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AnalyticsPlant
1:44
Is The Inside Game eminently more readable in hardcover or in paperback?
Keith Law
1:44
I'm speaking against my own self-interest but I prefer paperbacks. They're just so much more portable.
Beej
1:44
As a scout, how do you evaluate bat speed with the naked eye when the difference between a quick bat and a slow bat may only be a few hundredths of a second?
Keith Law
1:44
I think it's pretty easy to see the difference with experience.
Matt
1:45
How do we as a society deal with stupid people that have a major influence on others? Millions of morons believe Ted Nugent questioning why we don't hear about Covid-1 to 18. You can look up how Covid-19 got its name in 3 seconds. Yet, a large group of Americans can't be bothered to do so
Keith Law
1:45
Our public education system does not emphasize critical thinking ... and plenty of right-wing nonprofits have been pushing for years to further deemphasize science and rational thought at all levels of education.
Zach
1:45
Word is Jonathan India has made big leaps behind the scenes the last two years. Did you hear the same, or is this all just small sample size?
Keith Law
1:46
I wrote about that in my top 100 this winter, which he was on.
Jeffrey
1:47
Gausman appears to be a much better pitcher with the Giants.  Is this a credit to their pitching coaches or an indictment of Baltimore’s?
Keith Law
1:48
An indictment of Buck Showalter and his staff. They couldn't stop messing with Gausman's placement on the rubber. They messed up Arrieta's delivery, wouldn't play or even speak to Hays when he first came up ... Elias et al inherited so much more than just a bad major-league roster.
BenL
1:48
I know the plan is to use him as a high leverage reliever this year to build innings for potential starter role in the future, etc etc., but do you recall anyone w/ the injury history of Alex Reyes becoming a relatively healthy, successful starter?
Keith Law
1:49
No, and FTR I always questioned whether he'd hold up given his delivery. He just had such great stuff I couldn't ignore it, but in hindsight I should have been more conservative when ranking him.
Jeff
1:49
Should I worry about Soroka’s shoulder inflammation that shut him down for two weeks?
Keith Law
1:49
Yes because it's not his first bout.
Chris
1:49
If rocker needs surgery how far would he slide in the draft?
Keith Law
1:49
I'm not anywhere near the point of thinking he needs surgery.
Joe
1:49
Trout mentioned he's adjusted his swing in the off-season and it seems to have paid off with a slightly hotter than normal start....would you agree?
Keith Law
1:49
Yes, I was really concerned about the huge deficiencies in his game going into 2021.
Zihuatanejo
1:49
“Why do we hear so much about Malcolm X, and *nothing* about Malcolms I-IX?”
Keith Law
1:49
OK, that's funny.
Beej
1:50
Is it fair to put Shane Bieber in the same category as Paul Goldschmidt as mis-identified prospect? I recall (apologies if I'm incorrect) that you had him pegged as a 4-5 starter who could be HR-prone.
Keith Law
1:50
I wrote him up as a guy I got wrong. He picked up more than a full grade of velocity after college, which is rare.
Deke
1:50
Listening to Monday's pod right now, and how much did it hurt your brain to read an ad for "read nonfiction books condensed to 15 minutes"?
Keith Law
1:51
I read a lot of ads for products I don't personally use. It's part of the job.
TJ
1:51
In terms of Mountcastle and the Orioles probably not contending this year, is it worth playing him in LF and seeing if theres any possible development or is it not worth the bad defense to even try him in left?
Keith Law
1:52
Can the answer be maybe? As in, sure, it's not hurting their playoff chances, but also, is it clear yet that it's not going to work? When should they stop and say it's not helping him or their pitchers who end up losing outs to his defense?
Mike Trout
1:52
Not judging at all -- curious what changed that you felt comfortable taking your trip before getting vaccinated? I see a lot of people, sadly imo, struggling to adjust even after getting vaccinated.
Keith Law
1:53
My trip to DC/Maryland? I didn't have to fly, and we didn't eat indoors at any point. We were really only inside when in our hotel room and in one store. I don't think we did anything unsafe to others and we didn't feel like we put ourselves at risk.
(My wife is vaccinated, so it's just me, really.)
Mac
1:53
Is Kumar Rocker falling out of the top 5?
Keith Law
1:53
No. Could he, yes. Is he right now, no, I don't think so. But he might be the 3rd pitcher taken today rather than the second (Hoglund).
JR
1:53
How much of a sample size will you want to see before determining if mlb really did modify the baseball?
Keith Law
1:54
Rob Arthur wrote yesterday or the day before that the ball is livelier than ever. I'll defer to experts like him.
Mac
1:54
Who is the first college position player drafted?
Keith Law
1:54
Davis or Frelick.
Moe Mentum
1:54
Two celebrated contemporary novelists who do not appear on your Top 100 Novels list are Bret Easton Ellis and Jonathan Franzen. I know that just because a baseball prospect misses your Top 100 doesn’t mean he sucks, but curious about your opinions of these authors’ works? Considering either American Psycho or Freedom for my next read.
Keith Law
1:54
Didn't like Franzen's The Corrections. Never read anything else by him, or anything at all by Ellis.
Deke
1:55
This spring, most of the projection systems had Nick Madrigal forecast for 7, 8, 9 homers. Seems obviously ridiculous to me. Is that just a product of those systems not really knowing how to forecast someone with Madrigal’s profile? He’s such an outlier to the modern ballplayer that the projection systems just have to throw their hands up?
Keith Law
1:58
They're not my systems, so that might be a better question for one of their developers, but I would guess that you're right, although we have seen fewer than 7 HR in full seasons from batters recently - Yolmer Sanchez hit 2 in 2019 while qualifying for the batting title. Nobody has hit fewer than 2 while qualifying since 2014, though.
Appa Yip Yip
1:59
Are you buying what Julian Merryweather is selling?
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