WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:06.639 Nine five miles an hour, riding to his head. He hop him down 2 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:13.560 first with the plump bonius face, and on the very next pitch he up 3 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:24.839 and stole second face with gretest speed. He wasn't born. He had to 4 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:32.479 do yes, uniform. Welcome to episode twenty nine of The Prospect Besides podcast, 5 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:38.240 I am Nate handy, and unfortunately for your poor ears, the rookie 6 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:41.960 cannot join me tonight, so I will be riding solo, maybe a little 7 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:47.079 throwback to the first semi season of the podcast. On top of things, 8 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:49.759 I'm coming down with a little bit of a cold, so you will get 9 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:54.560 John c Riley with a clothes pin on his nose. But I wanted to 10 00:00:54.560 --> 00:01:00.640 stay on schedule. I wanted to share some observations from the first full week 11 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.120 of the minor leagues, and to be honest with you, I'm not really 12 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:08.000 sure where to start because I have overdone myself. I just started watching and 13 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:12.359 taking some notes and taking some videos as the week progressed, just day by 14 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:18.879 day, adding more things, and the list now has gotten quite ridiculously along. 15 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:23.040 I will do my best to try to pick out highlight some of the 16 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:27.519 more interesting watches. As we shall every week during the season, go over 17 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:34.000 some prospects that are trending roster percentage wise. I'll highlight some fantastic quality outings 18 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:38.200 by pictures, just a certain kind of line, a certain performance that I 19 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:42.879 like to highlight more so as like a menu of which arms maybe I want 20 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.599 to start paying some attention to if I'm not familiar with them already. We'll 21 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:53.000 also take a look at the week to come and I'll highlight some matchups where 22 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:56.480 my eyeballs might be viewing, so we'll have plenty to get into. I 23 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:00.280 will try to do my best role in solo here. But as last week 24 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:01.959 when the game started, we got a little treat. We found out that 25 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:07.319 we had some new broadcasts happening, and we got a little bit more of 26 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:10.240 the same sort of treat this week. Tri City, the Angels hi A 27 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:15.560 affiliate, is now broadcasting. Now. Maybe this will change, because these 28 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:19.960 things can change as the season moves along. You know, they're just starting, 29 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.439 so who knows what it will look like moving forward. But I did 30 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:25.639 check in and it was just kind of a press box view there. But 31 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:31.120 Tampa is also broadcasting now, another FSL league team showing games. We don't 32 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:37.080 hate that and then Rancho Cucamonga is broadcasting as well, so that leaves us 33 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:40.520 now just six teams throughout the whole minor leagues that are not broadcasting. In 34 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:45.479 the High Asal League, Hickory and Asheville are still not broadcasting. In the 35 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:49.560 FSL, Jupiter, Palm Beach and Daytona are not broadcasting, and then in 36 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:53.080 the Carolina League down east, the Rangers affiliate is not broadcasting. Will that 37 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:57.199 change? I don't know. I haven't seen anything that it's going to, 38 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:00.560 but sometimes the way things go in the minor leage leagues, things just happened 39 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:06.400 upon us. The second week definitely felt the struggle, if you will, 40 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:10.879 of watching some minor leagues. There were some issues. Peoria for whatever reason, 41 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:15.680 was having some technical difficulties and I don't think they broadcast at all this 42 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:17.759 week, but they usually do, so hopefully they get that worked out. 43 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:23.240 I was trying to tune in to watch my Cardinals beside bat alex Adisernia, 44 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:28.560 who I am interested in a fan of for sure, but interested just how 45 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.800 good he might be swinging it. Last Sunday he had a three double outing. 46 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:36.360 I went back and reviewed those and those were three really nice swings put 47 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:38.680 on balls. I wanted to see what he was going to look like this 48 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:40.680 week, but no dice. But I want to lead off talking about what 49 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:46.840 might have been the most interesting observation of mine this last week, and that 50 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:51.800 involved my d backs that selection this season, Gavin Contacello. I say, 51 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:55.759 Contocello. Everyone I hear on broadcast says Contescello. The rookie likes to say 52 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:00.840 Countacello. I don't know, maybe he's right. Forget me if I'm saying 53 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:03.199 it wrong. But Contacelo, feel free if you want a little bit more 54 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:09.759 of an explanation of our interest on the NL West episode back in Oh geez, 55 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:13.120 I don't know what was that October November, but cont Sello got my 56 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.600 interest, as it seemed there was a real sort of there was a real 57 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:23.759 tangible change in some of his mechanics at the plate and eyeballs, stat sheets, 58 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:29.279 particularly bad at ball profiles like we're kind of driving and when that happens, 59 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:31.560 you know, it gets a little interesting. But we had thought that 60 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:36.959 perhaps Conticello had made some developmental leaps, learned how to hit the ball out 61 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:44.160 in front in the air, pull side better, and a very high percentage 62 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:48.319 of those pulled fly balls were leaving the ballpark, which had made me wonder 63 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:55.560 if it was craziness to think that Contaseello, with his raw natural power and 64 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:59.240 his new found abilities, might be able to flirt with a thirty home run 65 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.360 season. I was tuning into some Hillsborough watching some at bats early this week, 66 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:08.160 and he wasn't really swinging it all that great. I noticed pretty patient 67 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:11.519 approach throughout the week. I don't think I saw him swing at any three 68 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:15.319 oh's. I don't think I saw him swinging any three ones either, so 69 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:18.160 being pretty selective out there. And then my man got real hot over the 70 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:21.639 weekend. He popped a home run on Friday and two on Saturday, and 71 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:28.000 then I think he went like three for four on Sunday with two singles and 72 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:30.839 a double. I cut up the three home run balls and tweeted those out 73 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:34.399 at pitching Specs if you want to take a look at what I'm about to 74 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.800 talk about here. But I saw that he hit some home runs, so 75 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:41.959 of course I had to watch them. And of course all of this talk 76 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:46.199 that we had about got to Sello pulling the ball and how and how if 77 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.160 he was becoming a heavy pool side hitter hitting it in the air a lot 78 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:54.240 that the home run potential could really take off. And of course his first 79 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:59.519 two home runs of the season were opposite field home runs. But I have 80 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:02.759 to say now I watched a lot of him from the last couple of years, 81 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:08.759 but particularly last year, his opposite field bad at balls tended to be 82 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:13.480 pretty weak contact, lots of infield pop ups, nothing super great. The 83 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:17.839 home run he hit on Friday night left center field was definitely the prettiest stroke 84 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:21.759 I've ever seen him go appo with. Out of all his home runs last 85 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:26.079 year, he hit one opposite field home run and it was kind of an 86 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:30.360 excuse me, wall squeaker sort of deal, which was kind of like the 87 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:33.800 second home run that I shared, although I think the one from this season 88 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:38.839 was was better than the one from last year. And then his third home 89 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:41.800 run, I think he got a breaking ball down and in if I remember 90 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:45.439 correctly, and just absolutely dropped the head on it and smashed it. We'll 91 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:46.560 do a lot of mudding, and we'll do a lot of digging, a 92 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:49.639 lot of video, a lot of looking at some numbers. You know, 93 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:55.639 the large majority of the time you're not gonna like get super excited. But 94 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.920 my digging on on Contasello here has got me a little excited, like there 95 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:06.600 might actually be some signs, some crumbs, a trail to a potential breakout 96 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:11.600 here, at least statistically. Gottsela's been I think, kind of a bad 97 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:15.720 luck hitter, but also a developing hitter. Watching him now this first week 98 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:18.600 of the season has my man been like, all right, I got this 99 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:23.839 pull side stuff down, Now let's work on the opposite field stuff. Because 100 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:26.439 I've got to say, a lot of the swings, a lot of the 101 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:30.439 swing decisions kind of feel that way and that kind of really jives. Watched 102 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.879 a lot of aj Vukevich coming up through the same system. Now he's a 103 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:38.759 right handed hitter, another taller guy, but felt like a lot of the 104 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:44.480 same sort of feel to the approaches and maybe what is trying to be worked 105 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:46.560 on here. So what does this mean? I don't know if it means 106 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.639 a whole lot. It's just a week, It's just a couple looks. 