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<v Speaker 1>Ninety five miles an hour riding to his head.

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<v Speaker 2>You hop it down.

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<v Speaker 1>First with the lump bonius face, and on the very

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<v Speaker 1>next pitch he up and stole second phase.

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<v Speaker 3>With gretest be he wasn't born, he had they.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, Uniforn, Welcome to episode Johnny Quato forty seven, the

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<v Speaker 4>Prospect B set of the podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe your best pick yet.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, another notable forty seven's satral page, Tom Glavin. Mm hm,

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<v Speaker 4>there was one more I was gonna say, but I

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<v Speaker 4>don't remember it, but welcome back. It's it's been a

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<v Speaker 4>minute now, It's nice to see you. I hope your

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<v Speaker 4>holidays were.

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<v Speaker 2>Great, yes, intb.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's almost like the Cosmos didn't want us to

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<v Speaker 4>record this final divisional installment here.

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<v Speaker 2>We had to get the people waiting, you know, they

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<v Speaker 2>the holidays, sickness, technical challenges, it all came for us.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know what, we're here. We're here and we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to power through the ale central bring us home.

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<v Speaker 4>That's right. We are not using our usual recording equipment

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<v Speaker 4>tonight because we couldn't get it to work right, but

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<v Speaker 4>hopefully it all turns out. We've been going division by division,

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<v Speaker 4>picking out our favorite hitters and pitchers that are that

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<v Speaker 4>were rostered back in September, like zero to one percent,

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<v Speaker 4>some guys that the rook and I like to perhaps

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<v Speaker 4>gain some Dynasty utility in twenty twenty five. So the

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<v Speaker 4>last division we started, what Matt did, we started at

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<v Speaker 4>the end of October. Sounds right, we were saying off

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<v Speaker 4>air here, and it's been a minute since I've watched

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<v Speaker 4>a few of these guys, So draw the memory here

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<v Speaker 4>and got some video.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, And you know, I don't know about you,

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<v Speaker 2>but the Dynasty off season is in full swing for me.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I've made more trades this week than I

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<v Speaker 2>had in the previous like three months combined. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty fun to get.

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<v Speaker 4>Back in there, moving and shaking.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh, dude, I had some bangers this week. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>pretty fun.

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<v Speaker 4>I've made a few, nothing too crazy so far, I

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<v Speaker 4>don't think. Well, let's get into it, man, Let's.

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<v Speaker 2>Start with your Chicago White Sox. I don't see why not.

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<v Speaker 4>Not got the White Sox. Admittedly probably not super excited

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<v Speaker 4>about my two White Sox choices here, but let's go

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<v Speaker 4>arm first, and let's do I don't know if you've

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<v Speaker 4>watched Riley Gowins very much at all. Indeed, that's that's

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<v Speaker 4>who I'm going to go with mine too.

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<v Speaker 2>The way to start with the co sign.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh really yekay, maybe you're more excited than I. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't know, but what he's uh oh he came from

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<v Speaker 4>the Braves.

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<v Speaker 2>And some trade in the Aaron Bummer trade.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's right. He was the ninth round pick out

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<v Speaker 4>of Illinois in twenty twenty three. Right hander. He was

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<v Speaker 4>twenty four his last start, it'll be twenty five this season,

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<v Speaker 4>listed at six ' four spent in twenty four what

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<v Speaker 4>in high and then double A pretty much split his

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<v Speaker 4>season in half between those two levels. On the season,

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<v Speaker 4>one hundred and twenty two innings and twenty five starts,

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<v Speaker 4>three point eight four ERA one point one seven whip

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<v Speaker 4>three sixty six x FIP, twenty eight point seven K percentage,

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<v Speaker 4>a nine point one walk percentage. The production took a

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<v Speaker 4>little bit of a dip when he moved up to

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<v Speaker 4>double A right but I don't know if you noticed,

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<v Speaker 4>his last nine starts were pretty good though he seemed

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<v Speaker 4>to adjust to double A.

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<v Speaker 2>I was going to highlight that even his last six

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<v Speaker 2>that he seemed like he had figured some stuff out

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<v Speaker 2>and ran a two seven fit over that last six

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<v Speaker 2>starts and again at double A like maybe he'd adjusted. Actually,

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<v Speaker 2>was really encouraged by how he ended the year in Binghamton.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, like what his last pen starts he only gave

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<v Speaker 4>up what nine runs and four of those were in

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<v Speaker 4>one outing? Yeah, yeah, mad, And he seems to have

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<v Speaker 4>a you know, full starter's arsenal. The little East West

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<v Speaker 4>game that he's got with the fastball that kind of

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<v Speaker 4>that the curveball looks pretty decent, the changeup looks nice.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, it's just kind of a just all around

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<v Speaker 4>looking prospect. One thing that gives me a bit hesitation

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<v Speaker 4>with him is just like the stack pile of arms

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<v Speaker 4>now that the white Sacks have gotten I can't imagine

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<v Speaker 4>he's too high on the pecking order, but yeah, he'll

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<v Speaker 4>be in the uppers. It's not that far away. Maybe

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<v Speaker 4>in the middle third of the B side arms that

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<v Speaker 4>I went with this year. That's fun.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's fair.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm prioritize them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think that's fair. You know, I like somebody

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<v Speaker 2>that has the volume that he put up this year, right,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, one hundred and twenty two innings is really good.

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<v Speaker 2>That's near the top. Well, it's probably ninetieth percentile or

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<v Speaker 2>something of arms in the minor league, So that's good.

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<v Speaker 2>While there are a lot of arms in Chicago, I

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<v Speaker 2>think a lot of them are of questionable quality, and

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of them like probably aren't gonna be huge

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<v Speaker 2>blockers in the rotation. If he takes a small step forward,

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of agree with you. I think that the

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<v Speaker 2>arsenal is more good than great currently. That isn't to

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<v Speaker 2>say with a little bit tighter execution, you know, nine

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<v Speaker 2>percent walk rate given the good not great, strick hit

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<v Speaker 2>red that he's got is like a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a flag for me for his arsenal, I think it

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<v Speaker 2>would be better if he was I would be more excited.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd say, if he was under eight percent kind of

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<v Speaker 2>walk rate, I could see that happening. Him tightening the

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<v Speaker 2>command a bit, working on the execution like he kind

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<v Speaker 2>of did to end the year. And if that's the

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<v Speaker 2>guy that we see, then maybe he's one of the

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<v Speaker 2>ones that's really in the mix. And while look at

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<v Speaker 2>him and see a front end starter mix here, he

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<v Speaker 2>could develop into a number four And I wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>shocked right like, and that's a useful fantasy starter kind

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<v Speaker 2>of no matter the league depth, then I can't say

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<v Speaker 2>that about a lot of the guys in kind of

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<v Speaker 2>the middle tier for me. So he might be like

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<v Speaker 2>close to top ten arm for me, maybe maybe around

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<v Speaker 2>that tenth slot. So I could see that kind of

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<v Speaker 2>middle third to nearing the top ten for my B

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<v Speaker 2>set arms anyway.

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<v Speaker 4>September zero zero percent roster. One thing about Gawans too

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<v Speaker 4>is that it's kind of a little tougher un lefties.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the right handed picture. Don't hate to see that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, his change I thought was good. I didn't see

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<v Speaker 2>I would have liked to see him usic more, but

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was really good when he used it.

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<v Speaker 4>Riley gotwins. I don't know. I think a solid B

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you are, but not currently No

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<v Speaker 2>get in the southern lead this year. Yeah, and for

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<v Speaker 2>what it's worth, like.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, they're done and just pop them up to Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 2>Who knows, and who knows they might I haven't looked

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<v Speaker 2>at their depth chart in a minute. I know they've

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<v Speaker 2>Like you said, They've got quite a few arms they've

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<v Speaker 2>gotten in various trades, and some of them I think

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to park in the bigs and see what

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<v Speaker 2>they can do next year. And some of them I

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<v Speaker 2>think are bound for the pen. Like you know, Herberd

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<v Speaker 2>loves to erie arte, but I just don't see him

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<v Speaker 2>working as a starter. I think he's he's pen bound,

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, that's kind of what I'm saying. With Like,

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<v Speaker 2>even the volume of arms that they've gotten in trades

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<v Speaker 2>over the past eighteen months or so, I still think

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<v Speaker 2>there are lots of rotation slots to be had in Chicago,

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<v Speaker 2>and has a puncher shot at them, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's worth a flyer for a zero percent guy, especially

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<v Speaker 2>in your deeper leagues or your leagues where pitching really matters,

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<v Speaker 2>like your points leagues. I would prefer Gowons to after

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<v Speaker 2>doing my deep dive this offseason, I prefer him to

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<v Speaker 2>some arms that I have across a couple of thirty teamers,

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<v Speaker 2>and so he's going to be a late target for

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<v Speaker 2>me and along with some of the other B side

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<v Speaker 2>Unowned Prospect drafts this offseason, yeah right.

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<v Speaker 4>I said, I think it's got some in my looks,

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<v Speaker 4>it's got some nice armside run to it. I think.

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<v Speaker 4>On Twitter on x at Pitching Specs, I got a

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<v Speaker 4>video of him and the other guys I'll talk about

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<v Speaker 4>tonight and I'll share those after this episode of Drafts.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me talk about my bat here for Chicago, and

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<v Speaker 2>then I'll pass it over to you. Partly because this

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<v Speaker 2>the episode for me, and partly because I just really

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<v Speaker 2>like this particular player I'm going with, Riku Nishida. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you familiar with mister Nishida.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, the noodleist of noodle Dants.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes. He may have the single worst power projections in

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<v Speaker 2>professional baseball. He did hit one homer this year that

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<v Speaker 2>did leave the park. Got a slider down and in

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<v Speaker 2>and golfed it out and it just barely cleared. You

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<v Speaker 2>saw his whole dugout went nuts for him. Because it's

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<v Speaker 2>his first professional homer. I don't think he hit one

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<v Speaker 2>in college either. I'll have to check that he went

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<v Speaker 2>to university of Oregon. I've got some love there. I

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<v Speaker 2>also spent some time in Eugene, so pumped for Rika Nishida.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason I picked him is one I love these

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<v Speaker 2>underdog type stories where people write him off because he's

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<v Speaker 2>a zero in the power department. He's short, he's skinny,

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<v Speaker 2>he's like doesn't look like a big leaguer at all.

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<v Speaker 2>But while it's not Stephen Kwan esque, he does have

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<v Speaker 2>incredibly good contact skills. I continuously think in this dynasty

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<v Speaker 2>world people really underrate the contact skill ability and especially

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<v Speaker 2>depending on your format, that that can really really play.

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<v Speaker 2>And Nishidah is like the er example of this, right,

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<v Speaker 2>like not going to hit for any power in the

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<v Speaker 2>big leagues, like the as you said, noodle Bat, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have his exsiblos or anything, but this is

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<v Speaker 2>bottom of a scale power. He's not even trying to

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<v Speaker 2>hit for power. But he's really good at manipulating the barrel.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't get beat often. His hands stay in the

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<v Speaker 2>zone a long time, so if it's a breaking ball

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<v Speaker 2>or an off speed pitch he's fulled on. He'll just

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<v Speaker 2>slap it the other way or pull it through a hole.

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<v Speaker 2>If it's a fastball, like, he just doesn't get beat

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<v Speaker 2>by heat very often. I love his style, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's very you know, he's Japanese and ancestry, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's very evocative of the MPB style of play, which

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<v Speaker 2>I enjoy stylistically, like, I don't think those make for

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<v Speaker 2>the very best and most valuable baseball players often, but

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<v Speaker 2>I think aesthetically it's super fun to watch him hit.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is another shout to really really understand your format.

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<v Speaker 2>I play in a couple of funny points leagues that

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<v Speaker 2>have really varying rules around contact skills versus power, and

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<v Speaker 2>in a couple of my super deep like thirty team

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<v Speaker 2>plus dynasty leagues, Nishida is never going to be interesting

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<v Speaker 2>like a starting outfielder, I'm never going to roster him

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<v Speaker 2>because those formats really reward power and it doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 2>if you strike out. So my team is like every

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<v Speaker 2>power hitter I can get at every position. So nashidah

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<v Speaker 2>not a fit for that roster. But I play in

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of other points leagues where power is useful,

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<v Speaker 2>but if it comes at that like strikeout costs hurts

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<v Speaker 2>you a lot so guys like Ellie de la Cruz,

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<v Speaker 2>who people put in the top five dynasty assets. He

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<v Speaker 2>was like the twenty fifth overall rated hitter in that

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<v Speaker 2>off of his kind of call it chalk dynasty ceiling.

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<v Speaker 2>And in a league like that, I'm super interested in

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<v Speaker 2>Nishida and he's somebody that I might snag it with

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<v Speaker 2>a late pick in our upcoming draft this offseason. You'd

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<v Speaker 2>like this league too, Nate, because we can't do prospect

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<v Speaker 2>pickups in season, and so you kind of have to

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<v Speaker 2>many prospects slots either. I had a lot of success

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<v Speaker 2>zigging for like the big prospect or this particular eye.

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<v Speaker 2>And I ended up with a couple of guys super

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<v Speaker 2>late in the FYPD draft that other people that overlooked

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<v Speaker 2>because they weren't dynasty assets. But I was like, in

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<v Speaker 2>this contact oriented format that really penalized a strikeouts. Give

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<v Speaker 2>me the Javier Soinoyas, give me Xavier Edwards. And Edwards

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<v Speaker 2>was a league winner. I kid you not. He was

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<v Speaker 2>my starting shortstop through the playoffs and I won that

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<v Speaker 2>league even though Corey Seger, my best hitter, was hurt

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<v Speaker 2>for that whole run. And it's because of a guy

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<v Speaker 2>like Xavier Edwards. And now I'm not saying Riku Nishida

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<v Speaker 2>is quite on Xavier Edwards level yet, but of anyone

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<v Speaker 2>in the minor leagues, like, he's somebody that could put

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<v Speaker 2>up that kind of a super contact heavy very few homers,

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<v Speaker 2>but swipe a bunch of bags and be a pretty

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<v Speaker 2>useful guy. So while this is a bit of a bit,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really think for a lot of leagues Nashida's

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<v Speaker 2>going to hold interest. I do think that it's worth

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<v Speaker 2>scouting for those kinds of prof files that really fit

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<v Speaker 2>your league well. And Nishida has one that is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be super overlooked and you'll be able to get him.

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to be zero percent at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>next year. This is like a terrible B side game

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<v Speaker 2>pick because I just no one's going to pick him up.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm putting a flag that this kind of profile

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<v Speaker 2>is useful depending on your leak.

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<v Speaker 4>If you've never seen and you have some like prejudiced

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<v Speaker 4>and preconceived notions of what a Japanese hitter looks like

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<v Speaker 4>because of like Major League two, Like that's Nashida.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I can see that.

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<v Speaker 4>We've talked before when you look at his spray chart

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<v Speaker 4>and like other than like that free comb run and

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<v Speaker 4>maybe one or two other batted balls, like everything else

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't go like past regular depth. You know, outfielders are

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<v Speaker 4>playing it regular depth. It is one of the wildest

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<v Speaker 4>spray charts that I have seen in quite a while.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but dude got up to double A this year,

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<v Speaker 2>so twenty three year old and put up a four

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen four eighteen OBP swiped forty nine bags, yeah, one

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<v Speaker 2>thirty seven WRT plus Like yeah, I mean it's.

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<v Speaker 4>True to you though, Like you know, I've heard you

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<v Speaker 4>say before you have certain markers and certain things that

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<v Speaker 4>you look for and hitters and then one thing that

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<v Speaker 4>you like, the really sort of extreme guy and uh

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<v Speaker 4>oh yeah, Sheeta is definitely extreme, definitely extreme.

