WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:07.599 Ninety five miles an hour riding to his head. He hopped down the first 2 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:13.560 with the lump on his face, and on the very next pitch he up 3 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:24.839 and stole second face with greatst bet he wasn't born, but he had a 4 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:31.039 Yes. Boy, howdy. Welcome to Prospect B Sides Podcast with your host 5 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:37.799 Nate Handy, Episode number two. We're gonna go out west the NL West 6 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:43.640 talk about a little bit of the B side history from this division, who 7 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:48.280 we're looking forward to watching this season. I hope you brought your galoshes in 8 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:52.240 your raincoats because it's gonna get a little dirty. But before all that, 9 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:59.479 I again reached out some of my Twitter followers asking for some NL West focused 10 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:03.799 question. It seemed like a pretty decent way to start things off. I 11 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:10.200 got one here from at Denver Girl seven dash one eight plus one as a 12 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:15.439 fellow Rockies fan, well, okay, as a fellow Rockies fan. How 13 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:22.359 enraged are you at Dick Montfort's recent comments over feeling the team has pieces coming 14 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:26.799 so signing players didn't seem very important to him. I am so sick of 15 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:34.000 taking the last place and being the worst run franchise in sports. Denver Girl 16 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:42.120 seven dash one eight plus one. I am not a Rockies fan. I 17 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:51.480 I'm a fan of their farm system recently, and I wanted to be a 18 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:56.719 Rockies fan, to be honest, but the Rocky, the lame Rocky narratives 19 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:04.280 and jokes and Twitter and fans has really kind of turned me off. Intelligent 20 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:12.680 people saying stupid things, stupider things than the Rockies actually do. No more, 21 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.319 no more, q and laics. It's just for fun, bro, 22 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:21.520 That's not fun. That's propaganda, man, All those maddess nowted types tell 23 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:27.400 you how to live your life, fast cars, hot chicks, rec's pecs, 24 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:34.800 Gucci, where there's original. So last week I talked a little bit 25 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:38.719 about knowing what kind of player you want, that we need to answer that 26 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:46.199 question before we decide how we're going to value prospects. Well, now that 27 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:52.759 we're now that we're sliding on our mudding gear, what are we looking for? 28 00:02:53.719 --> 00:03:00.599 This isn't the same sort of quest as looking for the player that we 29 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:05.000 want to like, you know, really invest in and hang on to. 30 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:10.280 Necessarily, we're looking for someone who the fantasy world are sleeping on, so 31 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:20.479 to speak. We're looking for guys who are owned and most likely only very 32 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:24.879 very large leagues, larger the ones I even play in as far as prospect 33 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:32.599 roster depth. But guys like zero to two, even if we don't necessarily 34 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:39.319 like the profile of the player, the idea is to maximize all of our 35 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:46.639 roster spots, right, spend a dollar to make ten bucks sort of thing. 36 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:52.479 Nothing, you know, not reinventing the wheel. If we have in 37 00:03:52.599 --> 00:04:00.319 season pickups for prospects, play the game within the game. But then truly 38 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:06.240 don't necessarily like this Dodger, this power hitting Dodger. But man, if 39 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:13.439 he really produces, puts up the numbers, he's going to get very popular. 40 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:23.720 He's going to gain value, add value to that roster spot. Right. 41 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:28.040 So yeah, if you got a guy that you really believe in and 42 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:30.879 want to hang on to him, that's cool. And if he ascends like 43 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:38.680 a Tovar, fantastic. If he ascends for a year and now you've got 44 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:43.000 a little add on for a trade or something like that, fantastic. A 45 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:47.879 B side win isn't necessarily, you know, finding our starting second baseman for 46 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:55.879 five years. Turning the nothing spots on our roster into something spots, right 47 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:02.319 makes sense. B side mudding is now an efficient use of time. Most 48 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:11.079 of the guys that we talk about on this podcast probably won't amount too much 49 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:16.199 in a dynasty in a fantasy sense, be prepared to waste some time. 50 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:26.480 But I like to set aside a little trunk of my minor rosters in leagues 51 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:33.160 where you can turn and burn, just for that incremental gains. And maybe 52 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:39.680 you know, we run into a few, and of course there's always the 53 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:47.199 tricky part of who do we drop, who do we burn. I've definitely 54 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:56.560 burnt myself dropped Jackson Cheerio once. That is one of the reasons of many 55 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:03.399 that I don't like to invest in international prospects. But that's neither here nor 56 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:06.759 there, all right, So the first diamond Back I want to talk about 57 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:11.319 is our He was our first diamond back on the list back in May of 58 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:15.480 two thousand and twenty one, and that's Jorge Barossa outfielder, center fielder. 59 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:23.000 It was just recently been added to the forty man which bodes well, especially 60 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:28.680 considering how many outfield options the Diamondbacks might have. But back in two thou 61 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:30.879 twenty one, I was watching a lot of the Kale League and he was 62 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:34.079 one of like, maybe I don't know two hitters on the Visalia squad that 63 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:40.279 you know caught your eye. High contact, high on base percentage has kind 64 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:47.519 of always been his calling card. And last season double a he slashed what 65 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:51.360 was it, two seventy seven, three seventy four, four seventy eight, 66 00:06:53.480 --> 00:07:00.120 So you know, top of the lineup table, center quote might be if 67 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:03.079 you the dream, there are home runs, there are some stolen bases. 68 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:08.519 I think he had thirteen home runs last year and twenty six stolen bases. 