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Felix
12:25
Now that the Giants signed Adames and Fitzgerald looks to play second, what is the outlook on Luciano?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:26
RF, been that way for a while imo.
Uncertain Alec Bohm
12:26
When will Aidan Miller realistically be ready? Do you think he factors into the Phillies (rumored) willingness to listen on Bohm?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:27
Yah know, I think it might. I really don't like the idea of moving Bohm, but I do think Miller is a stud and could be "ready" fairly soon.
Bob "Robert" Costas
12:28
You're on the clock Eric. Who are you picking? Jamie Arnold, Bremner, or Seth Hernandez?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:28
Bremner, then Sethy
Nervous Flyball Pitcher
12:28
Is there consensus on what led to guys like Cal Raleigh or Austin Wells becoming stellar framers? It's not uncommon for me to see guys with crummy graduation grades level up in the majors, but it's obviously not luck.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:29
Good question, Yanks have good catcher dev street cred, Cal I suppose I'd attribute it to size/strength/work. You're right that at various points (especially with Wells) those guys were considered bad defenders. Cal, iirc, was more divisive and some folks thought he framed well at FSU (quants, i want to say).
wheelhouse
12:30
Would you put Jasson in CF Bellinger in LF or vice versa
Eric A Longenhagen
12:31
I would let the young OFs, the Ozzies, Ben Rice and I guess Grisham compete for spots and move Bellinger wherever you need to in order to have the best lineup.
wheelhouse
12:32
Do you think Murakami is worth sitting out the Alonso or Walker negotiations to wait for and sign, assuming a team can get him? Obviously Vlad will be far and away biggest FA at 1B next offseason barring extension, but there’s only one of him
Eric A Longenhagen
12:32
Nah, too much hit tool risk, I'd take Walker ahead of the other two.
Desperate pirates fan
12:33
Any updated thoughts on Termarr Johnson following the AFL?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:33
Still love how his hands work, think they're in the right place often enough for him to get to power and play 2B everyday. Gonna K a lot, he's not Cano or anything like that.
onomatopoeia
12:34
Who do you think has the most 2025 MLB upside of this group of Red Sox 40-man pitchers: Hunter Dobbins, Quinn Priester, Richard Fitts, Zach Penrod?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:34
Dobbins and Fitts
Maddoning
12:34
On your Cubs list, no Alexander Canario, even though he still has rookie status.....are you that low on him, or do you consider him "graduated" anyway?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:34
He does not have rookie status anymore
12:35
Baseball Ref has become unreliable for rookie status. It's wrong about Kilian, too.
This has been true for the last couple of years.
12:36
Go count Canario's roster days, he exceeds 45 in either May or July, pretty comfortably over.
Bridge to Painter
12:36
Which of the Phillies 40-man SP prospects do you think would handle the "bridge to Painter" role best? Seth Johnson, Michael Mercado, Moises Chace, Jean Cabrera, Mick Abel?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:36
Johnson seems tailor made for that
Hugh
12:36
Are there certain characteristics (or statistics) of productive hitters at AAA that make you not believe their success at that level will carry to the majors? K rate of around 30% feels like one, curious if you have others.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:37
Splits versus 94+ mph fastballs
Justin
12:38
The Pirates don't feel like they have a good enough situation for being in year 6 of a rebuild, right?  What are your thoughts?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:39
Skenes has been their only biggity big big hit atop the draft, tough to really ascend when the others are underwhelming. Some of that has had to do with a given draft class and lack of superior options, but teams liek Baltimore ascend because they hit Adley/Gunnar in the same draft, and that hasn't happened here.
Maddoning
12:39
Do you think there is an issue with scouting or org philosophy that is causing the Cubs to miss so much on all these high-dollar IFA SS?  Or just a string of bad luck?  Bit of both?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:40
Some of both, perhaps not using all the tools available to assess hit tool stability. It's super hard when you're trying to guess whether the guy facing 82 mph fastballs most of the time can hit 92.
onomatopoeia
12:41
I was clicking through the farm system rankings and changing the report year, and I noticed the dollar value of certain play types-grades doesn't change (e.g. $112m for a 70-grade bat even as I toggle to different years). Are those values as of the last time this was studied, or are they updated each year/every so often and the number displayed is just always the latest valuation? Love the content - thanks for all of your work!
Eric A Longenhagen
12:41
From the lone time Craig Edwards did the valuations. It could probably use a re-up, that's five years ago now?
Justin
12:41
Is Enmanuel Valdez still intriguing to you in any way?  He seems like he has the ability to hit the ball hard and hit the ball frequently but idk!
Eric A Longenhagen
12:41
He's one of those guys who I didn't like and I let others convince me he was good, and I regret it.
Kelvin Cato
12:41
What does Jacob Melton have to iron out to be a factor in the Astros OF in 2025? They don't seem to be prioritizing OF additions post Tucker deal and the current situation is thin to say the least.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:42
Darkhorse ROY candidate
sup3rjosh
12:42
How do the contact rates look on Emil Morales after his huge DSL season?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:42
hold please
12:43
Below average
68% contact, nutty power for his age, though
Billy the Marlin
12:43
If he improves his defense. What is Agustin Ramirez ceiling?
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