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<v Speaker 2>He's fun.

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<v Speaker 4>I know that you're familiar with my pick here, Matt,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna go with tim Alco.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, oh, I like tim Alco. That's funny, funny in

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<v Speaker 2>comparison to my pick, like you didn't be more different.

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<v Speaker 4>Different Elco was one percent rostered back in September. I

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<v Speaker 4>know he was in AFL. I don't think he's like

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<v Speaker 4>an absolute nothing name. Has hit a lot of home runs.

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<v Speaker 4>He's an older prospect though, twenty five year old right

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<v Speaker 4>handed first base profile listed at six to three. Who's

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<v Speaker 4>a tenth round pick out Ole miss in twenty twenty two,

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<v Speaker 4>three hundred and seventy one Double A plate appearances in

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<v Speaker 4>twenty twenty four, and then two hundred and nineteen Triple

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<v Speaker 4>A played appearances, which is nice, right, we get some

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<v Speaker 4>stat cast stuff on the season. He popped eighteen home runs.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that into year prior his home run total

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<v Speaker 4>was higher than that, wasn't it?

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I think that's right.

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<v Speaker 4>Put a level down. Strikeout percent twenty nine point three percent,

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<v Speaker 4>he walked seven point one percent, solid, four thirty nine,

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<v Speaker 4>seven eighty five ops, just a one to fifty ISO

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<v Speaker 4>and a three ninety four babbit. It's kind of some

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<v Speaker 4>underwhelming stuff, don't you think, Matt?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, how did he run a three seventy babe a

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<v Speaker 2>triple A? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>But what I like about Oko is that I think

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<v Speaker 4>he's very much going to get a major league shot

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<v Speaker 4>with that organization at some point in the relatively near future.

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<v Speaker 4>Here did like his showing in the AFL. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's kind of an interesting here. Like I wrote down here, Matt,

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<v Speaker 4>when I was watching him this summer, it feels like

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<v Speaker 4>he's a deadpool hitter in all field swing speed, Like

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<v Speaker 4>when he does get out in front on the video,

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<v Speaker 4>I think I have like one hundred and twelve mile

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<v Speaker 4>per hour home run that he crushed, you know, I do.

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<v Speaker 4>I wonder about him and how he does since velocity.

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<v Speaker 4>I think he's late sometimes an opposite field percentage of

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<v Speaker 4>thirty five point six percent, and I don't think all

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<v Speaker 4>of that is from technique or plan up there. I

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<v Speaker 4>think he's a good enough hitter that, like I said,

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<v Speaker 4>get to the bigs maybe five some home runs. I

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<v Speaker 4>didn't really love a lot else in this system at

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<v Speaker 4>this roster percentage, So yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I tend to agree with you on that there.

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<v Speaker 2>There wasn't a lot to pick from around this roster percentage. Elko,

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<v Speaker 2>I think is one that is super interesting and has

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<v Speaker 2>hit some fun homers. I remember watching quite a bit

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<v Speaker 2>of him last year. I think he just needs to

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<v Speaker 2>hit more fly balls, Like I don't understand why that

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<v Speaker 2>big honkin dude is hitting so many ground balls and

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<v Speaker 2>sprang them all over the place, Like somebody get him

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<v Speaker 2>to a swing, change guy and get him to lift

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<v Speaker 2>and pole. He's got the raw power for it. He's

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<v Speaker 2>got a decent eye.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't really know if it's necessarily like this swing.

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<v Speaker 4>I think he's just like he's just late all the time. Like,

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<v Speaker 4>why are you letting them bit of travel so deep

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<v Speaker 4>all the time? Just get it out front, man, That's

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<v Speaker 4>like what you're built for. That's what you're the only

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<v Speaker 4>way you're going to have a major league job.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and he's gonna have some swinging miss to it,

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<v Speaker 2>but sure get him. Sure get him forty or fifty

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<v Speaker 2>more fly balls and thirty homers in the bigs.

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<v Speaker 4>I love I rostering him, but I think a highly

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<v Speaker 4>likely leader, if maybe not for very long, at least

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<v Speaker 4>at some point.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I could see that Elko and Nishida couldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>more different.

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<v Speaker 4>The Detroit Tigers, a lot of them. If you're a

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<v Speaker 4>Tigers fan, you got to be pretty excited these days.

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<v Speaker 4>I think huh definitely had a great season. Major league

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<v Speaker 4>club looks good. I think their farm most awesome. A

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<v Speaker 4>lot of interesting arms and some really good young bats

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<v Speaker 4>and fire got a little jealous of Tigers fans these days.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't sleep on how you lead to and Prosono and

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<v Speaker 2>Justice big b Like, there's a lot to like in

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<v Speaker 2>that system.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, we were going on about the mud Hens

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<v Speaker 4>last year and how we liked their Triple A squad.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, some of those guys came up and helped

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<v Speaker 4>them in the playoffs and what have you. But I

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<v Speaker 4>really like my Tiger's arm this year, Matt, and I

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<v Speaker 4>know I had mentioned it many months ago. Who it was.

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<v Speaker 4>There's no surprise to anybody in the discord. But Jake

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<v Speaker 4>miller Man good looking arm. Yeah, he's a lefty. Listed

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<v Speaker 4>at six ' to two. He was the eighth round

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<v Speaker 4>pick out of Vel Paraiso in twenty twenty two. Was

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<v Speaker 4>in the AFL I don't know, twenty innings in there

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<v Speaker 4>or something like that. So he had spent twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 4>four kind of bouncing it around a ball and high

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<v Speaker 4>a mostly just a ball. And then he didn't make

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<v Speaker 4>his double A debut. Right at the end of the

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<v Speaker 4>year for a playoff game one in which he was

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<v Speaker 4>very very good too, went five thought out, gave up

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<v Speaker 4>three hits, struck out three five shout out innings, and

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<v Speaker 4>sixty pitches on like seventy four percent strikes or something

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<v Speaker 4>like that. But I is a fan as well, and

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<v Speaker 4>he just shared that he had spoken with somebody who

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<v Speaker 4>thinks that, you know, they view him as a major

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<v Speaker 4>league starter. You look at some of his numbers here

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<v Speaker 4>in the season, like he only technically started three games,

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<v Speaker 4>but he was starting to get longer innings, piggyback and

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<v Speaker 4>that sort of thing, which might be why part of

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<v Speaker 4>the reason at least why he's what he was zero

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<v Speaker 4>percent rostered in September. But on the season split between

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<v Speaker 4>the three levels, twenty four games, eighty seven and a

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<v Speaker 4>third innings, pitched one eight five ERA point nine to

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<v Speaker 4>four whip a two point five six x fit, struck

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<v Speaker 4>out hitters over thirty percent clip walked hitters five percent,

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<v Speaker 4>threw strikes total at a sixty nine percent clip. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>that's some good numbers. Granted, I do think maybe, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>the competition level is maybe a little bit below him

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<v Speaker 4>for you know, a lot of his innings. But talking

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<v Speaker 4>about a guy who's got like having some pretty nasty

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<v Speaker 4>secondaries curveball, he's got like a tighter slider, harder, a firmer,

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<v Speaker 4>tighter slider. He's got like a slurf sweep. Change up

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<v Speaker 4>looks really good.

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<v Speaker 2>Change of looks phenomenal. I mean, I think that's like

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<v Speaker 2>that you're you're bearing the lead there a bit like

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<v Speaker 2>that's his best pitch. It looks like to me, and

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<v Speaker 2>I loved watching that change up work, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's the thing that gives me and maybe the Tiger's

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<v Speaker 2>confidence that he can go a couple of times through

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<v Speaker 2>the order and has the chops to be a midjor

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<v Speaker 2>league quality starter.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. The video that I'll share, particularly the last two

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<v Speaker 4>changeups I think are a good look. One of them

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean he gets great fade on it, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think he commands it really well, which I'm always

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<v Speaker 2>impressed with with a changeup that has that kind of

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. Man, he's a lefty who is tougher on righties.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't hate to see that. The fastball now, I think

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<v Speaker 4>the fastball velocity was kind of ticking up and getting

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<v Speaker 4>some more with life to it as the season progressed.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know, I think his a ball members you'll

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<v Speaker 4>probably see an average velocity of like ninety two ninety three,

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<v Speaker 4>but you can see him hit ninety four to ninety

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<v Speaker 4>seven on the broadcast guns take that for what it's

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<v Speaker 4>worth from time to time, So there might be a

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<v Speaker 4>little bit more heat in there than average savant numbers

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<v Speaker 4>might suggest if you're looking at those. I feel like

420
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<v Speaker 4>Miller just kind of really came into his own this year,

421
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<v Speaker 4>and it's like, I think a legit kind of dude. Now, yeah,

422
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<v Speaker 4>under the radar.

423
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah no, I'm a full full coatsign on Chick Miller here.

424
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<v Speaker 2>He would have been my pick for sure, but I

425
00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:25.839
<v Speaker 2>knew you were going him, so I wanted to, you know,

426
00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:28.839
<v Speaker 2>like this is a full coast sign. But this I

427
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<v Speaker 2>know you've been talking about him for months and I

428
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<v Speaker 2>think he's a great shout.

429
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<v Speaker 4>Well. I think there's a lot of good options in

430
00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:37.400
<v Speaker 4>this system here. I think that I'm fond of the

431
00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:41.359
<v Speaker 4>Tigers pitching fine right now. There's I think probably eight

432
00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:43.839
<v Speaker 4>other arms that would have been like really good B

433
00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:46.240
<v Speaker 4>side calls too, that were zero to one percent.

434
00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:49.799
<v Speaker 2>Tiger's system is super fun. There were a lots that

435
00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:53.480
<v Speaker 2>considered in thought were pretty interesting, and I feel like

436
00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:56.160
<v Speaker 2>I had to keep the lefty thing going with Miller

437
00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:58.920
<v Speaker 2>and Herder from last year. And I think the Tigers

438
00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:02.319
<v Speaker 2>have something something cooking with these lefties here. You know,

439
00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:05.759
<v Speaker 2>maybe Scooble the Scoobale magic is something they've got for

440
00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:08.920
<v Speaker 2>all these dudes in the system. I consider Leel Lockhart.

441
00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:10.680
<v Speaker 2>I thought I liked a lot of what he did

442
00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:13.720
<v Speaker 2>this year as somebody that might be a kind of

443
00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:17.440
<v Speaker 2>high probability back end starter. But I really did like

444
00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:20.880
<v Speaker 2>Gabriel Reyis the looks that I got at him, another

445
00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:22.400
<v Speaker 2>lefty in the system.

446
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<v Speaker 4>That was my second choice, Matt was it was it nice?

447
00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:27.920
<v Speaker 2>Nice? Yeah? I mean Reys, like he only was it

448
00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:30.519
<v Speaker 2>low A this year and he's just twenty, so it's

449
00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:33.480
<v Speaker 2>not like that's he's behind the developmental curve or anything.

450
00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:36.960
<v Speaker 2>He wasn't outstanding, I'd say, I mean, he was really good.

451
00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:38.960
<v Speaker 2>But we've talked about some other kind of a ball

452
00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:42.680
<v Speaker 2>arms that were even even better than Rays Rangers arms

453
00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:45.720
<v Speaker 2>that we talked about Andeo and a couple others that

454
00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:47.480
<v Speaker 2>are now escaping me off the top of my head.

455
00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:49.480
<v Speaker 2>And like we just saw Travis Acora put up an

456
00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:53.000
<v Speaker 2>incredible run at low a, but Reys I kind of

457
00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:57.440
<v Speaker 2>think is of that quality. You look at his approach

458
00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:00.319
<v Speaker 2>and he's got this like really low slot slagh in

459
00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:04.279
<v Speaker 2>lefty fastball. You know that it comes from pretty low.

460
00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:07.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't know exactly how high or what the exact

461
00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:10.359
<v Speaker 2>vertical approach angle is, but to me, it looks really

462
00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:13.200
<v Speaker 2>really tough to hit, and maybe this is just overpowering

463
00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:15.000
<v Speaker 2>the low A hitters and we want to see it

464
00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:17.680
<v Speaker 2>at higher levels. That pitch, just from what I saw

465
00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:20.200
<v Speaker 2>it do that looked major league quality to me in

466
00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:22.799
<v Speaker 2>that it's a little bit out of the ordinary from

467
00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:27.720
<v Speaker 2>a location and velocity perspective. I've seen that the fastball

468
00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:30.880
<v Speaker 2>up to like ninety five from that low angle with

469
00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:34.680
<v Speaker 2>what looks like pretty decent backspin to it. That's a

470
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<v Speaker 2>plus to double plus fastball in terms of its effectiveness.

471
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<v Speaker 2>I think. So that's a great pitch to start from.

472
00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:45.119
<v Speaker 2>His slider looked murder on lefties. I wasn't as convinced

473
00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:47.400
<v Speaker 2>about it as how it's going to play against righties,

474
00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:50.880
<v Speaker 2>mostly due to his kind of inability to command it consistently.

475
00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.839
<v Speaker 2>I thought that that kind of came and went, and

476
00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:56.000
<v Speaker 2>he missed a fair amount against righties with it. And

477
00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:58.920
<v Speaker 2>maybe that led to the you know, not elevated, but

478
00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.279
<v Speaker 2>a little bit higher kind of homer rate and walk

479
00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:04.880
<v Speaker 2>rate than I would have expected just watching the shape

480
00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:07.200
<v Speaker 2>of it, because it looks really nasty and reminds me

481
00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:09.119
<v Speaker 2>a little bit of Brandon Garcia in that way, just

482
00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:11.920
<v Speaker 2>like it really moves and think is pretty nasty. And

483
00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:14.160
<v Speaker 2>then the change up showed a lot of promise. Again,

484
00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:16.359
<v Speaker 2>it's probably a pitch he needs to work on a

485
00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:18.400
<v Speaker 2>bit more. I'm not sure, you know, like maybe he

486
00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:22.000
<v Speaker 2>can learn something from Miller this offseason, much like Brent

487
00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:25.400
<v Speaker 2>Herder two years ago or last year. I really think

488
00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:28.720
<v Speaker 2>that if he ups that usage into like the fifteen

489
00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:31.799
<v Speaker 2>percent range, now we're really cooking. Like that's that's a

490
00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:33.920
<v Speaker 2>guy that can turn over the lineup a few times.

491
00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:36.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm wondering if he leans a little bit too much

492
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<v Speaker 2>on his excellent fastball and he's not developing the change

493
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<v Speaker 2>up as much. And maybe they do know how to develop.

494
00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:44.079
<v Speaker 2>But this is the one nit that I had with

495
00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:46.480
<v Speaker 2>Herder last year too, that kind of stuck in my

496
00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:48.839
<v Speaker 2>mind that I wish he would have continued to throw

497
00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:51.279
<v Speaker 2>more and more changeups and he still kept it around

498
00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:53.799
<v Speaker 2>the same kind of ten to twelve percent range, and

499
00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:56.720
<v Speaker 2>I'd like to see Reyes throw his change up a

500
00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:59.880
<v Speaker 2>bit more, but Giro Reys other than that, and wanting

501
00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:02.079
<v Speaker 2>to see him do this at a little bit higher levels.

