WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:05.839 Ninety five miles an hour riding to his head. You 2 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:10.919 have him down first with the lumpbonius face, and on 3 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:15.759 the very next pitch he up and stole second face. 4 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:27.039 With greatst be he wasn't born, he had. 5 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:31.559 Yes, unifor welcome to the prospect. Besides podcast, this is 6 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:33.320 episode Rex. 7 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:35.799 Brother Oh, I like that one. That's a good one. 8 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.640 I just really just liked the name. You know, who 9 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:43.000 doesn't love some obscure what ten War relief pitcher from 10 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:45.159 the Rockies or something. I don't even know. I wasn't 11 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:47.840 like a Rockies fan at that point, so I don't 12 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.240 really know if Rex Brothers had so he had to 13 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:51.920 have had a couple of decent years for them. 14 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:54.320 Yeah, No, I think he did. He was like a 15 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:57.359 leverage reliever at the back end of the pen for 16 00:00:57.479 --> 00:00:59.960 a bit, and I think had a couple of decent seasons. 17 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:01.439 If I remember. 18 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:04.760 Right, that's episode forty nine that you haven't tuned in. 19 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:08.120 Joined Matt and I. That's Matt Rooke on the other microphone. 20 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:10.879 What is Rook twenty twenty five? Right? 21 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:13.400 Yeah, because we're in the twenty twenty five season. Finally, 22 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:17.000 the Braves number forty nine that popped to my was 23 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:19.840 John Rocker, and I guess the less set about him 24 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:22.239 the better, But that was, you know peak my fandom 25 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:25.120 era late nineties, John Rocker at number forty nine. 26 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:27.359 Bernie John Rocker is something. 27 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.079 He was something, you know, something that's true. 28 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:32.680 But if you haven't joined us before, this is a 29 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:36.719 Dynasty Baseball podcast about Oh Matt, what do we do? 30 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:39.000 I guess we got to do homework and share some 31 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:43.280 opinions and views on probably less popular baseball prospects. 32 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:46.359 Nate does that, he does homework and watches video. I 33 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.359 just talk about my shots in the dark that turned 34 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:52.840 out to be good picks and crap on Nate's picks, 35 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:55.640 and talks mack about everybody else except my guys that 36 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:58.400 are doing well. So that's that's what I do. And 37 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.200 I don't know if I bring a whole lot to 38 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:03.640 the table other than that, but I'm a pretty face 39 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:06.120 on on radio here, So let's let's dive in and 40 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:07.879 talk about all my awesome b siders. 41 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:09.719 We did well. I don't know. We did about six 42 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:12.919 or seven episodes this offseason that as many as I 43 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:15.280 had wanted to. But we are back. It's good to 44 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:16.159 talk to you, good. 45 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:17.400 To see you YouTube, buddy. 46 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:20.840 The season is upon us all levels of minor leagues. Well, 47 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:22.680 I guess you know. Rookie ball is going, but we 48 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:25.400 don't watch that anyways because we can't. But we can't 49 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:27.919 major leagues. Well, we're what about a dozen games in 50 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:28.479 every team? 51 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.360 Is about a dozen games now going well for any 52 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:32.120 of our teams? 53 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:35.000 Really, Hey, Matt, you know the best you can do 54 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:36.840 is win today, right? 55 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.599 My teams couldn't even do that one of my times. 56 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:43.759 Did so I'm just not going to let you, you know, 57 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:47.719 poop on my parade here for my one day parade. 58 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:49.800 But yeah, that's true. Our major league teams are are 59 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:51.919 not doing well. I don't know, Matt. We haven't been 60 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:55.000 doing podcasts, but I have been busy working on a website, 61 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:58.080 Muddy loooks dot com. I'm trying to have some fun 62 00:02:58.120 --> 00:02:59.960 with that and put up a lot of video and 63 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:02.759 share some opinions. So I have not been lazy. I 64 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:07.319 have not been lacking on baseball inputs here. I just 65 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:09.599 haven't been haven't been talking in a microphone with it. 66 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:10.879 So I'm glad to do that tonight. 