{"id":8281,"date":"2020-03-08T15:38:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T19:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=8281"},"modified":"2020-03-08T15:38:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T19:38:29","slug":"stick-to-baseball-3-8-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/08\/stick-to-baseball-3-8-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 3\/8\/20."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My entire top 100 prospects package is now up for The Athletic subscribers. That includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The top 100 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2v9Jxmo\" target=\"_blank\">The top 100<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The players who just missed (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2TiAHuC\" target=\"_blank\">The players who just missed<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The ranking of all 30 farm systems (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/38etp0s\" target=\"_blank\">The ranking of all 30 farm systems<\/a><\/li><li>The team reports, including a top 20 for each club:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Baltimore (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2PncGBy\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Boston (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/37ZCjiu\" target=\"_blank\">Boston<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NY Yankees (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2PrgT7v\" target=\"_blank\">NY Yankees<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tampa Bay (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2TeASHz\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Toronto (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2HZm5ep\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chicago White Sox (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/380V0SJ\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago White Sox<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cleveland (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2wV77Eh\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Detroit (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2wQ2VW5\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kansas City (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/394hgg1\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Minnesota (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2wdDEER\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Houston (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2VuTdTj\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"LA Angels (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/32C9PtY\" target=\"_blank\">LA Angels<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Oakland (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/3abMd1Q\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Seattle (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/397tBQo\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Texas (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/32F8R0a\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Atlanta (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/39iZ02l\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Miami (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2TjK9iU\" target=\"_blank\">Miami<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NY Mets? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/3alULmS\" target=\"_blank\">NY Mets<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Philadelphia (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2PJFBjn\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Washington? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2Ti7GAq\" target=\"_blank\">Washington<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chicago Cubs? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/3aokJWX\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Cubs<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cincinnati (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2IhCcEp\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Milwaukee? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2PMFiEz\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pittsburgh? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/39yETxz\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"St. Louis (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2TvhQMY\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Arizona (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/3awiSQ0\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Colorado? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2vEStjW\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"LA Dodgers (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/39pc06E\" target=\"_blank\">LA Dodgers<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"San Diego? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2VNQvZu\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"San Francisco (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/38oZYJo\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I also wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/3cvHLwK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"my first draft post (opens in a new tab)\">my first draft post<\/a> of 2020, covering a pair of potential #1 overall picks in Emerson Hancock and Asa Lacy. I held a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Klawchat (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2x5nk9J\" target=\"_blank\">Klawchat<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode #2 brand-new podcast, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Keith Law Show (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/podcast\/168-the-keith-law-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Keith Law Show<\/a> (also on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"iTunes (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-keith-law-show\/id1499877854\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>), went up this past week, with guest Carlos Rodriguez, VP of Player Development and International Scouting for the Tampa Bay Rays. My thanks to all of you who&#8217;ve subscribed and\/or left five-star ratings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My second book, <em>The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves<\/em>, is due out on April 21<sup>st<\/sup> from Harper Collins, and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/9780062942722\/the-inside-game\/\">pre-order it now<\/a> via their site or wherever fine books are sold. Also, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/keithlaw\">my free email newsletter<\/a>, which I say I&#8217;ll write more often than I actually write it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I only have a few links this week, between travel and the way that the news has been so focused on coronavirus. The best thing I read this week on that topic was Julia Belluz&#8217;s piece for Vox on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"why China's COVID-13 case rate started declining (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/3\/2\/21161067\/coronavirus-covid19-china\" target=\"_blank\">why China&#8217;s COVID-19 case rate started declining<\/a>. An infectious disease doctor <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"answered some common questions about COVID-19 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amp.wbur.org\/commonhealth\/2020\/03\/02\/infectious-disease-doctor-coronavirus?__twitter_impression=true\" target=\"_blank\">answered some common questions about COVID-19<\/a> for WBUR.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other links I found worth sharing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Barnes &amp; Noble&#8217;s new hedge fund owners are trying to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"turn the chain into something more like indie stores (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2020-03-04\/barnes-noble-wants-to-be-more-like-an-indie-bookseller\" target=\"_blank\">turn the chain into something more like indie stores<\/a>.<\/li><li>David J. Roth&#8217;s piece on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Infinite Scroll (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/first_person\/the-infinite-scroll.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Infinite Scroll<\/a> is a brilliant distillation of the frustration of looking for or reading content online.<\/li><li>Nike, Apple, and Adidas are among the brands <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"using forced Uighur labor (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2020\/03\/01\/uighurs-making-shoes-nike-chinese-forced-labour-factories-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">using forced Uighur labor<\/a> in Chinese factories to produce their Goods, according to an investigation by the<em> <\/em>Australian Strategic Policy Institute.<\/li><li>The <em>Nation<\/em> spoke to former Bloomberg campaign staffers about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"its rapid implosion (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/bloomberg-campaign-warren\/\" target=\"_blank\">its rapid implosion<\/a>.<\/li><li>The great legacy board game <a href=\"https:\/\/stonemaier-games.myshopify.com\/products\/charterstone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Charterstone is back in print (opens in a new tab)\">Charterstone is back in print<\/a> after a long wait.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My entire top 100 prospects package is now up for The Athletic subscribers. That includes: The top 100 The players who just missed The ranking of all 30 farm systems The team reports, including a top 20 for each club: Baltimore Boston NY Yankees Tampa Bay Toronto Chicago White Sox Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1163,1083,870],"class_list":["post-8281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2020-prospect-package","tag-board-game-news","tag-stick-to-baseball","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8281"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8289,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8281\/revisions\/8289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}