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Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 3/3/26
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lou
3:49
what are the odds Peete reaches buxton lite?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:49
Not great
Mitch
3:50
Internally, how do the Pirates view Oneil Cruz at this point?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:50
Depends who you ask. Some are pretty frustrated, others are more like 'why are we always complaining about and tinkering with our best (position) player?'
Farhandrew Zaidman
3:51
Pitching/hitting is a zero sum game. Pitching analysis has also developed to love the strikeout, for obvious reasons (single least likely outcome to score a run). Why, then, isn't the strikeout anathema for hitters the same way it's panacea for pitchers?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:51
Because strikeouts are the cost of doing business for power hitters. The pendulum has swung back toward contact at least a little compared to seven or eight years ago though.
Nils
3:51
Have any international guys moved up since Eric updated his list?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:53
We don't have the capacity to really track that now, although undoubtedly there are international players on complexes who are doing things that would move the needle if we had a way to document it.
Buck
3:53
Can you share more about the internal frustration with Oneil Cruz?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:54
There's some understandable disappointment that he's probably not going to hit his ceiling. Varying levels of frustration with all the bonehead plays.
Nothing crazy
Bart
3:55
Will Kade Anderson pitch 40 Innings in the Majors this year?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:55
That's, what, eight or nine starts? I think so, yeah.
Farhandrew Zaidman
3:55
permission to hit the panic button on Sasaki given he got shelled again today?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:56
Resist the urge.
RE: draft
3:56
If the draft were abolished and there were no pool limits (and I won the lottery as long as we are dreaming), what would your strategy be? Try to sign as many first rounders as possible and then pick up cheap depth, sign a bunch of mid rounders, have the class look similar to a traditional draft class, etc.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:56
Fascinating question, sounds like a good article for when the lists are done.
Speaking of which, I should probably get back to the Braves.
Thanks all for coming by.
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