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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to bat Flips and Nerds, the Baseball

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<v Speaker 1>podcast with a British twist. I am your host this evening,

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<v Speaker 1>Russell Lison. I'm delighted to be joined by my fellow

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<v Speaker 1>stats nerd, Darius Austin.

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<v Speaker 3>Darius, how are you doing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing well.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for us.

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<v Speaker 2>Excited to get together and statnud it up. We always

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<v Speaker 2>get these opportunities where the others mistakenly let us off

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<v Speaker 2>the lation. We just talk about stats for an hour,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's gonna be a great time.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, there is plenty of things to talk about in

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<v Speaker 1>of them. There will be a podcast in the very

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<v Speaker 1>short term which will be around the WBC. We're just

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for the final rosters to be confirmed and then

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<v Speaker 1>we can go through all of that and all of

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<v Speaker 1>the potential shenanigans that have occurred around player selections, eligibility form,

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<v Speaker 1>great great grandparents, and insurance as Team Puerto Rico and

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<v Speaker 1>once a week to keep yourself in the loop. But

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<v Speaker 1>we are going to discuss today. I mean, there's going

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<v Speaker 1>to go through some of the top over and underachievers

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<v Speaker 1>from last season compared to some projections and give you

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<v Speaker 1>some thoughts on whether we think they're going to keep

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<v Speaker 1>that level or whether they're going to return to a

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<v Speaker 1>different a.

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<v Speaker 3>Different level.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's let's also say that they will be worse, but

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<v Speaker 1>they won't quite be the same stardom that they had

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty five. So we'll start up on the

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<v Speaker 1>hitting side a quick piece. We've kind of I've calculated

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<v Speaker 1>some top players on O performance based on a war rating,

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<v Speaker 1>but donate basically actually based on a quite appearance rate,

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<v Speaker 1>so we can actually get for the rid of some

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<v Speaker 1>of the people who had bad injuries or some of

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<v Speaker 1>the people who just got more playing time than the

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<v Speaker 1>experts board. So that's our general principle. Start off with

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<v Speaker 1>some of the top hitters. Darias, when you when I

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<v Speaker 1>asked you about this, did you have some names that

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<v Speaker 1>you thought, you know what these are going to be

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<v Speaker 1>these people are going to be on the list.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think so I didn't get the list and go,

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<v Speaker 2>oh wow, I'm super surprised by this. I think the

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<v Speaker 2>name at the top of the list is definitely the

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<v Speaker 2>name I expected to be at the top of the

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<v Speaker 2>list because he kind of shocked everybody with how good

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<v Speaker 2>it was last year. But yeah, overall, I think there

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<v Speaker 2>were certainly players who you know, surprised me with their

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<v Speaker 2>level last year, but it retroactively. I don't think there's

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<v Speaker 2>anyone who I didn't expect to see on this Hitterus

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<v Speaker 2>list outperforming their projections.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, so the top ten on the list that I

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<v Speaker 1>have are Nick Kurtz, Kyle Stowards, Jeremy Paiinier, Haraldo Podomo,

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<v Speaker 1>ben Rice, George Springer, Tyler Surdiers from Roman Antity, michel Garcia,

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<v Speaker 1>and Kyle Schwarber. I think interestingly we have kind of

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<v Speaker 1>two or three different types of kind of like players here.

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<v Speaker 1>There's there are the young players that have performed better

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<v Speaker 1>than the predictions would have gone for. There are some

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<v Speaker 1>what would have been like average MLB players that then

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<v Speaker 1>had a all star level season, and there's a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of old guys that have not necessarily turned back the

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<v Speaker 1>clock but have thrown out like a big season compared

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<v Speaker 3>So there is which one of.

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<v Speaker 1>Those archetypes do you believe in more for how they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to perform in twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the boring answer maybe is Schwarber, just because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he's been doing this for a long time

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<v Speaker 2>and he does seem to kind of just get a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit better every year, even though he might hit

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred. He has that OBP floor. He has the power,

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<v Speaker 2>You're always going to get the power. It kind of

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<v Speaker 2>feels like it would be really surprising if Schwarber came

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<v Speaker 2>out and put up a, you know, a one war

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<v Speaker 2>season or something. It just doesn't seem like it could

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<v Speaker 2>happen the level of hitter that he is now. He's

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<v Speaker 2>also not going to come out and put up an

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<v Speaker 2>eight war season just because he's a DH and he

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<v Speaker 2>can only provide so much value. But what Carl Schwarber

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<v Speaker 2>is I think should be fairly well established at this

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<v Speaker 2>point in time. The guy who I actually believe in

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<v Speaker 2>the most, I think based on his performance last season,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe flies against the track record, and that is Nick

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<v Speaker 2>Kurtz because after a sort of brief introductory period to

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<v Speaker 2>the majors, he genuinely looked like a top ten, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>top five hitter in baseball. And I don't really see

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<v Speaker 2>anything to suggest that that was not real, that that

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<v Speaker 2>was a fluke. He genuinely performed that well, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>while the underlying metrics suggest he was an outstanding hitter.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm all here for the Nick Kurtz being great

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<v Speaker 2>this year, and I think the projections have pretty quickly

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<v Speaker 2>come around on him already. He's not protected for top ten,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't think he's too far off. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think I'm on the Kurts train, and I think the

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<v Speaker 2>A's have got a real superstar on their hands.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's very difficult for projections to immediately jump

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<v Speaker 1>and be like, Okay, you've gone from basically being predicted

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<v Speaker 1>like a one war season and having a five war

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<v Speaker 1>season using Bangrubs war here, and you know what the

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<v Speaker 1>projections are now going to say this season is probably

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<v Speaker 1>going to be three four, which in itself is like

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<v Speaker 1>that's a massive jump from what they were saying last season.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just really interested to see how he does or

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<v Speaker 1>if he gets found out, because he hits like oppo

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<v Speaker 1>better than basically everybody else in baseball, Like he had

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<v Speaker 1>more home runs in the opposite field than anyone else.

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<v Speaker 1>That kind of like a late contact point as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So do you think that's has the potential for kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like that sophomore slump if teams actually work out

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<v Speaker 1>the way to pitch to it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's always a chance, so that that risk is

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<v Speaker 2>always higher. I think with the guys who are newer

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<v Speaker 2>to the majors, there was almost certainly a period last

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<v Speaker 2>year where other teams were not really worrying about him.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that here's a rookie didn't really hit that

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<v Speaker 2>well to start his career, wasn't a lot of advanced

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<v Speaker 2>scouting on him, so you could definitely believe that. Now

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<v Speaker 2>they've got several hundred play appearances and he's increased his profiles,

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<v Speaker 2>and the point that when they look at the A's lineup,

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<v Speaker 2>even though the A's lineup is pretty good, everybody's eyes

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<v Speaker 2>are probably going to be on Nick Kurtz first. Now

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<v Speaker 2>I could see there being another adjustment or two he

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<v Speaker 2>has to make. What he did last season gives me

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<v Speaker 2>pretty high confidence so that they'll be able to make

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<v Speaker 2>those adjustments quickly, and certainly the A's are playing in

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<v Speaker 2>a place where it should help him quite a lot offensively. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>that park played pretty friendly. Wasn't quite a number one

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<v Speaker 2>in the majors, but I think it was maybe third

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<v Speaker 2>in the stadcast part of park factice last year. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there is always that risk, and I think you're right

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<v Speaker 2>the wall see some adjustments from opposing pictures. It will

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<v Speaker 2>be interesting to see how quickly he can make those

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<v Speaker 2>adjustments back, because that's what the really great hitters do.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, No, definitely want to look forward to. It's again

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<v Speaker 1>another thing about do how serious do teams take playing

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<v Speaker 1>games against the A's. It's not a slight on some

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<v Speaker 1>of the players, but the pitching side is not there,

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<v Speaker 1>so kind of like they have, teams may have a

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<v Speaker 1>very different approach about how they handle those games. Be

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<v Speaker 1>more direct, to be more aggressive, be more willing to

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<v Speaker 1>give up kind of like single home runs, which is

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<v Speaker 1>to the benefit of himself and Tyler's Donut, who ended

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<v Speaker 1>up on this list as well.

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<v Speaker 3>I think for me looking through.

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<v Speaker 1>The list, the one that I'm going to stick with

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<v Speaker 1>a young player as well. It's not particularly hard to

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<v Speaker 1>jump onto the Roman Anthony train and be like, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what everybody's thought, He's good, came out, was potentially

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<v Speaker 1>even better than people thought, and you kind of to

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<v Speaker 1>stick to and stick to that performance level as he

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<v Speaker 1>goes on. But I think that's again I'm thinking, I

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<v Speaker 1>think people still don't have enough to know exactly what

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<v Speaker 1>he's like. So he's going to get that second season

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<v Speaker 1>where he's gonna be in the heart of a lineup

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<v Speaker 1>that is potentially going to be playoff bound, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>not necessarily going to be in a key position at

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<v Speaker 1>that lineout, So I think he's going to get pitched too,

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<v Speaker 1>because there are going to be other people in that

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<v Speaker 1>team that they're going to be avoided. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna have a great opportunity to put up the

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<v Speaker 1>sort of numbers that he did in a short season

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<v Speaker 1>across the whole season.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think Antony is a shame that we didn't

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<v Speaker 2>get to see more of him because he got injured.

