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Eric A Longenhagen
12:15
Good day to you, chat.
12:17
Hope everyone's as well as can be, let's dive right in because the first question requires a sizeable answer.
Other Eric
12:17
please explain these draft models we hear about
Eric A Longenhagen
12:18
So yeah, I can't recall ever explicitly talking about this, so while I assume a lot of our readers know, I'm gonna give a crude overview right now...
12:22
If you were to take a ton of data inputs from years and years of draft prospects (this can be anything, like their stats, TrackMan data, size, run times, tool grades, anything) and run a regression to determine which of those inputs correlated with their big league success (or failure) and *how much* they drive it, you're building a crude model. You can then put this year's class' inputs into the model to help line up your board.
12:23
It's absolutely a valuable tool to make/have, but of course I think religious adherence to it in the room is probably not advisable.
Sam Horn
12:23
Assuming Torkelson goes 1 overall to Detroit, is he in the major sometime in 2021? Where would you rank him in your top 100 compared to Andrew Vaughn. (Yes this is a blatant who would you add to a minors slot for fantasy question:))
Eric A Longenhagen
12:25
Yeah, I think he'll be there quick, timeline similar to Schwarber's. Also, The Board has where the top few tiers of guys would rank on the 100 https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2020-mlb-draft/summary?s...
Mike
12:25
If the minor leagues ends up being turned into what happens during spring training, do you think the complex fields will be open to fans? I live in Scottsdale, would be great to watch the Giants system for an extended period of games.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:26
Nope
Insert Clever Name Here
12:27
Found the Dodgers prospect list interesting overall.  Out of curiosity, re: Yadier Alvarez, was his being left off the list due to a combination of command problems and effects of his suspension (makeup-wise and lost development)?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:28
It's a combination of everything. His trade value (objectively 0), the injury history, the lack of control.
His stuff is unbelievable, it sucks that this is how things transpired.
Sandy
12:29
Hey Eric, thanks for chatting! Robert Broom has a career 0.9 ERA and WHIP as a pro. Passed the AA limus test with hitter ma Obviously, he's got an 80 grade name as a reliever sweeping through the minors, but what about his stuff? Hope he made the Indians list
Eric A Longenhagen
12:31
He'll be on there as an Honorable Mention (list runs Monday) as part of a pretty large contingent of sidearm/funk relief types in the system. He's 88-92 and it looks like this:
12:32
With relievers like this, they just have to keep proving that it works at the next level, and then the next one, and then the next one....He's done that so far. Pretty interesting.
Jeff
12:32
Andrew Abbott or Burl Carraway: who ya got? Who makes the MLs first? I like Abbott
Eric A Longenhagen
12:32
I'm on Carraway. Abbott has the starter's profile but I'd rather have the dude with huge stuff.
Mike
12:33
Any thoughts on the direction the Red Sox will go? They could potentially try to save some money at 1-17 for a later pick given the lack of a second, or just take BPA?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:37
I think we're in for a wild year for all teams. Club financial security and the financial situation of players' families, case by case, are going to impact who teams draft and where. It might get kind of ugly. So no, don't have great feel for who's going to be there for Boston at 17 right now. That's smack in the middle of round 1 where I have the prep outfielders and a big chunk of college pitching evaluated pretty much the same. You could make a case they should try to cut and get another player from this tier later on, but it's harder to know who might be there because every pick between your first and second is subject to the chaotic stuff I mentioned above.
Seth
12:37
How does Patrick Bailey compare to someone like Langeliers? Both are 45FV, but is Bailey likely to have a higher offensive ceiling, but lower defensive?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:39
I think that's a fair characterization. I also think the way I'm thinking about projecting catchers has changed fairly substantially in just the last twelve months and the gap between Langeliers' glove/arm and Bailey's is probably less meaningful now than I'd have told you a year ago.
CouchScout
12:39
Are Robert Hassell or PCA moving up your board?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:42
Hassell I do need to slide up. They're both in that tier of college arms and prep OFs I mentioned, that basically runs from pick 10 (where Hassell seems to be in clubs' mixes) to the back of round one. I'm climbing uphill with PCA because most of my looks came last summer, when he wasn't playing as well as he did on Team USA. Hassell I just think I'd rather have than some of the guys I've currently ranked ahead of him.
Buford
12:43
Regarding the upcoming CBA negotiations, is there a realistic possibility that all draft choices become tradable?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:43
Based on how eagerly MLB/owners seem to be removing nuance from player eval and acquisition, I'd guess not.
Carlos
12:44
35+, 35 or 30 FV? Indians LHPs Raymond Burgos, Juan Hillman, Adam Scott, Kyle Nelson and Kirk McCarty
Eric A Longenhagen
12:46
I love the deep dive Cleveland questions. Burgos is a 35. 40 fastball, 40 athlete but stills throws strikes, change and breaking ball are 50s, shot to be 55s. If they are he's a depth arm. Hillman is not on there. Scott, Nelson will both be on. McCarty is on the bubble.
Mike
12:46
Plans to update your J2 2020 rankings soon or are things kind of in flux given they may push back the signing period?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:48
I want to update them post-draft regardless of the timeline. Would you guys want KBO players integrated into that tab on The Board provided there's a way they're distinct from upcming July 2 guys? I'd like to have guys like this on there somewhere: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/baek-ho-kang/kr3012665/stats?positio...
12:49
Do you want KBO prospects integrated onto the Int'l Players tab on The Board?
Yes (48.7% | 19 votes)
 
Nope, just the J2's, I'll care about the KBO guys when they're posted. (43.6% | 17 votes)
 
WHat's The Board? (7.7% | 3 votes)
 
Total Votes: 39
Jeff
12:49
Did Brailyn Marquez throw enough strikes or show quality enough offspeeds (plural) to start taking seriously as a SP last year?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:50
He certainly closed the gap between where he was and what it'll take for him to start, but I still think it's more likely he ends up in relief.
Greg
12:51
As a Florida fan, what are the chances Halter, Mayo and Manning get to campus? Any other UF commits you could see signing (besides Veen obviously) from lower in the ranks?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:51
I'd set the over/under at 1.5 of those guys getting to school.
Daniel
12:52
How likely do you think we are to see a team draft 1 or 2 college seniors and then throw basically their entire pool at 3 overslot guys?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:53
Some teams who have $carte blanche$ to do as they normally would might do something like that but I don't think it's an option for some teams and there are just more new strategies to be explored this year.
Larry
12:54
Do you have any feel for how we should expect the post-draft signing period to go? I really can't wrap my head around it. Will it be just college seniors and low leverage guys that sign, or do teams end up signing a ton of players? And since $20k is the bonus limit, do teams with larger fanbases end up signing better players? Like do kids throughout the southeast end up signing with Atlanta because they grew up rooting for the Braves?
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