67 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:13.439 Me Noo, I've missed that. We've had a couple of 68 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:15.560 near misses where where you thought the nights were gonna 69 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:18.520 line up and they haven't. So I'm glad that tonight 70 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:19.039 worked out. 71 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:22.479 I am not a website builder, so I am hacking 72 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:25.400 this altogether best that I can. But I don't know, Matt, 73 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:28.599 what do you think any takeaways? There's a lot of 74 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:31.039 opinions that come about in the first couple of weeks 75 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.000 of season. I don't want to talk about stats tonight, Matt, 76 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:36.360 or very little, like they don't mean much to me 77 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:40.520 right now, and throwing out somebody's ops after ten games 78 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:42.560 just doesn't seem like fruitful endeavor to me. 79 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:45.479 Yeah, and people get so sucked into it, right like 80 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:48.919 that first hot week. It's so seductive. You think somebody's 81 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:54.000 unlocked something, and because occasionally it does portend some difference 82 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.439 and a guy has unlocked a new talent level or 83 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:01.000 you think they're actualizing what was in there all along. 84 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:03.719 But I was talking to our friend Connor, who we've 85 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:06.280 had on the pod, pitching coach at University of Washington, 86 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:09.680 and we were talking about how he attacks hitters, what 87 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:12.479 his plan is, and he was mentioning that you know, 88 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.080 he'll look to the tendencies of a hitter you know, 89 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:19.240 what's their swing rate average? How do they do against 90 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:21.439 certain pitches? And you know, I was like that, you know, 91 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.680 that might be helpful, there might be some signal in there, 92 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:28.079 but the sample sizes are still so small, even in 93 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:30.319 college and they've played another, you know, fifteen to twenty 94 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:33.920 game for the pros so far, it's still such small samples. 95 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:35.959 And especially if you're talking about a guy that's maybe 96 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:39.000 seen ten change ups all year, and you're like, oh, 97 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:41.720 he does great against changeups. So I'm going to shy 98 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:44.079 away from that. Even though my guy has a good 99 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:45.800 change up, I don't know if I do that. And 100 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:49.000 I was saying that, you know, in my own analysis, 101 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:51.000 I would look at that and say, like, it hasn't 102 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:54.000 changed my mind very much yet. I'm still probably going 103 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:56.920 by my evaluation from the off season. It's going to 104 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.000 be a while. And I know that sometimes I miss 105 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:03.519 out on those kind of guys that have unlocked something new. 106 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:06.319 I think I'm just more of a conservative player, and 107 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:09.319 I just think that my eyes over a super short 108 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:11.000 sample are going to lie to me and I'll get 109 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:13.360 sucked in and make a bad choice, and I should 110 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.959 have just stuck with the guy that I thought was 111 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:17.279 going to be better. So that's I mean for me, 112 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:21.439 like a lot of this is early season panic and showcase. 113 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:24.160 I mostly stay out of it. You know, I'll maybe 114 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:26.439 try and pick up a guy or two, And I 115 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:28.439 think I did that some success last year with a 116 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:31.120 couple of pitchers that showed out really well early on 117 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:33.839 because probably we hadn't seen them before. You know, I'm 118 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:36.040 thinking last year for me, it was like Classen and 119 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:39.519 Jaden Ham, you know, guys that you'd like maybe identified as, hey, 120 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:41.600 we've gotten a little look at this, it seems interesting. 121 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:43.959 And then they came out the gates and showed something 122 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:47.279 really good. But that again was informed by something before that. 123 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:49.480 But like I don't know, a guy like kyn Paris 124 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:52.519 bigs for the Angels, like, yeah, he's doing some things differently, 125 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:54.480 hitting the ball in the air more went to the 126 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:58.240 swing change guy for Aaron Judges hitting coach. But is 127 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:01.439 he different? I mean, is that gonna sustain? Certainly not 128 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:03.759 at this pace, So I don't know. I'm I think 129 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:07.360 more conservative than many on this breakout guys and don't 130 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:10.560 really jump too too fast onto the rocket ships. 