
I do not. My girlfriend vetoed my "I HATE YOUR TEAM" upper back tattoo idea the other day.
Idaho Nuke
1:30
I'm about as far-right as you can get (I would never vote for Trump for a few reasons though) and I would like to thank you for always keeping our brief political discussions civil over the past several years on Twitter. It is nice to have short chats with someone who agrees with me on virtually nothing when both sides are respectful.
Keith Law
1:30
You're welcome. Happy to talk to anyone who is civil in turn.
TP
1:30
Thanks so much for all of your hard work on the Top 100! Do you have any issues with blogs and websites that cover specific teams posting parts of your top 100 (i.e. names and rankings for players in the org. they cover)? From all of the content that is out there, you can actually reverse engineer your top 100 list (albeit just the names and rankings - not the write ups, although some sites have also posted portions of those...)
Keith Law
1:31
I have asked some people to take down screenshots of entire player capsules. That's copyright infringement.
Appa Yip Yip
1:31
Patrick Murphy placed 14th on your Jays list despite his lengthy injury history. If he didn't have that history and had just steadily worked his way up, where would he have ranked? Guess I'm asking what his ceiling is.
Keith Law
1:31
He might be a top 100 guy if he were completely healthy (or had just the one TJ on his record). Stuff is there. Gotta pitch some time, though.
eric
1:33
Bigger question: Torkelson or Turk Turkelton?
Keith Law
1:33
Chuckie Lee Torkelson.
Patrick
1:33
Thanks for the detailed write-up on the Royals.  Appears at the surface, the lack of position player prospects is holding down the system a little bit.  Fair assessment?
Keith Law
1:33
Agreed.
Bort
1:33
What would you say is the biggest level jump there is in the minors (besides AAA to the majors of course).
Keith Law
1:33
high A to double A.
Alex
1:34
Big fan of your work. First time I’ve caught a chat on time though. What are your opinions on Potential 1st rounder Ed Howard?
Keith Law
1:34
Seems like the kind of high-risk, athletic, maybe not that advanced player teams shy away from in the first round and overpay afterwards.
overpay = over slot, not pay too much.
Jackie
1:34
Assuming Clemens and Bonds never get the necessary votes from you the BBWAA  to get into the HOF, how do you think the Veterans' Committee will look at them?  Do they sail in, or do the Joe Morgan types keep them out?
Keith Law
1:35
I think they'll do worse with ex-players than they have with writers.
Guest
1:35
Anthony Kay was on your top50 midseason honourable mention, but wasn't in the top 100 this go-around. Was this performance related, or did just too many guys jump over him? Thanks.
Keith Law
1:35
The lists are not sequential, and the honorable mentions aren't necessarily guys 51-55 or something.
Jim L
1:35
What are you thoughts on Bloomberg for president? To me, he seems like he can work with both sides and can also counter Trump's main boast of being rich and successful.
Keith Law
1:36
Hard pass. History of mistreating women, racial profiling, supporting right-wing candidates ... nah, we're good.
Dylan
1:36
Your annual breakout column is my favorite column of the year. Are you going to write one this year now that you're at the Atlantic? Many fantasy baseball players (or at least the smrt ones) rely on your insights. Thanks for the great work.
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