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Eric A Longenhagen
3:10
but hell yeah we wanna do that
Turtle Jetpack
3:10
Byron Buxton seduced many prospect evaluators with his speed, defense, arm, and potential to hit.  The potential to hit not being manifest has rendered him a fringe major leaguer.  Does this argue that not all tools are really created equally in evaluating talent?  Would you agree with that?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:11
yes and if you see someone averaging tool grades to get a final grade you should ignore them
Brockboy
3:11
Connor Joe makes the leap to become a Max Muncy type hitter, yes or no?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:11
Not that crazy but I do think he's a good sleeper
Leroy Jenkins
3:12
Does Daniel Espino have the best present stuff from a high school pitcher in the last several years?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:12
Uh, Shane Baz had comparable stuff. I'd take Cole Winn's secondary stuff over Espino's.
Starting MLB catcher potential?
3:14
Deivi Grullon and Seby Zavala
Eric A Longenhagen
3:14
Seby
Connor
3:14
Any DSL/AZL rangers guys to know about?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:15
Like sleepers? Frainyer Chavez
Connor
3:15
Will there be anyone we haven't really heard about as a 50FV type on your top 131 list?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:15
There might be one guy
Dan
3:15
Anything from Cubs' instructs or nah?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:16
Chris Morel has added good weight and his crushing balls in BP
He already had big power so it doesn't really move him on the board, but it's certainly not bad
Jesus Montero
3:17
Did someone say ice cream sandwich?
Ben
3:17
What happened to Kevin Maitan? Or what went wrong with the initial scouting reports on him?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:18
He got very big very fast and isn't the kind of athlete who retains physical skill despite the added weight. He's young enough that he can still fix it but he wasn't good last year.
NotGraphs Revivalist
3:18
Very random question - which pitchers in the top 100 prospects would you expect to have the heaviest ground ball rates?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:20
uh, Kyle Wright or Dustin May?
Kiner's Disembodied Hands
3:21
Keith Law's placement of Ke'Bryan Hayes at 18 on his top 100 list is quite a departure from the normal 45-55 range that he is showing up in on most of these lists.  I have a feeling that you and Kiley will be closer to Law here than the consensus.  Am I off the mark?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:21
our 55 FV tier typically runs from 20 to 50 overall and that's where Hayes will be
those boundaries obviously vary, historically that's just about where they fall
dabo
3:21
Tell me about Jerrion Ealy. Is it MLB or college football for him next year?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:22
I think he plays football. Unlike the other two sport guys teams have been willing to pay, he's not all that projectable physically. Has he changed his commit to Clemson officially yet?
Al Avila
3:23
Thoughts on how the Tigers rebuild is progressing? Tigers fans seem down on the progress on the farm. Is that fair, or am I doing a good job given the hand I was dealt?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:24
Seems fine to me
Jacob K.
3:24
How early can a high schooler/international player establish themselves as legit to scouts? Thinking of a guy like Blaze Jordan.
Eric A Longenhagen
3:25
as sophomores, though Jordan has the classic 'first guy to grow into his body in his age group' red flags
Jamie Lee Curtis' Diarrhea
3:25
If you had to choose between Jazz, Kristian, Bart, Patino, Brujan, and Rutschman in dynasty, who would you take?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:26
I encourage more of you to take the information we provide and make your own decisions. It's better for all of us and leads to mroe interesting chat questions.
Kurupt FM
3:26
How much do the current trends in the bigs affect prospect evaluation? Example do guys with a good "high heat" four seamers get better grades now than they would have some years ago?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:27
I can't speak for others but we seek to be quick to make the adjustments you're describing and have already made that adjustment in the specific example you cite
Steve O
3:28
Have IFA and draft caps helped distribute talent evenly between teams? Or is it about the same with the kids getting less money?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:28
the latter
longenhangen fan boy
3:28
Rangers' near ready lefties, who is your favorite? Palumbo, Hearn, Burke
Eric A Longenhagen
3:28
Palumbo
Rey Lopez
3:29
I just turned 25 a couple of weeks ago, my first full season in the Big's was last year and I pitched 188 innings, and no starter had a better September than I did. Yet, all you Sabrematicians and Fanylists have me projected at being worth next to nothing! What gives?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:30
Surely you realize statistical projections are done by formulas, right?
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