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JD
3:11
What should be looking for in Andy Pages' game this year?
Keith Law
3:11
Contact.
JD
3:13
Your writeup of Matt Allan was pretty much all positive, but I gather he's missing something he needs to be a true ace. What's that?
Keith Law
3:13
I said in the writeup that his fastball plays below its velocity. That's his main drawback. He's going to have to work more with his offspeed stuff than most starters.
Steve
3:13
You think Mondesi can be a star?
Keith Law
3:15
Career .284 OBP, .292 in the last two seasons if you want to give him a pass on the early call-ups. He has never developed an adequate approach at the plate, and I doubt he ever will. He can still be valuable because he does so many other things, but hitters with neither patience nor power have limited ceilings.
Green New Deal
3:16
I have a hard time seeing how we're going to convert to renewables at the scale needed without more investment in nuclear energy.  The main arguments are expense and waste, but from the cost perspective, it's a drop in the bucket compared to potential GDP loss from more natural disasters and overall instability.
Keith Law
3:17
Agreed. Unfortunately, the green energy crowd tends to be anti-nuclear because availability bias leads them to believe that it is more dangerous than it actually is.
Frank
3:17
Any reason why you do not typically include recent j -2 signings such as diaz and martinez in teams’ top 20 reports/other notables ?
Keith Law
3:17
Because they're 16.
Adam
3:17
Would you give Pache more time at the Alt Site/AAA and trot Ender out there or start him in the Majors then re evaluate come may?
Keith Law
3:18
I'd play him now and get the benefit of his defense, but I won't argue if they want him to go to AAA to work on pitch recognition.
Once AAA starts, that is.
John
3:18
Why bother keeping the filibuster anymore?  If protecting voting rights isn't important enough to remove that nothing will ever be and unfortunately only one side sees that as a problem.
Keith Law
3:18
My question is why the filibuster ever existed. It seems antithetical to our system of government.
Nolan
3:18
I know it's crazy, but I find myself hopeful about Anderson Espinoza. Seems like starter is out of the question, but could he be an impactful bullpen piece?
Keith Law
3:19
I don't think it's that crazy and I would like to see if he can start. Few guys do after two TJs, but there have been exceptions.
Mac
3:19
Was surprised Alex Binelas made the top 30. He’s looked horrible at the plate and they’re starting to play him at 1B more often because he’s been just as bad at 3B.
Keith Law
3:19
I said in the piece that he's gotten off to a bad start, but the rankings aren't just based on this year. He may very well end up in the second round or later, though.
Jason
3:20
Re: Puerto Rico, it's unclear whether they actually want statehood.  In 2012, a bare majority wanted to even change its current status (and then was split between free association, statehood, and independence), and in 2020 statehood barely received a majority over independence ("no" meant a commission to determine the next steps toward independence)
Keith Law
3:21
That's not really true; a majority of PR residents want statehood, with three nonbinding votes in the last 15 years showing that, but opponents have done a good job of casting doubt on that. Just another episode in our country's long and shameful history of disenfranchising nonwhite voters.
Steve
3:21
How far along are you playing My City? We're  4 episodes in, so Chapter 2, and enjoying it so far.
Keith Law
3:22
We hit the gold mines, which I think is about halfway? It's fun. A nice light game we can play 2-3 times in a sitting. Put it aside for a while as my wife was extremely busy with work and I was plowing through prospect rankings.
3:23
That's all for this week's chat. Thank you all so much for reading and for all of your questions. I'll try to keep these chats going weekly now that we have a season, depending on my travel commitments once those get starter. Stay safe, and go get vaccinated as soon as you can!
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