WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:06.280 Nine, five miles an hour, riding to his head. He hop it 2 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:13.240 down first with the lump bonius face, and on the very next pitch he 3 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:26.199 up in stole second face with greatst be he wasn't born, he had yes. 4 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:32.560 Welcome to episode thirty six of The Prospect. Besides podcast I Am Nate, 5 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:37.679 Handy and I Am Super Pumped, they have rook A russ Iszaki back. 6 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.479 Matt. How are you, my friend? I've missed you. I've 7 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:47.000 missed you too. My name Rookie row Suzuki is evocative of a better time, 8 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:52.240 back in the early two thousands, when the Mariners were exciting first place 9 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:57.679 led by young phenom Echiro Suzuki. Do you know that the Mariners are in 10 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:02.479 first place by more games now than they have been since two thousand and two. 11 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.079 Two thousand and two was so long ago, Nate, so long ago, 12 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:08.319 it was, it was, I was, I was twenty two. 13 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:15.280 That's a lifetime ago. I mean, I can't believe that this mediocre team, 14 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:19.760 whose hitters admittedly suck, which I think is your theme for this podcast 15 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:23.519 today, there is the first place by a lot in the al West. 16 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.480 And I'm amazed, I'm astounded, I'm astonished. I'm here for the fun 17 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:30.680 differential. I think we're gonna throw a lot of the stats out the window 18 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.840 and it's all vibes today, buddy, It's all vibes. Before we started 19 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:40.560 recording, I was just telling you how I'm having a hard time getting excited 20 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.200 about some hitters man prospects that. Yeah, I know. Every year last 21 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:51.159 four years, there's always been somebody that wasn't on my radar that I became 22 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:55.439 like hitting wise, that kind of became a little addiction for me, and 23 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:59.120 someone that i'd tune into and watch at least two, three, four times 24 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:01.439 a week. And I've been looking that and I've been on the problem with 25 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:06.439 this, don't really have anybody this year. Last week I did about a 26 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:12.560 dozen pictures that I felt really improved. Maybe they're getting interesting dynasty wise, 27 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:16.439 And I did the same sort of comparative study on hitters compared to all those 28 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:20.759 numbers from last year to this year, and that gets a lot hairer, 29 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:23.039 I think, than than doing it for pictures. I don't know, man, 30 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:28.719 I'm trying to find some b side here hitters that are ascending within systems 31 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:30.800 to get excited about it. I'm just struggling to do so, Matt, 32 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:35.120 Well, that just tells me you're you're not watching all the under the radar 33 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:38.919 guys that I picked for my B sides, because my B side under the 34 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:44.680 radar guys are like full on top one hundred prospects. Now for some people. 35 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:49.400 Sure, people talking up Charles McAdoo, people talking up CJ. Cathis 36 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:53.919 like the next al Manzarto. I mean, these are these are my tabs 37 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:57.280 in the dark. Where's your B side guys? Sure well, Matt, 38 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:01.000 I was saying, aside to those guys, we already know about those guys. 39 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:05.879 Man, We've been talking to those guys since October. And this isn't 40 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:08.680 until like to our own horns here, Oh, it totally is. I've 41 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:12.879 done the B side stuff, you know, for several years, and there's 42 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:17.159 always guys that come about pop up, so to speak, that weren't on 43 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:22.560 weren't a B side pick, weren't on the short list for me for that 44 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:25.439 exercise. And I'm just saying, this year, that's just not really happening. 45 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:29.280 And so I got really curious and I was looking at all of our 46 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.319 B side bats selections this year and just kind of looking at like Okay, 47 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:36.840 where could we have done better? Who did we miss and why did we 48 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:40.360 miss and that sort of thing, and saying that we kind of did pretty 49 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:44.919 good. I think a lot of these systems organizations, there aren't bats that 50 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:50.039 have clearly become more exciting than the names that we threw out there this year. 51 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:53.400 I think, now this I'm talking full season guys. So of course 52 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:55.680 there's some guys that have come from rookie ball to able and stuff like that 53 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:59.919 that are exciting. But you know, our look was guys were in full 54 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:02.599 season last year who we think might ascend? Right, So I don't know, 55 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.360 man, I think your hitters sucked this year. Man, I mean, 56 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:10.319 this is the golden age of pitching, my friend. Yeah, And 57 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:15.120 let's dive in on that a bit, because one thing that has been true 58 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:19.639 at the major league level so far this year is pitchers are ascendant across the 59 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:25.759 league and it seems like MLB might have changed the ball again. That is 60 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:30.480 one hypothesis that has been floated there. You know, some data about how 61 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:35.040 many barrels are leaving the yard, the ball flight of balls that ostensibly have 62 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:40.920 the exact same exit velo and launch angle as balls from the same time period 63 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:44.720 last year and they aren't flying as far, like something like ten feet shorter 64 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:49.279 then similar balls from last year, and offense across the league is down from 65 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:54.399 last year. And I don't know if that is true in the minor leagues. 66 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:58.639 I haven't dived at kind of a league wide level yet. I don't 67 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:01.480 know if you looked into that, but I do wonder if this might be 68 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:08.319 this this relative improvement for pictures and the relative lack of performance out of the 69 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:12.120 hitters. I wonder if that's related to ball changes in the minor leagues too. 70 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:14.560 I have no idea. I have no idea if that happened. It's 71 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:18.399 not something that I've been researching or looking into or asking questions about or anything 72 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:21.720 like that. Why but you you love a good conspiracy theory. You know 73 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:27.079 this is a beautiful conspiracy theory. Is not it's not provable. We're never 74 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:31.040 gonna know. There's a there's a difference between conspiracy theory and just hitters make 75 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:35.319 an excuses why they suck, right, I don't know, Matt, Maybe 76 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:40.079 there is something through that not been on my radar. Yeah, Well, 77 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:45.120 I'm interested in kind of this exercise of kind of like who did we miss 78 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:49.079 On or what guys, you know, because I'm definitely one of those guys 79 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:53.199 that it's fun to look at the guys that you're like, oh, look 80 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:56.519 at this guy succeeding. But the guys that I've kind of looked closer at 81 00:05:56.519 --> 00:06:00.720 are the ones that aren't doing what I thought or or are sort of underperforming. 82 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:02.079 And like, you know, a guy that we both really like, 83 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:06.000 Trevor Warner, I'm about to cut him in every league because his strikeout rates 84 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:11.639 above forty percent. He's an old college bat and the power isn't showing up. 85 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:14.519 It's just miserable. And like, I keep going back to that one 86 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:17.399 as one that I was so excited by his sample last year. I liked 87 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:20.560 him in college, and then his was great in spring training and then he 88 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:26.000 just freaking forgets how to hit. That's one that I just keep coming back 89 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:29.079 to and like, yeah, you know, Kfus is great, Mcat he's 90 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:31.160 great. Mcgonagall's great. Like a bunch of these like short sample picks that 91 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:34.040 we were like, no, this looks like a real dude, have seen 92 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:39.800 to hit, And then I can't get over Trevor Warner or Yorner Fajardo, 93 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.120 who was terrible to start the year. He's turned it around a bit lately 94 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.920 because he got demoted down to Double A, But yeah, man, it 95 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:49.439 sticks in my craw those ones that we got wrong, or even even my 96 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:54.360 guys at Triple A, like Blaine Krim and Troy Johnson, who I think 97 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:58.839 are professional hitters, neither of them are doing well at Triple A this year. 98 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:00.720 And I think it's a little bit of you know, bad at ball, 99 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:04.199 misfortune and all of that. But it still sucks when the guys you're 100 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:09.079 like, this is a major league quality hitter not succeeding at the at the 101 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:13.079 a much worse level. So I tend to focus on the ones I got 102 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:15.879 wrong and like obsess over those. So it'll be interesting to look at who 103 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:18.639 who should we have gone with? You know, there's some stuff here that 104 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:23.480 I think is pretty interesting in that let's just start angels. I went with 105 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:28.920 the first year player, beat Joe Redfield. You went with Gustavo Campero Gustavo. 106 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:33.839 Now are either of those picks gaining a bunch of popularity in dynasty leagues? 107 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:38.439 No, but looking at their organization. Cole Fontinelli, who was a 108 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:42.959 guy we talked about first year player. He looked like a guy who was 109 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:46.600 jumping up, but then he had a horrific what ankle, broken ankle or 110 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:48.759 whatever, So he's like done for the year. Outside of that, like 111 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:53.160 Joe Redfield might pick, who was a college guy who's still in a ball 112 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:56.639 with like one twenty WRC plus, which isn't great, but it's still like 113 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:00.680 you still having one of the better seasons out of any hitters that system. 114 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.759 Gustavo has been really good. But yeah, he's been good. Yeah, 115 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:05.879 moved him to the outfield. I don't think it's really played in any catcher 116 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.959 really this year. But he's in Double A and he's hitting. He's old, 117 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:13.000 and you know, a lot of fun seems to be he's fun. 118 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:15.959 But he's a ton of fun, a ton of fun. The only bat 119 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:20.279 in that system that you know, particularly interested in came from the DSL last 120 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:24.360 year to aball and that's young. Kevin Castillo is kind of interesting. Catcher 121 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:28.839 has kind of been playing all over the place a ball nineteen year old. 122 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:31.480 I think he's mostly been playing outfield, right. Yeah, he was doing 123 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:35.080 some catching though too. He's got like a one eighteen WRC plus. It's 124 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.799 not top one hundred. Type of guy for me, But a guy that's 125 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:41.639 firmly you know, on my radar now. But yeah, I don't know, 126 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:43.519 man, you've got anybody else from the Angels that has ascended this year, 127 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:48.200 I don't think so. Another guy that I've caught a bit in Inlan 128 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:54.320 Empire Anthony Skull. He's been an outfielder. He's kind of more York type 129 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:58.000 of guy than mine, and that he's pretty aggressive, like he doesn't really 130 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:01.360 walk, but he doesn't strike out very much. He's I think he's got 131 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:05.639 solid kind of speed power mix, Like he might not be the prettiest line, 132 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:09.159 but he's one that I've I've caught a couple of games of his that 133 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:13.480 popped a double that looked pretty nice. So he's got five homers and eight 134 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:18.919 stolen bases in third of a season or whatever. So it's it's a little 135 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.200 bit of a power speed one, but honestly not really like that's that's the 136 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.600 only other guy that is kind of interesting for them. Looking at the Astros, 137 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:30.240 I went with young ketcher Miguel Palma. You went with Jackson Lofton Palma, 138 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:31.840 who was twenty two years old in double A. He was doing all 139 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:35.679 right and then but he's we're talking seventy eight played appearances before you got hurt. 140 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:41.879 Loton's probably been disappointing, yep. But I don't know who's ascended in 141 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:46.120 their in their system that wise. I know Mystery Irrelevant the last pick in 142 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:50.840 the draft, Pascanio ferraris hm. He looks like he might be a legit 143 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:54.799 hitting prospect. We didn't see that coming. No one was picking Mystery Irrelevant. 