WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:05.879 Not five miles an hour riding to his head. You 2 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:10.679 hop it down first with the lump bonius face, and 3 00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:15.759 on the very next pitch he up and stole second face. 4 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:28.079 With gretest speed. He wasn't born, he had yes uniforn. 5 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:32.439 Welcome back to the Prospect B Sides Podcast. I'm Nate 6 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:36.079 Handy joining me as always is. He's still going by 7 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:39.200 the rook even though he's kicking off his sophomore season 8 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:40.520 here as champion. 9 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:44.240 I'll add of our of our Prospect B Side Draft. 10 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.560 What's up, Nate? How's it going? I'm I'm forever the 11 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.280 rook in this so need to need to break anything 12 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:51.560 that's not broken, right, it ain't broke, don't fix it. 13 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.039 Well, I'm kind of banking on a little sophomore slump 14 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:56.119 from you this year. I might need it to. 15 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:57.920 Overtake you know that that's not a real thing. 16 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:00.719 I don't want to hurt your feelings or embarrass you 17 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:02.640 or anything like that. But I got to say, after 18 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:06.519 our like last like wrap up show, our fan mail 19 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:10.760 bag just got loaded with comments in different I don't 20 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:14.599 how do I say suggestions? Wondering if maybe there's a 21 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:17.680 little asterisk next to your title last year. 22 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:20.799 Oh interesting. Yeah, I don't tell me. Why what? What 23 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:21.480 did I do wrong? 24 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.680 I mean, I can't I can't speak for the people. 25 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:28.879 I can't say that I agree with the flooding. But 26 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:31.239 I think it was like stuff along the lines of, 27 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:34.439 you know, level of difficulty. Maybe, I don't know. I 28 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:37.400 don't know. I thought you did I thought you did great. 29 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:39.680 I thought it was fantastic. I learned a lot from 30 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.760 you last year and picked out some dangers. So those 31 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:43.680 are my words. 32 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:48.000 Those are not your words. But some unnamed fan of 33 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:50.359 the show. You know, we do have so many so 34 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:53.200 it's hard to hard to know. Yeah that that tracks. 35 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:54.200 It was vocal. 36 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:58.719 Damn it vocal. I thought you were on my side. 37 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:02.359 But anyway, we're officially into the off season now. The 38 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:05.200 Dodgers just won the World Series Game five that just 39 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:08.439 ended literally minutes ago, and so we're getting into our 40 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:11.960 off season episodes where Matt and I have perused all 41 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.680 of the mud and all of the unpopular and unwonted 42 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:17.560 prospects of every organization and picked out a hitter and 43 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:20.280 a pitcher that we are going to I don't know, 44 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:22.840 keep an eye on, wondering if maybe they're due for 45 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:25.800 a rise in popularity. Two. I don't know, Matt. I 46 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:29.039 think like this World Series, the Dodgers were so much 47 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.400 better at the little things than the Yankees, and that 48 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:33.919 made all the difference, right. And sure, the guys that 49 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:37.719 we talk about probably aren't going to be any foundational 50 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:42.439 piece of your dynasty squads, your thirty teamers, your only leagues, 51 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:45.360 but it is the margins and maybe you can win 52 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:48.840 on some of these margins and turn not much into something. 53 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:51.759 And so we've spent a lot of time months doing 54 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:55.319 our dives here, doing our digs video numbers, and we're 55 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:57.840 going to start sharing and a series of episodes will 56 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:01.319 go division by division and share our picture here selections 57 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:03.039 for twenty twenty five. 58 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:05.919 Yeah, and that's a good segue. You know, the season 59 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:10.280 just ended and now our real B siding season begins. 60 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:14.520 But the Dodgers are a good case study in getting 61 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:18.039 the most out of their entire roster. They don't waste 62 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:21.439 any of their roster spots, and they're pitching injuries this 63 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:24.080 year showed that they had to go deep. Like who 64 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:27.719 was on Ben Casparius coming into this year? You know 65 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:31.280 the Dodgers, Wow, such great pitching prospects. Land and Knack 66 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:34.919 and Gavin Stone and River Ryan, all these guys that 67 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:37.960 people loved is pitching prospects, Like none of those guys 68 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:40.960 did anything. I mean, Knack through some important innings, I guess, 69 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:43.960 but Ben Casparius is the one that started Game four. Sure, 70 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:46.520 that's the game that the Yankees won, but I still 71 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.159 think that that's indicative of you never know where those 72 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:52.879 important innings are going to come from. Guys like Ben Casparius. 