Eric A Longenhagen: Morning, readers, welcome back. Let’s hop to.

Stashin: Who comes up first – De Vries or Emerson?  And who has a bigger impact this year and next?

Eric A Longenhagen: That’s a good one. Obviously, the Emerson extension makes him feel more proximate at the start of the discussion. JP Crawford has a .390 xwOBA right now and Cole Young has found his footing. So those two are holding serve at the moment. Emerson has been fine, he’s not kicking the door down…

Eric A Longenhagen: De Vries has now been at Double-A for a little over 200 plate appearances. He could justifiably be promoted soon. If he sustains this level of performance at Triple-A for another four-to-six weeks while Hernaiz continues to look like he has, there’s a more obvious vacuum there.

Eric A Longenhagen: I think De Vries will hit for power immediately. Emerson’s swing is less dangerous in ways and places that pitchers can access.

A dummy: As a prospect dummy, should I get excited over Pedro Ramirez or is it just a case of the cubs writers pumping up their guys?

Brendan Gawlowski: Hello everybody

Brendan Gawlowski: Usual housekeeping items… Last week I published the Royals list, so give that a look if you haven’t already. Eric and James are working on the Cubs right now and I’m most of the way down the trail on Padres. We’re gunning to publish both this week.

Brendan Gawlowski: I suspect Giants will follow those two before we pivot to the Florida teams to finish things out.

Brendan Gawlowski: Let’s get to it

drplantwrench: the angels bullpen is a goddamn disaster, and only partially because of injuries.  is there anyone in their minor league system that could provide backup?

Brendan Gawlowski: They’re thin, particularly if they’re going to use Urena as a starter. I was surprised Cody Laweryson didn’t stick, as he’s a perfectly fine fungible reliever, but he’s also hurt now, so.

Eric A Longenhagen: Good morning from the kitchen island in Tempe, I’m happy to be home and chatting from my usual spot for the first time in a month. The Nats list ran today, so go check that out. Brendan published Royals Wednesday, enjoy that, too.

NFP: Victor Figueroa real or no real?

Eric A Longenhagen: Watched a bunch of him this week while tying loose ends on Nats and his swing does look different.

Eric A Longenhagen: More viable, actually accessing the power. Let’s see if the spray changed…

Eric A Longenhagen: Looks pretty similar. Contact rate actually down compared to last year, but it’s early… Needs more info.

Pirates: Talk me off the ledge regarding Konnor Griffin. Is this still adjusting? Right now nothings working for him

Dan Szymborski: Here! Sorry, I had a weird problem getting int

thelwynn: The Mets are back, how long until they are in first place?

Dan Szymborski: It’s hard to say. The Mets will get to first place if there’s sufficient time remaining in the season for another tragic downfall

Farhandrew Zaidman: Evergreen question – is Shohei a better hitter or pitcher?

Dan Szymborski: Probably still hitter

Judge, speed demon: It’s pretty funny Judge’s “slow” start is 9 HR and a 163 OPS+ with 5 steals. With Ohtani and Soto probably taking it easy because of pitching and injury, maybe he’s the next huge slugger with surprising SB totals (he usually does steal 10-15 a year)

Brendan Gawlowski: Hello everybody

Brendan Gawlowski: Couple list updates… KCR is in editorial as we speak and is going live tomorrow.

Brendan Gawlowski: Eric’s rundown of the Nats should also go this week

Brendan Gawlowski: I will be picking up either Padres or Giants right after that.

Brendan Gawlowski: We will also have a weather report on some of the 50 FV guys coming out soon.

Brendan Gawlowski: Made sense to take a look at it because we’re going to have a couple new 50’s on the lists this week

Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon, and welcome to another edition of my weekly chat. I’ve got a piece about Edwin Díaz’s impending elbow surgery in the pipeline, while yesterday I wrote about Yordan Alvarez’s hot start (https://blogs.fangraphs.com/amid-houstons-problems-yordan-alvarez-is-l…).

Jay Jaffe: Last Friday, I wrote about the Mets’ losing streak (https://blogs.fangraphs.com/no-offense-the-new-look-mets-are-in-quite-…), which has now reached 11 games. It’s brutal.

Jay Jaffe: Thanks to everyone who had kind words about my tribute to Davey Lopes (https://blogs.fangraphs.com/davey-lopes-1945-2026-speedster-student-an…), my first favorite player. And now, on with the show…

21127: After you wrote about the Mets, would you have guessed another FG writer would write about the Mets before the losing streak ended?

Jay Jaffe: Hah, that is brutal. I focused my piece on the offense’s shortcomings, knowing that there would probably be room for a follow-up on their pitching or some other aspect of their struggles at some point, but I did expect them to at least win a game here or there along the way.

Justin: I don’t think Mendoza should be fired, but I’m surprised he hasn’t been. Do you think the Mets let him go? Thanks