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Keith Law
1:32
Depends on whether his rotator cuff is just sore or actually screwed up.
Mike
1:32
The Giants have kept Bart in major league camp a long time.  Is there anything to read into that or does it mean anything?
Keith Law
1:32
No, teams need extra catchers anyway.
MattB
1:33
Whenever I read your work, I always wish there were more people out there like you. People who were broadly curious and interested in the world. Thanks for everything!
Keith Law
1:33
Well that's a very kind comment, thank you. I have always been a curious person, even as a kid. I feel kind of lucky that it never faded.
CH
1:33
How would you handle Mets catching situation? Think I'd go Ramos and Mesoraco
Keith Law
1:34
Seems like a good plan to me.
Jake L.
1:34
If you were given 400+ MIL, what would your 1st purchase be? Would you like to be seen as "rich and irrelevant"?
Keith Law
1:34
Rich and irrelevant seems like a wonderful fate to me. Granted, Mr. Trout has to work for that money, but I'd be plotting my retirement in Italy.
Graig
1:34
Is Ryan O'Hearn anything? Good numbers last year, seems to have the starting job, but I assume (being a regular reader of yours) I would've heard more about him by now
Keith Law
1:35
I think he can repeat what he did last year, or something close. Makes hard contact. Poor defender.
Drew
1:35
I've been struggling with anxiety recently, and reading your Stigma Fighters piece helped me regain equilibrium after trying to go off my SSRIs. I wanted to thank you for your openness in discussing your own mental health, and to ask whether you've ever tried the Headspace app for meditation.
Keith Law
1:35
Only briefly although my therapist has recommended it. I don't meditate nearly often enough.
Brodie Van Jump on the Bandwagon
1:35
Keith-- are you surprised how well Pete Alonso has hit (i.e., more than just HRs) this spring?  Also very impressed how Dom Smith has done (don't know if you saw the piece that he is using a CPAP machine for better sleep, so that is having a + impact.)  The Mets say they may carry both.  Thoughts?
Keith Law
1:35
I am not surprised by how well/poorly any player has done in spring training because it means nothing.
Kevin
1:35
Do you think the anti-vax people that attack you on Twitter are actual real people or from a troll factory?
Keith Law
1:36
Both. Some are bots. Some are parents whose children are neuroatypical (e.g., autistic) and have been unable to accept that their children are different, thus sending them to find someone to blame. They're all dangerous to the rest of us, though.
alex
1:36
Os are having Mountcastle work at 1B as well as 3B this spring.    Given his (lack of arm), would you have tried LF (I heard he has been or 2B) for him?  Thanks
Keith Law
1:36
He is way too big for 2b. LF should work.
Kevin
1:36
Was there any other colleges besides Harvard you were considering?
Keith Law
1:38
I applied to 12, which is more to say my parents decided I would apply to 12 (bear in mind I was 16 at the time, hardly capable of deciding what to wear to school on any given day). Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Virginia, William and Mary, Georgetown, Colgate, Washington University, Cornell, Duke, Wesleyan, Johns Hopkins.
1:39
I ended up choosing between Harvard and William & Mary, which offered me some kind of scholarship and also seemed to offer a much better student experience. I would almost certainly have enjoyed W&M more, but I'm well aware what the Harvard name has done for me (and the privilege it affords me).
Jake L.
1:39
Is the Snell 15K pay raise really a "bad look," considering he was sent down twice to AAA in 2017 because he was insanely inconsistent and inefficient and then it finally all clicked on for him in 2018?
Keith Law
1:39
No, it's the damn system.
Danny
1:39
What charities do you give to?
Keith Law
1:40
My #1 charity has been the Food Bank of Delaware for the past several years. It's direct help to people who need it. I just gave $500 to them last week out of my first advance payment for book number two, because they're great and they've been building a new warehouse/facility. fbd.org.
Hunter Greene
1:40
Huge year for me this year.  What level should I be pitching in by the end of the year?
Keith Law
1:40
Double-A would be great, but healthy is the most important thing.
Dan
1:40
What are your expectations on Joe Ross as he makes his full-season return from injury? On a similar note, any concern for Lance McCullers and his ability to keep that curve ball next year?
Keith Law
1:41
Considered Ross for the breakouts piece but couldn't find a real reason for optimism beyond "I've always liked that guy." And his stuff wasn't as good last year when he did pitch. Concern on McCullers was/is ability to stay healthy with that arm action.
Mark
1:41
Have you ever eaten at any of Thomas Keller's restaurants?
Keith Law
1:41
Only Bouchon Bakery which was great.
Jim
1:41
I can probably predict it, but any thoughts about the KY governor (guess which party) who took his (nine) kids to a "pox party"?
Keith Law
1:41
If you tolerate this, then your children will be next.
Todd
1:41
Still relatively high on Domingo Avevedo? It should be time for him to make it to the majors
Keith Law
1:41
Have I ever been high on him?
Frank
1:42
As a former resident of Arizona do you have anything to add to the general commentary that being president and attacking a deceased war veteran who served his country his entire life is about as classless and petty as someone can be?
Keith Law
1:43
Yes. Let him rant and attack. I had this thought the other day: If Warren ends up the Democratic candidate, and Trump spends months calling her "Pocahantas" and other slurs and just generally being awful, will it end up helping Warren by reminding anyone actually on the fence of the kind of person the President is?
Guest
1:43
Kirilloff seemed like a great pick in 17 when the Twins were able to get him with a mid round pick. Was the reason he was available that far into the round because he doesn’t play a premium position?
Keith Law
1:43
Yes, also a cold-weather kid, and not a premium tools/athlete. Always trepidation over bat-first HS position players.
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