WEBVTT 1 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:23.399 Greetings and citations everyone at Rich Wilson Walking Too. Fantasy 2 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:28.160 Baseball Live. Today is Thursday, September twenty sixth about nine 3 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:32.000 o'clock in the morning. I am solo today. This will 4 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:36.119 be being released on Friday morning. In lieu of our 5 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:39.479 Friday show. Tim and I had some scheduling conflicts. I 6 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:42.920 was unavailable to do the recording, so I am doing 7 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:45.320 it today. We're talking about the Arizona Fall League. The 8 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:49.679 rosters were released yesterday about one thirty in the afternoon. 9 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:56.560 For our Patreon members. I put together a nice little 10 00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:00.200 PDF package for you. It was released this morning. You're 11 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.680 getting this Friday probably around eight o'clock in the morning. Hopefully. 12 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:08.040 It's got all fifty five write ups in terms of 13 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:13.159 everybody that has made are my top six hundred and 14 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:17.000 forty prospects, anybody that had a write up that was 15 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:19.680 in the top six hundred and forty prospects in the game, 16 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:23.920 which again were fifty five. And there's there's six teams 17 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:26.799 in about one hundred and eighty players or so one 18 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:28.879 hundred and seventy five, so it's about a third of 19 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:32.239 the players, and it's mostly positional players. Most most of 20 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:36.519 the positional players make my top six hundred, and I've 21 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:39.239 only got three or four pitchers and the whole lot 22 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:44.000 the pitching in this for this season is very very weak. 23 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:46.719 I mean last year we had Jackson job who made 24 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:52.120 his major league debut. Last night we had to Tacoa 25 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:55.719 Roby Tacoa's forgot what his first name is. Anyway, the 26 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:59.239 guy from Saint Louis, he was there. Jack Eder was there, 27 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:01.560 so he had some guys that we're coming back from 28 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:05.480 significant arm injuries that were there. This year. There's just 29 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:07.799 not a lot of There's not a ton of guys there, 30 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:12.039 and you know, part of the reason kind of gets 31 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:17.039 into why players go to the Fall League, and there's 32 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:21.120 a variety of reasons. It is not to showcase for 33 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:26.120 the teams to showcase their best players. Sometimes they do that. 34 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.199 It looks like the San Diego Padres are doing that 35 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:32.360 this year with their two young kids, Ethan Sallas and 36 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:36.840 Leo Dallas DeVries. They're both going to be there. I 37 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:40.000 remember it was several years ago the Cubs sent to 38 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.639 Chris Bryant. I think they Chris Brian and a couple 39 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:47.639 other like top of the top prospects. So it's a 40 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:50.439 number of years ago. But you just rarely see that 41 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.240 the Yankees never send a top prospect. That's not true. 42 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:56.159 They rarely send a top prospect. They did, say, send 43 00:02:56.199 --> 00:03:00.360 Aaron Judge seven eight years ago, maybe ten years yars ago, 44 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:04.639 but they don't. The Baltimore Orioles do not send high 45 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.879 end prospects. Who they send are guys that they're trying 46 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:12.240 to make decisions about for the forty man roster. They 47 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:14.919 want to have them one more look at them, and 48 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:17.919 they know there's a lot of baseball people there. The 49 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:23.919 season is over, so everybody can descend on the Fall League, 50 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:27.560 and you'll get a lot of pictures that will not 51 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:31.159 be protected and maybe they can pull a you know, 52 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:33.120 a bit of a trade for a guy that they 53 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:36.120 showcase there. So you see a lot of twenty four 54 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:39.719 twenty six year old pictures that you've never heard of 55 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:43.159 that are likely to be middle relievers or spot starters, 56 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:47.360 and therefore they don't make any of my lists. So 57 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:51.159 that's a big phylum that's there. Another one is guys 58 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:53.719 that are hurt. Chase the Louder is a great example 59 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:56.159 is a guy that spent a lot of time on 60 00:03:56.199 --> 00:04:00.400 the injured list, Gino Groover, spent a lot of time 61 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:03.439 on the injured list, he will be there, so because 62 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:05.680 you want to get more playing time for guys. So 63 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:08.560 here's a chance to get another twenty five games, and 64 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:12.639 you know it's it's not the best of baseball, but 65 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:17.319 it is. You know, at least they're continuing to play games, 66 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:19.160 and you see that. You used to see that a 67 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:22.680 lot with pitchers. That will hurt to give them another 68 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:27.800 four or five starts as well. But again, what you 69 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:31.279 don't want to have is any picture that's you know, 70 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:33.879 pitched one hundred and twenty innings and their their arm 71 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:36.120 is dead. You don't want to put another twenty thirty 72 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.399 innings on them, or you know, fifteen to twenty five 73 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:43.000 innings on them in the Fall League for exhibition games 74 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:47.079 meaningless games. So those kind of players will never be there. 