144 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:58.919 No, and all the rest of their guys that are doing well are 145 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:03.440 kind of these old for the level, kind of like up in Triple A 146 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:07.799 and doing pretty well, you know, like Chay Whitcomb, pager leone, 147 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:11.399 Will Wagner, like all those guys are twenty five or twenty six and doing 148 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:16.639 something interesting. He's just Bestidas Again. He's sort of a B side type, 149 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:22.039 a little bit of like some decent power, some speed, and honestly, 150 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:26.240 you look at what is happening with the Astros, you might want to 151 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:28.480 look at some of those guys in a deeper league and see if you want 152 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:33.720 to roster them, because they're all playing multiple positions. They all might come 153 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.600 up if one of their guys gets hurt. Because this team doesn't seem that 154 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:39.279 competitive, and I think they want to maybe they want to give some guys 155 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:43.559 some more run. So yeah, like as far as a B side guy 156 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.440 coming into the year, I don't know, nothing really jumping out to me. 157 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.759 Yeah, the athletics, Now here's an org that is kind of interesting 158 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:54.679 in this context. I think they've had a good handful of bats get really 159 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:56.879 interested in this year. I went with Cooper Bowman, you went with Brendan 160 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:01.279 Malone. I think they're both having really nice years in Double A. I 161 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:03.279 think those were both pretty solid choices. I don't know how popular they have 162 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:07.440 gotten yet with dynasty owners. But then you look Henry Bolte, I think 163 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:11.600 has really really ascended this year. First year player guy that I liked that 164 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:16.360 we talked about some. Will Simpson's had a nice year, Kolby Thomas has 165 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:20.120 done some things, and then of course Jacob Wilson probably has done a lot 166 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:22.440 better than anyone anticipated. But that wasn't a B side and that was a 167 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:26.000 first round pick, top what was the top ten pick, So yeah, 168 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:31.759 one that people crapped all over. But you know, still he's, uh, 169 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:35.279 he's been awesome to start that year. So I think there was there 170 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:37.720 was a handful of guys that would have been pretty good B side calls. 171 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:41.080 I think, at least in that system, I think all those guys are 172 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:46.600 fairly Henry Bolte, he's cut down the strikeouts quite a bit, and that's 173 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:48.879 that's interesting a bit. I mean, I still think it's like above thirty 174 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:52.639 percent for the year. Oh is it really that? I still I think 175 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:56.759 so. I mean, he's hitting a bunch of homers, swiping bags. 176 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:01.240 It's it's a really exciting battle line overall. But the fact that he's still 177 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:05.639 just at high A and the strikeout rate remains above thirty percent, I think 178 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:11.399 that's some cause for concern down the line. An exciting season. I want 179 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:13.919 to see he and Simpson in double A, and then how serious we might 180 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:18.159 be able to get with those two Blue Jays. You know, I hated 181 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.399 the Blue Jays bats B said possibilities. I just piggybacked you and went with 182 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:28.000 Raphael Antigua. Did he get all? Did he get the call at all? 183 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:33.159 He might have called gotten the call and rode the bench, But I 184 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.759 don't think he's gotten to to play okay and whatever. He's been a little 185 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:41.600 bit below average for boy, but not that great. I still don't think 186 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:46.000 that there was anyone that would have been a real great call. They've had 187 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.519 some guys move up, get the call up to the majors, but they 188 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.840 were I don't know if they were really b side asked zero to two percenters 189 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:58.840 in the off season. I mean someone like Alan Rodin is one that I 190 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:01.720 liked, but I think he might have been just a little high for ownership 191 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:05.279 when we looked at this last year. Dasam Brown is someone that we talked 192 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:09.039 about, I think when we were going through their system, and I said, 193 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:11.120 was someone who might put it together. And he's he's having a pretty 194 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:15.480 nice season. He's he's somebody to keep an eye on because he's cut his 195 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:18.279 strikeout rate quite a bit, is walking more and still swiping bag. So 196 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.360 he's someone he's a little old, you know, not old, but like 197 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:26.440 age appropriate for Hia at twenty two, hitting pretty well. I think Gene 198 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:28.720 Joseph is a little is a little interesting, but I'm not even sure if 199 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:33.200 there was any full season ball of him last year or not. It would 200 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:37.559 have been tough for us to Sam Brown, Is that the most exciting throw 201 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:39.679 of the guy for you? Yeah? Or Devonte Brown. I mean he's 202 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:43.559 someone I mentioned too, and he's having a good year, but again it's 203 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:48.039 striking out way too much, so like your mileage may vary. You know, 204 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:52.039 he's crushing in double A, but it comes with like a thirty five 205 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:54.919 percent strikeout rate or something, So I don't know if you should be that 206 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:58.480 interested. I was curious what you might think about the braves here, Matt. 207 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.639 We both picked Drake Baldwin. I think that that's been a fine choice. 208 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:05.679 He hasn't been totally lighting the world on fire, but he's been solid, 209 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:09.919 and he got promoted to Triple A, so I'll quibble with that a 210 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:13.159 bit. I think he's actually been awesome. And this was one of the 211 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:18.279 things that I had said when looking and when making this pick was he had 212 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:22.519 played in Chit Parks to start his career for power, and he was still 213 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:28.320 showing some power. He's played most of this year in Mississippi, and that's 214 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:33.159 an awful, awful park for power, and he hasn't showed much power. 215 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:37.799 But what he has showed is that his batter ball profile has changed. He's 216 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:43.159 not hitting the ball on the ground quite as much and still maintaining good strikeout 217 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:48.120 rates and walking a decent amount. I thought Eric Longenhagen had a really interesting 218 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:54.639 nugget in his right up on Baldwin in his Braves prospect list that came out 219 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:58.000 last week, I think, where he said that before two strikes, Baldwin 220 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:03.159 had a really love so chase rate, but with two strikes his chase rate 221 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:07.480 went way up, saying that maybe he's approaching a little bit passively, so 222 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:13.480 sort of predetermined takes before he gets two strikes and then trying to battle with 223 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.679 two strikes leading to a little bit more chase. And it was such a 224 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.879 big split that it's worth noting something like a seventeen percent or fifteen percent split, 225 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:26.320 which is huge that doesn't normally happen if it's not something to do with 226 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:30.440 the approach. Now, I still think that that is a valuable approach, 227 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:35.279 and I think that some teams maybe are going to come around on this as 228 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:37.720 things go. So I don't think it's necessarily a ding, but it might 229 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:41.000 be something that gets exploited a bit more as he as he goes up. 230 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:43.919 And he's off to a nice start at Triple A. He just got promoted 231 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:48.519 last week too, and so I'm still huge on Drake Baldwin. I think 232 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:50.679 he's going to be a major league catcher, and I think he's got a 233 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:52.639 chance to be a major league regular, like a like a starting catcher. 234 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:56.240 Now, who else would we pick? I think the only other guy that 235 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.919 you'd look at and be like, maybe this would have been a good dart 236 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:04.360 is EJ. Xposito and I had written down. And he's twenty three in 237 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:08.559 High A and is like doing well, you know, swiping bags, hitting 238 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:12.679 some homers. Strikeout rate is like you know, league averagish and league averagish 239 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:18.519 walk rate, but for an older bat in HIA like, I'm still taking 240 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:22.600 Baldwin ten times out of ten personally, Yeah, yeah, I was just 241 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:26.320 curious you'd being a Braves guy if there were any other Yeah. Saban Sebios 242 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:30.519 is another one that he's He's looked good. You know, he's sort of 243 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.240 a defense first utility type, not a lot of pop in the bat, 244 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:38.039 but is pretty interesting. Luke Wadel, who I mentioned as like a he 245 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:41.679 would be someone I'd be interested in as a B side if I didn't pick 246 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:45.080 Baldwin. But he's been really bad this year. He's i think been exposed. 247 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:48.240 His sort of light hitting approach has been exposed. At Triple A. 248 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:52.440 I think he's very much on the on the downswing. Looking at the Brewers, 249 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:57.519 I went with young Wan Baias and you went with Isaac Collins. Now 250 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:03.039 both of them are having pretty good seasons. I think Juan Bayez is lacking 251 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:07.400 some home runs and slugging down in a ball. He's still quite young. 252 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:11.079 As the Collins has been great. He's he's still sitting in that quad a 253 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:15.680 sort of his own and hasn't gotten a chance yet. They have some bats 254 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:19.359 that I think have improved, have up their stock, but I wasn't quite 255 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:26.079 remembering or sure what their ownership rates were this offseason. Do you recall him 256 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:30.599 that was was Luke Adams the guy before? I think he was a guy 257 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:34.759 like I think he was rated fairly high by other people because that's my favorite 258 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:40.279 bat. I think in their mind system, like I really really like what 259 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:45.039 he does and genuinely think that he is like high level, like very quality 260 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:47.839 major like he's going to be a hitter in the major leagues. And I'm 261 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:52.559 pretty sure he was way too owned our experience, That's what I thought. 262 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:56.119 But yeah, I don't know you got anybody else from the Brewers that they 263 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.640 got a lot of guys and I'm like, eh, okay, young Luis 264 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:03.039 Lor. I'm like, Okay, he's nice, but I don't think he's 265 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:07.440 I'm not buddy star that. Yeah, I'm not on l But the guy 266 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:15.680 we did, we did talk about him a bit jetter our arian. He's 267 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:19.519 got the most hilarious batwaggle in all the minor league baseball. But he changed 268 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:22.880 it. He toned it down. He did. He toned it down. 269 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:25.400 I loved it last year. I thought it was so funny. But I 270 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:27.480 think he's been really good. You know, he's young for the level he's 271 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:32.960 at high A, and I think he's been with the steels like and showing 272 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:36.319 some power, Like it's he's never going to be an elite power guy. 273 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:40.519 The swing and the speed that he brings to the table, like that's someone 274 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:42.160 in your rot leagues who I could see if he keeps this up. He's 275 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:47.920 like a really interesting kind of speedy, uh, middle and field prospect type, 276 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:49.279 you know. So he's he's the other one. But again we talked 277 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:52.839 about him, and I was just like, you know, I liked Collins 278 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:55.920 more. I thought it was a much safer that and I still think that 279 00:18:55.920 --> 00:19:00.880 that's true. But yeah, he of the wonderful batwaggle. He's been. 280 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:06.079 He's been pretty good so far this year. The Cardinals matt Man kind of 281 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:10.720 rough. You went with Mike and Tico. I went with still one of 282 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:15.440 my favorite players just from a fan perspective, Alexia Decernia. Neither have really 283 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:18.880 had great seasons, and Tico got up to the Triple A, right, 284 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:22.960 so that's nice. Yeah, and I think he was really not good to 285 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:26.680 start the year, but maybe has turned it around a bit. I forget. 