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Keith Law
1:45
The swing.
And he has no position.
1:46
He was awful in the majors last year at 25. What's the argument that he's not that guy any more? 10 at bats?
Breslow
1:46
Campbell just signed an eight-year deal with the Red Sox. Good idea to lock him up for that long?
Keith Law
1:47
As with Merrill, seems good for both sides. Teams take on some risk now in the hopes of severely underpaying the players down the road; the players are set for life.
Tim
1:47
Lab leak still a failed theory?
Keith Law
1:47
Yep. Evidence just keeps piling up against it.
NL1992
1:48
Have you read Paul Murray’s ‘The Bee Sting’?
Keith Law
1:48
No, hadn't heard of it till now. I have a pretty high bar to read anything over 500 pages, though. I've loved some super-long novels, for sure, but that is a long time for any work to hold my attention.
DNL
1:48
If you were managing the Mets, how would you divide playing time at 2B between Brett Baty and Luisangel Acuna
Keith Law
1:49
Can Baty really play second? I'd be surprised, and I say that as someone who's always argued Baty was better at 3b than people thought.
Chris
1:49
Is there a point to having Rice play full time while Stanton is out to see if he can hit lefties rather than keep giving Grisham pointless playing time and stunting Jasson?
Keith Law
1:50
You know what I'm going to say - you figure out where Dominguez needs to be, for the team and for his own development, and go from there.
A Man Named Dan
1:50
Does the Mets rotation have enough talent to keep them in contention this year?
Keith Law
1:50
Sure, if they're healthy.
JTW
1:50
Just watched "Anora" last week.  I read your review this morning, and think you liked it a bit more than I did.  My question:  don't you think a "Best Picture" winner should be more ... "substantial", for lack of a better word?  When I think "Best Picture", I think "Godfather" or "Ben Hur".  "Anora" struck me as another in a string of forgettable winners.  Maybe I'm just getting old.
Keith Law
1:52
I don't agree with that philosophy - it sounds a bit too much like you're saying a film has to be "important," rather than simply the best-made film of the year. That almost completely excludes comedies and musicals, and will tend to favor longer films or films that tackle Big Topics like racism or sexism. Now, if you want to argue that Nickel Boys was a more serious film about a more serious topic and was just as well-made as Anora, I won't fight you. Nickel Boys at least deserved a lot more love at awards ceremonies. The two biggest snubs in the Oscar nominations were Nickel Boys in Cinematography and Reznor/Ross in Original Score (for Challengers).
1:53
The Academy did well with the winners, but man, they whiffed on the nominations. The Apprentice? Really??
romorr
1:53
How much longer would you try McDermott as a starter? If it's August, and he's still walking 12% to 14%, and the pen needs help in Baltimore, do you make the move? Try and start him again in 2026?
Keith Law
1:53
Sure, why not? You're trying to win - you use older prospects like him however they can help the team.
DNL
1:53
Are you a Star Trek fan? If so, any thoughts on the Paramount+ shows to date?
Keith Law
1:55
I bet I'd enjoy some of them, but I haven't watched anything Star Trek related in probably 25 years. I watched the entire original series as a kid, and saw most if not all of TNG in college or shortly afterwards. There are still some TNG episodes I can picture like it was yesterday, including the finale. (Never liked Q that much, though. Kind of wore on me after the first appearance.) As with all the Star Wars series, though, I'm overwhelmed by all of the content and end up not watching any. (I did watch S1/S2 of The Mandalorian and S1 of The Bad Batch. Enjoyed both.)
Chris
1:55
Wanted to add I also enjoyed Roadhouse more than a lot of other pointless remakes like Gladiator II (which lets be honest was that and not a sequel).  Jake almost always brings the goods.
Keith Law
1:56
I watched Gladiator in the fall to prepare to watch the new one ... and then realized it was basically a remake that nobody liked as much as the original.
Heather
1:56
If Giancarlo Stanton can overcome his allergic reaction to the torpedo bats, is he a HOFer in your eyes?  He had four or five excellent years (I believe all in Miami), but he's turned into Dave Kingman for the last half decade.
Keith Law
1:58
That's an interesting question, more so than I thought at first glance. B-R has him at 45 WAR, which is low, but would be far from the lowest in the Hall for a position player. (He's well over the Baines Line.) It's really a peak argument: 33 WAR in his best 7-year stretch, one MVP and one runner-up. Jay Jaffe's JAWS seems to have him too far on the outside, so guessing right now, if Stanton retired today, I'd be a 'no.' It's a good one, though.
Jm
1:58
You should watch Andor. Best tv of last five years
Keith Law
1:59
I feel like that would be the one to watch, no? I did watch one episode of The Book of Boba Fett and had a sinking feeling that the rest of the series were just going to be low-effort series to capitalize on the popularity of The Mandalorian. I think Marvel's kind of done the same.
2:02
OK that's all for this week, but I'll try to do these more regularly now that the season's rolling and my travel isn't going to be nearly as heavy as it was in March. Thank you all for reading and for your questions!
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