69 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:13.360 But the power, you know, and he's good. He's a switch hitter, 70 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:15.800 and then both sides, you know, splits are pretty good. I 71 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:20.079 think he's has some pop, a little bit of pop from both sides, 72 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:24.319 but it's it's pull side. He had one opposite field home run from the 73 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:28.639 left side versus Ryan Cusick last year. I tweeted that out. I think 74 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:32.439 it's mostly home runs off of fastballs. And you know, like two thirds 75 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:36.800 of his home runs were in Amarillo, which you know is a pretty small 76 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:42.160 park, so I gotta consider that. And some of those were lion scraper 77 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:46.079 wall scrapers. And he's a smaller guy at like five to nine. Well 78 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:49.639 what does this guy look like anyway? Oh, he's a little guy, 79 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:54.240 kind of funny looking. Uh huh in what way? Oh, just in 80 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:57.879 a general kind of way. Took a couple of good pictures deep though Bobby 81 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:03.560 Miller lighter had a walk off. He's pretty good with two strikes. I 82 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:07.160 mean it's good. At bats, you don't really see him. We're getting 83 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:13.240 two fold or overpowered by guys. So he's gonna be entering his twenty two 84 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:18.560 year old season probably at triple A. He's more quick than fast. I 85 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:22.439 think I had kind of napped been so sure about the defense. I thought 86 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:28.360 his arm was a little I don't know, didn't seem very powerful to me. 87 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:31.959 But again, watching defense is really hard, and I'm not spending a 88 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:35.320 lot of time doing it. And that was also back in twenty twenty one, 89 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:41.240 a major publication just named him their best defensive outfielders. So for the 90 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:46.960 speed, like a like, I said, more like heavy bass runner had 91 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:52.840 published some videos of him making some smart bass running plays then like a burner. 92 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:56.720 I think in his success rate he was sixty six percent. So yeah, 93 00:08:56.720 --> 00:09:00.600 he had twenty six bags, but well, of fun, you want 94 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:03.559 to be about seventy five percent. So a guy that, uh, you 95 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:09.399 know, I would call this a definitely a successful B side. He went 96 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:13.480 from zero percent to nine now, so I mean it's it's deeply greatar kind 97 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:20.360 of stuff right now, only some thirty teams, but still young. See 98 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:26.919 how triple A goes. Not done paying attention to Jorge Burrows of the Diamondbacks. 99 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:31.759 But his swing is not I'm not like holding out that there's more power 100 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:35.080 coming. He's got one of those kind of like I don't know, Lefty, 101 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:41.919 the hips come out too fast sort of swings that you see. I 102 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:46.080 think he loses loses a lot of energy from his lower half. So I'm 103 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.559 not counting on home runs coming back up. But you know, again, 104 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.799 if you're playing in the league where anybody who gets some run matters, especially 105 00:09:56.440 --> 00:10:01.840 if you play individual outfield positions center field leagues like that, if you're on 106 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.080 the forty man roster, you should probably be owned. And at nine percent, 107 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.039 it kind of feels like he's probably not in a lot. But I 108 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:15.120 also don't want to sound all like gloom. He's a good player. I 109 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:22.159 don't know why I was sounding negative, just the type that you know, 110 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:26.240 you don't want to beat a big fans, you don't want to place a 111 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:31.639 big fantasy bat at this juncture, but he is not without potential. So 112 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:37.879 Barrossa graduated, it was time to pick a Diamondback bat for this season. 113 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:41.879 And to be honest, I didn't really have anyone in mind, and so 114 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:46.919 I sort of dig in on some stats, try to get some ideas, 115 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:56.159 and I noticed Robie Enriquez. They call him Robbie on the broadcast, but 116 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:01.240 a Puerto Rican guy, rob Y regardless, and I had seen him a 117 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.919 few times during the season, but I had no idea what the story was, 118 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:11.799 and the story is actually kind of kick ass. So he played college 119 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:16.759 baseball at Indiana State, I think junior college before that, didn't get drafted. 120 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.399 Twenty nineteen would have been his draft year. He played independent ball Boise 121 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:26.559 last year well twenty twenty one, and then the Diamondbacks signed him and dude 122 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:30.279 went I'm pretty sure he went straight. He might have been a high A 123 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:35.000 for like a minute, but he ended up the cleanup hitter at Amarillo by 124 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:39.559 the end of the year. Not your typical sort of clean up hitter. 125 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:46.120 He's not a big slugger, but check this out. So from July first 126 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:50.679 on, he slashed three forty eight, four, ten, five, nineteen 127 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:54.840 with six home runs and a couple of stolen bases, and that came with 128 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:58.159 a fourteen percent strikeout rate. Oh, you're kind of snack up on me, 129 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:03.360 then, I'm anybody sneaky, sir. You see that the lefty looks 130 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:07.559 like, you know, more of your contact type of hitter, perhaps a 131 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:11.639 higher ground ball rate than you would want to see. I mean, rumor 132 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:18.240 a friend chaired some data with me might have been a mystery. But maybe 133 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:22.840 hit one hundred and eleven EV splits look pretty decent. He had a total 134 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.840 of eight home runs on the season, four against right handers right hand pitchers, 135 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:31.200 four against left hand pitchers. He just turned twenty five. Maybe the 136 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:33.960 d Backs found a little sneaky something here. You know, if you continue 137 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.399 just to produce like this, big leagues might not be too out of the 138 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:43.600 question. His first pro season gets some affiliated coaching. Now. Like I 139 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.440 had mentioned with Barrosa, I feel like he's got a little bit of the 140 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:50.600 same sort of left hand swing where I think the hips are fat. It 141 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:54.720 just looks disjointed some, but I mean it's it's worked well for both of 142 00:12:54.720 --> 00:13:01.000 those hitters. I just don't think they maximize power potential. With that kind 143 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.320 of swing, and Enriquez is he's a pretty fit guy. I don't think 144 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:09.960 there was like really any body fat on him. I haven't gotten like a 145 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:15.960 really good read of his play in right field, but an interest. And 146 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:20.919 he was not owned on fan Trex at all, because he wasn't even created. 