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Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 6/30/26
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Brendan Gawlowski
2:41
I think that's in play, yes
Beer:30
2:41
Back to Kade Anderson, he's graded 30/45 Command but has  just 10 walks and 2 homeruns in 66.2 innings at AA. Is this a grade that will be adjusted or something behind the rating that is lost in the statline?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:41
Good example of something that needs a fresh look.
2:42
Maybe the conclusion changes, maybe it doesn't but need to dive in on that
evangamer
2:42
Braylon doughtys having another awesome year, but does the lack of size hold him back from being a clear T100 guy?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:42
I think he's going to make the updated list.
K’d Cavalli
2:42
Is Elijah Green with a 50 hit tool a top 5 prospect?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:42
Yes
clydethedog
2:43
With the Dodgers recent intel, it’s obvious they like De Paula more than the OF prospect logjam. What high end prospect should they be trying to trade for?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:44
They're not in the market for high end prospects, they'll want big leaguers who can help them win a World Series right now
sliderinthedirt
2:45
Dalton Rushing has quietly been terrible after his hot start, 7 HR in 28 and then 2 in 142. Is he still a 60? Getting a lot of Jackson Holliday vibes from him, the way the walks just disappeared one they hit the majors… I suppose it’s a
Brendan Gawlowski
2:45
He's a catcher with a 125 wRC+ in 50 games. That'll play.
Some of the... non statistical stuff has my antenna raised
2:46
On the broader point about walks, yeah, you can't just look at a minor league walk rate and assume it will hold
perfecto111
2:47
Do you think that Colt Emerson can lower down the strikeouts with more experience against MLB pitchers?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:47
Yes
Uncle Spike
2:47
How good could the Pirates be?  Konner Griffin is back.  Lowe, Reynolds and O'Hearn have been having great years and now Esmerlyn and Endy are killing the ball.
Brendan Gawlowski
2:47
They can win 85-88 games
MF Luder
2:48
At Tennessee (in college) I viewed AJ Russell as a nearly thing to be a mid-rotation starter in the majors. What am I missing?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:48
That he hasn't finished the fifth inning even once since high school?
P
2:49
Any idea when you'll circle back to the Braves system and take a deeper look again?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:49
Doing so as we speak
well, not literally I guess, but it's one of a few projects I'm working on right now
P
2:49
Eric has said to keep an eye on Conor Essenberg in the Braves system.  He's slashing a respectable .258/.389/.440 but with a 37% K-rate.  Does he have an extreme TTO profile, or do you see something different when you look under the hood?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:50
Very young, cold weather background, I'm very intrigued
Phillip Denny
2:50
Respectfully Brendan, Katie Woo's report today says the opposite. "However, the primary focus for the back-to-back champions isn’t on the major-league roster, according to multiple sources familiar with the club’s thinking who were granted anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject. The Dodgers want to improve the depth of their minor-league system and are prepared to part with at least one of their top outfield prospects not named Josue De Paula to do so."
Brendan Gawlowski
2:51
well I stand corrected.
Surprising!
The plan is to part with good non premier prospects to bolster depth?
K’d Cavalli
2:52
Somewhat rhetorical, but how does anyone ever accurately scout a prospect, pitcher or hitter, in the PCL lol
Brendan Gawlowski
2:52
There are contextual challenges everywhere, altitude is just a different one.
K’d Cavalli
2:53
How long before we have publicly available Statcast data as a standard through the entire non-rookie, non-complex minor leagues?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:53
I'll guess in the next 5-10 years
2:54
It's available for certain games already
lou-harrison-bader
2:54
Who was the last minor leaguer to mash at every opportunity like Sirota and then not be able to make it in the show?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:54
Tons of quad a bats laying around
your Blaine Crims and whatnot
Uncle Spike
2:55
When you are scouting a prospect, do you go through a whole checklist of things you are looking for or have you just been doing it so long that you just free ball it?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:55
For the Pirates, I had a bunch of stuff I had to fill out for every player, so that was a readymade template
2:56
But I try to let the game breathe and take things as they come
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