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<v Speaker 1>Green socientaious everyone in trich Wilson much a Fantasy Baseball Live.

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<v Speaker 1>Today is the twenty first of December, about three o'clock

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<v Speaker 1>in the afternoon. As always, I'm here with my good

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<v Speaker 1>friend and the snowed in mister Timca. Tim, You're not

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be snowed in the Canada. You guys are

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to have the best snow removal. I mean, if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have it, who has the best snow removal?

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea, Rich, but right now I can

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<v Speaker 2>tell you the sled dog training program I'm taking is

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<v Speaker 2>working well.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so you had a freak warmed up. You were

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<v Speaker 1>telling me that it rained, then it froze, and then

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<v Speaker 1>it got six or eight inches of dump snow on

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<v Speaker 1>top of that and everything just turned into a mess.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and forty mile an hour winds. Yeah. Our National

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<v Speaker 2>Highway right now has been shut down for oh, twelve

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<v Speaker 2>plus hours, and they don't think they'll get it open today.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's our the trucking industry, the whole niney It's

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<v Speaker 2>just it's just a mess, a total mess. But hey,

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<v Speaker 2>thankfully I haven't heard of too many serious injuries. Just

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of trucks, jackknifing and sitting in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of highways and it's just glare ice. So anything over

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<v Speaker 2>about twenty five thirty miles an hour, you got no

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<v Speaker 2>control at all. So the best, the best thing to

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<v Speaker 2>do is just stay off the roads with something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh good, you stay off the road, talk baseball with me,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what you can do.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah that works, that works real well. Yeah, I like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So my draft is coming up soon, about ten days.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't signed up for yet, but I will, and

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<v Speaker 1>I've got to get finished up my draft targets. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>i'll get short stuffed out this evening. But you're in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of a draft. It might even be finished.

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<v Speaker 1>And you told us a little bit about it last week.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have an update on that?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? It it wrapped up on Friday. Wow, So mas

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<v Speaker 2>wat went at a good base. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's less than two weeks. That's great.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I uh, I don't know where we left off,

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<v Speaker 2>but basically the second half of the draft, I filled

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<v Speaker 2>in a lot of holes. We filled in a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of holes and took some interesting I think prospects and.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell us about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but where'd we leave off? Did we make it

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<v Speaker 2>as far as ten.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think you made you made it to ten?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay? Ten? Well, from from there we took Nicolodolo and eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>Dylan Cruz in twelve.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, you told us about that, so maybe it was twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>Sel Stewart in thirteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh good. Yeah. You think he's going to get enough

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<v Speaker 1>playing time in Cincinnati?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think that between Stuart and Steer, the two

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<v Speaker 2>of them are going to share first base DH And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm rather bullish on Stewart. I like the skills and

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's going to get the opportunities. So went

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<v Speaker 2>maybe a bit early on Stuart. But I like the players.

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<v Speaker 2>So with this group, if you don't move a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit early oz of him falling late, it's a sharp group.

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<v Speaker 2>Rich and yeah, you're best off to go around early

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<v Speaker 2>as compared to taking the chance if the players you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that important to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, look, I like Sal Stewart. I think

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<v Speaker 1>interesting to see how much power he's going to have.

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<v Speaker 1>He could definitely hit. And I mean he was my

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<v Speaker 1>number one he is my number one prospect for the Reds.

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<v Speaker 1>So I like him. We'll say, and third base or

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<v Speaker 1>first base? Do you think he's going to play first,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what they've announced.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, that's what that's what they're showing. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's the preferred position.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, he's not a great third basement, that's for sure. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>he got a fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that was thirteen. Fourteen was our first attempt at

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<v Speaker 2>a closer Danny Palencia in Chicago the Cubs.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>We went with boring old Auto Lopez as our middle

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<v Speaker 2>infielder ground fifteen. I think we'll get fifteen to fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>out of him.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, you like yourself, Auto Lopez.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I do. He's playing for Team Canada too, so again,

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<v Speaker 2>and you gotta gotta have at least one Canadian, one

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<v Speaker 2>NPV and one KBO player on my teams.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a Speaking of Canadians, there was a great interview

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<v Speaker 1>with Tongue and the Mets picture and Jonah Toong and

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<v Speaker 1>he was talking about very Canadians, I mean talking about

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<v Speaker 1>his favorite sandwich, which is grilled cheese, marble grilled cheese,

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<v Speaker 1>buttered on both sides, butter in the pants. Yes, then

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<v Speaker 1>you have to then you cut. Then you have to

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<v Speaker 1>cut the the into wedges or actually strips, like cut

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<v Speaker 1>the grilled cheese sandwich into strips, get an only Canadian syrup,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it, Canadian syrup into a little container and you

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<v Speaker 1>dip the grilled cheese into and he just went on

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<v Speaker 1>and on how it was the best thing. So he

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<v Speaker 1>is real, he's mister Canadian.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. The only thing he's missing is adding half a

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<v Speaker 2>pound of bacon and it would be a lock. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>definitely the marble cheese and butter on all four sides.

