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Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 5/19/26
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Bobby
5:47
Favorite Giants prospect?
Brendan Gawlowski
5:47
Keyner or Level but they'll be behind a few other guys
Daron
5:51
OF Braylon Payne hit two more home runs today and now has a .997 OPS and .333 ISO as a 19-year old in High-A. Any thoughts on Payne's profile or performance thus far?
Brendan Gawlowski
5:53
He's made some adjustments at the plate year over year. Dropped the leg kick, load looks calmer. His swing has always been a little odd, choppy. I still see that somewhat but looks like he's getting the ball out front a little better this year. I don't know that that's the case, I'm just watching swings in the background, but his GB rate is down substantially, which tends to happen when you are catching it out front.
5:54
Elite athlete, really toolsy, him finding a more functional swing would be a very exciting development
alec_eiffel
5:54
House getting sent down is kind-of-a-shocker, no? Is this to get a longer look to get Tena some regular reps, to ptentially bring up Yohandy, or maybe they just think this old house is a fixer-upper?
Brendan Gawlowski
5:55
Not sure what the plan is at the moment, but for House... He's been mediocre/bad so far, reset at AAA feels appropriate.
Guest
5:56
Eric last week mentioned how if Nolan Perry gets to 100 innings he could be a top 100 arm, do you agree?
Brendan Gawlowski
5:57
I don't think it's out of the question. Good athlete, like his ability to spin it. Want to see him do this a little longer but big arrow up guy
5:58
For a guy who was wild in '24 to throw strikes like this after surgery is unusual
E
5:59
Have you seen anything from Eldridge that give you hope about his contact ability or is this more likely to be something that either suddenly clicks or never does?
Brendan Gawlowski
5:59
21 year old with huge levers, not surprised that he's going to need an acclimation period
6:00
Aaron Judge was 24 when he debuted and he struck out 44% of the time as a rookie
E
6:00
Higher ceiling: Anthony Eyanson or Ryan Sloan?
Brendan Gawlowski
6:01
About the same, hard to get any higher.
CC AFC
6:01
Biggest discrepancy you've ever seen between athlete and baseball ability in prospects?  in both directions - great athlete, lousy ballplayer and crap athlete, great player.  Michael Jordan doesn't count
Brendan Gawlowski
6:02
For the former, there's tons. Go look at Shaq Thompson's numbers, or Neymar trying to take BP. For the latter, even the guys with bad bodies have some kind of athleticism that lets them play at the highest levels. Like, Bartolo Colon was a good athlete, he was just a big guy in not great shape.
lmb2020
6:03
Follow up: will broader application of statcast in the minors help suss out ball differences between leagues?
Brendan Gawlowski
6:03
In theory, yeah.
6:04
For years, everyone in the minors below Triple-A has used the same ball and I think that's still the case; I just think that the ball has changed.
Jon Edwards
6:04
If you were the Pirates, would you have any hesitation drafting Jackson Flora if he were available. I know there's no such thing as too many arms, but maybe, not enough bats?
Brendan Gawlowski
6:04
If you think he's the guy, you take him
6:05
They've been able to convert their arm surplus into bats later on
And can do so again as needed
tdmoc
6:06
Would you guys ever consider publishing a table of plate discipline / batted ball / pitch shape / release traits in each org list like you did for the AFL preview?
Brendan Gawlowski
6:07
It's in The Board... as for putting it on the list, I can chat with Eric about it. I imagine we'd have to figure out the aesthetics
JaysProspects
6:07
are the Blue Jays turning into an upper echelon pitching dev org? Seems like lots of breakout arms this year
Brendan Gawlowski
6:07
I think the way they build strength gets guys to where they're going more quickly than in a lot of other places, if that makes sense.
Kevin Maguire
6:08
Is it nearing time to bump Roldy Brito up to high A?
Brendan Gawlowski
6:09
Yeah, I'd be surprised if he's not in Spokane for at least a month or two.
Level too, of the promising Cal League SS's
Morales obviously just got bumped
6:10
I think I'd want to see Holliday do it for a while longer. Maybe try to see if he can eat into the swing and miss
I'm riffing here, probably a sign I should hang it up and get out to the field.
Thanks again for your patience lately, hopefully we can get back on a normal cadence next week.
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