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Jim Bob

2:15

Not a q - great job on prospects week!

Eric A Longenhagen

2:15

thanks

Aaron Shortridge

2:15

I was draft in a top 5 round out of a major college program. I had a strong pro debut. Now why wasn't I mentioned in your Pirates write-up?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:16

Which of your teammates on the list would you say you're better than, Aaron?

Jason

2:16

Were scouts too excited over Scott Kingery's 2017 and overrated him? Should he have spent more time in 2018 in AAA? Will he bounce back?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:16

I think he'll bounce back. Lots of prospect fail during their initial trial and Kingery was asked to play out of position for much of his

Matt

2:17

Convince me Forrest Whitley isn't the rare #1 pitching prospect? He has 4-5 plus pitches with a plus-plus being able to be thrown on the two most important(fastball/changeup). I mean how many starters have better stuff in the majors? You could count on one hand.

Eric A Longenhagen

2:17

No.

Just read the report on the 100, we clearly agree with you

Charlie Hustle

2:17

New here! How does a prospect graduate from the top 100? Do they have to reach ROY eligibility (130AB, 50IP) or is it something else? Thanks, Eric.

Eric A Longenhagen

2:18

We use MLB's rookie eligibility rules which are the quantity benchmarks you list, or 45 non-September days on the roster (which is how a lot of relievers graduate)

TravisScottFell

2:18

Do the Dodgers still have high ceiling guys in their farm system?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:18

Yeah, several

Guest

2:19

2021 RHP Slade Cecconi's commanded his fastball well, but didn't throw it inside to either side at all last night. His curve had good break, but didn't locate it well. I didn't see him use a 3rd pitch.

Eric A Longenhagen

2:19

Same, watched his start on TV and thought he was good for a freshman though

Robert

2:21

How would you compare rough total offensive output (some morph of hit/power/discipline) between Canario and Connor Scott?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:21

at this stage i'm just looking for K/BB% red flags, not trying to measure anything else with stats. Canario has elite bat speed, I want that guy even if he hit .230 last year

Owen

2:22

What did you hear about Stinson in his first outing?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:22

Velo was down but it's early and chilly, just a wait and see situation for this weekend

Draftnik

2:22

Will you be getting out to SoCal to see any HS players this spring? If so, who is on your radar?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:23

Brooks Lee, Spencer Jones, Emmanuel Dean, Damone Hale, Mahki Backstrom

I'll be out there in early March to see Texas Tech and might tag some HS stuff onto that trip

NorCalNobody

2:24

Rengifo put up some pretty nice numbers across 3 levels as a 21 year old last year, does he get to the Bigs this year and do you think his skillset (bat to ball and speed) allow him to be moderately successful at such a young age

Eric A Longenhagen

2:24

I think we see him this year.

Karen Yost

2:24

Can we have the 2019 preseason top 100 archived similar to how previous top 100s have been archived?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:24

Yep

Salty

2:24

Eric - does the likely implementation of a universal DH increase Josh Naylor's value/prospect ranking? If not, is it due to the number of quality players currently on the roster that could potentially fill that role, or that the DH change would not lead to any changes in his overall skills?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:24

Indeed it does

Gilbert

2:24

Who ends up with the best career out of Joe Palumbo, Logan Gilbert and Jackson Kowar and why?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:25

I'll say Gilbert. Best combo of stuff and durability of those three

Dan

2:25

How good of a reliever would Durbin Feltman be at the major league level right now? From what I'm reading his stuff and command are already as good as they're gonna get and hes just wasting bullets in the minors.

Eric A Longenhagen

2:25

could be a set-up type very quickly, yeah

Jack

2:27

Lightning round of post-prospects that didn't get mentioned in Monday's article: JP Crawford, Julio Urias, Willie Calhoun, Jharel Cotton, Frankie Baretto. Any 50-55's here?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:28

Anyone who graduated last year was ineligible. Cotton I'd probably 45 now, Urias I don't know. He was 88-91 rehabbing then the velo was back in October but it was just out of the bullpen, no clue which of those to trust.

Brian

2:28

What do you think the next "thing" is in player development? We've gone from weighted balls, to biomechanical analysis, to Trackman/Rapsodo taking over the Twittersphere.

Eric A Longenhagen

2:28

Neuroscience

2:29

and probably something game theory-related to improve hitters' decisino making

Larry

2:29

Alec Marsh a guy?

Eric A Longenhagen

2:29

like a 2nd or 3rd round guy

maybe