75 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:50.480 You many times someone want to send your stars who 76 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.079 maybe made it to the major leagues or about ready 77 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:58.399 to be called up for one little fine tuning. Now 78 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.399 you want them to have a really nice offseason because 79 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:06.560 remember it's the seventh through the middle of November, so 80 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:09.519 these guys lose a month to five six weeks of 81 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:14.399 their off season continuing to play in games and by 82 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:18.000 the time you get back, there's Thanksgiving, there's Christmas, and 83 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:21.279 then you're back at it. So there's really no downtime 84 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:24.439 because the Fall League really takes that away from them. 85 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:26.720 So if you're a big Fisher hunter kind of guy, 86 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:31.560 that season usually goes away because you're playing baseball. So 87 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:36.439 sometimes guys that do go aren't all that motivated. I mean, 88 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:43.000 they're probably not going to call games like the catcher 89 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:46.439 from Minnesota. Did you know we heard about that story. 90 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:48.800 But a lot of them aren't happy to be there. 91 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:51.839 So there's a bit of half ass kind of playing 92 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:55.040 that goes on there, and that's very very prevalent. I 93 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:57.160 work given a lot of agents. I know I've mentioned 94 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:00.399 that multiple times and I hear it directly from agents. 95 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.480 A lot of the players hate the Fall League. They 96 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:06.680 hate going to the Fall League. One is it's another 97 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.720 chance for them to uh, to get hurt, and they're 98 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:13.879 they're tired. I mean, you pay five months of competitive 99 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:17.720 baseball and you got to play another month, and even 100 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:21.720 though it's pretty low risk kind of baseball, it's just 101 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.839 not something that they'd rather have the time off. And 102 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:27.120 you're thinking, well, gee, woun't everybody love to continue to 103 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:30.040 play all season long. Yeah, there's always those types of 104 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:32.120 players out there that want to do that, but a 105 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:35.879 lot of guys just need a break and it's hot. 106 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:40.319 Nobody goes to the games, I mean a good game 107 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.480 besides the Rising Star Game, which is their all star game, 108 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:48.800 and maybe the Championship game. You know, there's there's maybe 109 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:52.160 five six hundred people at a game, so you're not 110 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:54.959 motivated by playing in front of a big crowd. You're 111 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:59.560 you're doing it for the team, and sometimes the teams 112 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:01.800 try to make it look like, hey, this is an honor. 113 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:05.959 Players see through that, agents see through that. You know 114 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:10.360 this is usually there's ulterior motives and sometimes the ulterior motives. 115 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:12.480 If you've got a kid again a picture that's twenty 116 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:14.839 five years old, who's out of options, they got to 117 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:17.959 make a decision on him. Forty man, he's motivated to 118 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:21.800 pitch well. He's motivated to play well. Quincy Hamilton with 119 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:25.560 the Houston Astros, who's twenty six years old. He's looking 120 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:29.079 for a new a new team, so he's going to 121 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:32.800 play as well as he possibly can. But if you're 122 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:36.959 a Cole Jung will be there with the Seattle Marinders, 123 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:41.480 he's a great prospect. I mean, what's really the motivation there? So, 124 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:46.879 But anyway, so that's why when I comment that, you know, 125 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:52.480 don't expect like great stat lines that you can really 126 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:55.600 dig your teeth in and go, hey, this guy's made 127 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:59.040 a major improvement in the Fall league. It just doesn't happen. 