| 2:00 |
: Hello everybody |
| 2:00 |
: I don’t have any housekeeping, we finished the lists
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| 2:01 |
: I’m still on an extended runner’s high about that
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| 2:01 |
: So, let’s jump in |
| 2:01 |
: Where would high-school draftee age Josuar Gonzalez go if he was eligible in this years draft
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| 2:02 |
: Toward the very top. Maybe someone prefers one of the college guys, maybe they don’t. Could easily go 1:1
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| 2:03 |
: Is Franklin Arias now a legit option to be the starting shortstop for the 2027 Red Sox, or is he still another year off?
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| 2:03 |
: I’d be surprised if he’s not
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| 2:04 |
: Maybe not on Opening Day, but I think the odds are better than 50:50 that he’s the guy there a year from now. |
| 2:05 |
: Bo Davidson had a great month but it seems that a lot of his power comes opposite-field. When does that become a concern?
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| 2:05 |
: Multiple Bo Davidson questions…
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| 2:06 |
: With power, there’s a sliding scale on how necessary it is to lift your fly balls to the pull side. When you have plus or better power, as Davidson does, it’s less important than if you’re Isaac Paredes. |
| 2:08 |
: Juneiker Caceras is hitting for more impact than his scouting reports suggest. What would it take to reconsider his offensive ceiling?
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| 2:08 |
: His raw power numbers are actually slightly lower this year than last.
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| 2:09 |
: 111 max, 104.5 90th last season; 110 max, 103.5 90th this year |
| 2:09 |
: He’s killing it, and his FV will rise on the next eval cycle
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| 2:10 |
: But we had the plus hit tool on him
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| 2:10 |
: I don’t know that the tool grades will change much/at all |
| 2:10 |
: He’ll be part of the conversation as we prep to release an updated T100
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| 2:11 |
: How much of Bryce Rainer’s contract struggles can be attributed to recovering from injury? His K rate is up something like 12% vs last year and not like it was low before
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| 2:11 |
: Can’t put an exact percentage on it, but seems like a lot? |
| 2:11 |
: He just had a monster June
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| 2:12 |
: Has Hayden Alvarez shown enough to crack the top hundred? He was PTC for you guys preseason and has performed very well.
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| 2:12 |
: Another one who will be part of the conversation. |
| 2:13 |
: Due to a shallow system most Mariners prospect conversations are around their top 8 or so guys, anyone below that standing out this year?
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| 2:13 |
: Some relievers have thrown well but the impact guys are who you’d think they are
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| 2:14 |
: Becker/Yorger are interesting fliers but a clear tier or two below the big guys rn
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| 2:15 |
: Dodgers are apparently open to moving any of their OF prospects other than De Paula for a top tier middle IF or C. Sooooo….Ryan and one of Quintero/Sirota/Hope for Made…who says no?
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| 2:15 |
: Both
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| 2:15 |
: Can you explain the difference between gap to gap and pole to pole on The Board? Is it just a degree of power?
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| 2:15 |
: Pole to pole: home run power to all fields
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| 2:15 |
: Gap to gap: line drive hitter who can use the field
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| 2:16 |
: So I see how Kade Anderson is blocked from the mariners rather deep rotation, but is there a reason they won’t bring him up to AAA? AA hitters just seem like they don’t lose a challenge to him
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| 2:17 |
: I can brainstorm a couple of reasons — nice place to pitch and thus work on stuff, it keeps his routine consistent, it helps the numbers stay as fluffed as possible and who knows, maybe increases the chances someone wants to make them an offer they can’t refuse — but I’ve been surprised too, figured he’d have been up by now.
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| 2:17 |
: What more must Kade Anderson do to make the Show?
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| 2:17 |
: Pitch for an org with a hole in the rotation
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| 2:18 |
: I’m curious about Minor League BABIP numbers. I’m assuming they can run high, especially at lower levels, due to less than MLB quality defense, is that right? Specifically, how does someone like Mike Sirota run a .400+ BABIP for 600 PA across multiple levels/seasons? Is he just hitting the ball that hard (coupled with speed,) is it just noise across a smaller sample size, or mostly just the lesser defense?
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| 2:18 |
: They do run high at the lower levels
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| 2:18 |
: Low quality defense, sun baked fields, bad pitching leads to more hard contact, less rigorous scorekeeping, etc.