286 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:30.119 I looked at him recently because I was annoyed at how bad he was 287 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:32.400 doing, and then I was like, oh, maybe there's something here still. 288 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:36.119 I had Tonia is weird. I tune in and watch a decent amount 289 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:38.200 of him, and like, there's never like the eyeball test is still like 290 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:42.240 good to me. It's just he's the numbers aren't coming and some loud outs 291 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:47.359 and things. So I haven't given up all all of my hope. But 292 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:51.599 he's gonna need to have a pretty smoking hot second half here. Yeah, 293 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:55.839 and Tika's still swiping some bags and that's that's nice, But the rest of 294 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:59.240 it has been kind of sort of league average production for an older guys. 295 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:02.680 Yeah, that exciting. I kind of feel like a lot of their bats 296 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:07.400 have been just pretty you know, Oh, okay, Jeremy Reeves has been 297 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:15.720 nice because he's not like negative offensively, but that's not getting our Dynasty juices 298 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:18.920 really gone. I know Dakota Harris is having a nice season. He was 299 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:25.039 on my radar at all coming into the year. Maybe we talked about I 300 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:30.240 think we talked about Nathan Church earlier in the year because he'd been really impressive 301 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:33.279 with the contact skills. He'd had a really really low strikeout rate, and 302 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:36.920 I still think he does. I think it's ticked up a bit. You 303 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:41.240 know. He's somebody that like was as a twenty two year old in High 304 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:44.799 A last year, turned things up a little bit in Double A as A 305 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:47.880 as a twenty three year old, but still not like that exciting. But 306 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:51.400 I think we talked about him briefly, but not someone I would really say 307 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:56.319 is like someone we should have been on. The guy that I'm really excited 308 00:20:56.359 --> 00:21:02.759 about, And I don't remember why he wasn't on my radar. I'm looking 309 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:06.480 at my notes before and he didn't make my short list. When I was 310 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:11.400 looking at Jose Fermen, I kind of think he should be playing for the 311 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:15.279 Cardinals, like the Saint Louis Cardinals every day. He's a twenty five year 312 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:22.720 old kind of smallish second base third baseman, and he's been bad in his 313 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:27.920 small you know, thirty four played appearance sample in the BIGS, buts done. 314 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:32.440 I wasn't sure if he was still Yeah, and he got like a 315 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:36.440 cup of coffee last year or too, but he's still rochy eligible. But 316 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:41.039 he looks like that, you know, not to overuse the comp but like 317 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:45.640 the Louis Arias school of hitting, Like his contact skills are incredible. Three 318 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:51.559 point nine percent strikeout rate in TRIPAA. It's been higher both times he's been 319 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:53.680 in the BIGS, but still in the low teens, and I actually expect 320 00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:56.519 that to come down, Like I wouldn't be surprised if he's a more of 321 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:00.559 a like ten or eleven percent strikeout rate in the BIGS. But it's come 322 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:06.640 with like really nice shape of production, like low grab ball rates, higher 323 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:10.640 line drive rates, and decent walk rates. Like I think he just makes 324 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:14.759 good swing decisions. So and he was kind of a similar guy last year. 325 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:17.759 Yeah, I'm not sure. I think he must have been hurt a 326 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:21.799 good personal last year and that's why he fell through some some of the cracks, 327 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:25.279 and he still hasn't gotten a long look at any level. But what 328 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.839 he showed at Triple A this year, I'm as excited about him as kind 329 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:32.039 of like any pop up guy that I've seen so far this year. So 330 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:36.400 that's a good older and older guy. I think he could be a guy 331 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:40.680 who has a really long career and if he gets a shot to play regularly. 332 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:42.960 I mean, I think he's decent on defense too, so I wonder 333 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:47.799 if if he can put it together, maybe they'll give him some some run. 334 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:51.279 Yeah that's a good shout, I supposely for me. Yea, I 335 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:56.920 know, we got to keep saying everybody's name. That's good to do the 336 00:22:56.000 --> 00:23:03.400 Cubs that those dirty, disgusting. I think we made some pretty solid calls. 337 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:07.880 Pedro Ramirez has been twenty in high A one twenty eight double w RC 338 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:10.400 plus. Yep, that was a good shot. I don't think he's getting 339 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:15.000 super popular. I think there is fair questions about his offensive game and how 340 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:19.279 exciting he might ever get. But you know he's ascending. You went with 341 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:23.720 Luis Vasquez, who got the call to the biggs. I don't know how 342 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:27.720 much run he got but not very much. And then I don't know who 343 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:30.880 from that system would have been maybe a better choice. I mean, we 344 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:34.359 had a bit of a Pinango renaissance and he finally got to Double A. 345 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:38.960 He's struggled there a little bit, but I think he's coming around the last 346 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:42.359 couple of series. But I got Jonathan Long. He's you know, we 347 00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:45.200 talked about Jonathan Long and he's been he's been al right, you know, 348 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:49.400 there's some stuff to like there. Yeah, but I don't know who else 349 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:55.720 really like has jumped for the Cubs first quick tangent into more of a pretty 350 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:59.319 boy, but he counts for us because he's a beefy boy. Moises by 351 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:03.720 SROs like that dude just absolutely rakes. And he's twenty and they just promoted 352 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:07.759 him to Triple A. Like, I still don't think he's getting the love 353 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:11.440 that he deserves. Like everybody loves Bisao and Bias Steros is like the same 354 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:15.920 fricking guy. Like you line their staff up this year, you could make 355 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:19.480 a strong argument to prefer Bias Steros to the SEO. So love that beefy 356 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:23.759 boy and hope he crushes it in the bigs because people hate on him because 357 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:29.000 he's different looking. And I'm not about that nonsense, Nate, I'm not 358 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:32.160 about it. We don't just spend other guys. No, in fact, 359 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:34.799 we love we love those that are odd looking. He hit for the cycle 360 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:37.960 the other day, he did, he did it was just super cool. 361 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:41.960 Yeah, I love to see that in retrospect. Like you know, I 362 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:45.000 went with Vasquez, but I had talked about Piger Ramirez. I wish I 363 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:48.759 would have stuck with Pager Ramirez. I think, I mean, I still 364 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:52.319 like Vasquez, especially because he's a pretty slick glove man and is still holding 365 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:55.519 his own, you know, slightly below average at Triple A and got to 366 00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:57.119 look in the bigs and I think he's another one that he might have a 367 00:24:57.160 --> 00:25:00.839 long career as more of a utility man with a chance for more if you 368 00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:04.400 know, an injury opens things up. But the only other guys that are 369 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:07.799 kind of interesting to me that I weren't really on my radar. Where with 370 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:11.599 Brett Bateman. I don't know if you've watched him much this year, but 371 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:15.400 he's done some interesting things. Again, more of a speed profile, but 372 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:18.160 I like that he's more of an OBP guy, kind of reminds you of 373 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:21.119 Matt Atzel a bit, you know, like OBP. Maybe not a ton 374 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:23.200 of pop, but seals a lot of bases. But yeah, not a 375 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:26.039 lot other than they are pretty boys, of which they have quite a few. 376 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:30.160 But so yeah, nothing else there for the Cubs. For me the 377 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:37.680 Diamondbacks, I went with Gavin Kntocello. You went with Christian Certa cont soloan 378 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.039 he's having a good year. The power has not the home runs and that 379 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:45.799 come like we were hoping thought they might be how they started off at the 380 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:49.279 beginning of the year. But he's still he's hitting the ball Aserta's offensively not 381 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:53.400 been the hottest now no power, I mean, I don't know what happened 382 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:56.920 to him. He's like, I don't think he has a home run still 383 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:02.000 and his triple slash has really been buoyed by a fourteen percent walk right, 384 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:04.559 and like nothing else. So yeah, yeah, that's that's one that I 385 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:08.559 wish I had back. Adrian del Castillo probably would have been a good call. 386 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:14.440 Yep, we both, we both and maybe maybe even Andrew Pintar, 387 00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:17.079 who was still Yeah, and I think we talked about Pintar, didn't we 388 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:19.400 like as an interesting dude that we liked a bit, and I think I 389 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:23.039 saw him in the draft and or after the draft, I mean out there 390 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:26.559 in Hillsboro and good game one of the days that I was there and I 391 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:29.000 was like, that's someone to watch. The Dbacks have had a couple of 392 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:32.680 bats stick a jump. I think that weren't super popular. Yeah, I 393 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:37.359 saw Spencer Geisting got promoted to double A. I wondered if they if they 394 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:41.960 promoted anybody else. I don't know, I haven't seen, but I would 395 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:45.880 imagine that Pintar might be the next guy from Hillsboro to get at least hitting 396 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:49.640 wise, to get called up double A. Yeah, and I'm still excited 397 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:52.960 for a bunch of their low A guys to get up to high A. 398 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:56.839 Not that any of them have really been lighting the world on fire like tore 399 00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:03.799 In. After our super hot start has cooled a bit. Hansel Luis hasn't 400 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:07.720 been great. He's looked better again after a miserable start. He's still a 401 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:11.240 bad The eyeball test is nice, though, I like it's still very much 402 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:15.160 like to look at him at the point. Yeah, and he has looked 403 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:18.519 a lot better. Really, he was terrible I think in April and since 404 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:22.160 April it's been it's been better, but it's still the power has been showed 405 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:26.359 up as much as I was I was hoping, and it's still he's got 406 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:29.079 a long way to go. Drew Jones too, he's looked a little bit 407 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.799 better of late, and in my last couple of looks at them, and 408 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:36.640 I still am pretty barish on him long term, but he definitely has become 409 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:40.039 acceptable at at low A, and I kind of want to see him in 410 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:44.200 person up here in Hillsboro. So hopefully those guys get promoted and we get 411 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:47.519 it couldn't have been It could have been much worse. He could not have 412 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:52.920 been much worse. So maybe that's damning with faint praise, but hopefully he 413 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:56.000 turns it around a bit. The Dodgers, Matt, I definitely could have 414 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:57.559 done better. But you know, when we did the Doadgers, I was 415 00:27:57.640 --> 00:28:00.680 kind of at a loss. It wasn't sure who to go with. I 416 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:04.319 went with Junior Garcia, who's I don't even know if he plays anymore. 417 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:08.400 He sits the bench, he's did nothing. You went with Austin Gothier, 418 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:11.960 who has been very good. I think we're still just kind of waiting for 419 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:15.319 his opportunity. Right, So that was a good call. Yeah, happy 420 00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:18.759 with goth here. Yeah, I think Alex Freelan would have been a great 421 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:25.160 call. I think he's definitely ascended in the system. Someone that we briefly 422 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:27.720 talked about, Uryl Perez, has had a really nice season as well. 423 00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:32.319 But and another way, guys that you brought up, Andre lipschis like he's 424 00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:36.440 he's had a really solid year and we talked about him again falls into that 425 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:40.000 kind of quad a bucket with some of the guys who talked about Troy Johnston 426 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:45.400 and Blaine Krim and Sandro Fabian and tso Ornella's that's just his old news though. 427 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:48.839 Man, he's been b side for for years. Oh is that right? 