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Eric A Longenhagen
1:58
Go watch Matt Weiters do a bunch of things and then watch young Jose Reyes and you'll see two guys on opposite ends of the twitch spectrum
Baez's Hands
1:58
What do you think of Wyatt Mills?  He and JP Sears wrecked low A out of college, but who has better stuff?  If Festa or Warren, feel free to substitute.
Eric A Longenhagen
1:59
Mills, Warren, Festa, Sears. Had a scout put a closer grade on Mills, some did the same on Warren in AFL.
Baez's Hands
1:59
Brandon Dixon is listed as a 2B.  Can you explain?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:59
He's a 2B the way I was a PF on the freshman basketball team
(I'm 5-11)
Tugs
2:00
People keep pegging the Brewers for long term 2B trades (Dee Gordon, Whit Merrifield) to shore up our hole, but my future is 100% set on Keston Hiura.  Too soon for that kind of hype?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:00
Nope
Duhbear
2:00
Any reports on Travis Ott? Left off the 40-man after an absolutely dominant second half. He's older than his competition, but he was sterling.
Eric A Longenhagen
2:02
I think I checked on him mid-year because he was dominant. Upper-80s, low slot lefty with some funk. Might be Rule 5'd because you might look at him and think he gets lefties out right now. Hoby Milner had worse stuff than Ott and was 5'd last year.
Dan
2:02
If you have a hitting prospect with a future 70 hit tool, which tool is 2nd-most important for predicting future success: power, defense, speed? Thanks!
Eric A Longenhagen
2:03
If you're a 70 hitter and can play either SS or CF I'm drooling
ryan
2:03
I'd just like to thank Jason for asking the awesome IFF question
TumbleWeed
2:03
Who says no?
Lucas
2:03
Is Breiling Eusebio worth keeping an eye on, or is the profile kind of meh?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:04
Absolutely worth following. Lefty up to 94 with flashing 55 change and avg breaking ball
Eric!
2:04
The Angels' farm no longer sucks, right?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:04
Correct
YKnotDisco?!
2:04
How good of a prospect was Pat Connaughton?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:04
Probable reliever
Michael
2:05
Which of these LAA arms makes the biggest jump in 2018: Jerryell Rivera, Jose Soriano, Wilkel Hernandez, Stiward Aquino
Eric A Longenhagen
2:05
Soriano or Hernandez
Rob
2:05
In a report from instructs a month or so ago, you touted Sandro Fabian as having "special" offensive ability (or maybe just tools). At the risk of being an idiot (or a semantic troll), what do you mean by "special"? Compared to his peers in the minors or are you projecting forward to what he'll be in the majors?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:05
Bat-to-ball and bat speed. Approach is obviously too aggressive.
Jake
2:06
Did you see Ka'ai Tom in AFL action? What's your take?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:06
I did and loved his effort level. He's very small but made some nice plays in CF, squared a bunch of balls up. Have him as a bench OF for now.
Seanto
2:06
Dude, Stromile Swift doesn't have multiple Stromile Swift jerseys...
Eric A Longenhagen
2:06
I know. I was a weird kid.
Tony Campana
2:07
What is arm action and what defines an efficient/good arm action? Does anyone really know?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:09
Yes, scouts and people who study biomechanics have different ideas of what it means. Scouts would describe an efficient arm action as shorter, generating good velo with little visible effort/violence. Biomechanically efficient arm actions are ones that generate as much velocity as humanly possible. So, it's guys with big time external shoulder rotation whose arm takes a winding staircase path through release. Think Billy Wagner or Joel Zumaya.
Oh, go to our Youtube page and look at Brailyn Marquez video. That kid sits 91-95 with that arm swing. That's what a scout might call 'efficient' but not someone familiar with biomechanics
2:10
And with that, I must depart. I hope you learned something here this week and will endeavor to do so again next Tuesday. Goodbye.
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