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| 2:19 |
: This is perhaps unanswerable, but has there been any conclusive work done on players with long/productive/consistent careers (Freeman, Ramirez) to try and determine if they had specific characteristics as prospects that could be identified earlier? Maybe it’s too many factors…
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| 2:20 |
: I think you try to learn a little bit from everyone, good or bad. But human beings are complicated, you can’t perfectly backfit from someone else’s trajectory
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| 2:22 |
: Demetrio Crisantes cycle alert! Do you think his power outburst is real or a product of ball and home park?
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| 2:22 |
: The latter
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| 2:22 |
: I like him, on talent he’s a clear T100 guy.
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| 2:22 |
: He can really hit
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| 2:22 |
: No statistical sign that he’s got more juice than when he was last evaluated
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| 2:23 |
: How correctable are lower level contact issues? Who have you seen alter his approach enough to overcome early career concerns and unexpectedly become a good hitter beyond the hyped power?
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| 2:23 |
: It happens. Cam Cauley’s on my mind b/c he debuted yesterday. His early minors numbers were dire.
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| 2:24 |
: Super small sample, but Patrick Forbes seems to be like not walking anyone so far? Given that command was probably the big issue coming into the year, this is a positive sign, yes?
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| 2:24 |
: I’d need to take a look, he’s thrown, what 15 innings?
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| 2:24 |
: Ask again next week, I’ll watch some video and ask around
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| 2:26 |
: Any dope on Jesus Castro (pop-up arm in SD system)? Wasn’t on my radar at all, but doing quite well in low A at 19 after jumping straight from DSL.
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| 2:27 |
: Sitting 91-93, mostly pounding the sinker.
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| 2:27 |
: Might make the main section of the SDP list next cycle, he’s having a good year, but it’s still a pitchability over stuff profile.
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| 2:28 |
: Is Contact Rate purely putting bat to ball or quality bat to ball?
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| 2:28 |
: The former; hard hit rate is 95+
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| 2:29 |
: Any pitchers in Detroit’s system making noticeable progress this season?
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| 2:30 |
: Encouraged by Witherspoon’s year, ready to see what it looks like against more appropriate competition.
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| 2:30 |
: Now the unreasonable fans of Fangraphs want to know, when can we expect the UPDATED prospects lists
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| 2:30 |
: Targeting HR derby day
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| 2:30 |
: Which up-arrow Red Sox will be part of the top 100 conversation? Valera still there? Any consideration for Gonzales, Azocar, Godbout, Rivas…. Delzine?
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| 2:31 |
: Valera will still be there. Gonzales, Azocar, and Delzine will come up for sure, gut feeling is that none will be added
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| 2:31 |
: Are we underrating Breslow’s overhaul of pitching development just because he’s kinda bad at the rest of his job? Really impressed by Tolle, Early, and Bennett so far.
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| 2:31 |
: I think the pitching pipeline is humming spectacularly
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| 2:31 |
: Soup to nuts
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| 2:32 |
: Any notable offensive upside in Luke Stevenson’s bat? Or is this more of a low-ceiling, high-probability starting catcher?
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| 2:32 |
: If anything, I’ve cooled on him slightly over the course of the year.
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| 2:33 |
: I still like him, but in April he looked like a potential quick mover, and the lack of game power in such a favorable environment is a little concerning.
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| 2:33 |
: You said last week Farmelo had a long swing, are long swings purely because of long arms? Can a long armed player ever have a short swing? How do you shorten up a swing?
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| 2:34 |
: Lots of good questions in here
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| 2:34 |
: Let’s talk about Farmelo first
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| 2:35 |
: (Synergy picked a very bad time to crash, stand by)
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| 2:37 |
: In Farmelo’s case, the head of the bat travels a long distance. It’s a steep swing with a relatively high and deep load.
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| 2:37 |
: He has a fast bat, so he might get away with it, and we’re projecting him to do so but the length of the path is a risk here.
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| 2:38 |
: Speaking more broadly, short arms help with length for obvious reasons
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| 2:38 |
: There’s a reason why you see so few six-foot-seven hitters
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| 2:38 |
: And why the big guys you do so are freaky athletes
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| 2:39 |
: Thinking more about swing length: There’s a tradeoff when it comes to balancing power and contact. Shortening a swing can help you generate more of the latter but, all else being equal, likely at the expense of the former.
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| 2:40 |
: So if you ever wonder why a guy doesn’t just shorten up… that’s part of it. Comfort is another factor, it’s hard to change a swing, even a slight mechanical tweak can feel really awkward
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| 2:41 |
: Eli Willits has had a great first month in A+ in a tough park for hitters. If he keeps it up, could the Nats move him up to AA before the season ends? Would that be in character for the ex-BOS front office?