428 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:51.000 He's he's been been one of your guys for a long time. Well, 429 00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:52.960 I mean it makes sense, like I think that that's he's got that 430 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:57.079 kind of profile of a quality hitter, maybe doesn't have a position, and 431 00:28:57.160 --> 00:29:02.599 so there's a lot of pressure on the thus far this year in particulars he's 432 00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:04.759 lived up to it. But I never would have thought that he'd hit as 433 00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:08.359 many home runs as he is these days. Yeah, A Lipstious has looked 434 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:11.799 really good, you know, seventeen homers, six bags and the strikeout rates 435 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:15.240 at twenty two percent. Like, that's solid. That's a solid across the 436 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:19.160 board. Anybody else from from the Dodgers for you, Uh, the only 437 00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:23.039 other one to maybe keep your eye on is Tray Sweeney. You know, 438 00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:26.640 we talked about Noah Miller two like as somebody who can really pick it and 439 00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:30.079 had a pretty nice start to the year. Tray Sweeney hasn't had a great 440 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:33.519 start to the year. He's striking out a bit too much, but he's 441 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:36.960 showing that power speed blend, and I think he can play middle infield like 442 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:41.319 he's playing shortstop in Triple A for Oklahoma City, so playing short while Gothier 443 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:45.000 is moving around, so they clearly value his glove a bit more. And 444 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:48.519 you know, I I don't know you can, especially in rodo you might 445 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:52.599 prefer Trey Sweeney to Gothier, even though I think Gothier is going to be 446 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:56.599 a more valuable hitter long term. But if Sweeney can stick it short with 447 00:29:56.640 --> 00:30:00.960 the glove and feel the bags at the rate to he does and hit with 448 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.920 as much power, like, you might look at him and say that that's 449 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:07.160 one better. And I think he got a little bit more love than Gothier 450 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:11.319 coming into the year, so that might be why we avoided him. But 451 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:15.400 that's another one that Tray Sweeney. He's one, especially in your rot league, 452 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:18.759 say keep an eye out for Yeah, he was definitely rostered more than 453 00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:23.920 a higher than our window there, Matt Giants. I went with young Diego 454 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:29.880 Velasquez, who I think has had a really nice transition to Hya one thirty 455 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:33.880 one nice one. Yeah, he's a nice little prospect. He went with 456 00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:37.000 Trenton Brooks, who was an older guy, but he got the is he 457 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:41.079 still up with them or did he get sent back down? But I think 458 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:44.119 he is still up with them. But I think that that was a good 459 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:47.319 call on your part and then looking at the rest of their org. I 460 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:51.880 don't know if anyone has really jumped for me. I didn't come up with 461 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:56.480 anybody. Yeah, I agree, maybe Justin Wishkowski. Yeah, we talked 462 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:59.559 about him a little bit. I think I know, but but yeah, 463 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:04.039 it's pretty It's it's a college bat at high doing decently, you know. 464 00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:08.039 I like the strikeout rate at sixteen point six percent and swiping a few bags. 465 00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:11.319 But I don't know, it's not We talked about putting daniel A little 466 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:15.799 bit. Yeah, but he's kind of just like, where's the where's the 467 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:18.079 slug? I don't know. Yeah, another system that's just kind of not 468 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:22.200 a whole lot jumping up on the bat side. Yeah. The only only 469 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:27.400 other one to note in San Jose. Jonah Cox is a college outfielder I 470 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:32.720 think. And he's swiped thirty eight bags so far this year, and that's 471 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:36.799 it's a lot I think he. I think he's leading the California League in 472 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:41.000 steels and it's come with an acceptable strikeout rate too, So not a lot 473 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:45.359 of power there, but just someone to keep in mind too for the leagues 474 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:48.839 where steels are rewarded, like that might be a kind of a sleeper guy 475 00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:52.279 that did I wasn't on. I didn't know him. The Guardians, now 476 00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:55.920 this this is an exciting one, Matt. I think they've had a handful 477 00:31:55.960 --> 00:32:00.759 of bats get a lot more interesting. Daniel Schneman higher level on Hell. 478 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:06.480 Janeo Janeow. I think on Hell Janelle Now, I couldn't remember how popular 479 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:09.319 he was coming into the season, Matt, but he's been very impressive. 480 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:14.440 Nate, Yeah, he's been really good. Nate Furman's been impressive. Alex 481 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:17.400 Mooney has been impressive. My guy that I went with, Dian Frees, 482 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:22.759 not super impressive moving up to double A. He's still quite young. The 483 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:27.039 glove is fantastic, though, and I really think that he's been trying to 484 00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:30.640 hit for more power when I've been watching him, and he's just not good 485 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:35.119 at that, So maybe there's some transition there. He's not dead to me, 486 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.720 but hasn't you know, ascended like we had helped and then to me, 487 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:42.359 Matt, the guy that has jumped the most, the hitter that has 488 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:47.039 jumped the most this year was your pick. Cjkaphisop. He's been awesome, 489 00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:51.440 man Like, he's so good. How good is he? Where? I 490 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:54.440 haven't looked at anybody's ranks, I don't think all year, maybe the first 491 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:59.119 month or something. I have no idea where people might be ranking him right 492 00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:04.480 now, but wherever they are higher would be my opinion. Yeah, he's 493 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:07.759 good. I liked the under the radar skills right like that. I thought 494 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:13.559 he was going to play above his raw power, which I think reportedly remains 495 00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:16.799 pretty middling. Like it's not elite evs, but he does have some stuff 496 00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:21.519 in common with Kyle Manzardo, who's already in the bigs and you know he's 497 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:23.519 scuffling to start his big league career. But yeah, there's another one. 498 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:28.079 Doesn't that kind of I guess I can see it. But like to me, 499 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:31.599 Caifus is just like way more athletic than Menzardo. Yes, no, 500 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:38.039 probably, I think the thing that Cafus does better than Menzarto. Manzarto hits 501 00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:43.119 a lot of line drives like it comes in that like line drive fly ball 502 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:47.799 band, but Cafus pulls his like Cafus gets out in front and gets those 503 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:52.960 balls in the air better than Menzarto does, I think. But otherwise I 504 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:55.160 think they're like plate skills are kind of similar. They're not going to strike 505 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:59.359 out a ton, they walk a good amount, I think they do. 506 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:05.319 They do damage on those balls and make the most of their eggsyveilas like they're 507 00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:09.320 not quite Isaac Esak Predes level, but they're in that mold, you know, 508 00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:15.079 lefties that as opposed to to Paridie's righty. But like they pull their 509 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:19.239 ball and Capus, it's been awesome to see him hit this. Well, 510 00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:22.320 I'm skeptical that this is who he is, Like, you know, he's 511 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:25.719 got a one eighty seven WRC plus a third of the way through the year, 512 00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:30.159 almost halfway through the minor league season. That's better than I thought he 513 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:34.159 would have. Like, I'm not saying I saw this kind of run coming. 514 00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:37.400 And he is still a first base maybe left fielder. Like that, 515 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:42.400 the bar, the offensive bar to clear there is it remains pretty high. 516 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:45.920 And while he's definitely cleared up to this point, and I think is getting 517 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:49.400 talked about for some like for Clegg, I think he might be in the 518 00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:52.519 top one fifty prospects at this point, and I don't even know if he 519 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:54.719 had him in the top five hundred coming into this coming into this year. 520 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:59.960 So that's like a pretty substantial jump from somebody who does this. Professor, 521 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:04.679 like really really gets that value ranking. Had you stolen any basis? What's 522 00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:07.320 this? What's the stolen basis? He's got four? He's got four? 523 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:09.440 How many did he steal last year in his short stint? I felt like 524 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:13.880 he stole a decent amount, but you know, it's hard to steal bases 525 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:16.519 when you ended up on second base or home plate. Yeah, he's still 526 00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:20.480 five in the in the short sample last year, which is quite a lot. 527 00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:22.039 But yeah, that was a that was a great call you. You 528 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:25.360 said, shove him up your first year player draft boards, and I wish 529 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:31.079 I would have listened to you more. Yeah, the Guardians kind of showing 530 00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:35.559 out for you coming up. Well, I did mention him, and he's 531 00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:38.840 a bit more of a pretty boy. But Jason Churio, I think still 532 00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:43.840 is. I think doing awesome stuff at low A. I want to see 533 00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:46.840 him bumped to high A asap because I think he's better as a nineteen year 534 00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:50.800 old than pretty much everybody else in the league. So I want to see 535 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.880 him challenged a bit more. But I've been really impressed with him. And 536 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:55.679 then Alex Mooney. We talked about Alex Mooney too, a bit more for 537 00:35:55.800 --> 00:36:00.800 your guy than than me, but he's stealing a lot of bad two and 538 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:05.000 I think Mooney has been really exciting too. Yeah, your Mariners, Matt 539 00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:08.000 Picking a B side bat for the Mariners was tricky because they're so popular. 540 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:13.840 I went with Josh Hood wasn't super pumped about its still not super pumped about 541 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:16.360 it. He's a pretty average twenty three year old and high A. You 542 00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:21.159 went with Leo Revs, who got the call. Got some major LEA debates, 543 00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:23.800 yep, which was I think kind of basically exactly how you said it 544 00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:28.599 would go. I don't know what Ben how popular Ben Williamson was. I 545 00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:31.559 definitely didn't have him high enough in the first year player, but he has 546 00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:36.800 really impressed me this year. And you know, the bat, I don't 547 00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:39.400 know what the numbers are sitting at right now. They might not be super 548 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:44.280 outstanding, but he's a guy that defensively is I think is going to give 549 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:47.400 himself a chance to be a big leader. The bat hasn't been awful either. 550 00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:50.960 He's done some things and he's now up in Double A and I think 551 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:53.480 he's I think he's hitting out right there in Arkansas, isn't he. Yeah. 552 00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:59.280 I mean his season line on the year is solid. The one thing 553 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:02.639 that you'd like to see is maybe some more of those doubles turn into homers, 554 00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:06.800 because he's quite a few doubles this year. I think he's got sixteen 555 00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:10.280 or something, but only two homers, just one at Everett and just one 556 00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:15.119 in Arkansas. There's some more power coming there, Like, I don't think 557 00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:19.239 it's the lack of homers is a lack of power. I think maybe it's 558 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:22.480 just a little bit of homer to flyball noise, like he's got a really 559 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:25.079 low homer to flyball rate so far this year, and he has some juice, 560 00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:29.280 so I don't think that I think that that's going to revert to him 561 00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:31.559 hitting some homers. And I like the plate skills too, and like you 562 00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:35.119 said, he really can pick it a third. And I know you cut 563 00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:38.519 up some of his spectacular defensive highlights a little while back and looked really good. 564 00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:43.679 So Williamson is one that's really fun. Yeah, was there anybody else 565 00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:46.000 for you that jumped down? I know they've got a lot of good prospects 566 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:51.599 in the lowers, but they're all pretty popular. Arroyo has been awesome. 567 00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:55.159 I think BA noted that in one of their recent write ups that he's basically 568 00:37:55.199 --> 00:38:01.519 been as good as Lazara Montes like Chase contact strikeout rate ninetieth percent of exit 569 00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:07.000 exile, Vilo like all is basically as good as Lazara, Montes and Montes. 