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Eric A Longenhagen
12:16
BWAH HA HA HA HA! Jump Scare!
12:17
It's Halloween, and you know what that means; running back to the store once you realize the amount of candy you've eaten necessitates another bag. Bah haaaa haaaa!
James and my write-up on Asian pros will be live momentarily, though all the reports are already available on The Board.
12:18
Okay, let's hit your questions.
Insert Witty Name Here
12:18
Gotta ask the obvious: what’s the 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, and 20 grade halloween candy?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:20
I have a 70 on Reese's and Almond Joy, a 60 on Kit Kat, Twix, Reese's Pumpkins and Snickers, 50 on Hershey's anything, 40 and below on all fruit-related candies
e
12:21
Did you get any looks at Parks Harber in the AFL? Do you think his swing will play against highest level pitching
Eric A Longenhagen
12:23
I have seen him four times in AFL and once or twice during instructs prior to. He has real physicality and strength, his swing does play like the "inside out" variety which might make him vulnerable to big league velocity, but that hasn't manifested yet. He runs well for his size... there's something there.
Jackson
12:24
Where do the Phillies put Crawford in 2026? Maybe in LF and they sign a CF? Hopefully Crawford will break the Phillies outfield curse
Eric A Longenhagen
12:24
See who you sign first, then decide how to mix Crawford's time. He should keep playing CF (for developmental reasons) a lot of the time.
Michael McDermott
12:24
Should I be concerned about Jansel Luis' Arizona Fall League performance? He's hit a lot of ground balls, especially to the right side and has struggled to drive anything to his pull field from the left side of the plate.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:26
He's definitely blended into the background here, my notes on him have been blasé, but I still like how explosive his hands are.
Greg
12:26
I was intrigued by your Sinnard write up. Is he in discussion for your top 100? Is he about a #3 ceiling?
One Sinnard follow up - I saw some notes about how his spin rates have increased significantly because of some adjustments by AFL coaches. As a Braves fan, my first thought was wondering why the Braves staff wasn't able to unlock that. How often does an AFL staff find something new, or am I overreacting with my frustrations about the Braves pitching dev teams?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:27
He's in the top 100 mix, I'd say, more like a no. 4. On the spin rate thing: lemme cross reference his in-season data with an AFL game real quick.
Those are up 200-300 rpm compared to regular season
beanbong
12:29
Gotten any chances to see Nacho Alvarez in the AFL? Does he show any hope of meaningfully improving his inability to lift-and-pull to the point he's a major league regular or is the concrete dry there?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:31
Four looks, some doubles damage but not big juice. Not a big long term piece for them, I don't think. Loved how he stuck up for Sam Antonacci last night, though, was jawing with the entire Scottsdale dugout.
Jeremy
12:31
How are you liking the WS?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:31
(thumbs up) Game 3 alone makes this a pretty good year.
Lars
12:31
How would you rank the five tools in terms of what teams covet most —> least? Is that consistent with all front offices or would some have vastly different preferences?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:31
Power, Contact, Defense, Speed, Arm
12:32
Some FOs (or even individual people) might put contact first because it's needed to unlock power.
At a certain point it is, anyway.
Space Case
12:33
Gmornin Sir! Strange question maybe, but I was wondering if any cactus league teams, or ACL, AFL etc have radio broadcasts? I was thinking about pursuing a job down there for the spring each year. Cheers
Eric A Longenhagen
12:35
Some of the cactus league games have a radio broadcasts but they're usually the team's home radio booth. Many AFL games are broadcast (go to the MLB App or AFL website today at 1:30 PT, you'll see them) but it tends to be AFL employees and maybe some up-and-comers who MLB wants to hear call games (not your boy, though). Complex level is not broadcast.
Cubs fan
12:35
Hey Eric, assuming the Cubs don’t resign Kyle Tucker, who do you see taking over for him in RF? If that person is Owen Caissie, how would you predict his season to go?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:37
I have no idea how they're going to maneuver their talent around but they probably have to do some of it, right? The current set-up is Happ, PCA, Suzuki starting OF, Caissie and Alcantara as bench. It's not a great way to develop the young talent to do it like that. They've tried Triantos in the OF, too. Need to make a move, I think Alcantara is the likeliest to trade as it will probably take him some time to adjust to big league velo anyway.
12:38
Caissie I like as the strong side of a platoon, he'll mash and be good if put in favorable positions versus righties often enough.
E
12:38
Thoughts on Carter Jensen? Seemed like the bat performed above expectations in the majors and was mostly backed up by statcast ev and plate discipline.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:38
He's been on the hondo for a couple years, has primary catcher projection for me. Real lefty power.
Lars
12:38
Where would Yesavage have been drafted if not for the medical concerns?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:39
He was cleared enough to travel in the lead up to the draft, I don't think it had a meaningful impact on his stock. There was a point where he couldn't travel due to the lung, but by the Combine he was cleared and people felt comfortable with it as far as I knew.
George
12:39
Hey Eric! Are you as fascinated by the Butera hire as I am? I know he has minor league managing experience, but it does seem like Toboni is really leaning into the player dev focus.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:41
I mostly shrug at managerial hires. I think the way they're leaning hard into almost entirely young people is the fascinating thing about what's happening there.
Justin
12:41
Biased dynasty fantasy owner here. Why can’t Trey Yesavage be a top 30 pitcher in 2026?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:43
Because he randomly gets hurt? Because he's tired coming off the longest season of his life? Just the chaos of being a pitcher? He's great. I don't know what you're angling at here. You should keep him or draft him or whatever.
12:44
People who think he's some christlike perennial cy young contender should ask themselves how they felt about Evan Carter two years ago.
Jeremy
12:44
Which prospect has the spookiest name?
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