147 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:26.559 I actually submitted a ticket and asked for him to be created because I 148 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:30.480 had a draft coming up, and that was a very slim chance that I 149 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.600 would take him. But I thought about it so kind of an interesting guy 150 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:37.159 is like seaside territory. So I'm just a guy. We're gonna be paying 151 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:43.039 attention to Robie or Robbie Enriquez. And I just saw today that he got 152 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:48.399 added to the Puerto Rican World Baseball Classic roster. Who knows. I mean 153 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:54.000 it's loaded roster, but maybe we see him playing that that'd be kind of 154 00:13:54.000 --> 00:14:00.159 fun. Now. When I was watching him, dude had multiple game with 155 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:05.559 multiple multiple hits, a couple close cycle calls and stuff like that. You 156 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:11.919 could hit it to all fields. I think it was kind of mostly I 157 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:16.559 don't know what was he like forty four percent poll something like that pole hitter 158 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:22.080 he's got The fast is bad is fast and that's why it's kind of unfortunate 159 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:28.360 the swing and all the energy might not transfer for home runs because he's strong 160 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:35.679 and he's he's quick with the bat, but nonetheless a guy who, even 161 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:39.600 though he's older, in my deeper leagues, I want to pay attention to 162 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:46.159 pictures have not been a part of the B list stuff or excuse me, 163 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:52.039 the B side stuff. But we're gonna start. It's a lot different animal. 164 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:58.240 It's harder to find guys that are, like, you know, two 165 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:05.279 three percent or less owned, that you you know, legitimately have some interest 166 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:11.399 and excitement in as far as wanting to invest in them in fantasy sense. 167 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:16.159 I mean part of that is there's more relief pictures and starters, so just 168 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:22.440 the picture pool itself, I don't really advise or do it too often invest 169 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:26.440 in a relief picture. I think I have one success story and that's Raised 170 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:31.600 Munio's. So yeah, it's a different animal. I'm not totally sure you 171 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:35.960 know how to go about it as far as just an ownership percentage sort of 172 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:41.960 thing. But long story short, I've got a diamond back for us, 173 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:48.039 and his name is the Olbert Diaz, A righty. Last year was his 174 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:56.440 twenty one year old season. He did pretty well in low A statistically speaking 175 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:02.759 three point five six r A. He had seventy strikeouts in forty eight innings, 176 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:07.360 and he was promoted to HIA, where he got eight starts in statistically 177 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:12.759 not as impressive four point eight five r twenty nine strikeouts in twenty nine and 178 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:17.279 two thirds innings. I'm not going to spend a whole lot of time on 179 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:21.879 him. I watched a couple of outings. He has a two steam fastball 180 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:26.559 that seems to be it seems to get some pretty wicked armside run. It 181 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:32.039 seems to be his biggest pitch. He's got a change up, and he's 182 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:37.080 got a breaking ball that it looks it breaks, it looks it looks pretty 183 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:40.320 good. I would just say the biggest thing with him is just command. 184 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:45.519 He's he's kind of all over the place. Better take just kids some control 185 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:52.240 before he kills somebody. But nonetheless an arm that I'm gonna watch at least 186 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:55.440 to start the season. See where it kind of heads. You know, 187 00:16:55.559 --> 00:17:00.399 pitching pitching can change so drastically and quickly. I mean, if DL Hall's 188 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:06.880 starting to own some stuff in I don't think it's above many other pictures to 189 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:10.839 do the same. So the older Diaz is on my pictures to watch. 190 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:15.519 Um, yeah, at least check him out this season, not thinking he's 191 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.960 any sort of guy that we got our own right now, moving on to 192 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:27.559 the Colorado Rockies. My Rockies right initial B side hitter was Ezekiel Tovar. 193 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:32.279 Obviously that's gone pretty well. He was at one percent when he came on 194 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:37.279 the list. He's ninety plus now. Watched darned near every one of his 195 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:42.759 broadcasts. A b is I think, so, you know, knowing pretty 196 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:45.519 well. The only thing, the only thing I really want to say about 197 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:51.839 him is he looked nervous in the BIGS. I think he even said that 198 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:57.000 he was nervous. But just some characteristic stuff from him at the plate and 199 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:00.039 in the field. I don't know if you got charge with any airs, 200 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:06.640 probably should have. Was not expecting that he's a fantastic defender. But what 201 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:11.279 I think was huge for him was the last day of the season taking Clayton 202 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:15.839 kershaw yard. I think that leaves a very different taste in a young kid's 203 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:19.880 mouth. You know about his performance and and you know his confidence levels. 204 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:26.720 Some people talk about his aggressive approach, approach and are worried about, you 205 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:30.359 know, after seeing him chase stuff in the bigs and all that stuff. 206 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:34.599 Okay about let's take about twenty percent off are over there? Eight? So 207 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:38.599 he graduated off the list, and then Drew Romo came on and another guy 208 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:42.400 who it's more real life, but he's you know, top one hundred prospect. 209 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:48.079 I think that's totally fair. Tilvar Vien and Romo together and Fresno twenty 210 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:52.319 twenty one was awesome. All those guys, especially for their age. Just 211 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:56.480 some of the baseball plays that they would make, some of the deeks and 212 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:02.000 bass running plays were just off the charts for kids, and you know, 213 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:07.960 offensively Romo that I think there's definitely question. There's also been times where I 214 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:14.720 didn't think there was a question. Young developing catchers have you know, they've 215 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:18.839 got a lot more on their plate than just hitting. We'll see how that 216 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:22.880 goes. But he graduated. Then I started off last season with Daniel Montano, 217 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:26.400 who's a you know, I was just a fan of his Fresno, 218 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:32.640 just a guy who kind of did a little bit of everything. Nothing fantastic, 219 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:37.519 but everything good. And he made it all the way up to double 220 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:40.839 A last season. You know, which is good. Three levels in less 221 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:47.000 than two seasons. He started off really hot there too, cooled off significantly. 222 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:51.319 You know, my hopes were never like super high with him, and 223 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:53.960 that that those are gone. But I was thinking, like, you know, 224 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:59.519 he could be a fourth outfielder potentially or something like that, and I 225 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:03.200 don't know, his ownership rates might have jumped up to past three percent. 