131 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:12.879 I think some of that stuff is probably like league 132 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:15.399 and format dependent as well too, Like if you're I 133 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:17.519 don't know, if you're in the NFBC and you're trying 134 00:06:17.519 --> 00:06:19.800 to win like an overall or something like that, that 135 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:22.720 very much is like a waiver wire game. I think 136 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:25.759 I'm not an expert de format, but sort of being 137 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.560 on top of and utilizing the flavors of the week, 138 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:30.240 so to speak, I think is a big part of 139 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:32.720 winning those kinds of things. But you know, I'm more 140 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:35.879 of a dynasty like the long game, so I'm kind 141 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:38.360 of talking about stuff that I don't really about right now. 142 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:41.720 But yeah, and even in the dynasty realm, Like maybe 143 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.839 it's your one of your teenage guys that's you're getting 144 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:47.160 to look at the first time starts looking pretty good, 145 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:49.839 or a guy that you were fringy on you're like, 146 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:52.519 but you thought was something interesting maybe that tips it 147 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:55.399 over the edge, you know, or an st Martinez Junior. 148 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:57.199 It's one of those guys I think that you were 149 00:06:57.319 --> 00:06:59.920 really excited about, but I don't think you were like 150 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.439 rushing out to roster him this offseason, right Like we 151 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:04.800 had a couple of fypds and you didn't draft him 152 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:06.920 in those, and then he shows out for a couple 153 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:08.680 of weeks and be like, Okay, maybe there is something here, 154 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:10.439 and then you make a move. And I feel like 155 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.920 that's what a lot of our off season prep has done, is, 156 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:16.560 you know, we've gotten lists of guys, We've dove in 157 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:18.800 on a lot of interesting names, and then when we 158 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:21.160 see a little bit of signal that maybe confirms some 159 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:24.160 of our suspicions, that might make me more inclined to 160 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:27.120 buy someone's hot week or two. But even then I'm 161 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:30.079 still trying not to be wedded to that because it 162 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.800 still can hide flaws and maybe this is just a 163 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:34.480 hot streak, and I want to believe it because I 164 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:37.399 thought I saw something there before and could totally turn 165 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:38.439 into a pumpkin. 166 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:39.800 Part, you know, yeah, you know, And I like to 167 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:42.720 think that a lot of our podcast here and the 168 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:44.920 content that I like to do isn't like it's more 169 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:48.680 about just like information gathering and bringing about some awareness 170 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:52.240 on you know, Ryan Bowlzer, who might not have any 171 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:54.800 track record in full season, and what have you saw 172 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:58.160 that if names pop up, like we know some stuff 173 00:07:58.160 --> 00:07:59.600 about it. If you listen to this show, you might 174 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.360 know be educated, might be a little bit quicker to 175 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:06.240 the draw there. But AnyWho I've been sort of focusing 176 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.199 that what I like to do early in the season 177 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:10.480 is I mean, I think hitting is a bit tough 178 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:12.000 for the stuff that I like to do because there's 179 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:15.920 so little sample size. Right, make a video of a hitter. 180 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:18.959 I want like a hundred plate appearances or something like that, Right, 181 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:22.079 really get a meaty idea of, you know, the guy's game. 182 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:24.759 I'm really into like new pictures hitting the full season 183 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:27.600 guys I've never really seen before, maybe some clips from 184 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:30.079 the Complex or a little bit in college or what 185 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:32.399 have So. I've really just been trying to compare last 186 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:34.759 year's list of all the pictures who had a full 187 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:37.600 season outing, and this year is which one isn't on 188 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:39.840 last year's less than I trying to take a peek. 189 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:42.240 Do you hate pictures? So I'm not sure if you've 190 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:44.320 been focusing on that side of things too much. 191 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:47.120 I also hate pictures because they're so easy, you know, 192 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:49.519 Like you watch one outing and it's like a week 193 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:51.480 and a half of a hitter, you know, in terms 194 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:54.200 of the plate appearances and the units, like just seeing 195 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:55.879 pitches is going to be a week and a half, 196 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:58.559 maybe two weeks before a hitter gets one hundred swings 197 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:00.759 off it. You can see one hundred pitches right in 198 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.799 a night from a pitcher, So in that case, so're 199 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:06.159 just easy to see those changes and it takes a 200 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:08.960 little while for the hitting change come through. I don't 201 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.840 know who's potre for you early about some of these 202 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:12.879 early looks at a pitcher. 