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Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 3/31/26
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Brendan Gawlowski
3:32
In reality, like almost everyone else, it'll be a function of opportunity more than production
Your Name
3:33
"College football. It's not just that they can pay players, of course, the freedom of movement has also had a flattening effect"

The freedom of movement has also destroyed the overall level of the G5. You can see it in college basketball too where the are now far fewer March Madness Cinderellas. I believe small market MLB teams are like those G5 programs.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:34
That's the portal part of it, though. I agree that the portal is killing the G5's
But we're not gonna have a portal in baseball
Ross Atkins
3:34
Do you have any thoughts on the Dub Gleed-Leo Jimenez trade (mostly the former)? What a name!
Brendan Gawlowski
3:35
Eric just pinged me about how we need to update the board on Dub and a couple other recent trades. So, no, but it might literally be the first thing I do when this chat ends.
Go Crew!
3:37
Would team built completely from the Brewers' minor league system win more games than the Rockies this year? Seems the pitching would exceed Colorado's output.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:37
I don't think so
Among other things.. Getting competent backend arms like Sugano and Lorenzen is going to help a lot
Tom
3:38
What ZCon threshold would Spencer Jones have to hit in order for you to be in on him as an everyday guy?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:38
I would grade him as an everyday guy
Your Name
3:39
I think when talking about draft abolition you just need to state that you want the workers to be paid as much as possible, have as much free moment as possible, and do not care about team quality balance, which is fine. But I don't see any way that removing talent acquisition guardrails doesn't just lead to most money = best players = further stratification of the league.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:41
I do care about them getting paid... I also believe that scouting/acquiring talent is hard enough, and that opportunities to get to the bigs quickly would be valuable enough that removing bonus limits would not send all the top amateurs to the big markets. I also don't necessarily think the Phillies or whoever is suddenly going to just throw down a ton of money on amatuers.
I could be DEAD WRONG on all of that
3:42
It would not be the first time I've posted bad opinions on the internet
Clarke
3:45
What are the odds Christian Zazueta is the best pitching prospect in the sport by the end of the year?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:45
Low but I admire the belief here
Steve V
3:45
are the Astros considered to have the weakest ML system currently?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:45
Let's see how SDP grades out
BMK
3:46
Sorry I’m late. Quick question. I’m reading the book “Future Value” and they mention the Lewis Brinson Problem which is when a player is so naturally talented, you can’t actually know if they’re good or not until they’re in the MLB because everything else isn’t even a challenge. This is why Eric would put a 60 FV on Luis Robert Jr. My question is, why doesn’t this apply to Konnor Griffin, and his 65 FV?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:46
Sometimes you do so many things so well that you don't feel all that risky
Guest
3:47
note to self- Brendan doesn't like when you ask questions about older scouting reports and what may have changed about said player to change the report
Brendan Gawlowski
3:47
I actually like those questions and think they're great, please ask.
I just need to have been the guy who wrote it
Arathorn
3:48
What happened to Jared Kelenic?
Brendan Gawlowski
3:48
Struggled a lot with breaking balls.
3:49
Puts a ton of pressure on himself.
Rob A
3:49
If the Dbacks see a future role for Jose Fernandez shouldn’t he be in AAA not MLB? Hard not to conclude they don’t see him as a possible regular.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:49
He probably isn't a regular but I wouldn't read too much into a march promotion
sometimes you need a guy
3:50
About to wrap it up. I want to leave you with a poll, so if you have opinions on this, please share
3:52
What is the most appealing content idea?
Deep dives on development topics (44.7% | 34 votes)
 
Thorough breakdown on a particular player/start (17.1% | 13 votes)
 
Scouting a series (25% | 19 votes)
 
Reflections on previous work (13.2% | 10 votes)
 
Total Votes: 76
4:01
I'll give it a couple more minutes, thanks to all have answered. Looking forward to getting to some of these ideas when we wrap up the lists.
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