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10:19
what in the world are the A's doing? two 1Bs?
Eric A Longenhagen
10:19
White can play 3B
Juice
10:20
Who do you think got the best value pick so far?
Eric A Longenhagen
10:20
Probably Brecht but I don't feel great about them developing him
It's a Riley Pint do-over for them I guess
J
10:21
Is Jared Thomas a money saver for Condon/Brecht
Eric A Longenhagen
10:21
No I think all those guys are probably slot
Liam
10:21
Hey Eric - will you consider re-igniting the weekly/monthly chats on fangraphs? I found those very informative
Eric A Longenhagen
10:22
I tend to get some pretty abrasive chronically online people in my chats and stopped doing them once they started getting personal. Maybe I'll revisit. I've been pretty cloistered from online lately
Juice
10:22
Biggest reach of the draft?
Eric A Longenhagen
10:22
Dante Nori
Ben Schneider
10:23
Eric, do you have a second round grade still available you really like?
Eric A Longenhagen
10:23
Dasan Hill
Guest
10:23
Would it be considered a bad outcome at pick 38 for Brecht to become a high leverage reliever?
Eric A Longenhagen
10:23
No
Guest
10:23
Thoughts on cortez?
Eric A Longenhagen
10:23
Was incredible during the 2024 college postseason, mowed through several SEC lineups in a high-leverage long relief role. Medium frame with below-average athletic projection. Short-stride, cross-bodied delivery with low three-quarters slot. Fastball plays like Justin Martinez of the D-backs. Sits in the upper-90s with heavy sink across multiple innings. Upper-80s slider with curveball shape when Cortez lands it in the zone, more sweeper-style movement when it's on the glove-side part of the plate. Threw a handful of changeups in 2024 but is mostly just a two-pitch guy. Candidate for a splitter in pro ball. Quick-moving, impact reliever.
10:24
Santucci: Santucci had surgery to clean up bone chips in his elbow last year, but looked nasty in the fall and during 2024 preseason activity. He also dealt with a 2024 rib injury that cost him most of May and he only threw a couple of innings in June (he looked healthy, up to 97). He never threw more than 58 innings in any college season and struggled with walks.
Santucci's approach to pitching is probably never going to be efficient. His rise/run fastball averages 94 mph, topping out at 97. It has plus vertical break, and he might even be able to coax more out with a slight shift in axis. A tightly-wound athlete who lacks feel for release, lots of fastballs sail on him (look out lefty hitters). Santucci can struggle to get over his front side and finish his breaking ball, too. He has a pretty nasty slider on pure stuff, 82-85 mph with plus two-plane length; the pitch had a 56% miss rate, per Synergy. Santucci rarely found himself in changeup counts due to his erratic command. He struggles to locate it in en
Guest
10:24
Is Luke Dickerson not on the board?
Eric A Longenhagen
10:24
Correct, didn't love the bat the way some teams did, thought he'd end up at A&M. I'll get him on there wih a report. He's a prospect, just not a top 100 guy for me
10:28
Okay everyone, i'm gonna take stretch my legs and then start writing day one analysis. Please peruse the Board for reports on the rest of today's selections and read my piece tomorrow. Also please check out the FanGraphs Youtube channel for prospect videos, which should flow more readily now that my huge crunch has ended
Thanks and good night
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