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Keith Law
3:46
Jaipur, Lost Cities, Battle Line. Patchwork is great but don't think you could play it on two tray tables.
Xander
3:46
Sox draft two SS after signing me to a long-term deal. Am I worried, or are they position-switch candidates?
Keith Law
3:46
These two things are not related in the least. You draft the best players.
Also, Cam Cannon isn't a shortstop.
Pat
3:46
If 2018 draft was re-done today, would Mize still be 1-1? Safe to say Kelenic would be 2nd pick?
Keith Law
3:47
He might be ... but several first rounders from last year are off to great pro starts. Bohm, Groshans, G Rodriguez, Gilbert.
Mark
3:47
Regarding you comment on Baty in yesterday's chat.  Please tell me you are aware of the epidemic that is the amount of parents holding their student-athletes back to repeat a grade strictly for athletic reasons?  Not saying that is the case here, but if he repeated 7th or 8th grade then that would be why.
Keith Law
3:48
I am, but have no idea if that was the case for Baty, and I said on Twitter to someone asking that it's really none of our business *why* he's 19.5 at graduation.
Bob
3:48
Preller has taken a pitcher with the 1st pick every year as the Padres GM, thought for sure he’d do it again, especially with Lodolo on the board.
Keith Law
3:48
No, I knew they were taking one of the big 6 bats.
Right move in that spot.
BigDaddeh
3:48
Who are some big names to watch in the 11th round once teams can start taking some more long shots?
Keith Law
3:49
I think someone will take Leiter, Hampton, Stewart, etc. Just secure their rights in case they change their minds.
John
3:49
I hear you on the PitchSmart guidelines, but baseball also has some pretty vocal adherents (Verlander, Bauer) to a school of thought that rejects those guidelines.
Keith Law
3:49
Yeah those guys don't actually run the league.
Fran
3:49
Will Bryson Stott stay at SS or move to 3B?
Keith Law
3:49
No doubt SS for me.
Andrew
3:49
Will Joe Palumbo make the mid season top 100 now that he is proving it on his comeback from TJ?
Keith Law
3:49
The healthy guys from my "just missed" list are probably all on the top 100 now ... just not Dunning or Graterol, since they're hurt.
Andy
3:50
I know it's dead horse beating, but I wonder if the Mets wouldn't be better served NOT spending 160 AAA ABs, so far this year, on a guy who can't be a serviceable MLB OF.
Keith Law
3:50
You'd think so, and yet, here we are.
Alan
3:50
How much stock do you put on pedigree? Seems like having family who played in MLB boosts you up a few rounds.
Keith Law
3:50
It helps with some teams. I don't think it makes a prospect better, but it's more interesting for me as a writer.
mc90
3:51
If we can mix in board game questions, any suggestions on good 2 player games?
Keith Law
3:51
See above but if you don't have a space limitation 7 Wonders Duel is pretty incredible.
Seth
3:51
Any strong opinions on the Michigan trio that got drafted in the first few rounds? It's nice to see the alma mater have some baseball success
Keith Law
3:51
Couple of potential back-end starters there in Henry and Kaufffffmannnn.
Brad
3:52
Plesac a future #2? He looks really good
Keith Law
3:52
He's good but I think the ceiling is below that.
Brian
3:52
RE: Tom Y's question about Volpe, what stops a team from intentionally not signing a 1st round pick to be able to use that pick the next year?
Keith Law
3:52
The player would file a grievance and MLB would not grant the compensatory pick. Too many fans think they can outsmart the system as if teams and the league haven't already thought about all of this.
Welch
3:53
I saw on the MLB Top 200 Draft Prospects article that they only have 1 kid from the state of Oklahoma. As a current resident, do you know who that is?
Keith Law
3:53
Bryce Osmond was the only Oklahoma kid on my top 100. Probably him.
Also, he's the only missing Osmond sibling to make my list.
Man, someone has to play "One Bad Apple" as his walkup music.
Shaughn
3:53
With a prospect like Brooks Lee still on the board - do we assume he has a strong commitment or that the industry doesn't have the same perceived value?
Keith Law
3:53
He's made it clear he's going to school to play for his dad.
3:54
Ask him how that worked out for Kyle Serrano.
LGM
3:54
Do any of these Mets senior signers stand out to you at all?
Keith Law
3:54
No. Senior signs are almost always org guys.
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