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Klawchat 3/26/20
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Keith Law
1:01
So let it be written. Klawchat.
Trav
1:02
What the hell is going on?
Keith Law
1:03
Well, the United States has the world's worst response to the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to the current Administration, and as a result several thousand Americans will die when they would have survived had someone else been in charge.
Todd Boss
1:03
Since the 2020 baseball season is delayed, is Bryce Harper still overrated?  :-)
Keith Law
1:03
I'm sure someone on sports talk radio blames him for the Phillies being winless so far in 2020.
Aaron C.
1:03
Favorite Opening Day memory from BEFORE you started hatin' everyone's favorite team?
Keith Law
1:04
Weirdly enough, I don't think of many memories specifically as Opening Day, despite going to quite a few of them. I think the Pedro-Carpenter matchup where we (Toronto) knocked Pedro around and ended up winning a slugfest was Opening Day, but I'm really not even sure.
WhiteSoxAndy
1:04
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Keith Law
1:04
I do need a little time to wake up, thank you.
Deke
1:04
Best guess — what does the world look like in, say, July?
Keith Law
1:05
Pandemic still raging in developing nations, with worldwide deaths in the six figures.
Jordan
1:05
Why do the Astros seem unwilling to give Kyle Tucker consistent PT? Does still have the same long term upside as he once did?
Keith Law
1:05
I think some of it is his perceived lack of energy or effort, and some just the presence of other players. Upside is unchanged.
Aaron C.
1:05
What's your favorite recipe from Ruhlman's Twenty? I have the cookbook and...some time on my hands.
Keith Law
1:05
The braised duck legs. Never tried a recipe from that book that was less than good, though. His mayonnaise is my go-to as well.
OC Joe
1:05
Your thoughts on the MLB Draft proposal reported by Kiley? (July date, 5-10 rounds, 10% of bonus money up front, 45% deferred to 2021, 45% deferred to 2022)
Keith Law
1:05
Not what I've heard from industry sources.
Chris
1:06
Have you tried the Charterstone app? Any word on if it's any good?
Keith Law
1:06
Yes, and I filed a long review to Ars Technica that should run any day now. I played a full 12-game campaign on Steam and thought it was good.
Todd Boss
1:06
Is it just me, or does an abbreviated "sprint" of a season kinda sound cool as hell?  Imagine a 60-game season where every game counts and has post-season tension, then leading to a post-season not riddled with fatigue and injuries?
Keith Law
1:07
It would be fun, but I also think an abbreviated season will mean games every day, and thus games where all the regulars are in the lineup will be infrequent.
JG
1:07
One day the current occupant of the White House will be gone.  But isn't the REAL problem, the MILLIONS of American voters who are saying they approve of the job he's doing with the pandemic, economy, etc?  They're not going anywhere.
Keith Law
1:08
Nope. The hope is that there are enough rational people out there to outnumber the cultists, and that the rational people vote, because we know the cultists will.
Zach D
1:08
With the pause for MLB, starting pitchers are obviously impacted more. Can you see the league saying: we’re giving you 2 weeks to get ready then game time, and teams just using starters for 60-70 pitches for the first month of the season?
Keith Law
1:08
My guess is ~3 weeks of ramp-up, expanded rosters, and then pitchers used more gently maybe all season.
Dark Johnny Rises
1:08
Chris Rodriguez's ceiling?  Make the rotation by 2021?
Keith Law
1:08
Call me when he's healthy. He's missed two years now.
Jaylen
1:08
Why is Nick Lodolo's upside maybe not as high as someone like Spencer Howard? How would you compare Josiah Gray to those guys in terms of long term upside as well?
Keith Law
1:09
Stuff, delivery, FB quality. I did compare all three on my top 100 and would refer you there.
Krontz
1:09
When you play Dominion, do you roll your cards out on table before your turn?  My normal buddies and I do, to speed stuff up.  It's not an issue at all.  I played with other friends recently and they were shocked I did that, saying it was a huge advantage strategy-wise I was giving them.  I told 'em to look as much as they wanted at my cards, not a big deal to me.  Am I missing a critical element?
Keith Law
1:09
Doesn't everyone kind of know what's in your deck anyway? They see every purchase you make.
Dark Johnny Rises
1:09
What do you think about Drew Rasmussen?
Keith Law
1:09
Promising reliever.
Chris
1:10
Thoughts on the proposed player service time situation?
Keith Law
1:10
Still working on a column on this subject. I do think any solution has to give players who play an entire, abbreviated season a full year of service. Anything less creates a systemic problem for years to come (problem for players ... owners would win big).
Mike
1:10
Keith, what would YOU do re: the MLB Draft?
Keith Law
1:11
Still thinking about that one too, but it has to be somewhat shorter, both for practical reasons (less time to scout lower-round players) and needs (more top picks will play in short season, so there's less need for filler guys).
Andres
1:11
Not baseball related, or hobby related, but how do we even begin to recover from this? As in, great, we survive, now how do we undo all the financial damage? Does Trump get re-elected despite the poor response?
Keith Law
1:14
We don't, not really. Some significant number of Americans will lose their lives, and they won't just be old people sacrificing themselves to save the stock market. (Holy shit, the people advocating that are *terrifying*.) A huge portion of our population will be affected by the losses of loved ones. The economy will be harmed for years. (Note: The stock market is not the economy. It's not even a good proxy any more.) The labor force will be adversely affected. Many small businesses won't survive this. I doubt we could ever have mustered a response like South Korea's, but we could have saved so many more lives had the government been more prepared and responded sooner. Instead we had Kudlow on TV a month ago saying the virus was well contained, a bald-faced lie that only slowed the national response.
Dark Johnny Rises
1:15
Bryan Abreu looks like he can be a hader type?  What do you think?
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