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<v Speaker 2>We sort of got this quite outlandish line that was

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<v Speaker 2>a very small sample, but what he showed was pretty incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I think there's high hopes in Boston. I

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<v Speaker 2>think maybe the shape of the production will not look

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<v Speaker 2>quite as weird as it did this past season. He

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<v Speaker 2>had a four or four BABIT, so maybe we don't

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<v Speaker 2>see the two nightty two average, but I think the

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<v Speaker 2>other skills that he showed and obviously all the prospect

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<v Speaker 2>pedigree suggests that he can be a real force and

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<v Speaker 2>this Red Sox lineup for many many years to come,

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<v Speaker 2>and they obviously believe very highly in him. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm excited to see how that goes. I think the

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<v Speaker 2>Red Sox could have a pretty good lineup. He's definitely

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<v Speaker 2>the young guy that looks like he's got the highest

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<v Speaker 2>ceiling at the moment offensively so well. Hopefully see some

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<v Speaker 2>of those other younger guys come along too, but he's

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<v Speaker 2>the one to have confidence in for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>So far to twist your arm, Darius, which one of

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<v Speaker 3>these ten feeding most?

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<v Speaker 2>I hate to say it, I think it might be

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<v Speaker 2>George Springer just because he is thirty six, and it

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<v Speaker 2>kind of came out of nowhere that season last year.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, he'd been on this bit of a decline

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<v Speaker 2>for a few years in Toronto. His tenure there started

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<v Speaker 2>out well and then it kind of just like like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a guy in his midday he's falling off,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he came out and had, you know, kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a peak Springer level season at age thirty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Not many guys do that. We've seen him have injury

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<v Speaker 2>troubles quite a bit over the years, and it's just

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<v Speaker 2>not the kind of thing you should bet on, really

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<v Speaker 2>at age thirty six. I don't have anything against George

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<v Speaker 2>Springer of like watching him player of the course of

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<v Speaker 2>his career, but what he did last season was very

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<v Speaker 2>much out of line with the way his career had

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<v Speaker 2>been trending previously. So yeah, maybe he stays healthy and

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<v Speaker 2>somehow maintains some of that level, but I am not

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<v Speaker 2>buying another five plus win spring a season. I think

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<v Speaker 2>we'll probably be for seeing him fall back at least

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<v Speaker 2>in that two to three win range. Hopefully it's not

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think it's it's the harsh but probably one

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<v Speaker 1>on mikel Garcia. It's very difficult to kind of to

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<v Speaker 1>believe in the last year more than you believe in

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<v Speaker 1>the track record. Obviously, players could change, players can develop.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's a question of how much do you believe

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty to twenty five percent at the time.

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<v Speaker 3>Was real. And I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>That that was an another possibility I was considering. I

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Garcia is one of the guys they think

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<v Speaker 2>that's going to help the most. But it's very much

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<v Speaker 2>Paul power. I think there's definitely scope for him to

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<v Speaker 2>double digits in home runs, and it's very difficult to

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<v Speaker 2>your level of power. He did well to do what

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<v Speaker 2>I think we are going to see it at least

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<v Speaker 2>something of a step back in that batting line. I

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<v Speaker 2>for them, but not to the level we saw last year.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, so I think we'll now move on to the

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<v Speaker 1>underachievers from a hitting perspective. Same again, similar method. I

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<v Speaker 1>have tried to do this so that we just removed

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<v Speaker 1>the players who basically got injured and basically didn't get

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<v Speaker 1>a full season. Because if you do that, basically jor

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<v Speaker 1>Dane Alvarez is effectively like top and it is like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't have the grade of season, but that was

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<v Speaker 1>predominantly because of injury. So what we're actually gonna do

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<v Speaker 1>the same again. It's basically based on three hundred innings,

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred three play appearances minimum. How their rate of

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<v Speaker 1>walk for per six hundred compares to against the projection,

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<v Speaker 1>So our top ten this time, so theoretically the worst

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<v Speaker 1>performing layer against projection was John Pediton and Jeronaheim Trace.

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<v Speaker 3>We we're going to hopy Michael.

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<v Speaker 1>Toglia, Mike Trout, Josh Lowe, Michael Harris the Second, Addley Ruschman,

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<v Speaker 1>and Nolan Jones. I don't think it's quite as easy

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<v Speaker 1>to group these characters, these kind of players together. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of very different reasons for why some of

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<v Speaker 1>these players underperformed. Who do you have the most faith

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still a believer in Adlei Ruschman. I think he's

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<v Speaker 2>had injury struggles. Obviously, things have not gone super well

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<v Speaker 2>for the Oriols slightly definitely not as well as we expected.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think the injuries have played a part for Ruchman.

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<v Speaker 2>It is hard to be a catcher in the big leagues.

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<v Speaker 2>He does a lot, and I think he does you

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<v Speaker 2>know the other parts of the game very well. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think even if he never reaches his offensive ceiling,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll still see the defensive value come through and give

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<v Speaker 2>him more than he's got at the moment. But I

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<v Speaker 2>do also believe in the back coming around. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that talent is still in there, and hopefully we can

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<v Speaker 2>see him healthy this year and see him raise that

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<v Speaker 2>back up. He's the guy, I think, Yeah, he's he's

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<v Speaker 2>got the young the young age on his side, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's got the pedigree and we have seen him have

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<v Speaker 2>success in the majors, so I think he's got all

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<v Speaker 2>those factors that you're you're looking for from a bounce

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<v Speaker 2>back a lot of these other names. So we're the

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<v Speaker 2>guys that I never believed in, or you know, guys

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<v Speaker 2>that are going towards the end of their career. I

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<v Speaker 2>think I think probably Michael Harris is the other exception

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<v Speaker 2>to that. But yeah, who are you looking at?

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<v Speaker 1>I think, yeah, Reuchman. It was me a toss up

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<v Speaker 1>between Rutchman and Harris Harris because he had a much

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<v Speaker 1>better second half of the season. That's what you would

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<v Speaker 1>kind of you're inclined to kind of move towards that.

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<v Speaker 1>But I then had a like a more in depth

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<v Speaker 1>look at Harris and it actually looks at like he

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<v Speaker 1>basically starts poor every single year. So it's like not

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<v Speaker 1>quite the franciscol Indoor effect of the you don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to basically you might as well just not play him

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<v Speaker 1>in April, you can just.

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<v Speaker 3>Let him have the.

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<v Speaker 1>But no, it feels that like there's there's something that's there,

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<v Speaker 1>There is a provable talent level but I can't work

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<v Speaker 1>out why he seems to struggle at the start of

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<v Speaker 1>the season and what kind of like suddenly gets better

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<v Speaker 1>to him. With a lot of these players, it could

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<v Speaker 1>be injuries, It could be these things that we haven't

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<v Speaker 1>seen and we don't know that basically they've they've been injured.

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<v Speaker 1>I think looking at this list, like you can definitely

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<v Speaker 1>say that like Trout and Josh Lowe spent part of

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<v Speaker 1>the seasons injured, and so you're kind of like, more

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<v Speaker 1>how much how much were they playing through injuries to

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<v Speaker 1>start off with before then not doing particularly well.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, I think.

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<v Speaker 1>It has to be Adley's going to be given the

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<v Speaker 1>time to get better, and I'm not certain beyond probably

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<v Speaker 1>Harris and Mike Shrout who might actually get the time

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<v Speaker 1>to actually be better in twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I suppose. You know, Josh Lowe is on

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<v Speaker 2>the Angels, and the Angels are never overflowing with offensive

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<v Speaker 2>talent these days. But it's probably a bad sign that

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to ask him to play some center field

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<v Speaker 2>because he's not really a center fielder. Is either him

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<v Speaker 2>or Goadell, who's also shown us that he's not really

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<v Speaker 2>a center fielder, So it's possible the Angels would just

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<v Speaker 2>laugh them share up there and they'll both look periodically

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<v Speaker 2>bad and then a bit more comfortable when they're in

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<v Speaker 2>a corner. But yeah, the rest of these, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we've got guys who haven't even got major

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<v Speaker 2>league deals now this season. Ben has a mug now

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<v Speaker 2>commemorating Michael Tolia's futility from last year. So yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think there's a lot of other hope here. I

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<v Speaker 2>guess Logano Hoppy is like the other guy who people

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<v Speaker 2>had high hopes for and was just really shockingly bad

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<v Speaker 2>over the second half of last season. It was quite

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<v Speaker 2>remarkable how bad he was, and I don't I think

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<v Speaker 2>quite a lot of people didn't pay attention to because

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<v Speaker 2>the Angels were irrelevant for so much of the season,

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<v Speaker 2>but he really really fell off badly, and he was

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who I think, you know, if you'd ask people

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<v Speaker 2>a year prior, they would have said, you know, good,

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<v Speaker 2>good age twenty four season looks like he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>kick on and be catch in the future, And now

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<v Speaker 2>it's you know, is he going to have a roster

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<v Speaker 2>spot in a year or two? Times? Because that's how

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<v Speaker 2>bad he looks in the second half last year.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think I'm probably one of those people who

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<v Speaker 1>would have been like, this guy has the potential to

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<v Speaker 1>be like a top five catcher in baseball or from

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<v Speaker 1>from from what we saw, and it's completely netly in

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong direction. And then yeah, like Donaheim, is anybody

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<v Speaker 1>even going to give him a deal? Like when you

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<v Speaker 1>end up like barely hitting over the Mendoza line and

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<v Speaker 1>you're just showing that sort of decline. I think, obviously

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<v Speaker 1>as a Cleveland fan, watching Nolan Jones come back and

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<v Speaker 3>Of a a bit of a hard one. He was

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<v Speaker 3>definitely for me one of those.

