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Episode 167: Mailbag—How Did Teams Miss On Konnor Griffin And How Does That Change Scouting? Podcast Episode · Future Projection · March 3 · 37m

Future Projection Episode 167: Mailbag—How Did Teams Miss On Konnor Griffin And How Does That Change Scouting?

It's been fun doing these mailbag episodes on the podcast. If you guys ever have any questions throw them at either myself or @benbadler.bsky.social.

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Like academy’s stealing bonus money ? lol because I know that happens often

My regret is getting super drunk before a show in a small Club , To the point where I could barely remember a little known band at the time Radiohead 😂😂😂

From MLB Pipeline About The Mets 2026 IFA Class

Episode 164: Evaluating Week One Baseball & The Two-Way Debate Podcast Episode · Future Projection · February 20 · 1h 30m

Episode 164 of Future Projection:

⚾️ What matters + what doesn’t in early looks
⚾️ Scouting Grady Emerson
⚾️ Players trending up
⚾️ Should baseball have more two-way players?
⚾️ Where will Jared Grindlinger rank?

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19 yr old Catching Prospect Josmir Reyes at the Mets Complex . Josmir will make his Debut stateside in the FCL . 150 AB 17 XBH .300/.426/.480/ .906 34BB/15K

19 yr old Yunior Amparo getting some work in the Outfield at the Mets DSL Academy.. Amparo will start 2026 in the FCL .. 141 AB 14XBH 16SB .312/.428/.475 .903

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Hey attacking me about my posts when teams sign prospects 2, 3 and now 4 classes in to the future isn’t going to stop teams from signing these players..

If when these deals are agreed upon they were binding in some way that would be something, but they can be pulled at anytime for any reason . When families take out loans against an expected bonus you have another issue . One time Mets 2026 IFA “signing”Josue Chacoa’s family did just this .

Guarding the Lines: The Ties That Bind | Baseball Prospectus The moral questions that face baseball as the evolution of the international market continues.

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I have said this for yrs , MLB Can stop this at any point , but it’s a bargaining chip

I get your point , but since none of the deals are “real” nothing is guaranteed. so I’m guessing that’s would be the teams defense . By the way I agree with you

They aren’t illegal , illegal implies punishment if caught, MLB makes them register , and investigates for age/identity falsification .

Yep , every team has a player or players signed for 2028 , 2029 some teams have 2030 , and as we see one team has 2031.. Yankees are finding out it’s hard to spend $4M when the good players are gone already in the 2026 class

It’s a crazy process , MLB could have stopped this at any point , but they don’t want to

Look up and down MLB rosters , if you don’t participate in the IFA Market you mine as well not bother trying to make the playoffs

Orioles did this for yrs , never spent in the IFA Market , Orioles now are one of the most aggressive teams.

To make one last point , This is actually a low offer for a prospect this far out .. to put it in context Elian Pena signed with the Mets for $5M 3+ yrs out ..

By the way this offer comes with no guarantees.. One or two things will happen , he will almost guaranteed to get more or less then this amount .. If he develops in to a better player he will ask for more . If he doesn’t develop the team will walk away from the deal ..

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We are not heading in a good direction

Saw this right after someone texted me about all the guys on X, The Everything App getting Grok to summarize the five months of extremely difficult paywalled work I just produced

Agree , also been told by scouts players from Venezuela move to catcher at their academies so it’s easier to get signed .

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I’ll be shocked if he is a reg MLB catcher , but he can hit

Makes me miss my home city of Seattle