502
00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:05.319
<v Speaker 2>I was really really impressed. I mean, thirty one point

503
00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:08.880
<v Speaker 2>one percent strikeout rate, seven point two percent walk rate,

504
00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:11.440
<v Speaker 2>like those are both really really good numbers at a

505
00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:14.000
<v Speaker 2>ball or low. I knew he was coming back from

506
00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:17.039
<v Speaker 2>an injury, so that's why his inning totals were down,

507
00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:19.759
<v Speaker 2>but he started thirteen games, so they just plug and

508
00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:22.039
<v Speaker 2>play to him at Starter and weren't really doing this

509
00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:24.640
<v Speaker 2>kind of gaming the system thing that they did with

510
00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:27.440
<v Speaker 2>Jake Miller and they've done with some of their other arms,

511
00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:29.960
<v Speaker 2>so I think they might be developing him with that

512
00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:33.240
<v Speaker 2>Starter in mind. So I'm really excited to see Gabriel

513
00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:36.039
<v Speaker 2>Rayis at high next year. And I think, well, Miller

514
00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:39.559
<v Speaker 2>is a higher probability bet and I am loving a

515
00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:41.920
<v Speaker 2>lot about what he does. I think Rayis might even

516
00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:44.680
<v Speaker 2>have a higher ceiling. So yeah, a lot to like

517
00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:47.960
<v Speaker 2>about rays and he's He's firmly in my top ten

518
00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:50.960
<v Speaker 2>B side arms too, and that's even with like Miller

519
00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:53.039
<v Speaker 2>would be there too. But for there's a couple of

520
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<v Speaker 2>these a ball arms that I've got in the back

521
00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:58.519
<v Speaker 2>of my top ten that I really really like.

522
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<v Speaker 4>Like I said, I'm glad you went with him. I

523
00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:02.559
<v Speaker 4>think there's a twenty one years old last season.

524
00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:05.440
<v Speaker 2>I think there's he was twenty and he turned twenty

525
00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:07.200
<v Speaker 2>one maybe at the end of the year, but he's yeah,

526
00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.319
<v Speaker 2>he'll be twenty one next year.

527
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<v Speaker 4>And I actually, you know, I probably last watched him

528
00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:14.759
<v Speaker 4>in September, so my mental images I did actually like

529
00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.960
<v Speaker 4>take some notes here.

530
00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:18.880
<v Speaker 2>Oh good, what what notes do you have on him?

531
00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:21.599
<v Speaker 4>I jotted down there was some violence to his delivery,

532
00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:24.200
<v Speaker 4>he falls off the third a little bit, and I

533
00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:27.559
<v Speaker 4>think sometimes some inconsistencies with his front foot. But what

534
00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.480
<v Speaker 4>was his walk rate on.

535
00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:30.960
<v Speaker 2>The under eight percent? Seven point two percent?

536
00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:33.119
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's just still not bad. This wrote ninety one

537
00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:36.079
<v Speaker 4>ninety three with the fastball with some armside run eighty three,

538
00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:39.240
<v Speaker 4>a slider with a strung drop firmer, a slider at

539
00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:42.839
<v Speaker 4>eighty five. Is there inconsistencies than that or is one

540
00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:45.920
<v Speaker 4>more like a cutter too? I don't know. Also too,

541
00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:48.359
<v Speaker 4>I was wondering if there was some of the stack

542
00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:50.440
<v Speaker 4>cast stuff that I saw. I was I wanted to

543
00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:52.720
<v Speaker 4>take up argument with some of the pitch Labille, and

544
00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:54.319
<v Speaker 4>then I broke down that there was like an eighty

545
00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:57.880
<v Speaker 4>five mile per hour changeup that he throws left on left.

546
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<v Speaker 2>Very yeah, you know.

547
00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:05.599
<v Speaker 4>So there's system most popular arms obviously Joe at fifty

548
00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:08.279
<v Speaker 4>eight percent. Sawyer gives the more than twenty eight percent

549
00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:11.400
<v Speaker 4>time Matt in twenty seven. Herder was at twenty seven,

550
00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:15.839
<v Speaker 4>Wilmer Flores at thirteen, Ham at twelve, to a mountain

551
00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:20.720
<v Speaker 4>at five, like Rainer Castillo, Joseph Montalvo came over from

552
00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:24.720
<v Speaker 4>the Rangers, like Andrew Sears, my young guy Pedro Garcia,

553
00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:27.680
<v Speaker 4>like I don't know. I was digging watching these zero

554
00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:31.000
<v Speaker 4>one percenters in this system. The Tiger's B side arms

555
00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:34.799
<v Speaker 4>have been good to us. We keep the street going here, Gider,

556
00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:38.000
<v Speaker 4>Montero Brand Herder, Jane Hamm. It's a good group, so

557
00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:40.640
<v Speaker 4>Jake Miller and Gabriel Reyes's great.

558
00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:42.680
<v Speaker 2>I feel good about those two picks too. I mean,

559
00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:44.799
<v Speaker 2>I think that Tigers are being good to us. This

560
00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.279
<v Speaker 2>is good.

561
00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:47.599
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, all right, Matt. On the bat side, I can't

562
00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:49.920
<v Speaker 4>say that I had as many guys as I was

563
00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:53.400
<v Speaker 4>interested in down at this prosper percentage. But I decided

564
00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:56.359
<v Speaker 4>to go with John Peck. I don't know if you

565
00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:00.680
<v Speaker 4>are familiar or not, but I don't think I am speaking.

566
00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:04.160
<v Speaker 4>I'd say he's a really good glove that I think

567
00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:10.480
<v Speaker 4>could be hit enough. That was zero percent rostered. He

568
00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:13.759
<v Speaker 4>was a seventh round pick out of Pepperdine in AY

569
00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:16.599
<v Speaker 4>twenty three draft. He was twenty one years old, so

570
00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:20.720
<v Speaker 4>he's pretty young young college pick for twenty twenty three.

571
00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:25.440
<v Speaker 4>He played forty nine games at Lakeland and then eighteen

572
00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:27.799
<v Speaker 4>in the Midwest League, so you missed some time because

573
00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:31.799
<v Speaker 4>of injury. Three hundred total played appearances. He hit three

574
00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:35.000
<v Speaker 4>home runs, stole thirty three bases, was caught six times,

575
00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:37.440
<v Speaker 4>walked almost ten percent of the time, struck out not

576
00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:39.960
<v Speaker 4>just under twenty five percent of the time. Slug in

577
00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:42.240
<v Speaker 4>the ISO isn't going to press you too much four

578
00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:45.119
<v Speaker 4>or two and one twenty one Maybe kind of more

579
00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:47.680
<v Speaker 4>of like an all fields line drive sort of hitter.

580
00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:53.000
<v Speaker 4>But the glove, man like, I don't know, he's pretty

581
00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:55.079
<v Speaker 4>pretty damn good shortstop, you know. I think the bat

582
00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:57.319
<v Speaker 4>might have been coming around a little bit when he

583
00:27:57.359 --> 00:28:00.440
<v Speaker 4>came back from injury. From July twenty six to eight

584
00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:03.559
<v Speaker 4>thirty five, games, one hundred and fifty plate appearances. He

585
00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:06.480
<v Speaker 4>went three thirty one, four oh seven four ninety six,

586
00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:08.880
<v Speaker 4>hit all three of his home runs during that time span.

587
00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:13.319
<v Speaker 4>Just maybe, you know, an abbreviated sort of first pro season.

588
00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.440
<v Speaker 4>But not a guy that I'm going to draft a

589
00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:18.400
<v Speaker 4>roster right now. But I gay that's kind of definitely

590
00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:20.319
<v Speaker 4>a priority watch for me to start the year.

591
00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:23.880
<v Speaker 2>Some notes to check up. But I can't say Peck

592
00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:25.880
<v Speaker 2>is someone that I know anything about.

593
00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:29.200
<v Speaker 4>A good size too, like a probably a solid six

594
00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:32.440
<v Speaker 4>foot athletic. I think the do worst. I'll share in

595
00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:34.640
<v Speaker 4>the video with pack couple of his hardest hit balls

596
00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:36.839
<v Speaker 4>from his A ball run one hundred and ten, one

597
00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:39.839
<v Speaker 4>hundred and seven got with some speed, thirty three bags

598
00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:42.480
<v Speaker 4>and uh really good glove got a chance. I think.

599
00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:44.640
<v Speaker 2>All right, I'm going for a guy who I'm not

600
00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:49.240
<v Speaker 2>super excited about again, an undersized utility type bat, not

601
00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:51.799
<v Speaker 2>a lot of power, some speed. This is my theme

602
00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:54.519
<v Speaker 2>for the hitters in the central here. I'm going with

603
00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:58.160
<v Speaker 2>Carlos Mendoza. Have you seen any Mendoza doesn't mean a bell? No, Yeah,

604
00:28:58.240 --> 00:29:01.759
<v Speaker 2>I can't really recommend him very strongly. You know, he

605
00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:04.960
<v Speaker 2>ended the year at double a played some second base,

606
00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:07.440
<v Speaker 2>some third base, some right field, So a little bit

607
00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:11.000
<v Speaker 2>of utility action in there. Two sixty four, three eighty eight,

608
00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:14.480
<v Speaker 2>three sixty three. So again, when your obp's higher than

609
00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:16.559
<v Speaker 2>your slug he tells you a little something about the

610
00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:19.559
<v Speaker 2>shape of the production. You know, he hits doubles and triples,

611
00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:22.640
<v Speaker 2>only five homers on the year, but swipe thirty three bags.

612
00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:24.960
<v Speaker 2>So he's got some speed and some ability on the bases.

613
00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:27.200
<v Speaker 2>This is not a guy that I'm excited about. This

614
00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:30.160
<v Speaker 2>is like in the bottom half for sure of my

615
00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:33.480
<v Speaker 2>b side bats. It's more like there's a utility profile here.

616
00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:37.319
<v Speaker 2>Maybe he gets a run at some point, and again

617
00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:41.720
<v Speaker 2>in more contact rewarding leagues, is a name to remember

618
00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:44.319
<v Speaker 2>if he gets gets a shot. But again, he's got

619
00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:48.480
<v Speaker 2>some defensive utility and versatility, but it's not good enough

620
00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:50.759
<v Speaker 2>that it's going to keep his bat in the lineup

621
00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:53.160
<v Speaker 2>in the bigs. I don't think, and I just think

622
00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:56.200
<v Speaker 2>that there's really limited power. He just like he has

623
00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:59.200
<v Speaker 2>really slow hands, and I mean that in a mostly

624
00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:02.519
<v Speaker 2>complimentary but it just means like he makes a lot

625
00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:06.119
<v Speaker 2>of contact at the expense of some explosivity in his swing.

626
00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:09.319
<v Speaker 2>So Mendoza is good and sort of a fun all

627
00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:11.960
<v Speaker 2>round player, plays the game pretty hard, but I don't

628
00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:15.079
<v Speaker 2>see there's nothing exceptional about him in the way that

629
00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:17.079
<v Speaker 2>there is with Nashidah and so I think it's a

630
00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:20.559
<v Speaker 2>little bit less likely that he cements himself as a

631
00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.480
<v Speaker 2>big league regular.

632
00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:24.599
<v Speaker 4>So Pack and Mendoza are Tiger's bats.

633
00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:30.279
<v Speaker 2>Cleveland's a nice segue here because it's the third of

634
00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:34.119
<v Speaker 2>my trio of light hitting kind of utility types. I'm

635
00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:37.160
<v Speaker 2>going with guy Lipscomb, you know, lipskimb and all. You

636
00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:40.079
<v Speaker 2>watch any of him? Yes, yeah, So he's a was

637
00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:45.000
<v Speaker 2>twenty three last year, made it up to double a

638
00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:47.960
<v Speaker 2>college bat, drafted a couple of years ago out of

639
00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:52.640
<v Speaker 2>Belmont University. Very low power plus contact plus speed. Again

640
00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:54.799
<v Speaker 2>like rip and replace a lot of the things that

641
00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:57.599
<v Speaker 2>I said about Mendoza with Lipscumb. They have a lot

642
00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:59.519
<v Speaker 2>of things in common, even down to the fact that

643
00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:01.880
<v Speaker 2>they both I had like more triples than you would expect,

644
00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:05.400
<v Speaker 2>almost the same number, sixteen doubles versus seventeen doubles, four

645
00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:08.559
<v Speaker 2>homers to five homers, thirty four bags to thirty three bags.

646
00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:11.079
<v Speaker 2>Like on the surface, their numbers are super super similar

647
00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:14.200
<v Speaker 2>and overall shape or production really really similar Lipskin, though

648
00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:18.519
<v Speaker 2>I'm maybe slightly more intrigued by partly because he did

649
00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:21.079
<v Speaker 2>that in a lot fewer play appearances, so I think

650
00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:23.319
<v Speaker 2>there might be a little bit more juice under the

651
00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:26.720
<v Speaker 2>hood there. And he has even slightly better contact skills,

652
00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:28.880
<v Speaker 2>again not quite to the n Sheeta level, but a

653
00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:31.920
<v Speaker 2>fifteen percent strikeout rate is really really good, especially in

654
00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:34.079
<v Speaker 2>the mid to uppers. He's a guy that I find

655
00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:36.960
<v Speaker 2>a little more interesting from a visual scouting perspective because

656
00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:39.279
<v Speaker 2>you look at him and he's like not small. I mean,

657
00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:41.759
<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure he's listed at six foot maybe, but

658
00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:44.599
<v Speaker 2>it's a pretty well built six foot yeah, six two,

659
00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:47.200
<v Speaker 2>I mean like six two one ninety five is what

660
00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:50.680
<v Speaker 2>fangrafts listen at and watching his games, like, I buy

661
00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:53.319
<v Speaker 2>that he's a big athletic guy. So it's a little

662
00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:56.599
<v Speaker 2>weird that he really isn't getting to the power there.

663
00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:58.440
<v Speaker 2>And I don't know if Cleveland is the right org

664
00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:00.680
<v Speaker 2>for this, but I do think that they're there's some

665
00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:04.720
<v Speaker 2>swing change potential here. There's while you've heard me talk

666
00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:07.640
<v Speaker 2>about how I'm a little skeptical of guys changing their stripes,

667
00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:10.359
<v Speaker 2>and it's pretty hard, especially coming out of college, to

668
00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:13.960
<v Speaker 2>change who you are, to add exit velocity, to add

669
00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:16.960
<v Speaker 2>something different about your swing, you just kind of are

670
00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:18.759
<v Speaker 2>the guy who you are. I don't think, but.

671
00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:20.319
<v Speaker 4>It's very much since noar is.

672
00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:22.640
<v Speaker 2>To be honest, I know, I think it's a hard

673
00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:25.480
<v Speaker 2>thing to do, and I'm not betting that Lipscomb's going

674
00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:27.759
<v Speaker 2>to do it, but I think that if he does,

675
00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:31.799
<v Speaker 2>there is a starter, a big league starter capability in here.

676
00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:35.000
<v Speaker 2>Because of just the overall shape of his production. He's

677
00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:37.680
<v Speaker 2>done nothing but hit since he's been in Pro ball.

678
00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:41.400
<v Speaker 2>WRC plus of one eighteen at a ball last year

679
00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:43.680
<v Speaker 2>and then this year it was one sixteen at high

680
00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:46.599
<v Speaker 2>A and one thirty at in a small seventy nine

681
00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:49.079
<v Speaker 2>plate appearance sample at double A. I think he plays

682
00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:51.680
<v Speaker 2>pretty good defense. He has some nice highlights on MiLB

683
00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:53.279
<v Speaker 2>dot com if you want to check some of them out.

684
00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:57.039
<v Speaker 2>Some good plays. His bat a ball profile is fine

685
00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:59.759
<v Speaker 2>at thirty five percent ground balls, forty two percent fly

686
00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:02.480
<v Speaker 2>ball twenty three percent line drives, you know, like a

687
00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:06.799
<v Speaker 2>fairly MLB quality battered ball profile. So I don't know.

