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Brian
1:21
Being on below average team in a below average conference is killer for a prospect. Owen Miller of Illinois State had a fantastic year and he is nowhere to be found on any prospect lists. Similar to how Paul Dejong was overlooked.
Keith Law
1:23
Dejong wasn't overlooked. He went in the 4th round. But yes, playing bad competition hurts your stock, and Miller hasn't posted a good walk rate or shown any power in a really bad conference this year.
Roger
1:23
Since you are higher than the industry on Noah Naylor, what do you think his ceiling could be if everything clicks? Perhaps a Devers type?
Keith Law
1:24
Nothing at all like Devers. I think Naylor's an above-average regular at third who hits for high average with some pop and value on the bases. Devers is a fucking monster.
Tom
1:24
What do you think of Spencer Torkelson? Can he be a guy?
Keith Law
1:24
Not really - not like the HR total would imply, at least.
Dan
1:24
Most likely to fall in the draft due to signability concerns?
Keith Law
1:24
Cecconi would have gone top 10-15 if he'd been healthy & was signable up there.
Rum Guy
1:25
Knowing you’re a rum guy, you recommend dark & stormy or what else?
Keith Law
1:25
That's fine if you have a blended dark rum. Better rums are for sipping neat.
Cletus
1:25
How much of Giolito's struggles are related to the Nats' changing his mechanics, and how much is he just "not the guy the scouting report claimed 4 years ago" ?
Keith Law
1:25
He was that guy in March. If his velocity wasn't back at that point, then your snark might have a kernel of truth to it.
UGW
1:26
Jakson Reetz finally becoming a *guy*?   Still just 22.
Keith Law
1:26
I was a big fan out of the draft, but I saw him here two weeks ago and I don't think so. It's just 100 PA, and it's really all walks - he's working the count but the impact isn't there.
Alec
1:27
Thoughts on Tomi Lauren incident?
Keith Law
1:27
She's awful. I think throwing water on her just feeds her victim complex. And I don't know what it accomplished.
PD
1:28
Where does Moniak rank in the all time #1 draft busts?
Keith Law
1:28
He's 20. Let's hold off on that, shall we?
1:30
OK, sorry I can't get to more questions - there are hundreds unanswered in the queue - but I do have a few other things to do today and am hoping to take most of tomorrow off. Thank you as always for reading. Stay tuned for another mock next week, either Wednesday or Thursday (please don't ask me Weds where it is, it'll run whenever my editors want to run it), and one more on draft day. I'll also tweet/post to FB when I add more notes to the top 100. Have a safe Memorial Day weekend!
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