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Ethan
1:07
Hi Eric! I hope you have been having a fine week! As a Mets fan, I'm of course well aware of the array of prospects and rookies in the farm system heading into the 2026 season. I am also well aware of the "Prospect Hugger" label that Mets fans have often been associated with over the past 12 months. With the great amount of talent in the farm system, who do you believe the higher-ups in Queens will also be "hugging tightly" when it comes to trades in this current offseason and possibly into the next offseason? Carson Benge and Nolan McLean seem like locks, but Ryan Clifford? A.J. Ewing? Jonah Tong? Nick Morabito? Brandon Sproat? Chris Suero? Are they at that level are or are about there in due time to be held onto tightly?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:08
If it's me: McLean is untouchable, the rest are not.
War2D2
1:08
I looked up Garland bc I hadn’t thought of him in years. The dude ran up a 3.5 fWAR season with a 4% K-BB and a SIERA of over 5. Unreal.
Salty
1:08
Noticed River Ryan is still rated a 50.  Understanding his well-documented injury history, will he become the oldest player ever to appear on the Top 100?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:10
Sean Murphy and Arozarena were 26 I think
Sean
1:11
The White Sox said they are using Grant Taylor in a multi-inning relief role. I get the slow buildup towards him becoming a starting pitcher, but couldn't this be done in the minor leagues so as not to burn 2 years of team control? Or is the development that much more meaningful to get the big league competition?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:11
I think the MLB component is a meaningful factor (look at the A's, their approach seems smart and like it's lead to them having real direction) but I still think they promoted him prematurely.
Will
1:12
If you ran an amateur model, how would you give it some personal flavor (ie Cleveland favoring multi-year performance)
Eric A Longenhagen
1:12
LLM looking at the reports for key phrases regarding visually subjective traits and baking those in
Wes
1:12
Where do scouts normally sit at minor league parks? I would think behind home plate, but that's usually where I sit at games for my local team and I've never noticed anyone taking notes or looking particularly scouty
Eric A Longenhagen
1:13
Behind home plate or down the line perpendicular to the hitters
Vee
1:13
I enjoyed your pod with Jordan, did it give you the itch to bring back Fangraphs Audio?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:14
I wanna pod, but not exactly like FG Audio
Getting FGa going again is an Appelman project
Kevin
1:14
Any concerns about what’s happening in Venezuela impacting players’ availability or development?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:15
concerns for peoples' safety more than anything
I know of one seven figure VZ bonus kid set to sign in six days was not out of there as of a day or two ago.
Broken Bat
1:16
Really love your detailed work. Amazing retention of all these prospects. My question pertains to process and specifically the Rockies. Over the years high picks of pitchers like Dollander and Pint have resulted. They really have not yet shown the ROI. The park works against them (and all pitchers). The talent of say Dollander is real. Many teams picking later would really like to have had chance to draft him but he was gone. You can’t trade draft picks in MLB. Why don’t Rockies draft and then trade for assets back to get this franchise back?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:17
I think the Rockies priorities should be addressing the clockwork of the org that has brough them to this place rather than seeking cavalier alternatives to talent acquisition. But I love that you're thinking outside the box about how to go about it.
David
1:17
Do you think that the A's will bring up Leo De Vries at some point this season and if so will he bump Jacob Wilson to a different position in the infield?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:17
He *could* be up, but he's not a better defender than Wilson.
Mike
1:18
Rough guess on a hondo pub date?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:18
2/11
JP
1:18
Yohendrick Pinango mashed in the Venezuelan winter league, what’s the outlook on him?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:18
Spreadsheet darling who I'm skeptical of, visually. Fringe 40-man guy.
Insert Witty Name Here
1:20
When clubs trade big leaguers for prospects, which teams do you think have done better in identifying their targets?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:20
Tampa is pretty awesome at it
Odenyc
1:20
Another post-prospect question—we get so much info until guys hit those magical numbers, appreciate thoughts on those who debuted and exceed them.
Eric A Longenhagen
1:22
I try to write a little TLDR for the player pages when guys graduate so you at least know what the projection was a that moment.
But otherwise they're often just captured in the analysis of the site as a whole
Wallyworld
1:23
Hey Eric, when you guys are doing your prospect list, how much does injury history play a factor in FV's and just overall ranks. Availability is a very important ability, so just wanted to get your ideas after reading the piece on DeLauter and just knowing other guys that fit that bill too (Sykora, Farmelo, Painter, etc)
Eric A Longenhagen
1:24
For DeLauter we think the hit/power combo is too good to have just 50'd him, we view his risk as being similar to the volatile high ceiling guys I've tended to put toward the back of the 55 FV tier, so like Duno and stuff. It's a different type of risk/upside combo but still kind of like that
Padres
1:24
How in are you on Miguel Mendez
Eric A Longenhagen
1:24
Nasty RP, don't think the FB plays to its velo as a starter
Colton
1:24
Yairo Padilla show enough last year to get the nod onto A ball or would you start him on the complex again before pushing him forward?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:24
Challenge him
1:25
Okay friends, time to go. Thanks for coming again this week, I'll be back next Friday to talk a ton of international signing stuff and more. Have a nice weekend.
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