73 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:56.479 Those are our B siders that do that kind of contribution. 74 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:59.960 We're not here unearthing any sho Heo Tanis. Although he 75 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.120 didn't have the best World Series, maybe we're gonna find 76 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:05.560 and highlight some Freddy Freeman's. You know, he was a 77 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:08.319 well regarded prospect, but nobody pegged him as a Hall 78 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:10.439 of Famer even when he came up. I think he 79 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:14.159 was overshadowed by Jason Hayward, and even years into his 80 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:19.439 steady Freddy contributions, folks are still underrating him and he's 81 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:20.920 now World Series MVP. 82 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.920 So our last show of last season talked about how 83 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:26.519 maybe we weren't so I'm happy with some of our 84 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:29.160 bat picks, and how maybe we felt we could have 85 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:31.639 done better there but you know, the AFL season's going on, 86 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.759 and now some of those guys who didn't gain a 87 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:38.600 bunch of popularity this summer are starting to get noticed 88 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:41.000 a little bit in the AFL. So never know, maybe 89 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:42.879 it won't be next year, maybe it'd be a couple 90 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:45.199 of years, maybe it will be never. But nonetheless, some 91 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:48.920 guys that I have found interesting. I was actually pretty pleased, Matt. 92 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:51.800 I was a little nervous doing this dig this year 93 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:53.959 because of the way the minor league season went and 94 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:57.079 how the opinion is about prospects these days. But I 95 00:04:57.120 --> 00:04:59.279 was pretty pleased. I found some guys I'm kind of 96 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:01.120 excited about to see the future here. 97 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:05.120 Well, I'm glad you're excited. I go into this exercise 98 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:07.480 the last couple of years like really not knowing what 99 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:10.240 to think. You know, I follow the minor leagues pretty closely, 100 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:13.279 but I also, you know, have kids and like a 101 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:15.480 busy at work, and so I feel like I didn't 102 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:18.839 have as much time to keep up during the season, 103 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:20.839 you know what I mean, with the goings on and 104 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:23.199 watch as many games and have guys pop up to 105 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:26.079 me that way. So I don't know, this year, I 106 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:28.519 felt like I maybe was on the back foot a 107 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.759 bit with my selections, and Nate's already coming in feeling 108 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:34.600 confident He's got all his guys. He's like, he's going 109 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:37.279 to crush me. I'm nervous, everybody, I'm nervous. I don't 110 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:38.680 know if I'm going to be able to live up 111 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:41.120 to my dominating performance of last year. 112 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:45.160 Dominating. You pushed me like I didn't like. I didn't 113 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:48.480 like the way things ended. I can unequivocally say this 114 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:52.920 is the most extensive, deciding selection process I've ever put 115 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:53.600 myself through. 116 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:56.079 Well, I'm glad to make you step your game up. 117 00:05:56.079 --> 00:06:01.519 At least hopefully our twelve listeners can benefit from your research. 118 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:04.879 And I, as usual, am half assing it and just 119 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:08.240 doing my work the night before. So I hope everyone's 120 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:09.079 ready for that. 121 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:12.279 So we're gonna start with the NL East and I 122 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:13.959 think we're going to start with the pitchers. 123 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:15.279 That sounds right to me. 124 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:18.319 Well, who you got what you're thinking? I'm super anxious 125 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:20.720 as always when we do these, to see who you're 126 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:21.600 going to throw out there. 127 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.519 My Braves didn't win the World Series this year. They 128 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:28.759 had a super disappointing campaign. From the fact that they're like, 129 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.480 I don't know eight of their best twelve players missed 130 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:36.279 significant chunks of the year, including arguably their two best players. 