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<v Speaker 2>It's you got So it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Marble cheese a thing in Canada and that that that

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<v Speaker 1>really yeah, because marble cheese is not all that popular here.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well it's a Kolby jack you know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's yeah, yeah, I know what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, it's yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But you approve of dipping it in maple syrup only

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<v Speaker 1>Canadian maple sp' Is that not the Vermont crap?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Yeah, no. I I would definitely sit down to

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<v Speaker 2>supper with join the time we we do well, we

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<v Speaker 2>could dine. It finds fine I style.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, it was. It was an impressive interview. He's an

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<v Speaker 1>oppressive young man, I mean, speaks very well. I'm very confident,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was it was really good. But I thought

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<v Speaker 1>the the brill cheese scenario was as good as him

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<v Speaker 1>talking about pitching. So all right, all right, so we

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<v Speaker 1>got fourteen. Who you got a fifteen?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay? At fifteen was Lopez. At sixteen one was Andrew Abbott.

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<v Speaker 2>We took him as our fourth starter. Okay, yeah, so

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<v Speaker 2>I'm okay with Abbot as a number four starter.

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<v Speaker 1>Remind us what your first three starters are?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay? Nick Ladola was three, Woodrooff was two, and Brian

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<v Speaker 2>wu is our ace.

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<v Speaker 1>Love the Woodrooff, Love the Woodroff pick. So you know

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<v Speaker 1>that's it's it's uh, I mean, you don't have the

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<v Speaker 1>real anchor ace there, but I mean, woo, if he's healthy,

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<v Speaker 1>he can be very very good. So I like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I had sound steward of thirteen oh plenty at fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, I were thirteen? Okay, all right, So you

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<v Speaker 1>got seventeen up to seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, yes, seventeen eighteen seventeen. I just said, it's getting

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<v Speaker 2>to be that time. And Robbie Snelling we.

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<v Speaker 1>Took as good for you. Oh, I love that pick.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't want to didn't want to wait on that

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<v Speaker 2>one at all. Came back with our next pick at

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen one with O'Brien from Saint Louis, our second stab

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<v Speaker 2>at saves. You think he's going to get a chance, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>they they haven't signed anybody. Kenley Jensen has signed with Detroit. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>that's who I was a bit concerned about. So right

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<v Speaker 2>now I think he's got i'll say a sixty forty

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<v Speaker 2>chance at breaking camp as a closer. If the Saint

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<v Speaker 2>Louis doesn't bring anybody in that. You know, each and

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<v Speaker 2>every day that passes and somebody signs somewhere else is

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<v Speaker 2>a good sign for a picture leg O'Brien and and you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know, the Cardinals keep talking about rebuilding, and if I

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<v Speaker 1>guess if there's discussions with the Mets about moving a

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<v Speaker 1>ton of their guys for a bunch of the young

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<v Speaker 1>Mets guys, So I guess if that happens, then it's

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<v Speaker 1>even a better shot that he comes out of camp

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<v Speaker 1>as the closer.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we were down to for options. We were down

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<v Speaker 2>to the two that went right after O'Brien. The next

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<v Speaker 2>pick was you said, in Tampa Bay, and two picks

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<v Speaker 2>later it was Ronnie and Riquez from Miami. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>what we're down to. So I was happy to get O'Brien.

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<v Speaker 1>So Ryan O'Brien's sick. A look at his stuff real quick.

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<v Speaker 1>It is Ryan, right, Yes, Ryan O'Brien kind of rings.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't find him.

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<v Speaker 2>That's heard.

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<v Speaker 1>O'Riley O'Brien.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry, Riley, Sorry, sorry, I'm bad. Yeah, Riley not Ryan, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Riley Riley Brian.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So throws really hard. Mm hmm, fastball, sits ninety

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<v Speaker 1>eight miles an hour, huge extension on it, some extension

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<v Speaker 1>on it. Slider, curveball, so he's yeah, slider, curveball, sinker,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's a sinker that's going away from gloveside batters.

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<v Speaker 1>So man, the sliders at ninety miles an hour. He

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<v Speaker 1>throws hard. Does this trink him? Ton of guys? But

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<v Speaker 1>he throws hard well.