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| 2:41 |
: I think that’s in play, yes
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| 2:41 |
: Back to Kade Anderson, he’s graded 30/45 Command but has just 10 walks and 2 homeruns in 66.2 innings at AA. Is this a grade that will be adjusted or something behind the rating that is lost in the statline?
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| 2:41 |
: Good example of something that needs a fresh look.
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| 2:42 |
: Maybe the conclusion changes, maybe it doesn’t but need to dive in on that
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| 2:42 |
: Braylon doughtys having another awesome year, but does the lack of size hold him back from being a clear T100 guy?
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| 2:42 |
: I think he’s going to make the updated list.
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| 2:42 |
: Is Elijah Green with a 50 hit tool a top 5 prospect?
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| 2:42 |
: Yes
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| 2:43 |
: With the Dodgers recent intel, it’s obvious they like De Paula more than the OF prospect logjam. What high end prospect should they be trying to trade for?
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| 2:44 |
: They’re not in the market for high end prospects, they’ll want big leaguers who can help them win a World Series right now
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| 2:45 |
: Dalton Rushing has quietly been terrible after his hot start, 7 HR in 28 and then 2 in 142. Is he still a 60? Getting a lot of Jackson Holliday vibes from him, the way the walks just disappeared one they hit the majors… I suppose it’s a
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| 2:45 |
: He’s a catcher with a 125 wRC+ in 50 games. That’ll play.
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| 2:45 |
: Some of the… non statistical stuff has my antenna raised
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| 2:46 |
: On the broader point about walks, yeah, you can’t just look at a minor league walk rate and assume it will hold
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| 2:47 |
: Do you think that Colt Emerson can lower down the strikeouts with more experience against MLB pitchers?
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| 2:47 |
: Yes
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| 2:47 |
: How good could the Pirates be? Konner Griffin is back. Lowe, Reynolds and O’Hearn have been having great years and now Esmerlyn and Endy are killing the ball.
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| 2:47 |
: They can win 85-88 games
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| 2:48 |
: At Tennessee (in college) I viewed AJ Russell as a nearly thing to be a mid-rotation starter in the majors. What am I missing?
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| 2:48 |
: That he hasn’t finished the fifth inning even once since high school?
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| 2:49 |
: Any idea when you’ll circle back to the Braves system and take a deeper look again?
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| 2:49 |
: Doing so as we speak
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| 2:49 |
: well, not literally I guess, but it’s one of a few projects I’m working on right now
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| 2:49 |
: Eric has said to keep an eye on Conor Essenberg in the Braves system. He’s slashing a respectable .258/.389/.440 but with a 37% K-rate. Does he have an extreme TTO profile, or do you see something different when you look under the hood?
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| 2:50 |
: Very young, cold weather background, I’m very intrigued
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| 2:50 |
: Respectfully Brendan, Katie Woo’s report today says the opposite. “However, the primary focus for the back-to-back champions isn’t on the major-league roster, according to multiple sources familiar with the club’s thinking who were granted anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject. The Dodgers want to improve the depth of their minor-league system and are prepared to part with at least one of their top outfield prospects not named Josue De Paula to do so.”
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| 2:51 |
: well I stand corrected.
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| 2:51 |
: Surprising!
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| 2:51 |
: The plan is to part with good non premier prospects to bolster depth?
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| 2:52 |
: Somewhat rhetorical, but how does anyone ever accurately scout a prospect, pitcher or hitter, in the PCL lol
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| 2:52 |
: There are contextual challenges everywhere, altitude is just a different one.
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| 2:53 |
: How long before we have publicly available Statcast data as a standard through the entire non-rookie, non-complex minor leagues?
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| 2:53 |
: I’ll guess in the next 5-10 years
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| 2:54 |
: It’s available for certain games already
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| 2:54 |
: Who was the last minor leaguer to mash at every opportunity like Sirota and then not be able to make it in the show?
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| 2:54 |
: Tons of quad a bats laying around
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| 2:54 |
: your Blaine Crims and whatnot
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| 2:55 |
: When you are scouting a prospect, do you go through a whole checklist of things you are looking for or have you just been doing it so long that you just free ball it?
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| 2:55 |
: For the Pirates, I had a bunch of stuff I had to fill out for every player, so that was a readymade template
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| 2:56 |
: But I try to let the game breathe and take things as they come
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| 2:56 |
: How do you think the Braves will approach their early picks in the draft, and would you do it any differently?
