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Fred whitfield
12:54
What is about lawlar that concerns you?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:54
Lack of barrel feel, tightly wound athlete
SAIN-ja
12:54
With someone as unique as Jurrangelo Cijntje, is the market inefficiency of having an actual switch pitcher really worth it, compared to having him just throw righty all the time with his better velo and pitch mix?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:54
Probably not
Unless the opponent it so specifically vulnerable to LH stuff
We want Moore
12:55
Did Christian Moore figure out how to hit breaking balls?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:55
Was more concerned about elevated fastballs fro him if i remember correctly
Izzy
12:55
Not a prospect question, but what grade would you give Betts’ SS defense?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:56
Average in most respects, below average arm (he's way better throwing from the outfield when his entire body can be involved), call it a 45
Wetherholt
12:56
What are Wetherholts EVs looking like in AA? Sad there isn't public data for so much of the minors
Eric A Longenhagen
12:57
42% hard hit, 108 max, 103 EV90
The tech for it (it being public statcast data) only exists in so many places
Plus, this way you *need* me
Steve O
12:58
If MLB goes to full ABS is catching just going to be blocking + throwing out runners? Seems like it'll devalue the catcher position. Could you just put anyone back there knowing they can basically cheat when throwing out runners and don't have to worry about framing at all?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:58
I dont think they'll do that
Challenge system is too much fun
I think they're gonna thread the needle on this one, and if they don't I'm going to be the loudest dissenter.
Kevin
12:59
Are the teams who are best at development doing something different than other teams do, or are they just better at doing the same things in some way?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:00
A little of both. You have some Have Not Orgs who are a decade behind, and you have other teams who are better at using the same tools the other clubs have. Sometimes that's just synergizing scouting and dev so you're taking players that you already that know you're going to change
drplantwrench
1:01
i'm very excited for the CMo call up (even if i think its a bit early).  what do you expect from him?  can he learn to hit breaking balls on the job?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:02
I'm on the low man on him, I think. Defense and hit tool questions. Might hit for enough power to render that moot. Kid is competitive, he'll bring an edge they need, which is good.
Jack
1:02
Re: Letson. Hadn't pitched since 5/8 and then was put on IL 6/2.
Eric A Longenhagen
1:02
Right shoulder impingement.
Prospect
1:03
Has your evaluation of chandler Simpson changed at all after seeing him have a moderate run in both aaa and mlb? I was fairly surprised he was demoted
Eric A Longenhagen
1:04
Nah, still like the elite speed and projected defense enough to 50 him. I think it's fine for them to give Misner runway to see if he can actually hit enough here in his prime to be a contributor.
Jake
1:04
Kristian Campbell has seemingly lost the ability to pull the ball or get it in the air. Something to worry about there?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:06
When I write the sox list an update his blurb with a "how is this going?" point of view, I'll look into whether the league has made adjustments that seem to have caused this. Remember, though, this is only the guy's third year of high level baseball. I'm not sweating it. Same as it was too reactionary to be like "This was the best prospect this year!" in March, it'd be similar to fret over this.
Fred whitfield
1:06
When you say tightly wound do you meant that physically or mentally
Eric A Longenhagen
1:06
Physically, his lower body
Snail
1:07
Has this season changed your stance at all on Harry Ford's hit tool? You gave him a 30 on the mariners list, but he's running a contact rate of 79.3% (up from ~74% in past years), with only 8.6% swinging strikes - and is not sacrificing quality of contact for quantity, either (90.3mph avg EV, 45% hard hit, 25% LD). If this season *hasn't* changed your opinion of his hit tool, what is it in particular that makes you think his AAA results won't translate to the big leagues (at least at an average rate of translation)?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:08
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