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<v Speaker 2>At this stage of the draft, we figured he was

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<v Speaker 2>the he was the best option. Yeah, for saves, because holds.

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<v Speaker 2>Holds aren't gonna holes aren't gonna help, except that they

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<v Speaker 2>put you in line for saves. Assuming you're getting set up, guys, right.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's see the last Tue nineteen to twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you can tell me the guys that you

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<v Speaker 1>like at the back of the draft.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, nineteen, we went Cody Senger hoping for help.

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<v Speaker 1>He dropped that far.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, yeah, he dropped that far and at twenty a

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<v Speaker 2>player I like a lot for this year as a

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<v Speaker 2>relief pitcher, simply because I don't fully believe in the

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<v Speaker 2>rolled as Chapman. And that's Garrett Whitlock. We took a

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<v Speaker 2>twenty Uh good.

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<v Speaker 1>Why don't you fully believe in? And a roled as Chapman?

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<v Speaker 1>How good he was last.

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<v Speaker 2>Season because three years before that he sucked horribly and

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<v Speaker 2>he's thirty eight years old?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, what's so good point?

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<v Speaker 2>What's your point? McLeod? Yeah he's still a kid. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, yeah, our years.

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<v Speaker 1>Give me a couple of guys after was it thirty

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<v Speaker 1>rounds or twenty? How many rounds were there?

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<v Speaker 2>It was thirty? Yes, give me a.

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<v Speaker 1>Couple of interesting guys from twenty one to thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh Parker Mezic in twenty two?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, okay from Cleveland?

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<v Speaker 2>Interesting right, Moyses Bay Lasterios in round twenty three.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I kind of like that pick.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, good for you, Hi, Son Kim of the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>in the job, Yes he does. He has second base

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<v Speaker 2>all to himself this year.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty interesting to get him that late.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Robert st Vinson in twenty five another stab at Dave's.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's what happens when you wait on saves them

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<v Speaker 1>you wind up stabbing a bunch. So I get it.

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<v Speaker 1>But you're gonna be playing the waiver war looking for

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<v Speaker 1>for saves, particularly the beginning of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, definitely Aiden Miller in twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah, the Philadelphia Phillies shortstops. Maybe moves to center field

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<v Speaker 1>type thing. Because I love that pick. I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>What round did you get.

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<v Speaker 2>Him in twenty seven?

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<v Speaker 1>Like it?

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<v Speaker 2>Like it? Garrett Hey? Another stab Garrett Clevenger of the Rays.

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<v Speaker 1>Another potential closer.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Yeah, Corbyn Burns in twenty nine.

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<v Speaker 1>Thinking he might come back.

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of July. We've got enough. We stashed him on

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<v Speaker 2>the IL okay, and there'll be a replacement pick there.

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<v Speaker 2>And our last pick was Matt Brush and closer, uh

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<v Speaker 2>can make both hitting and pitching changes twice a week.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you can get the right group of five

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<v Speaker 2>work the starters in the guys that are pitching Friday Saturday. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have to have them active Monday through Thursday.

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<v Speaker 2>them out at the end of the week, which is

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, yeah, Corman Burns, as everybody knows, had Tommy

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's the worst thing that's going to happen, as

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<v Speaker 2>we said them on our IL, which we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>hadn't signed eligible, they're all they're all going to be

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<v Speaker 2>out there in that first waiver wire run. So we

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<v Speaker 2>shift Burns to the IL and hopefully pick up one

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<v Speaker 2>of the many players that were ineligible at the draft.

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<v Speaker 2>So and guys that win jobs, because guaranteed, even with

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<v Speaker 2>a good group, there are going to be players winning

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<v Speaker 2>jobs that weren't drafted. And sure, yeah, just just be

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<v Speaker 2>very very active on that first waiver wear run. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>probably spend six six hundred Bucks. I figure on that

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<v Speaker 1>Give me the player out of the thirty you drafted

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<v Speaker 1>that you're the most excited about. Doesn't matter where you

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<v Speaker 1>drafted them. We'll make it a little later. So the

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<v Speaker 1>guy that you field might have sneaky value.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Robbie Snelling, I'm I'm excited about the potential there.

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<v Speaker 2>And again I'm going to go with Biasteros because he

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<v Speaker 1>Is he still is he still catcher eligible in the

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<v Speaker 2>It no ut only?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we need ten ten games, and I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if we'll get ten games.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you're going to get ten games there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but again I those you know, the young players

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<v Speaker 3>with the upside are the ones that, Yeah, as much as.

