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Eric
3:15
are there any royals pitching prospects to be excited about? foster griffin maybe, staumont now that he's a reliever
Eric A Longenhagen
3:15
Not really
Bobby Bradley's 40-time
3:16
Any update on Chris Paddack rehab?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:17
Know he threw yesterday but not sure how he looked. Baez threw in an intrasquad today. Or was supposed to. But I'm here because I love you.
Bird Man
3:17
Juan Soto is a better prospect than Victor Robles, change my mind.
Eric A Longenhagen
3:17
The Internet!
Dave
3:17
If more and more pitchers are going to start pitching backwards, do scouts need to completely rethink the importance to fastballs to overall future value grades?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:17
I think maybe you reflect on how you grade command
John S
3:18
Surprised the Padres sent Gore to full season ball in Indiana right out the gate? It's like 20 degrees there at the moment
Eric A Longenhagen
3:18
That kid is going to shove anyway
Luzinski’s Sweaty Gooch
3:18
How much of projecting on a changeup is based on arm speed and athleticism? Seems like it would be incredibly hard to fathom if and when a guy finds the right grip out of the multitude ways to throw that pitch
Eric A Longenhagen
3:20
Yeah, there are better/worse ways to break that stuff down and try to develop a pitch from an instruction standpoint (teams using Rapsodo, Edgetronic, etc) but generally the loose, athletic, quick armed guys take to adjustment better and have built-in advantage because the arm speed means the change has a better chance of looking like a fastball out of the hand.
P2F
3:21
Thanks for taking my question, Eric. Are you able to supply some scout-y notes on Tobias Myers, please? I know he is a guy that you and Kiley like. How is his stuff? Realistic ceiling? Thanks in advance.
Eric A Longenhagen
3:21
Here's his capsule for the Rays list, which will be on the site tomorrow or Monday if Carson is overrun.:
3:22
Myers was acquired from Baltimore ahead of the 2017 trade deadline for Tim Beckham. He was a two-way player in high school who some teams preferred at shortstop, but early-career indications are that Baltimore was correct to stick him on the mound as Myers dominated the New York Penn League last year ahead of the trade and has already grown into mid-rotation stuff. Myers sits 92-94, touches 97, and it plays up due to good extension. His curveball and changeup each flash plus but are closer to average right now but they both project due to Myers' athleticism. He's a 6-foot righty but his vertical arm slot creates downhill plane on his pitches and he's sturdily built, so his size is not concerning. He has mid-rotation upside and will pitch in full-season ball as a teenager all year.
Luzinski’s Sweaty Gooch
3:22
Ok so if your prospect writer super duo were dubbed K Mac and Long John, who says no? I’m guessing it sure as hell wouldn’t be you
Eric A Longenhagen
3:22
McDongenhagen was already rejected, internally. We refuse to negotiate and tabled talks.
Jake
3:23
The Royals and Indians have multiple comp picks. Can they "buy" a player by making an over slot deal that makes him "fall" to them? How does this play out on draft day?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:26
There are a lot of different ways to go about it, either targetting specific players (like Houston with Daz) or just planning for a group of those types of players to be around (like Atlanta with Wentz) when you make you sandwich round or second round pick. There's also the simbiotic financial component. If an agent knows his player can make more with you at pick 42 than he can with a team with a smaller pool at pick 25, he'll float a scary number to try to get his kid to you.
Dan
3:26
What is Mitch White's velo? Seems to me last year's injuries weren't arm-related, so didn't know it had been down.
Eric A Longenhagen
3:26
Was 88-92 for me last fall. 93-96 today.
Jacob
3:27
Do you believe that Eierman has better offensive tools than Turang? Does he have the best combination of offensive tools of any SS in the draft?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:27
Yes and yes
Padres 2021 WS Champs
3:29
Is Franchy just the west coast Michael A Taylor?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:30
Franchy's issues are a little more extreme
Farhan
3:31
Best strictly relief prospect in the Dodgers org?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:32
Would have said Santana last year but his changeup has looked better this spring and I give him a better chance to start now. It's probably Sheff now.
Joe
3:32
Have you seen or heard anything interesting out of the Brewers extended spring training group?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:32
Think I'm headed there tomorrow
3:33
Okay, I'm spent. Thanks for coming. See you next Thursday.
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