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12:02 Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning from Tempe! Thank you for testing all of our Prospect Week work for the location, together with this chat. 12:02 Eric A Longenhagen: Let’s get proper into it. 12:03 Andrew: You’re a bit decrease on Colt Emerson than quite a lot of the {industry} it appears. What does he want to point out to stand up into that ~50 vary? And ideas on Jeter Martinez? 12:06 Eric A Longenhagen: I like Emerson quite a bit, ideally he performs just a little higher versus belt-high fastballs going ahead. Jeter is an 18-year-old Mexican DSL arm sitting 92-93 touching higher than that, slider will flash. Long-term dev venture, final I noticed arm motion was tremendous lengthy 12:06 Jesse: Do the Mets ha...

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The Blue Jays signed a lefty-swinging first baseman/designated hitter whose title begins with a V and an O, however it wasn’t Joey Votto. As place gamers report back to camps, the longtime Red and all-time chief in video games performed by a Canadian-born main leaguer stays a free agent. Instead, the Blue Jays added Daniel Vogelbach on a minor league take care of an invite to spring coaching. At his greatest, the well-traveled 31-year-old may also help the Blue Jays, however in context, his limitations present yet one more reminder of the group’s underwhelming offseason. Vogelbach’s deal requires him to make $2 million if he’s within the majors, in accordance to the New York Post’s Jon Heyman. This is definitely his second go-round with the Blue Jay...

Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports I’m so glad you’re right here. If you’re studying this, you’re a normal supervisor who has lastly accepted the easy fact: Your crew is a multitude, and it’s time to rebuild. That’s a tough tablet for anybody to swallow. It’s a lot simpler to dwell in denial and hurl insults at Dan Szymborski when the ZiPS projections come out. I’m happy with you. An thrilling however tenuous path lies earlier than you. Ownership received’t be spending any more cash to prop open the rivalry window. Now that you simply’ve come to phrases with that actuality, it’s time to get your followers on board too, and you will need to accomplish that with out making them so offended that they demand a brand new GM. Fans are a difficult species. They care very a lot, which is commonly in...

Roman Anthony arguably has the best upside within the Boston Red Sox system. Three months shy of his twentieth birthday, the left-handed-hitting outfielder is No. 14 on our recently-released Top 100, and within the phrases of Eric Longenhagen, he “has the offensive foundation (plate discipline and contact) to be a top five prospect if he can more readily get to his power in games.” Getting to extra of his in-game energy was an organizationally-driven aim all through a primary full skilled season that noticed the 2022 second-rounder start in Low-A Salem and end in Double-A Portland. Progress was made. Of the 14 residence runs Anthony swatted over 491 plate appearances, all however one got here from mid-June onward. Learning to carry was the important thing and, in line with the teen th...

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Rob Manfred’s announcement that he’ll step down as commissioner after his present time period. Then they preview the 2024 St. Louis Cardinals (26:01) with The Athletic’s Katie Woo and the 2024 Cleveland Guardians (1:09:24) with MLB.com’s Mandy Bell, plus a postscript (1:44:43). 2024 EW Season Preview Series ALBALCHWHOUBOSCLELAANYYDETOAKTBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG .intro-team, .intro-team td font-family: lato, Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; .intro-tea...