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Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 6/2/26
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Brendan Gawlowski
3:55
Some will be 45's next year, some will get the Cristopher Polanco/Kendry Martinez treatment. Let's find out who!
opifijikl
3:55
I went to a Tides game on Friday and was impressed by Brody Hopkins! Less impressed by his opponents Nunez and Riley Cooper (mass doesn't equal gas?). I also was surprised at how old some of the AAA players were. Is that usual? I thought teams wanted younger players than mid-late 20's.
Brendan Gawlowski
3:55
Triple-A has a lot of vets on call.
I suspect that teams will carry fewer insurance policies if we chop a level in the next CBA
odin525
3:55
Do the Brewers have too many prospects and need to deal some? Theoretically, in 2 years they could have an infield of Pratt, Made, Pena, leaving no room for Turang (or Jett, who has been playing mostly 3B at AAA).
Brendan Gawlowski
3:56
Nobody has too many prospects, the attrition rate is really high even among the 45/50 types.
3:57
The odds that all three of Pratt/Made/Pena wind up as regulars are pretty slim. If it happens, you'll figure it out, much like Byron Hadley managed to overcome his inheritance.
Cheeknbut
3:57
I forgot Miz, he’s also 6’6” !
Brendan Gawlowski
3:58
As David Foster Wallace once wrote as a way of explaining why tall players have an advantage: "get a protractor and figure it out"
3:59
Also, String Theory: What a marvelous essay. Someone should've edited out some of the footnotes.
Sonny L
3:59
Triple A rules. An old teammate hung around till he was nearly 30y bc in his words, “I barely have a HS education. No one else is going to pay me $70k to do anything.”
Brendan Gawlowski
3:59
Slightly depressing but yes
tdmoc
3:59
>There's an odd phenomenon where, as the chat goes on, more people show up and fewer of them ask questions.

when I show up to a chat late, I usually just read because in my experience you need to land a question within 10-20 minutes of the start and I assume you guys get annoyed if we ask a repeat question that didn't get previously picked
Brendan Gawlowski
4:00
I try to read all the way through. I've answered a lot as they came in today, for instance. Including this one!
Uncle Spike
4:00
Got anything on Hector Ocasio?  Looks like he's had strong plate discipline for awhile now and finally tapped into some power this year.
Brendan Gawlowski
4:00
Assuming this is Hector Osorio?
4:02
90th percentile EV is up from 98 to 101 and change. Some of that's environmental but probably not all? Still 30/40 grade
Azizal
4:03
is it fair to say there's a flaw with the year to year system evaluations? If teams excel at prospect graduation rates, for example, that would be massively valuable, but the FV system misses it entirely. Isn't that an awfully big hole? Or does it just not matter?
Brendan Gawlowski
4:05
No perfect way to do it. When you factor proximity heavily, you're inevitably going to encounter some asymmetry when teams promote at different rates, holding all other factors equal.
tdmoc
4:05
(that's not meant to be snarky or a critique at all to be clear - I know you guys get a zillion questions and it's a pain to sift through them - I'm just explaining my own rationale - thanks for holding these!)
Brendan Gawlowski
4:05
You guys are great.
and gals
and all non-binary folks too. Happy Pride Month.
ankoalec
4:06
Lots of discussions about some hot pitching prospects like Sloan, Hernandez, Anderson, etc. Any thoughts on Liam Doyle so far? Seemed like a slow start but improving of late, is there anything that really jumps out after 30ish innings in AA?
Brendan Gawlowski
4:06
Not overly worried but would slide him behind a few of the names just behind him on the 100 at this point
4:07
Would prefer Eyanson, etc.
On that note, think I'm going to end it here. Thanks all for hanging out, we'll do it again next Tuesday!
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