131 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.040 So let's start with the Braves. The offseason begins anew. 132 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:41.600 They're going to be a dominant force again next year 133 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:45.519 when everyone's healthy, and I could see this B side 134 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:48.600 arm making some starts for them next year. He is 135 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:51.120 a guy that we did mention this last year. He 136 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:54.240 wasn't my B side pick, but I liked him coming 137 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.680 out of the twenty twenty three draft as a guy 138 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.639 who hit the ground running and just performed right away. 139 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.480 And if you'll remember Nate, that was Lucas Braun. When 140 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:07.399 I looked, he was zero percent. And again, some of 141 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:10.240 my roster percentages might end up being a little different 142 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:13.360 to Nate's because when I pulled it down, all of 143 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:16.160 the data Fantracks had done their update and so there 144 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:19.319 was a bunch of wonky numbers, and so I've basically 145 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:21.959 only got guys that are zero percenters in my list, 146 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:24.279 but I know some of them are going to be well. 147 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:27.319 I can say I checked twice on him on September 148 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.720 second and September twenty second, and he was two percent owned. 149 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:34.000 Two percent. Yeah, that sounds a little more like it 150 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.759 to me, But when I was pulling the list in 151 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:39.680 early October, I guess it was he was zero percent 152 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:42.040 and even at two percent, like, I think this is 153 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:46.160 a great buy for me. Lucas Braun. He made it 154 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:48.480 up to double a this year, and a lot of 155 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.079 the things that I liked about his kind of pro 156 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:54.839 debut performance from last year killed true this year. He 157 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:59.439 walks guys at a better than average clip. He strikes 158 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:03.279 out twenty seven ish percent of batters. He had over 159 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.240 twenty percent K minus BB when you combined his levels 160 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:08.439 this year. He threw a lot of innings, which is 161 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:10.839 low key one of my favorite things about him. Through 162 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:13.560 one hundred and forty three innings, like against twenty four 163 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:16.639 games started. That's a starter's workload. Like that's something that 164 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:18.399 you can look at and say, if the Braves have 165 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:22.879 a couple of injuries Morton retires, say god forbid Chris 166 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:26.240 Sale and Strider I missed some significant time last year, 167 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:28.279 the Braves are really going to need some pitching. Max 168 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:30.160 Fried's going to walk. He's almost certainly not going to 169 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:32.399 resign with the Braves. There's going to be some innings 170 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:35.679 to be had in that starting rotation and no offense 171 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:38.840 to a J. Smith Shaver and Herson Waldrip, but I 172 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:42.080 think Lucas Braun looks more likely as a guy who 173 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:44.840 can just step right in and take some innings. So 174 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:49.639 Braun for me, is really well rounded in his arsenal. 175 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:52.759 He's got solid command. It's not just strike throwing control, 176 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:55.480 although he does that well, and I think that he 177 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:59.399 executes his off speed pitches exceptionally well. It's one of 178 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:01.279 my favorite things about him in that he kind of 179 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:03.679 reminds me a little bit of a former B sider 180 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:06.519 of yours, elder Bryce Elder. You really see out of 181 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:08.679 his hand like the slider, the curve, the change. He 182 00:09:08.679 --> 00:09:10.440 could throw any of them at any given time, and 183 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.879 he commands them all pretty well to the different parts 184 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:14.879 of the bottom of the zone, which I really really 185 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.480 liked in my looks. So Lucas Brown for me, he 186 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:20.200 was a name to follow out of the draft for 187 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:23.000 me last year, and I'm making it my Braves B 188 00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:24.080 side arm this year. 189 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:26.240 Nice. I kind of figured that you were going to 190 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:28.639 go with Braun, so I'd like totally skipped him on 191 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.840 my homework, So thank you for saving me some time there. Nice. Yeah, 192 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:33.879 the Braves. I mean there, they have a lot of 193 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:36.600 popular arms. I'd say to find a B sider you 194 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:39.559 kind of got to go pretty deep. You mentioned Smith, Shover, 195 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:48.279 the waldrop O, Murphy Hackenberg, Richie Laura Cueler, Camanitty, even Fines, 196 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:52.960 Garrett Bauman, Adam Mayer. Those guys are all two percent 197 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:57.120 or above. Admittedly not my favorite guy that I'm going 198 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:00.480 to talk about this offseason. Probably in the bottom third 199 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:03.159 of B side arms for me. But I'm gonna go 200 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:06.000 with young Davis Polo. I don't know if you've watched 201 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:08.159 him at all. Polo is nineteen during the season. I 202 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.000 think he might may have turned twenty now, righty six 203 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:14.600 to one listed six to one anyways, from Colombia. He 204 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:19.240 threw fifteen games twelve starts at Augusta this year. Maybe know, 205 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:23.200 not crazy good surface numbers. I don't think I struck 206 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:27.360 out twenty and a half percent, walked five percent, just decent. 