688
00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:10.079
<v Speaker 2>I like Lipscum the most of this trio, even though

689
00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:14.160
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't have the extreme contact skill of Nishida, but

690
00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:18.440
<v Speaker 2>they're to me like there's at least some possibility that

691
00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:21.960
<v Speaker 2>he turns into a major league quality outfielder and hitter.

692
00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:24.759
<v Speaker 2>So lipscum. Of these three, while they're all have a

693
00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:26.839
<v Speaker 2>lot of similarities in them, I think Lipscomb is the

694
00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:29.359
<v Speaker 2>one that I would actually recommend you take a look at.

695
00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:31.680
<v Speaker 2>And as far as I know, he's really traveled under

696
00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:34.079
<v Speaker 2>the raider. I don't recall ever hearing anybody else talk

697
00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:36.519
<v Speaker 2>about him. Kind of my my one diamond in the

698
00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:39.400
<v Speaker 2>ref of this this trio here, And yeah, I actually

699
00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:42.519
<v Speaker 2>would recommend people give him give him a look again,

700
00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:45.279
<v Speaker 2>especially in the contact type leagues, in your deeper leagues,

701
00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.920
<v Speaker 2>or at least put him on a watch list, because

702
00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:49.839
<v Speaker 2>if he comes out and has actualized some power, this

703
00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:53.400
<v Speaker 2>is a really really good player overall, and he's still

704
00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:55.559
<v Speaker 2>young enough that maybe we see some some of those

705
00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:58.319
<v Speaker 2>development games happen. Guy Lipscomb, I actually think it's quite

706
00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.799
<v Speaker 2>interesting here.

707
00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:01.960
<v Speaker 4>This seems like the mots of Guardians type two, right.

708
00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:04.599
<v Speaker 5>I mean the list of bats that I had watched

709
00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:09.239
<v Speaker 5>for this process, and it's like to steal twenty to

710
00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:12.559
<v Speaker 5>thirty bags and walked over ten percent of the time

711
00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:14.599
<v Speaker 5>and strike out less than twenty percent of the time

712
00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:17.280
<v Speaker 5>and hit like two or some home runs.

713
00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:19.400
<v Speaker 2>You know, yep is Yeah, I mean it's good stuff,

714
00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:22.199
<v Speaker 2>right like, that's that is the that's the bones of

715
00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:25.960
<v Speaker 2>what makes good players. And yeah, it's clearly something that

716
00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:29.599
<v Speaker 2>their model values and they go after. And I like

717
00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:31.440
<v Speaker 2>a lot of that profile, and it's one of those

718
00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:33.159
<v Speaker 2>ones that like, you get that kind of a guy

719
00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:35.320
<v Speaker 2>and then they can up level just a little bit

720
00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:38.199
<v Speaker 2>and they turn into Jose Ramirez, right Like, that's you know,

721
00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:40.920
<v Speaker 2>that doesn't happen very often, but it's certainly what they're

722
00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:42.920
<v Speaker 2>hoping for. I think with a lot of these this

723
00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:45.320
<v Speaker 2>kind of this quality or caliber of player.

724
00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:48.519
<v Speaker 4>Man I was like pretty certain for most of the

725
00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:50.800
<v Speaker 4>season or back half of the season that I was

726
00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:53.000
<v Speaker 4>going to go with p. D. Helpin as my guy

727
00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:55.760
<v Speaker 4>m with the Guardians. Yeah. I've always has kind of

728
00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:57.639
<v Speaker 4>been a little bit of a fan. Plays a really

729
00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.519
<v Speaker 4>good center field. I thought he had a pretty good season,

730
00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:02.679
<v Speaker 4>twelve home runs, a twelve stolen bases. I think the

731
00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:06.239
<v Speaker 4>twelve home runs is by far his biggest home run output.

732
00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:09.199
<v Speaker 4>If I'm not mistaken, then man I turned on a

733
00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:13.800
<v Speaker 4>first year player who got in a whopping thirteen games

734
00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:16.559
<v Speaker 4>in a ball and I chased him wine, I'm gonna

735
00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:21.039
<v Speaker 4>google with Ryan Cesserini. I don't know if you were familiar.

736
00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:24.119
<v Speaker 4>He was a Day three college fourteenth round round.

737
00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.679
<v Speaker 2>I think I know him.

738
00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:30.039
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, lefty. Obviously it was zero percent rosters listed at

739
00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:32.639
<v Speaker 4>five times. That might be a little generous. I don't know.

740
00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:35.880
<v Speaker 4>I was just like, who is this guy who's got

741
00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:39.079
<v Speaker 4>just like this really simple swing. He just like kind

742
00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:41.239
<v Speaker 4>of turns his foot sends it back to his own

743
00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:46.039
<v Speaker 4>And this dude have four triples in thirteen games. That's why.

744
00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.639
<v Speaker 2>Nice.

745
00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:50.719
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, if I turned him on probably, Like I don't know,

746
00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:52.320
<v Speaker 4>I just like the look of him at the play

747
00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:55.960
<v Speaker 4>the like I said, it's just so simple and easy,

748
00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:59.159
<v Speaker 4>kind of hitting gap to gap, running a little bit. Well,

749
00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:01.960
<v Speaker 4>he's thirteen games and I struck out eighteen and a

750
00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:04.159
<v Speaker 4>half percent of time, walk thirteen percent of the times.

751
00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:06.719
<v Speaker 4>I mean, we're talking about fifty four played appearances here,

752
00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:09.039
<v Speaker 4>So nothing to get too crazy about or feel too

753
00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:12.719
<v Speaker 4>confident about either. Video wise, eyeballs just like this. I

754
00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:14.360
<v Speaker 4>don't know if you've seen the video at all, but

755
00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:17.159
<v Speaker 4>there is a side view of him hitting a double

756
00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:19.679
<v Speaker 4>off the wall where you can kind of maybe get

757
00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:22.800
<v Speaker 4>the best of his swing. But Ryan Cecerini didn't really

758
00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:25.119
<v Speaker 4>love a lot of my other options, and I just

759
00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:27.519
<v Speaker 4>kept one to watch him, and I'm curious to see

760
00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:29.239
<v Speaker 4>how his twenty twenty five goes.

761
00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:32.639
<v Speaker 2>Funny little setup and I know, right, yeah, I mean

762
00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:34.400
<v Speaker 2>there's not a lot of waste in movement in any

763
00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:37.559
<v Speaker 2>of that. Definitely not Yeah, no interesting.

764
00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:39.480
<v Speaker 4>Sometimes I'll just like the guy because I like to

765
00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:42.840
<v Speaker 4>look at this technique and see how it goes. Times

766
00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:45.679
<v Speaker 4>that's been all you needed. Other times it didn't turn

767
00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:50.039
<v Speaker 4>into too much armside Matt, the Guardians, their prospects. Joey

768
00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:52.719
<v Speaker 4>Cantillo is thirty two percent of spein you know twenty

769
00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:58.360
<v Speaker 4>six percent, Matt Wilkinson Wilkinson, Tugbloll seventeen boat, Parker Messi

770
00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:01.199
<v Speaker 4>twelve percent. Near guy from last year, Will dim was

771
00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:04.400
<v Speaker 4>at five, Tanner Burns at five, Doug mcczy at four,

772
00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:08.320
<v Speaker 4>Justin Campbell, Ethan Hankins, Austin Peterson at four percent. And

773
00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:11.519
<v Speaker 4>then there could you take last year Jackson Humphries did

774
00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:14.840
<v Speaker 4>not have the year that I was hoping for. He

775
00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:18.079
<v Speaker 4>was still at one percent a year before I went

776
00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:20.760
<v Speaker 4>with Aaron Davenport, who was at one percent and I

777
00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:23.960
<v Speaker 4>thought had a great year, like really took a jump.

778
00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:26.159
<v Speaker 4>I think, I know he's like repeating a love one whatever,

779
00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:29.599
<v Speaker 4>but I think he just got a lot cleaner with

780
00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:32.119
<v Speaker 4>all of it, the motion and the execution. I think

781
00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:33.840
<v Speaker 4>he's kind of back on the map as a guy

782
00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.599
<v Speaker 4>who has a shot.

783
00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:37.320
<v Speaker 2>And that's who I picked. You know, I had forgotten

784
00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:40.320
<v Speaker 2>you had picked him a couple of years ago, and

785
00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:42.840
<v Speaker 2>for all of those reasons, I actually watched a fair

786
00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:44.760
<v Speaker 2>amount of him, and I think I picked him up.

787
00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:46.079
<v Speaker 2>He had a good run in the middle of the

788
00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:47.960
<v Speaker 2>year at one point, and I picked him up in

789
00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:50.079
<v Speaker 2>a couple of leagues as somebody that I thought was

790
00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:53.039
<v Speaker 2>like a kind of high floor arm that maybe there's

791
00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.880
<v Speaker 2>a chance for more.

792
00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:56.840
<v Speaker 4>He was like my one kind of like later round

793
00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:59.360
<v Speaker 4>his first year player draft year that I was like, I'm

794
00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:02.320
<v Speaker 4>gonna take a step on this guy out of Hawaii.

795
00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:04.880
<v Speaker 4>But it hadn't really totally all come together.

796
00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:08.840
<v Speaker 2>I think, Yeah, and last year was pretty disappointing for him, right,

797
00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:11.480
<v Speaker 2>Like he repeated a level and was just way worse

798
00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:13.559
<v Speaker 2>than he was the first time through. So like last

799
00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:15.679
<v Speaker 2>year was a big step back. This year, he was

800
00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:17.800
<v Speaker 2>really good and he was at double A like for

801
00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:20.239
<v Speaker 2>the whole year. One of the things that I love volume.

802
00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:22.599
<v Speaker 2>Dude put up one hundred and forty two innings on

803
00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:26.000
<v Speaker 2>the back of one hundred and seven two years ago

804
00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:29.280
<v Speaker 2>and one hundred and fourteen last year, So that's like

805
00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:34.079
<v Speaker 2>three hundred and sixty plus innings over the past three years.

806
00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:36.639
<v Speaker 2>That's got to be near the top of the minor league.

807
00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:39.320
<v Speaker 2>So the volume I really like, and he showed some

808
00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:43.360
<v Speaker 2>of the skills that I think you were identifying out

809
00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:45.639
<v Speaker 2>of the draft. Like it's a bit of a kitchen

810
00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:48.239
<v Speaker 2>sink mix. He's not a power guy. He's not None

811
00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:51.360
<v Speaker 2>of these pitches are going to overwhelm, but it's the

812
00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:54.400
<v Speaker 2>curve ball is good. I liked the cutter too. I

813
00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:57.280
<v Speaker 2>thought he used it well against lefties and a change

814
00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:59.599
<v Speaker 2>up rounded it out. Yeah, I mean it's like ninety

815
00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:02.800
<v Speaker 2>two on the heater, and there are definitely some worts

816
00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:05.320
<v Speaker 2>with this, Like he still probably walks a few too many,

817
00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:08.559
<v Speaker 2>and he's done that really his whole career. You know,

818
00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:14.599
<v Speaker 2>his walk he did. This is his best year and

819
00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:18.960
<v Speaker 2>it was eight point nine percent, so like step forward

820
00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:21.239
<v Speaker 2>for him, and you know he punched out twenty three

821
00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:24.679
<v Speaker 2>percent of batters. That's okay, but for the kind of

822
00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:27.880
<v Speaker 2>picture he is, I'm a little worried that the walks

823
00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:31.599
<v Speaker 2>are gonna like he needs to be even more precise

824
00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:34.519
<v Speaker 2>with the execution and get a trim a little bit

825
00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:36.480
<v Speaker 2>more off the walks because the striker, he's not going

826
00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:38.639
<v Speaker 2>to keep striking guys out over twenty percent of the time.

827
00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:40.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is a guy who's going to run

828
00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:42.480
<v Speaker 2>like a sixteen percent walk rate or something in the bigs.

829
00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:44.360
<v Speaker 2>I think, oh yeah, and that's what Steamer projects for

830
00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:47.159
<v Speaker 2>him this year. So you know, I really like him.

831
00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:50.159
<v Speaker 2>I think there's a lot about him that is an

832
00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:54.119
<v Speaker 2>interesting kind of back end starter projection. I'm not really excited,

833
00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:56.840
<v Speaker 2>but he also looks to me like somebody who is

834
00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:59.199
<v Speaker 2>almost certainly going to make the majors and be a

835
00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:02.800
<v Speaker 2>starting picture. So that is definitely worth something in your

836
00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:04.320
<v Speaker 2>deeper points leagues for sure.

837
00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:06.199
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it was nice to see him have kind of

838
00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:09.400
<v Speaker 4>a resurgence. Yeah. I wasn't even sure if he was

839
00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:12.360
<v Speaker 4>going to be starting anymore heading into twenty twenty four.

840
00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:14.239
<v Speaker 4>I kind of think after twenty three.

841
00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:16.760
<v Speaker 2>I was like, all right, stick him in triple A

842
00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:18.760
<v Speaker 2>and see how he does in the International League. So

843
00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:21.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm I'm interested to see how that plays. And it

844
00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:24.159
<v Speaker 2>will be fun getting some stat cast data on the

845
00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:26.920
<v Speaker 2>depth of the repertoire too. And he's a guy that

846
00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:28.920
<v Speaker 2>seems like he tinkers a bit, and so maybe he

847
00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:32.800
<v Speaker 2>adds another pitch or adds a sinker to the repertoire

848
00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:34.440
<v Speaker 2>to go along with the four seamer.

849
00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:37.039
<v Speaker 4>His whole like mound presence too, Like just the whole

850
00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:39.800
<v Speaker 4>energy of him is like it was so much better,

851
00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:43.159
<v Speaker 4>just way more relaxed, which I think was good for him.

852
00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:46.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so you know, Aaron Davenport, not a glowing recommendation,

853
00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:49.880
<v Speaker 2>but somebody that should absolutely be on your radar as

854
00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:52.880
<v Speaker 2>like this guy might get some innings or some starts

855
00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:55.840
<v Speaker 2>in Cleveland as soon as this year. You know, I

856
00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.880
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't be surprised at all.

857
00:40:57.000 --> 00:41:00.239
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well, man, this is our sixth episode of the year,

858
00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:03.880
<v Speaker 4>and we I don't think maybe maybe we did talk

859
00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:07.119
<v Speaker 4>about one, but we were like, so Miami Hurricane heavy

860
00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:08.119
<v Speaker 4>last year.

861
00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:10.079
<v Speaker 2>If we hurry, Yeah, we talked about it.

862
00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:12.599
<v Speaker 4>I don't think we've talked about anything, but I have

863
00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:14.079
<v Speaker 4>to go the first year player.

864
00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:17.039
<v Speaker 6>We're oute here with the Guardians, and I'm going with

865
00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:22.639
<v Speaker 6>their fourth round pick out of Miami rape Schlessinger. Mmm, okay, well,

866
00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:25.400
<v Speaker 6>I can't imagine it's going to be drafted all that much, right,

867
00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:28.079
<v Speaker 6>I think it's safe to say he'll be zero one

868
00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:29.639
<v Speaker 6>percent one years old.

869
00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:32.880
<v Speaker 4>What his debut he got three or post draft you

870
00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:36.480
<v Speaker 4>got three starts in seven point one innings, So you

871
00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:39.440
<v Speaker 4>know very little to see here. Obviously, you can go

872
00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:42.559
<v Speaker 4>back and watch some stuff on YouTube from Miami and whatever.