226 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:11.240 So this season I'm going with Vladimi rested two, I blush you. I 227 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:14.559 wasn't gonna say anything, but then I could see he wasn't going to open 228 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:17.039 his mouth. You know, if you want to make a person feel better 229 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:19.279 after they sneeze, you shouldn't say God bless you. You should say you're 230 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:26.839 so good looking. The generic story here is just steady progression the last couple 231 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:33.279 of seasons. Restituo's a wiry guy under six foot, but he's stronger than 232 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:38.319 he looks. When Tovar was I first saw him at rookie ball, it 233 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:41.759 was like, oh, man, if he could become a good little contact 234 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.440 hit or high high on base sort of thing, like might have a player 235 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:49.960 here. Then we saw him a ball a little stronger, and you know 236 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:53.960 that all change, you know, rockies are smarter than I am, and 237 00:20:55.079 --> 00:21:02.000 Restituyo's development seems a little bit the same, just nearly as fast. But 238 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:06.400 he's an athletic fast guy who I think might just be coming into some of 239 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:10.799 his power. He stole over twenty bases, but he didn't hit a home 240 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:14.920 run until June and ended up with eight of them on the season, and 241 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.839 some of them were some monster shots, including one I saw in just an 242 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:23.720 absolute downpour. He slugged five to twenty eight his last ninety four played appearances 243 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:29.960 with four home runs. You know, swinging miss strikeouts were not where you 244 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:32.880 want them to be at all, but he cut them down by ten percent 245 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:37.400 this season while jumping up a level. You know, I've mentioned I like 246 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:42.960 really aggressive young hitters. He's definitely been that probably you know, you might 247 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:49.920 say too aggressive, but you can't practice hitting game game action pitches, you 248 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:52.960 know, in the batting cage. How you're gonna learn how to hit stuff 249 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:56.960 If he ain't swinging for the full season. He was two eighty three oh 250 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:03.480 one four oh seven, but he could very well end up Hartford's starting center 251 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.000 fielder at the age of twenty one start this year or very soon thereafter. 252 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:12.480 So an interesting guy. I wonder if Rockies have a pretty deep system, 253 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:17.759 maybe he's getting overlooked a little little bit, but definitely going to be keeping 254 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:21.240 an eye on him. And then I just wanted to bring up one more 255 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:26.680 Rocky bat who was just owned slightly too much to meet the B side threshold. 256 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:30.240 I can douse that like three percent when I put the list together this 257 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:36.119 season. But that's a shortstop. Julio Carreis also plays some third base, 258 00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:41.519 or has, at least when he and Tovar were on the same team back 259 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:45.759 in Fresno. Careis led the minor leagues in doubles. There's some folks in 260 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:53.079 the organization that love Carreras, like talk about him in ways that it's very 261 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:59.039 surprising to me. Is he a better shortstop than Tovar. He's been added 262 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:03.519 to the forty man this offseason, and he got up to Hartford, you 263 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:07.400 got up to double A and it was not It wasn't very pretty. He 264 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:11.039 struggled at the plate, chasing stuff, not hitting easy, you know, 265 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:15.640 easy pitchers to hit. But it wasn't very long stint. And we've seen 266 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:19.480 it with you know, plenty of hitters in the past that just doesn't all 267 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:26.920 click right away. But Julio carreis definitely a guy who, if it kind 268 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:32.559 of clicks, if Tovar falters careers, might be the next guy. I 269 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:36.519 know, Rocky's pitching prospects can be a non starter for a lot of people, 270 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:41.680 and I can understand that, but I did choose Case Williams as our 271 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:48.160 B side pitcher to watch to start this season. Twenty year old will be 272 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:52.400 twenty one. I think has you know, has really lively stuff, good 273 00:23:52.400 --> 00:24:00.480 breaking ball, good slider, good fastball. And he actually made his double 274 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:03.599 a debut in the last day or a couple of days of the season, 275 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:08.920 and he struck out twelve and of course it was shot from a press box 276 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:12.640 in Bingham ten, so we didn't really get to see it very well, 277 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:18.319 which is unfortunate, but you will have that in the minor leagues. Maybe 278 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:22.319 he just also got a non roster invite, so maybe we'll get to see 279 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:26.640 him against some big leaguers. I haven't watched a ton of him. Command 280 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:33.039 is definitely, you know, probably his biggest hurdle, but Case Williams will 281 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:37.000 be a guy we'll tune into. So let's take a little break. Someone's 282 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:41.920 actually bringing my doorbell and when I get back, we'll talk about a couple 283 00:24:41.920 --> 00:25:00.920 of Dodgers. All right, I'm back, Sorry about that. That was 284 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:07.559 actually my good friend Matt Vogel's mom stopping by to say hi. Always more 285 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:15.559 than a pleasure to see her. Ladies and gentlemen, We got him, 286 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:26.279 all right, Sorry, So Dadgers. Dadgers are a tough place to go 287 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:33.240 b side him because everyone loves their pretty boy prospects so much. So omar 288 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:38.599 Estevas had been on the list up until now, and thankfully we can be 289 00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:44.200 done with that poor one out there, trash bear. Come on, hey, 290 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:49.359 beer is beer? Jeez, I cannot win on this. So our 291 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:55.920 dadger bad is twenty one year old Junior Garcia, who's actually sitting at zero 292 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:00.839 percent. In November, he's gone up to two percent. Now. Part 293 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:06.799 of that might be I did see Chris klegg I tweeted out about him. 294 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:14.119 But he's kind of a good example for me why scouting grades can kind of 295 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:18.200 get me, get me confused, a little bit bewildered. I've seen something 296 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:23.599 that are that are I don't know, just in my opinion, not where 297 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:29.079 he's at today or at least at the end of last season. But we're 298 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:34.359 talking about a young power bat Beefy. I think he's maybe about six foot, 299 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:40.880 probably two ten, something like that, and strong. His last two 300 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:45.880 hundred and sixty one played appearances in a ball he went three fifty three four 301 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:51.680 twenty three, six twelve with twelve home runs. And for a guy who's 302 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:56.039 just supposed to have awful swinging miss and his own awareness and all that stuff, 303 00:26:56.759 --> 00:27:02.839 his strikeout percentage was seventeen percent. He ended up getting eleven games in 304 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:08.039 at the end in high a big pool power like erminator in the minor leagues 305 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:14.759 esque kind