107 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:56.360 But Conticillo had himself of fantastic opening full week. He slashed four seventy five, 108 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:01.800 five forty five a thousand slug on the week, five singles, one 109 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:05.920 double, three home runs four walks to three strikeouts, natural raw power, 110 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.040 pull side loft, patient, good eye, doesn't strike out too much, 111 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:16.319 and now he's gonna be lacing some stuff opposite field potentially. I'm super excited 112 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.759 to watch how this might go with Contocello here. I'd also noticed that my 113 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:26.519 Royals b side arm Felix Ronde put up a pretty good line last Sunday, 114 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:30.040 two sundays ago, and I watched that before we recorded, so I went 115 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:31.799 back and took a look because he was pitching in Augusta, and we know 116 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:35.039 Augusta has a great angle, so I didn't want to miss this. Mind 117 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:39.559 you, I saw very little of Aronde when I made him my selection for 118 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.679 the Royals. He made just two A starts last year. Last year, 119 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:48.240 I'm not even sure how many innings were viewable, So you know, the 120 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:50.039 rook was was kind of jabbing at me a little, like, you know, 121 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:52.720 why are you taking all these guys and you barely saw any look of 122 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:56.480 and you know, because maybe lack of better options, whatever it might be, 123 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:00.919 they caught my attention. I wanted to watch some you know, maybe 124 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:03.960 maybe there is something here. And we've seen him with the B side pick 125 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:09.200 sometimes that is a horrible call, but sometimes it has worked out. Catcher 126 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:11.240 in the White Sox system. We're going to talk about a little bit fit 127 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:13.919 that bill. But I gotta say with a Rendez and a couple of my 128 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:18.279 other choices that we're going to get into that like had some really nice debuts. 129 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.480 So it's just one outing, just one little track mark. But Aronde 130 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:26.240 here man. He so he's a Cuban, what twenty years old? I 131 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:31.039 think he is. He's a little lanky, good size, taller, righty 132 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:35.399 fastball ninety three to ninety four. I think with some armside run. He 133 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:39.679 throws a slider, a curveball, change up, and a splitter. But 134 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:41.799 he went five innings, give up two hits, one en run, two 135 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:46.440 walks, seven strikeouts. Fifty of seventy pitches went for strikes. That's seventy 136 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:50.360 one percent. He got six groundouts and one air out first couple of innings. 137 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:52.960 It was mostly kind of like fastball slider. Yeah. I think it's 138 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.840 just he's got some good weapons, and if you know, Augusta is not 139 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:00.759 a bunch of world beaters, feel like him sort of just loosely commanding that 140 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:03.840 throwing strikes, was doing the job. Then we got into the third inning 141 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:07.440 and he started busting out change ups and splitters, and I don't think it's 142 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:11.159 a surprise then that it all got a little bit loose on them. He 143 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:16.120 started off the third with a walk, a single off, a middle middle 144 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:20.120 change up, another walk, double play with a run scored, and then 145 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:22.519 a ground out. After that, my man went on a tear and I 146 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:28.440 posted this, caught it up identified pitches, but he went on to strike 147 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:33.399 out the next five batters he faced on seventeen pitches, a near immaculine inning 148 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:37.879 ten pitches. Then struck out the first two hitters of the fifth on seven 149 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:43.600 pitches. He did make a start this then last week Sunday again against Myrtle 150 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.600 Beach. I did not watch this one. He went four innings, gave 151 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:50.960 up one hit, one walk, only one strikeout, sixty seven percent strikes, 152 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:54.639 six groundouts, five air outs. But arounde remains very interesting. Aball 153 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:58.799 Young a ball arm to keep an eye on might be a nice combination of 154 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:05.840 weaponry and ability to throw strikes. I would not call him a super precise 155 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:09.960 execution guy at this juncture in his career, throwing these offerings merely for strikes 156 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:15.759 at a ball was maybe against some questionable lineups, can probably put up some 157 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:22.440 lines that aren't necessarily translatable to upper levels, but nonetheless Felix Aronde firmly on 158 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:26.240 my B side radar. Then getting into like this actual week Tuesday, I 159 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:31.159 wanted to watch my a's arm Eduardo Rivera's the debut, but no dice for 160 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:35.080 whatever reason, as happens in the minor leagues. He turned on the game 161 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:39.360 and it was just a minor league logo. Couldn't get an ass. So 162 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:45.600 then I turned to Carlos yem Andez of the Pirates, who was pitching down 163 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.120 in Bradenton. You know, you get a good angle, get some stat 164 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:52.960 cast stuff. Yem Andez was my Pirates B side selection heading into last season, 165 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.039 who got hurt into that pitch very much. I wanted to see what 166 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.240 was up there. I don't know. I mean, this is just a 167 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:03.080 guy, a jag, but he's got some interesting stuff. Liked enough of 168 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:05.200 him to kind of roll the dice and see if he gets more popular. 169 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:11.159 But forcing fastball, curveball change. First inning, I was watching Maddy Backpack 170 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:13.159 and I were watching this kind of together and chatting during it, and it 171 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:16.919 looked really enticing. It looked pretty good the first thing, and it just 172 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.120 kind of all fell apart on him on the second. But this is a 173 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:22.519 guy who has not been on the bump very much the last couple of seasons. 174 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:26.360 Interesting guy that I might check back in on. You know, Tuesday 175 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:31.200 was admittedly just kind of a stinker of a night in the minor leagues, 176 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:33.840 at least for what I was trying to look at. There weren't any fqos. 177 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:39.000 I didn't really think there was anything too exciting offensively from anyone. I'm 178 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:43.120 sure Norfolk probably hit some home runs or whatever, but you know, that's 179 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:46.600 not really what what I'm trying to dig on, trying to learn and catch 180 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:50.720 some new names and some new developments. But I did notice that while on 181 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.120 Flores hit a Grand Slam that night. I had scraped up and tweeted this 182 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:58.879 out. But I believe there there was just a three, four, maybe 183 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:03.440 five that were jumping from the DSL to full season to start the season. 184 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:09.080 The others are probably fairly recognizable names, but Juan Flores was the one that 185 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:15.080 wasn't recognizable to me. Catcher Angel System currently zero percent rostered and fan tracks 186 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:18.679 leagues, and I've been tuning in watching some of his at bats. He 187 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:22.600 went three seventy five four to twelve eight seventy five with two home runs, 188 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.159 zero walks in three strikeouts this week. He's a right handed hitter. He 189 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:28.039 looks like a catcher. You know, he's got that sort of build. 190 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:31.879 There isn't going to be speed here. People will worry about what he grows 191 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.720 into, grows to be, and all that stuff. But all that aside, 192 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:37.399 I think this young kid can swing in a little bit. I'd like 193 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:41.320 to look at him at the plate thus far, sitting three forty five, 194 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:46.720 three eighty seven, six fifty five on the season. On the short season, 195 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:50.440 that's thirty one plate appearances, three doubles, two home runs. He 196 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:56.240 hasn't walked once. So you know, my little crazy theory, I like 197 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:58.559 the aggressive young guys. Get your swings in, young man, see where 198 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:03.399 you can do with that barrelhead. I think I've already seen a couple tweets 199 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:07.759 go out. I'd be very surprised if Juan Flores doesn't get some more attention 200 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:11.399 coming up here. I don't know what your desire to roster a teenage catching 201 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:15.919 prospect might be, but mind you, this is now the second time. 202 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:20.279 They had a pretty young catcher come up just a few years ago and do 203 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:24.480 some things enable and he's kind of taken off in edgar Quero. So sometimes 204 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:28.759 a little B siding on these catchers does pay off, whether you sign up 205 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:31.559 for the long haul or use them as a trade tip chip or what have 206 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:33.279 you. So you know, I was kind of grasping for a pitcher to 207 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:37.679 watch that night, and I turned on some Aaron Davenport, an older former 208 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.759 B side first year player, kind of deep sleeper, hopeful of mind. 209 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.320 He did some things that looked a little different. I thought I was going 210 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:46.440 to get into it more, but I might just hold off for another day 211 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:52.039 because he had a second outing on the week where it just kind of felt 212 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:58.159 like negated and felt like more older Aaron Davenport. But if he starts popping 213 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:01.759 some lines, maybe I'll get into it deeper, deeper dig of him in 214 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.240 the future. Moving on Wednesday night, there was an interesting matchup in the 215 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:07.559 Sale League that I wanted to get my eyes on. My Pirates B side 216 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:13.320 arm versus my White Sox B side arm, Alessandro Erkulani versus Tyler Schweitzer. 