570 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:10.960 People are pumping as like a top twenty five, top ten overall prospect 571 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:14.559 maybe at the end of the year because with the way that he's cut his 572 00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:19.280 strikeout rate, so huge props to Michael o'royo. I have also heard from 573 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:22.800 evaluators that his defense is pretty bad. I think that that's sort of true. 574 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:27.320 I think he and TYPEE both aren't very good on defense. But the 575 00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:31.039 bat is absolutely playing for Michael Arroyo. But the other guy that made my 576 00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:35.599 short list that was zero percent, but it's probably because he was a recent 577 00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:40.119 drafty FYPD guy. But brock Rodden don't sleep on him. He's got an 578 00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:44.880 elite approach at the plate and that continues to be the case. He's up 579 00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:49.280 in every at high A. Now. He was on that Modesta Nuts championship 580 00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:52.280 team last year, but he's at Everett this year. He's older, you 581 00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:57.360 know, he's in his age twenty four season college bat. But he's swiping 582 00:38:57.400 --> 00:39:00.480 bags, he's walking a ton, he's got a one to fifty seven WRC 583 00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:04.519 plus on the air like it's he's crushing it. And I wouldn't be surprised 584 00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:08.880 if he gets bumped to double A in relatively short order to play with Williamson 585 00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:13.480 and Cole Young, some Moore and Harry Ford. So Rock Rodnon, he's 586 00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:16.039 another one that's playing kind of all around the dian second base, third base, 587 00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:20.639 shortstop, a bit. Yeah, he's he's another one that was zero 588 00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:23.599 person owned low down a lot of people's fypds, but I think Chris Klegg 589 00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:28.480 had noted that he's someone who's college data really popped in terms of like the 590 00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:34.119 chase and contact and decent exit velos too, and it's showed out he's having 591 00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:37.920 a great start to his pro career too. Matt, the Marlins, we 592 00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:42.559 both went with Troy Johnston. I don't think. I don't think we expected 593 00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:46.960 him to have a you know, seventy seven WRC plus. No not doing 594 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:51.800 what he did last year, that's for sure, So that's been a bit 595 00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:54.400 of a disappointment. But looking the rest of the Marlins, Org, I 596 00:39:54.440 --> 00:40:00.880 mean, Joe Mack, I think has improved proved his stock. That would 597 00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:04.280 have been a nice choice. But then other than that, the only other 598 00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:07.079 bat and I wanted to ask you about him last week former B side pick 599 00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:12.119 how your Snoia, what did you make of him? Man? Because we 600 00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:15.519 both were fans, Yeah, question if he was really a big leaguer, 601 00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:20.880 but just loved the way he played and optimize his skill and all that stuff. 602 00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:22.480 And now we're talking about a twenty one year old in triple A who 603 00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:27.360 was holding his own Man, what do you think now I saw you were 604 00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:30.039 mentioning him in the dugout a couple of days ago, maybe sometime last week, 605 00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:32.840 and I was swamped with work and so I couldn't weigh in. But 606 00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:37.039 I need to watch him this year because when I watched a lot of him 607 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:39.760 last year, I really liked him. He was my runner up. I 608 00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:44.039 think when I was looking at the Miami system, he's really fast. We 609 00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:49.119 know that he swipes bags, he's good at it, and he had a 610 00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:53.360 solid contact approach, but he's really upped that, and I think some of 611 00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:58.480 this is like maybe, okay, so here's here's One of my hypotheses is 612 00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:04.840 that he's doing better at triple because the ABS system is helping with the way 613 00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:08.199 he approaches each at bat. And I say this because while he's dropped his 614 00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:13.920 strike his swinging strike rate a little bit, he's almost doubled his walk rate 615 00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:19.880 from double A this year and almost had his strikeout rate as he's jumped up 616 00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:23.679 to triple A. That doesn't really happen, especially in year, and so 617 00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:30.760 I just I'm curious how that's happening. And you know, the craziest thing 618 00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:34.480 is that he's got three homers already, Like he has no power, you 619 00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:37.360 know, and the fact that he has two homers in the International League already 620 00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:40.559 is like wild up to me. He hits everything on the ground. He 621 00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:45.559 has very little top end power. I've watched a good amount of him this 622 00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:49.800 year, Matt, and he's maybe one guy that has like kind of gotten 623 00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:52.000 me, you know, or I tune in a couple times a week at 624 00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:54.440 least. But yes, he hits the ball on the ground more than you 625 00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:59.840 probably would like to see. The power stuff is definitely there's a limit to 626 00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:04.559 that. I've been impressed with sort of his gap to gap line drive improvements. 627 00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:07.119 He you know, it's kind of you know, slap dicky contact sort 628 00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:10.159 of guy. You know, he's up his game a little bit more. 629 00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:13.679 I think I think he's a little bit more of a dangerous hitter than that. 630 00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:17.000 I'm more dangerous than I think I ever gave him credit for forgetting to 631 00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:22.079 Yeah, don't know, and it may be to me, you know, 632 00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:27.239 and I know, and for a guy that is as small as he is 633 00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:31.760 and kind of limited in sort of the physical physicality that he brings to it, 634 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:36.039 I'm impressed with how he gets to it. And I don't know, 635 00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:38.039 he's he's a fun one. I hope he makes the majors. And you 636 00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:43.599 know, he's sort of that classic second basement that they're playing all over the 637 00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:46.760 diamond that Miami seems to cove it and play everywhere. But yeah, he's 638 00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:50.199 he's a fun one. And the fact that he's twenty one and doing this 639 00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:53.159 at Triple A is you can't knock that too much. Like it's it's impressive 640 00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:57.480 stuff. Yeah, I agree, man, the Mets, we both went 641 00:42:57.679 --> 00:43:01.519 with young Will we'll freight. Laura, who was an a ball last year, 642 00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:07.079 has been at Brooklyn all season, not statistically lighting the world on fire 643 00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:12.519 ninety one w RC plus. But and I didn't I don't think we discussed 644 00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:16.320 this, or maybe I just didn't realize this. I think Maddy Backpack mentioned 645 00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:21.000 this. But he was coming off of a hamlet bone thing, and we 646 00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:23.480 know that that can sort of sap a guy for a while. And I 647 00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:27.920 was kind of like h Man, kind of bumming on Laura here the first 648 00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:30.400 couple of months of the season. But he's been much better of late. 649 00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:32.679 I think he's kind of kind of getting his mojo back here a little bit 650 00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:37.000 at the plate doing Yeah, we're still not seeing a lot of power, 651 00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:39.000 which was one of the things we liked about him that for someone so young, 652 00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:43.519 he had showed some pretty decent evs in the Florest State League. But 653 00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:45.760 he has been a little bit better of late, although I think his last 654 00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:51.360 week or so it's been not great, you know, kind of since mid 655 00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:53.679 May, I think there's been some signs of life. He's another one, 656 00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:57.960 along with Treuvor Werner, who I've been looking at in a couple of deep 657 00:43:58.000 --> 00:44:00.079 leagues from like, man, is it almost time to cut wilfreidl Laura. 658 00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:05.000 I think it's The answer is not quite yet, but well maybe it may 659 00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:07.199 be coming. I asked you this and now. Don't get me wrong, 660 00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:12.360 there's been some some hitting prospects the Mets org that I think have really ascended 661 00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:17.039 Hayzus baias young Ewing, but I don't think those guys were in full season 662 00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:21.400 last year at all, so looking at sort of the rest of their system, 663 00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:23.039 I don't know. I don't know if there would have been a better 664 00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:28.840 call or someone who really pops out is as sort of like a good B 665 00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:32.880 side ascension here this season so far, I'm not not really I mean, 666 00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:37.559 maybe a j Ewing, but again, I don't know where I don't know 667 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:40.000 if he I don't think he was we had any full season in last year. 668 00:44:40.199 --> 00:44:43.360 Yeah, you might be right on that. Yeah, and I don't 669 00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:45.760 think. I don't think we did with Jesus Baias either. If we did, 670 00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:50.599 it was we definite. We definitely didn't with Bias, and he's been 671 00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:53.199 he's been great. And the only other one that pops in one of my 672 00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:58.920 leader boards is Nick Morribido, and he wasn't on my list last year, 673 00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:02.920 even though he had a decent little run at low A at the end of 674 00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:07.800 last year. But he's, you know, a super speedster. I don't 675 00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:10.159 think there's going to be an impact bat here, but a lot of steels 676 00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:15.800 and has thus far been pretty good as a relatively young guy in Brooklyn. 677 00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:21.039 Yeah, so I don't know. Even though Laura has been underwhelming, I 678 00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:23.719 think i'd still take Laura over a lot of their bats as a B side 679 00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:32.000 hopeful. All Right, the Nationals, ye old gnats. I went with 680 00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:37.599 petcher Max Romero Junior, who's not had a very good season at all. 681 00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:42.000 You went with Johandy Morales, who I think, I mean, he's in 682 00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:46.000 double as first pro season. I think there's still things to be excited about, 683 00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:50.639 but probably not the season we were hoping for. But I know that 684 00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:53.840 the homers still haven't showed up. That's the bummer. With Yo Handy, 685 00:45:54.239 --> 00:45:58.559 I'm like, the power is there. He hit like, what we say, 686 00:45:58.639 --> 00:46:02.079 fifty homers in college and he's gotten two in Pro Bowl. Wild to 687 00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:05.920 me. Yeah, But looking at the rest of their system, Matt, 688 00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:08.639 I don't know who would have been a good call. Some first year player, 689 00:46:08.920 --> 00:46:13.599 a ball glasser who's doing well got promoted. But I've watched him some. 690 00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:16.119 I don't know if I'm that's real exciting. But I don't know what 691 00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:22.320 other bat that wasn't already pretty boy has ascended or had a real nice season 692 00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:23.639 for them. I don't know if I mentioned him when we talked about the 693 00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:29.480 nets, but Darren Baker was one that I liked last year, just kind 694 00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:31.400 of like, yeah, just like a speedy guy. I'm never going to 695 00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:36.119 be a lot of pop and you know, round down on the plate skills, 696 00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:38.559 but he was one that I thought, you know, he could hit 697 00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:43.000 some singles, walk a little bit, and steal some bases. He's kind 698 00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:45.000 of doing that. He's now up in Triple A. He's twenty five, 699 00:46:45.119 --> 00:46:50.840 but it's not. This isn't big league level production. It's more maybe he's 700 00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:53.400 a bench bat in your thirty teamers that gets a little bit of run. 701 00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:57.400 So, you know, I still don't think he's a good B side pick, 702 00:46:57.480 --> 00:47:00.800 but he's doing kind of what we expected. The Orioles Matt I went 703 00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:05.519 with Matthew Etzell. I think that was a pretty good call. You went 704 00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:07.599 with Billy Cook, who I think that was a good call too. He's 705 00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:10.119 up in Triple A now, he's having a good season. I think he's 706 00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:15.119 just yep, he's just stuck behind a lot of good players yep, which 707 00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:17.239 we kind of said, you know, like Billy Cook is sort of more 708 00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:20.159 of that, you know, a little bit of power, a little bit 709 00:47:20.199 --> 00:47:23.039 of speed, decent plate skills, doesn't strike out much, walk some and 710 00:47:23.480 --> 00:47:28.400 it's just going to be a solid kind of corner. I think he's played 711 00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:30.599 some center field, a little bit of second bas this year. That's good. 712 00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:35.280 But Billy Cook is just behind a bunch of way bigger names and even 713 00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:37.880 though he's been you know, about as good as a lot of them. 714 00:47:37.039 --> 00:47:39.880 And Etzel was a good call for you. That's one that we both liked 715 00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:45.760 and I sort of co signed on that one where he's really showing his stolen 716 00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:50.360 based prowess, making a lot of contact and walking a decent amount with a 717 00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:52.559 little bit of pop too. So and he's up in double A now, 718 00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:55.639 which is which is good, and he's still doing pretty well. He's going 719 00:47:55.719 --> 00:48:00.079 to have the same issue that Cook has. So yeah, at least they're 720 00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:05.079 outfielders, I guess, and the Orioles big league outfielders are older, like 721 00:48:05.199 --> 00:48:07.760 Mullins isn't going to be around for very long, and so you're talking about 722 00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:14.039 like Santander, Kerestad, who elseus and somebody else that oh beavers, but 723 00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:15.880 he's at double A. Yeah, and they're gonna have a bunch of mouths 724 00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:20.639 to feed, for sure. I know there's a couple of young bats down 725 00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:23.840 in a ball that I think put themselves on the map a little bit and 726 00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:28.039 like Sosa and whatnot. But uh, I don't know if there was if 727 00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:30.440 there was anybody else that would have been a good call for us. Matt 728 00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:32.920 Now, I think we nailed this one. The only other guys that are 729 00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:37.880 as good as the two guys that we picked are their pretty boys, you 730 00:48:37.880 --> 00:48:42.199 know, Jackson Holliday, Hessen Karstad, Kobe Mayo, Billy Cook and Matthew 731 00:48:42.239 --> 00:48:45.800 Etzel are like by my list here the top performers so far, and then 732 00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:52.000 the next one's the Sao Beavers Norby Like then you get down and Creed Williams. 