873
00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:47.639
<v Speaker 4>What I liked, Sollo, Hurricane Lum, I'll cart some pump quest.

874
00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:49.760
<v Speaker 4>I think there's a little bit of that sort of

875
00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:53.679
<v Speaker 4>funky lefty in Schlessinger. I feel like this is almost

876
00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:56.880
<v Speaker 4>like a classic Guardian sort of picture in that I

877
00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:59.400
<v Speaker 4>think there's like some I think the secondary game is

878
00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:03.199
<v Speaker 4>really good, and maybe the hope is to help the

879
00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:05.400
<v Speaker 4>fast ball. I think we've seen them do that with

880
00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:08.480
<v Speaker 4>several pitchers in their history. Definitely, you know what I

881
00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:13.000
<v Speaker 4>think the fastball is like probably was in these three outings.

882
00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:15.840
<v Speaker 4>Probably I guess would average like eighty nine to ninety

883
00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:18.559
<v Speaker 4>but you do see him get up to ninety three

884
00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:21.000
<v Speaker 4>ninety four at a time. Like I said, there's real

885
00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:23.119
<v Speaker 4>I don't know if you're looking at the video at all,

886
00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:27.800
<v Speaker 4>but you agree that's a funky low armslaught, right, Yeah.

887
00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:30.119
<v Speaker 2>You know. The thing that's standing out to me is

888
00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:34.920
<v Speaker 2>I think he changes his release point pretty significantly for

889
00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:37.880
<v Speaker 2>his off speed pitches, and I don't like that. I mean,

890
00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:39.800
<v Speaker 2>I don't like that, but I also think that that's

891
00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:41.920
<v Speaker 2>like something that they can fix. But his change up

892
00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:45.039
<v Speaker 2>and slider are coming way lower than his fastball.

893
00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:47.880
<v Speaker 4>YEP, for sure. Definitely when he throws that the firmer

894
00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:51.920
<v Speaker 4>slider cutter thing or whatever, it's like up by his ear. Yeah,

895
00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:54.599
<v Speaker 4>like it's very different. But yeah, so I mean that's

896
00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:57.840
<v Speaker 4>just had to finished project here, I don't think at all,

897
00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:00.440
<v Speaker 4>but some funk in this system. I kind of like

898
00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:02.280
<v Speaker 4>to see where it goes. And I've seen a couple

899
00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:06.239
<v Speaker 4>of just like interviews and stuff with him, like just

900
00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:09.119
<v Speaker 4>kind of like the character. It's gone through some things

901
00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:11.599
<v Speaker 4>in his life, and it just seems kind of like

902
00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:14.239
<v Speaker 4>a fun guy, has a good attitude. I think my

903
00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:17.599
<v Speaker 4>hurricanes on the pitching side at least there. I don't

904
00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:19.760
<v Speaker 4>know how true it is. I don't necessarily hold it,

905
00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:23.519
<v Speaker 4>but a reputation of their pictures maybe not having a

906
00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:26.559
<v Speaker 4>ton of instruction when they're in college. So let's me

907
00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:30.639
<v Speaker 4>with some professional coaches and things the program might might

908
00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:34.519
<v Speaker 4>do for Rafe here. I like them a decent enough amount, right,

909
00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:37.760
<v Speaker 4>Like they are kind of different, funky lefties, so I

910
00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:39.039
<v Speaker 4>want to Yeah, RAF's.

911
00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:42.079
<v Speaker 2>Lester, I like it, good, good shout. He's an interesting one.

912
00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:44.559
<v Speaker 4>I don't think there was a ton of other guys.

913
00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:47.760
<v Speaker 4>I mean, you going with Davenport. I went with Humphreys

914
00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:50.400
<v Speaker 4>last year. I do kind of like Trenton Denholm a

915
00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:53.199
<v Speaker 4>little bit, but yeah, that was like really it for

916
00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:54.159
<v Speaker 4>my short list here?

917
00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:56.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean we were the Guardians. The Guardians have

918
00:43:56.800 --> 00:44:00.480
<v Speaker 2>a ton of talent in their system that I really like,

919
00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:03.920
<v Speaker 2>but generally it's at a higher roster percentage and a

920
00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:06.519
<v Speaker 2>little less on the arm side this year than on

921
00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:07.519
<v Speaker 2>the bat side. I think.

922
00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:10.800
<v Speaker 4>I do think their arm farm is ha stinned out.

923
00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:13.159
<v Speaker 4>So you go back a few years, I felt like

924
00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:16.559
<v Speaker 4>it was just loaded with yeah, interesting guys, maybe not

925
00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:18.559
<v Speaker 4>quite as much these days.

926
00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:21.159
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, Austin Peterson and Parker Messik are still

927
00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:25.360
<v Speaker 2>pretty interesting. Michael Kennedy continues to be maybe interesting. I

928
00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:27.199
<v Speaker 2>know other people like him more than I do.

929
00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:28.679
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I forgot he came over.

930
00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:31.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah great, Yeah, yeah, Doug, Doug Nakazzi. I like Doug

931
00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:34.320
<v Speaker 2>Nakazzi and will Dionne as well. You know, there's still

932
00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:37.800
<v Speaker 2>some interesting guys here, but yeah, not quite the upside.

933
00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:41.679
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if the Bibees and Williams's.

934
00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:47.519
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, when was around, he was so good, dude, he.

935
00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:52.159
<v Speaker 2>Was incredible to watch. It's literally appointment viewing in the

936
00:44:52.199 --> 00:44:54.880
<v Speaker 2>minor leagues. Like that's more excited for him than it

937
00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.639
<v Speaker 2>was for Skeens.

938
00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:59.920
<v Speaker 4>Yeah. Yeah, I feel like Mike Painter, like the two

939
00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:03.159
<v Speaker 4>most exciting, best looking my League pictures. I've yep, the

940
00:45:03.239 --> 00:45:06.079
<v Speaker 4>last four or five years for me. But AnyWho, let's

941
00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:09.320
<v Speaker 4>talk about some home runs. Man, you got any home

942
00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:12.119
<v Speaker 4>runs juice and two remaining? That's yere? Are we gonna

943
00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.599
<v Speaker 4>go sleep?

944
00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:18.199
<v Speaker 2>I mean both of these guys have more juice than

945
00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:19.920
<v Speaker 2>the ones that I've talked about so.

946
00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:22.719
<v Speaker 4>Far, So yeah, I think God yeah.

947
00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:24.639
<v Speaker 2>So either way, either way, we'll talk about a little

948
00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:27.400
<v Speaker 2>bit of home runs. Anyway you got, let's go with

949
00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:28.280
<v Speaker 2>the twins.

950
00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:31.119
<v Speaker 4>Does the Twins bat happen to be six ' eight?

951
00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:31.679
<v Speaker 2>No?

952
00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:34.400
<v Speaker 4>Okay, so we went different.

953
00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:38.320
<v Speaker 2>No, my Twins bat, it's Ricardo Olivar this year, and

954
00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:41.639
<v Speaker 2>I really I was pretty excited about Olivar, Like, this

955
00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:44.320
<v Speaker 2>is a one that I actually think has a pretty

956
00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:47.800
<v Speaker 2>good shot at being consistent multi year major leaguer with

957
00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:51.920
<v Speaker 2>it has holds fantasy appeal. I'm pretty into Olivar after

958
00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:55.119
<v Speaker 2>diving in. I had a good year, man, you had

959
00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:57.400
<v Speaker 2>a really good year. Did so in a way that

960
00:45:57.480 --> 00:46:00.840
<v Speaker 2>I find believable, right, Like twenty percent strikeout rate as

961
00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:02.639
<v Speaker 2>a twenty two year old, ended up in double A

962
00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:06.039
<v Speaker 2>when two seventy five three point eighty one four forty

963
00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:08.639
<v Speaker 2>one triple slash on the year in four hundred and

964
00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:12.920
<v Speaker 2>thirty three plate appearances, nineteen doubles, three triples, twelve homers,

965
00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:15.840
<v Speaker 2>and tossed in a couple of bags six bags, and

966
00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:18.280
<v Speaker 2>I don't think was caught. He's not super fast. He's

967
00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:22.360
<v Speaker 2>played catcher and outfield. I'm not sure he's great at either.

968
00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:25.079
<v Speaker 2>But I think there's real thump in this bat. Like

969
00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:27.039
<v Speaker 2>I watch him swing, and there's a couple of things

970
00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:30.239
<v Speaker 2>about it that I don't love, Like he really clears

971
00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:33.079
<v Speaker 2>his hips out pretty early and then has like a

972
00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:36.199
<v Speaker 2>lot of batlag that comes with that. But he's got

973
00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:38.599
<v Speaker 2>the contact skills to make it work. And I think

974
00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:40.760
<v Speaker 2>he's got a pretty good eye up there at the plate.

975
00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:43.280
<v Speaker 2>You know, he had a fourteen percent walk rate this year.

976
00:46:43.440 --> 00:46:46.480
<v Speaker 2>That combination means that even if like maybe because to me,

977
00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:49.039
<v Speaker 2>that combination looks like he's selling out a little bit

978
00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:51.440
<v Speaker 2>for some power at times. If he's if it's not

979
00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:55.360
<v Speaker 2>coming with the strikeouts and he's making really good swing decisions,

980
00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:57.039
<v Speaker 2>like it seems like he is. I think he's going

981
00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:59.199
<v Speaker 2>to get to even more power than he showed this year.

982
00:46:59.360 --> 00:47:02.719
<v Speaker 2>So are I actually think is like an underrated bat

983
00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:05.039
<v Speaker 2>and is one that I think should be rostered in

984
00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:08.239
<v Speaker 2>most dynasty leagues at this point. I mean again, maybe

985
00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:10.599
<v Speaker 2>not like your shallower leagues where you're only rostering one

986
00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:13.960
<v Speaker 2>hundred or fifty prospects, but your deeper dynasty leagues like

987
00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:17.920
<v Speaker 2>Olivar absolutely should be rostered. And I think is I

988
00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:19.840
<v Speaker 2>haven't seen him get a lot of love, but I

989
00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:20.840
<v Speaker 2>really really like him.

990
00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:24.679
<v Speaker 4>This must have been September or October, but Pipeline had

991
00:47:24.719 --> 00:47:27.360
<v Speaker 4>him sixteenth in the organization at that time.

992
00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:30.000
<v Speaker 2>Oh really, Oh wow, good good for Pipeline. Yeah, I

993
00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:32.440
<v Speaker 2>feel like Pipeline is sometimes a little behind the ball,

994
00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:33.400
<v Speaker 2>and these kinds of guys.

995
00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:37.559
<v Speaker 4>But yeah, that's yeah, that's only a one percent roster percent.

996
00:47:37.760 --> 00:47:41.199
<v Speaker 4>On September twenty seventh, Sonatt getting the Dynasty.

997
00:47:41.280 --> 00:47:44.920
<v Speaker 2>Love Ricardo Olivar, though, you know, go jump on that

998
00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:48.880
<v Speaker 2>one thirty eight WRC plus this year and I think

999
00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:50.840
<v Speaker 2>you might you might like it. He obviously wasn't quite

1000
00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:53.639
<v Speaker 2>as good in double A after he was promoted. I

1001
00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:56.079
<v Speaker 2>still think that it was small enough sample and he

1002
00:47:56.239 --> 00:47:59.400
<v Speaker 2>just had to face the really tough Arkansas Travelers, so

1003
00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:02.280
<v Speaker 2>it depressed his offensive stats.

1004
00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:04.679
<v Speaker 4>And still just at the age of you know, a

1005
00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:05.679
<v Speaker 4>first year player.

1006
00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:09.519
<v Speaker 2>Rights Yeah, I mean that's that's the point that I

1007
00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:12.039
<v Speaker 2>was going to make. I think all of our is

1008
00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:15.559
<v Speaker 2>more interesting than most of like the pretty boy college

1009
00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:17.800
<v Speaker 2>guys coming out of this year, like, you know, outside

1010
00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:20.599
<v Speaker 2>of the very tippy top, like what he's done. Like

1011
00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:23.199
<v Speaker 2>I think we could be thrilled if Carson Bene did

1012
00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:25.039
<v Speaker 2>that this year. You know, I don't know, and people

1013
00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:27.039
<v Speaker 2>love Carson Benj. I think BENJ is going to be

1014
00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:29.679
<v Speaker 2>an interesting guy to watch, but like Ricardo Olivar just

1015
00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:33.639
<v Speaker 2>did what you hope BENJ does and nobody's really interested

1016
00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:36.760
<v Speaker 2>in him. And Benj is like a top twenty FYPD guy.

1017
00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:39.239
<v Speaker 4>First episode, I brought up that I felt there was

1018
00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:41.000
<v Speaker 4>a little bit of a scene going on with a

1019
00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:42.000
<v Speaker 4>lot of my bats this.

1020
00:48:42.039 --> 00:48:47.079
<v Speaker 2>Year, but they're bad, got them.

1021
00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:50.199
<v Speaker 4>I love like a lot of big guys, way more

1022
00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:52.960
<v Speaker 4>of the last year. Last year, I felt like last short,

1023
00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:56.320
<v Speaker 4>a lot of guys are six or four taller and

1024
00:48:56.440 --> 00:48:59.199
<v Speaker 4>this is the biggest dude here. I'm going with Carson McCusker.

1025
00:48:59.480 --> 00:49:02.360
<v Speaker 4>My Twins this year, noted in the discord, is like

1026
00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:07.440
<v Speaker 4>a fantastic Civil War era and the sure yeah, definitely

1027
00:49:07.559 --> 00:49:10.320
<v Speaker 4>led some troops over Summery River to kick some Red

1028
00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:14.079
<v Speaker 4>coats ass right, but oh wait, I guess that would

1029
00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:15.119
<v Speaker 4>be the Revolutionarya.

1030
00:49:15.159 --> 00:49:17.559
<v Speaker 2>I was like, you're you're mixing up your American wars there,

1031
00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:18.039
<v Speaker 2>my friend.

1032
00:49:18.079 --> 00:49:22.079
<v Speaker 4>But Clyde did that too, really well. McCusker man talking

1033
00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:24.360
<v Speaker 4>about like top of the scale, just like kind of

1034
00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:27.719
<v Speaker 4>raw power, right. Undrafted out of Oklahoma State, he played

1035
00:49:27.719 --> 00:49:30.159
<v Speaker 4>two years of independent ball and then the Twins brought

1036
00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:33.400
<v Speaker 4>him in to the full ninety eight games in Double

1037
00:49:33.440 --> 00:49:35.400
<v Speaker 4>A and then twenty four in Triple A. Gets some

1038
00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:37.960
<v Speaker 4>stat cast stuff and yes he hits the ball hard,

1039
00:49:38.280 --> 00:49:40.639
<v Speaker 4>like one hundred and fourteen miles per hour and stuff

1040
00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:44.440
<v Speaker 4>like that. Right strikeout percentage of twenty nine percent on

1041
00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:47.039
<v Speaker 4>the season. It was thirty three point seven percent in

1042
00:49:47.079 --> 00:49:50.119
<v Speaker 4>his one hundred plate appearances at Triple A, what's seven

1043
00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:52.360
<v Speaker 4>point one percent of the time there nine percent on

1044
00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:55.599
<v Speaker 4>the season with Saint Paul, he went two eighty six,

1045
00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:59.079
<v Speaker 4>three point thirty seven, four eighty four one ninety eight.