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<v Speaker 1>One of his players, one of those prospects where I

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<v Speaker 1>think I'd finally really gotten into baseball, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>he was probably the first big prospect at Cleveland, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, well, he's obviously not going to play

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<v Speaker 1>third base, where he was spent his whole entire time

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<v Speaker 1>in the minors, and because we have Isaia Ramirez and

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<v Speaker 1>watching him be forced to train in other places kind

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<v Speaker 1>of be bad. Then go to Colorado and do okay

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<v Speaker 1>for a season and then come back and it was like, oh, yay, no,

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<v Speaker 1>not Yeah, I don't think we can really expect too

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<v Speaker 1>much from him. Just ask what do you think of

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<v Speaker 1>do we think we've seen the last of Josh Pedison?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think like he's going to be given much

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<v Speaker 2>I think people will probably keep trying Jock as the

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<v Speaker 2>platoon bat as long as he hangs around the majors.

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<v Speaker 2>I think this is the kind of profile left handed hitter,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, pretty long track record of being great ans rieties.

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<v Speaker 2>just completely crater, you know, it seems like it's about

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<v Speaker 2>to be this gone or something. I think there'll still

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<v Speaker 2>be teams out there who say, yeah, we need we

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<v Speaker 2>need a platoon guy. You know, we know Jock can

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<v Speaker 2>do it now. Everybody has the DH now, but obviously

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<v Speaker 2>that his one utility. You know, he can't play the

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<v Speaker 2>field anymore. Really, you can't give him a whiff of

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<v Speaker 2>left handers. So if he isn't going to mash righties,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that his career might be pretty short from

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<v Speaker 2>here right out, this is this is probably it. This season.

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<v Speaker 2>We might see him bounce around a few places if

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't start hot, but yeah, you can't argue with

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<v Speaker 2>the track record. You know, this is a guy who's

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps a pretty incredible offensive seasons purely on the basis

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<v Speaker 2>of being able to hit right handed pitching.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it'll be interesting if he ends up being one

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<v Speaker 1>of those guys that gets like put on the waivers

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<v Speaker 1>by four different teams and picked up and somehow end

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<v Speaker 1>up on a season roster because he has a like

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<v Speaker 1>a hot a hot like August and September.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you could definitely see that kind of trajectory for

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<v Speaker 2>his year.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so let's move on to pictures. Try to do

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<v Speaker 1>a similar thing. Looked at rape based war and tried

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<v Speaker 1>to see basically which pictures outperformed that. This one ended

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<v Speaker 1>up getting a little bit muddied because we have pictures

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<v Speaker 1>who have moved gone from starters to relievers and therefore

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<v Speaker 1>have performed better than expectations.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think there are some of the names.

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<v Speaker 1>You'd expect in here, and then we have some far

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<v Speaker 1>more interesting names to potentially discuss Darius. But the names

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<v Speaker 1>that we have are Sean Nukom, Jansen, jug Hases Lozado,

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<v Speaker 1>Now from perfectly honest like Evaldi, Sanchez, Hazes Liza. They

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<v Speaker 1>were the names that I was expecting to be on

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<v Speaker 1>this list. I kind of really hadn't thought about the

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<v Speaker 1>other seven at any point during the season, Darius, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if that was the same for you. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>Chad Patrick. Actually, I will say I didn't think about

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<v Speaker 1>Chad Patrick. I got a bit of time.

423
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<v Speaker 2>I definitely thought about Chad Patrick, primarily because Chad Patrick

424
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<v Speaker 2>was not a guy I had thought about at all

425
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<v Speaker 2>before the season, and then it was a very Brewers

426
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<v Speaker 2>thing to be like, hey, here's this random guy from

427
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<v Speaker 2>Triple A. Guess what he's good. So that was like

428
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<v Speaker 2>extremely Milwaukee. I thought about Jake Latts a bit, just

429
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<v Speaker 2>because the Rangers kind of had the hey what happened

430
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<v Speaker 2>to when you have a rotation that is full of

431
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<v Speaker 2>guys whose health you can't trust. Surprisingly, it wasn't Jacob

432
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<v Speaker 2>de Grom's fault, but you know, if Oldly got her

433
00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:50.240
<v Speaker 2>and Tyler Marley got hurt, it's like, well, obviously, but

434
00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:52.480
<v Speaker 2>also we need somebody to be in the rotation. And

435
00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:54.680
<v Speaker 2>Jake Latz actually came out of the bullpen and did

436
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<v Speaker 2>a pretty good job for them. So yeah, him, I

437
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<v Speaker 2>kind of see it. And then something other, Yeah, Jansen

438
00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:05.720
<v Speaker 2>Junk was not somebody I was thinking about. I guess

439
00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:09.359
<v Speaker 2>you know, he did have an all right season, but

440
00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:12.279
<v Speaker 2>it was not somebody I was like, Oh, yeah, he

441
00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:15.680
<v Speaker 2>had a fantastic beat. The projections type year wasn't the

442
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<v Speaker 2>top of mind.

443
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I saw this list and that was the first

444
00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:21.519
<v Speaker 1>name that jumped out, And then I had to go like, okay,

445
00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:23.759
<v Speaker 1>so I have to now look some more to be like,

446
00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:27.119
<v Speaker 1>what's going on here? And then be like, oh, once again,

447
00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:30.200
<v Speaker 1>this is all based on like fangrafts data and so

448
00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:32.000
<v Speaker 1>like then to see that like, oh, he has like

449
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<v Speaker 1>an FIP that is like a whole run lower than

450
00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:39.599
<v Speaker 1>his era, to be like, what is going on here?

451
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<v Speaker 1>How has he suddenly managed to drop his war crate

452
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<v Speaker 1>to one per nine instead of like two per nine

453
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<v Speaker 1>and have a really low like flyball rate?

454
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<v Speaker 3>Is any of this.

455
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<v Speaker 1>Potentially like going to be better? And then looked look

456
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<v Speaker 1>at it even more. You realized that he started the

457
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<v Speaker 1>season as kind of like a long man out of

458
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<v Speaker 1>the bench, like out of the pen and did really

459
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<v Speaker 1>quite well actually for for for Miami had had an

460
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<v Speaker 1>instance of throwing like five shutout innings as as a

461
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<v Speaker 1>long relief and then went to start and kind of

462
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<v Speaker 1>slowly got worse as the season game on, but still

463
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<v Speaker 1>not like bad, like still like actually like performed. I

464
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<v Speaker 1>think most people had anticipated that he would be bad

465
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<v Speaker 1>and he wasn't.

466
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<v Speaker 2>Do you know what I thought of when I saw

467
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<v Speaker 2>jazz and junks peripherals And you will get this as

468
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<v Speaker 2>a Cleveland fan, Josh Tomlin, Oh, just Josh never walks

469
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<v Speaker 2>anybody Tommlin And it did. It did work for a

470
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<v Speaker 2>little while there, right, you know, the fact he walked

471
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<v Speaker 2>guys so infrequently that even though he struck out rate

472
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<v Speaker 2>was kind of terrible, it's still kind of played the

473
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<v Speaker 2>years that the bad ball luck.

474
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<v Speaker 3>Was good at least.

475
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and that's it, and it's but it's just like, yeah,

476
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<v Speaker 1>there's no belief that that's gonna gonna happen. There. There's

477
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<v Speaker 1>always a bit more interesting with Sean Newcombe. I think

478
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<v Speaker 1>his go from starting to then going into the bullpen

479
00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:05.559
<v Speaker 1>when he's switched over to the age or he switched

480
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<v Speaker 1>over to a bullpen roll when he was at Boston

481
00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:09.960
<v Speaker 1>as well, but going over and doing that and potentially

482
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<v Speaker 1>doing that in the stadium that we've already discussed.

483
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<v Speaker 3>That was a bit of a surprise.

484
00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:17.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was not an easy place to pitch. And

485
00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:21.200
<v Speaker 2>we were talking a bit about you can before just

486
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<v Speaker 2>in that he's had quite a weird career, like well

487
00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:27.799
<v Speaker 2>regarded prospect, good start to his major league career, then

488
00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:30.000
<v Speaker 2>looked like he might just end up out of baseball

489
00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:32.240
<v Speaker 2>in a couple of years. He drops off so severely.

490
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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, not an unfamiliar route. I suppose for a

491
00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:40.279
<v Speaker 2>guy to flame out as starter and then come back

492
00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:42.680
<v Speaker 2>and be a successful reliever. It just seems to have

493
00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:45.880
<v Speaker 2>taken him quite a long time to achieve that successful

494
00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:50.559
<v Speaker 2>reliever part. So we'll see whether he can keep it up.

495
00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:53.160
<v Speaker 2>He's landed in a great place to get a lot

496
00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:56.039
<v Speaker 2>of run with the White Sogs. You know that they

497
00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:59.759
<v Speaker 2>should be well prepared to give him a relatively prominent

498
00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:02.559
<v Speaker 2>role and that bullpen, and you know she's playing well

499
00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:06.599
<v Speaker 2>then dealing with the deadline I expect. So nice nice

500
00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:09.119
<v Speaker 2>to see you come come back and have a four season.

501
00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:11.680
<v Speaker 2>I think it had been seven eight years or something

502
00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:14.880
<v Speaker 2>since we'd already seen him have like a good, good

503
00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:17.759
<v Speaker 2>old run in the big league, so fair place to him.

504
00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:20.799
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I'm not not not buying really that he's

505
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<v Speaker 2>going to be an elite reliever going forward.

506
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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so I'm going to split this into two parts then, Darius.

507
00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:28.720
<v Speaker 1>The ones that we have that are starters and the

508
00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:30.480
<v Speaker 1>ones that we have with the believers of are kind

509
00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:34.720
<v Speaker 1>of like starting five in the Abaldi Sanchez, Lozardo be

510
00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.559
<v Speaker 1>Richard Patrick.

511
00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:39.359
<v Speaker 3>Which which one of those five you are you buying.

512
00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:42.960
<v Speaker 2>Most Christopher Sanchez?

513
00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.440
<v Speaker 3>I was.