217 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:16.799 Admittedly I did not watch this game as if I was, you know, 218 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:22.200 I wasn't like charting pitches, wasn't pausing making sure I knew what every offering 219 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:24.840 was and like I was going to write them up or anything like that. 220 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:28.960 I kind of had him on, had this game on in the background with 221 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:31.480 the kids. But generically speaking, Schweitzer, I've seen them look a lot 222 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:35.360 better. Mind you, this is their first outings of the year. But 223 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:39.519 nineteen year old Alessandro Erkulani in his hi A debut, put up a pretty 224 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:43.720 nice line. He went four innings, gave up two hits, one walk, 225 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:48.919 five strikeouts, thirty nine of sixty two pitches for strikes as sixty three 226 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:54.279 percent, And I saw him working the slider that I'm very interested in. 227 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:58.960 We talked about his slider in past episodes. A slider with maybe some ride 228 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:03.440 doesn't move vertically as much as your classic slider, which has been an interesting 229 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:07.879 pitch I've heard talked about. And then he definitely had him more. I 230 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:11.320 don't know if he's calling it a curveball or if a different kind of slider 231 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:15.919 had something going with a lot more vertical drop, not the greatest angles. 232 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:18.320 You know that we don't pitch data for this outing, but I thought a 233 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:22.759 pretty encouraging first outing for Erku Lani. There will continue to keep tabs on 234 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:27.879 him. That night, Caden Dana went up against the Rooks White Sox B 235 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:33.080 side arm and double A Mason Adams. Adams seemed to get beat up maybe 236 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:36.879 a little bit. I didn't watch too much. I just watched like one 237 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:41.240 inning of each Cane Dana continues to become more popular and get more interest in. 238 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:45.519 I'm still curious about like East West sort of weapons and if that's going 239 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:49.279 to matter for him. But he looked great, did well his Double A 240 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:53.159 debut. My former White Sox B side bat Jacob Burke got him for a 241 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:56.320 couple of RBIs. I think an RBI single. Burke has not been off 242 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.679 to the greatest Double A start, and I apologize. I think last week 243 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:04.400 I had incorrectly said that that Dana was in Double A at the end of 244 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:07.799 last season, and that just wasn't true. I don't know why I had 245 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:11.240 that in my head. Victor Barracotto had a big night, had sold the 246 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:15.759 home run, had a couple of singles, but he's not off to the 247 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:19.279 hottest start in the world. And then I saw my B side guardian's bat 248 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:22.640 Diane Frees hit a grand slam. He's not off to the how to start 249 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:26.519 either, But I've been watching a few of his at bats, and man, 250 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:29.920 I don't know, he's more of like a he's been more of an 251 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.039 off fields hitter. I don't want to say slappy. He's got some pop 252 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:37.960 and can drive the ball, but he just seems like a different sort of 253 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:41.279 animal, different sort of dude at the plate, and I don't know if 254 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:45.400 I necessarily like it. He's doing like a little bit of like Wan Soto 255 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:49.759 esque, like bull charge stuff and like just stay up a little bit more 256 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:56.200 different sort of confidence at the plate, and I'm wondering if he's one who's 257 00:17:56.279 --> 00:18:00.000 trying to tapp into a little bit more home run, a little bit more 258 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.480 pull side damage and stuff like that. So I'm gonna be watching there. 259 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:11.039 My guardian's b side arm had a just a just a rough rough first. 260 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:14.400 First, I didn't watch any of this. But Jackson Humphreys, who is 261 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.799 you know, he's a prospect, he's the name. He's making it on 262 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.200 on some top thirties and what have you. Young lefty. I don't know 263 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:23.319 if he's nineteen still twenty, but an a ball at Lynchburg. He started 264 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:30.799 off giving up a solo home run walk walk, single scored two runs walk 265 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:34.279 walk, they got pulled. There was three to nothing and a dude who 266 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:38.079 came in did not help him out. All three runs came around to score. 267 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:41.720 So my man went zero innings, gave up two hits, six or 268 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:45.559 in runs on four walks, in a home run, zero strikeouts. Obviously 269 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:51.519 didn't get an out, but you know, one Hunter Brown esque outing is 270 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:53.920 not going to end my man's career. Here. Kate Morris, my Mets 271 00:18:55.200 --> 00:19:00.599 b side arm and kind of deeper first year player Draft Curiosity made his debut. 272 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:04.160 It was not televised as Saint Lucy was at Jupiter, but he went 273 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:08.279 five innings to give up four hits, one walk, four strikeouts through seventy 274 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:12.319 two percent strikes. Looking forward to getting my eyes on him some. We 275 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:15.240 did get some stat cast. He was throwing a sinker, a four steamer, 276 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:18.440 a slider, curveball, cutter, change up. At least that's what 277 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:23.359 stack cast has labeled. You know, velocity is averaging ninety two and ninety 278 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.559 three on his fastballs. First savage of the year. I think he is 279 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:30.559 capable of throwing a little bit harder than that. So nothing too crazy to 280 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:37.839 report on Morris's debut. So then Thursday, well four to eleven Man so 281 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:44.400 many postponed games, tons of postponed games. But Nato was turning twenty one 282 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:48.640 and going up against Jacob Mizerowski, so I watched those. Natro Drew nice 283 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:52.680 walk had a nice APO single against him. Nato on the night was one 284 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:56.599 for two with two walks, and he's off to a pretty good double a 285 00:19:56.759 --> 00:20:00.519 start for a guy who just turned what one years old, thirty nine plate 286 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:04.480 appearances. He's got ten singles, a double, five stolen bases, he 287 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:08.480 has struck out just as many times as he has walked, slashing in three 288 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:12.799 twenty three, four sixty two with just a three point fifty five slug. 289 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:18.519 That's a point zero three two ISO. Watching Nacho, I know a lot 290 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:22.160 of folks are hoping on more home run, more slug, and I just 291 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:26.200 don't know if we're ever going to get that from Nacho. And it's not 292 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:30.720 because I don't think he's strong or has the ability for bat speed or any 293 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:33.400 of that sort of stuff. I just don't think that's the kind of hitter 294 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:38.119 that my man's trying to be here watching his bats. He'll gladly just kind 295 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:41.599 of slap something the opposite way. He's sitting a lot of balls on the 296 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:45.519 ground early sixty one percent at this juncture, So I don't know, we'll 297 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:49.079 see. I think Nato is a good bat. I just don't know how 298 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:53.160 exciting it's ever gonna get for fantasy purposes. I don't want to like bag 299 00:20:53.200 --> 00:21:00.119 on Missowski too much, but like just it's just the same inefficiency at knowing 300 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:04.839 where the ball's going real well, no doubting the high quality stuff, but 301 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:11.000 it's just hard for me to get too interested in Misrowski. That night, 302 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:14.640 Maddy Backpack hit me up again. He told me to tune in to some 303 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:18.759 Aldrin Batista. Well, I think I have watched before, but he's one 304 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:22.279 of the arms that came over from the Dodgers when they traded I don't know 305 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:26.839 Joe Kelly and Lancelne over to him or whatever. Twenty year old right hander, 306 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:30.519 and he was giving a gust of the business. He went five and 307 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:33.480 a third, give up, one hit, one walk, struck out eight 308 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:37.200 seventy percent of his pitches went for strikes. He's a leaner frame again, 309 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:42.119 a guy with like just good stuff throwing strikes at this level can do these 310 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:48.839 sorts of things. I don't know how interested I really am or hopeful this 311 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.359 turns into some sort of useful dynasty piece. We were talking about his head 312 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:56.079 whack. You know, I don't like headwhacky guys. It just does not 313 00:21:56.640 --> 00:22:02.559 usually translate to the sort of consistent and see an execution that is required to 314 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:04.720 become a major league starter. Of course, there are always exceptions. Of 315 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:08.599 course, my favorite pitcher in the majors right now is a bit headwacky and 316 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:12.039 Zach Allen, but this is a little different. We've talked about that before. 