of distance felt team is a good B sides election for a couple 306 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:18.559 of reasons. One, I like to have a good, healthy serving the 307 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:25.400 beef on my minor league rosters, a lot of them taken up by Beef 308 00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:30.279 Goodman right now. But perhaps even more so, this is a guy who 309 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:37.039 can I think easily hit thirty home runs plus in the miners. I shouldn't 310 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:41.880 say easily, but if that happened, I wouldn't be surprised. Sometimes I 311 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:49.599 just get a little too excited. It's got tone it down about twenty So 312 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:56.039 pair that with a guy in the Dodgers system. I think that two percent 313 00:27:56.160 --> 00:28:00.039 could you know, really skyrocket. So if it's a profile that you're just 314 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:07.720 not really interested in but want to try to maybe grow a pretty good or 315 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:11.400 a decent trade ship, I think there's definitely something potential for that here. 316 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:17.799 Play a little game within the game. But you and your Garcia potential, 317 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:23.720 well, I mean he is ev monster shifting the pitcher. I really enjoy 318 00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:32.319 watching young Mexican pitchers, um, you know, Victor Lizaraga, Victor Or 319 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:37.519 As. They're just different than the American teenagers. American teenagers, you know, 320 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:44.599 trying to max velocity made in the lab, if you will. But 321 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:47.240 these young Mexican kids, you know, they grew up playing you know, 322 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:52.680 street ball against older, older hitters, and they just they learn how to 323 00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:56.799 pitch. They might not have the big velocity, but they'll have the arsenal 324 00:28:56.839 --> 00:29:00.079 that they can, you know, place where they want. And I don't 325 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:06.039 know how excited and you're allowed to get watching someone pitch just two innings, 326 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:10.720 but whatever, however much that is, That's what I am for a Dodgers 327 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:17.799 B side arm Luis Veldez who is zero percent owned initially, but he's up 328 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:23.480 to two percent now. Nineteen year old Lefty about he's listed at six two 329 00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:27.480 one fifty eight. I'd put him, I'd put a few more pounds on 330 00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:36.240 him. But actually went three levels this season, DSL Arizona Complex and then 331 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:41.039 A Ball. There are only two A Ball starts, and only his first 332 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:45.839 one was broadcast. Only lasted two innings and he gave up like four runs, 333 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:52.640 but you could see his ability to execute a four pitch mix, and 334 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:56.039 on the broadcast, I think this is the fastball was coming in about ninety 335 00:29:56.079 --> 00:30:02.640 two. The breaking ball definitely had life, not the greatest angle, but 336 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:07.079 I was pretty dang impressed. His second start wasn't broadcast, but he went 337 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:15.559 three innings, gave up one hit, two unearned runs, he walked two. 338 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:19.440 He had three walks his entire season, and he walked two in that 339 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:23.759 game, struck out six, but yeah, dude had pitched. He pitched 340 00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:30.519 a total of forty three and a third innings on the season, walking three 341 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:37.240 and striking out fifty one. There at two point seven and a whip of 342 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:42.039 point eight one. Obviously, still much to learn about this kid, but 343 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:48.759 a young lefty like this in the Dodgers system just gets me excited. And 344 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:57.160 I've actually already drafted Chair two of him just in case this is the next 345 00:30:57.240 --> 00:31:07.759 young dadger arm that takes off Luise veiled as perhaps a young lefty command phenom 346 00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:14.000 moving on to the padres. Terso or Neelius was the original B side, 347 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:18.279 and to be honest, I didn't even really watch much of him before he 348 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:22.079 reached seven percent ownership and kind of graduated off the list. I know he 349 00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:30.119 had a pretty nice season statistically in Double A D two eighty eight, three 350 00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:33.759 fifty five on base only select four or eight, seven home runs, seven 351 00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:40.880 stolen bases, promoted the Triple A for a few games, but I haven't 352 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.519 really watched him, so I don't really have much to say about him. 353 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:48.680 But he's owned too much right now. Anyways. I know he got some 354 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:52.599 run in the AFL as well. This year. We've also had a couple 355 00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:56.480 of our Padre B sides to get traded away to other organizations. We'll talk 356 00:31:56.519 --> 00:32:00.279 about them when we get to those teams or Padre selection for this season. 357 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:07.039 Also played some AFL ball, although it was pretty sparingly. I think he 358 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:13.599 maybe played once a week. And that's Norwillian Sedanio. He's a twenty year 359 00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:20.559 old switch hitting second base third base type listed at five eleven, one seventy 360 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:24.000 five. But I mean he's got he's got a thick base, probably has 361 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:30.079 um, maybe more pop from the west side, but pretty similar splits. 362 00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:34.119 Now the one home run, I think he only had one home run from 363 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:38.559 the right side, but it was a four hundred and fifty one foot bomb. 364 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:45.960 He missed most of twenty twenty one with injury, didn't really get rolling 365 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:50.279 until June, which, you know, the injury stuff I'm sure played into 366 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:53.559 his AFL appearance. Came out pretty hot and then had a flower July, 367 00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:59.920 but finished the season better. But there might be a mix of decent. 368 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:05.039 It's a good hitter here with some pop. Some that AFL exposure might you 369 00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:09.759 know, lead into to a little bit more popularity, adding that the Padres 370 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:15.519 have traded off a lot of prospects and creep up their lists. There's some 371 00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:21.680 strikeouts and some swinging mists, but you know, he's still just knocking off 372 00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:24.720 rust. He hasn't even played in one hundred pro games yet, I should 373 00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:30.400 say stateside games, at least in the looks that I've seen to be dangerous 374 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:36.960 with two strikes, and I know the organization thinks fairly highly of him, 375 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:42.960 so I don't know. Maybe we see some some high A to perhaps double 376 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:47.640 A this coming season if things go well, and I think there's definitely potential 377 00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:53.160 to fill some stat sheets and increase on his what two percent ownership right now. 378 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:59.279 So nor Willians Daniel of the Padres is definitely on our watch list. 379 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:06.640 So my Padre's picture selection was Garrett Hawkins. It's a big righty listed at 380 00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:09.320 six five, two thirty. I'm sure he's all of that. He's a 381 