514
00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:46.400
<v Speaker 2>I was all in. Actually, if you'd given me these

515
00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:48.160
<v Speaker 2>two war numbers at the start of last year and

516
00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.960
<v Speaker 2>said which one do you think he would be closer to?

517
00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:52.160
<v Speaker 2>I would have picked the one he actually got because

518
00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:54.519
<v Speaker 2>I was I was on Sanchez in fantasy. I was

519
00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:58.319
<v Speaker 2>drafting him everywhere. I was big Sanchez guys. So it

520
00:26:58.359 --> 00:27:02.279
<v Speaker 2>was fantastic to see him up to that potential and

521
00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:05.319
<v Speaker 2>I didn't see anything to think that it was a floke.

522
00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.880
<v Speaker 2>He genuinely look like one of the best starts in baseball,

523
00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:11.039
<v Speaker 2>could easily if won the Cy Young in a weaker

524
00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:14.680
<v Speaker 2>year in a league where Paul Skins doesn't exist. I

525
00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:19.079
<v Speaker 2>think that was Christopher Sanchez's awards. So yeah, very encouraged

526
00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:22.440
<v Speaker 2>by his development, and I think this is legit. I

527
00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:25.480
<v Speaker 2>think we can easily see another five plus win from him.

528
00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:27.279
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I do have to say, I think I did

529
00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:31.160
<v Speaker 1>actually remove Paul Skins from this list because you thought

530
00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:32.960
<v Speaker 1>it was unfair. Yeah, I think I did it with

531
00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:36.359
<v Speaker 1>Otani as well, because I'm just like, now, like it's

532
00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:38.480
<v Speaker 1>like even Judge nearly hit the bottom of like the

533
00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:40.440
<v Speaker 1>top ten, and I'm just like, it's more just projection.

534
00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:42.880
<v Speaker 1>Don't for the top guys, they don't. They're not willing

535
00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:44.759
<v Speaker 1>to basically say the regress too hard.

536
00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

537
00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they're not going to say they're going to be

538
00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:48.039
<v Speaker 1>ten win players. They're going to say they're going to

539
00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:50.400
<v Speaker 1>be eight or six or whatever. So I knew they

540
00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.759
<v Speaker 1>were going to be good, and they just had another

541
00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:54.720
<v Speaker 1>bloody good season. I don't think anybody really thinks that

542
00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:59.039
<v Speaker 1>Sken's performed out of his skin, but obviously heformed out

543
00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:00.680
<v Speaker 1>of his skin, but out of like any kind of

544
00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:03.400
<v Speaker 1>like major expectations, whereas a few of these others did.

545
00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:06.160
<v Speaker 1>I think Sanchez is the is the obvious answer here,

546
00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:10.440
<v Speaker 1>Like Ivaldi would be cool if it would would continue

547
00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:13.759
<v Speaker 1>like that and they see what Zada can continue to

548
00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:16.519
<v Speaker 1>do with Philadelphia. But like, no, I think you can't

549
00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:19.640
<v Speaker 1>really look past Sanchez. I think he's going to have

550
00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:23.599
<v Speaker 1>to be considered a top ten picture this season. I

551
00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:28.039
<v Speaker 1>think once once those sorts of like fantasy drafts start

552
00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:31.119
<v Speaker 1>to continue as well, it's going to be going in

553
00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:35.079
<v Speaker 1>a much higher position than he was going the previous year.

554
00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:40.279
<v Speaker 1>Is it wrong to basically say that, like, Evaldi is

555
00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:45.359
<v Speaker 1>probably the one that you have the least I'll say

556
00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.680
<v Speaker 1>I think Evaldi is the one that I have the

557
00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:48.759
<v Speaker 1>least confidence to be able to produce this sort of thing.

558
00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:54.680
<v Speaker 1>Like obviously, the injury doesn't help to what you do

559
00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:58.319
<v Speaker 1>with that, especially where he is in his career, because

560
00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:02.440
<v Speaker 1>when we get to talk to some of the negative performers,

561
00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:05.400
<v Speaker 1>all the most underachievers compared to projections, coming back from

562
00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:08.200
<v Speaker 1>injuries as a picture is a pretty hard thing to do.

563
00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:14.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, ive Al has never had a glittering injury history.

564
00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:19.720
<v Speaker 2>You know him making burrants? Shall we say? He was

565
00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:23.440
<v Speaker 2>on his way to a sub two ERA season when

566
00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:25.319
<v Speaker 2>he was on the mound last year, So I guess

567
00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:28.319
<v Speaker 2>that's a point in his favor. He has always looked

568
00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:31.880
<v Speaker 2>pretty good when he's pitched. Not that good, but you know,

569
00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:34.680
<v Speaker 2>like a well above average starter. It's just been the

570
00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:36.839
<v Speaker 2>staying on the mound apart that's been tough for him.

571
00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:42.200
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, again like George Springer's thirty six, a thirty

572
00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:45.319
<v Speaker 2>six next season, and yeah, it's it's just not a

573
00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:48.119
<v Speaker 2>thing that you should be betting on with pictures. Really,

574
00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:52.880
<v Speaker 2>I think there are some red flags for Chris Boubage

575
00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:55.640
<v Speaker 2>maintaining the performance that he had as well. You know,

576
00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:57.680
<v Speaker 2>I don't think he was going to stick at that

577
00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:59.720
<v Speaker 2>level of season, and then he got hurt as well.

578
00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:02.680
<v Speaker 2>The Royals kind of said he kept saying it was

579
00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:05.519
<v Speaker 2>going to come back, and he didn't, so that was

580
00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:10.279
<v Speaker 2>that was kind of a concerning layoff. So yeah, injuries

581
00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:13.799
<v Speaker 2>are good injury, but given everything else that's gone on

582
00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:15.880
<v Speaker 2>with evolving in his career and how old he is,

583
00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:18.480
<v Speaker 2>I think sadly you wouldn't really want to bet on

584
00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:20.759
<v Speaker 2>him out performing anything next season.

585
00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:26.039
<v Speaker 1>And given the relievers are pot look at best Darius,

586
00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:30.160
<v Speaker 1>who do we think is going to continue to have

587
00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:35.880
<v Speaker 1>a just say a below three e ra A as a.

588
00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:42.000
<v Speaker 2>Reliever in twenty twenty six below three, which is these guys, Yeah,

589
00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:46.359
<v Speaker 2>this literally anything could happen, he can't it. Who do

590
00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:50.160
<v Speaker 2>I look off, you know, I haven't. I can't even

591
00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:54.759
<v Speaker 2>say I've even looked at Kyle Lee's performance in terms

592
00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:58.039
<v Speaker 2>of his underlying stuff, So it doesn't look great. Actually,

593
00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:04.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna go ahead and stick with Jake Latts

594
00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:07.119
<v Speaker 2>because he's probably the one that I did follow the

595
00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:10.920
<v Speaker 2>most last season. He made some nice improvements. Whether the

596
00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:14.839
<v Speaker 2>Rangers actually start or relieve him more often, I guess

597
00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:17.400
<v Speaker 2>is up for debate. But now that they've got be

598
00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:20.920
<v Speaker 2>Kenzie Gore in the fold, that might well push Lat's

599
00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.960
<v Speaker 2>back to the ballpen. A lot of that depends on

600
00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:26.480
<v Speaker 2>Kumar Rocker in Jack Whiter's development as well, I suppose,

601
00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:29.920
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, he made some nice strides last season, so

602
00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.640
<v Speaker 2>I'll go with him.

603
00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:34.319
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's one of the ones. Like I saw a

604
00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:36.720
<v Speaker 1>few appearances from him every now and then. But I

605
00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:38.240
<v Speaker 1>was watching a few games towards the end of the

606
00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:41.680
<v Speaker 1>last season, just playing the I started to play the

607
00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:43.480
<v Speaker 1>roulette of I'm just going to turn on the game

608
00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:46.359
<v Speaker 1>that like, I've not watched much of these two teams

609
00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:51.160
<v Speaker 1>play last season, and I saw him strike out the

610
00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:57.079
<v Speaker 1>Reds in an inning. Not particularly hard maybe, but he

611
00:31:57.440 --> 00:32:03.119
<v Speaker 1>looked pretty impressive. That now it obviously it's difficult to

612
00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:06.680
<v Speaker 1>go from like can you continue to do that? He's

613
00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:10.279
<v Speaker 1>not a lights out, strikeout like pitcher, so as a reliever,

614
00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:13.079
<v Speaker 1>I think the concern more with him is he might

615
00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:15.519
<v Speaker 1>get put in higher leverage situations after having the good

616
00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:18.039
<v Speaker 1>the good season, and might have to face.

617
00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:19.079
<v Speaker 3>Some better batters.

618
00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:21.680
<v Speaker 1>I always I always worry about this sometimes with the

619
00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:23.880
<v Speaker 1>those middle relievers who kind of end up doing well

620
00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:28.960
<v Speaker 1>and you're like, well, did you actually face anybody good?

621
00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:32.519
<v Speaker 2>No, every game you brought and got brought into was

622
00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:35.240
<v Speaker 2>like against six, seven, eight in the lineup, and you're

623
00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.720
<v Speaker 2>already down by six rounds and.

624
00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:41.759
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so no, I just just to take my random punt.

625
00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:44.680
<v Speaker 1>It's it's one in four, or actually, dearly, it might

626
00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.640
<v Speaker 1>not even be one in four.

627
00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:48.079
<v Speaker 3>It could be all all four of these could be terrible.

628
00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:51.640
<v Speaker 1>In twenty twenty six, and we never really had a

629
00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:57.440
<v Speaker 1>chance of picking someone who who was good, okay pitching

630
00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:01.880
<v Speaker 1>under performers. I think this is a list where I

631
00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:04.759
<v Speaker 1>think I predicted I think eight out of the ten people,

632
00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.559
<v Speaker 1>I think this is probably the one list where I

633
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<v Speaker 1>was most confident in who I thought was a pitching underperformer.

