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Keith Law
12:48
No, but I think he's good.
Bob
12:48
Do you have your personal top 50/100 draft prospects on the Athletic ? Or still trying to gather info for reports ? Thanks
Keith Law
12:48
That will go up next week (a top 100).
xxx(yyy)
12:48
any new recipes make it into your quarantine rotation?
Keith Law
12:49
My partner has found a bunch of new ones, largely from the NY Times cooking section. That turmeric chicken one was great. There was a miso-braised chicken thigh dish that was utterly amazing, so good I later cooked chicken thighs the same way just to shred the meat into something else.
Pat D
12:50
How soon before we start seeing all the editorials about how greedy the players are, never mind that they'd be taking more risk than just normal baseball injuries if/when they play?  Or do you think they'll find a compromise before it gets there?
Keith Law
12:50
Very soon. I'm surprised it hasn't started
JT
12:50
How did they not fire teargas and beanbags at the armed militias who stormed state legislatures?
Keith Law
12:50
The police were told "don't fire if you see the white of their skin."
Evan
12:50
Cavalli seems to be a player with what might appear to be multiple ML pitches, enough strikes, and a non-frightening injury history. Other than perhaps track record, what's keeping him out of the top 10 ranked amateurs?
Keith Law
12:50
Track record is important. Maybe a full spring makes him a top 10 guy.
John
12:50
Do you think a year off could cause a big wash out of older pitchers? Seems like a decent amout of them never make it back after modest lay-offs for minor injuries.
Keith Law
12:51
Flip side is that a year off might help some older guys regain a little velocity or recover more fully from injuries than they might have.
Greg
12:51
Would Luke Little be one of the more fun midround picks for a team betting on pure upide? Guys that big who throw that hard have to be rare (even if his command will make a big league role unlikely).
Keith Law
12:51
I will believe Luke Little throws that hard when I see him do it on a mound, outside, with a hitter in the box.
Chris
12:51
Hey Keith.  I idolized Roy Halladay growing up and the recent article about him on ESPN was difficult to read.  While you were in Toronto did you ever see any warning signs from Doc at all?  Thank you.
Keith Law
12:52
No, but I made it a point not to spend too much time in the clubhouse - it was the players' space and after my first year I realized I shouldn't be intruding. I did talk to Doc once at length, and a few times to say hi, but would not say I really knew him well.
Asif
12:52
How do you compare Nick Loftin to Kevin Newman when he was drafted in 2015? It appears that they have similar skill sets.
Keith Law
12:52
Similar skill sets for sure although Newman was a much better runner at the time.
Mike
12:53
I don't get what MLB is doing with their minor league players.  Selfishly they should be worried about their development
Keith Law
12:53
My one criticism here is that if you're not paying your minor leaguers they should have the right to become free agents if they wish.
You don't get indefinite rights to someone's employment when you're not paying them. There's a word for that and it's not a nice one.
Trey
12:53
How to help current student loaners? If Dems take WH and congress, maybe lower rate to 2% (idea floated around)? Any other ideas? it's a 1.6T issue and having far reaching econ damage.
Keith Law
12:54
They could suspend all interest payments for two years as a starting point.
Ryan
12:54
When a prospect is a “bust” the tendency is to act like he was destined to fail. Like the team simply picked the wrong guy. Seems to me like we underrate chance and development. Like, if Mark Appel ended up in a different system with different coaches and teammates and strategies, maybe he’d be an OK major leaguer now. Flip it too: there are good players who would’ve busted out in other orgs. Any thoughts on “picked the wrong guy” vs. “didn’t develop him”?
Keith Law
12:55
You're absolutely right - it can be either of those things or just bad luck. Brady Aiken's elbow was just bad luck. But maybe Chris Sale isn't the Sale we know if the White Sox don't take him and help tweak his delivery ... or maybe some pitchers who never found that third pitch would have been better if the White Sox had taken them and tried to teach them cutters or different slider grips.
Mike
12:56
MLB says they will lose 640k for each game without fans. Would you favor them being allowed to sell 64 seats a game for 10k each?
Keith Law
12:57
I don't believe them, but I think that would be feasible, if local authorities allowed it.
Cole
12:57
Would Clayton Beeter crack the top 10 if he had maintained his performance/stuff from the first few weeks into a whole season?
Keith Law
12:57
I don't think so, not with the very high slot and lack of strike-throwing before this year.
Matt
12:57
The Fed gave Wall Street $1.5 trillion after a bad week. They can forgive student loans.
Keith Law
12:57
Think of how much they could do for consumers, but won't, because consumers don't give to campaigns the way banks and big industries do.
Crowded House
12:57
Don’t dream it’s over is the best song of the 80’s
Keith Law
12:57
No, New Order's True Faith is.
Mike
12:59
I respect so much of what you say on baseball, food and science but think your music views are the worst.  Anyone you follow closely who you disagree with so much on something important to you even if trivial in the big picture?  Don't say pie v. cake.
Keith Law
12:59
It's okay. Some day you'll realize I'm right about music too!
1:00
That's all for this week - I have some English muffins to cook. Thank you all for your questions and for reading. Check out the mock draft I linked above, and by the way, my new book The Inside Game is a great Father's Day gift according to the New York Times, Forbes, Raise, and others too! Stay safe everyone.
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