00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:15.760 twenty twenty one ninth round draft pick from British Columbia University. He was twenty 382 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:22.000 two pitched all but his last four starts in low A and this is one 383 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:27.599 where I do kind of wonder if he's just if he was just you know, 384 00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:30.960 punching a little bit below his weight down there, had some extremely impressive 385 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:37.000 outing, so I'm including seven perfect innings in late June. I had reviewed 386 00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:43.599 him during the Prospect Pitcher Listener review last year early in the season, and 387 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:46.639 one thing that's interesting about him is that he actually fares pretty well against the 388 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:52.360 lefties opposite hand hitters. His numbers were slightly better against them than right He's 389 00:34:54.039 --> 00:35:00.480 I think the big bully weapon was his fastball, totally sure. The velocity, 390 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:02.760 I'm pretty sure it's like mid nineties, but it kind of comes from 391 00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:07.679 this kind of big sweeping over the top. And when I saw him and 392 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:12.840 he was really good, just the execution, the command of it was was 393 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:16.679 pretty fantastic. Plays a change up off of it, and I think the 394 00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:21.199 bugaboo for him is if you can spend one or not and command it. 395 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.400 I could explain while he was down in low A most of the year. 396 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:30.000 Not a guy that I think we need to go out and own or anything 397 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:34.559 like that, but I think he's definitely an interesting starting pitching prospect that you 398 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:37.960 know, we'll definitely take a look at and see there's been any changes over 399 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:45.320 the offseason, so plan on at least one revisit mister Hawkins here. Then 400 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:51.079 the last padres B side we'll talk about is Corey Howell. Honestly a guy 401 00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:53.800 that I had kind of totally forgotten about, kind of forgotten he was on 402 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:58.440 this list. I didn't watch a lick of him last year. I wish 403 00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:01.880 I would have a little more to talk about here. It's pot leave Clover 404 00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:06.920 Maga. Wish I wish she weren't so fucking awkward. Bud, but he 405 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:12.719 was actually originally the Brewers selection on the first list, and he was the 406 00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:17.639 main get in the Victor Karantine trade. So last season was his first in 407 00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:23.719 the Padres system, and somewhat to my defense, is season was cut short 408 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:27.719 because of injury. He had only played in like forty eight games or something 409 00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:30.039 like that. But he's he'll be entering his twenty four year old season. 410 00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:35.559 I believe sucks he got hurt. Last year would have been like kind of 411 00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:40.960 his first upper levels test. Kind of an interesting power speed guy, athletic, 412 00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:45.480 you know, good size, like six to three, so maybe a 413 00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:51.239 guy will will check out this season. And his ownership rates had bumped up 414 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:54.519 a little bit, what seemed to have dropped back down now too. I 415 00:36:54.559 --> 00:37:00.639 think he was at four percent, dropped back down at two percent. All 416 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:05.400 right, So I'm moving on to the Giants. Coming out of twenty twenty, 417 00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:09.840 Adam Lawler did the top fifty Giants list and he had pegged your list. 418 00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:16.239 Rodriguez, a Cuban signee, as a potential guy, doesn't really seem 419 00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:20.239 to be working out so much that way. He hasn't been bad, but 420 00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:23.239 he's you know, he's going to be twenty three in High A, which 421 00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:28.920 isn't horribly old. I know it sounds old, but last year, twenty 422 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:32.519 three in that league was a half year old for the level, half year 423 00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:37.719 old for hitters. I'm not a guy that I've really paid much attention to, 424 00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:43.119 but maybe we'll run into him. Halfway through the twenty twenty one season. 425 00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:49.800 Added one of my favorite deeper first year player guys from the twenty twenty 426 00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:53.039 draft onto the list, and that's Casey Schmidt. Successful B side selection. 427 00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:57.760 I think he's up to twenty percent ownership. When he came on to list, 428 00:37:57.760 --> 00:38:02.039 he was at four, A guy who you know reached Triple A at 429 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:08.360 the end of last year. There's a lot to like offensively. Defensively, 430 00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:14.199 he's fantastic. He has a big arm. Everyday third base for the Giants 431 00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:19.000 is far from out of the question, a guy I still think is getting 432 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:23.199 undervalued. It's hard for me to think of forty nine prospects that I'd rather 433 00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:28.199 have than Casey Schmidt. I have a feeling at some point this season he'll 434 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:31.639 finally start getting some top one hundred love. One of my favorite prospects out 435 00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:36.840 there, and I'm far from the only fan. Was talking to a friend 436 00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:39.800 about him at some point in the twenty twenty one season, and I had 437 00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:45.280 mentioned how and that year he was one of the most unlucky hitters that I 438 00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:51.280 had watched, just piss missiles left and right, just finding gloves. And 439 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:59.320 his friend had shared with me some spicy spreadsheet and stuff, which and I 440 00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:04.599 don't really remember what it was, but at that point there was some pretty 441 00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:08.440 attractive under the hood stuff. Four eleven pozzy track out back, seven fifty 442 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:14.400 double pumper edelbrock In takes scored over thirty eleven to one, pop up pistons, 443 00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:20.000 turbo jete horsepower, we're talking some blocking muscle. Last season was a 444 00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:25.199 bit of a coming out party to some degree. See if twenty twenty three 445 00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:30.400 carries some more of that. Like I said, just a guy who who's 446 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:37.840 just very skilled. I really like his swing mechanically, stays balanced, catch 447 00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:42.119 the ball out in front behind him. I know everyone will talk about his 448 00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:46.000 glove first and all that stuff, but he's no slout offensively either. Man. 449 00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:51.440 I know there's guys with some small numbers next to him on some lists 450 00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:55.400 that I would that I have no interest in owning over a Casey Schmidt. 451 00:39:55.519 --> 00:40:07.079 So actually today just sent Nolan Arronado for and George Kirby in a thirty heading 452 00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:13.679 into last season, Ishmael MANGOUA forgive me if I botched. That was our 453 00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:19.000 Giants selection. He's a center fielder who played at High A twenty twenty one 454 00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:23.119 a year young for the level, hit nine home runs fifteen stolen bases. 