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Keith Law
1:56
For stretches, at least. Lot of hitting ability and raw power, with an idea at the plate.
Imre
1:56
Just wanted to pop in and proudly say we got out 4 year old daughter her latest round of vaccinations yesterday!
Keith Law
1:57
Excellent news. Most of us are sane. If we convince another tiny sliver of the population to join us in vaccinating our kids, many or most of these outbreaks will stop.
Kevin
1:57
I asked my employer to stop playing Michael Jackson on the intercom...small step but hopefully more follow suit.
Keith Law
1:57
I'm actually surprised that more outlets haven't just quietly shelved his music.
SeanE
1:57
Would you say the same about CNN?  They clearly have bias the other way.  Not sure there is objective media anymore....at least in national politics.
Keith Law
1:57
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH oh that is fucking hilarious.
Todd
1:57
The democratic nominee in 2020 is.......?
Keith Law
1:58
Dunno but I'm voting for them.
Tom
1:58
How would you resolve service time manipulation?
Keith Law
1:58
You can't, right? You can make it harder, and you can make it less lucrative/valuable, but you can never truly stop it.
1:59
Paying minor leaguers more would help. I've seen proposals for tying free agency to total time in pro ball, minors + majors, and for tying it to age. Each proposal has benefits over the status quo and will also disadvantage certain players.
Geoff
1:59
Gritty 2020?
Keith Law
1:59
Oh hell yes.
Johnny Lecherous
1:59
Happy Friday, KLaw. Last week someone asked if 2007 #5 overall draft pick Matt Wieters was a bust. Checking the 50 top 5 picks in the decade from 1997-2006, the average career total was 15-16 WAR -- compared to just under 20 for Wieters. (That's Baseball-Reference WAR, for what it's worth.) So that very cursory study would claim that Wieters was more or less a typical outcome. Sadly.
Keith Law
2:00
But he wasn't a typical #5 pick. He was #1 or #2 in the draft - I had him at 1, I think BA had him at 2 (They were right) - on most boards. I certainly never heard anyone tell me at the time that he was flawed. He slipped to 5 because teams 2-4 didn't want to meet his bonus demands.
SeanE
2:00
So CNN is right down the middle.  You have been spending too much time on the beach in Arizona....oh wait....
Keith Law
2:00
Strawman, and I haven't lived in Arizona since 2013. Take the L, Seane.
Kevin
2:00
Is trump worse than you thought he would be...I had extremely low expectations in November of 2016 but somehow he has been even worse.
Keith Law
2:01
He's what I feared. The federal government is slashing science budgets and programs left and right and no one even notices because we're too busy reacting to him lighting something else on fire.
Ridley Kemp
2:01
Speaking of musicians who are best left forgotten: Michael Jackson and R. Kelly are being removed from playlists, but Ted Nugent the Rolling Stones, and The Mamas and The Papas get a pass. Any idea why there would be a different standard?
Keith Law
2:02
Timing? Those revelations (and crimes) were longer ago.
Thomas
2:02
David Bowie had a teenage relationship, e.g. statutory rape. Should he not be played either?
Keith Law
2:03
I can't tell you where to draw that line for yourself. You should at least ask yourself the question on Bowie and his contemporaries who engaged in similar behavior. I don't love relativistic approaches to judging such crimes, but I could not agree that Bowie is in the Kelly/Jackson category.
Kevin
2:03
who even likes Ted Nugent?
Keith Law
2:03
I have never actually met a Ted Nugent fan. I used to really like that style of faux-metal, too, but never liked any of his songs.
Corey
2:03
Draft idea, versions of which i've seen elsewhere:  1st five picks are the 1st five non-playoff teams, then the rest in the normal order. Incentivizes teams to win
Keith Law
2:04
Yep, that's one I've heard and like. Or a lottery. Or take the top N picks and make them a sort of controlled free agency - teams in that range can submit bids on players, who then go to the highest bidders in that group, and then from picks N+1 forward it's a draft again.
Andy
2:04
Add Led Zeppelin to the list of bands who were lucky their scandals happened before the current time frame.
Keith Law
2:05
There are some ugly stories with them, if I remember correctly. Motley Crue too, surprising exactly nobody.
Tim
2:05
Should any person (even low income blue collar workers) who are guilty of domestic violence be fired and never hired again or does that just apply to MLB players?
Keith Law
2:05
MLB players are public figures hired to represent a franchise and perform for (and often spend time with) children in particular. If you can't see that difference, I can't help you.
Blake
2:05
You (correctly) said Harper would sign with whoever paid him the most.  Do you think any players go for fit/location over money? I remember Dawson supposedly told the Cubs he'd play for whatever number they wanted.
Keith Law
2:06
Dawson said that to challenge collusion. Some players near the end of their careers will do that - Kerry Wood comes to mind. But peak free agents do not.
JD
2:06
Speaking of slashing science budgets, have you read Michael Lewis's "The Fifth Risk"? Short, demoralizing read about our current government that doubles as a paean to devoted civil servants and the unheralded jobs government takes on.
Keith Law
2:06
I won't for that reason. I'm sure it's excellent.
Chris
2:06
At this point Gio probably couldnt even start a game til mid April at the absolute earliest, so is the idea for the Yanks' going after him as insurance for Severino being out longer than the first month? Otherwise they could be fine w a month of Cessa/German, no?
Keith Law
2:06
He's depth for the whole year, though. Someone else will get hurt or need some time off. I doubt CC makes 30 starts, for example.
Tom
2:06
How did you figure out your red meat allergy/sensitivity? I am going through some issues myself and am wondering if you know about a test that I don't. A full elimination diet is pretty difficult with a FT job and 2 kids under 3. Hoping for an easier path...
Keith Law
2:08
We knew we had the inborn error of metabolism from when my daughter was born and then they tested me and found I had it too. (It's autosomal recessive, so she got one defective gene from me and one from mom, but I also have two defective genes, and the one I gave my daughter was apparently unique. We were very popular around the hospital for a few days.) My daughter pieced together the "eat beef = feel like crap" connection, although to be honest I was just in denial.
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