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Travis
12:13
Scouting report on Alek Thomas? Soon to be Top-100 prospect?
Jeremy
12:13
Upside of Alek Thomas? Think he starts season in Low A?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:13
Chances those are all the same person?
NoBunts
12:13
Heard the White Sox are keying on College bats, even if Adley and Vaughn are gone. Is there a semi-hard rule against High Schoolers from that FO?
Hearing very positive things about Witt Jr so far. You hearing the same? What about Abrams?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:14
you seem sourced up.
Lilith
12:14
There's a report that Santillan has added a slower breaking pitch that works in the low 80's and that he's going to it frequently. Does that change anything in regards to how you view him, as up to this point, pretty much everything he has thrown has been hard?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:14
I suppose it makes me feel a little more confident that he can start. An extra look for hitters gives him a better shot of navigating the lineup several times
Ian
12:14
When healthy, could Kyle Funkhouser pitch like a No. 3, or is he more of a back-end guy even when healthy?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:15
More like a #4 when everything looks good
Will
12:15
Could Jordan Sheffield be major league ready by 2020 if he's purely relief?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:16
yes
Lilith
12:16
Just curious, but do you watch any other sport in a similarly analytic way to how you watch baseball? If not, does it change the way you're able to enjoy said sport?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:18
My other sports viewership has tanked because I can't watch them enough to have what I deem a satisfactory level of knowledge anymore. I need to wrap my arms around the whole thing or not at all. I watched a lot of MTG for a while and now have waned in that, as well. I still love football and basketball, but I've seen 0 minutes of tourney so far when my friends and I used to binge the whole thing. Same with the Combine.
RP
12:18
Did you have an opinion of Jake Noll prior to this spring, and if so, has it actually changed or do you believe his spring is probably noise?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:18
There's pop and I have a soft spot for FGCU guys because my uncle taught there for a while, but I have Noll as a ceiling bench bat.
Hurtado
12:19
If he had a place to play in the majors, would Keston Hiura be worth a similar amount in extension money as  Brandon Lowe?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:19
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Nathan
12:19
For younger guys in Double-A (like presumably Dylan Carlson this year) is there much you can read into their numbers?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:19
Sure, just look at them in context
Manly
12:19
What are your expectations for Brandon Lowe this year?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:19
2 to 3 WAR
RR Steverson
12:20
When might you guys be able to put together another podcast?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:20
we record as soon as i wrap with y'all
Nathan
12:20
Did any Tigers prospects impress you this spring?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:21
He's not technically a prospect but where the hell did Jose Cicnero come from?
Jose Cisnero, pardon
Phillie Phanatic
12:21
who has the best shot at an eventual 70+ FV between Julio Rodriguez, George Valera, Jordyn Adams, Marco Luciano
Eric A Longenhagen
12:21
Luciano, gotta stay at SS
Wire Fan
12:22
If Brendan McKay was a position player only prospect, what would his FV be?  If he was a pitcher only?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:22
We'd probably 45+ the bat, 55 him as a pitcher
Buff
12:22
I’ve been reading positive things about Nico Hoerner. Have you seen anything that would move his stock up?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:23
not more than we already have based on the changes he made last year, which were evident in the fall.
Jarred
12:23
Does Drake Fellows have much of a chance to go in the top five rounds? He just dominated Florida.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:24
Looked horrible week 1 here in AZ but he'd still show you a plus change and breaker, so sure top 5 rounds is reasonable
Andy Benes
12:24
How comparable are Rece Hinds and Brett Baty to Nolan Gorman at this time last year?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:25
Hinds had performance issues over the summer which Gorman did not and he hits right-handed. Baty is much older. So I'd have Gorman over both but I think you're right to line that group up, apples to apples.
Pickins
12:25
Daryl Morey supposedly banned intraracial comparisons -- likening European players to Europeans, black players to black players -- because everyone was only getting comped with people they looked like. Do you think there's a similar instinct among baseball scouts?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:27
Typically, yes. I'm mindful of it in my writing, even though we typically only do body comps and not full on profile comps. I actually try to do cross-sport body comps, especially if you can comp someone to a basketball player because  it's easier to get a read on bball players frames just because of the system of dress in the sport.
The Darkness
12:27
Has Kyle Lewis raised his stock at all this spring?
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