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Eric A Longenhagen
12:01
Good morning from Tempe, where the Dream Series kicked off his morning. My attendance there plus what looks like it might be a looming Roki decision (he's my responsibility to write up) means our chat will be shorter today.
12:02
You know where to find the stuff I wrote for his week, I trust. So let's get to it..
Phil
12:02
So all the sign are there. Roki will be a Blue Jay.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:03
A GM just told me that when they sourced uncommitted bonus pool amounts that Toronto had $1 million left. Acquiring a reported $2 mil puts them at an available $3 mil without breaking a deal.
So we shall see
CY
12:03
Any insight on the Rangers pitching development this past year? Seems like they got a lot of breakouts with Alejandro rosario, kumar rocker, emiliano teodo, winston santos, kohl drake, and even some relief-only prospects in bryan magdaleno and skylar hales
Eric A Longenhagen
12:05
Yeah, I mean, Rosario's breakout might be more about the U of Miami's incompetence more than the Rangers having some kind of magic, and it isn't like Rocker was *bad*, just hurt. That's a good system, but I don't see a specific change or trait happening across that list of names.
Guest
12:05
What are your thoughts on Dylan Lesko?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:05
Good stuff, scary control, getting past where his wildness can be explained away by a lack of reps.
Felix
12:05
Who's list is next?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:06
I'm working the Gulf Coast clubs now, would guess one of PHI or NYY with PIT, TOR, ATL, DET in the mix
I have a Franyer Herrera start on right now
Guest
12:07
Who excites you the most from the Mets 2024 draft class?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:07
Just Benge, mostly. Maybe they'll make something out of Tanner Witt? I once thought he'd be good.
doughboy
12:08
Fair to say winds of change coming and McGonigle is rapidly surpassing Max Clark as the jewel of the Tigers d2023 draft class?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:09
Certainly isn't crazy, McGonigle is good, looks incredible (and comfortably better than Clark) on the spreadsheet.
Mucho
12:09
Any idea why Dawel Joseph faceplanted so hard in the DSL last season? Can he rebound?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:09
There's just volatility in that market, he was an arrow down guy during the commitment window.
Terry Loves Tech
12:09
Alejandro Rosario seems to be getting hyped a bunch. Are you high on him too?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:10
He entered the top 100 during the '24 season, so....
Refugee
12:10
Process question: how do you make sure you're staying up-to-date with the industry? You've mentioned how you iterate (especially with certain types of hit tool risk), but that seems to reflect on how you learn from yourself, as opposed to keeping up with front offices and scouts.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:11
Are you talking about staying up to date on players, or methodology, or what? This is almost a great question, I hope it's fine for me to say "yes" and move on.
Phil
12:11
Who you taking... Paul Skenes or Roki Sasaki?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:12
I guess Skenes, more physical and better health track record. I'll throw Eury Perez's name into that group, don't forget about that guy.
Sodo Mojo
12:12
Harry Ford seems to be sliding out of a lot of top 100s this preseason.  Given his age and level is that premature or is his lack of power and questions about his position a valid reason to down rank him?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:13
I tend to give catchers a wide berth because of their job description. This has worked out for me sometimes and not at others. Like Adley slugged .390 this year, do you think that's his true talent, or do you think he was dinged up?
Nervous Flyball Pitcher
12:14
Is there anything to Esteban Mejía (RHP, 17) for Baltimore? Was decent in the DSL but clearly has generic command/control problems. Upper 90s, somehow changed his arm slot from high-3/4s to low-3/4s based on his official announcement video vs. 2024 game tape. Trying to guess where he's starting next year.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:16
Have him up to 97, distinct two and four seamers, slider played like a plus pitch, def a prospect, hope he's in FL
Johnny5Alive
12:16
I have seen a lot of hype articles about zyhir hope. I assume he hasn't been updated yet or are you not buying the hype?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:18
I get questions about him every week, I've written about him and think he's a 45+, smaller data sample from '24 is masking how much swing and miss he has, similar to Colson Montgomery the year before, think he's good but flawed enough not to be all-in
Helly R.
12:18
Tejada is listed as an org guy on today's SF, do you have a little more info on that? Is it lack of projection, hit tool, athleticism, etc.?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:18
Yeah, the numbers are huge but the look is just ok, medium tools and projection
Shirtless George Brett
12:19
What do you think of the Royals basically killing the idea of Caglianone pitching? I know they said "this year" but I cant imagine he goes back to the mound afterwards. you think he is athletic enough to shift to LF/RF if he is just gonna hit? His  arm seems kinda wasted at 1B and god do the Royals need help in the OF.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:19
Run him out as a hitter and revisit the mound if he flops. Looked bad in the AFL, swing is so long. Let him focus on hitting for a year and see what happens, his ceiling is bigger there and his arm might need prolonged rest, the guy's velo was way way down last year.
Bork
12:20
Do we have any intel on where Sasaki is currently? Or if he's on a plane flying anywhere? Asking for a friend.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:20
Nope, I'm chatting with y'all and trying to figure out how to squeeze a workout in before Dream Series, not trying to play newsbreaker today.
WFTF
12:20
Are you doing a "How's My Driving" for 2018 this year? I imagine it's super time consuming to produce, but we rarely see publications evaluate past rankings.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:21
It's on the prospect week docket
Pinstripe Perry
12:21
Assuming Sasaki heads to LA, have you heard any industry grumbling about the perceived Dodgers/Japan pipeline? Or is that mostly a fan talking point.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:22
Like there's predetermination? No. Please delete your Twitters, everyone.
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