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Joseph
1:46
Could you compare and contrast Kyle Wright and Touki Toussaint?
Keith Law
1:47
Very different guys. The only things they have in common is that they're RH and both pitch for Atlanta. I like both with Touki having the higher ceiling.
E J
1:47
Chance that Luis Patino makes your post/pre season top 100 ? How are his off speed pitches developing ?
Keith Law
1:47
Slim.
Mike
1:47
I know you had Jose Ramirez just outside of your top 100, but he wasnt too highly rated as a prospect by many. Why did so many overlook him?
Keith Law
1:47
Little guy who never showed anything remotely close to this kind of power potential.
Brett
1:47
Royals owner David Glass has been quoted recently indicating he believes Royals should be contending again by 2020. Was this a comment directed at the GM to avoid a long rebuild or an indication of a lack of awareness of the status of the organization and their talent?
Keith Law
1:48
I mean, that's not going to happen. I can't tell you what Glass had in mind.
Thom Yorke
1:48
When you say "backed up" do you mean regression? In terms of a prospect's stuff being backed up.
Keith Law
1:48
Yes, that's what the term means.
Ben
1:48
Spice Island closed, unfortunately.  But try BRGR, Spoon, or Morcilla!
Keith Law
1:49
well that sucks. Just shut the city down, then.
Aaron C.
1:49
Have you heard what, if any, MLB award vote you'll have this year? Continuing the rich tradition of NL ROY?
Keith Law
1:49
I can only assume so. I don't necessarily mind, since prospects is my thing, but I also wonder what's motivating the pigeonholing.
Chris (Chicago)
1:49
Keith, Mike Bates put out an interesting article the other day about the history of ticket prices in MLB and their potential effect on attendance today.  The conclusion was that while baseball is in no sort of financial danger, there is a long-term consequence to the high-cost of tickets (including failing to create new fans).  I was just curious about your thoughts on pricing?  Is it something about which the league should be concerned enough to do something?
Keith Law
1:50
I think MLB teams price tickets rationally, to maximize revenues in the short term. If the league thinks as Mike does, that this hurts the game long term, then they might want to figure out how to subsidize lower-cost tickets in the bleachers or nosebleeds.
Brian
1:50
Deivi Grullon was once a prospect. He's having a big AA year and the splits are fairly even. Is he on the prospect radar at all?
Keith Law
1:50
No, he's terrible. He can really throw, but that's about it.
Trey
1:51
Why the hell does Trump go after LeBron? I actually agree with some of his policies but why oh why does he do the dumbest shit and go after the most popular athlete in the US who is actually very impactful to his community?
Keith Law
1:51
I mean ... you're so close, Trey ... it's just ... just reach a little bit father...
squeeze bunt
1:51
Do you have a way to measure quality of contact of someone in the Arizona league?  For example, Xavier Edwards is hitting like 400, but is he legging out infield singles, or hitting solid line drives?
Keith Law
1:51
The teams may have some trackman data on that but otherwise you'd want to ask the scouts or coaches at those games. I won't do any of that till the fall, when the season is over.
Sally
1:52
Is Juan Soto better than you imagined?  MVP type ceiling?
Keith Law
1:52
Of course he is - if I'd imagined he'd do this, he would have been in my top 3 prospects this winter. MVP type ceiling.
Henry
1:52
Red Sox have Sale, Bogaerts, Martinez, Porcello, Kimbrel, Betts all becoming free agents in the next 2 seasons. It's unlikely they sign them all. What do you think they do? Or should do?
Keith Law
1:53
You try to sign Betts and Bogaerts, the two youngest and the two position players on the list.
Todd
1:53
Thoughts on Yankees Luis Medina, Garrett Whitlock and Devi Garcia?"
Keith Law
1:53
Medina has enormous stuff (one scout told me he saw 100 mph, another saw him get knocked around and unable to finish one inning).
1:54
He's got the highest ceiling of those three, but he's also quite far away. I'll try to see Whitlock soon but he was an SEC product overmatching younger A-ball hitters. His first AA start (in April) was a disaster.
Rob
1:55
Will you be doing a GenCon write-up?  What was your favorite new game?
Keith Law
1:55
Yes it should go up today or tomorrow at Paste. No spoilers.
Ben
1:55
Between Willi Castro & Sergio Alcantra, do the Tigers have an everyday regular shortstop there? I think Wenceel Perez has the most upside, but is a ways off from the bigs.
Keith Law
1:55
I'm a big Castro fan. One of him or Alcantara should be a regular there.
Richard
1:55
Can Ryan Borucki stick as a back end starter?
Keith Law
1:55
Yes.
E J
1:56
Is Quantrill struggling due to the lack of development with the breaking ball, the straightness of the fastball, all of the above ? Anything else ?
Keith Law
1:57
FB velocity hasn't held up post-2016, and he doesn't really get on top of the ball well enough or extend over his front side like he should..
Fred
1:57
Nobody can honestly back Urban Meyer at Ohio State, right? I mean how the hell could they value wins more than domestic violence victims? I’ve actually had people tell me that Urban is the victim in the whole thing... WHY? HOW?
Keith Law
1:58
Because football. I've got people in the queue here trying to argue that he did the right thing (just like Paterno truthers).
Dawg
1:58
David Bote, Phillip Ervin and Jeff McNeil all are hitting pretty well in small samples. Any hope that they can become solid regulars?
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