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Eric A Longenhagen
12:52
I think max exit velo might be a better proxy than the average exit velo since the latter has some hit tool impacting it. I might do a year where I grade BP raw vs max exit velos and see if/where there's a gap
Hinkie
12:54
Any thoughts on new Phillies Amateur Scouting Director Brian Barber and have you seen him (or any other Phillies scouts) out at any college or HS games?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:54
I can't yet recognize that guy without his hat on, so no not yet.
Guest
12:55
What are the logistics of bringing the high-speed camera? Are there ever any problems with setting it up because the venue doesn’t want you filming?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:57
The four-inch lens is within MLB fans specifications. I have had some security folks turn me away (Goodyear) without a media pass on days I just buy a ticket behind home plate but it's pretty rare. The model I use is pretty portable and I've gotten good at avoiding scoutspreading in the seats
Rob
12:57
Is Hudson Head a potential big riser?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:57
Yes, great feel for contact, can really run, medium frame but hits balls hard. More of a table-setting sort for me but I like him.
James
12:59
What are your thoughts on Luis Rodriguez of Dodgers? I haven't found an FG writeup yet but his profile is interesting for a 17 year old. Where would you rank relative to other 2019 J2 guys?
Eric A Longenhagen
He'll be the same FV on the Dodgers list
Chad
1:00
Prospects in different sports take different times to gestate. Every year a couple 19-year-olds make an impact in the NBA, whereas that's pretty much unheard of in baseball. Even less so in the NFL. Any idea what the differences are here?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:02
The structural differences (1 year of NCAA ball for the NBA, three years of college for NFL, sign at 16 or 17 in MLB but there's a big minor league) drive most of it. I'm not sure how Wander Franco would've done if there were no minors and he was just put in MLB last year.
Kingman's Performance
1:03
If Michael Busch hadnt got hurt and continued hitting as he had started would he have been a 50?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:04
Probably not but I do like him and am intrigued by the idea of him playing 2B, though the little bit I saw in AFL did not look great
Kingman's Performance
1:04
As to the previous question about Prospect lists.... back in the 90's when BA was basically the only one doing them.....Now I can view 20 reasonably accurate ones on the internet.  How much improved do you feel the eval process has gotten.
Eric A Longenhagen
1:07
I know I feel a difference in the quality of my own work in not just the 12 years I've been in baseball but in the 3-ish I've been at FG. I can't speak to BA's evolution during that time but I bet they've gotten better, too. The info we have access to now versus 2000 is part of it, ease of communication with sources is part of it, air travel is part of it.
Okay, I've gotta split. Thank you guys for coming again this week. Talk to you next Friday.
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