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| 2:56 |
: Best player available
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| 2:58 |
: how do prospect people, like all folks who spend time away from family and on the road, make it work?
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| 2:59 |
: It’s really challenging. There are a lot of compromises on seeing friends/spending time with family. The job is very hard on spouses and kids.
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| 2:59 |
: More free time in the winter compensates somewhat
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| 2:59 |
: But my wife and I liked to say it was a job of high highs and low lows
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| 2:59 |
: Maybe I am looking to far into it or too granularly re: sirota but isn’t Blaine Crims best offensive season in the minors worse than any of sorotas stints?
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| 3:01 |
: If the question behind the question is ‘is there a level of production so high that a guy is basically guaranteed to be good if he does X?’ I would say maybe but I haven’t seen it and Sirota has not cleared that threshold
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| 3:01 |
: And I like Sirota plenty
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| 3:02 |
: Any thoughts on John Peck & Brett Callahan in Detroit’s system? Callahan feels like he could be a 4th OF? Peck hit enough to be a starting SS or more of a utility guy?
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| 3:02 |
: Still have Peck as a utility guy; Callahan I should’ve put on the list apparently
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| 3:03 |
: Incidentally, Callahan has one of the weirdest statistical anomalies I’ve seen: he chases less with two strikes than he does in other situations. Huh.
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| 3:04 |
: No Raymer Medina mention at all in the Rays list?
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| 3:04 |
: I double checked and yes that is correct
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| 3:04 |
: Any draft content coming this week? Or will it all be in the one week before draft day?
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| 3:05 |
: Eric is working furiously on that right now, sounds like there’s an outside chance of a Friday update but more likely early next week
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| 3:05 |
: What would your strategy be pitching wise in international markets if you were an intl scouting director?
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| 3:06 |
: I’d pay a lot of attention to the older arms with interesting traits in the low-dollar bucket
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| 3:07 |
: Not opposed to spending big here and there
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| 3:07 |
: Greetings, BG. Joshua Baez since mid-May is slashing .311/.365/.742 while fanning “just” 25% of the time (148 PA’s). Of course, this year he whiffed nearly 34%(!) prior to that — so is the improved contact likely *mostly* real, since it’s accompanied by an 1.100 OPS? Thanks.
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| 3:07 |
: Another one we’ll be discussing
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| 3:08 |
: Could you inform Rainiel Rodriguez’s EV numbers? His recent performances, which seem to show that he has adapted well to the AA, have been very impressive.
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| 3:08 |
: 105.5 90th, 111 max, 40% hard hit
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| 3:09 |
: In line with the 55/60 raw grades on him from the past cycle
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| 3:11 |
: Reading Coy James’ report, the tools sounds pretty fun with the notable exception of the hit tool. It sounds like it’s a pitch recognition issue, is that right? Or is there something mechanically with the swing that you all didn’t like?
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| 3:12 |
: Maybe a better question for Eric, he handled Nats. That said, I just put on some video and, in just the handful of sliders I’ve seen him face in what I’m watching (this is not an exhaustive look by any stretch) he seems to see it fine
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| 3:12 |
: Homered off one last Friday
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| 3:12 |
: Now I’m curious to see monthly splits on spin
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| 3:12 |
: Interesting…
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| 3:13 |
: Nolan Perry still tracking towards the top 100? Or has his last couple starts put a damper on the excitement
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| 3:13 |
: Another one for the conversation
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| 3:13 |
: Jay Jaffe just published a nice piece aggregating info about team defense into a (caveated) ranking. What do you think would be the result if you ranked organizational defense across all levels? Dodgers/Cubs still at the top?
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| 3:13 |
: I have no idea but that sounds like the most ambitious content assignment imaginable and I am going to memory hole this question now
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| 3:14 |
: You said a few weeks ago that there was no one in the Braves system who you wouldn’t include in a Skubal deal. Is that still looking like the case?
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| 3:14 |
: Getting more attached to Hartman by the day…
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| 3:14 |
: favorite post hype prospect(s)?
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| 3:15 |
: Does Sean Burke count? I liked him back in A-ball, thrilled he’s having success
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| 3:15 |
: is the Felnin Celesten breakout real? Destroying high an and hitting for power. Where will he be in next top 100?
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| 3:15 |
: One of the toughest evals I’ve run across
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| 3:15 |
: He’ll go up, more by default than anything else
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| 3:16 |
: Still have a lot of questions about his hands, ability to get to high fastballs, and his overall motor
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| 3:16 |
: Remarkable how consistently scouts say stuff like ‘he’s pretty talented but I hate watching him play’
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| 3:17 |
: Blake Burke is nearly at a 20/20 season so far in AA for Milwaukee on a realistic BABIP. Does he seem like a 1B option for the Brewers in the near future, or am I getting Tyler Black’d again? Is this just the expectation for every Brewers minor leaguer?
