Setting the Scene for the Amateur Draft (Ep. 82)

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to FanGraphs
lead prospect writer Eric Longenhagen about why this draft class is
unusual, the class's strengths and weaknesses (02:30), the
prominence of two-way players (10:00), the pros and cons of
potential top pick Hunter Greene (12:00), which teams have the most
at stake in this draft (19:30), how the first several picks are
likely to play out (26:00), how much college reputations matter for
player development (35:15), the influence of analytics (37:30),
which draftees are the best bets to make their major league debuts
first (41:15), the draft's unpredictability (44:00), and more.
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