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Keith Law
1:45
It's two starts.
Brian Godish
1:45
Maybe Madrigal played and you just couldn’t see him...
Keith Law
1:45
On the contrary, I could look him right in the eyes.
nelson
1:45
Talk about the black hole
Keith Law
1:46
I'm just trying to figure out how we can fire all the anti-vaxxers right past its event horizon.
Mike
1:46
If the over/under was set at "1" on Big League Regulars among McKinney, Jansen, Teoscar, Gurriel, Tellez and Drury, would you take the over?
Keith Law
1:46
Yes.
Jay
1:46
At what point do the draft picks become unattached to free agents? That's the day I think we see deals for Kimbrel & Keuchel
Keith Law
1:46
After the draft.
Guest
1:46
Keith, any idea if ESPN+ will get folder into Disney+ whenever it comes out?
Keith Law
1:47
I was just discussing this with someone last night - I don't know, and my gut is that they'll be separate services, but how great would it be if they were combined or even bundled like Spotify/Hulu?
Chris
1:47
Not even looking at the statline, Amed Rosario looks like a different player this year. Turning on balls inside while displaying better patience. Exciting.
Keith Law
1:48
Cautiously optimistic on that one. Hitting balls harder, not getting them quite enough into the air. At some point after Brooklyn his swing got a little flatter.
Mark
1:48
I was watching a show on T.V the other day called ,"The best Thing I ever Ate." Curious what as to what your answer would be.
Keith Law
1:50
A longtime reader & correspondent (who seems to have vanished from the internet completely, so I'm a bit worried about her) asked me that years ago, and my answer was the meatballs with tomato sauce and lardo at Boston's Coppa. I no longer eat beef, so that dish will have to remain a memory, but I could also offer the duck carnitas at Cosme in NYC, the piedras y oro dessert at Xochi in Houston, the Wiseguy pizza at Phoenix's Pizzeria Bianco, the grilled carrots with jalapeño chimichurri and apricot puree at Juniper and Ivy ... okay, this might get long...
Keith
1:50
What insights (if any) did seeing Luis Robert in person give you?
Keith Law
1:51
Swing is better than I expected. At bats were not. My goodness he is a large man.
Chris
1:51
I got to watch a lot of Kyle Isbel and Nathan Eaton play last year in the Pioneer league and came away really impressed by both. Any thoughts on either of those guys? Any reason for optimism?
Keith Law
1:51
First two games with Isbel weren't promising. I'll see him a ton more this spring, though.
Nick
1:51
For the Phils, would signing Keuchel and moving Pivetta to the pen make more sense than just signing Kimbrel? (Not that either scenario is likely.)
Keith Law
1:51
Yes but I think they still view Pivetta as a long-term starter. I think he's too vulnerable to LHB.
Steve (nyc)
1:51
You have mentioned how it is like work when being in large social settings.  I have similar experience and can’t get spouse to understand why I don’t always want to entertain.  How do you handle this?
Keith Law
1:52
To what extent does your spouse understand why you feel this way? Explaining your anxiety or discomfort may help. Even asking them to read something that gets into what anxiety is and why we feel it could help them understand.
Big Time Timmy Jim
1:52
You've maintained that you never questioned Luis Severino's stuff, only whether or not he can hold up longterm given the delivery and body. In two consecutive years, his stuff worn down in the 2nd half, and how with real shoulder/arm issues to start 2019. While I know you don't advocate for any pitchers to be injured (and actively root for them to succeed, even if it means you're 'wrong'), is there just a small part of you that wants to say "This is what I was talking about, guys."?
Keith Law
1:54
Yes, it occurs to me - I took this question, which some readers might interpret as prima facie evidence that I'm gloating - but i find it nauseates me to think about taking pride or pleasure in a player's injury, if that makes sense. I've said this before - that baseball player who fails is a grown-up kid who always dreamed of being a major leaguer. I get physically uncomfortable when fans mock, heckle, or just boo opposing players who fail. I get that most fans do this stuff or think it's fine or even funny, but that's still a human on the receiving end of the invective.
Jerry
1:54
Carlos Correa has been pretty adamant that he won't sign an extension.  Good for him.  I think every player should make as much as they can.  Assuming he walks do the Astros have any SS-3B types in the minors who project as better than average MLBers by the time he's a FA?
Keith Law
1:54
I hear Betts is the same way. Right now, no, I don't think they do.
Mike
1:54
Why do you keep saying Kelenic was the Mets top prospect when your list is the only one that has him ahead of Gimenez
Keith Law
1:55
Because ... it's ... my ... list.
Newt
1:55
I don’t know if he’ll ever hit consistently, but man, watching Byron Buxton break the sound barrier rounding second en route to his triple last night was jaw-dropping.
Keith Law
1:55
And at the plate, he looks like he did for most of 2017, too. I'm optimistic.
Lawl
1:55
Too early for top of the draft rumblings? White Sox have a chance at Vaughn?
Keith Law
1:56
They pick third so yes. If I had to guess - this is a guess, people, not based on much info at all - I'd say picks 1-2-3 were Rutschman, Witt Jr, Vaughn. Maybe then Abrams/Greene in some order, although neither did himself any favors at NHSI with 20+ directors and several GMs in attendance.
Tim Apple
1:56
Do the early struggles of the CWS make it more likely that they will call up Cease, Madrigal, et al this summer or less likely? Stadium is empty but does control outweigh draw or vice versa?
Keith Law
1:57
Cease is a no-doubt callup, isn't he? They're going to need more starters no matter what, just with typical attrition, and what if Reynaldo Lopez's bad start is more than just SSS? Madrigal I doubt we see but I would be shocked if Cease isn't up by July 1st.
Pete
1:57
How do you usually watch MLB each night? Lots of flipping between games or mostly settle in for one on each time slot?
Keith Law
1:58
Depends on the night. Lately I've been watching a lot of the Padres because they nearly always have someone I want to see. Some nights I just bounce around close games.
MikeM
1:58
Yankees blog River Ave Blues is closing shop.  They were one of the sites that really got me into baseball analytics and led me to learn a lot as a fan.  I will miss their contributions to the baseball discussion (not withstanding Mike's job with CBS sports).  More baseball blogs should be like that and less reactionary.
Keith Law
1:59
Yes, they were one of the best team-specific blogs, and, in my opinion, a good bit less prone to the sort of jingoistic fandom into which even many decent blogs fall. I'll always have fond memories of the one commenter there who called me a racist for omitting Donavan Tate from my top 100 the winter after Tate was the #3 pick in the draft.
Ben
1:59
How can we tell when a hot start is the 1% of times when it is real and not the 99% when it is a SSS? We hear so much about "swing tweaks" and trying out new pitches now that it seems like there is a report of something "different" on every player with a hot start.
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