455 00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:29.719 His strikeout percentage was seven point six percent, and he had a three point 456 00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:35.880 six percent walk percentage. Over his last one hundred and one at bats from 457 00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:42.000 July thirtieth to September thirteenth that season, he hit four eighty five, which 458 00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:47.519 is nine strikeouts, zero walks, and three home runs five stolen bases. 459 00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:54.760 Mangouas he's tiny. He's a small, left handed hitter. He's extremely hard 460 00:40:54.800 --> 00:41:00.440 to strike out, eliminated in power, which is really kind of on fortunate 461 00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:05.280 because he can hit the ball out in front and put it in the air. 462 00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:10.119 It's just they fall short of the warning track. And I noted early 463 00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:14.079 in that season there seemed to be more of an effort to try and eke 464 00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:20.480 out some slugging that was leading to a lot of flyouts, and then just 465 00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:22.840 getting hits seemed to be more the intent and he definitely wrapped him up. 466 00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:29.039 I don't know, maybe like left handed Nick Magigal type of type of thing. 467 00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:32.719 He isn't very fast though I don't think anyways, probably more quick than 468 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:37.599 fast. A guy who had me excited to watch last season, but he 469 00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:40.119 did not play at all, some sort of injury I don't I don't know 470 00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:45.159 what it was, so that was unfortunate. He's he'll be twenty four with 471 00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:51.639 no upper level experience this season, but a guy who can definitely hit. 472 00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:55.679 His ownership had had gone from two percent to four percent back down now to 473 00:41:55.840 --> 00:42:00.440 around two percent. Really unfortunate didn't get to play last year. But I 474 00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:04.000 don't know. We'll see where he ends up, and I kind of have 475 00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:07.960 a feeling that Sacramento might be of higher interest to me the potential of Schmidt, 476 00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:12.559 who knows, maybe Mangoua and guy that we're going to talk about a 477 00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:15.880 little bit. Replacing him on the list this season was a bit tricky. 478 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:21.079 I didn't really have anybody in mind, so I had to do a little 479 00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:24.480 searching, looking at some numbers and watching a little bit of videos. So 480 00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:30.920 this is not a player that I'm super familiar with, but Victor Barricado so 481 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:34.840 he's on our to watch list. So he's a twenty one year old sort 482 00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:40.360 of like first base, DH corner out field type good sides like six one, 483 00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:45.639 six two, played a ball last season, righty who slugged a little 484 00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:50.920 more versus right handed pitching. Playing a year young, he had twelve home 485 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:54.320 runs with a twenty two percent strikeout rates. Cherry picking, but you take 486 00:42:54.320 --> 00:43:01.119 away April and July and his numbers love a lot than his total season numbers. 487 00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:06.239 He went from the bottom of San Jose's lineup to being like clean up 488 00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:10.119 hitter by the season's end. Just a guy you know, considering his age 489 00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:15.599 and you know experience, seeing him jump wouldn't be a surprise. It seems 490 00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:21.079 to be a pretty good two strike hitter. Almost half of his RBIs were 491 00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:23.519 with two outs, kind of like maybe a little bit of a wiry guy, 492 00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:30.159 but more solid bass. He's got a quiet swing. Maybe it's a 493 00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:35.800 little bit long, tough angles to tell, but a guy that you know, 494 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:38.519 like I said, didn't see very much, but saw him put some 495 00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:44.519 nice swings on some tough pitches, and you know that was enough to considering 496 00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:47.239 his age and everything, to be our giant selection going into the season. 497 00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:54.480 That's Victor Barkoto and our Giants B side pitcher is Nick's Whack who was one 498 00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:59.760 of my favorite guys to watch last year. He came over from the Mets 499 00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:06.000 in the Darren Ruff trade with JD. Davis and a couple other players. 500 00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:12.559 During that series, I was keeping a running top ten outings reviewed list and 501 00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:20.880 swas Outing from what was it early July made that list. He went six 502 00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:24.760 innings, gave up two hits, one walk, struck out ten through strikes 503 00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:30.840 seventy four percent that outing, and he was a guy that was just crushing 504 00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:37.760 high a Brooklyn. Over fourteen outings there had a one point eight four r 505 00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:43.599 a, a point nine four whip, struck out seventy two and sixty three 506 00:44:43.639 --> 00:44:49.760 and two thirds while walking only sixteen. After the trade, six starts with 507 00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:54.239 Eugene, the numbers weren't quite as great, but still weren't bad at all. 508 00:44:55.280 --> 00:45:00.920 He's currently owned in three percent of leagues. He's a guy that in 509 00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:05.960 some of my thirties with deeper lists, I have contemplated adding a few times. 510 00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:09.679 When you talk about the two ends of the pitching spectrum, he's definitely 511 00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:15.000 he definitely seems to be more of the put the ball where you want at 512 00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:20.440 a very high rate rather than a guy with you know, perhaps the plus 513 00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:24.159 stuff. So that's a bit of my hesitation. But he was a late 514 00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:30.760 round draft pick from Xavier in two thousand and twenty one. Yeah, seventeenth 515 00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:35.800 rounder. I think his fastball gets up to a round ninety four. He's 516 00:45:35.840 --> 00:45:38.800 got a I don't know if it's a cutter or just like a really hard 517 00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:43.920 slider. And he throws a change up as well, that particular outing. 518 00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:49.039 Twenty four of his first twenty nine pitchers were strikes, So just real aggressive, 519 00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:52.719 attacking guys. Almost a guy that I reviewed last year that was somewhat 520 00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:55.960 similar with Andrew Abbott when he was in High A. And you know, 521 00:45:57.000 --> 00:46:00.360 it might be a bit of the same story with both of these guys. 522 00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:04.639 You know, just how good is the actual stuff. But as far as 523 00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:10.039 a command and pitch execution side of things, zwas pretty pretty fantastic man. 524 00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:15.760 If you could like marry him and Kyle Harrison, Zoax got like the things 525 00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:20.480 that I don't like about Kyle Harrison and vice versa. Obviously that's just a 526 00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:24.159 dream. You know. These guys that get traded are always kind of interesting. 