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Eric A Longenhagen
1:09
I'm not moving Skub for only Eyanson, but he's an okay start.
sattebery11
1:09
Any more on that Leo Bernal comment? 22 YO switch hitting catchers with defensive chops to stick at the position don’t grow on trees
Eric A Longenhagen
1:10
They just have so many catchers. It's seemingly not an opportune time to move one because so many are available.
dubtriton
1:10
How come we don't see young Japanese or Korean guys signing international deals like the international signing guys coming out of Latin American countries? Are there baseball academies in Japan and Korea, and scouts trying to sign these guys, or is the pull to first play in NPB / KBO a monetary thing? A status thing? A cultural thing?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:13
We kind of do, there are a few Korean and Taiwanese players every year who sign as amateurs. It's only recently some of the youngsters have bucked cultural norms to pursue MLB opportunities, or to come to college over here. The lower dollar deals the Latino kids accept are typically not enough to pry away the same level of talent in those countries because they have alternatives.
evangamer
1:13
Easton carmichael stock up? The batted ball profile & contact data look pretty solid for someone who projects as a ++ defender
Eric A Longenhagen
1:13
I quite like him, yeah.
Dan Labriola
1:13
I vaguely remember you expressing some skepticism/concern about Elian Pena's stiff lower half in his swing. Was there a change in that particularly that left you comfortable with having him on the back end of the 100?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:13
Definitely looks better versus breakers now than he did during Mets list work.
1:14
He and Santucci are the top guys in the system right now.
war2d2
1:14
Kind of a vague scouting question that I’ve been trying for weeks to formulate (but haven’t gotten any closer to cogent so I’ll just dump it out): I’ve been an obsessive baseball follower for 40+ years, and as such I almost always have an immediate knee-jerk reaction when I see a young guy come up. I vaguely place them in categories of “won’t make it / a ballplayer / future star” and for the most part I’m always pretty close. Eg: I’ve watched Pedro Ramirez for less than a dozen games, but I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t finish his career with at least 15-20 WAR. He seems like “a ballplayer.” I just finished watching a 4-game series with the Cards and I’m pretty confident that JJ Wetherholt is a fair bit better than that. That’s background; the actual _question_ is why? Why do I know that? What am I seeing, yet unable to articulate, that guys like you and Eric seem to have a real lock on?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:16
You're doing with baseball what I do with football, which is to immerse yourself in it and just feel your way to conclusions that are vague but mostly correct. It's just being a sports fan who isn't half-ass watching while they scroll
Dave
1:16
Any reports on how Jobe has looked on rehab (given he almost certainly will have a rotation spot for the last 6 weeks of the season)?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:16
Lemme see what I can drum up quick
1:19
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Change 85-88 missing bats better than the breakers
Ponopoly
1:19
Is Billy Carlson going to be able to hit a baseball enough to be a contributor in the Majors?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:19
His defense alone will make him a contributor, it's about whether he'll time fastballs enough to be a Dude.
rossredcay
1:20
Saw Albert Fermin moved from a 40+ to 45+ on the board.  What changed with his eval that drove that move?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:20
He was in the top 100 mix for me while we did the update but we we not ready to jump as a group and this was an in between step.
Vampire Weekend at Bernie's
1:20
Knowing what we know about Steele Hall now (granted, not a ton), where do you think he would have been drafted this year?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:22
Probably in the same area
reyrh
1:22
Asking as someone with Fredericksburg v Kannapolis tickets in three weeks, have you heard if Cholowsky or Hacopian is likely to be moved up to the Carolina League, or skip that level?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:22
Roch played a game here in AZ yesterday so I bet he's at an affiliate down the stretch.
Charles Bengal Tiger
1:23
Who's the leader in the clubhouse for ending up atop The Board's initial 2027 draft list?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:23
Brendan Lawson
Big Fan
1:24
I asked Dan this as well, but would appreciate your take.  Does Lindor at 5/$160m need a bonafide prospect in return, or attached to him?  Or does a team just take the contract and send Phil Gosselin back?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:25
Lindor has a .350 xwOBA and is still a value-add defender in a year where he's dealt with injuries. If the Mets were willing to make him a salary dump I'd be all over that.
1:26
EVen his RoY zips have him finishing as a 2.5 WAR player, which is barely under water for his contract.
Michael
1:26
There's been some chatter about the Cubs possibly trading Carson Kelly and replacing him with Owen Ayers, which seems nuts, but what do I know? How legit is Ayers' bat?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:27
I like Ayers and think he's a better bet to stay back there than Mo Baller.
InsertWittyNameHere
1:27
For the non-social media people, can you explain the Max Clark entourage thing?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:29
He's been a social media star since he was a kid, he has like a quarter of a million tiktok followers and is followed around by folks with cameras a lot of the time.
Okay, I've gotta run and do some more work. Thanks for coming again this week.
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