1046
00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:01.280
<v Speaker 4>I tho, and that was on the back of a

1047
00:50:01.320 --> 00:50:04.239
<v Speaker 4>four oh seven babbit. Ground Balls are just thirty six

1048
00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:07.800
<v Speaker 4>excuse me, thirty nine percent another time. The season fly

1049
00:50:07.960 --> 00:50:11.159
<v Speaker 4>ball rate at thirty one point six percent, so a

1050
00:50:11.159 --> 00:50:13.719
<v Speaker 4>lot of line drives, a lot of really hard line drives.

1051
00:50:13.800 --> 00:50:16.199
<v Speaker 4>Pull the ball forty four percent of the time. Swinging

1052
00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:19.239
<v Speaker 4>strike rate of fourteen point two percent. Watching some of

1053
00:50:19.280 --> 00:50:22.320
<v Speaker 4>his defense, he's a corner outfielder, but like outsair in

1054
00:50:22.360 --> 00:50:26.079
<v Speaker 4>the video, there's horrible camera work and we kind of

1055
00:50:26.079 --> 00:50:29.559
<v Speaker 4>catch it late, unfortunately. But Rob's a home run. You know,

1056
00:50:29.760 --> 00:50:31.639
<v Speaker 4>the most guys over the wall for that one, he

1057
00:50:31.760 --> 00:50:34.760
<v Speaker 4>just had the right stand there and reach up like

1058
00:50:34.840 --> 00:50:37.519
<v Speaker 4>I like to look at the rity. He's twenty six,

1059
00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:39.760
<v Speaker 4>but I think he's got I think he's got a chance.

1060
00:50:39.800 --> 00:50:42.199
<v Speaker 4>I don't know how much, how much run he'll get

1061
00:50:42.360 --> 00:50:44.920
<v Speaker 4>or but I think we're gonna see Carson mc custer

1062
00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:48.280
<v Speaker 4>in the Bigs at some point. Twins love their home

1063
00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:48.920
<v Speaker 4>run guys.

1064
00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:50.079
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I don't know.

1065
00:50:50.199 --> 00:50:52.079
<v Speaker 4>I think it's kind of a fun story. And I

1066
00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:53.679
<v Speaker 4>know he's big and he's long.

1067
00:50:53.519 --> 00:50:54.199
<v Speaker 2>He's huge.

1068
00:50:54.400 --> 00:50:57.679
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he's not struggling up there. It's not total struggle.

1069
00:50:57.719 --> 00:51:02.599
<v Speaker 4>Bus City seven fourteen stealing bats as well. I think

1070
00:51:02.599 --> 00:51:05.239
<v Speaker 4>you can kind of move pretty well, especially for a

1071
00:51:05.239 --> 00:51:08.199
<v Speaker 4>guy that size. Did you watch him? Did you? Did

1072
00:51:08.239 --> 00:51:13.800
<v Speaker 4>you hate this? Like? Uh, I don't know. Multiplicity version

1073
00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:15.880
<v Speaker 4>nine of Aaron Judge.

1074
00:51:16.519 --> 00:51:19.280
<v Speaker 2>I watched a little bit of McCusker. I do again,

1075
00:51:19.719 --> 00:51:22.320
<v Speaker 2>depending on your format, Like he's a power bat that

1076
00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:25.199
<v Speaker 2>should be rostered. And worry again at that kind of

1077
00:51:25.199 --> 00:51:28.159
<v Speaker 2>strikeout rate, like that's danger zone. If you're running a

1078
00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:30.719
<v Speaker 2>you know, thirty percent strikeout rate at triple A, it's

1079
00:51:30.840 --> 00:51:32.840
<v Speaker 2>going to be in the low thirties and the Bigs

1080
00:51:32.840 --> 00:51:35.360
<v Speaker 2>almost certainly, and you really really got to get to

1081
00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:37.039
<v Speaker 2>all your power to make that work. And even then

1082
00:51:37.079 --> 00:51:39.440
<v Speaker 2>it's a tough line to walk, right, there are very

1083
00:51:39.440 --> 00:51:40.800
<v Speaker 2>few people that can do it.

1084
00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:43.199
<v Speaker 4>If he's not like a double A like twenty seven

1085
00:51:43.599 --> 00:51:46.480
<v Speaker 4>eight percent. That's uh, that's palatable.

1086
00:51:46.800 --> 00:51:48.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if he can keep that. But that's the thing

1087
00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:51.840
<v Speaker 2>is like for hitters, your strikeout rate generally goes up

1088
00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:55.079
<v Speaker 2>a couple points every level, and right.

1089
00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:58.760
<v Speaker 4>But ninety eight plate appearances your first try to pla Like,

1090
00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:00.920
<v Speaker 4>I don't know who's sticky that is.

1091
00:52:01.760 --> 00:52:04.960
<v Speaker 2>Kriet is pretty sticky and stabilizes pretty fast. So like

1092
00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:07.039
<v Speaker 2>that's one of the ones that I would look to

1093
00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:10.360
<v Speaker 2>and be like, okay, even in smaller samples, how fast. Oh,

1094
00:52:10.400 --> 00:52:11.639
<v Speaker 2>I don't have it off the top of my head,

1095
00:52:11.639 --> 00:52:14.320
<v Speaker 2>but it's like one hundred plate appearances or something like, it's.

1096
00:52:14.239 --> 00:52:17.000
<v Speaker 4>Well, he had two more tries before you could start

1097
00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:18.440
<v Speaker 4>calling that sticky, my friend.

1098
00:52:19.159 --> 00:52:22.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's not really how that works. Right, Like at

1099
00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:25.440
<v Speaker 2>ninety eight, you're like ninety percent of the way there

1100
00:52:25.440 --> 00:52:28.159
<v Speaker 2>and it's sticky or whatever, you know, like it's it's

1101
00:52:28.719 --> 00:52:31.079
<v Speaker 2>it's probably not too far off what you would expect

1102
00:52:31.400 --> 00:52:34.039
<v Speaker 2>it to level out at triple A and again tack

1103
00:52:34.079 --> 00:52:37.280
<v Speaker 2>on a couple of percent at stabilization in major leagues

1104
00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:39.920
<v Speaker 2>as well. But I do like guys with big loud

1105
00:52:39.960 --> 00:52:42.840
<v Speaker 2>tools like that, and he definitely can hit some homers

1106
00:52:42.880 --> 00:52:45.239
<v Speaker 2>and for a six eight guy he moves it pretty well.

1107
00:52:45.280 --> 00:52:47.800
<v Speaker 2>Like that's the one thing. Watching the video and watching

1108
00:52:47.880 --> 00:52:50.400
<v Speaker 2>him a bit in Saint Paul, I thought that he

1109
00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:52.599
<v Speaker 2>did move the outfield better than I thought he was

1110
00:52:52.639 --> 00:52:55.000
<v Speaker 2>going to. So that's something. That's something as well.

1111
00:52:55.119 --> 00:52:58.920
<v Speaker 4>So in those ninety eight plate appearances, my man here

1112
00:52:59.119 --> 00:53:02.000
<v Speaker 4>had eight balls struck over one hundred and ten miles

1113
00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:03.679
<v Speaker 4>per hour and got the power.

1114
00:53:03.880 --> 00:53:05.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he hits the ball, hits the ball hard. I

1115
00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:08.840
<v Speaker 2>actually wanted to highlight one other guy from the Saints

1116
00:53:08.960 --> 00:53:11.360
<v Speaker 2>this year. He didn't play a full year, which is

1117
00:53:11.480 --> 00:53:14.559
<v Speaker 2>a bummer because he was lights out to start the

1118
00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:19.000
<v Speaker 2>year after a thoroughly underwhelming minor league career before that.

1119
00:53:19.159 --> 00:53:22.880
<v Speaker 2>Will Holland is an outfielder's drafted out of Auburn in

1120
00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:25.360
<v Speaker 2>the fifth round in twenty nineteen, so he's been kicking

1121
00:53:25.360 --> 00:53:28.119
<v Speaker 2>around the miners for a while and has been mostly

1122
00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:31.280
<v Speaker 2>not very good, like slightly below average hitter at like

1123
00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:34.519
<v Speaker 2>every level, really good defender though, played shortstop for a

1124
00:53:34.519 --> 00:53:37.199
<v Speaker 2>lot of his minor league career, and then they've recently

1125
00:53:37.280 --> 00:53:39.400
<v Speaker 2>had him playing a lot more outfield, a lot of

1126
00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:42.039
<v Speaker 2>center fields and right field. Has an electric arm, He's

1127
00:53:42.039 --> 00:53:44.679
<v Speaker 2>really fast, plays good defense, so I think they've been

1128
00:53:44.679 --> 00:53:47.039
<v Speaker 2>trying to like, oh, is this a utility guy or whatever,

1129
00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:49.800
<v Speaker 2>and so they keep promoting him even though he isn't

1130
00:53:49.880 --> 00:53:51.920
<v Speaker 2>really hitting and isn't lighting the world on fire. And

1131
00:53:51.960 --> 00:53:54.840
<v Speaker 2>then this year swing change, almost certain of it that

1132
00:53:54.960 --> 00:53:57.920
<v Speaker 2>he did a total swing change. He was pulling the ball,

1133
00:53:57.960 --> 00:54:01.199
<v Speaker 2>he was hitting fly balls, and he went from or

1134
00:54:01.199 --> 00:54:03.639
<v Speaker 2>three hundred and forty one played appearances in double A

1135
00:54:04.079 --> 00:54:07.480
<v Speaker 2>last year to the tune of a sixty five WRC plus.

1136
00:54:07.679 --> 00:54:10.199
<v Speaker 2>Like he was poo in Double A as a twenty

1137
00:54:10.239 --> 00:54:13.559
<v Speaker 2>five year old, right, Like, that's a nobody, that's org depth,

1138
00:54:13.599 --> 00:54:16.280
<v Speaker 2>that's nothing, like maybe he's a defense first guy. This

1139
00:54:16.400 --> 00:54:18.519
<v Speaker 2>year they promote him and he starts the year for

1140
00:54:18.559 --> 00:54:21.480
<v Speaker 2>one hundred and forty five played appearances the one fifty

1141
00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:26.000
<v Speaker 2>seven WRC plus legit almost triples his WRC plus at

1142
00:54:26.039 --> 00:54:28.800
<v Speaker 2>a higher level. And it's totally because the battle ball

1143
00:54:28.840 --> 00:54:31.039
<v Speaker 2>profile completely changed. He stopped hitting it on the ground,

1144
00:54:31.119 --> 00:54:32.880
<v Speaker 2>he was pulling the ball. He's pulling in the air,

1145
00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:34.760
<v Speaker 2>and good things were happening. He doesn't hit the ball

1146
00:54:34.800 --> 00:54:37.880
<v Speaker 2>super hard, he does make decent contact, made better contact

1147
00:54:37.880 --> 00:54:40.119
<v Speaker 2>this year than he had in previous years. I don't

1148
00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:43.320
<v Speaker 2>think all of this was sustainable per se. But Will

1149
00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:46.639
<v Speaker 2>Holland really really intrigued me early this year, and I

1150
00:54:46.679 --> 00:54:48.480
<v Speaker 2>had one league where I had a couple of outfield

1151
00:54:48.519 --> 00:54:51.719
<v Speaker 2>injuries and I was like very tempted to pick him up,

1152
00:54:52.039 --> 00:54:55.280
<v Speaker 2>thinking like he might go the Deshaun Cursey route, where Cursey,

1153
00:54:55.559 --> 00:54:58.239
<v Speaker 2>also in the Twins organization, kind of floundered in the

1154
00:54:58.280 --> 00:55:00.280
<v Speaker 2>minor leagues for a long time and then finally put

1155
00:55:00.280 --> 00:55:02.760
<v Speaker 2>it together and got some big league run. I kind

1156
00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:04.960
<v Speaker 2>of think Holland is on that same track this year,

1157
00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:07.320
<v Speaker 2>and he might have gotten some run if he hadn't

1158
00:55:07.320 --> 00:55:09.840
<v Speaker 2>gotten hurt. And they said it was like a leg injury,

1159
00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:12.679
<v Speaker 2>like a hamstring, but a really bad one because he's

1160
00:55:12.719 --> 00:55:14.920
<v Speaker 2>been out for They put him on sixty day al

1161
00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:18.079
<v Speaker 2>and he didn't play after like June something, I think.

1162
00:55:18.159 --> 00:55:20.880
<v Speaker 2>So I was super interested in Will Holland, and if

1163
00:55:20.880 --> 00:55:23.360
<v Speaker 2>he'd been healthy and kept this up all year, I'm

1164
00:55:23.480 --> 00:55:26.400
<v Speaker 2>very sure I would have taken him over Olivar. But

1165
00:55:26.920 --> 00:55:29.199
<v Speaker 2>I had to shout him out anyway because Will will

1166
00:55:29.199 --> 00:55:31.280
<v Speaker 2>Holland was doing some really cool stuff and I love

1167
00:55:31.320 --> 00:55:34.039
<v Speaker 2>a developmental story like that where he just changed out

1168
00:55:34.039 --> 00:55:37.280
<v Speaker 2>of nowhere and might be a late blooming like actual

1169
00:55:37.440 --> 00:55:40.360
<v Speaker 2>big league outfielder, because yeah, he's he's a super good

1170
00:55:40.559 --> 00:55:42.239
<v Speaker 2>defender and athlete as well.

1171
00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:46.960
<v Speaker 4>On sorry, Matt, I did a lot of good choices

1172
00:55:47.000 --> 00:55:48.840
<v Speaker 4>he could have went with. Here. Let's see, we're talking

1173
00:55:48.880 --> 00:55:53.000
<v Speaker 4>about Sebbie Matthew's forty one percent, Charlie Soto twelve percent,

1174
00:55:53.079 --> 00:55:55.760
<v Speaker 4>Mirco Raya ten percent, kind of prile Up ten percent,

1175
00:55:55.840 --> 00:55:59.079
<v Speaker 4>Andrew Morris eight percent, Corey Lewis four percent. My guy

1176
00:55:59.119 --> 00:56:02.079
<v Speaker 4>from last year's the Colepepper, was at two percent. And

1177
00:56:02.119 --> 00:56:04.480
<v Speaker 4>then I think everybody else is here to one unless

1178
00:56:04.480 --> 00:56:06.719
<v Speaker 4>they might have traded somebody here or whatever. But what

1179
00:56:07.039 --> 00:56:09.199
<v Speaker 4>did you find this to be kind of a fun

1180
00:56:09.400 --> 00:56:12.199
<v Speaker 4>deciding hunting ground for arms or not so much?

1181
00:56:13.039 --> 00:56:16.840
<v Speaker 2>Not as much for me? This year I looked at

1182
00:56:16.960 --> 00:56:21.239
<v Speaker 2>a couple guys that just really I couldn't get too

1183
00:56:21.320 --> 00:56:24.000
<v Speaker 2>excited about. Like I think Andrew Morris, right, he was

1184
00:56:24.079 --> 00:56:28.119
<v Speaker 2>blow the threshold. Oh he was about the threshold. Yeah,

1185
00:56:27.800 --> 00:56:31.079
<v Speaker 2>I like, he's one that I had liked but hadn't

1186
00:56:31.159 --> 00:56:33.800
<v Speaker 2>loved in the past. Just looking at my list, you know,

1187
00:56:33.920 --> 00:56:35.920
<v Speaker 2>Darren Bowen is one that I've been interested in, but

1188
00:56:36.000 --> 00:56:38.039
<v Speaker 2>he was hurt most of the year. Who else do

1189
00:56:38.119 --> 00:56:40.840
<v Speaker 2>I look at. Yeah. Yeah, I mean there's been some

1190
00:56:40.880 --> 00:56:43.199
<v Speaker 2>others that I've been interested in in the past, like

1191
00:56:43.199 --> 00:56:45.599
<v Speaker 2>Matt Cantino I was super interested in a couple of

1192
00:56:45.679 --> 00:56:48.239
<v Speaker 2>years ago, and he just has totally flamed out and

1193
00:56:48.360 --> 00:56:51.280
<v Speaker 2>is I think toast he's a reliever only, and not

1194
00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:53.159
<v Speaker 2>even a good one at that these days. Yeah, So

1195
00:56:53.199 --> 00:56:56.840
<v Speaker 2>I wasn't overwhelmed by the options at this roster percentage level,

1196
00:56:57.079 --> 00:56:59.440
<v Speaker 2>and the guy I picked, I'm not super into either.