207 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:29.879 But what I liked about him, he's a little bit 208 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:32.240 of a I think maybe a Budding like kind of 209 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:34.919 spin spin guy. He throws his slider a lot. I 210 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:37.759 don't know, I don't know necessarily how great that would 211 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.320 grade out on stuff. Plus metrics and things like that. 212 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:43.440 No idea probably can't pitch the way that he does 213 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.399 when he moves ahead here moves up. I mean he's 214 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:48.759 liable to throw his slider just like six seven times 215 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:51.279 in a row. T but it works at the A 216 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:55.919 ball level because he probably sits about ninety two ninety three, 217 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:58.559 I'm guessing something like that. I don't think it's a 218 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:01.679 totally dud ninety two or ninety three. I think he 219 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:03.399 mixes in a little bit of a change up too. 220 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:06.799 But a young guy who's getting an opportunity in the 221 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:10.159 brave Zord, you know, having some success. Yeah, I figured 222 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.120 i'd take it, give it a watch and see how 223 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:14.559 he may or may not progress here solid. 224 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:17.679 I don't recall watching much of what would you say? 225 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:18.559 His name is Yolo? 226 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:19.480 Davis Polo? 227 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:25.159 Yolo a bad joke there, but Davis Polo. I watched 228 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:27.320 a little bit of a video and you shared your 229 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:29.720 video as well, And I see what you mean about 230 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:34.000 the slider first nature, And even if things maybe don't 231 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:36.679 all come together for him to stick as a starter, 232 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:40.360 there's some interesting reliever potential there. Like just the way 233 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:43.120 it looks it almost it actually reminds me a little 234 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:47.039 bit delivery wise of Ryseolo glcias obviously stuff wise and 235 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:50.039 repertoire wise, it's a little bit different. But the kind 236 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.240 of the Whippi way that he comes at you, the 237 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:54.600 arm angle and then the good slider, I think those 238 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:57.279 are all traits that he shares with Iglesias. 239 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:58.919 A guy this young at this level, I don't know, 240 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.919 you know, and difference between inconsistencies in breaking ball shape 241 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:06.240 or if there's any intention behind some of it. But 242 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:09.080 he does seem to throw a couple different shapes from 243 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:11.759 time to time. But yeah, I don't know. I thought 244 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:14.480 you could do a lot worse than Davis Polo here 245 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:15.120 for the Braves. 246 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:18.200 Yeah, and as far as the high prout names go. 247 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:20.360 Just while we're hearing the Braves, who do you got 248 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:22.960 in that at the top of this system? Because I 249 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:26.879 think there's a big four in this Brave system at 250 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:30.080 the top, and I'm curious where you're riding. 251 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.360 I am a big jare Richie hopeful. 252 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:34.919 I thought that's what you were going to say. 253 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.519 I mean, at least the glimpses that we've gotten of 254 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:40.000 his whole arsenal and his ability to use it and 255 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:42.759 execute it. I know he's coming back from injury this 256 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:46.720 year probably wasn't quite as good as I was hoping overall, 257 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:49.759 but again, I'll maybe give him a little bit of 258 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:52.559 a mulligan as he was coming back from injury. But 259 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:54.480 long term, if there was a guy that I like 260 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:57.480 had to marry and stick with, I'd go with Ritchie 261 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:58.799 m m Okay. 262 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:01.000 Yeah, yeah, I don't think that. I think he would 263 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.639 be my second choice, I'll say that, and I'm super 264 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:05.440 interested to see what he's going to do another year 265 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:09.240 removed from injury next year. So he's one that I 266 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.639 can't wait to see more of. For me, it's Murphy 267 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:15.080 Owen Murphy. I think he's my favorite of the arms 268 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:18.399 in that system. Will drip. I