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Eric A Longenhagen
2:49
When it's your job. You still love it, but not romantically.
Because it doesn't love you back
Slurp
2:49
Heard anything about a Josh Naylor swing change? Not sure if his power binge this season is likely to continue moving forward
Eric A Longenhagen
2:49
No swing change. Approach change.
Tubby Mice
2:49
Hey Eric, if a team knew that a draftee would definitely become a top level reliever but never start, what draft pick would they spend? Would they worry too much about missing out on a decent position player/starter or would that return be something any front office would be happy with?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:52
If you knew it was going to be Kimbrel of Chapman and get there quickly, they go top 3. Multi-year dominance has to be guaranteed, I'm not taking Blake Treinen up there.
Georgie
2:52
Kean Wong of the Rays is having a great year so far in Durham and still only 23. He has been playing LF recently after Span was traded. He kind of fell off prospect lists the last few years but what are his chances of being a solid big leaguer?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:52
Might be a 40
Mel Kiper
2:52
Any draft buzz about HS Bryce Bush from Michigan? Heard he put on a show in SD last year at the AS showcase and that he has athleticism and tools to develop. More generally: does the state of Michigan aspect get held against him (and others) because of weather in drafts?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:53
Huge raw power but unclear what position he plays, 3B seemed like a stretch to me in SD. Weather definitely colors looks but the Midwest was loaded this year and he was seen.
Mertz
2:53
Do teams spend different amounts on scouting and instructional employees?  If so, is there any way of knowing who spends the most?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:54
Yes, by huge amounts. Only way I can think to do it is to buy BA's Directory and literally count the size of staffs, but that's pretty rudimentary.
Lilith
2:54
Are the Phillies moving off of Bohm at all? Who else are they considering?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:56
Still think they're on Bohm, perhaps Bart if he were there.
Mike
2:56
Any chance the Mets get Madrigal at 6? Are they still looking HS at 48?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:57
I don't think so. Most teams in the 40s are on HSers there, or at least worked hard to line up the HSers in that range, because there are usually many good ones left at that point and, especially in this draft, there should be
Litmus
2:57
Mayo had mentioned the White Sox heavily being on Schnell. How big of a reach would that be at 4? Could he around at 46 as well?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:58
I know huge heat from other teams in the top 10 have seen him but we just assumed it was for their next picks and I still do
dwest
2:58
Will Larnach be around for the Cubs at 24?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:58
Ya know, he actually might be.
Sean
2:58
Which of the following end up in the Padres rotation by the end of May 2019:  Luis Perdomo, Quantrill, Logan Allen, Jacob Nix, Chris Paddack, Adrian Morejon
Eric A Longenhagen
2:58
Allen, maybe Q and Paddack a little later?
Ed
2:59
Which teams are in on Heimlich?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:00
Nobody will cop to being on him and so we have suspicions but don't know.
🤓🤓🤓
3:00
From a dynasty fantasy perspective, who are the top 5 draft prospects?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:02
Probably the same?
I don't know ho dynasty leagues alter prospect evaluation, sorry.
3:03
I'm in a DIamond Mind league and my board would just be the same as ours, save for some tweaks where Kiley and I disagree about an individual
Derek
3:03
Has Buddy Reed raised his prospect profile with the year he is having, or is he getting lucky along with playing in the Cal League?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:03
Nope, he's def better
Mike
3:03
Thoughts on Slade Cecconi's price tag? Seems like he would be an intriguing high ceiling type as long as he's not demanding too much $$.
Eric A Longenhagen
3:06
I wouldn't say 'demanding too much money' just because the tone is so negative, but yeah he's an interesting arm that we'd give 700-800k
kvothe
3:06
A couple months ago you were of the opinion that Ohtani should just stick to pitching. Has what he's done over the first part of the season done anything to change your mind on that?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:08
I'll say he's hit better than I expected but I don't think you should just get to retract opinions like that, post facto.
Cheez
3:08
Any new top of the draft buzz for us? I hunger.
Eric A Longenhagen
3:10
Some stuff swirling that I'm skeptical of. Still think Mize, Bart, Bohm, then Singer and Madrigal in some order, then either Kelenic or India, then either Libyy or Weathers, then Gorman
ChatzMcGree
3:10
Do you agree with Kiley about the things being said about Gorman being similar to what was being said about Austin Riley, and that Gorman might actually end up a little better version of Riley? Basically that assessment jibe, more or less, with your opinion on him
Eric A Longenhagen
3:12
The reasons for the swing and miss stuff are different. With Riley it's swing length caused by an arm bar, as far as I'm concerned, and with Gorman it's breaking ball recog and maybe a loopy hand path that needs fixing. But otherwise, yeah. lotta similar concerns
Bryce
3:12
Austin Slater. What does he have to do?
Eric A Longenhagen
3:13
Ground ball rate is way down so maybe he's finally made a swing change that works
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