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Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 3/10/26
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Brendan Gawlowski
3:31
Martinez but I reserve the right to change my mind when we do Marlins stuff.
Bonnie
3:31
What are the top 3 things you enjoy most about your job? What is the one thing you enjoy the least?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:33
Most: Seeing family more often; working with Eric, James, and Meg, whom I've been friends with for a while; getting a chance to have a global baseball perspective. Least: I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the team dynamic and working toward building a better ball club.
Big Fan
3:33
Do teams not calculate the ROI on a scout?  It seems like if he or she only does one really good thing every 10 years, it's a no brainer to keep them.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:34
These decisions are not always made by baseball people. More of a "cut x% of your budget, figure it out" thing.
3:35
I do think that the way that scouts/data can clash (which is healthy and productive, imo) has led leaders to cut from one or the other depending on their own background. Don't want a stick in the mud, so if you have to cut something, cut the guys/gals you don't agree with
Sandwich
3:36
And here I thought least favorite would be answering 1281598023 questions a week about Jonah Tong...
Brendan Gawlowski
3:36
I chuckled.
Nils
3:36
You mentioned earlier in the draft the strength of Milwaukee's international scouting group.  When evaluating a new signing by them (like Diego Frontago), do you question whether you might be missing something else they saw?  How early on do you start to see the results of a guy like Jesus Made?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:37
I don't really see any of those guys prior to when they're signed, so not exactly... And it's not like they're infallible. They give big bonuses to guys who don't pan out just like everyone else. But they seem to do it less often.
A Boy Named Yu
3:37
I'm a big Nico Hoerner fan, and understand spring training results really don't mean much, but has the ST success of Pedro Ramirez and Jefferson Rojas impacted the chances of Nico sticking around past this year?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:40
The numerical success Ramirez and Rojas have had in spring training games will not change the calculus. It is possible that, evaluated holistically, the Cubs have already changed their opinion on those guys in a way that makes it more likely they move on. For the most part though, teams aren't going to draw strong conclusions at this point in the year.
A Boy Named Yu
3:40
Did Eriandys Ramon loose all his prospect juice after a crappy 2025?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:40
Lots of good Cubs questions in the queue and I will be in such a better spot to answer them a week or two from now -- sorry! Check back soon
Ojay
3:41
What do you think of Genao? Long-term projection?
Brendan Gawlowski
Mas Datos, Por Favor
3:42
Do the Braves have the worst farm? I generally don't trust pitcher heavy orga to produce value given high failure rate on pitchers. My research shows even 50 FV pitchers fail to reach their assigned FG FV 80% of the time.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:43
Bottom five, probably, but I'd rather have theirs than Houston or San Diego
KeithB
3:43
Any reason why Cody Miller, Rayven Antonio, and Isaiah Drake were left off the Braves top 33 list?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:45
Miller -- a little skeptical the hit/power balance plays, could easily be on the list next year. Antonio -- secondaries are all pretty bad right now. Drake -- his swing scares me, but of the guys who didn't make the main section, there's an argument he has the highest upside.
My name
3:45
Wha does professional evaluation of scouts by their teams look like? I have to imagine there’s a lot more going into it than just vibes and reputation these days. Was your boss meeting with you annually to discuss your hits and misses?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:46
I'm sure it depends on the team, in the same way that different businesses in any industry do their internal evals a little differently. It's not a 'you hit on this guy -- good job!' and 'you missed on him -- grind some video!' kind of thing, though. More 'here are some things you're good at, here are some things that would help you get better'
Larry
3:47
If Kristian Campbell were still rookie eligible, what would be his FV and where would he rank among Red Sox prospects?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:47
I can't speak for Eric but I would push to keep a 50 on him.
Sirras
3:48
Did any team's farm system surprise you (for positive or negative reasons) in putting together this year's top prospect lists?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:48
I didn't realize how bat-heavy Detroit's system was.
Guest
3:49
International signings - are teams wary about players whose bodies are filled out at 16 already? Seems like a lot of the big names signed who have not performed were man childs.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:50
Cost of doing business when you cut deals with 13 and 14 year olds in low information environments
Brendan's wife
3:50
What are you making for dinner?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:51
Hopefully we can go get Thai food -- looks over to the right --
apparently I did answer her question though
And on that note
Think I'll call it a day here. Thanks again for all the questions. I'm going to leave a poll on what you'd like to read more/less going forward in these.
3:52
What kinds of questions do you most like reading about?
Prospects/players (37.5% | 12 votes)
 
MLB stuff (9.4% | 3 votes)
 
Scouting (34.4% | 11 votes)
 
Jonah Tong (15.6% | 5 votes)
 
Other stuff (3.1% | 1 vote)
 
Total Votes: 32
3:54
I'll let it breathe here for a few more minutes. Have a good one, everybody!
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