634
00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:17.559
<v Speaker 1>The list is Walker Buler Spencer, Strider, Bryce Miller, Max

635
00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:22.720
<v Speaker 1>Schas Antonius and Szella, Dustin May Heremen Marquez, Aaron Nola,

636
00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:27.440
<v Speaker 1>Chris Paddock, and Sandy Alcantra. This is.

637
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<v Speaker 3>At one point, who's who have pitchers?

638
00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:36.319
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I guess to underperform you have to have had

639
00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:39.559
<v Speaker 1>some track record to make the projection think you're going to.

640
00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Most of these guys were not only high ranked prospects,

641
00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:46.680
<v Speaker 2>but have also been probably called ices at various points

642
00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:48.960
<v Speaker 2>in their career, or at least potential aces.

643
00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:50.920
<v Speaker 3>I would say, yeah, all of.

644
00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:54.559
<v Speaker 1>These on a kind of pro rat races were projected

645
00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:56.799
<v Speaker 1>kind of like at least about two wars, So they

646
00:33:56.799 --> 00:34:02.799
<v Speaker 1>were all basically predicted to be league average given the opportunity,

647
00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:08.079
<v Speaker 1>not just replacement. And I stuck a little bit through

648
00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:11.440
<v Speaker 1>like some of these seasons, Like I think for me

649
00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:14.440
<v Speaker 1>looking through this, you kind of group them into like

650
00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:18.559
<v Speaker 1>a few kind of like kind of like categories. The

651
00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:23.840
<v Speaker 1>return from injury guys Strider, Arcantra, Buelah. None of them

652
00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:26.320
<v Speaker 1>really looked good coming back off their injuries.

653
00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.639
<v Speaker 3>Did they do?

654
00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:27.719
<v Speaker 2>So?

655
00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.480
<v Speaker 3>They did not know?

656
00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:33.119
<v Speaker 2>I think with Strider and Alcantra, certainly with our contra,

657
00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:37.800
<v Speaker 2>things got better. Yes, the season went on. You know,

658
00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:41.480
<v Speaker 2>I think there was a point where are was over

659
00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:45.840
<v Speaker 2>seven eight maybe, you know, it looked really bad, probably

660
00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:49.280
<v Speaker 2>to the point that it prevented them, the Marlins, from

661
00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:52.840
<v Speaker 2>getting anything really of real value for him in trade.

662
00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:55.639
<v Speaker 2>By the end of the season it was still over five.

663
00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:57.840
<v Speaker 2>But I think he did quite a good job to

664
00:34:57.880 --> 00:35:02.519
<v Speaker 2>get that down to that level, because it was pretty horrific.

665
00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:04.559
<v Speaker 2>You know, he looked really out of sorts at the start,

666
00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:08.480
<v Speaker 2>and we saw maybe not vintage Lcantra, but something a

667
00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:13.199
<v Speaker 2>lot closer to what people remember pre injury. Yes, three

668
00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:16.320
<v Speaker 2>thirty three d Ra second half of Sandy, and we

669
00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:18.320
<v Speaker 2>saw we saw a couple of those you know, classic

670
00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:21.239
<v Speaker 2>Sandy type pitching deep into game starts as well. I think,

671
00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:24.320
<v Speaker 2>so I have some confidence that he can at least

672
00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:27.559
<v Speaker 2>be a good workhorse type guy and maybe we don't

673
00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:32.199
<v Speaker 2>ever see you know, that Cy Young level again, I

674
00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:37.760
<v Speaker 2>think Stryder. Yeah, it was concerning to see how much

675
00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:42.960
<v Speaker 2>he struggled because you know, he was so dominant, unlike

676
00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:46.760
<v Speaker 2>our Candra, he was really striking everybody out when he

677
00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:49.960
<v Speaker 2>was pre injury, and you know, you thought, hey, this

678
00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:54.000
<v Speaker 2>guy is maybe the best picture in baseball and the

679
00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:56.400
<v Speaker 2>stuff just didn't look like it was all the way back.

680
00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.320
<v Speaker 2>Last year.

681
00:35:58.760 --> 00:36:01.760
<v Speaker 3>Was like three or four miles an hour down pretty most.

682
00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:04.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And so I think a lot a lot is

683
00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.960
<v Speaker 2>resting on that for him the season. You know, if

684
00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.880
<v Speaker 2>we come out and we see him throwing ninety seven

685
00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:12.079
<v Speaker 2>and spring training and the slider's popping again, then then

686
00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:14.679
<v Speaker 2>maybe we'll see him return to those levels. But he

687
00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:17.719
<v Speaker 2>was always really a two pitch guy, and if you're

688
00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:20.280
<v Speaker 2>a two pitch guy, that both of those pitches need

689
00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:22.320
<v Speaker 2>to be real good. You know, he can't live with

690
00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:26.079
<v Speaker 2>that fastball at ninety five. I don't think the way

691
00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:31.320
<v Speaker 2>it was. So Yeah, I'm I guess maybe still optimistic

692
00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:33.280
<v Speaker 2>that he can get back to that level, but I

693
00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:34.760
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't say confident.

694
00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:38.719
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and then see the other wise.

695
00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:42.519
<v Speaker 1>Basically, the two Colorado guys, I don't know, like they've

696
00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:46.679
<v Speaker 1>both at times done well given the circumstances that they

697
00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:50.239
<v Speaker 1>play in, but it almost feels that like Sentencella and

698
00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:54.199
<v Speaker 1>marcz could just get left out there, and Colorado just

699
00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:56.559
<v Speaker 1>doesn't seem to care about winning games or at least

700
00:36:56.559 --> 00:37:00.159
<v Speaker 1>trying to keep game close, so they just eat runs

701
00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:02.000
<v Speaker 1>on every like every now and then.

702
00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:04.480
<v Speaker 3>That most other teams would be like, yeah, you know,

703
00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.920
<v Speaker 3>we'll pull the guy.

704
00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:11.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I guess Marquez must have really loved Colorado because

705
00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:14.840
<v Speaker 2>he signed that extension, which I thought was a bizarre

706
00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.320
<v Speaker 2>choice at the time for somebody who just had that

707
00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:21.639
<v Speaker 2>opportunity to get out and was pretty well regarded at

708
00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:23.519
<v Speaker 2>that point in his career as well. You know, everybody

709
00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.880
<v Speaker 2>was kind of like, hey, if we could get this

710
00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:26.880
<v Speaker 2>guy out of course Field, imagine what his numbers would

711
00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:29.920
<v Speaker 2>look like. And then he voluntarily decided to stay in

712
00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:32.599
<v Speaker 2>Corsefield for a few more years, much of which we're

713
00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:37.039
<v Speaker 2>interrupted by injury. Now it kind of looks like it's

714
00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:40.519
<v Speaker 2>all gone. You know, he's turn thirty and the stuff's

715
00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:44.880
<v Speaker 2>not there anymore. Sens Orry is kind of remarkable. He

716
00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:47.519
<v Speaker 2>sort of feels like a throwback, doesn't he, Like, you

717
00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:50.440
<v Speaker 2>don't you don't really see pitching lines like this anymore, because,

718
00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:52.840
<v Speaker 2>like you say, it's kind of a relic of when

719
00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:55.159
<v Speaker 2>teams would just go, well, you're you're supposed to pitch

720
00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:58.119
<v Speaker 2>the whole game, aren't you. You know, you just stay

721
00:37:58.119 --> 00:38:01.599
<v Speaker 2>out there and eat the runs. So you know, he's

722
00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:04.920
<v Speaker 2>done a good job pitching a discent amount of inks

723
00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:09.159
<v Speaker 2>for them over the years without ever being hugely successful.

724
00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:13.119
<v Speaker 2>I guess he's had one year where his ERA was

725
00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:16.480
<v Speaker 2>under four career five eighteen at this point, which is

726
00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:19.079
<v Speaker 2>quite impressive for somebody who's thrown eight hundred and twenty

727
00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:22.800
<v Speaker 2>two innings in the big leagues. Guys don't usually get

728
00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:26.400
<v Speaker 2>to stick around that long with that kind of performance anymore. Yeah,

729
00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:28.559
<v Speaker 2>so yeah, fair play to him.

730
00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:33.719
<v Speaker 1>I think he actually has black ink on his Baseball

731
00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:37.760
<v Speaker 1>reference page. Bad black ink, well, bad black ink, but hey,

732
00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:40.519
<v Speaker 1>it's black ink. I think he has like the most

733
00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:42.400
<v Speaker 1>losses in a season. I think he got it last season.

734
00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:44.800
<v Speaker 1>I think he had fifteen losses last season, which was

735
00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:46.119
<v Speaker 1>the most out of anybody.

736
00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:52.320
<v Speaker 2>Is that because Patrick Corbyn finally didn't take that there

737
00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:58.039
<v Speaker 2>more than the twenty last Patrick corbyns season? Yeah, obviously.

738
00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:59.320
<v Speaker 2>Then the other guy is the kind of.

739
00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:04.719
<v Speaker 1>Like health really didn't play out Sureser May Miller, Like

740
00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:11.400
<v Speaker 1>I think Miller at times looked okay, but then just

741
00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:15.639
<v Speaker 1>like just never really performed it anywhere near what we

742
00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:19.199
<v Speaker 1>were expecting. I think, Darius, you were all in on

743
00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:24.000
<v Speaker 1>that Seattle pitching staff going into last season. I think

744
00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:26.159
<v Speaker 1>I had at least one fantasy league where you had

745
00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:29.400
<v Speaker 1>like three or of not four out of the projected

746
00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.119
<v Speaker 1>starting five.