203 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:16.000 I mentioned them already, so maybe Brian Ballzer I'll talk 204 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:19.360 about real quickly here. I knew nothing about Matt and 205 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:23.360 then somebody in the discord, my guy Jay was like, like, hey, 206 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:25.279 who do you guys want a video of or something? 207 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:27.320 And he threw his name out, So thanks for that, Jay. 208 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:31.279 But yeah, the Padres signed Ballser from Japan, so he 209 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:34.279 was an international free agent, but he's like Japanese American 210 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:37.360 twenty twenty three. And then he made his full season 211 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:41.159 debut last Saturday. Fifty one pitches, fifty nine percent strikes, 212 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:43.559 just three innings. I turned them on and cut them 213 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:45.559 up a little bit and tried to do some like 214 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.360 some other research. There wasn't much out there that I 215 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.480 could find. Some rumblings that he has touched one hundred 216 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:53.759 miles per hour with the fastball before I think this 217 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:56.240 outing it was more like I think the top was 218 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.519 top end of veloscity. He was like ninety six. There 219 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.039 were some moments where things were, you know, a little rocket, 220 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:03.039 he's only like twenty years old. But then there were 221 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:05.759 some moments that I thought it really kind of impressed. 222 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:07.879 He's got kind of a classic You could tell that 223 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:10.679 he's a Japanese pitcher or an Asian pitcher right with 224 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:13.799 his operation, the little wad kick in the way that 225 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:16.679 he balances on his back foot for a second, through 226 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:19.759 change up, through some breaking balls. Rancho's broadcast you can't 227 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:22.879 really get all the catcher signs. There's no you know, 228 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:26.080 stack cast stuff, so you're really just sleuthing trying to 229 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:28.279 look at some grips, trying to figure out some offerings 230 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.200 and stuff like stuff like that. I think there might 231 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:32.679 be some like natural cut to his fastball, but again 232 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:35.519 hard to say for sure, or there's like a completely 233 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.399 separate cutter. I think there was two breaking balls. It 234 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:40.279 might have just been one. You know how that story 235 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:42.919 goes with these guys in the Lowers, Yep, that Dodgers. 236 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:46.200 That Rancho lineup, dude, is like for an a ball team. 237 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:48.720 There's like a bit of a murderer's row there top 238 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:51.240 like five that lineup is really good and it's. 239 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:52.960 Gonna be some good players in that lineup. 240 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:55.559 Yeah, but I mean he was he was giving those 241 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:58.759 guys fits. So yeah, I don't know, just a guy 242 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:00.600 that you know, one look, not going to have like 243 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.039 a huge opinion on him, but like I think, definitely 244 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:05.360 an arm with with some tentral here. And you know, 245 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:07.679 if he's if he's throwing ninety six ninety seven, he's 246 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:09.960 twenty years old and he's putting up gaudy lions and 247 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:12.600 the lowers, like, you've got to imagine that's probably going 248 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:14.960 to get some dynasty attention. At least that's how it 249 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:16.879 seems to go, or at least guys that are on 250 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:19.919 the East Coast like this, that's how it's emed. But yeah, 251 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:22.759 I'm definitely gonna pull up another one of his starts 252 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:24.759 and take a look. I like it. I like it 253 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.399 that outing too. He was going against a bit of 254 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:29.679 an older guy. I think he was a draftee from 255 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:32.240 last year. But Aiden Fuller, I think it's how you 256 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:35.159 say f O E L L E R. Who is 257 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:37.559 the Dodgers. I think eleventh round pick from last year, 258 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:40.559 bigger guy would seem to have a real lively fastball. 259 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:43.559 He threw seventy four percent of his seventy three pitches 260 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:47.799 for strikes. From Southern Illinois, he looked interesting in me too, Like, 261 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.039 I don't know, I haven't heard much about toler if. 262 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.440 I don't know if you have, but those I have not. Yeah, 263 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:56.279 but again that that like eleventh round pick is always interested. 