1197
00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:03.280
<v Speaker 2>With Ty Langenberg. We watched Langenberg, Yeah, he was on

1198
00:57:03.280 --> 00:57:06.400
<v Speaker 2>my shortlist. My notes on him were that is a

1199
00:57:06.400 --> 00:57:08.679
<v Speaker 2>bit of a Johnny right hander to me at like

1200
00:57:09.400 --> 00:57:12.360
<v Speaker 2>really long arm action. He's pretty tall, and I think

1201
00:57:12.400 --> 00:57:14.400
<v Speaker 2>he gets down the mound okay, but it's like he

1202
00:57:14.519 --> 00:57:17.159
<v Speaker 2>just stretches his lanky arm all the way back and

1203
00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:20.519
<v Speaker 2>seems to me that impacts execution sometimes, Like he's more

1204
00:57:20.559 --> 00:57:23.320
<v Speaker 2>of a control over command guy. In my looks, I thought,

1205
00:57:23.400 --> 00:57:23.760
<v Speaker 2>if you.

1206
00:57:23.719 --> 00:57:26.119
<v Speaker 4>Are a Johnny right hander, though, or you're an agent

1207
00:57:26.159 --> 00:57:28.320
<v Speaker 4>of a Johnny right hander, like being with the Twins

1208
00:57:28.360 --> 00:57:30.159
<v Speaker 4>is a pretty good place to be, I think, because

1209
00:57:30.360 --> 00:57:32.320
<v Speaker 4>I feel like they've kind of taken some Johnny right

1210
00:57:32.360 --> 00:57:34.760
<v Speaker 4>handers in terms of much more interesting.

1211
00:57:34.440 --> 00:57:36.599
<v Speaker 2>That is true, and that's kind of what I said,

1212
00:57:36.760 --> 00:57:39.719
<v Speaker 2>is that the overall package here, it's like, you know,

1213
00:57:40.000 --> 00:57:44.519
<v Speaker 2>ninety two ish righty with four steamer slider, change curve,

1214
00:57:44.719 --> 00:57:47.199
<v Speaker 2>maybe two I couldn't tell. I thought he maybe had

1215
00:57:47.199 --> 00:57:50.480
<v Speaker 2>a slower, sweepery curry breaking ball, and then maybe a

1216
00:57:50.519 --> 00:57:53.360
<v Speaker 2>tighter one as well, and then a change up in

1217
00:57:53.400 --> 00:57:55.639
<v Speaker 2>the load of mid eighties as well. It's like, that's

1218
00:57:55.760 --> 00:57:59.199
<v Speaker 2>the kind of prototypical clay that you start with as

1219
00:57:58.880 --> 00:58:01.320
<v Speaker 2>a right hander. That's why I kind of say Johnny

1220
00:58:01.360 --> 00:58:03.679
<v Speaker 2>right hander to me, does a good job with hitting

1221
00:58:03.719 --> 00:58:05.960
<v Speaker 2>the zone. You know, doesn't walk a ton of guys,

1222
00:58:05.960 --> 00:58:07.840
<v Speaker 2>not a lot of free passes. You know, most of

1223
00:58:07.880 --> 00:58:10.480
<v Speaker 2>his work this year was at low A, and you know,

1224
00:58:10.639 --> 00:58:13.280
<v Speaker 2>he threw a lot of innings, but it was more

1225
00:58:13.440 --> 00:58:17.559
<v Speaker 2>good than great, and I kind of wanted to see more.

1226
00:58:17.920 --> 00:58:19.599
<v Speaker 2>I wonder if he's going to struggle a bit if

1227
00:58:19.599 --> 00:58:22.159
<v Speaker 2>he goes up the ladder, if something doesn't take a

1228
00:58:22.199 --> 00:58:24.480
<v Speaker 2>big step forward. And I didn't quite see what that

1229
00:58:24.559 --> 00:58:27.519
<v Speaker 2>might be, like the slider. I was not overwhelmed by

1230
00:58:27.840 --> 00:58:30.239
<v Speaker 2>change up. Maybe there's something there, but I don't know.

1231
00:58:30.360 --> 00:58:33.320
<v Speaker 2>I was not overwhelmed by Langenberg, but he's my pick.

1232
00:58:33.199 --> 00:58:35.639
<v Speaker 4>Here, Matt, I am going to go to the guy

1233
00:58:35.679 --> 00:58:38.840
<v Speaker 4>who's maybe a bit opposite there and that I think

1234
00:58:38.920 --> 00:58:42.360
<v Speaker 4>the arsenal is really exciting looking. Well, we got to

1235
00:58:42.400 --> 00:58:44.920
<v Speaker 4>clean some things up here, right, but we're only at teenager.

1236
00:58:44.920 --> 00:58:49.119
<v Speaker 4>I'm going with Adrian Bejortez. No, you're familiar. It's nineteen

1237
00:58:49.199 --> 00:58:51.639
<v Speaker 4>years old to see her. Listen. At six ' one

1238
00:58:51.760 --> 00:58:56.559
<v Speaker 4>strong kid out of Venezuela. He pitched thirty six Complex

1239
00:58:56.760 --> 00:59:02.000
<v Speaker 4>League innings and then just sixteen third in able six

1240
00:59:02.039 --> 00:59:04.920
<v Speaker 4>games five starts on the season three twenty three ERA

1241
00:59:05.079 --> 00:59:07.280
<v Speaker 4>at one point zero nine, went four point one two

1242
00:59:07.480 --> 00:59:10.079
<v Speaker 4>x fit, struck out hitters twenty eight point three percent

1243
00:59:10.079 --> 00:59:12.920
<v Speaker 4>of the time and walked them twelve point three percent

1244
00:59:12.920 --> 00:59:15.320
<v Speaker 4>of the time, which is not great. And that what

1245
00:59:15.440 --> 00:59:19.239
<v Speaker 4>we like Mac in the arsenal man I have a

1246
00:59:19.280 --> 00:59:22.440
<v Speaker 4>pretty good straight on angel of him. I believe that's

1247
00:59:22.440 --> 00:59:26.519
<v Speaker 4>from Lakeland basketball. That's sixth ninety three to ninety five

1248
00:59:26.679 --> 00:59:29.760
<v Speaker 4>can get up there. More than that, I really like

1249
00:59:29.840 --> 00:59:32.960
<v Speaker 4>the look of his firm eighty six to eighty seven

1250
00:59:33.000 --> 00:59:37.440
<v Speaker 4>mile for our slider thingy cutter slider thing that just

1251
00:59:37.480 --> 00:59:39.639
<v Speaker 4>seems to drop off the table. He's got a high

1252
00:59:39.639 --> 00:59:42.559
<v Speaker 4>eighties curve of ball as well. I know, the walk

1253
00:59:42.639 --> 00:59:45.280
<v Speaker 4>rate doesn't look so great and the video you can

1254
00:59:45.320 --> 00:59:48.159
<v Speaker 4>see how he's loose and stuff can get away from him,

1255
00:59:48.239 --> 00:59:51.519
<v Speaker 4>you know at times. But like that particular outing wasn't

1256
00:59:52.119 --> 00:59:55.079
<v Speaker 4>so bad and it was what his but like his

1257
00:59:55.159 --> 00:59:57.840
<v Speaker 4>strike percent is just matt and is out in sixty

1258
00:59:57.920 --> 01:00:01.920
<v Speaker 4>seven percent, seventy two percent, sixty percent, sixty four, thirty

1259
01:00:01.920 --> 01:00:04.800
<v Speaker 4>two percent, sixty six. Right, so you've got a real

1260
01:00:05.000 --> 01:00:08.719
<v Speaker 4>inconsistent teenager here. Click on other side. I trust the

1261
01:00:08.760 --> 01:00:11.960
<v Speaker 4>Twins organization. I liked them with their pitching, and I

1262
01:00:11.960 --> 01:00:14.800
<v Speaker 4>think this is a pretty electric teenager that.

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01:00:16.199 --> 01:00:20.320
<v Speaker 2>Beforecas interesting Arsenal and I see what you mean about

1264
01:00:20.400 --> 01:00:23.960
<v Speaker 2>being pretty loose with everything, but some of the shapes

1265
01:00:24.039 --> 01:00:28.480
<v Speaker 2>and velocities and the way that it comes together, like

1266
01:00:28.599 --> 01:00:32.039
<v Speaker 2>when he locates those pitches that look pretty pretty impressive.

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01:00:32.079 --> 01:00:35.079
<v Speaker 4>So interesting what I liked about him to grant that

1268
01:00:35.079 --> 01:00:37.719
<v Speaker 4>these are like really small looks. But you're you know,

1269
01:00:37.880 --> 01:00:42.119
<v Speaker 4>he wasn't just like throwing fastball fastball, throwing a slider. Yeah,

1270
01:00:42.480 --> 01:00:45.840
<v Speaker 4>he's mixing the level of difficulty, right. The picture is

1271
01:00:45.840 --> 01:00:48.480
<v Speaker 4>and the sequencing that he was trying to that's cute

1272
01:00:48.480 --> 01:00:50.639
<v Speaker 4>I think it is is tough, and I've give him

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01:00:50.679 --> 01:00:53.280
<v Speaker 4>some points for that definitely, basically how lively some of

1274
01:00:53.320 --> 01:00:54.320
<v Speaker 4>that stuff is.

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01:00:54.840 --> 01:00:56.320
<v Speaker 2>Let's close it out with the Royals.

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01:00:56.519 --> 01:01:00.360
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, the Royals do my Royals arm just quick. Because

1277
01:01:00.679 --> 01:01:03.199
<v Speaker 4>it's a repeat from last year, I'm going it looks

1278
01:01:03.199 --> 01:01:04.079
<v Speaker 4>Aronde again.

1279
01:01:04.159 --> 01:01:04.440
<v Speaker 2>Nice.

1280
01:01:04.480 --> 01:01:06.639
<v Speaker 4>I thought he had a really nice season. Man, he

1281
01:01:06.760 --> 01:01:08.360
<v Speaker 4>just I was kind of waiting for him to get

1282
01:01:08.400 --> 01:01:11.119
<v Speaker 4>promoted and it never really happened. He's still pretty young,

1283
01:01:11.199 --> 01:01:13.760
<v Speaker 4>twenty one years old. Talking about a riety who's listed

1284
01:01:13.800 --> 01:01:15.960
<v Speaker 4>at six to three from Cuba. One hundred and ten

1285
01:01:16.039 --> 01:01:19.079
<v Speaker 4>innings last year all with Columbia two point nine four

1286
01:01:19.119 --> 01:01:21.760
<v Speaker 4>ERA one point zero two whip a three point four

1287
01:01:21.760 --> 01:01:24.239
<v Speaker 4>to nine X fit, struck out hitters twenty three point

1288
01:01:24.239 --> 01:01:26.199
<v Speaker 4>five percent of the time, wat them seven percent of

1289
01:01:26.239 --> 01:01:27.960
<v Speaker 4>the time. You know. I like the arsenal with that

1290
01:01:28.280 --> 01:01:31.239
<v Speaker 4>splitter that he has in there, the fastball velocity, and

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01:01:31.360 --> 01:01:34.960
<v Speaker 4>I think just characteristics and qualities from I think what

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01:01:35.119 --> 01:01:37.360
<v Speaker 4>Cleig was talking about the other day, like we're all

1293
01:01:37.440 --> 01:01:39.480
<v Speaker 4>kind of ticking up and moving in the right direction.

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01:01:39.679 --> 01:01:43.079
<v Speaker 4>I think he's just like ready for the next challenge.

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01:01:43.079 --> 01:01:46.280
<v Speaker 4>You know, it maybe wasn't like a huge leap in development,

1296
01:01:46.320 --> 01:01:48.480
<v Speaker 4>but I think he did develop some this year, and

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01:01:48.719 --> 01:01:51.639
<v Speaker 4>zero percent rosters still, and I didn't really love a

1298
01:01:51.679 --> 01:01:53.880
<v Speaker 4>lot of their zero to one percenters. So if he

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01:01:53.960 --> 01:01:55.480
<v Speaker 4>looks Aronde round two.

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01:01:55.360 --> 01:01:59.159
<v Speaker 2>Nice, we'll repeat there love little Felix action. I'm going

1301
01:01:59.239 --> 01:02:01.320
<v Speaker 2>with mine's going to super short too. I'm going with

1302
01:02:01.360 --> 01:02:04.800
<v Speaker 2>Evan Sisk. He's a reliever. I think, no doubt big

1303
01:02:04.920 --> 01:02:08.800
<v Speaker 2>league reliever, possible high leverage guy. You know, he hasn't

1304
01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:11.320
<v Speaker 2>gotten any of the pub of like a Yoho or

1305
01:02:12.039 --> 01:02:15.119
<v Speaker 2>somebody like that, but he punched out over thirty five

1306
01:02:15.159 --> 01:02:18.440
<v Speaker 2>percent of batters at Triple A this year. His stuff

1307
01:02:18.480 --> 01:02:21.199
<v Speaker 2>isn't like leap off the page electric, but you watch

1308
01:02:21.280 --> 01:02:26.119
<v Speaker 2>him pitch and it's ridiculous crossbody, low slot, lefty angle.

1309
01:02:26.320 --> 01:02:29.239
<v Speaker 2>I just think he's going to crush lefties in the bigs,

1310
01:02:29.320 --> 01:02:31.559
<v Speaker 2>and even righty's like it looks like he's got the

1311
01:02:31.559 --> 01:02:34.000
<v Speaker 2>stuff to get right. He's out as well. So I think,

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01:02:34.119 --> 01:02:39.039
<v Speaker 2>no doubt big league reliever, probable high leverage reliever, maybe

1313
01:02:39.119 --> 01:02:41.599
<v Speaker 2>a closer. If he tightens up the walks a little

1314
01:02:41.639 --> 01:02:43.840
<v Speaker 2>bit and things play like I think they're going to

1315
01:02:44.039 --> 01:02:46.079
<v Speaker 2>in the majors, roles put him on the forty, So

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01:02:46.239 --> 01:02:48.679
<v Speaker 2>he's going to be in the mix next year. Again,

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01:02:48.880 --> 01:02:51.480
<v Speaker 2>not hard to get super excited about relievers, but I

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01:02:51.519 --> 01:02:53.880
<v Speaker 2>think this is a name to file away for if

1319
01:02:53.920 --> 01:02:57.320
<v Speaker 2>you're you know, streaming relievers to help your ratios or

1320
01:02:57.320 --> 01:03:00.360
<v Speaker 2>pick up holds and stuff in leagues where that mattersw

1321
01:03:00.519 --> 01:03:02.400
<v Speaker 2>Cisk is going to be one of those guys. So

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01:03:02.519 --> 01:03:04.039
<v Speaker 2>cisc should be on your radar.

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01:03:04.119 --> 01:03:05.639
<v Speaker 4>I like that cool. I like that you went with

1324
01:03:05.639 --> 01:03:08.519
<v Speaker 4>a reliever. Won't you go to the bath side back?

