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AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:26
and Naylor is like a 30 left fielder
Frank Menechino
12:26
In the Sean Murphy write-up: "his swing has been very compact, relying on Murphy’s raw strength rather than efficient biomechanical movement." I always thought a compact swing meant an efficient one, as in short to the ball with your bat path...
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:27
Yes, this is ideal. If you are strong enough and/or have enough natural bat speed to create power with out big separation/hand load, you're in the best spot to hit for average and power
Walter Sobchak
12:27
I love my parents. They came to visit for Christmas, and we had a lovely week. I think I might have been more excited for prospect week. Thanks guys.
12:28
The Monstars just landed on Earth. Instead of the Loony Tunes, they demand to play basketball against a team from the Fangraphs top 100ish prospects. Who are our starters?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:28
Monte Harrison, Corbin Martin, MacKenzie Gore, Matt Manning, Jo Adell
Tom Brady Anderson
12:29
I see Shed Long most recently listed as a 50 FV -- any reason he didn't make today's list?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:29
I'd include AJ Puk in that hoops team and probably Kelenic as the 6th man to come in and maybe throw a few elbows
Eric A Longenhagen
12:30
we seem to have had a coding issue that omitted Shed and Tony Santillan, will fix after the chat. They were both 50 FVs on the Reds list, so clearly they should be on here.
Kretin
12:30
Eric and Kiley, thanks for all you do! You had Jose Suarez ranked higher than Griffin Canning. What were your thoughts behind this? Is Canning's medical history holding him back from ranking higher?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:30
No we just love Suarez
Cole
12:30
How close was Jose Soriano to top 100 consideration?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:31
Will be a 45 FV, same as last year.
@Holes_in_my_Sox
12:31
Love the work and the new setup, probably the most in depth list I've seen. Dustin May: with what looks like a 15% chance for 70+ FV is this mainly dependent on the continued development of his slider or a combination of all the other pitches?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:31
Really just keep doing what he's doing, stay healthy and make the incremental improvements at each level. It's not the same as Walker Buehler, but the impact could be comparable
Enrique
12:32
Will any future articles/podcasts highlight the prospects that you guys differ most on?   Any thought given to releasing your individual lists?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:32
That sounds like literally 200% more work
Sam
12:32
Just in terms of ceiling, because this can be apples to oranges, but how does Jasson Dominguez compare to former top IFA's in recent years?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:33
I can look to Eric on this, too. I think Wander Franco is the only other 50 FV J2 guys before he played a pro game in recent memory, right?
Maitan was close, I bet Sano might have been
Gary Sanchez was probably a 45/45+
12:34
I think Vlad was a 45 b/c of the frame and we needed to see performance, but then he made a huge jump after his pro debut
Weenie
12:35
Approximately how many of the top 130 have you guys seen play in person?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:35
just counted 113
Yogi
12:35
Is catcher back? Been so long since a group of young well rounded catchers have came up
Eric A Longenhagen
12:35
yes
Keith
12:35
How is Brady Singer not on this list? Obviously clueless people putting together this list.
Weenie
12:36
You guys use 35+, 40+, and 45+, but your 46-130 ranked guys are all 50's. Have you ever considered using a 50+ for the top guys in that group?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:36
Thanks for reading! You can go over here and see he was the top 45+ in the draft and I think he'll be a 50 when we see how he integrates his changeup into games. So literally as close as you can be. https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2018-mlb-draft?sort=-1,1...
Eric A Longenhagen
12:36
Weenie: Yeah but we figured the distribution graphs get at what the + is trying to convey
YO
12:36
How was Lux able to have such great results last year with just a current 25 on his hit tool?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:38
present hit tools are standardized: Advanced teens are a 20, polished ones are a 25, advanced college aged hitters are a 30, advanced ones are a 35. Once someone has a lot of time in the upper levels we just say what we think it'd be right now. Lux should actually have a 35 as he's advanced for his age.
Eminor3rd
12:39
Could you elaborate a bit more on the flaws you mentioned in Eloy Jimenez's write-up? Specifically RE: body size, injury proneness?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:39
Forgive me but I think listing his entire injury history in the writeup is pretty elaborate.
Jay
12:39
Happy to see Tirso Ornelas getting some love! Do you think he could hit 25 bombs a year in his future?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:39
yes if the lift keeps coming
Tom Brady Anderson
12:40
why is Eloy down at 8, why did Whitley jump to 4?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:40
moving towards more RHH DH and moving more towards legit ace
ohioastrosfan
12:40
when do we expect vlad jr? Will he be up 3 weeks in?
AvatarKiley McDaniel
12:41
i'd bet it's the 11 days Acuna took last year. A magical amount of time to improve!
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