317 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:15.720 But nonetheless, maybe a young arm to keep an eye on. If 318 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:18.880 he keeps racking up k's and putting up these kinds of lines, you bet 319 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:25.039 some dynasty folks will probably get intrigued. That night, Logan Evans. I 320 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:30.400 was really hoping chat about Logan Evans again with Matt because this is probably the 321 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:34.960 second most interesting observation for me this week. Logan Evans went up against Justin 322 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:40.400 Robleski. The Rooks said that Evans will remain an enigma for him. This 323 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:45.000 outing, I think kind of reiterated that sentiment. He went four and a 324 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:48.640 third, five hits, three year in runs, two walks, two strikeouts. 325 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:53.880 You give up two solo home runs to Brandon Lewis and Dalton Rushing. 326 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:57.440 I cut those full that bats up and shared those on Twitter as well. 327 00:22:57.559 --> 00:23:02.359 It's tough to get a read on Evans here. On one hand, I 328 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:06.400 feel like I could be really into and excited what's going on here, and 329 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:10.519 on the other not so much. Part of the problem is I have no 330 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:15.039 idea, don't have a long enough track record of watching Evans to know what 331 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:18.799 his intentions are here. Part of the blow up has been like his added 332 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:25.279 velocity of maybe some added quality to his fastball, added quality to his breaking 333 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:29.920 ball, and my man was not pitching like a guy who has a big 334 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:33.880 fastball or exciting fastball. At least the at bats that I watch, I 335 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:37.480 would say i'd watch. I watched two thirds of the at bats closely, 336 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:41.759 and would miss about every third at bat because I was dealing with kids and 337 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:45.519 what have you. He was throwing a lot of secondaries, and I saw 338 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:49.200 a lot of secondaries to start off batters. And not that that's not bad 339 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:53.240 and that's pitching backwards is great. I mean, you probably need to do 340 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:56.440 it sometimes when you're you're going to sustain yourself as a major league pitcher. 341 00:23:56.480 --> 00:24:02.200 The problem was maybe the problem was he wasn't throwing them for strikes a lot. 342 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:06.079 I felt like a lot of his oh oh secondaries would have been like 343 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:10.000 great with two strikes just off the plate, sliders and what have you. 344 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:12.279 Right, So I know, I'd love I'd love to know is there a 345 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:18.200 concerted effort to throw your secondaries, to throw a certain amount of all your 346 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:21.440 secondaries, because then if that's the case, if you're pitching to development, 347 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:23.400 some here, get you up, sign me up, let's go. That's 348 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:27.440 like exactly what Matt Brash didn't do coming up that I didn't like. So 349 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:32.519 I don't know if this was Evans putting like, you know, his best 350 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:37.799 game forward, so to speak. I am not that intrigued, to be 351 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:41.240 honest, but we can't tell. We don't know, So just need to 352 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:44.920 see more of Evans before. I'm you know, as excited as some out 353 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:47.920 there. Now. He was my b side arm, so I'm pumped that 354 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:51.240 he's gotten more popular. You know, been on a few dates. I 355 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:55.240 don't know how serious I want to get here quite yet, but it was 356 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:59.440 a tricky watch. It didn't quite what his intentions were, and if we're 357 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:04.480 talking about just execution of those secondaries, it wasn't super great. Wasn't the 358 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:08.279 worst I've ever seen, But of sharpening that and rounding that up is you 359 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:12.400 know, a big intention right now early in the season's that's great and probably 360 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:15.759 called for. Yeah, it was a pretty good night from some of my 361 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:19.759 B side arms. Gary gil Hill rays a Ball had a pretty nice looking 362 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:23.960 debut. He went four, gave up two hits, walked too, struck 363 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:29.119 out eight through strikes at a sixty five percent clip. Turn this one on. 364 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:33.519 He was in Fayetteville. I don't know if you've watched anything from Fayetteville, 365 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:38.119 but it's got a pretty not great right center field camera. Gil Hill's 366 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:41.359 a righty, so not a great angle to watch. I didn't really even 367 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:45.720 bother watch him too much, but he put up a real nice line. 368 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:48.319 We'll get him in a better angle and see what's up. The fastball slider 369 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:52.319 combination is what drew me in. He throws a change up to young kid. 370 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:57.160 I just kind of imagined that the Rays would probably sharpen up his offerings 371 00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:02.200 as sharp as they could get. So my Orioles arm cam Weston put up 372 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:04.720 a really nice line. He went five hit lists, no walk, struck 373 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:10.839 out nine through strikes at a seventy one percent clip with five groundouts and one 374 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:14.400 air out. You know, striking out nine of the sixteen batters you face 375 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:17.480 and not giving up the hip. That's pretty It's a pretty loud debut. 376 00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:22.000 This was nice. Aberdeen has broadcast the last two years I think it was, 377 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:26.359 but it's always been from a press box few and now they've moved back 378 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:30.359 to center field camera. But the angle is not great. I watched a 379 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:33.480 few at bats of this outing and then just kind of skipped it. I'll 380 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:36.640 wait for a better angle, better day. But he was an interesting college 381 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:40.799 arm from Michigan, and I don't remember how the story went to. Feel 382 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:44.079 free to review the Ale East episode if you want more on Weston. But 383 00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:47.839 he was either bad in college and good on the Cape, or good in 384 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:51.039 college and bad on the Cape, something like that. But laid a round 385 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:55.279 college arm, as is the case with a lot of Orioles guys deeper in 386 00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:59.519 their system. I'm not really sure what the plan is now he's been starting, 387 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:02.480 he's made two starts already, but like last year. He was kind 388 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:07.880 of piggybacking starting sometimes they have I feel like the Orioles, there's not a 389 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:11.799 lot of name recognition for pictures in their system, but they think there's some 390 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:15.079 interest in talent throughout it. I kind of feel like they've maybe done like 391 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:21.400 some bargain rack shopping and drafts with some guys with injury history. A lot 392 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:23.400 of guys. I'm just not sure what the plan is that. Maybe they're 393 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:26.839 not really sure either. They're kind of throwing guys out there for some innings 394 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:30.480 and kind of seeing how it goes. But Weston, I don't know if 395 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:33.039 there's future reliever here. I don't know if there's future starter, but there's 396 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:38.839 a fastball slider combination that interests me enough and I imagine did some things. 397 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:45.279 Was a Thursday night, so looking forward to keeping tabs on Cameron Weston Maser 398 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:48.519 went that night put up another great line, you know, six six innings, 399 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:53.079 three hits, no walks, but then the only four strikeouts with a 400 00:27:53.200 --> 00:28:00.440 seventy five percent strike But man just still continues to like groove strikes. Don't 401 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:06.559 know. I don't know about this getting more popular. Very talented arm I've 402 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:10.960 been sort of touting to him since his Iowa days. So had a Mazer 403 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:15.279 good, I guess. And then there was some chatter from an outing this 404 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:19.400 night that I went back and watched Andrew Morris, a Twins pitching prospect down 405 00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:25.000 in high Ace. Your rapids put up an FQO and there was some chatter 406 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:26.319 going on. I was like, you know, I haven't really watched Andrew 407 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:30.480 Morris, So I went back and did. He went six, gave him 408 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:34.200 three hits, one earned run, nine strikeouts to no walks, three strikes 409 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:37.359 at a seventy four percent clip, three ground outs, six air outs, 410 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:41.039 twenty one batter's faced. Morris had some draft pedigree. He was a fourth 411 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:45.640 round pick out of Texas Tech in twenty twenty two. Kind of a good 412 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:51.160 sized, ridy, kind of a clunky delivery, had the smoothest looking looking 413 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:55.200 stroking guy out there, got a big hook, more over the top north 414 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:59.079 south attack. You know, he started the game with like eight straight strikes 415 00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:03.519 twenty out of the first twenty five or strikes and just just pumping the strike 416 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:07.319 zone with his fastball, curveball, slider change up arsenal Again, I think 417 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:11.519 it's fastball curveballs or the main the main weapons here and I don't know, 418 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:15.480 great line, great numbers. Again, I just kind of want to see 419 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:19.279 how this plays when he gets to the uppers. Him putting up this sort 420 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:23.799 of line at a High A beginning of the year isn't like the most impressive 421 00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:29.720 video. Look if you will, isn't the most impressive to eyeballs. He's 422 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:33.279 sort of lacked so when he moved up to Hi A last year, kind 423 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:37.160 of lacked the k juice. You only struck out seventeen point eight percent to 424 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:41.039 a five point one percent walk right. Kind of hit up some in High 425 00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:44.000 A last year, But I don't know, not a guy that I'm super 426 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:48.119 familiar with. Nothing like got me super excited with the arsenal, at least 427 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:52.200 for my eyeballs. But the Twins have a slew of interesting guys in Cedar 428 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:56.839 Rapids right now that I think will We'll be up in a Double A at 429 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:59.960 some point this season and maybe we can get a better idea and then moving. 