733 00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:55.000 You know your boy, Creed. He's he's looked pretty good for long 734 00:48:55.039 --> 00:49:00.440 stretches this year. Matt Horvath started the year pretty badly, but has really 735 00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:02.639 turned it on the last couple months and is now performing kind of like the 736 00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:07.119 guy that we had talked about. You know, Pop Walks steals a bunch 737 00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:12.360 of bags, super athletic, playing a bunch of different positions. So Horvath, 738 00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:15.039 I think it is playing better of late. And then Enrique Bradfield Junior 739 00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:19.000 too, he's striking out a lot more than I thought he was going to. 740 00:49:19.159 --> 00:49:22.280 I thought his contact rates were going to be better. But he's got 741 00:49:22.320 --> 00:49:28.079 twenty nine bags and has hit two homers, three steel or three triples an 742 00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:30.480 a doubles, So he's at least getting to a little bit of power for 743 00:49:30.719 --> 00:49:35.760 someone who some people gave like a twenty on his power grade. He's he's 744 00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:37.159 got a little bit of juice. But yeah, I'm a little surprised that 745 00:49:37.280 --> 00:49:40.440 Bradfield strikeout rate. I thought that was going to be down in the like 746 00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:45.280 ten percent range, twelve percent range. Yeah, agreed, Padres Matt. 747 00:49:45.400 --> 00:49:51.400 I went with young Rossman Verdugo, who has had some stretches where he's hit 748 00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:55.559 some home runs, is still nineteen year old, pretty league average, has 749 00:49:55.599 --> 00:50:00.639 had some moments. You went with Urso Ornellis, who still has gotten his 750 00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:05.360 big league shot, been doing okay, I guess, and TRIPLEA. But 751 00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:08.199 looking at their system, there was only one other name that that kind of 752 00:50:08.199 --> 00:50:13.639 popped to me, and that's Romeo Santa Bria. They're young catcher at a 753 00:50:13.880 --> 00:50:17.119 ball looked pretty good, but other than that, I don't know if they 754 00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:22.400 have any bats that have really popped this year. Yeah, and Santa Bria, 755 00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:23.800 I don't think he was at full season ball last year. I don't 756 00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:27.159 know if we got to look at him. Oh he wasn't. Okay, 757 00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:30.039 Yeah, well I don't think so. I mean he's he's still at a 758 00:50:30.159 --> 00:50:31.920 ball this year. Let me let me double check that. But I don't 759 00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:35.360 think we got to look at him last year. Oh, it looks like 760 00:50:35.400 --> 00:50:37.920 we did sixteen games at low A at the end of last year, but 761 00:50:38.119 --> 00:50:43.239 he did crap all like I mean it was a small sample. No Homer's 762 00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:47.119 okay line but nothing really exciting. So he's a guy that's been teetering on 763 00:50:47.199 --> 00:50:51.360 the on the top of my pick up list and a couple of my deep 764 00:50:51.440 --> 00:50:53.199 leagues, but hasn't quite made it yet. Yeah, I mean, one 765 00:50:53.199 --> 00:50:57.880 thing to note is he's seems to be a first baseman. He's now twenty 766 00:50:57.920 --> 00:51:00.840 two, and yeah, he's doing well at Low A, but it's Low 767 00:51:00.840 --> 00:51:05.360 A as a twenty two year old, and he's played a bunch of teenagers 768 00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:07.920 like That's his performance has been really, really good and it's definitely a pop 769 00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:12.159 up guy. But yeah, some some flags there. Yeah, I don't 770 00:51:12.159 --> 00:51:15.280 know if there's anybody else here that I would take over tier. So even 771 00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:20.280 with this three months of additional data, yeah, Philly's I went with young 772 00:51:20.360 --> 00:51:22.920 Brian Rincone, who I think what's he's in High A now, but he's 773 00:51:22.920 --> 00:51:27.920 been pretty average. But the glove glove is the is the big appeal there. 774 00:51:27.960 --> 00:51:30.039 But even with that, I and the offense that he showed last year, 775 00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:34.079 I was I was hoping for some more offense this year. And then 776 00:51:34.119 --> 00:51:37.239 you went with an older tripa A player, Matt Cruhn, who I think 777 00:51:37.599 --> 00:51:42.840 he's having a decent season but still hasn't gotten his shot right. Yeah. 778 00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:45.639 The only other bat though, in that system is a former B side call, 779 00:51:45.800 --> 00:51:52.320 Leonardo Pineda, who's kind of one twenty eight WRC plus and Hia He's 780 00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:55.480 had some nice stretches. Other than that, don't know who would be It 781 00:51:55.639 --> 00:51:59.280 would have been a good B side call, Matt. What do you if 782 00:51:59.280 --> 00:52:02.800 you watch any of William Bergoya this year? He's in Jersey Shore, but 783 00:52:02.840 --> 00:52:06.800 he strikes me as a little bit more of your kind of guy, Like 784 00:52:07.159 --> 00:52:12.360 he has a league average walk rate or maybe slightly below, but really below 785 00:52:12.400 --> 00:52:15.400 average strikeout rate, Like he's swinging a lot. I think, not a 786 00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:19.039 ton of pop, but swipe some bags. But he's I had seen some 787 00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:22.599 stuff about him last year and hadn't watched him very much, but I think 788 00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:24.840 he's doing okay so far this year. I just wondered if he'd watched him. 789 00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:30.400 But point being no one that's really popped off the page or off the 790 00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:32.960 video that's gotten a lot more excited about. Yeah, I'm really excited to 791 00:52:32.960 --> 00:52:37.239 see Starlinkaba in clear Water. I want to see him. I mean, 792 00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:42.320 our little look at him and the spring breakout game was super exciting, and 793 00:52:42.840 --> 00:52:45.800 all the reports continue to back that up. He seems like a real, 794 00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:49.599 really exciting young in field prospect. Yeah, I agree. Well, Matt 795 00:52:49.679 --> 00:52:55.199 the Pirates, we both went with Charles McAdoo. McAdoo maybe just behind Capus 796 00:52:55.360 --> 00:52:59.599 that that is probably ascended the most for me. Yeah, I don't really 797 00:52:59.679 --> 00:53:02.800 know what to pick at with him at the plate. I know there's defensive 798 00:53:02.880 --> 00:53:06.559 questions, literally nothing, I mean, like, no, put the man 799 00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:08.440 in double A and see what he can do, because this is ridiculous. 800 00:53:08.480 --> 00:53:14.239 At this point, he is absolutely raking, like I love it. I 801 00:53:14.239 --> 00:53:19.199 mean he's stealing bags to showing his athleticism on the bases, like let's go. 802 00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:22.760 Yeah, I was hoping this week, hoping two weeks ago, but 803 00:53:22.880 --> 00:53:24.119 yeah, I want to see him in double A. Put the man in 804 00:53:24.159 --> 00:53:30.280 Altuna already. Matt the Rangers, I went with young reluctantly went with young 805 00:53:30.360 --> 00:53:35.280 Marcos Torres, who hasn't really done anything in Abel He's nineteen years old, 806 00:53:35.360 --> 00:53:39.239 but I'm not interesting. He went with Blayne Krim, who has been underwhelming 807 00:53:39.400 --> 00:53:45.039 the Triple A. Surprisingly underwhelming, but all that being said, someone who 808 00:53:45.360 --> 00:53:49.440 wasn't already popular, I don't know who's like popped in their system. I 809 00:53:49.440 --> 00:53:52.440 know young glider Figureo's had a nice season, but I mean this is his 810 00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:55.800 second a ball run. I kind of want to see him get to Hya, 811 00:53:55.920 --> 00:54:00.320 but he's a guy that's it's gotten more interesting to me. But other 812 00:54:00.400 --> 00:54:02.840 than that, wasn't really anyone in their system. Well, the only other 813 00:54:02.920 --> 00:54:07.719 guy is the other guy that I was coin flipping when I talked about Texas, 814 00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:10.920 which is Sandro Fabian. And I think he's he's the best guy in 815 00:54:10.960 --> 00:54:15.840 the system, you know, like when you look at how he's done relative 816 00:54:15.880 --> 00:54:20.039 to level, and you know he's still not striking out at all. Thirteen 817 00:54:20.079 --> 00:54:22.119 percent and triple A is super impressive. I don't care if you're twenty six 818 00:54:22.199 --> 00:54:27.440 years old walking slightly below average amount, but pop seven homers. And with 819 00:54:27.559 --> 00:54:30.760 Blaine Krim, I think, again, the skills are still there. He's 820 00:54:30.800 --> 00:54:32.679 walking eleven percent of the time. I think it's been a bit of babup 821 00:54:32.719 --> 00:54:37.480 misfortune for him. I think he's still a good a good hitter, like 822 00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:40.559 somebody who could be a major league average hitter right now. So you know, 823 00:54:40.840 --> 00:54:45.880 slow starts the year, and then the only other guys in their system 824 00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:50.159 other than Fabian and Krim for me, you know, Walcott obviously was super 825 00:54:50.159 --> 00:54:53.280 exciting. It's been nice to see him drop that strikeout rate, Like I've 826 00:54:53.400 --> 00:54:59.400 been critical of him and kind of his line, but seemingly it's down a 827 00:54:59.559 --> 00:55:04.800 season line to twenty eight percent, which it was like, what thirty six 828 00:55:04.880 --> 00:55:07.719 percent last year or something like it was. It was way up there last 829 00:55:07.800 --> 00:55:12.320 year. And the fact that he's going up levels and still continuing to drop 830 00:55:12.400 --> 00:55:16.639 his strikeout rate is impressive. And the only other guy that for me is 831 00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:21.760 one that I wasn't on but I would like to see more of is Cody 832 00:55:21.800 --> 00:55:23.400 Freeman. I don't know if you've watched much of him this year a little 833 00:55:23.400 --> 00:55:25.760 bit. He's, you know, twenty three year old at double A, 834 00:55:25.960 --> 00:55:30.960 So like that's a solid challenge for a twenty three year old slightly above average 835 00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:35.679 one or nine worc plus the strikeouts are in check. He's swiped some bags, 836 00:55:35.719 --> 00:55:38.119 eight bags and six homers across two hundred and twenty eight play appearances. 837 00:55:38.199 --> 00:55:43.239 Like that's solid production and I'm curious to see if he can make that play. 838 00:55:43.320 --> 00:55:45.880 They still list him as a catcher. I don't know if he's caught 839 00:55:45.000 --> 00:55:50.159 at all this year. Looks like maybe he hasn't caught it at all this 840 00:55:50.280 --> 00:55:52.400 year, but they played him mostly at third base. I think so as 841 00:55:52.400 --> 00:55:58.519 somebody who I wasn't familiar with his work, but I think he's been interesting 842 00:55:58.639 --> 00:56:02.000 enough to put that on a watch list, so Couldy. Freeman's the only 843 00:56:02.039 --> 00:56:06.079 guy in TEXASSM that like, I didn't know about that. I was like, 844 00:56:06.079 --> 00:56:08.079 oh, maybe there's something here. Yeah, it's a good shout the 845 00:56:08.199 --> 00:56:15.239 Rays. My number one pick in our hit or draft was Ryan Sturmac felt 846 00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:20.559 like just injuries have delayed him and people had moved off him too quickly, 847 00:56:20.599 --> 00:56:23.480 and then he goes and gets hurt and just came back I think, what 848 00:56:23.559 --> 00:56:27.800 a week and a half ago or something like that. So I think he's 849 00:56:27.920 --> 00:56:30.000 I think he has done some damage with the bat, but got to stay 850 00:56:30.039 --> 00:56:35.280 on the field, But hoping wondering if since he's missed so much time, 851 00:56:35.320 --> 00:56:38.000 they might jump him up double A. We'll see a guy that I still 852 00:56:38.280 --> 00:56:43.960 think is talented and want to see both defensively and offensively, just want to 853 00:56:44.000 --> 00:56:47.440 see him play. Then you went with Chandler Simpson, who I think has 854 00:56:47.519 --> 00:56:52.679 done exactly what we thought right young counter backs. He finally just got promoted 855 00:56:52.760 --> 00:56:57.320 up to double a forty eight bags on the air. So far, like 856 00:56:57.440 --> 00:57:01.400 he's I think comfortably in first place for the miners currently. You know, 857 00:57:01.480 --> 00:57:05.920 as we talked about, that's that's like his whole game, right, Yeah, 858 00:57:06.239 --> 00:57:07.400 yeah, he does have a homer this year, which is exciting. 859 00:57:07.519 --> 00:57:12.119 But was it inside the park? I don't know, but it would be 860 00:57:12.119 --> 00:57:15.440 surprised if it wasn't. Since the park exactly, but I will say Trey 861 00:57:15.519 --> 00:57:21.760 Morgan from LSU has been really good, way way better that than I had 862 00:57:21.760 --> 00:57:24.880 thought that. I agreed that. No, I agreed, that's that is 863 00:57:25.239 --> 00:57:29.480 was exactly what I was going to say too. I thought, kind of 864 00:57:29.480 --> 00:57:34.800 that corner profile, low power, good athlete skill set, it's like super 865 00:57:34.840 --> 00:57:37.039 hard to make that work. But thus far he's kind of saying like, 866 00:57:37.239 --> 00:57:39.679 yeah, I can I can do that. I don't know if you remember 867 00:57:39.719 --> 00:57:44.920 he had that three homer game in the regionals or super regionals for LSU, 868 00:57:44.960 --> 00:57:47.199 which was super exciting. I was like, Oh, this might this might 869 00:57:47.239 --> 00:57:49.960 be a dude. But then you watch him and you're like, oh, 870 00:57:50.000 --> 00:57:52.280 there's just not a lot of power there. But he's got a strike out 871 00:57:52.360 --> 00:57:57.039 rate under ten percent. He's at high A, he's young ish, you 872 00:57:57.079 --> 00:58:00.519 know, considering he was a college draftees only twenty one. We'll see if 873 00:58:00.519 --> 00:58:02.440 he can make it work. But I don't know it's he's He's been an 874 00:58:02.519 --> 00:58:07.840 arrow up guy for me too. Yeah, definitely Red Sox Matt We both 875 00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:12.519 went with Alan Castro, who I think it's safe to say we were hoping 876 00:58:12.639 --> 00:58:19.000 expecting a more offensive, productive season. He's been very vanilla. And then 877 00:58:19.039 --> 00:58:22.440 I don't know. I guess maybe in their system, Mat Matthew Lugo, 878 00:58:22.159 --> 00:58:27.440 Campbell, Cavadis might have been better, better calls, but we did not 879 00:58:28.039 --> 00:58:30.320 We did not select them. Yeah, Christian Campbell, I think is the 880 00:58:30.599 --> 00:58:35.320 arrow up guy in the system. And while strikeouts continue to be a part 881 00:58:35.320 --> 00:58:37.880 of his game, as Chris Clegg noted, I think pretty early in the 882 00:58:37.920 --> 00:58:42.599 season his exit velos are way higher than they were last year. I think 883 00:58:42.639 --> 00:58:45.679 he was a drive line guy or a triad athletics guy, and Christian Campbell 884 00:58:45.840 --> 00:58:51.559 upped his exit velo average and ninetieth percent out by a lot. It came 885 00:58:51.599 --> 00:58:54.039 with a bit more swing and miss, but you know, he's popped ten 886 00:58:54.119 --> 00:58:59.039 homers. He's up to double A. Playing all around the diamonds, second 887 00:58:59.280 --> 00:59:05.159 short left field, there's he's he's moved pretty firmly into like real prospect territory, 888 00:59:05.239 --> 00:59:07.480 especially for fantasy, And I didn't have that on my red art all 889 00:59:07.519 --> 00:59:10.199 coming into the year, so he would have been a great pick. Yeah, 890 00:59:10.280 --> 00:59:15.519 the Reds, Matt, I was more excited about Ethan o'donald than I 891 00:59:15.679 --> 00:59:20.800 was Charles McAdoo, and he has just been very vanilla in Hia. It's 892 00:59:20.840 --> 00:59:22.920 not popped like I had hoped. You went with Jacob Hurdabies, who's in 893 00:59:22.960 --> 00:59:27.360 the big leagues right now. I think maybe he's still love right yep. 894 00:59:27.440 --> 00:59:30.480 Actually, like I saw him. I saw him take some at bats. 895 00:59:30.119 --> 00:59:35.559 What last week went to the Reds Rockies game. Nice were there two strikes 896 00:59:35.599 --> 00:59:39.079 away from a win and ended up losing by five. Yeah, I think 897 00:59:39.119 --> 00:59:43.719 that was a good call because I don't know if there's really anyone else in 898 00:59:43.760 --> 00:59:47.559 their system that would have been Dominic Patelli. Yeah, who's kind of ascended. 