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Eric A Longenhagen
1:08
Gotta play a position
Lord Thunder
1:08
Who are the leading candidates to be the next 70 FV prospect?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:08
Made
vitaK
1:08
It's pretty early but any thoughts on charles davalan?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:08
Someone told me he had the best measurable bat speed among this year's SEC draftees
Smaller guy, nice little hitter, uses the ground well. I like him.
AZ Dreaming
1:08
Will Aidan Miller be ready to contribute in Philly next year?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:08
I think so
G
1:09
Any thoughts on the young giants pitchers in the low minors? They have a few interesting guys like De La Torre, Bresnahan, K Martinez
Eric A Longenhagen
1:10
De La Torre and Bresnaham have impact fastballs that should at least play in relief. I like LDLT's delivery better but his other traits are crude. Keyner is more starter-y, medium frame, average velo with modest projection, good secondaries.
Kevin Alcantara
1:10
What have I shown this season to be all the way up to 33 overall on the board? Maybe something looks different for actual scouts getting actual looks, but us statline scouts aren't seeing much reason for optimism this year. Or is it just moreso "nothing has changed and dudes have graduated"?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:10
The latter
Guest
1:10
Any guess on where Ichiro’s swing speed would have been at his prime?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:10
Holy cow, no idea
Prime Ichiro I barely watched, it was pre-MLB.tv and I was in late middle school and high school
johnny dANGER
1:11
who is still a prospect that didn't pan out that you were convinced could be something special?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:12
Many. Forrest Whitley? There was a window that he looked incredible
Chadwick
1:12
Last week w/ Nate George you mentioned he's all oppo as a concern. This question isn't about him in particular, but just in general is that a concern about bat speed and catching higher velo or something else? Is Yohandy's issue with going oppo you mentioned earlier in the chat the same thing?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:14
It's about "length to entry", as in it takes his bat a while to get to a point where he's able to pull the baseball, and it happens consistently. It's a trait of players who later struggle to catch MLB velo at all
I'm not one of those "YOU GOTTA PULL EVERYTING" guys, but I do think if you can't pull it at all, I'm bothered by it
Bobby Peru
1:14
What are you (and scouts you speak with) specifically looking for in terms of makeup? I assume most guys at this level are competitive and train, so what are the other differentiators?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:15
I'm barely engaging with makeup for a couple reasons...
1:16
First, I can't really do it at scale. During the course of a year I write about 1,500 scouting reports and end up touching on hundreds more players who don't get written up. I'd love to call all of their high school guidance counselors and pastors but I can't...
1:17
The other reason is that if I move a player down because of something they did, then I kinda quantifying the thing they did. And sometimes that feels icky. Like, "oh you're a 40+ and rank 15th on the team's list but you did a domestic battery so now you're a 40 and rank 30th. I kinda just said, "DV is worth X" and that's gross
1:18
Also, these guys are *so* young, they're not complete people yet. They deserve some grace and latitude, they have hormones that make them do crazy things surging through their bodies and a lot of them have gotten half-assed educations because they're so focused on sports
1:19
Florida Virtual School? Give me a break
But yeah, I like competitive guys.
Hyperart Thomasson
1:19
Updated impressions on hit tools for Konnor Griffin and Termar Johnson? Will Griffin eventually be included in the top SS defense series?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:20
Griffin's swing looks pretty grooved, his hands are still explosive, still think he's a 40 hit tool guy with huge power. Yes he'll be in the SS defense series. I'm spreading out the big names somewhat.
Anthony Murphy posted video of his doubel A pitches, lemme post that here
no frills, no bs, every pitch he saw
1:23
Justin crawford swing changes: I'd say his stance is more crouched now but his hands don't appear to be working any differently. Keep in mind I'm rushing to watch it so I can keep chat moving
1:26
Let's conceive of some journalism to do before I end chat
Are Fall League names starting to trickle out there, can I dump a couple of those?
2131, 1312
1:26
Is there any one prospect that independent of hype (whether or not there was major hype) who quickly proved to be a impactful big leaguer that you particularly regret missing on?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:26
Kerry Carpenter
Resolution
1:27
Any updates on Condon? seems to have adjusted well to AA but also still has some warts
Eric A Longenhagen
1:27
Big bat speed, still scared of how much contact there's going to be.
Herbert T.
1:27
Got to see Ichiro in person a few times and it looked like he was placing the ball on the field where he wanted to. Like he went to the plate with a good plan and had a crazy high ability to execute the plan.
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