430 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.599 It's a Friday Night man, former Angels B side selection now with the 431 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.279 White Sox Edgar Cairo at a two home run night. He is off to 432 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:12.200 an interesting start to the season. Thirty two played appearances, He's hit four 433 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:15.400 home runs and they've all been from the left side. This is a guy 434 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:18.559 who what he was in High A and hit like he was an a ball 435 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:22.680 in High A. His first full pro season combined hit like eighteen home runs 436 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:26.799 or something like that. Got off to a really hot start last year with 437 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:29.920 Rocket City, really hot first month, was hitting some home runs, and 438 00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:33.039 then the power just seemed to go away for several months, and then he 439 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:37.079 kind of closed out stronger. But I know a lot of people have been 440 00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:41.279 questioning, like his home run ability here it is showing back up as a 441 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:44.319 you know, just twenty one in Double A. So I don't know. 442 00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:47.640 I mean, catching prospects are tricky, right, I mean he's not the 443 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:52.519 first catching prospect whose offense just kind of seemed to go away for a minute, 444 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:56.559 right, I mean Romo has done that, and not that Romo is 445 00:30:56.599 --> 00:31:00.720 some accomplished major leaguer, but Kiro, I don't know, Sometimes catching it 446 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:03.880 it's a different animal, you know, and who knows that kind of getting 447 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:07.319 banged up and what else is on their plate. But I don't I don't 448 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:11.240 think Gia lacks home run potential, and maybe his early season is kind of 449 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:15.480 backing up that belief a little bit, and then Friday night, man, 450 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:22.400 I was really excited about a b side arm last year at Dnson Batista with 451 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:26.559 the Astros, and I think I'd even got on some podcasts and made some 452 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:30.759 bold take, bold prediction that Batista will kind of jump up or something like 453 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:33.079 that. But twenty twenty three was basically it was full of a lot of 454 00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:37.319 injuries for him. I don't think he ever really got quite right, but 455 00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:40.319 he made his I don't think it was his debut. I think he pitched 456 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:44.000 a couple winnings in relief the weekend prior, but he went five, gave 457 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:48.759 up two hits, no walks, struck out six through strikes at a seventy 458 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:52.880 one percent clip against Brooklyn. I solely watched this outing with the intention of 459 00:31:52.920 --> 00:32:00.680 putting together a highlight reel because Batista is a fantastic sort of pitching Ninja look 460 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:05.680 gets a lot of silly swings, makes hitters just look foolish. Sometimes he's 461 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:08.759 got a breaking ball with a lot of run, he's got a two steamer 462 00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:12.839 with a lot of run, And so I just put together a clip of 463 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:15.240 like all of his whiffs, all the times he made hitters look stupid and 464 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:19.799 put that out on Twitter, and it is quite lengthy from this outing. 465 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:24.319 You've seen it. You know what, his walk rates in the past have 466 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:30.359 been like five point six five per nine and you know, but you can 467 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:35.319 see some of the some of the sliders just take off so like video game 468 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:37.920 like, and you know, our pass balls. The catcher even has a 469 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:42.039 hard time catching him. Like his stuff is just wild. And I don't 470 00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:45.119 know if this is just like a future reliever if it goes really well or 471 00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:51.720 what. But A Denson Bautista remains one of the funner guys to watch when 472 00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:54.839 he's healthy, and I'm excited to see what his season might looks like. 473 00:32:54.920 --> 00:33:00.000 It look like he's still just twenty one years old in Hya and they've got 474 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:05.079 him starting games and you know what, sixty six pitches on his first real 475 00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:09.279 outing and he's he's just kind of fun and we shall see what what happens 476 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:14.960 here. That night, Quinn Matthews had a really nice line, but we 477 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:17.720 could not watch it. It was not broadcast. He went five for a 478 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:22.759 single a Palm Beach against Daytona, gave up one hit, struck out eleven 479 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:28.079 sixty eight percent strikes. Now he is maybe a quote fairly more advanced college 480 00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:30.799 arm, and maybe quote should be doing stuff like this in a ball, 481 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:35.680 but a lot of guys who should be doing that in a ball aren't or 482 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:37.279 don't. But I know matt had talked about Quinn Matthews, so I just 483 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:40.519 wanted to mention that outing. And then there was another FQO that went on 484 00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:44.680 that night that day that I had to I had to go back and review 485 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:47.160 and take take a look because Ben Koondra, Now forgive me if I'm not 486 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:52.039 saying his last name correctly, but whatever broadcast you watch, they say it 487 00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:55.000 a different way. But a former prep selection of the Royals, they paid 488 00:33:55.039 --> 00:34:00.759 him three million out of a local high school, went six again and West 489 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:06.160 Michigan gave up no runs, walked one, struck out seven through sixty four 490 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:09.679 percent of his seventy pitches for strikes. Now, initially, when Kunder was 491 00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:14.360 with Columbia, when I first started getting my eyes on, and he struck 492 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:17.400 me as a potential power arm, like there was I think, more velocity 493 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:21.519 if I remember right, than what's going on now. But I had even 494 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:24.239 nabbed a couple of chairs just to see what was going on. But the 495 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:29.159 CA juice and electricity. I don't know, just kind of seemed to fizzle 496 00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:32.039 maybe the last couple of years. Got a fastball with some armside run a 497 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:37.199 slider change up, you know, and change ups are hard to measure either 498 00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:44.599 way spreadsheet metrics, eyeballs. Really the hitter will be the best teller of 499 00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:46.960 that tale. But this change up seems to get a lot of fade, 500 00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:51.159 and I think it might be might be his best pitch. And this was 501 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:53.599 his second outing of the year. He filled out his frame over the last 502 00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:58.599 few years. I felt like he was getting really squeezed early on in that 503 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:01.639 game, but handle it well. He walked the first batter that he faced, 504 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:06.079 and then Jensen threw him out trying to steal. And then he hit 505 00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:09.159 a lefty with a back foot slider on the back foot and then forced a 506 00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:13.920 double play, and then he sat down fifteen in a row. But and 507 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:17.480 I had forgotten to mention this during our preview show. West Michigan has a 508 00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:23.360 fantastic viewing angle, very straight center field. But it was unbelievably windy that 509 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:29.719 day, and the wind was blowing in and the batter's eye tarp gotten loose, 510 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:34.280 and the batter's eye tarp would obstruct our view from the center field camera 511 00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:37.079 from time to time, and the camera was shaken quite a bit, so, 512 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:40.400 you know, welcome to the Wasatcherton Minor League baseball. I actually had 513 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:43.760 to like turn it off at one point because the shaking was kind of like 514 00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:45.840 making me feel a little sick and stuff. But you know, he filled 515 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:50.440 up the zone, he gave up some loud contact, and I dare say 516 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:52.960 that he gave up we would have been a few home runs if there wasn't 517 00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:57.800 a mad wind blowing in because of the tart thing. There was a lot 518 00:35:57.840 --> 00:36:00.679 of the way that it just kind of played out. A lot of strikeout 519 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:04.760 pitches we got press box view from, so I don't even know what he 520 00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:08.400 was necessarily punching guys out with. But overall, i'd have to say a 521 00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:13.599 really great line, but I don't know if it was really a great reflection 522 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:19.280 of that performance and that situation. Also that night, Tink Hence went and 523 00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:22.079 I watched a good bit of that, And you know, Matt and I 524 00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:27.039 have been critical of tin Hence have thrown plenty of shade on him. I 525 00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:30.639 gotta give him credit. I think this was the best I've ever seen ting. 526 00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:35.159 Hence he went five against Wichita, gave up three hits, one earned 527 00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:39.639 run, snow walk, struck out eight through eighty two pitches sixty six percent 528 00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:45.159 strikes. We have been knocking about how if hence his stuff is so great, 529 00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:47.679 hol come he doesn't miss bats? More come he doesn't get more strikeouts. 