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mike sixel
2:08
I am all for a controlled FA type "draft". The teams that don't make the playoffs get $X to sign 1-3 players, say, for a week or two. Then there is the regular draft, or a new FA where the amount you can spend on one player is capped. Players can choose if team or money is more important. Teams can choose to put more eggs in 1-2 baskets, or spread their risk.
Keith Law
2:08
Right? And then the top draft kids might get something closer to market value.
There are really only 2-5 such players in any draft class anyway. They get screwed.
Kevin
2:09
People always bring up cutting regulations as why they like trump, but is that a good thing?  I mean at some point I like clean water/air plus we cannot have companies like Boeing self regulate.
Keith Law
2:09
Right - people who say they want fewer regulations probably don't mean they want zero safety checks on our food supply (which was never something the USDA etc did well anyway).
adambulldog
2:09
Do arb-eligible players receive MLB compensation if they are optioned to the minors?
Keith Law
2:10
Depends on their contracts. If they went to arbitration they will get their major-league salary. You can be arb-eligible but accept a split deal if, say, you were non-tendered.
Blake
2:10
Any advice on getting someone (teen) to participate in therapy when they really don't want to?  We've been through 7-8 therapists so far, tried meds, nothing works.
Keith Law
2:10
I wish I had a good answer other than try to find a therapist your teen likes on a personal level, so that therapy becomes like a conversation.
Mike
2:10
How fucked up do you have to be to come to a baseball writer's chat and try to write a gotcha question defending men who engage in violence against women?
Keith Law
2:10
Every week.
Henry
2:11
Are owners required to report revenue reports to MLB every year? If so, can't the Union sue as part of the freedom of information act to determine if there is free agency collusion, or an effort to maximize owner profit?
Keith Law
2:11
FOIA covers information from government agencies. Doesn't apply here. The union could demand such information in the CBA but the owners wouldn't agree to it.
Rick Sanchez
2:11
Do you think Wander Franco makes a Soto-like splash in the majors next year as a teenager?
Keith Law
2:11
2020, maybe, but not this year.
Kevin
2:11
On average how many questions do you get in these chats?
Keith Law
2:12
It's many hundreds. I don't have a quick way to count but there are over 330 of you with this chat open right now even though we're 72 minutes in.
That's all for me - I have some errands to run and then a weekend at home before I head to Arizona. Thank you as always for reading and for all of your questions! Look for more scouting posts next week as well as my annual breakouts column.
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