JotCast | Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat

Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat

Eric A Longenhagen

12:03

Morning, everyone. Sorry I'm a few minutes late, was having HTML issues with the Phillies list. Let's get right to it...

Jed

12:03

What have you heard from Hunter Greene this spring? Has he started throwing? Was a bit of a mixed back last summer.

Eric A Longenhagen

12:03

Upper-90s, better breaking ball than last year.

Don

12:03

Is Joey Lucchesi a viable option in San Diego this year?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:03

Yes

Tommy N.

12:04

What distinguishes Kingery from Urias and Hiura and who do you personally prefer between the three?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:04

Urias is the best contact hitter of those three, Hiura has the most pop, Kingery has both and is the best defender and straight-line runner of the three

Greg

12:06

Any update on Jonathan India's draft stock? What round was he expected to be picked before the season, and where is he at now? Also, what do you think about his position as a pro?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:07

Probably the rds 3 to 5 range right now. Was probably 4 to 6 pre-season. I'd try him all over in pro ball, mostly 2B/3B.

Huaneeto

12:07

Do you see Corbin Burnes, Jon Duplantier or Michael Baez making an impact at the major league level?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:07

Burnes: Maybe
Duplantier: No
Michel Baez? Probably not

Bobby

12:07

What separates blayne enlow from tyler duffey?? Low 90s velo, dirty curve, no change?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:08

8 years

OlRock

12:08

There has been some discord in the Astros community about AJ Reed not being on the 25 man. Do you see any reason he hasn't made the MLB Roster yet?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:08

I just don't think he's very good

Connor T.

12:08

Ceiling for Roman Quinn, and likely outcome?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:08

Avg everyday player/bench player

Slurve

12:08

What are the biggest challenges in evaluating catching prospects?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:09

The grind of catching might significantly mask their physical abilities. If you see a guy for two games and he takes a nasty foul ball off the forearm the day before you're in to see him, he might suck for the series you see because he's dinged up and you'd have no idea why.

Let the young live

12:10

Most overrated and underrated prospects of 2018?

Brandon M

12:10

Every week, you get questions about “underrated” prospects. In this day and age, is there really such a thing as an underrated prospect? There is so much information out there that usually you already have that prospect covered in your team lists.

Eric A Longenhagen

12:11

Brandon: You'd be surprised how clear it is that people in the chat don't read anything on the site, they're just here to chat. It's frustrating at times, but I'm not sure there's a way to change it. People are sneaky bad at digging up info on their own.

12:12

Those questions were almost right next to eachother, btw.

Jason

12:12

Can the Cardinals really keep Carson Kelly down until Yadi retires in 3 years? I see the value of getting him every day AB's in Memphis, but aren't they wasting a valuable resource?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:12

I'd split time in the bigs between the two of them. Keeps Yadi fresh, gets Kelly's feet wet.

pirates hurdles

12:12

Any thoughts about the Bucs strategy to forego top INTL talent and sign 50+ cheaper guys? Is this on purpose or is it due to a Gayo related problem with top guys?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:14

Philly does that too and has had success. SInce we're talking about 15/16 year-old kids there's a lot of physical volatility involved, much more than is even involved in the HS scouting process. So casting a wide net is going to yield some nice surprises as guys suddenly morph into Gregory Polanco or Cesar Hernandez. There's no single best way to attack IFA, in my opinion, lots of options.

Mounds Guy

12:14

Do you think Carson Fulmer has the stuff to stay in the rotation?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:15

Yeah but probably not in the traditional way we think about it. Maybe he could be what Lance McCullers was in the playoffs or something like that, but he's not a 6/7 innings workhorse, he doesn't work efficiently for that.

Mr. Patient

12:15

Any Big Ten players you're keeping an eye on?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:18

Ryan Feltner at Ohio State, Brady Schanuel (sp?) and Rob Neustrom at Iowa, Nick Dunn at Maryland

Odapm

12:18

Have you ever seen a player for the first time that just absolutely blew you away that you, or seemingly anyone else (in the meaningful scouting community), had never heard of before?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:18

I saw Ramon Morla sit 97-100 in his first pitching appearance. He blew his elbow out in his second inning of work.

Bravesy McBravesface

12:19

What makes Brice Turang stand out among the prep shortstops? From reading all of the reports, it seems like Nander de Sedas would be the top prep shortstop in this draft. Why is Turang considered a top 10 prospect, but de Sedas gets pegged for the middle of the first round?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:19

Better chance to stay at SS, some would say better chance to hit for avg, too.

backfields

12:19

Hi! I submitted this last week to both you and Kiley but never got it answered. Who do you prefer more over the long term? Akil Baddoo or Nolan Jones? Thanks!

Eric A Longenhagen

12:19

Those two have the same FV for us. I'll take Baddoo.

Odapm

12:21

Have you had any looks at Robbie Erlin the past 4 to 6 months?

Eric A Longenhagen

12:21

I believe I saw him on a back field somewhere but I can't recall how he looked.

Anthony

12:22

Have you seen Jose Soriano this spring?