530 00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:52.239 We have thrown question about his ability to stay sharp and his offerings to 531 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:57.840 be so juicy and nice later and starts as he goes and gets deeper into 532 00:36:57.840 --> 00:37:01.199 the pitch counts. And I gotta say for this one outing gave me a 533 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:06.239 little crow to you on. He impressed me much more than his outings in 534 00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:09.199 the past. So good sign if you're a tink Hens truther, I think. 535 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:13.679 And then also that day class and wins. George Klassen, who we 536 00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:16.719 talked about last week, kind of did it again through five innings. Gave 537 00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:21.320 up two hits, walk too, struck out eight through strikes at a sixty 538 00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:23.800 one percent clip forcing fastball. This outing sixty four percent at the time. 539 00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:27.679 Last time he was sixty three percent of the time, so about the same. 540 00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:32.000 But the cutter he threw much more than last outing thirty one percent of 541 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:36.599 time as opposed to seventeen percent of the time, threw less curveballs, only 542 00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:38.960 threw a couple of curveballs. Now, there's some labeling stuff here that I'm 543 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:44.400 not one hundred percent sure about. But this outing, he's got four percent 544 00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:47.480 whiffs. Last time least go around he fifty eight percent, forty six percent 545 00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:52.800 csw last go around it was forty five percent. But nonetheless, class in 546 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:58.679 is getting real trendy here. I see some folks getting real aggressive about how 547 00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:00.599 they want to value him. Like we had mentioned last time. Mind you, 548 00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:05.760 this is a guy who throws hard, didn't have a ton of success 549 00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:08.559 in college. I don't know if there's injury stuff, but there's just a 550 00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:14.039 lot more to be proven here. Wouldn't be surprised if he turns into a 551 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:16.159 walk monster. But you know, so far, so good, and I 552 00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:20.440 do like what the Phillies do with pitchings. So again, no brainer, 553 00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.159 pick up to me if that's, you know, if that's the kind of 554 00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:27.800 game you want to play. But I'm not thrown down too too much value 555 00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:31.840 at this juncture. And then Sunday Jonahtoan went and he kind of did his 556 00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:36.079 thing again too, right, he did start this game, he went four 557 00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:39.079 innings, gave up one hit, walked three, struck out ten of the 558 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:44.719 seventeen batters he faced through eighty pitches at a sixty one percent strike clip. 559 00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:47.760 You know, eighty pitchers to get through four innings ain't really uh what we're 560 00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:51.920 after. But he's young, just getting his few wet now. There is 561 00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:57.079 history of walks with him as well. That four steamer rides a lot, 562 00:38:57.239 --> 00:39:00.719 and like I had mentioned watching that first start, he did struggle in the 563 00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:04.800 beginning to find the feel. Guys who are thrown over the top like that, 564 00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:07.599 I don't know. Obviously, there are some that I have done it 565 00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:10.199 well in the majors, But like I got Mitchell Parker on right now against 566 00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:15.679 the Dodgers, more over the top guy who can be really really good but 567 00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:20.679 can really really lose that release point, tong I think is similar. There's 568 00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:23.360 a little bit of a debate today in the Prospect one room, and I 569 00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:27.840 kind of mentioned now, I think I'm a little bit more inclined to take 570 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:30.119 a dice roll on tongue than I am classing, just because there seems to 571 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:35.480 be a richer, fuller arsenal here. And you know, if we're gonna 572 00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:40.679 go strike out King Chase Young strikeout King Chasing give me the stronger looking build 573 00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:46.039 guy with perhaps more than just one nasty cheat code. I mean these at 574 00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:51.239 the A level, I think both these guys are working with a foreseen cheat 575 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:55.119 code and are going to continue to get strikeouts with those pitches if they get 576 00:39:55.119 --> 00:40:00.760 them over the plate consistently. And Tongue like he so starting fifty percent with 577 00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:06.599 rate, he was up to sixty two percent the second outing. You know, 578 00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:08.920 that's just that's just like kind of video game stuff. And his his 579 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:14.199 spin is wild to me on the fastball. But we shall see with both 580 00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:17.360 these guys. Are these just kind of like some sort of versions of Joe 581 00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:22.079 Boyle younger versions some walk monsters with high cave potential. I don't know. 582 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:25.360 But again, if you're playing the game within the game, Tongue is a 583 00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:29.559 fantastic pickup, I think. But we just we need to see more, 584 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:31.960 or at least I need to see more before I get too too excited. 585 00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:38.000 Uh. There's a first year player bat that we spoke a little bit about 586 00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:44.440 during the First Year Player Bat episode. Will Simpson with the A's who I'm 587 00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:49.360 quite intrigued with and have some shares in deeper leagues, but he had a 588 00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:54.280 pretty nice first full week. He hit three sixty eight five hundred six thirty 589 00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:59.239 two this last week with a home run, five walks to seven strikeouts, 590 00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:01.760 stole a bay. Well, maybe that was over the weekend, so maybe 591 00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:06.119 not a part of this week, but regardless, continue to see him put 592 00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:12.960 some nice swings on balls all fields hitter. He absolutely destroyed a pulled left 593 00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:16.519 field grand slam that was pretty nice. For whatever reason, he and William 594 00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:22.960 Sullivan of the Cardinals will be like ever connected to me. William Sullivan another 595 00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:29.119 first baseman, first year player bat who is getting some attention. Simpson just 596 00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:36.159 strikes me as maybe a more mechanically sound, higher quality hit tool sort of 597 00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:40.239 guy with some pop, where Sullivan is just kind of like the ev Arlang, 598 00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:45.440 a more murder baller. Sullivan is left handed and Simpson is right handed. 599 00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:49.760 So it would also make a lot of sense that Sullivan's track or potential 600 00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:53.039 to get to the Biggs is more enticing than Simpson's. Here, Adam Mayer 601 00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:58.519 had a good start again. He went five, gave up two hits, 602 00:41:58.760 --> 00:42:02.599 no walks, struck out six sixty seven percent strikes that did not tune into 603 00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:08.360 this Cannapolis outing because he will be at home in Augusta with a fantastic angle 604 00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:13.960 plenty to check him this year. I noticed we mentioned this last week a 605 00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:17.599 little bit, but Jackson Joe Man he walked four in three and a third 606 00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:22.679 innings, So I don't know. I don't know the early season RUSS, 607 00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:25.719 but Jack Joe didn't walk at anybody last year, and now he's out walking 608 00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:30.440 guys. I don't know what's up there. At another good outing by one 609 00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:34.599 of my B side arms selections, chen Way Lynn, you know, catching 610 00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:37.760 some attention because he hit one hundred. There was no stat on his during 611 00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:42.199 his first outing. There was no stat cast for this second outing, where 612 00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:45.519 he went six innings, gave up five hits, two earned runs, one 613 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:51.320 walk, five strikeouts through and this was really nice to see from him through 614 00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:54.760 seventy one percent strikes. I'm eighty two pitches love to hear like Jeff Poncers 615 00:42:54.880 --> 00:43:00.320 or somebody like that who's got some pitch data tell us more about his big 616 00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:04.280 velocity for scene fastball. You know, when we talked about him initially, 617 00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:07.000 we talked about how this is probably a sort of a twenty two year old 618 00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:12.639 Taiwanese project arm with you know a lot of power, but uh yeah, 619 00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:16.360 off to a pretty good start to a season getting attention in deeper formats. 620 00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:22.400 Nobel Meyer's second outing of the season worse than the first. That's great. 