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| 3:18 |
: I’m intrigued. Huge juice, scary but tolerable contact data
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| 3:18 |
: Is this what Kyle Tucker is? A replacement level outfielder who can accumulate runs and rbis?
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| 3:18 |
: I’ll take the over
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| 3:20 |
: Favorite scouting lingo you’ve heard?
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| 3:20 |
: So many. I’m partial to the LOFT problem but recently heard about the abominable snowman breaking ball
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| 3:22 |
: Can you give us a sneak peek of what you’ve seen from Lodise and Southisene this year? You mentioned a few weeks ago that Lodise’s power production was disappointing, but it seems like he’s had a little more pop in June. Southisene has hardly played SS this year – does he still fit there?
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| 3:22 |
: I watched Rome a little bit on video last week and Southisene looked good at SS
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| 3:23 |
: I’ve mentioned it many times here, but he’s found a way to get on time, which was the huge question on him entering the year
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| 3:23 |
: Lodise is one of a bunch of Florida State draftees last year who saw their measurable power crater in pro ball
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| 3:24 |
: EV90 is down five and a half ticks. That’s… a lot, even accounting for going from metal to wood.
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| 3:25 |
: What makes Arizona such a landmark location for minor league baseball given it is very hot most baseball months?
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| 3:25 |
: 15 teams have their complexes there
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| 3:25 |
: makes travel very easy
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| 3:25 |
: the games themselves are not an entertainment product
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| 3:28 |
: Will any of the Brewers young SP arms land on the T100 that aren’t there already? Letson, Bishop, Hardin or Knoth? Other?
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| 3:29 |
: Hardin will get a long look… if Eric or James want to bang the table for the other two, I’m open to it but I think I’d want to see more strikes and length respectively
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| 3:29 |
: How much patience do you have for players like Tyson Lewis with extremely loud tools and bad approach/contact? Once they’re 2 years too old for a level?
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| 3:30 |
: depends on the player. How bad is the approach and contact? How loud are the tools? how much experience in high level baseball does he have? Do we have a realistic path forward or not?
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| 3:31 |
: In Lewis’s case, it’s not looking great but it’s not like the reds are going to cut him imminently or take away his playing time.
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| 3:32 |
: All the attention has shifted to Anthony Eyanson. Do you have opinions on Kyson Witherspoon’s season thus far?
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| 3:32 |
: Fastball has been really hittable
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| 3:33 |
: Command has backed up
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| 3:33 |
: Were I scouting for a team, I’d still have something like a 50 on him, but for our scale it was appropriate to keep him in the 45/45+ area
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| 3:35 |
: Is Henry Lalane a name to watch again or need to see a full season?
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| 3:35 |
: The former, velo up a tick, huge innings increase, breaking ball missing a ton of bats.
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| 3:36 |
: The injuries still scare me but he’s doing exactly what the Yankees would’ve wanted to see from him this year
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| 3:36 |
: Has any player moved through the minors faster than Soto did? Why was he promoted so aggressively? I assume there’s more to it than “he was really good”
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| 3:37 |
: Actually, that’s exactly why I assume he was promoted so aggressively
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| 3:37 |
: Thoughts on Michael Arroyo? He’s had a bit of an odd season so far. Do you think the bat is gonna be good enough, since he doesn’t seem great defensively?
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| 3:37 |
: Holding pattern
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| 3:37 |
: I suspect he’s a player we’ll learn a lot about fairly quickly once he arrives
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| 3:38 |
: He’ll either be able to make enough hard contact with his swing to have something resembling Jonathan Schoop’s career or he won’t
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| 3:38 |
: QUICK PSA
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| 3:38 |
: There are a lot of questions in the queue asking about MLB Pipeline’s new prospect lists
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| 3:39 |
: You should ask them!
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| 3:39 |
: Do you have any theories on what’s going on with recent Florida State draftees? I’m not a rabid college baseball fan, and I hate to even mention it, but one thing I heard about for the first time this year was doctoring metal baseball bats.
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| 3:40 |
: I do not but I’d want to dot my i’s and cross my t’s there before taking one of their bats this season
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| 3:41 |
: What’s surprised you about Colt Emerson’s struggles thus far?
