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Eric A Longenhagen
3:57
Continued confidence in his ability to hit, the foundation of the swing.
Mike
3:57
Ronaldo Hernandez - is he in the conversation as the best C prospect in baseball by year's end?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:59
Greater chance he doesn't catch than others and I think catching is strong in the minors right now so he's below a bunch of guys
Guest
4:00
Was Vargas really worth the 2.5 MM the Yankees gave him? Essentially was he worth Adam Warren lol
Eric A Longenhagen
4:00
Int'l scouts Kiley and I spoke with had him valued between 2-3 mil
john cale
4:01
does crouse have the highest upside in the TEX org?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:01
Bubba, for me
Bored Employee
4:02
Is Isaac Paredes the kind of hard-contact guy whose game power could outstrip his raw?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:02
Yes
Rob D
4:02
Your Pirates' list in the offseason brought the name Sherten Apostel to my attention as someone to watch. Any word on how he's looked in rookie ball?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:02
Pretty much the same, which is to say good.
Bryzzo
4:03
Who can we be most excited about in Cubs system these days? Who might we be able to dream on? Brailyn?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:03
Cris Morel is a INF with power in short season. I like him. Luis Verdugo could be a plus glove st SS, don't think he's gonna hit. He's 18 in the AZL. Marquez, yeah, like him too. Kind of a unique mechanical look but stuff is good. Body is maxed out already, though.
Brandon
4:04
What has caused you to have Jeremiah Estrada ranked so high?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:05
Mid-90s, plus changeup. Others in the org are more stable prospects, few have that kind of stuff.
Mike B
4:05
Player in the minors most similar at the same stage to Altuve? Small guy who just hits the ball with awesome bat control.
Eric A Longenhagen
4:05
Madrigal I guess?
Jimmy
4:06
How would you rank these grade 45 pitchers: Wil Crowe, Reggie Lawson, and Jordan Sheffield? And who has the highest upside?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:06
Lawson, , Crowe, Sheff
Pio
4:07
How should the Padres split time between Mejia and Hedges?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:08
I think you set Mejia up to succeed by letting him catch guys whose stuff you're confident he can handle
Lucas Sims
4:08
Do I wind up in the bullpen?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:08
Yes
Jessica
4:10
What was Jack Flaherty like as a prospect, and has he surprised you thus far as an MLBer?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:12
I had him as a 50, which is what he's tracking as. Pitch mix was really similar to Jason Hammel's as a prospect.
pirates hurdles
4:12
Can either Newman or Kramer play SS well enough to unseat Mercer?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:13
Sure, I prefer Kramer who I think could be a 5 there with good positioning.
Joe
4:13
Whats your opinion on Keston Hiura? Were the brewers right by not trading him for Machado?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:13
I wouldn't have traded him for months of Machado. Think Hiura's a middle of the order bat
Greg
4:14
Am I blind or can you not access the board from the home page?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:14
If you hover over "Leaders" it's like a quarter of the way down
Tyler
4:15
Would you suggest any improvements to the 20-80 scouting scale?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:16
Maybe split the hit tool into two or three individual components (bat control/pitch selection/bat speed off the top of my head)
Chives
4:16
Jordan Luplow, what is his future in your opinion?
Eric A Longenhagen
4:17
Platoon guy. The power is for real.
BruceHaper
4:17
Honestly something that would be cool with THE BOARD is if you gave it almost continual updates. (I know this a lot of manpower) but that way if you see (or hear) of a grade change youd just have someone go right ahead and implement that
Eric A Longenhagen
4:18
This is what we're hoping to do. I see a guy here in AZ tonight who we don't know about but he's touching 100 or whatever, he goes on the board the next day.
Gerald
4:18
Do you like prospects? Baseball prospects to be clear.
Eric A Longenhagen
4:19
And with that I depart. I'll update y'all on twitter if Area Codes alters my chat schedule.
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