264 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:58.399 That the first pick of the third day I feel 265 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:02.360 like has produced some at least interesting pitching prospects. Sure, 266 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:04.919 I don't know about so much about eleventh rownd. Daddy 267 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.120 had a firm slider cutter mixing kind of a I 268 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:10.559 want to say, like lower. You know, maybe it's just 269 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:12.960 because he's a taller guy, but the release point like 270 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.720 looks interesting to me. Wonder what the data is on that. 271 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:17.679 But you know, these guys that throw these sort of 272 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:21.480 hard fastballs, these hard sliders seem to be in vogue 273 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:23.440 and had a lot of success. I feel like if 274 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:26.240 Fuller is pitching like he was this outing, I don't 275 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:27.360 think he's going to be very long. 276 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:29.399 Just looking him up. Yeah, I don't have a lot 277 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:31.879 to add on these A ball guys. I haven't gotten 278 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:34.480 much eyes on some of the lowers other than the 279 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:37.759 highlight here or there. I think for me, most of 280 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:40.120 the guys that I've watched have been some of the 281 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:42.200 ones that are knocking on the door, some of our 282 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:46.240 old favorites, and Zebbie Matthews and Logan Henderson. But I'm 283 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:49.240 pretty sure that David Festa got the call over Zebbie 284 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:52.679 Matthews for the open Pablo Lopez spot for the twin, 285 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:55.320 which is a bummer, just because I like Zebbi in 286 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:58.399 a vacuum and Zebbie's down there pumping ninety nine and 287 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.279 not walking anybody again, and that seems like it's going 288 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.039 to be a fun George Kirbesque upside kind of pitcher. 289 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.200 It could be pretty good. But I'm curious if you've 290 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.039 watched much of the Double A or Triple A guys, Nate, 291 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.200 I mean, I mean, it's kinds of it. I kind 292 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:14.000 of passed on like that. I thought maybe they're cooked. 293 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:14.279 JT. 294 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:16.679 Ginn's really good in the early going. I wondered if 295 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:19.639 you saw anything new there. Jansen Junk, who has been 296 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:22.240 kicking around a couple of my thirty teamers on kind 297 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:24.720 of that those fringy teams that need an extra arm, 298 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:27.799 and he's often available on the wire and he's looked 299 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:30.399 pretty good in the early going. You know, I think 300 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:33.039 those kinds of guys end up being really interesting in 301 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:36.480 deeper dynasty leagues. Is maybe maybe they did figure something 302 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:39.080 out in their late twenties and there's something there. But 303 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:42.440 have you watched any guys in that realm or that class. 304 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:46.000 Definitely, definitely, I mean especially the first week of MiLB 305 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:48.679 season was just Triple A, so I was just watching 306 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:51.639 Triple A. But I mean, maybe not quite the type 307 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:54.240 that you're referring to here, but I did cut up 308 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:57.639 and get into Lewinder Avila. Oh yeah, yeah, very much. 309 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.279 Was this kind of like a whole hum guy coming 310 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:02.960 up in my opinion, like definitely aware of him. Definitely 311 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:04.480 guy that looked into when we did some of our 312 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:07.399 B side stuff. He never really never really caught my 313 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:09.679 attention too much. I mean, the k rates have always 314 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:12.600 been pretty pedestrian walk rates I don't think have been 315 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:15.639 real great either or or pedestrian. But I think he 316 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:17.600 looks a little bit different now in Triple A. I 317 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:20.519 think the I think the arsenal has got a bit 318 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.759 to maybe significantly more juicy, jumping. 319 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:26.960 Up yesterday fifteen point six percent swinging strike rate in 320 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:30.120 triple A after he hasn't been that high since the 321 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.679 Complex in twenty twenty one, like that, and a tiny 322 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:35.799 sample with that, so yeah, that's impressive. 323 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:37.720 Yeah, and he's on. He was added to their forty 324 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:40.679 man this offseason. It's like usually when teams do that, 325 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:43.240 they have a pretty good reason. He kind of impressed me. 326 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:44.799 I watched. I think it was just like the first 327 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:47.080 day of the season. So I watched some Carlos Duran 328 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:50.639 who put up this crazy good line with Oklahoma City. 329 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:53.960 I would didn't come away like super super impressed with him, 330 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:56.279 just more of a thrower, you know. It was very 331 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:58.559 like I was like focused in watching like his front 332 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:00.399 foot for a while and it was like very intent. 333 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:02.159 But he had a good outing and then he ended 334 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:05.919 up getting traded to the As. Yeah, like I think 335 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.759 like the next day or something. 