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| 3:41 |
: I’m surprised he’s so starkly traded the contact for power
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| 3:42 |
: He’s also 20, so an acclimation period isn’t super surprising
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| 3:42 |
: do orgs have their own version of top 100 prospect lists? I remember you mentioning that Pitt had upwards of 200 guys with an everyday grade, is there a way to differentiate between no. 200 and no. 75?
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| 3:42 |
: They have a bunch of lists but there’s no SEO incentive to put a round number on any of them
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| 3:44 |
: re re: Sirota that was my thought as well. For what it’s worth (unless I am searching wrong) it looks like there are 4 hitters to put up a wrc+ north of 180 across 2 seasons above rookie ball level since 2016 and they are Juan Soto, Vlad jr. , Kevin Mcgonigle and Mike Sirota.
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| 3:44 |
: I like Sirota
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| 3:44 |
: I suspect he’s going to be very high on our next update
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| 3:44 |
: At the same time
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| 3:45 |
: He is running a 22% walk rate
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| 3:45 |
: He is not going to do that
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| 3:45 |
: at the big league level
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| 3:45 |
: Juan Soto’s is 15%
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| 3:45 |
: Aaron Judge’s is 16%
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| 3:46 |
: The walks are floating his topline production in a way that is not going to translate directly
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| 3:47 |
: Manuel Pena has a .314 average, 26 HRs and 5 SBs at Reno this season so far, but last got a mention in the D-Backs prospect list in 2023 (and that was in the “other prospects” area). Did you guys miss something or is this just a fluke?
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| 3:47 |
: He’s on the long list of guys to write about
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| 3:48 |
: To clarify though, he did all that at Amarillo
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| 3:48 |
: At Reno he’s still homerless in 44 PA’s
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| 3:50 |
: What’s up with Eldridge’s K rate in the majors?
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| 3:50 |
: Way down; very exciting
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| 3:51 |
: Is Genoa kind of a now-typical CLE middle infield prospect losing luster as he advances with below average power and speed?
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| 3:51 |
: No
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| 3:52 |
: Brewers promoted Josiah Ragsdale to AA after putting up a 151 wRC+ in A+. He wasn’t on the Brewers list to start the year. Is there anything there?
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| 3:53 |
: Please check back in next week, I’ll take a longer look
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| 3:54 |
: Do you have an easy way to discern between a prospect being patient or being passive? If they’re swing % is below 40 I typically rule them out as being too passive to translate but I’m afraid I might end up whiffing on guys if I just use that benchmark alone.
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| 3:55 |
: Easy way, no, I think the chase vs. chase with two strikes is the closest thing statistically but I’d also want to watch a bunch of at bats
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| 3:55 |
: mid-high 30’s raises an eyebrow for me but it’s not enough by itself to say ‘passive’ in all cases
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| 3:56 |
: thanks for answering, you don’t need to post this but I wish i could thumbs up your replies. I appreciate the responses.
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| 3:56 |
: You’re welcome; there’s always a bunch of these in the queue too, and I notice and appreciate the kind words
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| 3:57 |
: JJ Wetherholt falling to 7 in the 2024 draft still irks me, but in hindsight I’m not sure where the obvious higher pick would have been for him. Maybe Rockies at 3? But at the time Condon seemed like a consensus top 3 pick, and if the Rockies had a do-over they might just go with Kurtz instead.
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| 3:57 |
: Just a really good draft
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| 3:58 |
: How do you adjust developmental timelines for cold weather prep prospects? Thinking Luke Dickerson, Dax Whitney, Essenburg?
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| 4:00 |
: Case by case, boring answer. As a scout I’d be inclined to stay on my hit tool projection longer for a player in that demo, even if they struggle for a while, compared to a guy who went to IMG and an SEC school, for instance
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| 4:00 |
: The Josh Naylor-Stone Garrett incident is getting re-litigated in the news given the Austin Hedges thing this week. Where does “stabbed a teammate in a prank gone wrong” fall in the continuum of character concerns?
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| 4:00 |
: I had forgotten all about that
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| 4:02 |
: How do you put a future value on command/control? For all the other scouting measures, I get how you might project in the future based on bat speed and other measurables, but for control it seems almost impossible to project into the future.
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| 4:03 |
: It’s a hard one. Project big on athletes with clean deliveries, loose/short arm swings
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| 4:03 |
: It doesn’t always pan out, but that’s about all you can do
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| 4:03 |
: Okay folks, gonna shut it down here today
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| 4:03 |
: Thanks as always for the questions, we’ll do it again next week.
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