747
00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.320
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

748
00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:35.679
<v Speaker 2>I did famously draft four of the five Marina starters

749
00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:38.440
<v Speaker 2>in our UK Invitational league. The one I did not

750
00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:43.079
<v Speaker 2>was Bryce Miller, So I guess that maybe speaks to

751
00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:46.599
<v Speaker 2>my level of confidence going into last year. I didn't

752
00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:50.679
<v Speaker 2>think he was going to be this bad. But yeah,

753
00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:53.000
<v Speaker 2>he really backed up. I mean a lot, a lot

754
00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:56.000
<v Speaker 2>of the underlying stuff didn't back up his twenty twenty

755
00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:58.559
<v Speaker 2>four performance. You know, he had that sab three ra

756
00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:00.840
<v Speaker 2>sor I'm on the surf is you know, maybe a

757
00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:04.400
<v Speaker 2>strikeout an inning that that era looks pretty good but

758
00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:07.960
<v Speaker 2>didn't actually miss as many bats as you think. Actually

759
00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:11.360
<v Speaker 2>gives up quite a lot of hard contact Miller, and

760
00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:13.400
<v Speaker 2>so when the struck out rad did drop off a

761
00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:16.119
<v Speaker 2>bit more last season, the control wasn't as good or

762
00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:19.440
<v Speaker 2>that hurt him a lot more. And he also struggled

763
00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:22.440
<v Speaker 2>with injury, as did much of the Mariner's rotation. So

764
00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:25.039
<v Speaker 2>maybe he can he can get back to being you know,

765
00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:27.159
<v Speaker 2>they don't they don't need him to be a stud.

766
00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:29.119
<v Speaker 2>You know, they've got they've got the studs. They just

767
00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:31.639
<v Speaker 2>want him to be a four or a five. So

768
00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:34.239
<v Speaker 2>I think he can probably still get back and be

769
00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:37.840
<v Speaker 2>at that level. But yeah, I never never thought that

770
00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:42.800
<v Speaker 2>Miller was up there with Kirby and Gilbert and blanking

771
00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:44.679
<v Speaker 2>on his name. Now I should know, Brian will there

772
00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:48.000
<v Speaker 2>we go. You know those guys. That's that's the trio

773
00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:50.360
<v Speaker 2>that they are relying on. I think they just need

774
00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:52.559
<v Speaker 2>Millers to pinch some decent innings at the back of

775
00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.039
<v Speaker 2>that rotation.

776
00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:56.599
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and probably one of the names that I would

777
00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:58.239
<v Speaker 1>have definitely expected on the list of this list, and

778
00:40:58.239 --> 00:41:02.480
<v Speaker 1>probably other people might not have. With Chris Paddock personally,

779
00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:04.239
<v Speaker 1>I think he's one of the main reasons why Detroit

780
00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:09.320
<v Speaker 1>didn't beat Cleveland. I spent a lot of the postseason,

781
00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:12.480
<v Speaker 1>a lot of the the offseason still trying to work

782
00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:15.840
<v Speaker 1>out how Cleveland won that division last year, because I

783
00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:19.039
<v Speaker 1>probably sound like a broken record on this podcast about

784
00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:22.119
<v Speaker 1>how this Cleveland team but it's not good, Like it

785
00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:26.159
<v Speaker 1>isn't a good team and it only wins because the

786
00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:29.719
<v Speaker 1>other teams are worse, not because they actually like performed

787
00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:35.280
<v Speaker 1>particularly well and having like a five and twelve record

788
00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:38.679
<v Speaker 1>with a five point five point three ra or whatever,

789
00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:42.840
<v Speaker 1>that's not a Detroit should not be putting out a

790
00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:46.559
<v Speaker 1>picture like that if they have any intention of winning

791
00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:50.039
<v Speaker 1>a division, like, there should not be somebody getting that

792
00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:54.639
<v Speaker 1>amount of game time for a postseason contender.

793
00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:59.199
<v Speaker 2>Now it's kind of incredible, really. I mean, we do

794
00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:02.239
<v Speaker 2>rag the Ale Central a lot here, but it does

795
00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:05.559
<v Speaker 2>very much feel like nobody wants to make that level

796
00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:09.880
<v Speaker 2>of investment to actually stop believing. You know, we thought

797
00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:12.079
<v Speaker 2>it was the Twins for a while and they stalled out,

798
00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:15.320
<v Speaker 2>and now they've gone through this fire sale. The Royals

799
00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:17.400
<v Speaker 2>always seem to be sort of digging around in this

800
00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:21.199
<v Speaker 2>like bargain basement tier of players for the most part.

801
00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:23.519
<v Speaker 2>You know, they've got probably where they extended him, but

802
00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:26.239
<v Speaker 2>then it's like, yeah, who can we get in the outfield?

803
00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:29.119
<v Speaker 2>You know, let's we don't we don't want the big stars,

804
00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:31.920
<v Speaker 2>you know, let's let's get these bargain basement guys instead.

805
00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:35.840
<v Speaker 2>And then yeah, you've got Detroit given Chris Paddock lots

806
00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:38.599
<v Speaker 2>of starts in like a really crucial Pennant race. So

807
00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:42.119
<v Speaker 2>it does very much feel like, no, none of them

808
00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:46.000
<v Speaker 2>are really serious about this. You know, they could with

809
00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:48.280
<v Speaker 2>a little bit more investment, maybe we could do something

810
00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:50.000
<v Speaker 2>about this, but we're not. We're not going to do that.

811
00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:52.960
<v Speaker 3>We're we're in the AL Central and none of them

812
00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.320
<v Speaker 3>have done that.

813
00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:56.039
<v Speaker 1>But it's this season either up and coming, so we'll

814
00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:58.960
<v Speaker 1>probably talk about that in a in a future podcast.

815
00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:02.119
<v Speaker 1>But when when you look at the AL East and

816
00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:04.679
<v Speaker 1>the AL Central, I can understand why some people want

817
00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:11.440
<v Speaker 1>to redistribute the leagues. So these fiveteen is all just

818
00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:16.119
<v Speaker 1>collectively decided. But what if we don't invest in our team?

819
00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:19.719
<v Speaker 2>I have a lost update for you, sadly, Antonio, Sincela

820
00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:22.039
<v Speaker 2>didn't get any black ink last season because he was

821
00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:26.599
<v Speaker 2>beaten by both Herman Marquez and Kyle Frieland in losses.

822
00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:31.360
<v Speaker 2>Oh because the Rockies, in case you missed last season,

823
00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:34.840
<v Speaker 2>lost quite a lot of games. Carl Frilland had seventeen

824
00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:38.519
<v Speaker 2>last year, seventeen seventeen.

825
00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:39.480
<v Speaker 3>So sentence, I'll have show.

826
00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:41.880
<v Speaker 1>He wouldn't have like at fifteen because he would have

827
00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:43.119
<v Speaker 1>been Corbyn all the time, wouldn't it.

828
00:43:44.320 --> 00:43:47.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think Corbyn had I want to say, four

829
00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:50.679
<v Speaker 2>straight years of lead in the majors and losses. It

830
00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:55.119
<v Speaker 2>was a pretty incredible run. It looks like twenty one

831
00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:58.039
<v Speaker 2>he was sixteen, he was a leader. He had nineteen

832
00:43:58.079 --> 00:44:01.719
<v Speaker 2>and twenty two three he led the NL, but not

833
00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:04.000
<v Speaker 2>the League. It looks like with fifteen and then he

834
00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:06.880
<v Speaker 2>only had thirteen in twenty four, so I'm doing him

835
00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:09.920
<v Speaker 2>a disservice. Yeah, and then it was you know, well

836
00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:13.440
<v Speaker 2>he wasn't. It was like a replacement, I wele picture

837
00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:15.440
<v Speaker 2>for the Rangers last year. But he did there one

838
00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:17.360
<v Speaker 2>hundred and fifty five innings for them, which is what

839
00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:23.159
<v Speaker 2>Patrick Corbyn does yet still unsigned, I believe. So whoever

840
00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:25.559
<v Speaker 2>is out there in spring training and somebody goes down

841
00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:29.079
<v Speaker 2>and they're like, we need some innings, Patrick Corbyn is

842
00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:31.639
<v Speaker 2>waiting to call Patrick Corbyn if you want. If you

843
00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:34.840
<v Speaker 2>want thirty starts, Patrick Corbyn is your man.

844
00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:38.800
<v Speaker 1>Okay, I think I might know your answer, and it

845
00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:41.679
<v Speaker 1>probably is Sandy Lcantra. But is he the one that

846
00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:44.760
<v Speaker 1>you're predicting to have for the biggest bounce back in

847
00:44:44.840 --> 00:44:45.639
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six?

848
00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:48.519
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think so, based on the way he trended

849
00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:51.760
<v Speaker 2>over that second half, I think, you know, he he

850
00:44:51.800 --> 00:44:55.079
<v Speaker 2>should be fully healthy. He's had a long time to

851
00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:59.480
<v Speaker 2>sort of recover from that injury. Now, there are several

852
00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:01.920
<v Speaker 2>names on the list who I think, you know, Yeah,

853
00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:05.840
<v Speaker 2>you either, I don't think are going to really make

854
00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:08.960
<v Speaker 2>a full seasons worth of starts, or if they do,

855
00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:13.440
<v Speaker 2>they're not going to be worth using like sense of teller.

856
00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:18.079
<v Speaker 2>I guess Aaron Noner is a weird one because we've

857
00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:21.599
<v Speaker 2>seen him have great seasons, but he really did look

858
00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:23.199
<v Speaker 2>quite cooked last year.