128 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:04.680 It's an exit ambition season. It's there too, you know, 129 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:09.920 for for alternative reasons as opposed to development. There's there's 130 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:12.879 not extra batting practice that's going on for somebody to 131 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:14.839 try to get shorter to the ball. None of that 132 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:18.480 stuff exists at all now. At the same time, they're 133 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:20.879 you know, the part of the reason I go early 134 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:23.720 is because the fall instructional leagues are going on in 135 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:25.959 Arizona as well, and I'll be in the backfields in 136 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:30.199 the morning looking at a lot of the guys in 137 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:33.960 the Complex League sometimes the DSL and Low Way who 138 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:38.440 are there for extra instructional training, extra games, and that 139 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:42.000 is a lot of fun and you get a chance 140 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:46.120 to see some pretty interesting instruction going on in quality 141 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:49.279 of play. So I do like that. It's only I 142 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:51.879 think two or three weeks as the Fall Instructional League, 143 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:55.240 and again they play on the backfields of all of 144 00:08:55.279 --> 00:09:00.480 the all of the minor league facilities that out there, 145 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:05.000 which is where the Fall League actually happens. It's in Glendale, 146 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:09.679 which is the only ballpark in Arizona that faces the sun. 147 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:13.679 If you go to a daytime game, it is brutally hot. 148 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:16.519 Tim and I have talked about that before. You flat 149 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:22.480 out cannot sit out from the underhang, you know what 150 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:24.759 I mean. So where where the upper deck kind of 151 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:26.919 goes over, that's where you have to sit. You can't 152 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:28.960 sit out in the blazing sun for more than any 153 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:31.440 or two I mean literally, you start to feel faint. 154 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:35.879 It's that hot. It's unbelievable. So that's and and the 155 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:38.879 teams there are the Dodgers, the White Sox, the Reds, Cardinals, 156 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:41.639 and Phillies. It is the Dodgers and the White Sox 157 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:47.320 minor excuse me, spring training facility. And the story is 158 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:50.679 that the Dodgers owners back. It wasn't the will Ponds 159 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:54.360 or the Mets whoever they you know, the Dodgers sold 160 00:09:54.360 --> 00:10:00.360 their team to to Magic Johnson and and the Guggenheim group. 161 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:04.519 Prior to that, I can't remember the name of the owner. 162 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:06.519 Apparently his wife wanted to be able to look at 163 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:11.559 the mountains. So that's the reason they positioned the stadium 164 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:12.919 that way. I don't know if that's true or not, 165 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.639 but that's what Lure has kind of indicated. So that's 166 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:20.759 Glendale really beautiful ballpark. It's a shame of the setting 167 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:24.039 of the evening games are absolutely beautiful there. It's very 168 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:27.200 very nice. Mesa, the Solar Sox that's kind of in 169 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:34.480 the southern section of theirs of the Phoenix Complex. The Cubs. 170 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:38.840 It's the Cubs spring training facilities, the Angels, the A's, 171 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:42.799 Oakland A's and the Red Sox the a's spring training 172 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:45.519 facilities just down the road. Also in Mesa, which is 173 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:49.200 used to be where the Cubs played, the A's used 174 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:51.840 to play, and I mean in literally a municipal stadium 175 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:53.879 where they high school kids play. I mean it was 176 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:58.840 a dump and they took over the cubs old facility 177 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:02.600 and the Cubs build a brand new ballpark probably five 178 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:07.759 to ten years ago that you know, has some characteristics 179 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.120 of Cub Stadium. It's got the billboard, the you know, 180 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.480 the signage that you come in the the you know, 181 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:16.840 the famous sign that you see when you go into 182 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:21.519 Wrigley Field, the same one is there in smaller form 183 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:25.759 at the Mesa Solar Sex Solar Sex Solar Sex Solar 184 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:30.759 SOX Complex. So a lot of games there. The next 185 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:34.759 place is let's see scrolling ath in my list here 186 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:38.720 the Piorajvelinas. They play in Peoria, which is the home 187 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:42.159 for the Padres and Mariners. That's an older facility. It's 188 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:46.519 a nice facility. It's a good ballpark, nothing spectacular about it. 189 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.919 The Brewers play there, the Braves and the Marlins. It 190 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:53.320 used to be I used to love to go there 191 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:55.240 because it was one of the few Chick fil A's 192 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:58.759 that was in walking distance of the ballpark. So you'd 193 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.440 go there for a daytime game, walk over to Chick 194 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:05.799 fil A, grab some sandwich or something, and then you'd 195 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:08.120 go to the ballpark. But now there's chick fil As everywhere, 196 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:10.919 so that's no longer a big thing. But anyway, so 197 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:12.559 that's I don't know if I'm going to go to 198 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:17.759 any Puori Havevelina games home games, but that's where if 199 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:22.559 you want to go see Ethan Sallas and Leo Dallas 200 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:25.799 de Vries, that's where you would go. Let's see my 201 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:28.960 cursor is now stuck here. Let's see Salt River Rafters, 202 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:32.600 which is the home for the Diamondbacks and Rockies spring 203 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:36.559 training complex. It's also got the Nationals, Twins, and Yankees. 