621 00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:27.599 He went two thirds of an inning, gave up two hits, three earned 622 00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:30.760 runs, walked for, struck out none, and three strikes at a forty 623 00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:36.599 one percent clip. He went ground out, walk, walk, line out, 624 00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:42.559 triple single walk walk. Not a great start from some are hoping as 625 00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:45.239 a top pitching prospect in the game someday. And then, man, I 626 00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:49.880 was gonna play a little guessing game with Matt. But we got our first 627 00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:55.159 B side arm FQO of the season and it came from probably an unlikely source, 628 00:43:55.199 --> 00:44:00.039 but then makes a lot of sense too. But Phillies Samuel elde Gary 629 00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:05.880 threw an FQO on Saturday. He went six innings, gave up two hits, 630 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:08.840 no earned runs, walked none, struck out six. He threw strikes 631 00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:14.360 at a sixty nine percent clip. Nice fourteen ground out seven air outs, 632 00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:19.639 and that was against Hickory in Hickory, So guess what we didn't get to 633 00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:22.440 watch, But wanted to note that I didn't watch a ton from Sunday. 634 00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:27.519 CJ. Culpepper made his debut FIDS. You know, I'm excited for his 635 00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:30.320 season. Four innings pitch, two hits, one earned run, one walk, 636 00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:35.679 three strikeouts through sixty six percent of his fifty two pitches for strikes. 637 00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:38.960 Maybe it's nice to Rook's not here because I was planning on getting teased a 638 00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:43.519 little bit for TJ. Walton's debut week. But he had a big day 639 00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:46.719 on Sunday salvaged it for me. He had a two run double and a 640 00:44:46.760 --> 00:44:52.519 three run home run. But my initial impressions of him have been he doesn't 641 00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:55.159 cheat himself on swings. If it's in the zone, he's probably gonna swing 642 00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:59.360 really hard at it. He's struck out a lot. When he struck out 643 00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:02.199 forty five five point eight percent of the time so far and twenty four played 644 00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:07.239 appearances. What is that eleven strikeouts? Right? He just walked a few 645 00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:10.079 times. But what I do like and what it is encouraging is I've seen 646 00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:14.719 him spit on some pretty nasty pitchers, Like he ain't up there with like 647 00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:19.440 no concept of the strike zone or anything like that. So a lot of 648 00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:22.440 his batter balls that I've seen are going opposite field, but you know, 649 00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:27.960 some pretty hardline drives. I think he's far from a polished hitter or finished 650 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:30.400 project. Now. Just some guys that I wanted to bring up had had 651 00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:36.880 interesting starts to seasons, some hitters, Creed, Willems, my Man did. 652 00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:39.079 Creed. He's off to a pretty hot start again. Kind of seems 653 00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:44.239 to be his pattern. It's like, start off real hot, get promoted, 654 00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:47.559 struggle, start in the same spot next year, get hot, et 655 00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:52.400 cetera. Right on the year, hitting three ninety one, four forty, 656 00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:58.960 slugging nine to thirteen. He's got four home runs nine two WRC plus putting 657 00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:01.199 the ball on the ground only five point six percent of the time. Now, 658 00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:07.000 granted this is twenty five plate appearances, but can't argue with the week 659 00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:09.559 that that Creed had. And I know that he's a lot of fun. 660 00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:14.719 I like to joke around, but you know, fantasy wise, I don't 661 00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:17.119 know if you want to invest in this type of I mean, the Orioles 662 00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:21.639 gave him a million dollars for that swing, and I don't think you know 663 00:46:21.719 --> 00:46:24.760 as much as some others on the ground, and may have kind of poked 664 00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:29.679 some fun at that. Maybe they weren't too crazy, Like someone needs to 665 00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:34.440 maybe take the role of Daniel Vogelbach in the Big someday. But he is 666 00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:38.119 catching a lot and all jokes aside, like he is in probably the best 667 00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:43.719 shape of his life. But Creed continues to be a super interesting b side. 668 00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:47.119 A first year player for the Blue Jays that we spoke about a little 669 00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:52.639 bit. Nick Goodwin in Hi, a twenty two year old is off to 670 00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:55.320 a really hot start, thirty six plate appearances. He's got two doubles, 671 00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:59.079 a triple, two home runs, he stole a base, he's been caught 672 00:46:59.119 --> 00:47:01.320 once. He's twenty two point two percent of the time. He has struck 673 00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:05.760 out twenty seven point eight percent of the time. Slash in three thirty three, 674 00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:10.039 five hundred and seven O four the two forty seven WRC plus and I 675 00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:15.280 put out a tweet of him hitting his two home runs, And dude's got 676 00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:20.280 a little he's got a little attitude to him when he puts a good swing 677 00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:22.039 on the ball. But he got my attention when I put out the forty 678 00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:25.880 four first year player bats. That got my attention during the video reviews. 679 00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:29.599 As you know, maybe a college guy to keep an eye on. I 680 00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:34.280 think he can swing it a little bit. Augustin Ramirez man just just tearing, 681 00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:36.960 tearing the shit out of it in Double A. You know, he's 682 00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:39.239 got six home runs already. We've talked about him a little bit. I 683 00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:43.760 wondered about some of the mechanics in his swing, but there's no doubt. 684 00:47:44.280 --> 00:47:45.920 You know, I'm just a hack at that, but there's no doubt that 685 00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:50.480 he knows how to pull the ball and put it in the air and hit 686 00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:53.519 home runs. At least at this level. Matthew Etzel has kind of been 687 00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:59.360 the talk of Aberdeen, even though you know Creed's been putting up better numbers 688 00:47:59.400 --> 00:48:02.159 than him, but he was my oels B side bat. Imagine if he 689 00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:06.320 keeps doing what he is doing, he will be in Double A shortly. 690 00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:09.760 In short time. Thirty plate appearances, he's got nine hits, two doubles, 691 00:48:09.760 --> 00:48:14.119 one home run. He's stolen five bases out of six tries. He's 692 00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:16.400 walking thirteen percent of the time, striking out twenty three percent of the time. 693 00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:22.559 Three sixty four thirty three, five sixty slash. Benny Montgomery. Interesting. 694 00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:24.960 I think it was kind of a project pick of Bill Schmidt. But 695 00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:29.639 off to a pretty is he off to a pretty good start. I don't 696 00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:34.000 know. He's slashing three thirty three, three sixty seven oh eight, he's 697 00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:37.360 hit two home runs, three doubles, is striking out forty four percent of 698 00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:40.800 the time, and it's like, man, these rockets, just like all 699 00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:45.320 these guys who can play defense, swipe some bags, hit some home runs 700 00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:50.920 and just strike out a shit done. We'll see there. But interesting start 701 00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:55.079 for Benny Montgomery. I mentioned alex hid Decernia earlier. He is off to 702 00:48:55.119 --> 00:49:00.800 a pretty nice start three thirty three, four twenty four, five fifty with 703 00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:04.559 no home runs, but he's hit six doubles, playing center field, batman 704 00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:07.000 like third for Peoria. I want to get my ass on him some more. 705 00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:12.480 He's twenty three in High A, and my hope is that he is 706 00:49:12.719 --> 00:49:15.199 swinging the bat well in Double A by the time we get to the end 707 00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:20.239 of the season. Batom mind Diego Velasquez is off to a pretty nice start. 708 00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:25.480 We had wondered how his maybe light bat light offensive potential would play as 709 00:49:25.519 --> 00:49:30.480 he moved up a level of forty played appearances. He's slashed in three thirteen, 710 00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:34.079 four to thirty six, slugging four to thirty eight. He's got two 711 00:49:34.079 --> 00:49:37.400 stolen bases, four doubles. Been watching a little bit of Eugene and you 712 00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:40.440 can pick it a little bit. I don't know how juicy he is for 713 00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:45.960 dynasty purposes, but nonetheless a young, interesting, very much prospect in the 714 00:49:46.159 --> 00:49:50.679 Giant system. There's a couple other fqos on the week that I wanted to 715 00:49:50.719 --> 00:49:54.599 note. Blake Adams with the Rockies Okaane six innings, two hits, six 716 00:49:54.599 --> 00:49:59.760 strikeouts, no walks, seventy three percent strikes. Adams is a twenty twenty 717 00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:01.920 two thirteenth round pick out of Kansas State. I've watched some some and I 718 00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:06.280 can't say I've ever gotten too excited. Seems to throw a lot of strikes, 719 00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:07.840 but the ability to miss bats, I just don't know about that, 720 00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:12.280 especially moving forward. Perhaps some things have changed now, I don't know, 721 00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:16.239 but wanted to note that. And then Tristan Reeling in the Yankee system has 722 00:50:16.239 --> 00:50:22.199 gotten some attention because of his outing his FQO. He went on what would 723 00:50:22.199 --> 00:50:25.159 that be? On Sunday. He threw six innings, three hits, one 724 00:50:25.199 --> 00:50:30.400 earned round, two walks, six strikeouts, three strikes at a sixty one 725 00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:34.840 percent clip. What's wild here to me is that he was their third round 726 00:50:34.840 --> 00:50:37.440 pick out of Gonzaga, and I wanted to ask the rookie about about him. 727 00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:42.559 He pays some attention to that program, I think, but he has 728 00:50:42.639 --> 00:50:47.159 now logged literally two pro starts and they're both this year in Double A. 729 00:50:47.400 --> 00:50:52.559 Obviously had some success that. I can't say that I know much about Tristan 730 00:50:52.639 --> 00:50:57.800 Reeling. My guess would be that he's got a big hook getting into some 731 00:50:58.239 --> 00:51:02.639 players of the week hitters International League, the Royals Logan Porter got he hit 732 00:51:02.719 --> 00:51:07.480 five twenty something, I don't know whatever. Joey Lapraffito, who I wanted 733 00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:09.480 to talk to the rook about a little bit, was the Pacific Coast League 734 00:51:09.679 --> 00:51:15.480 Bad Hitter of the Week, although by MIILB dot com. Although I think 735 00:51:15.639 --> 00:51:20.719 Andy Andy Pages should have won it, but that's my own opinion. Eastern 736 00:51:20.800 --> 00:51:24.119 League was Benny Montgomery. Carson Williams had a big week in the Southern League, 737 00:51:24.559 --> 00:51:30.639 Emmanuel Rodriguez had a big week in the Texas League. Midwest League. 