FanGraphs Audio Presents: The Untitled McDongenhagen Project, Ep. 2

UMP: The Untitled McDongenhagen Project, Episode 2 This is the second episode of a weekly program co-hosted by Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel about player evaluation in all its forms. The new show, which is available through the normal FanGraphs Audio feed, has a working name now, but barely. The show is all prospect stuff, but there is plenty of that, as the hosts are Prospect Men. Below are some timestamps to make listening and navigation easier. 0:15 – Uncomfortable Paul McCartney discussion, feat. questionable impressions 1:12 – Update on the guys not from Liverpool 2:38 – Deciding on the name of the podcast 4:00 – New recurring segment: TV Talking Head Auditions 6:00 – Eric’s Take 8:40 – Kiley’s Take 10:30 – Satire is over, as PTI possibly should be 11:45 – TOPIC ONE: Updates to THE BOARD 13:12 – Vidal Brujan (2B, TB, Hi-A) and Brayan Rocchio (SS, CLE, RK), briefly Kristian Robinson (RF, ARI, RK) 19:38 – Luis Patino (RHP, SD, Lo-A), briefly Carlos Vargas (RHP, CLE, RK) 23:15 – Bryse Wilson (RHP, ATL, MLB), 24:11 – Bubba Thompson (CF, TEX, Lo-A) 24:43 – Nolan Jones (3B, CLE, Lo-A) 26:50 – Michael Kopech (RHP, CHW, MLB) 27:21 – Wenceel Perez (SS, DET, Lo-A), Carlos Vargas (RHP, CLE, RK), Cole Roederer (CF, CHC, RK), Josiah Gray (RHP, CIN, RK) 30:22 – TOPIC TWO: Front office scouting staff intrigue 31:03 – How cavemen invented scouting 33:00 – How different team philosophically approach their pro scouting department 34:03 – Something that should really surprise you 39:59 – Houston is the leading example of restructuring a staff 41:38 – Where Houston could get outflanked 43:48 – Delving into makeup and how important it is 47:07 – Running down some staffing changes in the industry 50:15 – Pennsylvania impressions! 53:55 – Minnesota accents! 54:42 – TOPIC THREE: Acuna, Soto, Vlad and the next teenage sensation 58:00 – WHO YA GOT? 1:02:00 – Who are the next potential teenagers in the big leagues? 1:08:00 – Kiley’s first scouting experience with Wander Franco…when he was 14. 1:10:38 – the 2017 July 2 class is looking prettay prettay good so far 1:11:46 – Kiley discovers the limits of technology 1:12:15 – The guys discuss Jibarito (the Puerto Rican KFC Double Down) and discuss Kenan Thompson doing David Ortiz talking about mofongo Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @kileymcd or @longenhagen on Twitter or at [email protected]. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. Audio after the jump. (Approximately 1 hr 16 min play time.) var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source