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Mike
2:12
Any thoughts behind the mindset of police responding to protests about abuse with so much abuse?  And why hasn't the MSM focused on it more?
Keith Law
2:12
It is far easier to write about violence than about peaceful protests.
Matt
2:12
I'm still trying to figure out why the National Anthem is played prior to sporting events in the first place.
Keith Law
2:13
If I were Commissioner, there would be no anthems and absolutely no GBA. You want a national pep rally? Fine. Go hold one on Main Street with 76 trombones. This is a sporting event, with fans and players from all over the world and from different faiths.
BVW
2:13
Are prep players MORE likely to skip this draft and head to college, since bonuses will be paid out gradually and the minor-league picture is hazy, or LESS likely, given that in college, they would suddenly be competing for playing time against nearly four full classes of upperclassmen?
Keith Law
2:13
More likely - but they may go to two-year colleges rather than four-year ones.
JeffinNZ
2:13
Colin Kaepernick insisted repeatedly in 2016 that he wouldn't vote and others shouldn't because he viewed Trump and Clinton as similarly racist. Leaving aside how ridiculous that is (is any American as racist as Trump?) and how that difference has been borne out, thoughts on what adults can do to get through to those with this mentality?
Keith Law
2:13
I don't think you can get through to people who've decided that.
Gerald
2:14
Did you appreciate the comments of President Bush?  Many will discount everything he says because of things that happened while in office, but I do think he is generally a very good man that does love all people.
Keith Law
2:14
I appreciated his comments. I wish he'd acted on such sentiments when he had the power to do something. But I will take his comments now rather than silence.
Ben
2:14
... “the scale of losses across the league is biblical.”  If I had snorted into my coffee any harder, I may have drowned.
Keith Law
2:15
(whispers) They think we're all stupid.
Hi
2:15
If Detmers isn't available at  pick #11, who do the White Sox pivot to?
Keith Law
2:15
If he's not there someone else from the top ten is there (by definition) so they might end up with Kjerstad or Cavalli.
Dean
2:15
Keith, when working for Toronto were you privy to their books or was that only shared with people in the finance department and top executives? Do you think the financial statements leaked from the Marlins several years ago were a complete picture?
Keith Law
2:16
I saw the books, yes. That's why I've said for 14 years now that teams play with transfer pricing and pay themselves a pittance for broadcast rights, so the TV/radio entities take all the profits and the team itself appears to be losing money or making very little.
Tom
2:16
We obviously have to get out and vote, but when my choices in November are either a 70+ year old who can’t speak in complete or coherent sentences and has been accused of sexual assault, or a 70+ year old who can’t speak in complete or coherent sentences and has been accused of sexual assault, forgive me for not feeling real confident in how things will shape up for a while.
Keith Law
2:16
False equivalence.
Rick
2:16
If you were a ballplayer, would you want Scott Boras as your agent?
Keith Law
2:17
Yes. Why not?
Trevor
2:17
Do you think any goodwill is being earned by the teams/owners that are continuing to pay all staff and, especially, all minor leaguers?  Will there be any negative blowback from agents, or will they still always direct their clients to the highest dollar offer?
Keith Law
2:17
I think the goodwill is on the PR side. Maybe it means a few players re-up if the money is equal but I do not think any player or agent will turn down more money to stay with a team that paid them $400/week.
Dave
2:17
Over/Under 25% chance Cubs take a HS Pitcher in the 1st?
Keith Law
2:17
I'd say zero chance there.
JO
2:17
Speaking of Cavalli. Isn't he going to be a reliever all the way given is command issues? Do you really think he can or should go in the first round? If so Isn't it a gamble that his command will straighten up?
Keith Law
2:18
No, I do not see that at all with him. I think you overstate his command issues and underestimate the potential for an athlete like Cavalli, who was still hitting part-time last year, to improve in pro ball.
Andy
2:18
Baseball especially shouldn't play the National Anthem, since a significant minority of the players aren't from the US. I wonder how the Carlos Delgado situation would go now.
Keith Law
2:18
I wish more players would take a knee in baseball ... it might put an end to any controversy around that practice.
2:19
(Non-troversy, really.)
David
2:19
Keith, looking forward to tomorrow's list. Does Pete Crow-Armstrong project to develop enough power to make him an impact player? From what I've read, it seems that's the element he's missing from his game.
Keith Law
2:19
He could be an impact player between his glove and his bat, but I don't think he ends up with plus power.
addoeh
2:19
Tom Cotton during 2015 Jade Helm - We can't have the military attack citizens.

Tom Cotton today - Actually, that sounds like a good idea...
Keith Law
2:20
The capacity of the American right to ignore and contradict their own previous statements is bottomless.
Eric
2:20
My wife had to drive to Phoenix and back to LA and she surprised me with Pizzeria Bianco (which I never had before). She’s definitely a hall of famer
Keith Law
2:20
Agreed.
Mike
2:20
What do you think Mick Abel and Nick Bitsko's floors are? Any chance either falls out of the top 20?
Keith Law
2:20
I wouldn't be surprised if Bitsko fell to the comp round and was paid first-round money there. It's a good outcome for him and would mean some team takes him with their second pick, mitigating their risk by presumably taking a bat or college arm with their first pick.
Aaron
2:20
Would the Braves go after a prep player who signs at slot in the 1st round if Pete Crow or Kelley are there? Or are they most definitely signing someone under slot with the 25th overall pick?
Keith Law
2:21
I never said anything about them going under slot at 25. That's a fabrication. I don't think PCA gets to their pick.
Ted
2:21
Thanks for the chat.   Since there are rumors that there may not be any milb this season, Any idea on where the newly drafted players will report once they’ve signed?
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