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Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 6/9/26
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Brendan Gawlowski
2:01
Hello everybody
As you all undoubtedly saw, I published the Giants list last week.
2:03
Eric and James are working furiously on the Twins. I'm about 20 players into the Marlins system, that's gonna be a long one. I see a path for us to have TB and Miami done next week and be finished with the whole kit and kaboodle but those are both deep systems so we'll see.
I've Isotopes/Rainiers fired up in the background
Let's go
Phillip Denny
2:04
What's your 2/5 of the way through the season evaluation of the DePodesta regime in CO?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:04
That we're going to need more than 2/5 of a season to figure out how they're doing. Cautiously optimistic that the pitching dev is better.
Ray Darwin
2:05
How high should I be on the Yordany de los Santos breakout?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:05
Not especially
30% strikeout rate
2:06
Seven of his 11 dingers are in maybe the two easiest parks to put one out right now.
fujiwhite
2:06
hey Brendan! saw that 18-year-old August Cuneo (HOU, C) got called up to Double-A after ~25 CPX appearances. seemed like an unusual leap to me -- wondered your thoughts on whether it was an injury/depth/emergency thing or an actual promotion
Brendan Gawlowski
2:06
Don't know for sure but that has all the markers of an emergency depth move
dan norman lear
2:06
It is the year 2032. Someone new is hopefully up for re-election. The SF Giants have Josuar Gonzalez, Jhonny Level, and Luis Hernandez are on the MLB roster. Who is playing where?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:07
Josuar is at short, Hernandez is at third, Level at second.
Phillip Denny
2:07
Keith Law still has the only mock with the White Sox not taking Roch 1.1. Do you think he has specific dope or is just planting a flag on Emerson?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:07
You'd have to ask him.
I don't think Roch is a Harper/Strasburg/Adley '1:1 duh' type
lavarnway
2:07
Any thoughts on Eric Hartman? Fast riser in the Braves system. Is he a top 100 guy for you now?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:07
Yeah I think so
Cromulent
2:08
Did you get any feedback on Tanner Thach when putting together the Rockies list?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:09
I saw him last year, 1B w/average power, aggressive hitter
2:10
Not impossible he's a big leaguer but looked and looks to me like a guy taking advantage of bad pitching
higginsford
2:10
Being reductive, are Vaughn Grissom and Jacob Gonzalez improvements mostly about elevate (to the pull side) and celebrate?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:10
Gonzalez's raw power is up significantly
2:11
EV90 is up four mph
He's gone from ~40 to 55 power overnight
OddBall Herrera
2:12
I get the whole age to level thing, but I also think that the true generational talents blow up the age to level calculus.  In that context what are your thoughts on Made's AA year so far?  He's holding his own, but given the assessments of the player even that feels underwhelming.
Brendan Gawlowski
2:12
He's doing very well. Plenty of generational talents "merely" hold their own at Double-A as teenagers
2:13
Harper was ~league average in AA and AAA
Machado was below league average as an 18 year old in High-A
2:14
Those are just the first two guys I looked at but you get the point
ImKeithHernandez
2:14
Has Benge exceeded your expectations? It was rough for a while, but the Mets have to be pleased with his overall numbers, right?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:14
on a heater right now obviously, he's done a speedrun on my general expectations for him
michekn
2:15
I know there are leagues that are great for hitters in the minors. What are the top 3 for hitters and pitchers?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:16
It's a little outta whack this year, but in general the PCL, Cal League, and ACL are awesome for hitters. The FSL, Midwest, and Northwest are great for pitchers.
scottsjunk1981
2:16
I know you and Eric get intermittent access to non-public  data, but does that include anything on the defensive side of things? Obviously public defensive stats for MiLB are terrible, but what the teams are collecting? And how does it get incorporated into your scouting?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:17
I'll glance at minor league fielding data but I don't think it's very good on the team side either.
WesleyB21
2:17
Loved reading the Giants list. Would appreciate some insight into where you and Eric were most aligned on evals and where you guys disagreed. Anyone you were especially high on?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:18
We talked over the 50's and a few other guys on the fringes. With Keyner Martinez, we had a repeat of the Yolfran Castillo experience, in which I wanted to 50 him but assumed Eric wouldn't want to... and then discovered he felt the same way.
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