Eric A Longenhagen: Howdy howdy, hope everyone is well. I’m back at the kitchen island in Tempe to chat with everyone, do some draft postmortem, prep for a Top 100 update which will go live on Monday, talk trade deadline… the gamut.

Eric A Longenhagen: Thanks, as always, for your wonderful support and readership during the list cycle and the draft. Time to start 2026 draft prep in earnest (East Coast Pro and underclass Area Codes get going right after the trade deadline) and update some contenders’ systems prior to the deluge of deals.

Eric A Longenhagen: But for now, let’s chat…

Scotty: It was reported that Alejandro Rosario still hasn’t had TJS… any insight on this? I try not to speculate but it feels like some off the field problem and are we looking at a player who might never get on the field again…

Eric A Longenhagen: This is a Chris Young quote from Kennedi Landry’s reporting in February: “..it’s likely UCL, I don’t want to officially say, but yeah, it’s elbow and will probably require Tommy John. … He’s going to require surgery. As with all these things, we want to check the boxes and make sure we get multiple opinions. We don’t want to sit on this and not announce it when we know he’s going to be out, but we’re still figuring out the next steps.” I

Eric A Longenhagen: Here’s an Evan Grant tweet that Scooter is referring to…

Dan Szymborski: I’m here, sorry, got caught up in Hulk Hogan news!

Justin: Hi Dan, what is it about someone like Brandon Marsh that allows him to consistently have a high BABIP?

Dan Szymborski: Solidly above average speed, while he’s not a grounder machine, he hits a lot of *hard* grounders

Mitchell: Seems every article on deadline trade candidates includes Ryan McMahon. I get the guy packs a good glove, but he hits like a second division 2nd baseman, and that’s playing half his games in Denver. Why do we think he’s a desirable asset for a team trying to win?

Dan Szymborski: Theres’ the hope he got his crap together after an AWFUL April. He’s actually been solid since

Ryan: What lower level prospects are you intrigued by who no one is talking about?

Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon, folks!

Jay Jaffe: It’s been a few weeks since my last chat. I missed one because of vacation, another because of the All-Star game, and last week at this time, I was sweating bullets because my Mac Mini, which I bought in late 2018, finally bit the dust to the point that its indicator light was flashing a Morse code S-O-S.

Jay Jaffe: Fortunately, I was prepared for this — had scoped out which model I was buying and was backing up my work like it’s my religion (I use Time Machine for on-site and BackBlaze for off-site). So I was up and running within 27 hours and didn’t miss a day of work. Anyway…

Jay Jaffe: Today is D(backs) Day at FanGraphs, in that Michael Baumann and I have done a point/counterpoint regarding whether Arizona should sell or buy at the July 31 trade deadline. My take just went up https://blogs.fangraphs.com/point-the-diamondbacks-should-sell-at-the-…, Michael’s will be along at 12:30, and David Laurila spoke to Merrill Kelly, one of their big trade targets, for another piece https://blogs.fangraphs.com/merrill-kelly-is-a-trade-target-who-thrive…

Jay Jaffe: Yesterday the D-backs popped up in my Worst Defenses Among Contenders roundup https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-worst-team-defenses-among-contenders-2…

Jay Jaffe: And last week was my Replacement Level Killer series, which begins here https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-2025-replacement-level-killers-introdu… and covers 6 installments.

Eric A Longenhagen: Hello one and all from Battery Avenue in Marieta for our live draft chat.

Eric A Longenhagen: Meg and I walked from the hotel here and both were sweating profusely. I told her that her hair looks fine.

Eric A Longenhagen: My mock just went up. It sounds like Washington is still negotiating, however.

Eric A Longenhagen: In case you missed it, my final rankings are live:

Eric A Longenhagen: The Board | FanGraphs Baseball

Eric A Longenhagen: Here is the mock

Dan Szymborski: Sorry, took me some time to get in!

Tacoby Bellsbury: What is your favorite portdanteau?

Dan Szymborski: Dang, I know I have some but I can’t think of them!

Dan Szymborski: I did once describe the feeling of getting mad at Hall of Fame voters for not voting for deserving players as Blylevengeance.

Dk: What do you see the Mets doing at the deadline?

Dan Szymborski: I don’t think they’ll go CRAZY, but they may add some depth, especially to rotation