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Eric A Longenhagen
2:27
Depends on the team. I think the Marlins would take Elly and the Brewers would take Kwan. Philosophy and where the team is on the competitive spectrum influence decision-making. Any time you can make context-based arguments for one player or another, it's an indication we're talking about FV grades that should be pretty close, or identical.
Come hang out at Fitch, Kyler. I'll take you to Backyard Taco.
Lawrence
2:27
If Shane Baz hits the ground running is there a chance he approaches 180 IP or will he be handled with kid gloves regardless of his performance?
Kevin Goldstein
2:27
If you guaranteed me he makes 32 starts this year, I'd set his o/u at 157.2 innings.
NotAA
2:28
I noticed Josh Lowe wasn’t on the top 100, what’s the rationale there?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:28
He's 45th, dawg.
Conor
2:28
We've seen what an 80 grade position player prospect looks like, but what about an 80 grade pitching prospect? Can you give me a sketch of what combination of tools, performance and health might get you there? We know what 80 grade pitchers look like in the majors, but what would it look like for say, a 21 year old in AA?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:28
ugh, idk if we'd ever do it
2:29
It'd have to be Kershaw: Huge visual stuff, all the underlying traits, workhorse body, clean delivery, enough touch and feel to really think they could start.
BarryBondsJuicedForOurSins
2:29
did Battenfield get any consideration?
Kevin Goldstein
2:29
Not really. I really like him though. Excellent pitch data guy.
Eric A Longenhagen
2:29
i asked one exec about him to make sure we weren't sleeping
they said no
Dave
2:31
What happened to Michael Toglia? Still a future fearsome slugger or closer to just a guy?
Kevin Goldstein
2:31
There's power and patience, but you can't put a sub-40 hit tool 1B only guy high on a prospect list.
Ryan
2:31
Jordan Walker reached A+ last year and thrived, yet his ETA is a year or two later than other players who reached that level around where he was ranked. Is this strictly a result of Walker being younger than his peers or is there something else in his development that you think will require more time than those other prospects?
Tess Taruskin
2:31
The age is part of it. He's got some swing-and-miss to hammer out as he advances and starts facing better pitching. Just giving him the time to do that.
Matt
2:31
Happy that the Phillies have two in the top half of the list.  Any comments on the trends in their org?
Kevin Goldstein
2:31
Anything we say would be moot, and they are really re-tooling most of their PD operations.
Ms Fan
2:32
Could Julio end up with the best bat of Witt and Adley?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:32
Oh, I think that's likely. RF vs C/SS is important in terms of ordering them as overall prospects.
Guest
2:35
This might be a little touchy, but do you guys know how neurodivergence, specifically adhd, is judged in baseball? Harry Ford said on twitter he likes catching because he has ADHD, something i was recently diagnosed with as an adult. An argument could be made that ADHD could be advantageous in some ways because it encourages hyper-focus for things you care about and sports requires a different type of everyday thinking than a typical job . But also ADHD comes with a lot of struggles and obvious disadvantages that i could see apply to pro baseball. Do most teams have a take on this?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:35
Good question. I have no idea. I think we, culturally (including baseball), tend to have a pretty poor grasp on these issues. I'd like baseball to have a better one, but recognize there are probably issues that would result from people taking interest in the neurology of prospects.
Also, do I have ADHD?
Ed H
2:35
How concerning is Tyler Freeman's shoulder surgery? If I understand correctly, it's the second surgery on the same shoulder.
Eric A Longenhagen
2:35
It was enough to slide him behind Triantos, but that's about it
Guest
2:36
I've been hoping for several years to see a CLE prospect come in above the 50FV tier. Who do you think has the best chance to make it happen?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:36
Rocchio almost got there this year but then I looked at the last few years' lists and almost everyone who busted was a player who barely walked, and then we moved Ronny Mauricio DOWN rather than Rocchio up
Dave
2:37
Roki Sasaki 80 FV in 3 years?
Eric A Longenhagen
2:37
Yamamoto is the dude over there, Sasaki's delivery kinda scares me.
We still have him stuffed
2:38
Okay, I think we're going to wrap it up since we all have lots of other stuff to do. Thanks for coming to the site and for your interest in prospects. Please consider subscribing to the site, and thanks to the many parties involved with making this analysis digestible on the site.
Tess Taruskin
2:38
Bye, y'all!
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