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Person
12:54
"a move made necessary by a labrum surgery in high school that left him without the kind of arm needed to play the infield" what are the differences between an IF/OF arm besides velocity?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:55
The manner in which you throw from the infield versus the outfield is often very different.
Cromulent
12:55
Challenge trade idea: Red Sox send Jarren Duran to the Pistons for Jalen Duren. Who says no?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:56
The band Duran Duran sues this question for copyright infringement.
Brendan Gawlowski
12:56
Hey, we did it.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:57
Congrats on your first cycle, sir. It was my tenth and I have the posture to prove it.
lmb2020
12:57
How would you rate JJ Wetherholt's debut vs expectations? He's not hitting for a ton of power but he has been able to pull fly balls decently well, though that might have cost him some line drives.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:58
The defensive value piece of it is way beyond my expectations. On offense the tool projections have been pretty much bang on.
apeloton
12:58
Gillen getting the bump to a 50 on the Rays list has me wondering if a guy has ever blown up so hard between updates that you’ve gone up multiple grades in one go (particularly at the higher end of the scale, would imagine it’s more common towards the back end)
Eric A Longenhagen
1:00
Because it's a value grade it tends to be one chunk at a time. Made was a big leaper from the DSL to like top 20ish. Duno I stuffed pretty hard from 45+ to 55 in one update. Merrill went from 45 to 55 pretty fast.
Springer123
1:00
Thoughts on Alexander Frias hit and power tools?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:01
Enormo power potential, swing is super busy and late a lot of the time but his hands move the barrel around nicely in the bottom two thirds of the zone. Huge ceiling, definitely has some warts and risk. Really fun prospect who'll be stuff when we update Brewers.
lmb2020
1:01
How do you pronounce Taitn?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:01
As if you were combining "taint" and "titan"
Josh Jowdy
1:02
Eric Booth is not in your Top 50 draft prospects. Do you have reason to believe he's going to school, or are you softer on him than we read elsewhere?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:02
That's from January and I need to update.
John Kokales
1:02
I guess I meant Wandy Asigen since I missed the earlier Frontado note
Eric A Longenhagen
1:02
Asigen has had a hammy issue and hasn't played yet
Jonathan Adelman
1:02
Is Kade Anderson likely to get an FV bump up from 50 when you guys audit lists?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:02
Yeah
swilson1437
1:03
How're feeling about Raniel Rodriguez? 391/481/717 w/ 18.5 K% the last 11 games at AA and he's just 19. Do the Cardinals move him off C (LF? 1st? 3rd?) because his bat is moving faster than any catcher can develop defense?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:03
Waiting for them to do a three-teamer with the Rays to unjam some of those logs.
nebravesfan33
1:04
Last CBA lockout, they still had signing day for "J2" players. Do you expect that to happen this year? I say that as a scared Braves fan that hopes Alfredo Sena is still ours.
Eric A Longenhagen
1:05
I do not, I think if the league can find a way to stall and push the international signings another six months they're going to do it. Between covid and a lockout thru January they'll have successfully shifted int'l classes back a full year.
lbowman1
1:05
A little old for A ball, but Brady Smith is looking phenomenal peripheral- and stuff-wise. Any notes there?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:06
His stuff is real, the strikes were very much not there last year but seem better now. 93-97, 19 inches of vert, elite results with the changeup
Maurice Lepouttre
1:06
Seaver King has had a nice season so far. Your writeup on him this spring was pretty bearish. Any change to your thoughts on him?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:07
Still has such an extreme oppo contact profile that I'm wary.
P
1:08
As we get into Mock season, what do you expect the Braves approach to be with their early picks, and how would you approach it in this draft if you were them?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:10
I think there are enough good college players in range at 9 (Tyler Bell, then maybe a little gap to Drew Burress and Ryder Helfrick) that it makes sense to stand pat and take one of them rather than try to cut a deal in effort to sneak a bigger fish back to the Drake Baldwin PPI pick.
procters1
1:10
Murf Gray continues to hit since you did his Pirates' write up. Are you starting to believe that he is more than a 45 FV?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:12
The chase and defense pieces are still dicey enough that I'm fine with it. Had him toward the back of the first round last year, ya know? It'll be funny to go from being $2 million higher on him than the industry, to the low man without changing his grade.
Alex Chaiken
1:12
Higher ceiling Rays DSLer, Antunez or Solano ?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:12
Antunez is stateside homie
aldrinbatistarocks
1:12
I remember you once said in these chats that you (and perhaps prospect people more broadly) tend to under index the number of guys whose hit tools are good enough to make up for fringey power once they make the show. Is antonacci looking like a candidate for that category of guy?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:13
Yes
glenb0828
1:13
Any chance of seeing any of De Paula, M. Clark, Made, De Vries or F. Arias up this year?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:14
De Paula if he's traded, Clark if the Tigers sell, De Vries if they're still in it at the end and think he's better than Muncy/McNeil or if Gelof stops hitting, Made and Arias are tough to see debuting.
metsox1
1:14
What is the biggest impact of the potential MLB labor stoppage for minor leaguers, in your opinion?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:14
Well remember they're different unions and the minors would go on like normal, excluding guys on the 40-man roster.
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