859
00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:27.039
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I felt with no other there were just like

860
00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:31.119
<v Speaker 1>he always had the odd blow up. And this is

861
00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:33.480
<v Speaker 1>the same for a lot of pictures that like they'll

862
00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:37.199
<v Speaker 1>have like eighty percent of their starts will be quality starts,

863
00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:38.639
<v Speaker 1>and then they have two or three where they give

864
00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:39.639
<v Speaker 1>up like a lot.

865
00:45:39.679 --> 00:45:42.599
<v Speaker 3>But he seemed to be giving up the long ball

866
00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:47.480
<v Speaker 3>like a lot more than I expected.

867
00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:52.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, is the home run problems have been kind of

868
00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:54.079
<v Speaker 2>prevalent in the last three seasons or so.

869
00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:58.119
<v Speaker 3>He is really really.

870
00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:00.760
<v Speaker 2>Getting bitten by those. And he used to, you know,

871
00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:05.119
<v Speaker 2>have a bit better command, and he's not. He's never

872
00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:08.440
<v Speaker 2>it was never like kind of blow you away type guy.

873
00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:10.800
<v Speaker 2>It was a bit more craft than that. And it

874
00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:13.360
<v Speaker 2>seems like maybe that the controllers sit a little bit

875
00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:16.800
<v Speaker 2>on that and everything has gone away with it. He

876
00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:20.400
<v Speaker 2>also obviously picture got hurt last season, but it does

877
00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:22.559
<v Speaker 2>feel like that the knife is not there on those

878
00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:26.159
<v Speaker 2>pictures anymore. And I'm not super optimistic coming into his

879
00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:30.960
<v Speaker 2>what are we now age thirty three season again, a

880
00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:33.119
<v Speaker 2>guy who has been pretty durable over the course of

881
00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:36.000
<v Speaker 2>his here out outside of last season, but it feels

882
00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:38.800
<v Speaker 2>like the time might be find me running out for Nola.

883
00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:40.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

884
00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:42.840
<v Speaker 1>I think the only thing I'm thinking about Nola right

885
00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:45.599
<v Speaker 1>now was if he's going to end up facing Team

886
00:46:45.679 --> 00:46:49.639
<v Speaker 1>GB and he's as he's on the Italian Robster for

887
00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:52.599
<v Speaker 1>the w the WBC. There are parts of my head

888
00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:55.840
<v Speaker 1>that are just like, imagine if I Team GM lit

889
00:46:55.920 --> 00:47:00.400
<v Speaker 1>up like Aaron Nola and Clayton Hershaw and.

890
00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:04.440
<v Speaker 2>They're sort of great starting pictures that are at the

891
00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:06.519
<v Speaker 2>ends of their careers that yeah.

892
00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:09.880
<v Speaker 3>Yes, uh yeah, I don't disagree.

893
00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:13.119
<v Speaker 1>I think our country should anyone who should any form

894
00:47:13.239 --> 00:47:15.719
<v Speaker 1>kind of like in any improvements kind of like throughout

895
00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:18.800
<v Speaker 1>that season, I didn't see here. I was looking at

896
00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:20.559
<v Speaker 1>the details when I was looking at some notes looking

897
00:47:20.599 --> 00:47:27.840
<v Speaker 1>into Marquez that on his road starts against other teams

898
00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:31.760
<v Speaker 1>in the NL West, he had a fourteen point seven ERA,

899
00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:37.599
<v Speaker 1>so like that was even outside of course I get that,

900
00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:39.920
<v Speaker 1>like there's part of that is the Dodgers and the

901
00:47:39.960 --> 00:47:42.360
<v Speaker 1>Padres and the Giants went bad, but it was just like,

902
00:47:43.320 --> 00:47:45.519
<v Speaker 1>this is your chance to kind of bring the number down.

903
00:47:47.039 --> 00:47:50.000
<v Speaker 2>He has had an unfortunate run. I mean, as you know,

904
00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:54.159
<v Speaker 2>the Giants are bid, yes, but you know, the Dodgers

905
00:47:54.199 --> 00:47:57.639
<v Speaker 2>are an absolute juggernaut. The Padres have had a pretty

906
00:47:57.679 --> 00:48:01.480
<v Speaker 2>good offense for most of this period he's been in Colorado.

907
00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:05.280
<v Speaker 2>The Diamondbacks lineup is pretty good. Like, he does not

908
00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:10.000
<v Speaker 2>have life very easy, even aside from pitching in cause, yeah,

909
00:48:10.280 --> 00:48:15.119
<v Speaker 2>that that division is is not the easiest place to pitch. So, yeah,

910
00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:18.159
<v Speaker 2>I feel feel bad for the guy. He was definitely

911
00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:21.119
<v Speaker 2>right up there. You know, he was close to ace

912
00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:22.679
<v Speaker 2>level picture at one point in his career.

913
00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:26.280
<v Speaker 1>Okay, And I think it's been easy to maybe say, so,

914
00:48:26.400 --> 00:48:27.840
<v Speaker 1>who's going to have a bad one? So I'm gonna

915
00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:30.679
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna limit your options to Spencer Strider, Bryce Miller,

916
00:48:31.159 --> 00:48:33.840
<v Speaker 1>and Aaron Nola. Which one of those three do you

917
00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:37.440
<v Speaker 1>think is going to continue at this level of performance

918
00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:38.000
<v Speaker 1>the most.

919
00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:45.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to take Nola. I think he's he's the oldest.

920
00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:45.599
<v Speaker 1>Uh.

921
00:48:45.920 --> 00:48:49.199
<v Speaker 2>You know that the downward trenders has been going on

922
00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:53.000
<v Speaker 2>for a couple of years now, and I just I

923
00:48:53.039 --> 00:48:57.639
<v Speaker 2>don't see that stuff coming back at age thirty three. Yeah,

924
00:48:57.719 --> 00:49:01.000
<v Speaker 2>we've seen great pitches learn different way to pitch, I suppose,

925
00:49:01.199 --> 00:49:04.719
<v Speaker 2>and that that is a possibility. But Philadelphia not an

926
00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:07.519
<v Speaker 2>easy place to pitch, and I didn't really see any

927
00:49:07.559 --> 00:49:11.760
<v Speaker 2>signs last season of life, So I'm going to take him.

928
00:49:11.800 --> 00:49:13.880
<v Speaker 2>I think Midder and Strida are both young enough that

929
00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:16.440
<v Speaker 2>even if they don't get back to their peak levels,

930
00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:19.400
<v Speaker 2>I think they'll still have good productive seasons.

931
00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:24.280
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm I think that's I might take Strida just because,

932
00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:27.159
<v Speaker 1>as you said earlier on, when you're a two pitch

933
00:49:27.199 --> 00:49:29.519
<v Speaker 1>pitcher and you don't have both of those pictures working

934
00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:32.960
<v Speaker 1>at their best, like, how long can you actually stay

935
00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:33.519
<v Speaker 1>at the picture?

936
00:49:33.599 --> 00:49:38.119
<v Speaker 3>Obviously like he didn't. He didn't perform horrendously like this season.

937
00:49:38.159 --> 00:49:39.199
<v Speaker 3>It just wasn't.

938
00:49:39.119 --> 00:49:43.800
<v Speaker 1>The the potential side young winner that he was beforehand.

939
00:49:43.880 --> 00:49:46.639
<v Speaker 1>And I think, do we just have to get adjust

940
00:49:46.679 --> 00:49:51.480
<v Speaker 1>to that his new norm is league average and not

941
00:49:52.679 --> 00:49:54.239
<v Speaker 1>like top five, top ten pitcher.

942
00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:57.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's there's still quite a big gap between those

943
00:49:57.960 --> 00:50:02.400
<v Speaker 2>two things. We've we've seen it, I guess is the thing,

944
00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:04.679
<v Speaker 2>you know, is one thing to say or we think

945
00:50:04.719 --> 00:50:06.800
<v Speaker 2>this guy could be a nice but we have seen

946
00:50:06.880 --> 00:50:09.280
<v Speaker 2>him be an AE. You know, we know that that's

947
00:50:09.280 --> 00:50:12.440
<v Speaker 2>in there, So yeah, one of those that I do think.

948
00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:14.239
<v Speaker 2>You know, they say not to worry about the spring

949
00:50:14.280 --> 00:50:15.760
<v Speaker 2>training too much, but I do think it will be

950
00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:18.760
<v Speaker 2>very revealing to come out and see what those numbers

951
00:50:18.760 --> 00:50:20.119
<v Speaker 2>look like on the on the gun.

952
00:50:20.760 --> 00:50:23.960
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, it's it's in the spring. Honestly, a pictures

953
00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:26.079
<v Speaker 1>Vila with one of the probably the only things you

954
00:50:26.079 --> 00:50:31.239
<v Speaker 1>can actually judge in pre season training, to be like, well,

955
00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:33.119
<v Speaker 1>can they throw the wall as hard as they could before?

956
00:50:33.760 --> 00:50:37.280
<v Speaker 3>Yes? Or no? Like that gives you a pretty a

957
00:50:37.280 --> 00:50:38.280
<v Speaker 3>pretty good idea.

958
00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:43.239
<v Speaker 1>All right, thank you Darius for going through this wonderful

959
00:50:43.239 --> 00:50:47.440
<v Speaker 1>list of players with me. We will hopefully be back

960
00:50:47.559 --> 00:50:49.119
<v Speaker 1>in the not to dis the future with that World

961
00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:52.159
<v Speaker 1>Baseball Classic podcast that we have teased a few times now.

