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Eric A Longenhagen
11:51
Was never a power guy, rather a plus contact, plus glove guy. I like him.
Slothrop
11:51
Best player in the NBA in three years?
Eric A Longenhagen
11:51
Durant.
But I want it to be Embiid.
Kevin
11:52
Who is your dark horse candidate for Rookie of the Year next year for both leagues?
Eric A Longenhagen
11:53
I answered a ROY question last week, just purely a guess off the top of my head with very little consideration or research, and people ate it up on Twitter. Hard pass on all ROY questions. It's not as important as people make it out to be. Angel Berroa, Jason Jennings, etc, etc.
Sean
11:54
I don't know if it's widespread enough in the minor league parks yet, but how does stacast data influence the 20-80 scouting scale, if at all?
Eric A Longenhagen
11:55
It's in most minor league parks now but the public doesn't have access to the data. Maybe the MLB.com guys do?
Brandon M
11:56
How are you able to rattle off info about some of the more obscure prospects in any given system? Do you have notes on each individual system that you look at when asked a question about a certain prospect, or are you just that good?
Eric A Longenhagen
11:57
Sometimes I've got notes, sometimes it's off the top of my head because I took good notes, reviewed them and cemented them in my dumb head.
John S
11:58
a year later, how do you feel about the Padres picking three A ball players in the Rule V and letting them stick? detrimental, great for the players, or meh?
Eric A Longenhagen
11:59
I'm still not sure. Many people across baseball thought it was in bad taste, other love Preller's hubris. I'll wait to reserve judgement until after we see if they can develop these guys after a weird year removed from typical in-game reps.
Nick
11:59
Which White Sox hitter do you prefer between Burger and Collins?
Eric A Longenhagen
11:59
Collins
Tayne
11:59
I can't find your opinion of Jordan Montogmery on the Googles. What do you think of him?
Eric A Longenhagen
Johnny
12:00
Cubs left Pedro Araujo exposed to Rule 5, he looked good in AFL, can he survive in the majors?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:02
Yeah he might be okay right now. More raw velo than you like to leave unprotected but I don't think he has dominant secondary stuff
LudeBurger
12:02
You get ultra sun/ultra moon?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:02
Nope. I just fire up Blue if I want to play, typically on a plane with expensive wifi.
Jackson
12:03
How do you get your friends who are MLB fans, into prospects?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:04
They probably have to go to minor league games and see someone who they see in the bigs shortly thereafter? Prospect people are a unique breed.
LudeBurger
12:05
Sporer didn’t think wayde infante was a real person* in his chat last week lol
Eric A Longenhagen
12:05
Maybe because it's Ynfante? I'm the only one who covers prospects here, I wouldn't expect Paul to know about an obscure Appy League guy.
Mason
12:05
Filia with the 2 diving grabs in the AFL championship game? Is his transition to the outfield looking like a success?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:05
Yes
Sam
12:05
Surprised the Yanks protected Loaisiga and not Tarpley?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:05
Nope
John S
12:06
what's the weirdest non-baseball thing you saw at on a baseball field this year?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:07
....I'm thinking hard about this
...
12:08
I saw Rickey Henderson talking to himself, that was weird. But also not exactly non-baseball.
12:09
OH there was a guy at a Lake Elsinore game with Elvis mutton chops, really short, tight shorts, a tank top, high socks...constantly moving seats, very loud, That was weird.
If certain MIL and CHC scouts are in the chat, they will remember that, too.
Guest
12:09
You mentioned the other week that you think Seattle is one of the teams that values prospects the least, why is that? Is that thought colored by the fact that they consistently miss on guys? Or that they're more in a win now mode (no matter how bad the long term strategy might be)?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:11
They're trading away legitimate prospects whose value is artificially low because of their proximity to the Majors (Vargas, de Paula, Campos, Then, Zabala, Hernandez) for fringe big leaguers. It's short-sighted. Their system is bad even though they have good scouts and it's a huge bummer.
John
12:11
Dany Jansen an everyday catcher in a year or two?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:11
Opinions are still mixed and I'm not sure where I fall just yet, but leaning yes.
Paul
12:12
Did you see the Santos kid that the Giants got for Nunez? He a real prospect?
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