You are viewing the chat in desktop mode. Click here to switch to mobile view.
X
Eric Longenhagen Prospects Chat
powered byJotCast
Prev Page View Full Chat Next Page
Dave
2:54
Anyone interesting down on the farm that could get a shot at playing time in Texas with the Andrus injury?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:55
I just think you let Profar, Robinson and Kiner-Falefah play more.
Vinbaka
2:55
Tapia has four homers in seven games. Is the power surge real? What's his FV these days?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:56
Obviously the PCL does things to stats that we should be careful not to overlook. But he did look better this spring than he did last year when I saw him and I have him ahead of Dahl.
Mike
2:56
So ... last week you said you were moving from Tuesdays to break up your chats from Kiley McDaniel's chats.  Instead of Tuesday and Wednesdays, you guys are now chatting Wednesday and Thursdays ... how exactly is that breaking up your chats?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:00
Less about breaking Kiley and I up and more about only having one day where, because of the kind of questions we get asked (almost exclusively prospect stuff), there's not much big league talk on the site. Jay chat's today, too, so that issue is solved.
And by the way, you can ask me about anything, not just prospect stuff, if you want.
Alex
3:01
With the recent trend of back end starters converting to relief for their stuff to play up, is there any risk of the mid/back end starters disappearing? Resulting in 1s/2s then bullpen games for rotation spots 3/4/5.
Eric A Longenhagen
3:01
Yes, in general I think the pitching landscape looks much different in 5 years.
3:02
And then we'll get the 'Is Stretching Out Your Starter The New Market Inefficiency?" article titles
James
3:02
Do the astros have any legit catching prospects or will they have to look outside the organization next year?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:02
Watch Stassi take the job
Virus
3:02
Is Marcus Wilson a top 100 prospect this time next year?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:02
Bet he's still a 45
Bob
3:03
All Colton Welker has done since he turned pro is hit like crazy. Have analysts undersold his offensive upside?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:03
No I just think there's trepidation because not everyone think he's stays at third
Bob
3:04
Joey Lucchesi is off to a very nice start in MLB. Do you think the funkiness in his delivery gets him up to #3 starter potential?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:04
No, we had him on the 100 as a near-ready #4
Big Cheese
3:04
Thoughts on Zach Jackson?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:04
Stuff's good but probably relief
3:05
like, middle relief
Hinkie
3:05
Please rank Ryan Rolison, Logan Gilbert, Shane McClanahan.
Eric A Longenhagen
3:05
Inverse of you order
Mike D
3:06
Do you see Shed Long moving up in top 100 prospect lists this season or will he fade into obscurity?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:06
One of those guys where you have to remember he starts slow in places and always adjusts. He's done it a bunch of times. I bet he does it again. If he hits for enough power, sure he could be on at some point.
James
3:07
Who are the Indians targeting with their sixth round pick? :)
Eric A Longenhagen
3:08
Pick a college changeup guy, any college changeup guy. Or a really young high schooler.
KS
3:09
I know it's early, but any buzz/feedback on Jose Israel Garcia?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:10
Disconcertingly skinny. The Cuban guys deserve tie to get their feet under them for a lot of different reasons so no reason to worry yet. But it might be rough going for a while.
Jeremiah
3:10
Does Devers have the 30 HR bat that Red Sox fans are assuming he has? Or is he more so a 50 2Bs 20-25 HR guy?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:10
More of the latter due to the bat path
Andy
3:10
Should I continue to pay attention to Michael Baumann?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:10
Yes, both of them.
Lawrence
3:11
What's your favorite thing about Jakob Junis? Anything pique your interest?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:11
Maxes out pretty mediocre stuff. Fun to watch.
Peter Alonso
3:12
Why am I so good?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:13
Anyone wanna posit a guess as to why Dom Smith's weight was such a scary thing to Mets fans and yet Alonso's barely gets mentioned?
He's good, a bunch of teams think he's a future 50.
Bobby Bradley's 40-time
3:14
MJ Melendez with 2 triples yesterday. Just hot out of the gate, or any positive offensive reports?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:14
Yes, swing is better and more athletic than it was last year and I liked him a lot last year.
Connecting…