899 00:59:47.800 --> 00:59:51.519 Maybe that would have been a good call. I know you've talked about 900 00:59:51.599 --> 00:59:58.000 Ariel Almonte before and his massive power potential down at a ball. He's repeating 901 00:59:58.039 --> 01:00:00.519 a ball, right, so we would have had a chance to see him. 902 01:00:00.519 --> 01:00:04.280 But yeah, and the strikeout rate for him is obviously off the charts 903 01:00:04.320 --> 01:00:07.880 still like which it was when we talked about him before, but still the 904 01:00:07.920 --> 01:00:12.159 power is intriguing for a twenty year old. He's I think leading the Reds 905 01:00:12.159 --> 01:00:15.360 minor leaguers in homers so far this year as a twenty year old. To 906 01:00:15.440 --> 01:00:20.159 enable other than Patelli, I don't think there's really anyone that wasn't very popular 907 01:00:20.199 --> 01:00:22.039 that has kind of kind of popped this year. Yeah. The only other 908 01:00:22.039 --> 01:00:27.599 one that's Blake Dunn got a little cup of coffee too, and I think 909 01:00:27.639 --> 01:00:30.039 he was an under owned guy. I still like her to Bees more. 910 01:00:30.119 --> 01:00:35.480 I think the Herdabes's profile of like walking a lot, stealing bases, and 911 01:00:35.639 --> 01:00:39.159 hitting kind of line drives is more likely to play than Blake Dunn, who 912 01:00:39.239 --> 01:00:43.639 sells out a bit more for power but still brings some speed to play. 913 01:00:43.760 --> 01:00:45.840 Yeah, Herdibees is still probably who I would have gone with the Rockies. 914 01:00:45.880 --> 01:00:51.559 Matt my guy. Ryan Ritter has been a lot better than even I expected. 915 01:00:51.679 --> 01:00:54.840 The strikeouts been cut quite a bit at double A. He hasn't hit 916 01:00:54.960 --> 01:00:59.960 for as many home runs, but he's still playing stellar defense, hitting forever 917 01:01:00.280 --> 01:01:04.559 more, stealing some bases. He's been pretty good I think your pick Jimmy 918 01:01:04.599 --> 01:01:07.159 Harron has been all right. I think he's hurt now, isn't he or 919 01:01:07.239 --> 01:01:09.800 did he just come back? I think so. Yeah, he's missed a 920 01:01:09.800 --> 01:01:14.039 good amount of time, but he was solid before then. I just don't 921 01:01:14.079 --> 01:01:16.400 know. I just don't know if he's gonna get a chance. Yeah. 922 01:01:16.480 --> 01:01:20.559 And he's another of these older guys that I thought, maybe he gets a 923 01:01:20.679 --> 01:01:22.960 chance. But again, the Rockies have stockpiled quite a few of these. 924 01:01:23.119 --> 01:01:28.000 So it's not Bouchard Doyle, you like, a lot of these guys were 925 01:01:28.000 --> 01:01:31.519 older and then finally got It's kind of a lot of outfielders. Even with 926 01:01:31.559 --> 01:01:36.599 them all with several of them banged up right now, there's still other outfielders 927 01:01:36.639 --> 01:01:38.559 ahead of them. Yeah, and even a guy like Braiden Ward who's a 928 01:01:38.639 --> 01:01:44.239 level below but like he was about he might he might get a shot instead. 929 01:01:44.480 --> 01:01:47.480 Yeah, that would have been good calls for braiden Ward. And then 930 01:01:49.000 --> 01:01:52.599 Caros has been a lot better than I expected that he would be too. 931 01:01:52.679 --> 01:01:55.519 Kyle Carris, Yeah, beatty braiden Ward, man, he's he's a fun 932 01:01:55.559 --> 01:01:59.400 one. He is a fun one, and like that man. We've talked 933 01:01:59.400 --> 01:02:01.800 a little bit about stolen bases as a skill and how you can see that 934 01:02:01.960 --> 01:02:06.920 a bit in some minor leaguers and Ward has that. Ward is one of 935 01:02:06.960 --> 01:02:10.920 those guys that he isn't just fast and isn't just taking advantage of bad defenses. 936 01:02:12.039 --> 01:02:15.920 He's got the stolen based skill in there. He's a fun one. 937 01:02:15.039 --> 01:02:17.599 Oh well, I was going to ask, like on the older level, 938 01:02:17.639 --> 01:02:22.320 guys like Coco Montes, like he's been one that has popped up for me 939 01:02:22.360 --> 01:02:27.960 as like maybe if he gets a little bit of run if Rogers or or 940 01:02:29.039 --> 01:02:31.360 I guess when Brendon Rogers went down, I wondered if they were going to 941 01:02:31.400 --> 01:02:37.199 give Coco Montes run and instead they're promoted amador. But has have you watched 942 01:02:37.239 --> 01:02:38.760 much of Montes? Yeah, yeah, I've seen, and he was up 943 01:02:38.800 --> 01:02:43.280 with them last year a little bit. I think he's a really good Triple 944 01:02:43.320 --> 01:02:47.079 A ballplayer. I don't think he's he gives them anything that Alan Trejo doesn't 945 01:02:47.079 --> 01:02:51.559 give them, you know what I mean. Yeah, Treo is better defensively, 946 01:02:51.880 --> 01:02:54.599 So yeah, he's nice. I was kind of hoping my guy Hunter 947 01:02:54.679 --> 01:02:59.320 Stoleall might actually get a big league chance because I love him, but that 948 01:02:59.400 --> 01:03:01.920 didn't happen. The Royals man, I know Trevor. Trevor Warner has been 949 01:03:01.960 --> 01:03:07.559 a big disappointment for both of us. We were pretty excited about that, 950 01:03:07.039 --> 01:03:12.239 but that has has not gone well. But I don't know who would have 951 01:03:12.239 --> 01:03:15.400 been a better call on that. I've liked this, uh, some of 952 01:03:15.440 --> 01:03:19.440 these looks of this Jared Dickey guy, but he's still like putting up pretty 953 01:03:19.480 --> 01:03:22.239 pedestrian numbers. That ball shape is nice, But I don't know. I 954 01:03:22.280 --> 01:03:24.880 don't know who would have been a good call. I don't know who's popping 955 01:03:25.079 --> 01:03:30.960 for the Royals that wasn't popular. I think Javier of Oz, who I'm 956 01:03:30.960 --> 01:03:32.519 pretty sure I mentioned when we were talking about this. It is like I 957 01:03:32.599 --> 01:03:37.960 really liked him coming into the year with exactly what he's shown this year, 958 01:03:38.039 --> 01:03:42.840 which is high contact, decent plate approach, a little bit of speed, 959 01:03:43.039 --> 01:03:46.159 and maybe he'll look into a few homers here and there. So I do 960 01:03:46.239 --> 01:03:51.159 really like Javier Vaz and I did kind of coming into the year. I 961 01:03:51.199 --> 01:03:54.360 think he has a chance to be like, was he still like B side 962 01:03:54.440 --> 01:04:00.239 range popularity though, because I know he was. He was super you know, 963 01:04:00.280 --> 01:04:02.079 like it sort of fringy for us, but still two percent I thought 964 01:04:02.199 --> 01:04:05.199 was such a safe territory, and he had made it up to Double A 965 01:04:05.280 --> 01:04:08.920 last year and spent most of Double A most of this year in Double A 966 01:04:09.000 --> 01:04:12.519 two. But Oz, I think continues to be a guy who looks like 967 01:04:12.719 --> 01:04:16.920 either a platoon guy or a utility guy with a chance for a bit more, 968 01:04:17.119 --> 01:04:20.559 especially if he gets to a bit more power, which I wouldn't not 969 01:04:20.679 --> 01:04:25.920 expect it to happen. But Oz is still a still guy. I like 970 01:04:25.960 --> 01:04:31.119 here the Tigers, Matt, I went with Luke Gold who has hit some 971 01:04:31.199 --> 01:04:34.719 home runs in hye been okay, I guess, And then you went with 972 01:04:34.760 --> 01:04:39.840 Brady Allen, who's nothing been underwhelming in Double A. Yep, I don't 973 01:04:39.840 --> 01:04:44.079 remember how popular was how you lee before the season had to have been over 974 01:04:44.480 --> 01:04:48.639 our threshold limit because he's been awesome. Yeah, yeah, he's probably he's 975 01:04:48.639 --> 01:04:53.159 probably the clear cut to me, sort of like B side ascending guy. 976 01:04:53.480 --> 01:04:58.400 Yeah, I think that's right. I mean McGonagall obviously hat tipped to you 977 01:04:58.519 --> 01:05:01.679 for iding that one. I I think mcgonagall's been phenomenal since he came back 978 01:05:01.679 --> 01:05:06.280 from his injury, like better than Max Clark, who was obviously a top 979 01:05:06.280 --> 01:05:12.480 five pick. And yeah, McGonagall, Mcgonagall's freaking sweet, So I'm pumped 980 01:05:12.480 --> 01:05:15.320 for you on that one. The Twins, Matt, we both screwed the 981 01:05:15.320 --> 01:05:19.559 pooch here. My guy Ben Ross has been probably the most disappointing guy for 982 01:05:19.679 --> 01:05:24.360 me this season, maybe other than maybe Werner not been good at all. 983 01:05:24.679 --> 01:05:28.440 Good defensively still, but yeah, the bat's been awful. Your guy, 984 01:05:29.280 --> 01:05:32.800 Joiner Fajardo was released picked up by Pittsburgh. I think he's in Triple A 985 01:05:32.920 --> 01:05:35.480 for Pittsburgh now right. I think they might have signed him to Double A. 986 01:05:35.679 --> 01:05:38.599 Like that's what I was saying. I think they I think they had 987 01:05:38.639 --> 01:05:41.679 signed him to Double A. The Twins probably had. There were probably some 988 01:05:41.719 --> 01:05:45.880 better calls now. We talked about Keishchel and liking him coming into season. 989 01:05:45.960 --> 01:05:49.360 We also talked about Kursey junior Deshaun Kirsty junior, who I really liked from 990 01:05:49.400 --> 01:05:53.519 back his days in college, and like I was like, you know, 991 01:05:53.840 --> 01:05:57.719 Fajardo is kind of him, but a little bit younger. Maybe he gets 992 01:05:58.119 --> 01:06:00.639 a shot first. But Cursey has been really good, has finally dropped his 993 01:06:00.719 --> 01:06:05.559 strikeout rate down into an acceptable range and it's still showing a power speed blend. 994 01:06:05.679 --> 01:06:10.039 Like I hope Deshan Krazy gets a call this year because he seemed to 995 01:06:10.079 --> 01:06:13.760 have earned it after a really long stint in the minor leagues. This is 996 01:06:13.840 --> 01:06:15.280 I think his seventh year in the minor leagues now, and part of the 997 01:06:15.320 --> 01:06:19.360 reason why I was attracted to Ross was because I thought the Twins would would 998 01:06:19.400 --> 01:06:24.920 help him hit some better home run shapes. Right. They didn't do it 999 01:06:24.920 --> 01:06:29.679 with Ross, but man Kell Keischell's hitting the home runs, yeah, pace, 1000 01:06:29.920 --> 01:06:32.039 at a pace he was not as a as an amateur. I think 1001 01:06:32.079 --> 01:06:35.280 that I think that played. There a couple other guys that have been good 1002 01:06:35.440 --> 01:06:39.119 that kind of you know, quote popped up, came out of nowhere. 1003 01:06:39.159 --> 01:06:44.119 Nowhere is Ricardo Olivar and Rubel Saspads. Those would have been some good calls 1004 01:06:44.159 --> 01:06:47.039 too, but we did not make them. That we did not the White 1005 01:06:47.079 --> 01:06:51.920 Sox. We both went with Brooks Baldwin. I think that's been a Yeah, 1006 01:06:53.079 --> 01:06:56.320 that was pretty good. I don't know, do you think I'm hoping 1007 01:06:56.320 --> 01:07:00.159 that he gets the double A to the majors treatment like what they've done with 1008 01:07:00.519 --> 01:07:04.519 a handful of their of their guys. Of wait, moving them from Birmingham. 1009 01:07:04.719 --> 01:07:10.679 We see trade Luis Robert and then promote Baldwin to play center field. 1010 01:07:10.880 --> 01:07:14.719 I don't know. I don't know what those as clowns are doing. Uh 1011 01:07:14.880 --> 01:07:17.519 yeah, Wilfred various. That that's I think that's been a decent call too. 1012 01:07:17.760 --> 01:07:20.239 Like we've talked about, he's slimmed down and stuff. The strike cuts 1013 01:07:20.280 --> 01:07:23.800 are still kind of high, but that was a good runner up call, 1014 01:07:23.840 --> 01:07:25.679 I think. I don't know if there's any other bats. I know they 1015 01:07:25.760 --> 01:07:29.360 got some dude, some old college guy crushing it at a ball, but 1016 01:07:29.559 --> 01:07:31.880 I don't know who else has kind of jumped for them offensively. Well. 1017 01:07:32.320 --> 01:07:38.280 The only other guy that I don't think is really relevant for dynasty leagues or 1018 01:07:38.320 --> 01:07:42.480 anything. But it's just a fun interesting profiles Riku Nishida. I don't know 1019 01:07:42.480 --> 01:07:45.559 if you've watched him before, Yeah, I've seen them. Yeah. I 1020 01:07:45.599 --> 01:07:50.519 mean it's just like super high contact, zero power zero. I pulled up 1021 01:07:51.039 --> 01:07:55.519 I pulled up his spray chart and Clegg's thing, and I do legit, 1022 01:07:55.599 --> 01:08:00.199 there wasn't a ball hit past like medium depth outfield. Yeah. Yeah, 1023 01:08:00.239 --> 01:08:03.239 he's just a fun profile and I like watching him, you know, just 1024 01:08:03.239 --> 01:08:06.360 because he's got a different approach up there. And then lastly, Matt the 1025 01:08:06.480 --> 01:08:12.039 Yankees. I went with young Jose kolmanis who got hurt before the season started. 1026 01:08:12.079 --> 01:08:14.840 He's done for the year. You went with Caleb Durban. It was 1027 01:08:14.880 --> 01:08:16.479 a great call. He's been hurt for a while now, Man, when 1028 01:08:16.520 --> 01:08:19.560 does he come back. I don't know. I don't know, but he's 1029 01:08:19.600 --> 01:08:24.279 been crushing it like he you know, But I think they drop in and 1030 01:08:24.319 --> 01:08:27.600 it's been awesome. I love I love Durban, But the Yankees, I 1031 01:08:27.640 --> 01:08:31.800 think there was a handful of guys Rafael Flores, Haesus Rodriguez, Jared Serna, 1032 01:08:32.279 --> 01:08:35.800 Benjamin Cowels would have been great B side calls as well too, I 1033 01:08:35.840 --> 01:08:41.000 think. Yeah. And then my guy Augustin Ramirez, who might really have 1034 01:08:41.119 --> 01:08:44.800 qualified as B side. I mean maybe not. He might not have qualified 1035 01:08:44.920 --> 01:08:48.159 this offseason, but I know for me, he was like top of my 1036 01:08:48.279 --> 01:08:51.399 draft board for a bunch of leagues, and I managed to snag him in 1037 01:08:51.479 --> 01:08:55.840 quite a few places, and he has been awesome to start the year. 1038 01:08:56.000 --> 01:09:00.640 He's great. Now, this was a very long way going about me asking 1039 01:09:00.680 --> 01:09:03.279 you, Matt, where where are all the pop up bats man? Where 1040 01:09:03.520 --> 01:09:08.640 what am I supposed to be doing with all my roster spots and my deep 1041 01:09:08.720 --> 01:09:13.680 leagues? Yeah, I mean it is interesting going through it kind of team 1042 01:09:13.760 --> 01:09:18.199 by team like this and seeing who could we have been on or who maybe 1043 01:09:18.239 --> 01:09:23.640 has like surpassed the guys that we identified. I don't know, not scientific 1044 01:09:23.680 --> 01:09:27.840 at all, but like I'd say two thirds of our guys are like either 1045 01:09:27.960 --> 01:09:31.119 the guy or a top guy from their from their systems. You know, 1046 01:09:31.439 --> 01:09:34.960 that wasn't like a very very top prospect, right And to me, the 1047 01:09:35.000 --> 01:09:38.720 point isn't like, hey, look at us, we're so smart. The 1048 01:09:38.760 --> 01:09:42.920 point is it is not like this in other years. In other years this 1049 01:09:43.079 --> 01:09:45.199 short list. Because I've done this every June, looked at my picks, 1050 01:09:45.239 --> 01:09:48.119 who should I pick? Who were better? Every order will have a guy 1051 01:09:48.239 --> 01:09:54.239 that I could argue was just as good a call or had five guys that 1052 01:09:54.319 --> 01:09:57.720 would have been just good caller better. That is just not the case this 1053 01:09:57.840 --> 01:10:00.399 year at all. M Well, that's interesting. The historically that's the case. 1054 01:10:00.520 --> 01:10:04.159 I'm going to chalk that up to one. You picked twice as many 1055 01:10:04.199 --> 01:10:09.000 b side guys this year, right, Like I picked a bunch so so, 1056 01:10:09.079 --> 01:10:13.039 and we also talked a handful. We doubled up on a couple, 1057 01:10:13.079 --> 01:10:15.760 but for the most part we picked different guys. Even even when we agreed, 1058 01:10:15.800 --> 01:10:17.800 we usually were like, oh, but this is another guy that you 1059 01:10:17.840 --> 01:10:20.640 should keep an eye on. But so that's part of it, Like you, 1060 01:10:20.680 --> 01:10:26.920 we picked more guys. I do wonder if there's something about the offensive 1061 01:10:27.000 --> 01:10:30.439 environment overall that like maybe hasn't showing up in some of the surf surface line 1062 01:10:30.479 --> 01:10:34.800 stats that you know, like it actually turns out that a one oh five 1063 01:10:34.960 --> 01:10:41.800 WRC plus at double A is actually phenomenal and looks way closer to a really 1064 01:10:41.800 --> 01:10:45.239 good line historically speaking, so that that kind of stuff is harder to know. 1065 01:10:45.560 --> 01:10:49.039 I mean, it's also interesting hearing your perspective about that. Usually there's 1066 01:10:49.079 --> 01:10:51.760 a lot more at this point in the season, because I think for me, 1067 01:10:53.359 --> 01:10:56.760 this is the point in the season when shit starts to feel real, 1068 01:10:57.119 --> 01:10:59.880 like you know what I mean, Like lots of guys kind of started hot. 1069 01:11:00.039 --> 01:11:01.960 I'm like, man, I'm kind of skeptical of that. Like hoost 1070 01:11:02.039 --> 01:11:05.800 Way de Paula had one week where he hit five homers and how many homers 1071 01:11:05.800 --> 01:11:09.800 does he have in all of the weeks combined? One? And like, 1072 01:11:09.920 --> 01:11:13.760 I mean, okay, yeah, maybe he's that guy like everyone else said 1073 01:11:13.800 --> 01:11:15.680 he was, or maybe he's the guy that I saw all year last year 1074 01:11:15.720 --> 01:11:18.520 and have seen most of this year, Like I don't know, and so 1075 