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Eric Longenhagen Prospect Chat: 4/10/2026
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Eric A Longenhagen
12:31
What's up party people? Happy Friday from my old man's place in Catty, and thanks for being patient while I helped my grandmother with some stuff this morning. I'm gonna keep things to about 45 minutes today so I can catch my flight to Florida.
Oaktown Blues
12:32
Eric, thanks as always for your thorough work and unparalleled depth in the A's prospect list. This is like Christmas morning for me!
Eric A Longenhagen
12:32
Hey thanks, it was fun to sit on them for a bunch of the spring and feel good about wrapping my arms around the whole lot of these fellas. Kade Morris!
Oaktown Blues
12:33
A 45 FV is a big jump in your eval of Junior Perez, considering he didn't get a mention on their list last year. What changed for you? Just more confidence in the whole profile thanks to contact and defense gains?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:34
I was too light on his CF defense last cycle and that piece is the biggest reason why Perez > Bolte.
Dave T
12:34
Is MIL Luke Adams’ overly-passive hitting profile sustainable? His contact quality and approach are excellent, but he’s still not swinging the bat enough. And I’m worried about his defense.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:35
We have him in as a 1 WAR role player type, more the sort who is on the fringe of the roster than playing daily. Just light on power for a guy with his defensive limitations. Still a big leaguer, but of limited impact.
JK
12:36
Nice start from Gavin Kilen on the year. What would you like to see from him this year?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:38
Saw a lot of him this spring, the bat to ball piece is there, didn't get to see him do a ton on defense. I hope they promote him to Richmond fairly quickly, like say by the end of May? I wanna see him challenged.
War2D2
12:38
Eric! I noticed that both Owen Caissie and Edward Cabrera are tearing up the league at present—Caissie is running up a 170+ wRC+, and Cabrera is pitching like an ace, and depending on the flavor you look at both of them have already accrued half a WAR. Crossing fingers for health of course, and taking into consideration “it’s April,” but this is looking like a case of both teams getting exactly what they wanted out of a deal. No real question, I just love it when a plan comes together.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:40
I'm with you, Cabrera always feels like a ticking time bomb for injury and if Miami got an everyday bat out of that deal, it's a long term win for them. Conversely, Eddie has always been a "but if things clic for this guy he's gonna have a 6 or 7 WAR season, and if the Cubbies have caught lightning in a bottle for even two of his three years just because they had an OF logjam to trade from? That's nice.
(Bill Walton voice) Equilibrium!
Derek
12:40
Is Lagrange the Yankee's 8th inning guy by June?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:42
I don't think I'd wanna jump through the hoops you'd have to jump through that soon. You're stunting his development by doing it that early, and you have to make other roster moves to accommodate it... I think the time to do it would be late, late in the year. If it's obvious he's one of your twelve best arms in August and you're in the thick of a playoff push, let's roll.
Oaktown Blues
12:42
Was a bit surprised to see Breyson Guedez with only a 30 future hit tool, given his plus contact rates and your mention of his power/hit combo. I assume it's because of the chase rate?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:42
That's a typo I need to fix
12:43
thanks for catching it. He does need a reduction below the raw contact quality to account for the chase but not *that* much
12:44
I can't tweak it on The Board at the moment because Meg is editing the Rangers list, but I'll fix it in the post itself as we go here.
He's good, I loved getting to watch him against older opponents this spring.
A's fan
12:44
In the case of Kenya Huggins how do you balance the results on the changeup vs the movement profile itself?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:44
When the sample is that small (he only threw 110 changeups all of last year) just trust your eyes
Jim
12:44
Any realistic chance that Tommy White can play a passable 3B defensively?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:46
He's a mixed bag over there, he does some nice things (he can throw, I love his footwork and body control) and struggles at others (range, hands). I think he *has* to play there some of the time to be useful, I have a tough time seeing him hitting enough to be a 1B-only roster fit.
But he can really pick it at first, all of his skills shine there
Kate
12:46
Have you gotten any looks at Josiah Hartshorn yet?  Is he a possible dude?  Big bonus and a good start so far in a small sample.
Yo
12:46
Josiah Hartshorn is off to a fantastic start - could he be a quick riser?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:48
Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see how his body develops over time. It's already a good bit different than when he was in high school. He's a good hitter, he has real physicality, I was essentially primed for him to have a good spring and hot start by Sahadev and AZ Phil, and when I started seeing Cubs the last two weeks of ST he was indeed good. Shot to be this year's Edward Florentino and reinforce so much confidence in the bat that we don't care it's 1B.
Porkbl
12:48
Has the outlook changed on Luis Hernandez in extended spring training? Does he pass Level this year on the board?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:48
IDK, Level looks pretty good...
12:50
Luis has been good in my looks. He's a smaller guy but his swing is so beautiful and well-connected, he's getting a ton out of his body even though it's small and he's very skilled. His numbers at Papago will be nutty if he's there all summer.
Jim
12:50
Any idea how long Braden Nett will be out due to injury?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:50
Sadly no, since it's shoulder (I was told) it could be a while.
Delvin
12:50
What is Cam Schlitter's floor at this point, assuming health? A #2?
Eric A Longenhagen
12:51
Yeah, #2/3 on a good team if it just looks like this in perpetuity.
Guest
12:51
Any idea when Edward Florentino will be back for game action? Last I heard, he was supposed to be back in early April, but I haven't seen him play yet.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:51
I'll get on that case when I'm in Florida since Pirates are part of my targets down there.
Redbeard
12:52
Does Made have the footspeed to steal bases at he major league level or is he taking advantage of minor leagues where it seems anyone can steal bases if they want to.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:52
I would take the under on what he's done so far, his body is changing and looking more like power-hitting 2B
Wood
12:52
Do you have any info on Taitn Gray from Tampa? They're off to a strong start in A ball. Almost a $1m bonus 3rd round HS pick last draft is all I could find.
Eric A Longenhagen
12:54
Had an insane BP at the Combine, really exciting physical projection, built in that way where if I told you he was a serious athlete in basically any sport you'd believe me. At the time we had very little idea how the hit tool and defense would translate, six games in so far so good. Really high ceiling'd kid, still a lot of risk there
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