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2:37

Hello Brendan. Does Carson Benge have a shot at making an impact this season like some of the other rookies have?

Brendan Gawlowski

2:37

Maybe in the second half. Thought putting him in the Opening Day lineup was aggressive.

And with the way NYM's season is going, this is an absolutely brutal environment to struggle in

Jonathan

2:38

Re: the fun bat speed conversation - how important do you think "time in zone" is, compared to swing shortness and bat velocity?

Brendan Gawlowski

2:38

All else equal, it's a good thing. Sliding scale with a guy's hand eye coordination and a few other things.

Sully

2:39

Where do you get MiL box scores from? MilB.com has a glitch where clicking on the box score link takes you to it’s homepage

Brendan Gawlowski

2:39

usually on the milb app on my phone as the last thing I do before I fall asleep.

Legalese

2:40

Is the Fangraph data on Walbert Urena correct? urena FA mph from 2022. -2022 was not Quite 92 MPH, and 2026 is 98.

Brendan Gawlowski

2:40

Can't speak to the 2022 stuff, he was throwing gas by 2023 and has maintained that

Avery

2:41

Should the Mets just let Nolan McLean play every position at once? I think it might fix it for them

Brendan Gawlowski

2:41

He's gotta be the best wiffleball player on the team, right?

Matt

2:41

What do you make of a player that is so clearly out of shape? (I’m thinking about Gabriel Davalillo) On one hand, he’s still super young and has time to remake his body. On the other hand, he already way out of shape this early in his career.

Brendan Gawlowski

2:41

Scary. Hitterish, but already tracking like a DH.

Dan Norman Lear

2:41

Stay on the athletes, Brendan!

Brendan Gawlowski

2:41

Stay on the athletes, Dan.

JacobM

2:42

How fast is too fast to move Kendry Chourio?

Brendan Gawlowski

2:42

millvillemeltdown

2:42

do you ever do work in non-english languages?

Brendan Gawlowski

2:42

I once tried to email a European scout in Italian; he did not respond.

2:43

I need to learn Spanish.

millvillemeltdown

2:43

i really enjoyed the "how's my driving" article from prospect week. do you have any similar reflections on strengths/weaknesses, big hits and big misses, etc?

Brendan Gawlowski

2:43

I wrote this for prospect week: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/my-worst-report-lessons-learned-from-the-f...

I would love to do more like it, and probably will when we get lists done

Wrobo-Cop

2:43

Watching the Dodgers-Rockies game last night, and Orel Hershisher was talking about Wrobleski's approach and how he thought it was a lot better to start with just 2-maybe 3 pitches when you came into the league and really hone them (in part because with only a couple you would just naturally throw them more often than if you had a whole suite to throw) and only add pitches when the "league told you you needed to." Do you think that's valid? When you're looking at pitching prospects are you looking more seriously at guys who are 2-3 pitch pitchers and succeeding more than guys that throw a lot of different pitches at an early age?

Brendan Gawlowski

2:46

Fascinating article idea. obviously everybody's different and some guys are going to have the capacity to develop deeper arsenals earlier than others but I think he's right that the league has a way of telling you that you need to add something

2:47

One of the ways I matured as a scout in my time with PIT was realizing just how raw a guy's arsenal was in the ACL or A-ball.

2:48

Like, big leaguers completely overhaul their stuff sometimes. Go watch Logan Gilbert's debut and Logan Gilbert now, they're completely different guys.

And it's all the more extreme with an 18 year old on the complex.

Down there, you're looking for traits more than pitches, if that makes s
ense

beanbong

2:49

Jim Jarvis: what would it take to project him as a second division regular, something like 2-3 months of crushing AAA pitching? Or is the ceiling capped at useful bench piece?

Brendan Gawlowski

2:51

Less about statistical success, more about whether the swing and approach will work against big leaguers. Jarvis specifically is off to the kind of start that's hard to ignore, but I don't think the answer to your question is going to come from the numbers with him.

Elijah Green

2:51

What is the chance I turn into anything? I was a top five pick, but I can't seem to make enough contact.

Brendan Gawlowski

2:51

I don't think it's going to work.

Everson Pereira's K%

2:52

Early noah shultz thoughts? I'm having a blast

Brendan Gawlowski

2:53

Yes, you can see how both breaking balls are going to miss bats. Needs to tighten up his locations but that'll come with time. Really good body control for a guy with his size. Exciting pitching prospect.

Taitn Gray

2:53

am I a gonna be a certified masher?

Brendan Gawlowski

2:53

Early returns are very promising. Good at bats last week against KC pitchers I was evaluating.

Felvy

2:54

Tate Southistene have more juice than anticipated?

Brendan Gawlowski

2:54

Not that I've seen yet