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Guest
1:05
Does a prospect getting traded multiple times in succession (such as James Tibbs III) raise any red flags about internal evaluations or can it be chalked up to circumstance?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:05
Given the Devers of it all, this one feels like a weird situation, and I don't think differently about Tibbs because of it.
JerryD
1:06
Do any of my prospects that I'm holding on tightly to make a difference for my major league team next year?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:06
Is Michael Arroyo Diet Marcus Semien?
Him and a leap from Cole Young are the things that might really impact 2026.
John B
1:07
Do you think any of the prospects the Giants traded for will be impact players going forward?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:08
I like Yunior Marte. The pieces of the Doval trade are some of the last few I have to get to for my "All the Traded Prospects" piece, I don't have anything on Carlos De La Rosa as we're sitting here, aside from his data.
Jace, The Mind Sculptor
1:09
Can Royce Lewis play SS?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:10
Man, I'm not sure he has the arm talent for that. He looks awkward at 3b a lot of the time, too. I suppose it's worth a shot, it jsut seems like he has to overhand throw everything, no off platform throws for that guy.
Jackson
1:10
When does Crawford get the call up? They hinted at bringing him up, but also said they’d want him to get regular at bats which seems hard unless they move Rojas/Kepler/Marsh around…I guess the alignment of the outfield is just very confusing to me after the Bader trade
Eric A Longenhagen
1:10
I could see them bringing him up late to be a runner and defensive replacement, but that guy's going to get worked by big league velo if you ask him to hit every day.
Kevin
1:11
How far has James Tibbs' stock dropped? He's been traded twice in a few months
Eric A Longenhagen
1:11
Still a platoon OF, no change.
Gronch
1:11
what have we learned about the Posey Giants approach to talent acquisition over the draft and trade deadline?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:12
Their draft was super weird, I don't know that I can see any kind of strategic thru line yet.
I betcha we see them move on from Luciano, Matos, etc this offseason
Tully Blanchard
1:13
I like the Christian Franklin return for Soroka. Interesting player. Do you see real improvements in 2025, given that he was passed over in the Rule 5 this Winter?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:13
I do, think he's a good part time OF, mash lefties, plus glove in a corner, can play CF okay. I thought Washington had a great deadline, pound for pound.
Guest
1:14
How do you feel about overly optimistic (to put it mildly) comps that young players tend to get? It seems like every switch-hitting shortstop is Francisco Lindor (we’re seeing this with De Vries right now), every catcher with a great hit tool is Buster Posey, every weird-looking leftie is Chris Sale. A lot of casual fans take the comps at face value and it kind of makes it exhausting to talk prospects with them.
Eric A Longenhagen
1:16
I agree. People wishcast. The gap between the quality of play in the minors versus The Show is enormous, there's really no way to truly replicate the talent environment of the big league level in the minors, and that creates volatility in each player's forecast. It's so hard to impart that understanding to people, even the ones who care about prospects a lot because they're buying cards or collecting autographs or in a dynasty league...
1:17
I was once in a card shop (Dragons of Tarkir era) with a scout and guys were buying the Bowman set and I asked them whose card they wanted to open and why. And basically, they were trying to be finance bros with Jasson Dominguez cards not knowing anything about how bad his defense was.
Guest
1:17
Thoughts on the various prospects the Pirates got back? Seems like they got fleeced on the Bednar deal, no?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:17
i don't know what their other offers were
Punk in drublic
1:18
what are you hearing about Mets prospect Elian Pena?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:19
He's looking pretty good, you can watch that guy everyday ya know.
He's playing right now Angels vs Mets Orange (2025.08.01)
Brian
1:20
Does Jordan Westburg for Bryce Miller (assuming he's back and healthy) in the offseason seem too obvious for both clubs?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:20
Baltimore hangs up the phone
H
1:21
Would I be right in saying it seems like teams value Yankee catchers, especially defensively, more than the general public prospect consensus?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:22
I think they've been excellent at developing them and are properly valued.
Like, Agustin Ramirez is a real piece.
Jesus Rodriguez I think is an awesome bit player
Flores has real power
Narvaez is good
Tom Yost
1:22
How much are you buying LaGrange’s development he flirting with the 100 or still think he is a reliever?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:23
I'm skeptical he can throw strikes consistently but at least some of that's because he was god awful during my Fall League looks.
Ken
1:23
Are you surprised the A's didn't move more of their rental players and relievers: Urias, Urshela, Kelly, and Newcomb? Other than maybe Urshela, I would have thought each could have brought back a lottery ticket if not more?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:23
Kelly I thought would have been moved
Guest
1:24
Is there reason to still have faith in Edgleen?
Eric A Longenhagen
1:24
Yeah, but less than 12 months ago just because of the way his contact profile is coming into focus versus better pitching. Guy can't turn on anything.
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