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Eric A Longenhagen
12:37
Because it caught us off guard from a mock standpoint, I fear it came off to the internet that it was wild from a talent standpoint. It wasn't, he's good.
Potato
12:37
Falvey news is weird timing, right?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:40
It's normal when you've had an ownership change for something like this to happen not long after. So it's not weird in that respect. The timing relative to the rest of the baseball calendar is kinda weird, but from what I can tell, since Zoll became GM he's the guy all the ops decisions you associate with a baseball exec have gone through. There's not like a clunky baton pass or anything happening here, this isn't a house cleaning.
I don't think.
wheelhouse
12:41
do the yankees have anywhere near enough position player depth to justify trading away dominguez and/or jones? not that either guy is some budding superstar, but in the scenario where grisham, stanton, and even bellinger are gone after 2027 it seems very possible they'd regret having dealt one of them for, i dunno, a middle reliever
Eric A Longenhagen
12:42
You can think of both of those guys as being on a three-year clock to show the org they're actually good. They'll get enough opportunities during that time to make it obvious I think. The Yankees tend to make late-drafted pitchers better pretty quickly and then that's who they trade.
Salty
12:43
It's a big advantage in deep dynasty leagues to identify teams whose drafting/PDev is on the upswing before the masses notice.  Thinking a team like Baltimore in the past, and more recently, Detroit.  Looking ahead, I think Colorado might be the next team to take that jump.  Would you agree, or is that a bit premature, and maybe there's another org you think might fit that role?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:44
I agree. I ended up with Rockies in my Diamond Mind draft (24 teams, 40-man rosters, keep 25 at the end of the year) for exactly this reason, I view them all as essentially benefitting from a change of scenery.
JKD
12:45
What is a realistic set of expectations for Jonah Tong, this year and next? Looking just at the results, it's easy to dream but he's also just a pretty small guy with some unorthodox stuff going on. Nolan McLean is pretty easy to understand as a future (and potentially present) Dude but I can't quite wrap my head around Tong.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:46
I'm with this, too. I like Tong but think it's below average feel. His fastball plays in a way that'll allow hit to be okay. The Lincecum comps are not helping to keep expectations in a realistic place.
Ben
12:47
How would you generally evaluate Brian Barber’s tenure as scouting director? The inability to develop relievers have drained the system in recent years (soto, estevez, duran) but its difficult to parse if thats a development or drafting issue. Also theres been a pretty brutal lack of impact bats come up through him (miller, stott as exceptions).
Eric A Longenhagen
12:48
I think it's going okay and I don't love Nori or Burkholder. Remember that they had to have guys to trade for those relievers you mentioned. They drafted and signed those guys. Klassen, Tait...they're not in the system anymore but they're good.
Guest
12:48
Any thoughts on potential latest unheralded Yankee pitcher to come out of the lab as surprise prospect?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:49
We're about 6 weeks away from knowing who that is.
Lord Thunder
12:49
Does Shunpeita Yamashita still have the highest ceiling among NPB players who might come over to the States?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:49
I think so. Nasty power pitcher no 2/3 type
Jonny
12:49
Is there a player comp for Hayden Alvarez if he hits 75% of his right tail outcome
Eric A Longenhagen
12:49
Terrence Long
Alec
12:50
This may just be an obvious answer given the FV grades, but when factoring in distance from the big leagues and the organizations they're in do you feel better about Jean Cabrera or TGA going forward with their respective clubs?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:52
TGA has like no. 3 starter upside but is years away, Cabrera I think is a backend starter right now. So I wanna value TGA more than Cabrera but I don't want to stuff TGA up there with guys who are gonna be no. 3 starters tomorrow. This is why the 45+ FV tier exists.
To create a value placeholder for these high upside guys who we know have risk but are potentially good enough to be untradeable.
Jonny
12:52
Do you think Edward Florentino will hit?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:52
Yes
Oaktown Blues
12:52
Jesus Made hit 6 HR last year, while Leo De Vries hit 18. If you'll forgive my scouting of the stat lines, why are you so much more confident in Made's power potential, long term?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:53
Better hit tool with which to access the power
Potato
12:53
When is Prospect week this year? Any new supplementary contributors or articles we can look forward to?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:53
After the Super Bowl starting midweek and spanning into the middle of the following week
12:55
No new additions, it's me and Beeg in a full time capacity and James as contributor. Others from the site will chip in with prospecty content but not on grades or rankings
Nils
12:55
How many 50 FV+ prospects would you expect in an average year?  How about this year?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:57
There are fewer than 100 of them who will actually be that good, but we hit the gas pedal in places where they *might* be that good as an industry, which I think is fine. For my style that's like 110 guys per year. I think we're in that area this offseason, maybe even a little more.
Dax Kilby's Grandmother
12:57
Are you a Dax Kilby believer? Lots of hype!
Eric A Longenhagen
12:57
Was I the highest on him pre draft?
hold on lemme look
I had him 23rd The Board | FanGraphs Baseball
12:58
Carlos had him 75th (no shade, Carlos is great, just stating facts here) 2025 Top MLB Draft Prospects
1:00
Pipeline had him 62 2025 Top Baseball Draft Prospects
1:02
i'm struggling to find keith's, cmon Times
Schusterman just has these in a spreadsheet somewhere
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