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>this guy<
12:39
How did Bleday turn it around?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:40
I suppose I'm hesitant to say he has done so in a permanent way. But I haven't dug into that one. I could right now but it'd take most of the remaining 20 minutes of chat...
Way way way less fastball swing and miss this year
12:41
IDK if he made a mechanical adjustment or anything to get there but that's a big thing at first glance
>this guy<
12:41
who else in baseball/prospect writing do you follow/read?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:42
I've mostly stopped. I believe groupthink is a profound issue in our niche industry and social media made/makes it worse. If I get married again Kiley might be in my wedding party but I surely dgaf what he thinks about Sal Stewart.
Tim Chubb
12:43
Do you have any insights on the international signing prospects?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:45
Right now I have a few dozen "Player X is connected to Team Y for $Z in 202Whatever" for big money dudes the next three years or so.
less reports on those players though
Pat Murphy
12:45
Alright, I’m probably not going to use Craig Yoho or Jacob Misiorowski in the postseason … but does 1, both, or neither make the Opening Day roster next year?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:46
Just because the way 40 man roster dynamics tend to influence decision making: Neither
Don't roster them until injuries force you to.
Justin
12:46
Do you think Kristian Campbell has star upside or is he more of a surefire regular type?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:47
Have I gone from high guy to low guy on him in like 2 months? His swing is pretty weird. I think he requires more deep, deep analysis against upper-level stuff to say either of those.
Justin
12:47
What do you make of the performance by Kumar Rocker this year?  What do you see going forward for him?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:48
Pretty small sample of health, I'd be hesitant to alter my forecast a ton. we've been here before, this guy has fastball playability issues and a very long track record of injury and I'm cautious not to overreact
winterjohn1996
12:49
does the top prospect landscape feel short on talent to you? it reads like the writeups and profiles for most top10-25 range prospects feel like they should be placed half a grade lower (xavier isaac and marcelo mayer come to mind, both have considerable offensive warts and athletic / speed limitations).
Eric A Longenhagen
12:49
Yes, I agree with this
Tim
12:49
What do you make of the season that Xavier Issac had at AA given his Top 100 rank at #6 and does reps at RF impact your projection at all?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:50
I think he's going to have stupid power and be a real force despite elevated strikeouts. His body looks way, way better now than at any other time as a prospect and it wouldn't surprise me if he's mobile enough to develop in RF.
Rob B
12:50
hi Eric, just wanted to say thanks for holding this chat. We miss you!
Eric A Longenhagen
12:51
I'm back now, Travis and I have been working on 2025 draft stuff and that should be fully baked soon. Then I'll do International players and then start lists again. I anticipate starting with an East Valley cluster of orgs and then doing the entire Gulf Coast of Florida.
Graphsman
12:52
has Charlie Condon’s putrid pro debut confirmed any of the worries you had about him pre draft? Or is it just too early to judge
Eric A Longenhagen
12:53
Too early. Bat looked slow in Spokane, though. Think I'll see him today. The guy's had a long year. Even though I was skeptical pre-draft I'm trying to be disciplined and not flag plant on him sucking just because he has for a couple weeks.
SJ
12:53
Nothing for you to answer here Eric just wanted to say how much I appreciate these and have for years no matter how seldom you have the time to do them.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:53
They're officially back on the weekly docket y'all.
Mike
12:53
Does Baldelli survive this collapse? Will the owners force them to deal Lopez?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:54
I can't speak to the latter but things felt bad enough here at the end that I do worry a head will need to roll.
FCT
12:54
Did you get any looks at Angel Cepeda for the ACL Cubs this year?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:54
Yes, just okay in my looks but beloved by several of my sources.
I am the Apple
12:55
If you had to guess, how much overlap is there between the people you source from and the people other sites like BA source from?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:58
Moderate? I definitely know of several individual people who influence both. I would guess I'm less likely to give weight to an org's farm director's thoughts on his own club than Pipeline/BA, just too much bias and I'm not interested in that. Would rather put my own stamp on it.
Showbusiness77
12:58
thoughts on Lawrence Butler going forward as an above average player and fantasy asset?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:58
yeah
AZ
12:58
How legit is Demetrio Crisantes?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:59
He's a good little player, gamer type with feel to hit. limited physical tools. Let's see how strong he can get.
JC17
12:59
I'm reading Future Value now, it's an excellent primer to understanding how orgs work their farms - if you could make updates in a second edition, what would you change or add?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:59
More on visual machine learning and the integration of biomechanics and video analysis.
1:00
Plus thoughts on all the changes to college athletics
our world really does change a lot, very fast, all the time
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