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Keith Law
1:33
Florida State's two main lefties depantsed him - and word got around. He's going to go in the first round, I think, but people are aware of the very issue you raise.
bobby
1:33
You're need to lift heavy waits broseph.
Keith Law
1:33
This has to be a joke.
Frank Thomas the Tank Engine
1:33
I know you've discussed this elsewhere, but lost track between your chats, articles, and tweets:  where do you stand on the three proposed rule changes for a pitch clock, larger bases, and no shifts?
Keith Law
1:34
Pitch clock is a double-edged sword - it may increase some pitcher injuries. Banning the shift is stupid. I have no opinion on the bases.
Matt
1:34
You may have addressed this before, but with Sal Perez under contract for 4 more years, could you see the Royals breaking MJ Melendez in in some sort of hybrid role where he's the backup catcher and plays somewhere else in the field other days? I know these things tend to work themselves out, but Melendez is essentially knocking on the door at this point and Sal's not going anywhere!
Keith Law
mss
1:35
Your're telling me you don't eat Italian Sausage !?!!
Keith Law
1:35
I do if it's pork, which it should be.
stixx23
1:35
Do you think we will see a woman play in the major leagues in our lifetime (say, next 30-40 years)?
Keith Law
1:36
I'd give you about even money odds on that. She'll face discrimination at every possible step, though.
Paul
1:36
Given everything going on - would it make sense for Biden to come out today and announce another massive infrastructure/energy bill? One that in the short term, yes increases the amount of drilling for fossil fuels, but longer term projects of nuclear plants in WV, wind farms in the midwest and solar farms in the southwest? Surely if there is ever a chance for us to break free from our dependence on autocratic petrostates this would be our last best chance?
Keith Law
1:37
Agreed. It could even force some Big Oil advocates in Congress to take a stand on the issue - would they turn down a short-term investment in our petroleum industry to score a political point?
Dave
1:37
Any sense of how teams are planning to handle April for prospects on the cusp of the bigs, but not on the 40-man? Thinking of Greene and Tork with the Tigers specifically, but I think Julio Rodriguez fits that bill too. Start them at AAA? Keep them around for big league camp?
Keith Law
1:37
There is no big league camp, right? So they'll go play in AAA. Not the perfect outcome but a good enough one.
TomBruno23
1:38
We have discussed him before in the chat, especially in regards to graduating HS early and enrolling at Vandy...what is going on with Christian Little pitching in middle relief this season?
Keith Law
1:38
Is he just another kid who enrolled in college early only to end up worse off? Nate Savino looked like he'd be one of those guys, but he's had two good starts in non-conference play for UVA.
Mike
1:38
Have you read any of Erik Larson's books? They seem up your alley.  Also just finished A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles that had a very "Confederacy of Dunces" vibe.
Keith Law
1:39
I have not; I read part of Devil in the White City and his emphasis on the lurid aspects of the HH Holmes half of the story really turned me off. I have zero interest in that.
TomBruno23
1:39
What can I, as a schmuck living in St. Louis County, Missouri, do to help the Ukrainians? Donate to organizations and, if so, which ones?
Keith Law
1:40
I gave to World Central Kitchen, Jose Andres' nonprofit.
Omead
1:41
Will Jeren Kendall ever figure it out?
Keith Law
1:41
I highly doubt it.
JT
1:42
There's no hope left for the GOP now. How does America play out over the next decade? How far from democracy will your country descend?
Keith Law
1:42
I don't think there's a bottom. We are headed towards a theocracy, in a country that is becoming more secular all the time.
Tim
1:42
One of the players' main grievances is that some teams are not trying hard enough to compete. In that vein, aren't deadline trades problematic? How is it good for competition when bad teams send good players to good teams for the last two months of the season, leading to greater competitive disparity? Max Scherzer hates "tanking," but he was happy to abandon the listing Nats for the already loaded Dodgers. It seems hypocritical.
Keith Law
1:43
I don't see this parallel at all, sorry.
Guest
1:43
Is this the hardest year to rank prospects given how atypical the development path has been for so many in the last two years? e.g. Ed Howard might suck or might just have a huge learning curve due to time off
Keith Law
1:44
Last winter was harder, with almost no new information available on players. At least this past cycle, we could discuss 2021 performance and scouting reports, with the caveat that the lost 2020 season affected different players in different ways. I would counsel all fans to be more open-minded on players who struggled in 2021 than they might have in previous years.
Aaron G
1:44
Please, won't you think of the owners? You're such a shill for the players, some of whom might even play in the majors for a few years at minimum salary!
Keith Law
1:45
There's a weird group of Twitter accounts who love to run around calling anyone who advocates for the players' positions a "Boras shill" or something similar. It seems artificial - like someone spoonfed them that phrase.
Nels
1:45
Am i wrong to be a little annoyed at some of the reporting that went on in Florida last week? There was a lot of over-dramatization of people walking across parking lots and at the end of the day the reporting was filtered through PR anyways. Not sure I saw the point of a lot of it.
Keith Law
1:45
It ended up much ado about nothing but I assume there was value in having people on the ground there in case the two sides had struck a deal.
Anthony
1:45
I know injuries to pitchers definitely vary player to player but given how some college teams really overwork their pitchers, is it fair to be wary of said teams in terms of projecting their starters for overuse? (UCLA comes to mind as relatively recent starters like James Kaprielian and Griffin Canning have definitely struggled with health)
Keith Law
1:46
I know teams consider this. There were several Rice pitchers who were drafted later than they might have been from other schools because the whole industry knew that, under Graham, Rice pitchers got hurt a ton.
Nick X
1:46
My buddy Joe F. once got schooled by you on Twitter in a Pete Rose debate.  We were roasting him about it recently and he claims he won because MLB promotes gambling now.  We already made fun of that point but would you care to roast him one last time? We'd truly appreciate it
Keith Law
1:47
I'm pretty sure MLB doesn't promote its own players gambling. That's kind of the key difference, no?
Jasper
1:47
Ever had overnight oats ?
Keith Law
1:48
I just can't get into them. I have tried it, but despite the fact that I like almost anything with oats in it (okay, perhaps not haggis), I find oatmeal pretty boring. It needs way more salt than most people put in it - it's a grain, like rice, not a 'cereal' like Lucky Charms.
TomBruno23
1:48
My lovely state of MO is considering a bill that will finally legalize sports gambling but only in casinos and inside pro sports stadiums. Cannot make this shit up.
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