was excited about coming 269 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:21.240 out of last year's draft, but I think the command 270 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:25.519 concerns remain and the Braves just haven't magically fixed that. 271 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:28.720 But maybe maybe that takes another small step forward. But 272 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:31.440 he worries me in that from a reference. And then 273 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:34.360 with Smith Shov like, he seems like he's got one 274 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:37.480 good pitch and if that pitch isn't on in his fastball, like, 275 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.000 if it's not U upper nineties, it seems like he 276 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:42.240 gets hit and he doesn't have good command of the 277 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:45.960 other pitches. So I'm nervous about either of those two 278 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:49.240 kind of big horses working out. But Murphy, Murphy and Richie, 279 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:51.799 to me, both I think have ye a lot. 280 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:55.279 Oh, I kind of forgot about Murphy. I'd maybe go 281 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:56.639 Murphy over. 282 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:59.519 Richie again injured, so we'll see how he comes back. 283 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:04.320 But he was absolutely electric in his opening to this year, 284 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:06.080 and I was, I was pretty smitten. 285 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:08.120 But I will say that I probably value both those 286 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.200 guys pretty closely. 287 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:12.399 Mm hmm, yeah, yeah, And I think they're they're in 288 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:12.799 a tier. 289 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:16.440 I'll drop on Twitter at pitching specs videos of my 290 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.159 selections here. I took some time and cut some of 291 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:21.799 those up to just add a little supplement to the 292 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:24.799 show here, all right, Miami Marlins. So you know they're 293 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:28.039 they're pretty boys. They're more popular looking at like Robbie Snelling, 294 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:32.919 Noble Meyer, Thomas White Maser, wusuck Go is rostered at 295 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:37.480 eleven percent, tax Fulton still like seven percent, Monte Verdes 296 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:41.480 four percent, Jacob Miller mill Brandt were both in at 297 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:43.480 two percent. But I got a guy that I like 298 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:45.759 a lot, a lot more than most of those arms. 299 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:48.600 And I'm going with young kinder Benitez. I don't know 300 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:50.159 if you've watched him at all, Matt. 301 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:50.559 I haven't. 302 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:55.039 But at the same time Eliezer, dish May and Benitez 303 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:57.159 both got called up to a ball about the same time, 304 00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:59.039 and I dish May was kind of a buzzy name, 305 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:01.200 but I was finding myself a little bit more smitten 306 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:04.080 with Benitez here. And I know Clegg too just recently 307 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:06.360 is touting him a little bit. But we're talking about 308 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:10.919 another teenager. I think he was what eighteen this season. Yeah, 309 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:14.679 he got in thirteen games at a ball. He threw 310 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:17.519 fifty seven and two thirds innings there to a three 311 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:20.120 point one two ERA one point two whip. He struck 312 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:24.080 out twenty four point four percent, walked almost eleven percent. 313 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:27.639 You know, lots of decent video of him being down 314 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:30.919 in the newly like well covered Florida State League. I 315 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:34.480 don't know if there's anything like super loud in the arsenal. 316 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:37.679 He's a lefty. He probably throws I don't know, ninety 317 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:39.879 three ish, but he's got like the full kit. There's 318 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:42.559 a slider, there's a curveball, there's a change up. If 319 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.320 Clegg was was has been touting him a little bit. 320 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.519 I imagine there's probably something underneath the hood that he's into. 321 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:52.799 But I just think that this is potentially a really solid, 322 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:56.159 like some of all parts, very young prospect here, and 323 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:58.879 what I mean we're talking he could he could maybe 324 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:01.679 be nineteen years old and in Hi, right, I mean, 325 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:05.000 that's that's pretty nice. I know there's there's some walks 326 00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:07.840 and stuff like that, obviously, but a younger guy. He's 327 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.480 far from from wild to me and out of control. 