527 00:46:27.119 --> 00:46:29.360 We've had quite a few of them. Actually, next week we're going 528 00:46:29.400 --> 00:46:34.199 to talk about a good chunk of some traded guys, So you know, 529 00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:37.320 it's kind of nice. Maybe some organizations have some interest and not just some 530 00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:44.480 prospect nerd with a microphone. You know, the giants have done some things 531 00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:47.880 with some pictures, so it'll be interesting to see. Coaching up stuff is 532 00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:52.880 a lot easier than coaching up command. Zoas a good sized lefty at like 533 00:46:52.960 --> 00:47:00.360 six three, obviously, the deliveries pretty repeatable. I might have that sort 534 00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:06.559 of like golfers swing muscle memory type of thing going on, but kind of 535 00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:10.960 a personal favorite and someone that after he went to Eugene right around when he 536 00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:16.719 got traded is when I lost my internet, and I haven't gone back and 537 00:47:16.760 --> 00:47:22.679 watched any of his Eugene outings yet anyways, but a guy will be keeping 538 00:47:22.679 --> 00:47:28.119 tabs on Nick's whack. I got one last guy that I want to talk 539 00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:31.599 about. Getting pretty sick of listening to myself talk. I can't imagine how 540 00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:37.239 it might feel for you, My god, are you still talking up the 541 00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:39.760 grats on trudging along? I'm sure you got a lot of mud in your 542 00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:44.840 boots and dirt in your hair and stuff. But that's what B side's all 543 00:47:44.840 --> 00:47:49.480 about, right or Tampa Bay Rays B side selection headn't in the last year 544 00:47:49.679 --> 00:47:54.480 was Brett Wisely. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a Brett Wisely fan. 545 00:47:55.639 --> 00:48:00.440 But this offseason, which I as a Brett Wisely and I find fantastic, 546 00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:05.639 he was traded to the Giants. Heading into this season. When asked 547 00:48:05.719 --> 00:48:08.440 a bold prediction, I had predicted that Brett Wiseley would be a top one 548 00:48:08.519 --> 00:48:15.519 hundred prospect. Now that hasn't happened, but I think the talent is top 549 00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:20.239 one hundred esque. Currently twenty three years old. He was a fifteenth round 550 00:48:20.239 --> 00:48:23.159 pick in the twenty nineteen draft out of junior college where he was a two 551 00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:28.760 way player, and I read an interview where he said that the Rays were 552 00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:32.320 the only team interested in him as a hitter. But twenty twenty one he 553 00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:37.599 just destroyed and raced through the lower levels. He spent this season in Double 554 00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:40.960 A well, he got five games in at Triple A. At the end 555 00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:45.480 of the year, he got exactly five hundred plate appearances in Double A, 556 00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:50.639 where he hit fifteen home runs and stole thirty one bases, two seventy four 557 00:48:50.719 --> 00:48:58.119 average average three seventy one on base four sixty slug strikeout percentage twenty no, 558 00:48:58.400 --> 00:49:02.519 yeah, twenty point eight percent one percentage twelve point four. He hit mostly 559 00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:09.920 leadoff at Montgomery. He is kind of a very different hitter versus lefties than 560 00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:15.079 he is righties. Much more slug, much more aggressive versus right handed hitters 561 00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:20.880 versus lefties. It seemed like more get on bass, take more walks, 562 00:49:21.880 --> 00:49:27.599 less aggressive swing choices. Just as a fan watching man, I'd like to 563 00:49:27.639 --> 00:49:30.480 just see him get more aggressive. I don't know, chicken or the eggs 564 00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:35.639 sort of thing. Maybe that made him well suited to hit leadoff, or 565 00:49:35.760 --> 00:49:39.000 maybe that was more of him trying to play the role of a leadoff hitter. 566 00:49:39.119 --> 00:49:43.800 I'm not sure, but he's an athletic guy with a lot of skills. 567 00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:47.920 He can play second bass, shortstop, played a little bit outfield. 568 00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:51.679 I'm not sure if he played third bass or not. I don't know, 569 00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:55.239 I don't I don't remember. But he's got the arm as an ex pitcher 570 00:49:55.920 --> 00:50:00.679 I know the Giants have when they traded for him, mentioned having some hopes 571 00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:04.920 that they think that he can help them this year, and he's on the 572 00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:09.719 forty man roster. Now, kudos to the race getting more returned for guys 573 00:50:09.719 --> 00:50:14.960 that they weren't going to add to their forty man roster. So you know, 574 00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:20.159 the profile might very well scream utility player, but I don't think we 575 00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:22.559 have to squint too hard to see how he could maybe go beyond that. 576 00:50:23.199 --> 00:50:29.280 Guy who's got power to all fields, has fast hands, he can react 577 00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:34.159 to velocity inside. I will say, after watching a little bit more from 578 00:50:34.199 --> 00:50:38.679 this season, the lower half seemed a little bit more disconnected to the top 579 00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:45.119 half than I had noticed in twenty twenty one. I feel like sometimes the 580 00:50:45.199 --> 00:50:50.039 hips can get a little too fast, and perhaps he loses some torque. 581 00:50:50.840 --> 00:50:54.760 But overall, he's a guy that I have planted on my minor league roster 582 00:50:54.840 --> 00:51:00.960 and down near all my leagues and looking forward to watching him play with Schmidt 583 00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:04.480 and Sacramento, and who knows, maybe even both of them together in the 584 00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:08.400 Big this season. But Brett Wiseley still very much a B side prospect. 585 00:51:09.199 --> 00:51:14.800 And if you're in a thirty man or an eight or n I'll only you 586 00:51:14.880 --> 00:51:19.199 might want to take a take a good look at a little bit of average 587 00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:25.400 OBP pop stolen bases. I mean, that's a lot of categories. All 588 00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:30.880 right, So that'll wrap up our N'L West B side cram session. Hopefully 589 00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:40.159 you feel abreast now inappropriate and ran through a lot of players. There wasn't 590 00:51:40.159 --> 00:51:45.360 even really sure how long that would take. UM probably a little bit longer 591 00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:49.440 than I had expected, but you know, once we get into the season, 592 00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:52.800 figured it might be nice to know a little bit of I don't know. 593 00:51:52.840 --> 00:51:58.159 I guess backstory is some of these guys are why we're talking about them. 594 00:51:58.280 --> 00:52:01.719 During the season, we'll be talking a lot more about observations in the 595 00:52:01.840 --> 00:52:07.960 games and developmentally, speaking about some of these guys. I plan on discussing 596 00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:14.480 some trends and ownership rates. Maybe guys we should start thinking about watching or 597 00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:19.400 paying attention to or grabbing and giving the time allowed In a week, I 598 00:52:19.519 --> 00:52:24.360 doubt we'll be talking about I don't know what we talk about thirty players something 599 00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:29.840 like that. I'm not sure I didn't count, so perhaps not quite as 600 00:52:29.920 --> 00:52:34.599 much of a marathon session. Next week we'll delve into the AL West. 601 00:52:35.440 --> 00:52:40.400 Not sure if it's quite as exciting as the NL West. There's definitely a 602 00:52:40.440 --> 00:52:45.480 few guys, at least a few guys fun to talk about, and I 603 00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:50.400 know the Aids have another guy that seems pretty slept on, so we'll get 604 00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:52.760 into that. I want to give a shout out to Welsh again, thanks 605 00:52:52.760 --> 00:52:57.480 for letting me do this. And I want to thank Chicago Farmer for letting 606 00:52:57.559 --> 00:53:02.960 us borrow a clip from his song Dirtiest Uniform, which is a fantastic song 607 00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:09.079 about a baseball player a teacher. I believe himself and his band being blessed 608 00:53:09.159 --> 00:53:15.840 with the most innate skills, greatest sounding voice, greatest baseball skills, etc. 609 00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:23.679 But succeeding in spite of If you like kind of good storytelling, Americana, 610 00:53:24.039 --> 00:53:32.760 Chicago Farmer is fantastic. Twenty dollar bill backseat, just some amazing tracks. 611 00:53:34.719 --> 00:53:39.039 Appreciate you mudding along through the second episode, The Prospect p sites be 612 00:53:39.199 --> 00:53:50.119 well, I'll talk at you on Monday with Greast. He wasn't born. He