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Eric A Longenhagen
12:22
Yes but he's not as good as Zobrist. Lourdes is a classic utility type for me, a 45 FV
James
12:22
What is a good comparison for Kyle Tucker? Is Christian Yelich setting my expectation too high?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:22
Tucker's kind of strange, so probably no comps. think he's a 3 WAR guy, though.
DKR
12:23
Is MacKenzie Gore's velo up this spring? If so does that change his upside?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:25
He was 93-96 on Saturday and it played up against lefties because of the unique release point. Also missed bats with his change and slider. He's among the top 3-5 pitching prospects in baseball.
Bun B
12:25
Hey Eric, hope all is well. So I watched Casey Mize do his thing last Friday via watchespn...to me it looked like he had 4 potential AT LEAST average-above average pitches with potential for them all to comfortably sit there and a couple of them even touch plus down the road given his athleticism...Is this dude as good as it gets? Should he be in the discussion for T3?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:26
If his medical is clean he goes top 3-5
Anthony
12:26
Could Erich Uelmen be fast-tracked as a reliever? Seems the delivery concerns probably mean he won't start, but his college performance was stellar
Eric A Longenhagen
12:26
Yeah but I'd develop him as a starter and see how it goes. Cubs have other upper-level relief options.
George
12:27
How much does the concussion Heliot Ramos suffered in August cloud his future?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:27
None. If he were a catcher perhaps I'd be more concerned
Me2theev
12:27
Jhonleider Salinas P/TB and Kenny Rosenberg P/TB, do either have a shot at making some noise as a legit starting pitcher prospect?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:28
Probably not as starters but definitely as reliever. Salinas is an extreme arm strength guy who needs polish, Rosenberg has a dandy breaking ball.
Anthony
12:30
Is Vasil the only interesting draft prospect in the Boston area?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:31
Ryan Cusick. Big 6-6 righty from Sudbury. Shane Smith, another righty, Governer's Academy.
Charles Finley
12:31
Did Gleyber's poor spring play a role in the Walker signing?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:32
Maybe a little bit? Walker is probably just the better ballplayer right now and NYY is going for it, so why not?
Kyle
12:32
Chances Eloy can stay in the OF?  Would they consider a move to 1B once Abreu leaves after this year?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:32
I'm not sure Eloy has the feet for 1B. If he's so big he can't play OF then he's probably just a DH.
Hodge
12:33
Does Bo Bichette continue to hit his way to the majors?  Or does his swing need to change before then?  Not as much movement as Javier Baez had but Baez never had those kind of results..
Eric A Longenhagen
12:33
Wouldn't proactively change what Bo is doing if he's hittign like this
George
12:33
What might prevent Tyreque Reed from making a jump into top 100 range next year?  His numbers are pretty bonkers.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:34
1B-only guys need to start proving it in the upper minors and Reed is eons from that.
Go Dills!
12:34
Hello Eric!  What do you think of Yadi Alvarez, Sandy Alcantara and Trent Grisham?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:36
Yadi: Big year for him. I'm still in and have heard his camp has been good, he was in early and is in shape and working on the right things.
Sandy: StL was going to 'pen him, MIA is going to take a step back and work him as a starter again. let's see which breaking ball they move to the front of his repertoire. I liked his curve better than his slider, StL took his curveball away in the bigs last year and both were a mess in Fall League.
Grisham: weird profile. Think he's a craxy three true outcomes guy who plays plus D in a corner.
George
12:36
The power, speed and defense seem to be there.  How likely do you think it is that Franchy Cordero can hit enough to be an MLB starter?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:36
Agreed, 30%
Anthony
12:37
Who has the best command upside among pitching prospects
Eric A Longenhagen
12:37
Off the top of my head I'd say Shane Bieber
Chafles O Finley
12:37
What do you know about Emilio Pagan? Any chance he gets some late inning action this year or next>
Eric A Longenhagen
12:37
Saw him last week, was 93-96 with a 55 change and breaking ball. Looks like a good 7th/8th inning arm.
Jeff
12:37
Thoughts on HS OF Nick Schnell? With what little I've looked, he's got one of my favorite frames in the HS class
Eric A Longenhagen
12:37
Saw him last summer and was just lukewarm, but he's a prospect
Charles Finley
12:37
Have you seen much of Spring Training, or are you mostly focused on draft stuff at this point?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:38
Mix of both
George
12:38
What do you see as a separator between a couple prospects who killed Rookie ball in Tristen Lutz and Heliot Ramos?  I'd think that Ramos being so young for his draft class would make him the better prospect.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:39
If you like more advanced guys then Lutz is for you. Ramos is more tooled up. They're a wash on raw power but Ramos goes 6 or 7 run and arm. Lutz is ticketed for a corner but his hit tool is more stable.
AJ
12:39
How many of the young Padre prospects have a chance to be above average big league players
Eric A Longenhagen
12:40
Yeah, like a half dozen of them? Of that J2 group Almanzar, Barley, Arias, Morejon could all get there. Ornelas and Lopez look more like 50s to me but I really like them, too.
Derek
12:41
Is it realistic to see more than one Padre prospect to have a Fernando Tatis like jump this year?
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