336 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.919 But he's another those throwing, hard throwing cats. 337 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:13.559 Right, yeah, yeah, yeah. I watched it where it's going 338 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:16.279 big big body, you know, big guy. I watched some 339 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:19.159 cad Horton, you know, as somebody who has a cad 340 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:22.799 Horton share the outing. I watched on April his April 341 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:26.360 third outing. I was pretty as a Dynasty owner. The 342 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:30.080 velocity of the fastball seems back to where it was. Granted, 343 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:31.600 I mean it was a short out. I don't remember 344 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:33.440 when he went three innings or something like that. So 345 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.240 we got to see how it kind of holds. But 346 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:37.679 made me feel good that that Cad Horton from my 347 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:40.639 twenty twenty three is still out there. So that was encouraging. 348 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:43.879 We Ell said, I watched triple your boy Mason Barnett. 349 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.440 I turned him on, but he had a pretty rough outing. 350 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:48.240 Not that I'm taking too much away from that, but 351 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:51.320 I think his chance pretty close with A's. Yeah, it's 352 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:53.480 a little bit of aj blue ball. I don't think 353 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:56.039 really much has changed my opinion there. You know, I 354 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:58.399 think his chance is coming pretty quick too. You know, 355 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:00.360 I think he's he's got a good fast I think 356 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:02.360 he's got some good stuff, but like you know, with 357 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:05.279 Darnie or anyone, it's about execution with him. For me, 358 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:09.039 I watched some Logan Evans watched good looks. 359 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:11.840 I was gonna say, it's looked inconsistent so far. 360 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.279 Yeah, I think I had a really good outing last night, 361 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:15.960 but I didn't turn that one on. I watched the 362 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:18.360 outing that it wasn't real great. I don't really remember, 363 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:21.320 or strike myself as much much of a scholar of 364 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:24.600 his arsenal pitch usage from last year. But as far 365 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:27.320 as that, that didn't seem too different to me. I just, 366 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:28.960 you know, I just don't think he was making very 367 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:31.799 good pitches and executing them very well. It's not the 368 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:34.960 most shocking turn of events for someone's first start of 369 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:38.120 the season, especially in the minors. You know, I turned 370 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:40.559 on our guy Yober a little bit. Again. I don't 371 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:42.879 think really much has changed there, you know, I think 372 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:44.720 he's got plenty of good stuff. It's going to be 373 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:48.320 about executing Mars and Seymour. Have you watched krsteymore much 374 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:49.679 in the past or. 375 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.759 In the past, Yeah, Yeah, I've watched a decent bit. 376 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:54.639 Yeah. I mean he just has like a just super 377 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:58.519 wicked two steamer right or sinker or whatever. I think 378 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:00.720 it grades out really well. I mean, I think he's 379 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:03.080 been allauded for that for quite some time, and I 380 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:05.160 was kind of interesting. I think I actually took a 381 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:08.279 share of him in a draft heading into twenty twenty four, 382 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:10.559 and last year just did not really work out. But 383 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:12.839 I'm curious to see if she's going to get a 384 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:16.599 shot relatively soon. Your boy Logan Henderson, watch some of him. 385 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:19.160 I know he's got what he just got passed over. 386 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:23.480 They traded for Priester Patrick, your other guy. Patrick's up 387 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:25.960 there and doing his thing, you know. But Henderson, I 388 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.359 just keep wondering, is it like just cause like the 389 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:31.200 breaking ball game is still just like I don't know. 390 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:34.000 He looked good in one of the starts that I watched. 391 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:35.759 I think one of the starts he was a little 392 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:37.960 bit kind of a shaky command, walked a couple more 393 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:40.759 than he usually does. But the next start out, I 394 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:44.400 thought he looked great and changeup was incredible, fastball was incredible, 395 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:46.759 looked like he was still working on the slider. It 396 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:49.240 wasn't great, but it is a different look, a bridge 397 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:52.559 look in between those pitches and something news to keep 398 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:56.039 Righty's honest, but I just think his fastball and changeup 399 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:59.000 are so good that he's going to get Brighty's out too. 400 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.839 It is interesting saying that they have passed him over 401 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:04.599