204 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:41.000 Salt River Talking stickets, Salt River Fields is I think 205 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:45.759 the best ballpark in the Phoenix Complex. I think it's 206 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:49.480 one of the best ballparks in the United States, major 207 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:54.240 or minor for it just all works. It's it's you know, 208 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:57.240 it's seats eight nine thousand people, so it's a minor 209 00:12:57.360 --> 00:13:01.919 league spring training facility, but it feels big. There's not 210 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.320 a bad seat in the house. It's very, very comfortable. 211 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:08.080 I don't know how they did it. It just the 212 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:12.919 whole stadium just works. If you go there during the 213 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:15.480 day game, you can sit on the first base side 214 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:20.000 and you're in the shade. So everything seems to work 215 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:23.440 that they put out there. And I just love that 216 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:25.639 ballpark and I'll go to a game or two there. 217 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:30.240 So sometimes I'll go during the daytime and if it's 218 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:34.240 in Salt River, I'm fine with that. Scottsdale Scorpions is 219 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:39.960 in downtown Scottsdale. Salt River is right, it's probably ten 220 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.320 minutes away from Scottsdale, so it's kind of ever in 221 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:46.360 that general the fringe of Scottsdale on the opposite of 222 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:49.440 whatever the loop that goes around that one oh one, 223 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:54.240 maybe it's it's just on that side over there, so 224 00:13:54.480 --> 00:14:00.679 it Scottsdale is the Giants, my spring training facility. The 225 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:04.039 Blue Jays, Mets, Pirates, and Tigers will be there with 226 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:08.440 the Giants. Scott Sale is the oldest stadium that is 227 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:13.000 in the Fall League. It's literally in the downtown of Scottsdale, 228 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:17.799 right across from the hospital, and it's never been a 229 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:21.159 park that I like to go to. It's probably the 230 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:24.360 one that's attended the most because it's in the biggest 231 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:28.480 populated area, so you know, if you go to an 232 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:31.360 evening game, you might actually see fifteen hundred people there, 233 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:34.240 as opposed to some of the other stadiums where you'll 234 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:36.679 see a thousand people. You always get more at night. 235 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.200 The daytime you're still going to get five hundred people. 236 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:43.440 But it's not my favorite stadium by any stretch, but 237 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:47.360 it's you know, it's okay. And then the last stadium 238 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:50.519 is Surprise, which I do not like. It's out in Surprise, 239 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:53.919 which is way far away. It's on the western side 240 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:58.600 of the Phoenix Complex at least Eastern Western. I think 241 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:01.960 it's the Western because it's closest Los Angeles. If I 242 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:05.000 got it wrong, I apologize. But the Rangers and Royals, 243 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:09.279 that is their facility, Astro's Guardians and Orioles play there. 244 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:12.000 They don't allow bags in, so I can't bring my 245 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:14.159 scouting bag in, so it's a pain in the ass. 246 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:17.200 I've seen a lot of games there throughout the years, 247 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:19.519 but I just don't particularly like to go there because 248 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:23.120 I usually stay not in Surprise, I say somewhere else, 249 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:31.559 So I unless there's a really good pitching pitcher that's 250 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:35.519 out there, I'm not gonna slep out to Surprise to 251 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:38.720 go see them play. But anyway, that's it. My favorite 252 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:43.279 again is Salt River love the Masa Solar Socks down 253 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:46.399 there in Mason. I do like the Glendale team, and 254 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:48.679 this year I believe there's going to be a game 255 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:52.080 or two at Goodyear, which is where the Milwaukee Brewers 256 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:56.039 spring training facility is. I've never gone there before, but 257 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:00.519 I think for some reason, the Glendale is going to 258 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.679 be sharing their games over Goodyear, which is not that 259 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:06.840 far away. So I definitely scheduled to go to a 260 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:08.960 game there so I can check that off the list 261 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:14.080 of ballparks that I have been to. Let's take a break. 