1325
01:03:08.639 --> 01:03:12.320
<v Speaker 2>We're going party in Marroll's bat. We're going John Rave.

1326
01:03:12.480 --> 01:03:17.119
<v Speaker 2>We're gonna drop some ecstasy and get the deep house

1327
01:03:17.199 --> 01:03:19.840
<v Speaker 2>music going and pump up the lights and where we're

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01:03:19.880 --> 01:03:24.840
<v Speaker 2>going with John Raved? Is that m m eedm em?

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01:03:25.199 --> 01:03:25.440
<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

1330
01:03:25.559 --> 01:03:29.119
<v Speaker 2>Thank you John Rave? Is you know, not super exciting

1331
01:03:29.159 --> 01:03:31.880
<v Speaker 2>for Dynasty folks because he's going to be twenty seven

1332
01:03:32.079 --> 01:03:34.840
<v Speaker 2>or maybe already his twenty seven Happy birthday. John Rave

1333
01:03:34.880 --> 01:03:37.119
<v Speaker 2>looks like he turned twenty seven at the end of

1334
01:03:37.199 --> 01:03:39.159
<v Speaker 2>last year. Has been kind of an up and down

1335
01:03:39.199 --> 01:03:41.800
<v Speaker 2>performer in his long minor league career. This will be

1336
01:03:41.800 --> 01:03:45.280
<v Speaker 2>a sixth season, maybe also on the forty, oh maybe not.

1337
01:03:45.400 --> 01:03:47.480
<v Speaker 2>So he he isn't on the forty and nobody picked

1338
01:03:47.559 --> 01:03:49.960
<v Speaker 2>him in the Rule five. He's, like I said, going

1339
01:03:50.039 --> 01:03:51.679
<v Speaker 2>to be twenty seven this coming year. He just had

1340
01:03:51.719 --> 01:03:54.480
<v Speaker 2>a really good year in Triple A for Kansas City.

1341
01:03:54.559 --> 01:03:59.400
<v Speaker 2>Twenty one homers, seventeen bags went two fifty nine, three

1342
01:03:59.519 --> 01:04:01.960
<v Speaker 2>forty six, four seventy good for a one to eleven

1343
01:04:02.039 --> 01:04:04.960
<v Speaker 2>WRC plus. Hits the ball reasonably hard. You know, It's

1344
01:04:05.000 --> 01:04:08.199
<v Speaker 2>not like elite or anything, but it's above major league average.

1345
01:04:08.239 --> 01:04:11.440
<v Speaker 2>I think he plays good defense. He's a lefty, played

1346
01:04:11.480 --> 01:04:15.000
<v Speaker 2>all three outfield spots. Looks probably most comfortable as a

1347
01:04:15.079 --> 01:04:17.239
<v Speaker 2>left fielder to me, but he has definitely played some

1348
01:04:17.320 --> 01:04:20.000
<v Speaker 2>center and looks okay. And it just liked the kind

1349
01:04:20.039 --> 01:04:23.519
<v Speaker 2>of quality production across the board. He outproduced all of

1350
01:04:23.559 --> 01:04:26.960
<v Speaker 2>their other outfielders, you know, like Ty Gentry, Gavin Cross,

1351
01:04:27.119 --> 01:04:30.920
<v Speaker 2>Drew Waters, guys that have had much greater prospects Shine

1352
01:04:31.159 --> 01:04:34.039
<v Speaker 2>Rave outproduced all of them this year and did so

1353
01:04:34.079 --> 01:04:36.679
<v Speaker 2>pretty comfortably. So Rave is one that you know if

1354
01:04:36.719 --> 01:04:40.400
<v Speaker 2>you're relying on MJ. Melendez for a full year, or

1355
01:04:40.760 --> 01:04:43.719
<v Speaker 2>you know one of the other outfielders in Kansas City.

1356
01:04:43.800 --> 01:04:45.559
<v Speaker 2>I think Rave might be a guy who gets a

1357
01:04:45.599 --> 01:04:47.559
<v Speaker 2>shot if one of those guys get gets injured and

1358
01:04:47.719 --> 01:04:51.280
<v Speaker 2>is down for a significant time. Nothing elite across the board.

1359
01:04:51.320 --> 01:04:53.199
<v Speaker 2>Seems like just a bunch of fifties to me, like

1360
01:04:53.280 --> 01:04:55.320
<v Speaker 2>just major league gaverage across the board. But that's a

1361
01:04:55.320 --> 01:04:58.719
<v Speaker 2>decent player. So I think he's sort of a late

1362
01:04:58.760 --> 01:05:01.519
<v Speaker 2>bloomer that has a little bit of some some speed,

1363
01:05:01.800 --> 01:05:04.480
<v Speaker 2>can play the outfield. I think he's pretty good. John Rave, all.

1364
01:05:04.400 --> 01:05:06.880
<v Speaker 4>Right, Matt, this might be the wildest guy. But we

1365
01:05:07.039 --> 01:05:09.400
<v Speaker 4>talked about tonight. But my royal's bad. I'm going with

1366
01:05:09.440 --> 01:05:13.760
<v Speaker 4>Spencer Nivens. What the fuck happened to Spencer Nivens this year? Dude?

1367
01:05:13.840 --> 01:05:15.800
<v Speaker 4>Holy shit, I don't know.

1368
01:05:15.960 --> 01:05:17.199
<v Speaker 2>You tell me what happened.

1369
01:05:17.559 --> 01:05:20.039
<v Speaker 4>I don't know. I don't know if there's been a

1370
01:05:20.079 --> 01:05:24.159
<v Speaker 4>more insane heater that like, has ever been this quiet before?

1371
01:05:24.760 --> 01:05:26.920
<v Speaker 4>He hit thirteen home runs in one month?

1372
01:05:27.719 --> 01:05:28.840
<v Speaker 2>Wow? Did he really?

1373
01:05:29.000 --> 01:05:31.880
<v Speaker 4>Yeah? Dude, check this out, man, this is great. I

1374
01:05:31.880 --> 01:05:33.920
<v Speaker 4>guess I'll give a little history here. He's one percent

1375
01:05:34.000 --> 01:05:37.239
<v Speaker 4>roster in September, twenty two year old corner outfielder. I

1376
01:05:37.239 --> 01:05:38.880
<v Speaker 4>think we did play a little bit of center field.

1377
01:05:38.920 --> 01:05:41.360
<v Speaker 4>He's a left delictit at five time. He's not real big.

1378
01:05:41.480 --> 01:05:44.079
<v Speaker 4>There's the fifth big out of Missouri State in twenty

1379
01:05:44.119 --> 01:05:48.679
<v Speaker 4>twenty three. Good year from Missouri State, folks. Huh Baldwin, Yeah, yeah,

1380
01:05:48.719 --> 01:05:51.559
<v Speaker 4>he spent yeah, all of this year was he was

1381
01:05:51.639 --> 01:05:54.000
<v Speaker 4>hurt a little bit at a couple of complex games,

1382
01:05:54.039 --> 01:05:56.599
<v Speaker 4>but ninety nine games in high A. All right, But

1383
01:05:56.679 --> 01:05:58.840
<v Speaker 4>dude checked this out, So Matt. From April fifth to

1384
01:05:59.039 --> 01:06:02.760
<v Speaker 4>July fifth, fifty one games, Nivens had three home runs.

1385
01:06:02.920 --> 01:06:05.880
<v Speaker 4>He was slashing one sixty one, two seventy nine, two

1386
01:06:06.000 --> 01:06:06.679
<v Speaker 4>fifty six.

1387
01:06:06.960 --> 01:06:09.280
<v Speaker 2>Right, that's not very good.

1388
01:06:09.599 --> 01:06:13.239
<v Speaker 4>Right. And then and then dude, July sixth to September twelfth,

1389
01:06:13.320 --> 01:06:15.519
<v Speaker 4>that's split in the season and a half, fifty three games,

1390
01:06:15.639 --> 01:06:19.480
<v Speaker 4>he hits eighteen home runs slashes three twenty two, three

1391
01:06:19.599 --> 01:06:23.559
<v Speaker 4>ninety two, six sixty eight. Wow. Like I said, Like

1392
01:06:23.599 --> 01:06:25.679
<v Speaker 4>I said, if you look at his monthly splits here,

1393
01:06:25.840 --> 01:06:30.119
<v Speaker 4>August he hit thirteen home runs three fifty two, four

1394
01:06:30.239 --> 01:06:34.840
<v Speaker 4>twenty seven, eight oh six. Log. Wow. This is not

1395
01:06:35.000 --> 01:06:37.360
<v Speaker 4>a guy who hit home runs in college. Kind of. Now,

1396
01:06:37.480 --> 01:06:39.159
<v Speaker 4>there was some injury stuff. I don't know how much

1397
01:06:39.280 --> 01:06:41.079
<v Speaker 4>that played into it, but I think we're talking about

1398
01:06:41.119 --> 01:06:43.039
<v Speaker 4>a guy who learned how to hit the ball out

1399
01:06:43.039 --> 01:06:45.440
<v Speaker 4>in the front and pull it and maybe get into

1400
01:06:45.480 --> 01:06:48.519
<v Speaker 4>the air somewhere. But in twenty twenty three he pulled

1401
01:06:48.519 --> 01:06:50.440
<v Speaker 4>the ball forty one point eight percent of the time.

1402
01:06:50.519 --> 01:06:52.440
<v Speaker 4>This season he was up to fifty two point eight

1403
01:06:52.480 --> 01:06:54.360
<v Speaker 4>percent of the time. And from watching him early in

1404
01:06:54.400 --> 01:06:57.199
<v Speaker 4>the season and later, I imagine that part of that increase

1405
01:06:57.320 --> 01:06:59.960
<v Speaker 4>was from the back half of the season. Didn't necessary

1406
01:07:00.039 --> 01:07:02.440
<v Speaker 4>really hit the ball like in the air more than

1407
01:07:02.599 --> 01:07:05.400
<v Speaker 4>than last season. I think it's just about hitting the

1408
01:07:05.440 --> 01:07:07.360
<v Speaker 4>ball out in front more and the dude's just kind

1409
01:07:07.400 --> 01:07:09.199
<v Speaker 4>of like learned how to hit some home runs now

1410
01:07:09.199 --> 01:07:12.639
<v Speaker 4>on the season. His whole line isn't like super impressive, right, Like,

1411
01:07:12.760 --> 01:07:13.760
<v Speaker 4>what the fuck was that?

1412
01:07:13.840 --> 01:07:14.840
<v Speaker 2>Man? Wow?

1413
01:07:14.840 --> 01:07:17.480
<v Speaker 4>Interesting in thirteen home runs in a month, and like

1414
01:07:17.559 --> 01:07:21.119
<v Speaker 4>nobody's talking about them. I don't know. I don't know

1415
01:07:21.159 --> 01:07:23.320
<v Speaker 4>if he's what he's going to look like, what he's

1416
01:07:23.320 --> 01:07:25.760
<v Speaker 4>going to be in twenty twenty five, how much of

1417
01:07:25.800 --> 01:07:27.800
<v Speaker 4>that is going to carry over it to double A

1418
01:07:28.119 --> 01:07:31.199
<v Speaker 4>and what have you. But I think a very interesting

1419
01:07:31.559 --> 01:07:33.719
<v Speaker 4>watch at the very least, here good shot. I wonder

1420
01:07:33.719 --> 01:07:35.320
<v Speaker 4>what the most home runs in a month in the

1421
01:07:35.360 --> 01:07:39.119
<v Speaker 4>minor leagues has been in recent history. Can't imagine a

1422
01:07:39.159 --> 01:07:40.760
<v Speaker 4>lot of dudes have gotten to thirteen.

1423
01:07:41.159 --> 01:07:43.719
<v Speaker 2>I can't imagine either. That's a lot of homers, especially

1424
01:07:43.719 --> 01:07:45.559
<v Speaker 2>when the only end of the year with like twenty something

1425
01:07:45.760 --> 01:07:48.679
<v Speaker 2>like thirteen is so many in one month, I know, like.

1426
01:07:48.719 --> 01:07:52.000
<v Speaker 4>The drastic first half second half splits there. All right, Matt,

1427
01:07:52.119 --> 01:07:54.519
<v Speaker 4>So I think that we did it. Huh, we got

1428
01:07:54.519 --> 01:07:57.960
<v Speaker 4>through six divisions. But let's go around. I'd say we

1429
01:07:58.119 --> 01:08:01.679
<v Speaker 4>drafted up, Matt. Some folks like, how would we prioritize

1430
01:08:01.679 --> 01:08:03.320
<v Speaker 4>some of these guys. Well, let's let's put it to

1431
01:08:03.840 --> 01:08:05.599
<v Speaker 4>the flame here and see how it takes out.

1432
01:08:05.719 --> 01:08:08.320
<v Speaker 2>All right, Tim's good, we'll do that next episode.

1433
01:08:08.320 --> 01:08:11.239
<v Speaker 4>You can. You can follow me on Twitter at Pitching Specks.

1434
01:08:11.679 --> 01:08:13.679
<v Speaker 4>Like I said, I'll share some of the videos Matt

1435
01:08:13.679 --> 01:08:16.159
<v Speaker 4>and I were we're looking at and talking about. But yeah,

1436
01:08:16.239 --> 01:08:18.520
<v Speaker 4>I'm getting the itch Matt, like it's this is the

1437
01:08:18.560 --> 01:08:20.640
<v Speaker 4>time of year where I'm like, all right, it's good

1438
01:08:20.680 --> 01:08:21.359
<v Speaker 4>to base dude.

1439
01:08:21.359 --> 01:08:24.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you that out of the park baseball sim

1440
01:08:24.199 --> 01:08:27.920
<v Speaker 2>is sick, and that scratched the itch for me over

1441
01:08:28.239 --> 01:08:29.880
<v Speaker 2>the Christmas break for sure.

1442
01:08:30.239 --> 01:08:32.720
<v Speaker 4>So how many hours you put in on that.

1443
01:08:32.720 --> 01:08:35.479
<v Speaker 2>Thing, I'm not gonna say it's way too many. I mean,

1444
01:08:35.560 --> 01:08:37.159
<v Speaker 2>some of it was just because it was like on

1445
01:08:37.199 --> 01:08:39.479
<v Speaker 2>my computer, you know, while I was doing other stuff,

1446
01:08:39.520 --> 01:08:41.159
<v Speaker 2>because you just leave it on in the background, but

1447
01:08:41.560 --> 01:08:43.319
<v Speaker 2>like a kind of obscene.

1448
01:08:43.039 --> 01:08:45.640
<v Speaker 4>Number of getting that what might happen to me?

1449
01:08:46.000 --> 01:08:48.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, my wife. My wife definitely made some comments and

1450
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<v Speaker 2>they were they were deserved. You know. It was just

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<v Speaker 2>maybe maybe playing a little too much. But now it's

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<v Speaker 2>really fun.

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<v Speaker 4>Twenty twenty five is upon us, Matt. I'm looking forward

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<v Speaker 4>to it should be a good year.

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<v Speaker 2>Continue my race B side, pick dominance, and may we

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<v Speaker 2>all win our dynasty leagues.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, well, except you can't win the ones I'm in

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<v Speaker 4>with you. Yeah, we'll see, but be well, We'll let

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<v Speaker 4>Chicago Farmer take this out and talk to you next time.

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<v Speaker 2>Thadio's friends shining.

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<v Speaker 1>Five miles an hour, riding to his head. He hop

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<v Speaker 1>down first with the lumpbonius face, and on the very

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<v Speaker 1>next pitch he up and stole second.

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<v Speaker 3>Face with greatst be he wasn't born. He had dird

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<v Speaker 3>yes uniform