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Eric A Longenhagen
12:33
the stats are going to be from last year since this year there aren't any, and that's a problem
Dirk Dirkington
12:35
What do you make of Mick Abel? Draft Day comps were probably a bit reaching with Verlander, Porcello, and Flaherty, but I'm curious what your read is.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:36
Those comps are pretty dumb and the fact that all three of those pitchers are nothing like one another says a lot about how accurate they are. Abel was the best high school pitching prospect in the draft imo, his report can be found here: https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2020-mlb-draft/summary?s...
12:37
or on the Phillies lit
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Rick
12:37
How do you adjust the top prospect list for this year since none of them are playing
Eric A Longenhagen
12:38
Graduates will get pulled off, some guys playing in the big leagues will be different enough to shuffle them around some, hopefully we get our shit together as a society and can have a fall developmental league.
Ross
12:38
Scouting report on JT Brubaker, who seems to get getting some innings with the entire Pirates rotation on the IL?
Eric A Longenhagen
Guest
12:38
What are your thoughts about Luchessi being optioned out? What do you make of the 5th rotation spot?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:40
Jason's got his finger on the pulse of it and he has Tuesday as the day Pitcher X will go. Wouldn't surprise me if it's Gore but I have no intel. As far as Lucchesi goes, I still think he's a long-term backend starter. The fact that he came up so fast and has option years left means he's got a little extra value.
Estevao
12:41
The Dodgers could roll out a playoff caliber lineup of all players drafted by them, Will Smith, Rios, Lux, Seater, Rios, DJ Peters, Bellinger and Joc. Thoughts on that
Eric A Longenhagen
12:41
Yup, incredible
Logan
12:41
Blake Taylor has been maybe the Astros most valuable pitcher this year. Is he showing any signs of surpassing his 35+ FV or is this just a good small sample?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:41
Making a case to be a 40 FV for sure
12:42
the thing that's small sample-y is the strike-throwing, though he was better in 2019 than he had been previously, so maybe he's just better at that now
Matt
12:42
Do you think a FO of a rebuilding org would be upset to miss a top pick because their MLB team did too well in this shortened season? Thinking about the Orioles mostly here
Eric A Longenhagen
12:42
Yes I do, especially a club like Baltimore
Ross
12:43
Re: Pat's question. But is it necessarily good to see the best pitching of your life? If I wanted to get better at chess, I couldn't just play a grandmaster and get crushed. I'd have to play people slightly better than me.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:44
That's an interesting analogy, but the grandmasters are in MLB not at the campsite.
Pete
12:44
Suggestion: Add a column for FV to the Roster Resource team pages.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:44
Also an interesting idea. Do you think that would remove reasons to head to The Board?
Tony
12:44
When you're able to get back to your normal schedule and attending games, what are the names of a few prospects you can't wait to see?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:45
The 2021 draft class and the group of really young int'l players who would have made their stateside debuts
Chris
12:45
In the future would any team consider doing more of an off site approach where they loan out players to their minor league team for short stints and then call them back to get instruction and intrasquad work?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:47
Yeah, teams are putting less emphasis on games during instructional league that and the structure you describe extends that trend to the season. I think that's very possible. And it's good, the spring sites in AZ and FL gets used too little for how great they are.
Rick
12:47
Chances we see Vaughn up for the White SoxS this year?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:47
pretty remote
Paul E.
12:48
How important is it for minor league scouts to watch major league games, in terms of understanding how minor league performance translates to the next level?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:49
I think it's very important for pro and amateur side scouts to see big league games to calibrate their instrument, so to speak. Gotta know what the end result looks like.
Not Evan
12:49
True or false: the chance there's a 2021 minor league season is identical to the chance there's a widely available vaccine by next spring/summer.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:50
False but I don't think you're far off. Gotta include the possibility of herd immunity and the possibility that there's an ill-advised season.
Joe Money
12:51
Hi Eric thanks for the chat.  I am thinking of starting a tax preparation business and would like to give the LLC a baseball related name, any suggestions?  One One and 3 up 3 down are already taken in my state.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:52
hmmm, i feel like this deserves more time than I can give it as a chat answer and also I'm terrible at naming stuff. So I open it up to the rest of chat and I'll post ones I like. Chat, @joemoney in your suggestions.
Joe
12:53
Have stashed these bats in minors: R Greene; Bracho; Alexfri Planez; Johan Rojas; Julio Pablo Marinez; and Malcom Nunez. Any not worth keeping a bit longer? Thanks!
Eric A Longenhagen
12:53
depends on your alternatives but I have JPM at the back of that group
John
12:54
Any reaction to Codi Heuer’s promising start with the White Sox?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:54
Satisfaction
RAH
12:55
I've been impressed by Codi Heuer so far. The results have been good, but I like that he's getting swings and misses on the fastball with that arm slot, and the fact he actually has 3 pitches. What are your expectations for him?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:56
Had a strong relief grade on him entering the year and his slider is better than what I saw in the minors, so yeah he's maybe a 45 FV now
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