262 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:18.360 Come back, let me go through fifteen players that I'm 263 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:29.080 interested in again. If you're a Patreon member, got all 264 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:31.200 fifty five players that I've written off out of the 265 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:34.679 top six hundred and forty players that I think that 266 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:37.720 are in baseball. I'm going to provide the top fifteen 267 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:40.840 ish players here to the general public. The first guy 268 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:43.720 is on the Glendale Deserts Dogs, and I'm going to 269 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:48.279 go buy by team. Heers Edwin Arroyo. He didn't play 270 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:51.600 this past season, missed the entire season with having laborm 271 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:53.919 surgery on his shoulder. So it's great. This is a 272 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:59.200 perfect example of why you want why the Arizona Fall 273 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:02.919 League is there. You get Arroyo a chance to get 274 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:06.240 some extra playing time in It's a guy that I 275 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:08.880 really like. I think there's twenty twenty upside here. He 276 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:13.079 came in last season noticeably stronger. He's a plus runner, 277 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:16.359 He's a really good prospect. Hopefully he won't play all 278 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:20.039 that well, so maybe he can be a cheap acquisition 279 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:24.880 from that people could go out and grab because they've 280 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:26.960 probably forgotten about it just because he didn't play at 281 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:31.799 all in twenty twenty four. Also in that Glendale Desert 282 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:34.920 Dog team is Colston Montgomery, who played he's with the 283 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:39.799 White Sox shortstop. He played there last season. He was 284 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:42.000 at the Fall League last year, and I'm surprised to 285 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:44.480 see him again this year. He had a down season, 286 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:46.839 more strikeouts than he showed at the lower levels of 287 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:52.920 the minor leagues. In twenty twenty four. The White Sox 288 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:55.400 might have pushed him a little bit. Maybe he wasn't 289 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:57.680 quite ready for Triple A. He has been heard a 290 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:01.960 lot throughout his career, but I did not expect him 291 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:04.880 to have a twenty eight percent, actually a twenty nine 292 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:11.319 percent strikeout rate in TRIPAA and batting average at two 293 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:13.480 fourteen in a slug of three eighty one. I think 294 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:16.559 he's a better player than what he showed there. Long term, 295 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:18.240 I think he's going to be a very good Major 296 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:20.759 leaguer because he's a really good shortstop. But from a 297 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:24.680 fantasy standpoint, it's it's a bit of a meth look. 298 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.880 I kind of always comped him a little bit the 299 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:29.200 Jackson Merrill, who turned out to be a lot better 300 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:31.599 than I thought. He has more power than I thought. 301 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:35.519 He's gonna have So can Colson Montgomery turn into Jackson Merrill? Maybe, 302 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:39.599 but I think there's gonna be a little bit light 303 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:43.799 from a fantasy standpoint. But a good baseball player just 304 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:46.799 maybe fifteen to twenty home run pop and you know, 305 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:50.240 single digit stolen basis, which is a good baseball player, 306 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:58.160 just not a star. Zayir Hope with the Dodgers, he 307 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:01.720 was a kid that was acquired for the in the 308 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:06.480 Michael Bush trade. When the Dodgers in Chicago Cubs did 309 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:09.640 the deal before the season. Michael Bush was out of options. 310 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:12.480 They didn't want to keep him on the forty man rosters, 311 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:16.039 so they moved him to Chicago. Had really good season, 312 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:19.480 twenty home runs, and they got ZAYR. Hope back. And 313 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:22.200 it's turned out to be a really really good prospect, 314 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:26.720 really athletic, emerging power, good understanding of the strike zone. 315 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:29.559 I'm anxious to see him. I've not seen him play live, 316 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:34.200 so anxious to see him play. So those are the 317 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:39.559 three in the Desert Dogs. The Masa Solar Socks is 318 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:43.880 Moys's Bellastero's He's going to be. It looks like he's 319 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:48.160 going to catch for the Masa Solar Socks. Just a 320 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:52.680 real feel for hitting, excellent exit velocities. I think he's 321 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:54.480 gonna hit twenty home runs. I think he hit twenty 322 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:56.960 home runs this season. There's a little bit of chase 323 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:00.400 in his approach, so he's got such good hand eye nation. 