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Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 3/17/26
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Brendan Gawlowski
3:27
Can't tell if Clark's would be great or really cringy
Rob A
3:28
One level deeper if you don’t mind… so if consistency of hard contact ——> game power > raw, is it just a plus or plus-plus hit tool? Or is some part of it baseball aptitude/IQ? Or is that the same thing?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:29
I hadn't rally thought of it this way before, but yeah, you do need to have hit skill to pull this off. Which isn't the same as 'you need to be able to hit for average'
NFP
3:29
What does being top-hand/bottom-hand dominant mean for bat path and/or locations and shapes? Does that mean L/R guys are likely to have weaknesses that L/L guys don't, for example?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:31
Bottom hand dominant swings are looping, low ball swings and guys who have them tend to struggle with pitches up in the zone. It doesn't have anything to do with how they throw
You can get away with it if you have a fast bat or a great approach
Erick
3:31
what do you make of joey cantillo? had 35+ grades here and on graduation, doesnt grade well by the stuff/location numbers, but still managed good results and the era estimators seem to believe it was earned. hard for me to make sense of him, thoughts?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:31
Like him as a No. 4
Jake Jortles
3:32
What's your favourite time of year/ league to scout?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:32
all year; I like each level in a different way, but there's a rubber meets the road flavor to High-A these days that's very compelling.
chooch
3:34
I'm ignorant on pitching mechanics. All the talk this spring has been about Painter not being able to get his arm slot back up and get his fastball shape back.

Can you explain after TJ surgery, why arm slot drops? Why it's not as simple as "raise it back up?"
Brendan Gawlowski
3:34
Could be a lot of reasons. Maybe it hurts, maybe the ball's not coming out well out of that slot, etc.
Uncle Spike
3:35
Help me understand how you quantify someone's hit tool.  For example, McGonigle has a 60 pitch selection/60 bat control and a 65 hit tool. Bazzana has a 70 pitch selection/50 bat control and a 45 hit tool.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:36
Personally I like to evaluate the hit tool as its own beast and don't like the way it shakes out if done in a formulaic way
Al
3:37
Hey Brandon, what kind of careers might Deyvison de Los Santos and Thayron Liranzo have?  Thanks!
Brendan Gawlowski
3:37
Liranzo, you can read about on our top 100; DDLS projects as a bench bat
Baseball learner
3:37
Thoughts on Kervin Castro and Yovanny Cruz as Yankees bullpen options? Chivili looks like a long term project, but the stuff is enticing as well
Brendan Gawlowski
3:37
Like Castro as a sixth- or seventh guy down there.
3:38
Sorry for the short one today, but going to shut it down to get out to the Rangers backfields. Thanks for stopping by, we'll have a more normal one next week.
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