962
00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:54.079
<v Speaker 1>We will be waiting for the rosters to be released

963
00:50:54.079 --> 00:50:55.719
<v Speaker 1>on the fifth of February, so it will probably get

964
00:50:55.760 --> 00:50:58.840
<v Speaker 1>to you early next week with that. As I said

965
00:50:58.880 --> 00:51:01.280
<v Speaker 1>also at the start there, there's plenty of good content

966
00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:04.320
<v Speaker 1>out on the website right now. Please do go check

967
00:51:04.360 --> 00:51:07.159
<v Speaker 1>that out at bat person nerds dot com if you

968
00:51:07.239 --> 00:51:09.719
<v Speaker 1>want to write something for the website. Gavin is looking

969
00:51:09.760 --> 00:51:13.800
<v Speaker 1>for five reasons for optimism for all of the teams

970
00:51:13.840 --> 00:51:18.960
<v Speaker 1>in the major leagues. If you are a fan of Cleveland,

971
00:51:19.039 --> 00:51:21.719
<v Speaker 1>maybe someone else can have five reasons for optimism, because

972
00:51:21.840 --> 00:51:24.760
<v Speaker 1>I don't. I think I'm going to struggle to write

973
00:51:24.760 --> 00:51:28.440
<v Speaker 1>five five reasons for optimism this season for Cleveland if

974
00:51:28.440 --> 00:51:30.519
<v Speaker 1>it falls, if it falls back on me, I don't

975
00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:33.960
<v Speaker 1>know if you've got five reasons for optimism, Darius at

976
00:51:34.039 --> 00:51:35.280
<v Speaker 1>San Francisco, but.

977
00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:38.440
<v Speaker 2>I could give you to give them to you, and

978
00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:40.639
<v Speaker 2>now I suppose and then make Gaff type them up

979
00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:44.639
<v Speaker 2>for the website. I know he has to pitch this

980
00:51:44.760 --> 00:51:47.960
<v Speaker 2>to fans of quite a few teams in our various chats,

981
00:51:47.960 --> 00:51:49.800
<v Speaker 2>and I think you said more than one response of

982
00:51:50.239 --> 00:51:52.679
<v Speaker 2>I don't have five, or sometimes I don't have one,

983
00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:55.480
<v Speaker 2>which I think I might have been the thread of

984
00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:59.119
<v Speaker 2>the podcast. Nick Rights responses. So I think Gav has

985
00:51:59.119 --> 00:52:04.920
<v Speaker 2>actually written up the Jews himself based on that from Mick. Yeah,

986
00:52:05.199 --> 00:52:09.039
<v Speaker 2>the Giants, it's so mid it's it's quite distressing. And

987
00:52:09.079 --> 00:52:10.920
<v Speaker 2>I am in a Giants fan chat and they sort

988
00:52:10.920 --> 00:52:12.840
<v Speaker 2>of that the hope that Posey's going to make the

989
00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:16.960
<v Speaker 2>big move has been waning with every passing, Adrian Hawser

990
00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:20.719
<v Speaker 2>and Luis a Riess signing, So the.

991
00:52:20.639 --> 00:52:22.840
<v Speaker 1>Only optimism that I have is that I'm now pretty

992
00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:25.760
<v Speaker 1>certain that Jeszi Mi Jose Ramirez is going to have

993
00:52:26.199 --> 00:52:28.960
<v Speaker 1>a Cleveland cap, a Cleveland cap on his Hall of

994
00:52:28.960 --> 00:52:29.639
<v Speaker 1>Fame plaque.

995
00:52:30.039 --> 00:52:34.119
<v Speaker 2>So dude just loves Cleveland. What can we say?

996
00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:38.519
<v Speaker 3>What can we say? Yeah? So, thank you, Darius.

997
00:52:39.039 --> 00:52:41.039
<v Speaker 1>Do you have anything have you been writing anything for

998
00:52:41.119 --> 00:52:45.880
<v Speaker 1>Baseball Prospectus recently that people should be waiting for or

999
00:52:45.920 --> 00:52:48.440
<v Speaker 1>is it just about is it all about the actual

1000
00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:50.280
<v Speaker 1>prospectus itself?

1001
00:52:51.280 --> 00:52:54.320
<v Speaker 2>The Prospectus? Yeah, it's it's done, it's printed. I'm not

1002
00:52:54.360 --> 00:52:56.559
<v Speaker 2>sure exactly when they're going out, but you can. You

1003
00:52:56.599 --> 00:53:00.239
<v Speaker 2>can certainly pre order your copies now. So yeah, you

1004
00:53:00.559 --> 00:53:03.119
<v Speaker 2>do go and check that out. In case people don't

1005
00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:06.039
<v Speaker 2>know what Baseball Prospectives anueal is. It's basically a very

1006
00:53:06.159 --> 00:53:10.760
<v Speaker 2>large book about every team in the majors. We preview

1007
00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:14.760
<v Speaker 2>about We do about sixty to seventy full player profiles

1008
00:53:14.800 --> 00:53:18.199
<v Speaker 2>per team, and then there's a bunch of essays in there,

1009
00:53:18.239 --> 00:53:21.519
<v Speaker 2>lots of great statistical analysis. There's prospect lists. You know,

1010
00:53:21.519 --> 00:53:23.679
<v Speaker 2>we've got our top one hundred and one prospects in there,

1011
00:53:24.199 --> 00:53:28.079
<v Speaker 2>great analysis from our prospect team. So if you're just

1012
00:53:28.199 --> 00:53:30.079
<v Speaker 2>you know, you want to get a preview of the season.

1013
00:53:30.159 --> 00:53:32.280
<v Speaker 2>You want to say, who's who's on each team this season.

1014
00:53:32.320 --> 00:53:33.840
<v Speaker 2>I don't know about these players. I want to find

1015
00:53:33.840 --> 00:53:36.519
<v Speaker 2>out about this players. You all our advanced stats, all

1016
00:53:36.559 --> 00:53:38.800
<v Speaker 2>are analysis, it's all in there. It's really great. Some

1017
00:53:38.840 --> 00:53:40.960
<v Speaker 2>of the comments are so funny as well. We've got

1018
00:53:41.000 --> 00:53:44.119
<v Speaker 2>a lot of really talented writers, so definitely worth picking

1019
00:53:44.159 --> 00:53:46.239
<v Speaker 2>up for something a bit different than just your usual

1020
00:53:46.639 --> 00:53:49.760
<v Speaker 2>pre season blurb on the you know, the news aggregator

1021
00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:53.599
<v Speaker 2>websites or whatever. It's certainly a different, different flavor of previews,

1022
00:53:53.639 --> 00:53:56.440
<v Speaker 2>so highly recommend. And yes, I did the Dodgers this year,

1023
00:53:56.440 --> 00:53:58.559
<v Speaker 2>which I think was the first time in a long

1024
00:53:58.599 --> 00:54:01.199
<v Speaker 2>time that I've had not a terrrible team, So it

1025
00:54:01.280 --> 00:54:04.119
<v Speaker 2>was quite quite enjoyable. Over the years I've had like

1026
00:54:04.159 --> 00:54:07.480
<v Speaker 2>the Rockies and the Angels and all these depressing clubs

1027
00:54:07.480 --> 00:54:10.079
<v Speaker 2>where i feel like I'm just being negative for sixty comments,

1028
00:54:10.119 --> 00:54:11.840
<v Speaker 2>So it was quite nice to be like, hey, this

1029
00:54:11.960 --> 00:54:13.719
<v Speaker 2>is a great team, and they won the World Series

1030
00:54:13.760 --> 00:54:16.679
<v Speaker 2>and they played like the most ridiculous postseason games ever,

1031
00:54:17.440 --> 00:54:18.519
<v Speaker 2>so I've got to have a lot of fun with

1032
00:54:18.639 --> 00:54:19.320
<v Speaker 2>their comments.

1033
00:54:19.679 --> 00:54:22.440
<v Speaker 1>So sneak preview, You've obviously just predicted the Dodgers to

1034
00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:26.840
<v Speaker 1>win again. Yeah, there'll be the new Yankees well because

1035
00:54:27.280 --> 00:54:29.199
<v Speaker 1>this time Brenner has lost his wallet.

1036
00:54:29.599 --> 00:54:33.360
<v Speaker 3>Right. I hope you will have all enjoyed this.

1037
00:54:33.679 --> 00:54:36.159
<v Speaker 1>As always, you can follow us about Underscore Nerds on

1038
00:54:36.199 --> 00:54:39.960
<v Speaker 1>Twitter or Buttforts and Nerds on Instagram and touch.

1039
00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:41.320
<v Speaker 3>Please do check.

1040
00:54:41.119 --> 00:54:43.559
<v Speaker 1>Out the website. Please you check out our YouTube channel

1041
00:54:43.599 --> 00:54:45.119
<v Speaker 1>if you would like. If you listen to do this

1042
00:54:45.159 --> 00:54:48.239
<v Speaker 1>in an audio format, you can see Darius and I

1043
00:54:48.400 --> 00:54:51.760
<v Speaker 1>having a chat to see him in his lovely San

1044
00:54:51.840 --> 00:54:54.320
<v Speaker 1>Francisco jacket and.

1045
00:54:54.199 --> 00:54:55.800
<v Speaker 2>This is this is the best thing that happened to

1046
00:54:55.800 --> 00:54:58.159
<v Speaker 2>the Giants this offseason, my jacket.

1047
00:54:58.559 --> 00:55:00.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so you can come see to see the images

1048
00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:03.559
<v Speaker 1>of me with my Andy Brown painting in the back,

1049
00:55:03.559 --> 00:55:07.400
<v Speaker 1>which how has its new place permanently, permanently hung up.

1050
00:55:07.599 --> 00:55:10.760
<v Speaker 3>So yes, right, thank

1051
00:55:10.800 --> 00:55:13.239
<v Speaker 1>You, and we'll hopefully see you or listen to you

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<v Speaker 1>listening to us again in the future