324 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:02.799 They feels like he can hit everything, so he does 325 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:05.799 expand the strikes on a little bit. His biggest problem 326 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:07.960 is it's not a great body. He's five foot seven, 327 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:10.960 one hundred and ninety five pounds, so that's not Matt 328 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:13.920 Wilkinson type of size. But you know, you like your 329 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:17.079 baseball player is a little bit bigger than five foot seven, 330 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:20.160 And I mean that's the only thing is the physical 331 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:23.799 is the physicality of the player. But he can flat 332 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:25.680 out hit. And he's not that old as well. He's 333 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:31.000 only just turned twenty one years old. Another guy I'm 334 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:34.480 looking for is Mac Horvaff Tampa Bay Rays was a 335 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:37.440 Baltimore Oriole and the Orioles traded him in that ill 336 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:40.839 fated well. I guess it's not. Zach Eflin's been a 337 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:43.880 pretty good player pitcher for them, but he was the 338 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:50.160 Oriole second round pick and last season twenty twenty three, 339 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:52.480 and it looked like he was really gonna tear through 340 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:55.920 and then he just stalled in High A and just 341 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:59.440 as the eggs of velocities just were not there, and 342 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:04.279 they've had trouble finding a defensive home for Matt Corvins. 343 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:08.960 I think it's maybe an outfielder eventually, maybe a middle infielder. 344 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:13.519 From a fantasy standpoint, I gona talk about him, but 345 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:16.359 Xavier Isaac will be there, really anxious to see him 346 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:21.440 in that physicality that he brings the So those are 347 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:25.880 the two that I wanted to highlight. What team was 348 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:32.960 that that I just did? The mesis Solar Socks and 349 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:40.079 let's see. So the next team is Pueria have Alina's 350 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:46.160 Ethan Sallas and Leo Devallas. Leo Dallas Devrice Ethan Salas 351 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.519 have a terrible offensive season. I think we know all 352 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:54.039 about Ethan Sallas was the number one international signee along 353 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:58.240 with Felon and Celestine who was with the Seattle Mariners. 354 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:04.960 Ethan Sallas just tore through the complex low A, High 355 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:07.599 A and actually hit double A last season, ended the 356 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:11.720 season at double A. But this year in back in 357 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:14.039 High A hit two oh six with a two eighty 358 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:17.440 eight one base percentage and a three eleven slug And 359 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:20.359 you go okay, well, yeah, he's only eighteen years old. 360 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:23.759 He just turned eighteen in June. But he struggled. I mean, 361 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:25.640 he just didn't I hit the ball hard. I think 362 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:27.920 he's going to be a very good player, but you 363 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:31.720 have to wonder why the heck are the padres rushing him? 364 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:34.319 And then they did the same thing with Leo Dallas 365 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:37.599 to rise. But if you listen this morning to my 366 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:42.440 podcast on you know the top prospect of the year, 367 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:45.079 I mean, dev Riise was on that list. He was great. 368 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:50.880 Two eighty three point fifty four seventy five slash line 369 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:52.680 with twenty five home runs. I think that's the kind 370 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:57.000 of player he can become. Corey Seeger is the dream 371 00:22:57.319 --> 00:23:00.519 that he's going to develop huge power. He might, but 372 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:02.240 I don't want to go there. But I mean it's 373 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:06.200 it's big boy power. And he played played well. I mean, 374 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:09.640 granted he only hit two thirty eight last this season, 375 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:13.119 but I mean the guy held his own as a 376 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:17.240 young seventeen year old in low aw. He did miss 377 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:20.920 the last three weeks of the season or so with 378 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:24.799 an injury, so it was a shoulder strain. So I'm 379 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:28.400 assuming he's healthy. That's why he's going to play, so 380 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:30.359 it's great to see him playing in the Fall League. 381 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.880 That's the kind of guy that you want to see 382 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:33.359 in the Fall league, just to get a few more 383 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:35.960 at bats in there. And then the number one prospect 384 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:39.079 in the Seattle Mariners is cold Emerson and he will 385 00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:42.599 be there, which is pretty exciting. I believe Cole Young 386 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:45.960 is going to be there as well, did I right? Yeah, 387 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:48.200 Cole Young is also going to be there. So I'm 388 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:51.480 anxious to see cold Emerson high floor player with tools 389 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:53.799 three hundred hit or fifteen to twenty home run pop. 390 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.799 I don't think speed's going to be a big part 391 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:57.480 of his game, so he's going to be one of 392 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:02.279 the elite prospects that we will in the Fall League. 393 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:04.440 Let's take a break and come back and do the 394 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:16.519 second half of the players I'm anxious to see going 395 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:18.480 to the Arizona Fall League again. If you want the 396 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:21.759 entire list of fifty five players in a nice PDF format, 397 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:24.519 go out to Patreon, PA, t R e O N 398 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:28.000 dot com forwards last Prospect three sixty one and become 399 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:34.319 a member and check that out at Salt River. 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