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John
1:00
Do any of these guys have future top 100 prospect potential? Hartshorn, Quinn-Irons, Dillon Lewis? Eyeing all 3 in a deep roto league that I'm in. Any personal favorites among the 3?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:02
Hartshorn is the guy from that group who I think has the most stable contact profile. Lewis is the closest to reaching the bigs, better athlete/power than Hartshorn and has the most obvious path to playing time in rebuilding Miami. JQI is a deep, deep projection sleeper.
Big Buckston
1:02
Kendry Rojas hit 98.5 MPH with the fastball this spring and has been sitting 96. Worth keeping an eye on to see if the velo bump sticks, or too early to get excited?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:02
Keep an eye on it.
Guest
1:03
I’ve heard the name Hector Rodriguez from the Reds mentioned a few times recently on pods. Do you think he has a shot at breaking with the club or would he be a in season call up?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:04
I'd be surprised if he broke camp in the bigs. Full report here: Cincinnati Reds Top 40 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball
David
1:04
Assuming Good Health for everyone, Is Ryan Sloan the top pitching prospect next year? Watched his live batting practice and his one outing and he has all the looks of an every day starter. Hard to believe he just turned 20.
Eric A Longenhagen
1:05
Him, Thomas White, Liam Doyle, and then maybe a healthy Jarlin Susana would be my mix right now. Sloan's feel for location is the best of that group.
Johnny5Alive
1:05
Zach Veen - cleaned up.  Any chance he becomes an impact prospect again?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:06
We've just gotta see if this added strength has helped him shorten up enough to handle big league fastballs. I just don't know, I can't say I've ever seen someone get this big this fast, I have no frame of reference for it.
Long time listener long time caller
1:06
Thought maybe there was a chance Wehiwa Aloy would sneak onto the clicks to pick list but it looks like he missed out. As a broad sort of question, do you take an stock when Baltimore trades a bunch of 2025 first round picks but Aloy isn't one of them? Does it make you think Baltimore wanted to hold onto him way or that the Rays wanted/prefer De Burn and Bodine more?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:07
I like Aloy, just think he's chase-prone. I think it's possible the Rays prefer Bodine to him but I'd be surprised if they did deBrun.
Nick
1:07
Can you give us 3 newer international signees that you're most eager to see play in person at some point?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:09
The Red Sox kids from last year in fort myers like a month from now
Shandy Koufax
1:09
Partner and I are going out to PHX for spring training this year! Any recommendations for ballparks or things to do in town?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:11
Try to find a spot where you can drive to a couple different ballparks pretty easily. Staying ear Scottsdale Stadium gives you access to SF/CHC/ARI/COL/ATH/LAA in about 15 minutes of driving. North end of the metro gives you ARI/COL/TEX/KC/SD/SEA but less stuff to do around where you're staying. See Taliesen West, Musical Instrument Museum, eat at Lom Wong and Hai Noon
Arlen Peters
1:11
Hey Eric, last year I drafted Walcott and Griffin in hopes they'd be the #1 prospect by the time the trade deadline came as trade bait which worked really well. Any guys that you think could be the #1 prospect by the trade deadline?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:12
Scoop up any of the shortstops in the 55 FV tier
War2D2
1:12
re: bat manipulation, the Baseball Bat Bros youtube channel did a video on “shaving” a BBCOR bat to make it hotter. Basically they pop off the end cap and shave a mm off the inside of a composite bat’s barrel to get more “trampoline” from it (though it breaks faster).
Eric A Longenhagen
1:12
Yeah I knew there was a shaving involved in some of this stuff.
1:14
Okay, it's officially driving me crazy that I can't type the number two. I need to go get this laptop fixed asap if it isn't something I can fix on my own, so I need to go. I'll be back next Friday.
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