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Keith Law
2:07
Aaron Akin was the 12th overall pick in 1997 from a Kansas JC, and was out of baseball before the end of 2000. That's kind of my gold standard for a fast washout.
Brian
2:08
Worst place (food/location/weather/etc.) you visited in your scouting destinations this year?
Keith Law
2:08
I did pretty well this year with that part of the gig. I mean, Florida's no great shakes, but I'm never going to have a year where I don't go there.
JR
2:08
you have a post-draft vacation planned? If so, where too?
Keith Law
2:08
Europe. Going to take my daughter for the first time and also go visit my cousins.
Thomas
2:09
If you had to pick one position player and pitcher you're really high on and think the rest of the industry is sleeping on, who would they be?
Keith Law
2:09
I said in the top 100 I'm higher on Naylor than the industry (I think). Not sure I have a pitcher with a comparable gap - am I higher on Wilcox than most?
Nick
2:10
As a rare Yankees/Jets fan, should I be concerned about another Hackenberg potentially coming to New York?
Keith Law
2:10
If that's a football reference, I don't get it. But that kid's name always puts Prince's "Pope" into my head.
Ryan
2:10
Oh please do a live video, I will mute the TV and also maybe join you in the beverage having.
Keith Law
2:10
Maybe I should go to the liquor store first.
Matt
2:10
Is there a chance Tristan Pompey sneaks into the supplemental round or is he a 2nd rounder?
Keith Law
2:11
Yes, supplemental is reasonable.
Adam
2:11
In your most recent mock you have the Giants passing on Mize to save money to go over slot for someone later.  The only way they do that is if they have an agreement in place with someone they have specifically targeted, correct?
Keith Law
2:11
Probably, although you can't guarantee player number two gets to pick number two.
Tom
2:11
Re: Stewart very likely to Atlanta if he gets there rather than the previous connection to Gorman. Is that a function of your information getting clearer, an evaluation change in the scouting department, or something else?
Keith Law
2:11
Better information - which often means the team did something that put the information into the marketplace. There are no evaluation changes this late in the game.
(If there are, whoa boy, time to find a new scouting staff.)
Tyler
2:11
Any way mariners go prep at 14?
Keith Law
2:12
Any way, yes. Likely, no.
Ben
2:12
Who are the Boras guys in this year's draft?
Keith Law
2:12
I can't and won't jeopardize any player's eligibility by disclosing adviser information or revealing confidential medical information.
Dan
2:12
In a general sense, how do players become 'below-slot' guys? Do their agents just say, "let's be honest, you're not a top three talent BUT you can go at #3 if you take this underslot deal?" How do teams and agents/players determine whether a player is worth a slot bonus?
Keith Law
2:13
Advisers call around to teams to gauge interest in their players. Then if the highest-drafting team with interest calls and asks for a deal, you know what your best alternative is (BATNA for you fellow MBA dorks), and you can take a dollar figure that's more than the next-highest team will offer but still a discount for the team that called.
Po
2:13
read you mock and loved it. My question is who SHOULD the A's take if available
Keith Law
2:13
If Liberatore is there, I'd take him.
Carl
2:14
Recipe for the pork roast?
Keith Law
2:14
6 hours at 275, another 30 minutes at 300. Used my standard rub for a smoked pork shoulder but the weather sucked so I did it indoors.
Jesse B
2:14
Can David Fletcher be an everyday regular at 2B for the Halos? Also, how legit of a prospect is Kevin Smith? Thanks
Keith Law
2:14
No on Fletcher. Not really on Smith.
Patrick
2:14
The Baltimore local reporters all seem to expect the birds to take a position play at 11, probably an infielder. Are you still hearing them on pitchers?
Keith Law
2:14
I've heard pitchers more than hitters with them all spring.
Jo-Nathan
2:15
Is Tim Cate better off returning to school for a senior year or do players lose too much leverage as seniors for it to make sense (I can’t think of a time where this worked outside of Mark Appel)?
Keith Law
2:15
No, he should go high enough to make signing worthwhile. Plus, Coach Penders at UConn can't seem to stop mishandling pitchers.
Tim
2:15
Wouldn't a correct change be Schrodinger's Al Avila instead of Al Avila's cat?
Keith Law
2:15
Well, for Al's sake, I hope nobody opens the box.
2:16
That's all for today, but we'll do this again tomorrow when we have something real to discuss, instead of all of this speculation. I'll try to do some sort of video chat tonight after the draft starts, and I'll file a day one reaction for Insiders later tonight. Thanks again - enjoy the draft!
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