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Eric A Longenhagen
12:50
I'd say somewhere in middle third of May? That's based on when teams promoted guys like that last year. (Lawlar, the A's guys including Clarke, range from mid-month to the 24th or so)
Waldschmidt because of team need
Dan Norman Lear
12:50
Any updates on Ethan Conrad/injury/ETA/assignment? High-A ambitious?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:51
No, lemme see if I can pull that before the end of chat.
Will
12:51
Any prep hitters that you'll be making a big change on since the preseason draft list?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:51
Eric Booth
Top 10. I was skeptical about his swing during the summer, he's crushing and everyone else seems in.
Tiffy
12:52
ERC will be the Yankees number __ starter in 2027
Eric A Longenhagen
12:52
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Guest
12:52
is Cam Smith gonna be one of those where you expect the breakout every year but have to wait a while for it to actually come?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:52
Has many similarities with Alec Bohm
Swiftie
12:52
Did you ever get that backfield look at Dorian Soto you wanted too?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:54
I got one swing, which I'll share here shortly. As I was en route from Fort Myers to Port Charlotte via a Lyft (45 bucks, cheaper than I thought) the car's engine overheated and I had to show this young lad what coolant was (though I think he was leaking and not just derelict) and missed the first couple innings of that game. Soto doubled in the only at bat I saw (it was the single most electric thing from my three weeks on the road) and then the Twins and Sox cancelled the rest of their games during the week and I never saw him again.
Guest
12:55
How electric was last night's Schlitter/Tolle match-up? Cam is continuing to evolve at the major league level and is outperforming his prospect pedigree, and Tolle might do the same. Does this speak to their "coach-ability," or is it just a natural progression from the repetition of pitching so many games?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:56
I think it's both. Cohesion between the org and players, motivated players with the aptitude to manifest changes on the field. Great picks, great job everyone, we get nasty, must-watch division rival matchups fighting for screen time with playoff games in other spors.
Clearly, I meant spores
John F
1:00
Chris Getz is in his 3rd year now as head of baseball ops, how do you rate what he has done as far as talent acquisition and dev goes?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:01
Some of the fringe big leaguers he's gotten in trades are performing better than I thought (right now Pereira, Vargas), the team is way more exciting than twelve months ago and they're about to pick first. Change to Int'l approach hasn't yielded anything yet but the fact they seem inclined to do different stuff in that market is good, too. Still wanna see them turn some random day two picks into WIll Warren type
Kate
1:01
A guy like Quentin Young was always going to be a slow burn, but what should the concern level be with his inability to make contact so far?  This is worse than expected, right?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:02
Looks bad, looks 30 pounds heavier than he did at the combine already.
1:03
Ethan Conrad update (via Sahadev): They're taking it slow and he is not close to returning yet.
1:04
Okay friends, that's my time for today. I'm gonna get back to work here and chart a course for the Cubs list, Rays list, and my next week of looks back here at home. Talk to you next Friday.
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