738 00:51:30.840 --> 00:51:35.599 Guy that I am not really familiar with, Cedar Rapids, Rubel Cespides had 739 00:51:35.639 --> 00:51:39.079 a monster week like eleven RBIs or something like that. I thought Gavin Conteslo 740 00:51:39.239 --> 00:51:44.679 got kind of maybe had an argument to win the Northwest League hitter of the 741 00:51:44.679 --> 00:51:49.360 week, but that went to Ryan McCarty. Vancouver Creed won the sal League 742 00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:53.719 hitter of the week over Etzel and some others. Call League Jake gayloff for 743 00:51:53.840 --> 00:51:57.559 Rancho one hitter of the week. I had not been paying attention to what 744 00:51:57.599 --> 00:52:01.199 he's been up to. Ralphie Velaska as young. What was the first rounder? 745 00:52:01.280 --> 00:52:05.360 Yeah, I think so won the Carolina League Hitter of the week, 746 00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:09.440 and then first year a muddy first year player won the Florida State League hitter 747 00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:14.280 of the week. We spoke about a little bit. Mark Cooley the second 748 00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:19.760 the Marlins. Interesting, he's a college guy but still younger. He's a 749 00:52:19.800 --> 00:52:24.480 younger college guy, but an interesting power speed outfielder. There, I got 750 00:52:24.480 --> 00:52:28.880 my own a little bit. Pictures of the week. Clayton Beeer won International 751 00:52:28.960 --> 00:52:32.679 League, Mason Black won the PCL. Doug mccasey Eastern League, Southern League 752 00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:38.119 was Cole Wilcox, Texas Texas League was Ryan Custick. Midwest League was Ben 753 00:52:38.199 --> 00:52:43.519 Cadernao. We talked about then my own like kind of little personal cheese ball. 754 00:52:44.079 --> 00:52:47.639 Victor Warrez one Northwest League Pitcher of the week. I'm curious to see 755 00:52:47.679 --> 00:52:52.880 how that little like pitching acumen command guy, if you can take a step 756 00:52:52.920 --> 00:52:57.159 forward after a really rough year in Spokane last year. But he's still quite 757 00:52:57.199 --> 00:53:00.960 young. Cam Weston won the sal League Pitcher of the Week. Dylan CARMOCHI, 758 00:53:01.440 --> 00:53:06.920 well, I'm not familiar with San Jose Giants won the CAL League Picture 759 00:53:06.920 --> 00:53:10.360 of the Week. Hunter Pattison with the Royals Carolina League Picture of the Week. 760 00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:15.880 And then Quinn Matthews, who we spoke about one Florida State League Picture 761 00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:19.719 of the week. Who is trending on fan tracks? This was this is 762 00:53:19.800 --> 00:53:24.360 fresh this morning. Christian Scott with his impeding speculation on him debuting soon, 763 00:53:24.480 --> 00:53:29.760 is up six percent forty two percent of league's now. Joey laperfdo and all 764 00:53:29.880 --> 00:53:32.400 his home runs is up five percent, so your hope is up four percent. 765 00:53:32.519 --> 00:53:37.519 George Klassen is up four percent now up to ten percent total. That's 766 00:53:37.519 --> 00:53:43.000 a he was zero percent eight days ago. Hesson Kristed is up four percent. 767 00:53:43.239 --> 00:53:46.000 Christian Campbell is up three percent of the Red Sox. James Wood has 768 00:53:46.079 --> 00:53:50.639 jumped up a few percent, as you know, his season's back. Caleb 769 00:53:50.719 --> 00:53:53.039 Durban it's up two more percent. He's up to four percent. Now. 770 00:53:53.280 --> 00:53:59.840 Now, who is Byron Cheerio? I mean, is he related to Jackson 771 00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:04.079 Minnesota prospect down in a ball? I know he's off to a pretty good 772 00:54:04.079 --> 00:54:07.159 start. He is up two percent, which is a total of four percent 773 00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:10.280 now start the year. Forty one played appearances. He's slashing three zho three 774 00:54:10.480 --> 00:54:15.239 four thirty nine, four eighty five, no home runs, a couple of 775 00:54:15.239 --> 00:54:19.400 stolen bases. He's walking nineteen and a half percent of the time, striking 776 00:54:19.400 --> 00:54:22.239 out almost thirty two percent of the time. But a young teenager who seems 777 00:54:22.280 --> 00:54:25.559 to be getting some buzz for whatever reason, reasons that I may not be 778 00:54:25.639 --> 00:54:30.639 privy to. Adam Mazer is up a few percent. Dustin Ramirez is up 779 00:54:30.679 --> 00:54:35.519 a few percent. He's still only five percent. I would change that if 780 00:54:35.559 --> 00:54:38.840 I were you. Colby Thomas, I know a smaller college bat who has 781 00:54:38.920 --> 00:54:42.800 done some things early in the season and the A system is up a couple 782 00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:46.360 percent. Jonah tong is up just one percent. So classing and tongue kind 783 00:54:46.400 --> 00:54:51.519 of an interesting debate to me, but clearly folks like classing a lot more. 784 00:54:51.559 --> 00:54:54.719 He's ten percent in Tongue is two percent total. Aiden Smith is up 785 00:54:54.760 --> 00:54:58.880 a percent, up to six percent. Prep bat and the Mariners system. 786 00:54:59.000 --> 00:55:02.360 It's getting plenty of see some folks are brave in taking some shares of Sean 787 00:55:02.440 --> 00:55:07.079 Sullivan. He is up to four percent. Et Sel up a percent, 788 00:55:07.480 --> 00:55:10.559 my b side Tiger's arm who I have not watched any out and maybe maybe 789 00:55:10.599 --> 00:55:15.119 I tuned in briefly, but I know he's he's gotten up to four percent. 790 00:55:15.679 --> 00:55:20.440 Mitchell Parker has increased the percent as he was debuting tonight, and I 791 00:55:20.719 --> 00:55:24.280 was brave enough, stupid enough, stupid enough to throw him out there. 792 00:55:24.320 --> 00:55:28.880 I think he's through three innings right now, he's only given up two runs. 793 00:55:28.920 --> 00:55:31.000 But I have not been watching as I've been talking into this microphone. 794 00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:36.480 Coming up this week, here's where my eyes may stray to or where they 795 00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:39.079 might start. In the Florida State League, Daytona is visiting Bradenton, so 796 00:55:39.119 --> 00:55:43.599 we're gonna get that good Bradenton angle. And I want to check out this 797 00:55:43.679 --> 00:55:49.159 young nineteen year old lefty, big lefty in the Red system, Adam Sirwinowski 798 00:55:49.480 --> 00:55:53.199 probably butchered that, but he has put up a couple of big lines to 799 00:55:53.280 --> 00:55:58.760 start the season in the Carolina League, Carolina at Augusta again, I want 800 00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:02.239 to look at that good Augusta Angle, maybe checking on Meyer and Cooler, 801 00:56:02.320 --> 00:56:09.199 but also the Brewers. Carolina has got a slew of interesting looking arms, 802 00:56:09.440 --> 00:56:13.559 guys that I think are getting a little bit of buzz and are not familiar 803 00:56:13.719 --> 00:56:15.880 to me. Of course, they got an Oath in the draft, Burchard, 804 00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:22.039 Glindez, Timmerman, Rivero, Mogollon, and then this you Hainr Herrera 805 00:56:22.400 --> 00:56:25.920 getting some buzz. So I'll probably be looking in there and seeing what's up 806 00:56:25.960 --> 00:56:30.760 with some of those guys. In the Cal League. Modesto is at Inland 807 00:56:30.840 --> 00:56:35.079 Empire, Barrett Kent versus Emerson if he's around. I don't know what the 808 00:56:35.119 --> 00:56:38.440 injury is there, but Aiden Smith, Vermelo Arroyo and some more. Looks 809 00:56:38.480 --> 00:56:43.360 on Juan Flores who we talked about. In the Sale League, Aberdeen at 810 00:56:43.519 --> 00:56:47.800 Hudson Valley, got Creed at sel Bradfield versus maybe the best pitching staff in 811 00:56:47.840 --> 00:56:52.360 the league. I think there's some talented arms there without a lot of name 812 00:56:52.400 --> 00:56:57.760 recognition, at least so far. You know, got Schlitter, car Fristoe 813 00:56:58.119 --> 00:57:01.519 Hendry kind of want to see how Cam Weston backs up his big week for 814 00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:07.280 Aberdeen in the Midwest League. Lansing at Lake County. I want to see 815 00:57:07.320 --> 00:57:10.800 some more Will Simpson versus some good pictures there and like Austin Peterson and Parker 816 00:57:10.880 --> 00:57:15.000 Messick in the Northwest League, Tri Cities at Hillsboro. Get me some more 817 00:57:15.079 --> 00:57:20.840 Contacello as he goes up against some I think some sneaky high quality hi A 818 00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:25.960 Arms and Chris Clark, Jorge Marcheco, Duel Hurtado. Maybe we get Costeus 819 00:57:27.320 --> 00:57:30.679 return from injury. I think he's close. What was my astros B side 820 00:57:30.800 --> 00:57:35.440 arm Espinoza's that. I don't really know what they're doing with him right now, 821 00:57:35.559 --> 00:57:38.760 but maybe a good chance for Catselo and those other interesting Hillsboro bats. 822 00:57:38.840 --> 00:57:43.679 In the Eastern League, Hartford at Somerset. Now watch a lot of Eastern 823 00:57:43.760 --> 00:57:47.159 League over the last couple of years, and Hartford versus Somerset as there's been 824 00:57:47.199 --> 00:57:52.360 some as much as minor league baseball can get some like big time matchups between 825 00:57:52.400 --> 00:57:55.920 the two. I think this is easily the pretty boyist lineups in the league. 826 00:57:57.119 --> 00:58:00.239 Lots of bigger names, so that's just kind of a no brain on 827 00:58:00.239 --> 00:58:05.360 one and what was maybe a little bit of a snooze or Eastern League compared 828 00:58:05.400 --> 00:58:08.800 to the past years at this juncture. Southern League Mississippi is at Birmingham. 829 00:58:08.840 --> 00:58:14.960 We get to see Natro and Baldwin versus some good Birmingham arms. Kind of 830 00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:21.440 a loaded Double A lineup for Birmingham and Kiro, Ramos Brooks, Baldwin Birmingham. 831 00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:24.519 You know, the White Sox are just a sad tale. But if 832 00:58:24.519 --> 00:58:29.639 there's anything that's nice is that they might have a pretty decent Double A team. 833 00:58:30.719 --> 00:58:37.039 Texas League San Antonio at Corpus Christy Maser and Snelling versus Kennedy Corona. 834 00:58:37.119 --> 00:58:40.000 And they got Quincy Hamilton now down at Double A. Some good bats, 835 00:58:40.079 --> 00:58:45.440 maybe some good matchups there. International League are mud Hens, who are a 836 00:58:45.559 --> 00:58:50.440 game and a half back are at Rochester. But James Wood is back doing 837 00:58:50.519 --> 00:58:53.920 things, lots of buzz. He'll have a nice test against some good starting 838 00:58:53.960 --> 00:58:59.920 pitchers with the mud Hens. Nnning Herder Montero might be a fun challenge. 839 00:59:00.159 --> 00:59:04.280 And then in the PCL, I'm going round Rock at sugar Land. But 840 00:59:04.440 --> 00:59:08.000 I planned on talking about Lapperfdo and home runs and strikeouts with the rookie tonight. 841 00:59:08.119 --> 00:59:12.280 But maybe at some point during the week we'll get a nice look at 842 00:59:12.400 --> 00:59:17.119 Lapperfedo versus the PCL strikeout leader right now, Jack Lighter, watch some more 843 00:59:17.119 --> 00:59:22.199 of him and see how legit this improvement may be. But yeah, I 844 00:59:22.239 --> 00:59:25.719 don't know. Hopefully that wasn't too painful. I'm sick of talking in this 845 00:59:25.840 --> 00:59:30.239 microphone, but I wanted to get this little rundown. Get just some observations 846 00:59:30.239 --> 00:59:34.880 that were early in the year. Not going to be digging around super deep, 847 00:59:35.519 --> 00:59:38.159 just trying to gather some information, getting some eyeballs, matching it up 848 00:59:38.199 --> 00:59:43.400 with some numbers, and sharing what we might be seeing. But looking forward 849 00:59:43.400 --> 00:59:46.320 to watching some more this week, reporting back. Hopefully the rookie is here 850 00:59:46.360 --> 00:59:51.760 and we'll have maybe some more interesting dialogue for you. But that'll do it 851 00:59:51.800 --> 00:59:55.280 for episode twenty nine of the Prospect B Sides podcast. We'll let Chicago Farmer 852 00:59:55.360 --> 01:00:00.320 take us out, posting a lot of video and referencing here on Twitter. 853 01:00:00.880 --> 01:00:05.519 Check that out if you want at pitching specs. But as Matt says, 854 01:00:05.599 --> 01:00:12.039 see you five miles an hour riding to his head. He hopped down the 855 01:00:12.159 --> 01:00:17.480 first with the lumpbon in his face, and on the very next pitch he 856 01:00:17.679 --> 01:00:30.000 up and stole second face with gradest speed. He wasn't born. He had 857 01:00:30.079 --> 01:00:32.360 the dirty Yes uniform