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Keith Law
2:29
Dublin, Monaco, Genoa (my cousins live there), Milan for a night, back to Dublin. Ambitious but we had certain boxes to check, including my daughter's desire to see the second smallest country in the world, and the fact that my cousins are in Genoa but not near a major airport. It was great and also exhausting.
Eric
2:30
Yankees are a pride night holdout, which as a yankee fan is disappointing
Keith Law
2:30
Yes, that is very disappointing.
Schwemm
2:30
You mentioned the top 4 in the Royals systems earlier. Too much swing and miss for Matias?
Keith Law
2:30
And not enough patience. If anyone can find a player at 19 or younger in low-A who had a season like his, please send it over. Gallo walked more, and you see what he's become, for better and worse.
Jeff
2:30
Jim Bowden normally has some wacky trade ideas this time of year. He recently said CLE should trade Bieber and Mejia to CIN for iglesias and Garrett. Does he think he’s still running the Reds?
Keith Law
2:31
That's a comically bad offer for CLE.
Brian
2:31
Whats something you now believe about evaluating players that you did not believe 5 years ago?
Keith Law
2:32
I think I've been too dogmatic on bad deliveries. I'm much more open-minded now about them. Also, I'm looking more at guys with Goldschmidt-like profiles - no big tools, but quiet approaches, good swings with enough loft for line-drive HR power. That's why I never dismissed Hoskins as a prospect - he didn't have a clear 6 on the scouting report but did a lot well and things just really worked at the plate.
David
2:32
Hi Keith.  Dealing with a significant other who has always had anxiety.  Seems worse now, and particularly after birth of child, and worried it is impacting her view of me.  In your experience is that possible? How best to deal with it.
Keith Law
2:33
If she's willing to get help, even counseling for the two of you, that's a good start. You can't help someone with mental illness who doesn't want to be helped, though.
Joe
2:33
Any signings or non-signings surprise you in the draft? Or alter your evaluation of a team's haul/picks? (with the deadline is nearing..)
Keith Law
2:33
Ask me next week. We get these "he's not signing!" things every year and then everyone but one or two guys in the top ten rounds ends up signing.
Peter
2:33
What are some of the big takeaways you have heard from scouts on the talent on the Cape this summer?
Keith Law
2:33
League just started two weeks ago. It's way too soon for that, with a month or so left.
Hedonismbot
2:33
Are you a fan of Castles of Mad King Ludwig? If so, any helpful hints? Definitely has been a hard game to pick up and teach, but it looks like a great game.
Keith Law
2:34
I'm not, but I want to try the Palaces standalone sequel game, which works with identically-sized tiles.
Ray
2:34
Random player from the past question: Kal Daniels. Why did he retire so young? Injuries? He had some really good season!
Keith Law
2:34
Injuries. I loved that guy.
Grant
2:34
Do Vladdy and Eloy get healthy in time for Futures, assuming they're on the rosters?
Keith Law
2:34
Neither.
Robert
2:34
Anything positive to report on what you saw from Blake Rutherford?
Keith Law
2:34
No. Weak contact over and over.
Jay
2:35
Have you tried Istanbul on iOS? Enjoying it quite a bit.  Have you played the physical version?
Keith Law
2:35
I loved the physical version, have the app but haven't tried it yet. Still grappling with the Scythe pre-release alpha. I got 99 points in one game, and still one of the bots beat me with 102. I said some bad words.
Travis Toots
2:36
Anything you see in Devers that you think needs a tweak or adjustment?  Not in panic mode like some others at all, just curious if you've noticed anything that he needs to work on in particular besides just experience
Keith Law
2:36
Not in the least. Going to be a star.
Igiloo McDaichly
2:36
There's a school of thought I've seen advanced online that suggests that player contracts should be described as "bad" for the team, because that's the fans siding with the team over the player in regards to compensation, and owners are billionaires anyway and can afford to pay players way more than they are currently making.  Is that a reasonable critique, in your opinion?
Keith Law
2:37
Player opt-outs? Those are bad for the team. If you're speaking more generally of fan sentiment against paying players more, then I agree but I think that's a bigger and more complex issue of education.
re: DRL
2:37
Tell DRL I am a 80-hour a week working Democrat who loves your baseball and political takes. Tell him to trash his lazy stereotypes.
Keith Law
2:37
And really, what I say on Twitter is a fraction of what I believe about our current political environment.
Ray
2:37
Did you attend college with Rivers Cuomo? Just a random thought I had while listening to Weezer recently.
Keith Law
2:37
He went after I did.
trout and harper
2:38
What did you think of Trout and Harper right when they broke in? Did you have a preference? Are you surprised Trout is THIS good and Harper is a tiny bit stagnated? (Obviously still a star)
Keith Law
2:38
Had them 1-2 as prospects while they were eligible. I thought Trout was a superstar, but would really never suggest any player would become Willie Mays, as he has.
2:40
OK, that was extra long but after two weeks off I thought it only fair to answer more questions. I will be back next week to chat, and the week after as well, on the day that the top 50 prospect rankings go up (probably the 19th). I have two book signings coming up, July 14th at Politics & Prose in DC and July 28th at the Silver Unicorn in Acton, MA. Thanks as always for reading and for all of your questions - I'm sorry I only get to a small fraction of them. Keep an eye out for my Futures Game roster preview tomorrow morning!
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