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Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat

Eric A Longenhagen

11:59

Good morning everyone, let's dive into your questions immediately.

Ben

12:00

Hey Eric, love these chats! We have two exciting SP debuts tonight. If you only could watch Tong or Tolle tonight, which would you choose and why?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:02

If you have to pick one (both *matchups* tonight are also incredible, Tolle vs Skenes, Tong vs Eury) I'd go Tolle just because we'll get to learn more about him tonight than I think we will Tong. Tolle's power fastball will play, how about the other stuff? How does he approach big league hitters the second and third time through? Tong's question marks are more going to be answered over longer period because it has to do with him sustaining big stuff at his size.

Drew

12:03

Is Eduardo Quintero really a top 50 prospect like I've seen in other publications?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:04

That's rich for me, clearly, or I'd have him in that area.

Rob

12:04

What have your impressions of Cam Cam been this year?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:04

Great first full season, pitching well deep into the calendar.

Chan

12:05

Thoughts on Robbie Snelling's season? Future rotation mainstay?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:05

Yes, but he's more of a backend guy for me

Drew

12:05

Can you call Walcott's 2025 disappointing considering he is 19 in AA? What do you need to see for him in 2026 to keep him in the top 10?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:05

I think it was fine -- if he can stay at shortstop while he keeps getting stronger he's going to be a monster

Opifijikl

12:06

Has Jedixon Paez redeemed himself in your eyes? Who are some other interesting Red Sox pitching prospects besides Tolle, Early, and Clarke that I should get hyped about?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:07

I'm glad he's pitching well and hope he's a Fall Leaguer. He's a postseason 40-man candidate who needs innings and evaluation time. I think it's a great system for pitching

The Board | FanGraphs Baseball

12:08

everyone from the Holobetz group up is exciting to me

Alek

12:08

Yohandy morales’s surface line stats have looked a little better the last 2 months, do you see anything in him that could make him a decent MLB bat for Wsh?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:08

I'm just terrified of the guys who can't pull the ball at all and he's one of those

Oaktown Blues

12:08

Did you get a chance to watch Luis Morales carve up the Mariners or Tigers? Does he look more likely to stick as a SP now?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:08

Lol yeah

good, I hope he shoves, the org is definitely turning the ship around imo

Chuck

12:09

Not sure what to do with Kristian Campbell in my dynasty league, has he made any strides defensively in AAA?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:09

Hold him

(he's going to be a LF eventually I would assume)

12:10

whats your thoughts on Gage Stanifer?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:12

He's a tough one because the delivery is so choppy and odd-looking, but he's siting about 93-94 with deception and vertical ride, and his slider plays beautifully off that fastball.

He also has a split. It's a starter's mix in a reliever's mechanical package, imo.

12:13

Any concern with Arjun Nimmala? He’s been brutal for awhile now

Eric A Longenhagen

12:13

Concern there is basically the same as it ever was, he's not a perfect prospect, he has hit tool risk, but I'm sill optimistic about him overall because of the rare power and physicality he projects to have.

Kevin Kobel

12:14

Can Jacob Reimer stick at third base or is he more likely to slide over to first?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:14

Below average 3B who plays there some of the time

Brian

12:15

How long do you think it’ll take Preller to rebuild the Padres farm? In your opinion, is there anyone in baseball that has a better eye for young talent than him?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:15

I think there are lots of talented people scouting players across the Padres ops department, it's not just A.J.

I don't think they'll ever rebuild it

12:16

I think, at best, it'll be top-heavy with more good players who they've picked

but it's tough to predict that they'll suddenly have a deep system when they tend to either promote players quickly with the goal of graduating them onto the big league roster, or trade them

12:16

Jhonny Level has scuffled a bit at low A, but what else would you want to see from him this year or next to become a 50 FV or better prospect?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:16

He's too small to stuff right away

12:17

Needs to prove the skills play against better pitching

Good prospect, think it's too beacoup to 50 him now

Oaktown Blues

12:17

Is Wei En Lin as good as his stats look?

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