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Eric
1:51
Just a reminder that someone screamed at you incessantly  that Ryan Howard was the preeminent power hitter of his time and his contract extension was a good idea.
Keith Law
1:51
And that someone is, last I checked, still employed to scream at people.
Boris
1:51
Does Elizabeth Warren's stance on nuclear power concern you at all?
Keith Law
1:52
I disagree with her - nuclear power is pretty safe and doesn't contribute at all to climate change - but 1) no candidate is going to match all of my views and 2) she's shown herself to be fairly pro-science and may change her mind.
Joseph
1:52
Has Jordyn Adams impressed you this year? Just held his own?
Keith Law
1:53
Scouting reports were not favorable. He came into pro ball with less experience than most HS hitters, and the low K rate/total are promising.
Anthony
1:53
Do you think Willie Calhoun will hit enough to be an above average regular in the OF?
Keith Law
1:53
No, if we're considering the value he'll give back on defense.
Dave
1:53
You should look into adding chorus and delay pedals into your setup. Both add so much to guitar playing
Keith Law
1:54
It's just me around the house, though. If I were playing with a band or even with friends, sure, but I'm just a hobbyist.
Preston
1:54
Assuming Soroka, Fried, Teheran & Folty are locks for starting rotation spots, who is the fifth starter for the Braves next season?   Or instead of one guy, mix and match Anderson, Wright & Wilson?
Keith Law
1:55
Teheran has one year left on his deal and a 4.29 FIP this year. Folty can't be counted on as a lock for 30 starts; neither can Soroka. I think they need to think more flexibly about their rotation for 2020 than assuming those four guys are locked in and the guys you mentioned + Touki are fighting for one spot.
Sean
1:55
What is the best case for Puk next year?  ~20 starts and finishing the year as a power bullpen arm around 130-150 total innings?
Keith Law
1:56
Sure. Maybe on the lower end by innings, but it'll depend on how he holds up.
Buddy
1:56
Do you follow the NFL? If so, did you see that OBJ wore a $300,000 watch during a game?
Keith Law
1:56
I did see that but I don't understand why it was a big deal. If anything, shouldn't he be concerned about breaking it?
Ben
1:56
Do you have a favorite one-player game?
Keith Law
1:56
I think Coffee Roaster is the best I've tried, with Friday a close second and definitely easier to learn.
Mike
1:57
I'm a pro-science guy, but I have to admit I'm really not a nuclear power fan. Yes, there are benefits to it, but that downside....I know, it's very unlikely to happen. But I view nuclear power plants like idiots who ride motorcycles without helmets. Odds are nothing bad will happen, but when it does, oh boy!
Keith Law
1:57
We could start by, say, not building nuclear power plants on or near fault lines or on coasts that might be hit by tsunamis. The history of nuclear plant disasters is that of bad decisions, not really problems with nuclear power per se.
Jim P (TN)
1:57
Do you think the success of BVW will lead to other clubs adopting the Mets model?
Keith Law
1:58
(spits out coffee)
Brent
1:58
Do you own an electric guitar as well?
Keith Law
1:58
Yep, a strat I've had for probably 20 years.
Josh
1:58
You watch (or watching) The Magicians show? My wife and I enjoyed the books, but the show seems much...lighter?
Keith Law
1:58
It's on my "maybe some day" list. Loved the books.
Sean
1:58
Has Happy Fun Ball helped certain hitters more than others?
Keith Law
1:59
Of course it has, but I don't think we really know who it's helped more/most and won't until the ball changes back - and it will. I don't know what the baseball will be like in 2020, but I feel confident it won't be the same as it was in 2019.
Joey
1:59
Hi Keith. As a recent divorcee who's daughter has really taken to my new sig other, congrats. Moving on is always hard and having a child makes it scarier. But I'm glad you and your daughter nailed the landing.
Keith Law
2:00
Thank you. My daughter has really made me proud with how well she's handled everything and how much maturity she's shown in a situation where it would be perfectly fair and understandable for her to act like a kid, which she still is.
Sean
2:00
For anyone that thinks that the "downside" of nuclear power (catastrophic failure) makes it far worse than the benefits it provides, just retort with airplanes. Modern engineering is so ridiculously rigorous and robust that failures at a nuclear power plant require some sort of human-induced flaw and multiple steps before anything catastrophic happens.
Keith Law
2:00
Good points. Also, the downside of fossil fuels is a lot worse than the downside of nuclear power plants, and the former happens merely by using those fuels, whereas the latter only happens when there's an actual disaster. (Availability bias!)
Joey
2:00
Luis Urías deserves at least another yr or 2 right? I get the Padres want to move to contention, but trying to rush development on a 22 yr seems like a sure fire way to sabotage a rebuild
Keith Law
2:00
For sure.
Jason
2:01
Is this the real Jorge Soler?
Keith Law
2:01
I think so, allowing that the Happy Fun Ball may be helping too.
Will
2:01
What should the Reds do with Gausman this off season? He'll likely command $10MM+ in arbitration.
Keith Law
2:01
I'd give him that chance. The upside is there, and while the odds keep slipping ... if that clicks, you get way more than $10 million in value.
Dr. Bob
2:01
If you get any more pedals, then you'll need a pedal board to mount them on, add a tuner, maybe a volume pedal, then a better amp, and soon you'll be haunting Craigslist looking for a deal on a Les Paul. It grows.
Keith Law
2:02
Yeah I love the hobby but I'm not looking for ways to spend more money or even acquire more stuff.
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