01:11:19.000 --> 01:11:24.520 looking at somebody in June or early July to mean that starts to look like, 1076 01:11:24.600 --> 01:11:28.439 Okay, this is the vagaries of the up and down of a season 1077 01:11:28.600 --> 01:11:30.920 have started to smooth out a little bit. You can start to buy who 1078 01:11:30.960 --> 01:11:34.000 a guy is more at this point, and that's on the good and the 1079 01:11:34.039 --> 01:11:38.000 bad side. So like, maybe we're just starting to see some of these 1080 01:11:38.079 --> 01:11:42.319 guys who've like maybe started out pretty hot, poked through and we should start 1081 01:11:42.319 --> 01:11:45.600 believing them. Yeah, I don't know, does that make sense like that? 1082 01:11:45.119 --> 01:11:48.960 Maybe maybe it's just that it took a little bit to get here and 1083 01:11:49.039 --> 01:11:55.039 now now we should start to see some of the players kind of separate or 1084 01:11:55.079 --> 01:11:57.159 be a little bit better. Well, you've bring up some good points, 1085 01:11:57.199 --> 01:12:00.319 but you didn't answer the question right. The correct answer was filled them with 1086 01:12:00.399 --> 01:12:04.239 pitchers. Yeah, the pitching. The pitching has been fun. You know, 1087 01:12:04.560 --> 01:12:08.359 this is something that you know, since I wasn't on last week and 1088 01:12:08.479 --> 01:12:12.039 you talked about a bunch of the pop up arms or arms that are like 1089 01:12:12.119 --> 01:12:14.720 these are guys we should have been on, or that are that were really 1090 01:12:14.720 --> 01:12:19.399 interesting. I always feel like there's a couple of arms in those first couple 1091 01:12:19.439 --> 01:12:24.039 of weeks that they turn out to be really, really good, and maybe 1092 01:12:24.039 --> 01:12:27.479 there were a few more of them this year, and we'd identified a few 1093 01:12:27.520 --> 01:12:30.640 of them coming into this season, like you with jayde Hamm, Like, 1094 01:12:30.680 --> 01:12:32.079 I think that was a great pick. Hat tipped to me a little bit. 1095 01:12:32.279 --> 01:12:35.039 Quinn Matthews, I talked about him in January, is like, this 1096 01:12:35.079 --> 01:12:39.000 is a guy to me that looks like somebody who could really put it together 1097 01:12:39.039 --> 01:12:42.119 in pro ball, and he's been nothing short of awesome. And certainly I 1098 01:12:42.119 --> 01:12:44.840 didn't think he was going to be this good, but that's somebody that we 1099 01:12:44.840 --> 01:12:46.840 were we were on. But does it feel like there were more of those 1100 01:12:46.880 --> 01:12:50.720 pop up guys to you this year that like maybe we thought this was interesting, 1101 01:12:50.800 --> 01:12:54.960 but they've showed out as like this is a stud pitcher. Does it 1102 01:12:54.960 --> 01:12:58.359 does it seem like that's the case. It's a good question for the last, 1103 01:12:58.520 --> 01:13:00.399 you know, three four years i've been I don't know if it feels 1104 01:13:00.439 --> 01:13:03.319 any different. I feel like every you know, what I was doing, 1105 01:13:03.359 --> 01:13:08.359 like that pictureless review stuff was like every week there was at least one guy 1106 01:13:08.640 --> 01:13:11.439 that I was like, Ooh, I could see how this could go. 1107 01:13:11.439 --> 01:13:14.520 And I don't think that has changed. I think pretty much every week there's 1108 01:13:14.520 --> 01:13:16.319 a picture that I catch. It might be his best outing of the year, 1109 01:13:16.359 --> 01:13:19.000 but you get the glimpse, you get to see, like it goes 1110 01:13:19.039 --> 01:13:21.479 like this, this is gonna be pretty good, right. A lot of 1111 01:13:21.479 --> 01:13:25.560 it's just how consistently are you going to be that good? You know? 1112 01:13:25.960 --> 01:13:28.880 So I don't know that's a good question, I will say, though you're 1113 01:13:28.920 --> 01:13:33.079 talking about earlier in the year Jonah than for one, I think classing those 1114 01:13:33.079 --> 01:13:36.039 were two guys right right away the first week of the season I got excited 1115 01:13:36.039 --> 01:13:39.720 about. I was like, oh, ye've they've lost a little bit of 1116 01:13:39.760 --> 01:13:43.319 their appeal to me moving up. I think there's been more guys this year 1117 01:13:43.319 --> 01:13:46.600 who were kind of like repeated a level or maybe they maybe they finally just 1118 01:13:46.600 --> 01:13:49.039 got promoted or something of that. But I feel like there's been more guys 1119 01:13:49.039 --> 01:13:53.800 that were just pretty vanilla and kind of lost my interests that have become more 1120 01:13:53.840 --> 01:13:58.319 interesting than the year's past, if that makes sense. Interesting. I feel 1121 01:13:58.319 --> 01:14:02.000 like the list of guys that maybe started out at low A or high A 1122 01:14:02.359 --> 01:14:05.800 and then really like jumped off the page, you know, like tug Bot 1123 01:14:05.880 --> 01:14:12.520 Wilkinson, Quinn Matthews, Zebbie Matthews, Caden Dana, even Austin Peterson, 1124 01:14:13.119 --> 01:14:15.840 Winston Santo's Like, there's a lot of those guys that it was like two 1125 01:14:15.920 --> 01:14:19.039 or three starts in, and I feel like it was pretty clear these are 1126 01:14:19.079 --> 01:14:24.800 some talented arms that are doing some interesting stuff, and they've mostly held that. 1127 01:14:24.960 --> 01:14:27.680 While I agree with you a couple of them as they've gone up, 1128 01:14:27.800 --> 01:14:30.560 it's trailed off a little bit, as you would expect it to a bit, 1129 01:14:30.640 --> 01:14:35.279 obviously, but it does feel to me like there was more of that 1130 01:14:35.439 --> 01:14:39.640 crop at that level that we hadn't seen a lot of, Like because the 1131 01:14:39.680 --> 01:14:43.159 thing that's common about pretty much all of those guys is we hadn't seen much 1132 01:14:43.159 --> 01:14:47.439 of them prior to this year. And Key Sting was another one all the 1133 01:14:47.479 --> 01:14:50.960 Gary Is and other of your picks that I think he's really he showed out 1134 01:14:51.000 --> 01:14:55.319 really well. Erku Lani even I think he showed some things too. But 1135 01:14:55.359 --> 01:14:58.520 a lot of those guys that we hadn't seen very much of, they've kind 1136 01:14:58.560 --> 01:15:01.199 of kept up that performance more than I expected. And when I look at 1137 01:15:01.359 --> 01:15:05.119 how how things have gone this year, it seems like those early flashes have 1138 01:15:05.279 --> 01:15:11.079 sustained for the most part, and those early like pitcher pickups have been pretty 1139 01:15:11.119 --> 01:15:13.479 good ones, and I wish I had more of them. I mean I 1140 01:15:13.520 --> 01:15:15.439 grabbed a few, I think in some of our leagues, but here I 1141 01:15:15.479 --> 01:15:18.640 wish it would have gone with me more of these guys. When we did 1142 01:15:18.720 --> 01:15:23.199 our B side arms, there was a lot of small sample guys that I 1143 01:15:23.279 --> 01:15:26.319 picked, right, Yeah, but is say, hello, Gary gill Hill, 1144 01:15:26.600 --> 01:15:30.640 guys like that, right, some that haven't been good, Jackson Humphries, 1145 01:15:30.760 --> 01:15:32.199 but Logan Evans, you know a lot lots of guys that have been 1146 01:15:32.199 --> 01:15:35.760 good, right. I think with the condensing of the miners, I think 1147 01:15:35.800 --> 01:15:42.119 maybe there's some better arms down at the complex level, at rookie ball level 1148 01:15:42.279 --> 01:15:45.000 than maybe you know, half a decade ago or something like that. I 1149 01:15:45.000 --> 01:15:47.880 think when we're when we're sort of B siding or whatever. I think the 1150 01:15:47.960 --> 01:15:50.800 second half of the year is going to be really interesting for arms. When 1151 01:15:50.840 --> 01:15:55.720 we see these guys, they get to move complex to full season, even 1152 01:15:55.760 --> 01:15:58.560 though we might just see a little bit of them, Like, you can 1153 01:15:58.600 --> 01:16:01.760 glean a lot from seeing a little You can glean a guy throwing high nineties 1154 01:16:01.840 --> 01:16:05.520 or wicked slider or something like that. You know, and there's reasons why 1155 01:16:05.600 --> 01:16:10.199 those are the guys. Those are the young guys getting promoted. So I'm 1156 01:16:10.239 --> 01:16:13.760 excited for that part of the season. I'm excited for the last month or 1157 01:16:13.840 --> 01:16:16.000 so month and a half of who are these arms that are going to come 1158 01:16:16.079 --> 01:16:18.239 up and get a few starts? You know, we're not going to have 1159 01:16:18.239 --> 01:16:21.960 a large enough sample size and who's going to be next year's crop of B 1160 01:16:23.119 --> 01:16:27.199 side arms, because that's a lot more exciting than hitters. Well, I'm 1161 01:16:27.199 --> 01:16:30.640 not going to go that far, but it has been interesting to see how 1162 01:16:30.640 --> 01:16:33.479 many of these guys really did, you know, show out like that they 1163 01:16:33.560 --> 01:16:39.520 really were quality early and then it was apparent that they were a cut above 1164 01:16:39.680 --> 01:16:44.119 either even what we thought they were or what they had been kind of rated 1165 01:16:44.239 --> 01:16:46.439 by the larger dynasty community. And I just think that's an interesting thing to 1166 01:16:46.560 --> 01:16:49.319 note. You know, I don't know if there's a larger takeaway to be 1167 01:16:49.439 --> 01:16:54.119 gleaned from that just yet, but it has been interesting just how many of 1168 01:16:54.119 --> 01:16:58.640 these guys like continue to populate the top of the K minus BBE leader boards, 1169 01:16:58.680 --> 01:17:01.279 for example, in in the minor leagues and whatnot. And yeah, 1170 01:17:01.279 --> 01:17:04.920 you found a lot of those small sample guys that like even even Hayden Mullins 1171 01:17:04.920 --> 01:17:08.560 like he hasn't put it all together yet, but he's had a few starts 1172 01:17:08.560 --> 01:17:12.399 that like there's that slider that is just wiping everybody out, and when he 1173 01:17:12.520 --> 01:17:15.000 tightens up the command a bit, I mean, I still think there's there's 1174 01:17:15.119 --> 01:17:18.680 an arm in there that it's worth following, especially in that pitching development organization, 1175 01:17:18.720 --> 01:17:21.279 the way they've turned around a bunch of those arms like he's, he's 1176 01:17:21.319 --> 01:17:25.800 another one that has it hasn't quite come together yet, but yeah, there's 1177 01:17:26.279 --> 01:17:29.079 there's some real, real potential there. I don't know if I find it 1178 01:17:29.119 --> 01:17:30.439 interesting. Man, I got a few teams good. You know, I'm 1179 01:17:30.479 --> 01:17:34.359 trying to get better. My teams aren't very good. Trying to make deals 1180 01:17:34.399 --> 01:17:40.039 and you know who are the pop up hitters and who should that is tough, 1181 01:17:40.119 --> 01:17:43.039 man. They're just saying a lot to go after right now, and 1182 01:17:43.159 --> 01:17:46.159 it's making me a little nervous. But as I think we said before the 1183 01:17:46.159 --> 01:17:50.079 season started, if you're rebuilding like I am, or trying to get good 1184 01:17:50.159 --> 01:17:56.319 like I am, a few teams, you that young MLB hitter demographic, 1185 01:17:56.439 --> 01:17:59.479 I think is where I got to be spending my time and trying to treat 1186 01:18:00.359 --> 01:18:04.119 I think we identified some some decent hitters that way. But I'd be really 1187 01:18:04.159 --> 01:18:09.359 nervous if I was like a total strip down thirty team or large even small 1188 01:18:09.439 --> 01:18:11.720 league. It was like, all right, I just got all these hitting 1189 01:18:11.760 --> 01:18:14.760 prospects and in a few years, I don't know, man, I think 1190 01:18:14.800 --> 01:18:18.720 there's also maybe a little bit of a log jam after the condensing of the 1191 01:18:18.760 --> 01:18:21.920 minor leagues and all this stuff. Like there's a lot of young bats, 1192 01:18:21.960 --> 01:18:26.119 young talented bats, I think in the majors right now. It's like they're 1193 01:18:26.399 --> 01:18:30.800 vying for time and probably deserve it. You know, Like I'll just look 1194 01:18:30.840 --> 01:18:33.000 at like the path of like Brett Wisely, who's doing all right now? 1195 01:18:33.079 --> 01:18:36.239 You know, you got one hundred and twenty at bats one season, had 1196 01:18:36.279 --> 01:18:40.960 waited half a season to get another shot. You know. Just a lot 1197 01:18:40.960 --> 01:18:44.720 of dynasty owners can't can't be patient like that, and the rebuilders. I 1198 01:18:44.760 --> 01:18:46.600 think you should try and collect those kinds of guys. It's different. It 1199 01:18:46.640 --> 01:18:51.560 feels like a very different environment, very favor of mud right now. Man. 1200 01:18:51.600 --> 01:18:56.199 I took a look at the trending prospects this week, and any good 1201 01:18:56.199 --> 01:19:00.880 ones not really, we're hitting that lull. Yeah, nothing super remarkable that 1202 01:19:00.920 --> 01:19:02.800 I know. I think CJ. Hunt is that right? CJ. Hunt? 1203 01:19:02.800 --> 01:19:06.920 The picture of the Brewer system, I think, oh, I'm sorry, 1204 01:19:06.960 --> 01:19:11.640 you're right, Casey Hunt. Thank you. He was like one and 1205 01:19:11.640 --> 01:19:16.079 a half or two percent increase. And then Cutter Coffee with the Red Sox, 1206 01:19:16.079 --> 01:19:18.119 who I don't know, what do you do, like hit six home 1207 01:19:18.199 --> 01:19:21.000 runs in a row or something like that. Yeah, he's like, I 1208 01:19:21.000 --> 01:19:26.760 think home run seven games something like that. Yeah, he's on fire, 1209 01:19:26.920 --> 01:19:30.720 and you know I remember, I mean he was what a second round prep 1210 01:19:30.760 --> 01:19:32.880 pick, signed for like one point eight million or something like that. But 1211 01:19:33.000 --> 01:19:38.239 I don't really I feel like I've never not really heard a lot of compliments 1212 01:19:38.279 --> 01:19:41.319 about Cutter Coffee. I can't say that I watched him once I picked him 1213 01:19:41.399 --> 01:19:46.039 up, though, Like no ideas, man, I didn't look at the 1214 01:19:46.439 --> 01:19:50.600 schedule upcoming this week, but I do know that I want to watch Amarillo 1215 01:19:50.800 --> 01:19:56.279 when Spencer Geisting makes his double A debut, hoping to get a decent angle 1216 01:19:56.359 --> 01:19:59.199 too. I don't know who's got the best angle in the Texas League, 1217 01:19:59.239 --> 01:20:01.439 but that's been my angle. Isn't bad. I mean, they it's a 1218 01:20:01.439 --> 01:20:04.279 little bit off center, but it's like nice and close up. I think 1219 01:20:04.319 --> 01:20:09.119 that's that's been my biggest, uh my biggest hang up with geisting at how 1220 01:20:09.199 --> 01:20:12.560 much do I like them is I've never's never been a good angle to see 1221 01:20:12.560 --> 01:20:15.319 a lefty in the Northwest League for the last two years. You know, 1222 01:20:15.640 --> 01:20:17.920 mm hmmm. This Vancouver is okay, but it's still not the greatest. 1223 01:20:18.039 --> 01:20:20.000 But yeah, so I don't know, Matt, I think that'll do it 1224 01:20:20.039 --> 01:20:27.840 for episode thirty six, Hitters suck of the Prospect. Besides podcasts a conspiracy, 1225 01:20:28.479 --> 01:20:30.800 this will be fun budding times though there's there's stuff out there. We 1226 01:20:30.880 --> 01:20:34.319 just we gotta we gotta dig deeper, Matt, we gotta find something here. 1227 01:20:34.439 --> 01:20:38.720 The second well, and as you noted, it's it's definitely getting to 1228 01:20:38.760 --> 01:20:42.920 be promotion season where we see a lot more movement between the leagues and some 1229 01:20:43.000 --> 01:20:45.159 of the guys that have been really crushing it, let's see how they do 1230 01:20:45.239 --> 01:20:49.000 as they get promoted up into High A or Double A. I think that's 1231 01:20:49.039 --> 01:20:54.600 like where a lot of the interesting promotions happen. Yeah, obviously the Complex 1232 01:20:54.640 --> 01:20:56.840 ball is up to a A ball. I think we're going to start to 1233 01:20:56.840 --> 01:21:00.319 see some of those guys fairly soon. And there's some really exciting guys in 1234 01:21:00.359 --> 01:21:03.119 the Complex too. Yeah, I don't allocate a lot of my roster spots 1235 01:21:03.199 --> 01:21:11.159 to rookie ball guys. But I have been backscore watching and keeping Demetrio Crisantis 1236 01:21:11.600 --> 01:21:15.439 on some of my rosters, and I'm curious and anxious to see him. 1237 01:21:15.680 --> 01:21:18.760 I'm hoping that's fairly soon. D bex So. I think he's playing second 1238 01:21:18.800 --> 01:21:25.439 base roadstap But I don't know if you've if you've peeped his complex numbers, 1239 01:21:25.479 --> 01:21:29.199 but they're they're pretty interesting. He has popped up a couple of times when 1240 01:21:29.239 --> 01:21:34.000 I've looked, and definitely really interesting box score so far. You know, 1241 01:21:34.039 --> 01:21:38.720 you always like to see the stolen based numbers and the strikeout a lot of 1242 01:21:38.760 --> 01:21:43.159 triple Yeah, five of them. That's impressive. Yeah, so we'll see 1243 01:21:43.520 --> 01:21:48.000 he's but he's no collades though, or triples, five homers for steals. 1244 01:21:48.359 --> 01:21:51.399 Yeah, he's gonna be so freaking good, do you think so? I'm 1245 01:21:51.399 --> 01:21:55.800 worried about the strikeouts, man, strikeouts are going to be a thing. 1246 01:21:55.960 --> 01:21:58.600 I just I think for him, he's going to be one of those guys 1247 01:21:58.600 --> 01:22:02.000 where the strikeouts are are there. But I think it's been better as he's 1248 01:22:02.000 --> 01:22:05.359 gone, Like he started out with a lot of strikeouts that I think they 1249 01:22:05.439 --> 01:22:10.560 noted this maybe in one of the Baseball America right ups recently, where his 1250 01:22:10.720 --> 01:22:15.159 contact rate started out as abysmal and now it's more below average. And for 1251 01:22:15.319 --> 01:22:18.079 a guy that hits as hard as he does, like it's I think that's 1252 01:22:18.119 --> 01:22:20.560 going to matter a little bit less. You know, you wanted to keep 1253 01:22:20.560 --> 01:22:24.880 getting better. But I'm still super in on Colase. Well, of course, 1254 01:22:24.920 --> 01:22:28.479 I'm hoping we'll let Chicago Farmer take us out and we'll talk to you 1255 01:22:28.560 --> 01:22:34.000 next time. See you. Miles an hour ratting two is him. He 1256 01:22:34.119 --> 01:22:42.399 hopped down first with the lumpbonius face, and on the very next pitch he 1257 01:22:42.600 --> 01:22:54.880 up and stole second face with gretest speed. He wasn't born, he had 1258 01:22:55.119 --> 01:22:57.039 yes, beautiful