328 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:13.399 I think he, for a teenager, is trying to execute 329 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:17.759 a pretty sophisticated plan mixing his offerings. So yeah, I'm 330 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:19.879 gonna go with beneath us, and he's probably like right 331 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.879 in the middle of my thirty arms, maybe a little 332 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:24.879 bit to the back half. As far as how i'd 333 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:25.840 line them all up. 334 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:29.519 Yeah, I think that kind of tracks. This Miami system, 335 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:31.480 as you said, is a bit top heavy. I think 336 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:33.840 a couple of those top end arms you and I 337 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:36.879 both really like. I mean, I know Thomas White is 338 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:39.240 one that we both are are big fans of, and 339 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:42.879 Snelling and Maser both we've had some positive things to 340 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:45.000 say about in the past. I don't think we're alone 341 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:47.559 in that those guys are all good. Going further down 342 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:50.399 the ownership in this system, I was pretty I struggled 343 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:52.039 a bit and ended up with a guy that I 344 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:56.559 would say is in the bottom ten, maybe bottom third definitely, 345 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.039 i'd say of the of the arms that I came 346 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:02.240 up with with a couple of guys in the system, 347 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:06.319 and it's worth noting Austin Roberts. He's a Rule five 348 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:11.240 draftee from I think Pittsburgh, maybe originally that Miami grab 349 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:15.160 and Roberts. He's a reliever only, but kind of like 350 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:18.680 my arm from the system last year, Anthony Maldonado, I 351 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:20.359 think he's got the chance to be a pretty high 352 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:24.359 leverage reliever. The stuff is, you know, fastballs like mid nineties, 353 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:27.519 but it's a nasty changeup, a decent slider, and it 354 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:29.799 just looks like this is a kind of nasty back 355 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:31.880 of the bullpen guy. Maybe as soon as next year. 356 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:36.319 So again, Austin Roberts, someone to peep for your reliever 357 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:40.680 specking in those deep leagues. I also really considered Will Schomberg, 358 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:43.960 who was a Mariner's arm. He was really good with 359 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:46.640 the Mariners and I was pretty interested in him, But 360 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:49.720 I forget which trade that was that he got sent 361 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:53.880 to the Marlins for anyway. I can't remember who that 362 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:57.079 was for, but he was like atrocious after he went 363 00:17:57.119 --> 00:18:00.359 to the Marlins swing and miss still was there, but 364 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:03.279 he was walking everybody. And it's a small sample, so 365 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:05.960 maybe it was just like new regime having him work 366 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:08.960 on something. I'm not sure he's one to watch because 367 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:11.200 I was pretty interested in what he was putting up 368 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:13.640 in Seattle and then it just backed up so much 369 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:16.519 in Miami in a way that I hate personally, like 370 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:19.799 the high walk guys, so I stepped away from Schomberg. 371 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:22.240 He might have the most upside of these these three 372 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:24.160 guys that I honed in on. But the guy that 373 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:26.319 I'm going to go with, and again I'm not super 374 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:30.119 excited about it, is Jake Brooks. He's a college righty 375 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:32.720 out of UCLA who I saw a little bit in 376 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:35.920 when he was there. Kind of feels Johnny right handery 377 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:39.880 to me, like it's good strike throwing ability. He walked 378 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:42.599 fewer than five percent of guys this year, didn't miss 379 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:45.759 a ton of bats for a college guy in mostly 380 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.599 low A. He was still only missing like I think 381 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:50.759 ten and a half percent, And as far as swinging 382 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:53.160 strike rate goes which is pretty low, and it was 383 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.119 didn't come with like a super high ground ball rate 384 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:58.559 or pop up rate or anything. You know, He's pretty 385 00:18:58.559 --> 00:19:01.920 standard johnny right hander. I did like that he will 386 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:05.039 attack with a solid three pitch mix, goes to his 387 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:08.000 change up a lot, and it's a decent pitch. The 388 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:11.559 fastball just isn't explosive. I don't think it has great shape, 389 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:14.920 so I can't recommend him a ton, but I liked 390 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:19.200 that he still managed to get pretty solid results even 391 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:22.160 with like a kind of I don't know, subpar, putrid, 392 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:26.720 borderline unplayable strikeout rate. I expect that all to rise 393 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:31.000 a bit unless something significant changes about his pitch mix, 394 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:34.160 and maybe with the new organ there in Miami, they 395 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:37.720 can mold him into something a bit more in the offseason. Yeah, 396 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:40.680 there's a decent starters foundation, and in terms of the 397 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:44.079 pitch mix here, it's a simple delivery, and he had 398 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:46.119 a couple of pretty nice outings to end the year. 399 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:49.240 There's something there that's like, you know, maybe a sixth 400 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:52.759 or seventh depth starter up and down guy in a 401 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:56.160