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Brendan Gawlowski Prospects Chat: 8/11/26
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Brendan Gawlowski
2:30
Not really, still projects as a power hitting 1B/DH type. Glad he came through the injury unscathed
Nick
2:31
Any insight on Dub Gleed besides the 80 grade name? The fella had 2 HR last year and now 16 HR this year, decent find?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:32
Need to do a little work on him for the Jays list this offseason but his measurable power is barely up at all this year. Like everyone else, a lot of the game power is driven by contextual factors.
leoneforthird
2:32
Are you surprised the Mariners started Ace Reece in the Cal league given his SEC pedigree?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:32
No, they tend to start their early round college guys there
2:33
And early in Dipoto's tenure they sent them to Everett out of the gate, back when that was a short season affiliate
It's fine and doesn't really say anything about their timeline
Phillip Denny
2:33
Double whammy Dylan Seward question since he seems to be the Guy TM in 2027. 1) Do you like him more than you liked Grady Emerson, 2) I've seen Seward's comp as a switch hitting Trea Turner, is that somewhat reasonable you think?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:33
Seward moves well at short but he didn't really look like a top prospect at Area Codes
2:34
That's my only exposure to him thus far, there will be other factors at play when we build the big board but he didn't hit a lick while I was down there
Oliver
2:35
I humbly request your opinion on Justin Gonzales and if he can in fact pull the ball in the air
Brendan Gawlowski
2:36
I'm the low man there. Freaky size and raw for his age, encouraging season in a lot of ways, still a little concerned about how he does it.
Aaron Orheim
2:36
Any recent comps to Kade Anderson in the sense of MLB ready SPs whose debuts got delayed by roster congestion? I feel like the Ms should have done more to open a spot for him at the deadline and allocate their SP resources to acquiring better offense.
Brendan Gawlowski
2:36
It sounds like they tried
2:37
For comps, River Ryan debuted a few years ago but he was every bit as blocked
But the history of the game is full of good players who marinated at Triple-A for awhile. Go look at how long Boston held Wade Boggs down in Pawtucket
Phillip Denny
2:37
Be honest, had you heard of the "fourth out" rule before yesterday's shenanigans?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:38
Yes, and was actually involved in a fourth out situation back in Little League
willt
2:38
Watching Area Codes from afar, looks like the top players were pretty disappointing. Any disagreements with that or are we in for a chaotic top of the draft rankings?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:42
A lot of talent there, lot of players I really liked. In no particular order Leo Nockley, Drake Hawpe, Jack Leeper, Chayce Formosa, Ethan Gustus, Grant Westphal, Jake Turner all stood out. There are others but I shouldn't spend all chat thinking on it/reviewing notes.
Whether that aligns with consensus I have no idea, I wanted to go in cold.
But there were a lot of good players and future all stars there, I'm sure
Justin Krupp
2:43
I am a little surprised the industry isnt higher on Jacob Bresnahan. Young, good build, great track record going on 18 months, lefty, reports of good stuff. What am I missing or too bullish on?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:43
I think your finger is on the pulse, he's just slowly gotten better throughout his pro career and now the strikes are starting to follow. T100 candidate for the offseason.
Uncle Spike
2:44
Boston Smith has been dominant all year.  He's gone up three levels and is currently rocking a 213 wRC+ in AA.  Time to buy?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:44
Weird prospect, in a good way
Has a lot of work to do on defense, athletic enough to think it's possible he could be pretty good back there in a couple years
2:45
Obviously the production speaks for itself
would like to see him get a little more aggressive on pitches he can drive, sounds like a nitpick right now with how things are going but he's not going to walk like this against better arms
mopete12
2:46
Is Nolan Schubart a better prospect than Jace Laviolette? He’s been raking all year and so far actually has a lower K rate at AA (28.9%) than A (33.5%). He doesn’t really have a position, but at least he didn’t strike out 38% of the time at single A like Laviolette. On a related note for both of them, have you ever seen a prospect succeed that had a K rate over 30% at single A for half a season or more?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:46
The bigger thing here is that it doesn't really much matter who the better prospect is because neither of them are all that promising at this point.
warpath
2:47
Hey Brendan, thanks for the chat.

I've been wondering a lot recently, with a potential lockout/missed games looming, do you think teams are taking that into account in terms of prospects? As in, some guys might not get 40-manned this year so that they can play in the minors if there's no MLB, and perhaps to prevent them from earning service time from a lockout as well? Do you think this is a conversation teams are having at all? It's something that's occurred to me as the season winds down.
Brendan Gawlowski
2:48
For the most part, prospects only get put on the 40 if they're at risk of getting taken in the R5 or if they're going to the big leagues.
2:49
Folks seem really curious about this subject, there's a question like it seemingly every week, but I don't think you'll see a ton of guys handled differently than they would be in any other year
Okra
2:49
Now that EV readings are readily available, would you say grading a prospect's power is easier?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:50
Grading present power is but the game was and is projecting future power. That's a little easier now that we've got a precise point from which to look outward
2:51
Part of the reason I'm an optimist about scouting never going the way of the dodo is that, for however well we can track what's happening on the field, the point of having scouts isn't to tell you what guys can do today, it's to project what they'll do in x years
weekapaug09
2:51
Karson Milbrandt has completely lost the strike zone since getting promoted to AAA (BB% jumped from 9.3 to 18.9). I can understand K's falling or getting hit harder at the higher level but is it normal for a guy to just stop throwing strikes all of a sudden?
Brendan Gawlowski
2:52
It's not unusual for guys to need a beat to adapt to the ball -- which is different at Triple-A and the big leagues -- but the height and duration of the speed bump has me a little concerned
Pretty interested in following his last few starts this year
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