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<v Speaker 1>I like jam Miller, the one that really jumped out

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<v Speaker 1>for me was Robbie Snelling because I mean I thought

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<v Speaker 1>we'd see him in twenty twenty four, so he arguably

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<v Speaker 1>was You could make an argument he was the best

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<v Speaker 1>picture of the minor leagues last season. He plays for

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<v Speaker 1>the right organization, So I just have to believe you're

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<v Speaker 2>So because I pick like that based on what we've

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<v Speaker 2>seen in the minors, is better agreed and such, Robbie

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<v Speaker 2>Snelling could prove to be a real difference maker, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>to our to our overall chances this year. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I I do a running total because this league is

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<v Speaker 2>it's a redraft league, but it runs year to year.

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<v Speaker 2>What I did was I set UH for all the categories,

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<v Speaker 2>the ten counting categories. What I did was I looked

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<v Speaker 2>at the the median, the top three number, and the

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<v Speaker 2>high end number for every category. And as we drafted,

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<v Speaker 2>we built around the numbers that happened last year. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think anything has changed in the game this year

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<v Speaker 2>that will affect things. So I had a good you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we had a good set of targets and we're in

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<v Speaker 2>the median to top three range in all of them.

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<v Speaker 2>So it I like, I like, I like what we've done.

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<v Speaker 2>I like it a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>That's great. It's fun to get the first one under

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<v Speaker 1>your belt. This we'll go to take a break and

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<v Speaker 1>come back and let's talk about these trades and signings

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<v Speaker 1>that occurred.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a few.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me start off the White Sox just signed Murakami

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<v Speaker 1>about two hours ago, and I think it surprised everyone

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<v Speaker 1>except for maybe Tim McCloud. I'm going to give Tim

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<v Speaker 1>a little kudos here is everybody know Tim loves his

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<v Speaker 1>Asian players. But we talked, and I went back and

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<v Speaker 1>checked the podcast because I wanted to know what Tim

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<v Speaker 1>said about Murakami. This was back on November. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>go back to the podcast. I think it was November ninth. YEP,

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<v Speaker 1>the November ninth podcast. About thirty second minute into it,

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<v Speaker 1>we had a long discussion about Murakami signing and I

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<v Speaker 1>asked him to give us a scouting. We've already told

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<v Speaker 1>his big power, lots of strikeouts, lots of walks, which

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<v Speaker 1>I then said, sounds like a three true outcome player.

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<v Speaker 1>Tim goods out and then I said, look, when I

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<v Speaker 1>write about prospects, it's always the dream is Kyle Schwarber

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<v Speaker 1>or the nightmare is Joey Gallo. And I asked, Jimmy,

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<v Speaker 1>where did he fall in this realm? And Tim said,

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<v Speaker 1>to his credit, because the big teams did not grab him,

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<v Speaker 1>it was the White Sox. Tim said, I'm worried. So

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<v Speaker 1>Tim was a little hesitant about a team going in

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<v Speaker 1>and signing him for eighty to one hundred million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>and given the concern about his strikeout right, And that's

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<v Speaker 1>what it turned out to me. They listened to you

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<v Speaker 1>because he only signed a two year deal for thirty

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<v Speaker 1>four million dollars with the White Sox. So clear the

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<v Speaker 1>White Sox are betting that he's going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit better than that can movement at the deadline

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<v Speaker 1>or sometime before that. What did you think of the

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<v Speaker 1>sign So I wanted to give you kudos because I

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<v Speaker 1>think Major League Baseball teams were looking at Murakami very

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<v Speaker 1>similar to the way that you were.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, there's definitely some concerns there, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>with those concerns, the big spenders decided to let somebody

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<v Speaker 2>else play the game. And to Murakami's credit, I hey,

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<v Speaker 2>he knew the situation, okay, and he looked at a

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<v Speaker 2>team where he will get definitely an opportunity to show

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<v Speaker 2>off his skills. I'm sure he would have loved a

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<v Speaker 2>five year deal, but that simply wasn't going to happen

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<v Speaker 2>with the risks involved. Now, if things work out in

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<v Speaker 2>a positive fashion, he'll only be twenty eight years old.

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<v Speaker 2>As a free agent. Okay, yeah, if he goes out

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<v Speaker 2>and has forty five home runs this year, he won't

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<v Speaker 2>have a problem with his next contract. And thirty four

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<v Speaker 2>million is good money. I'm happy to see the White

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<v Speaker 2>Sox got into the game. You know. Hey, it's good

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<v Speaker 2>for their fans, you know, it's it provides some excitement

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<v Speaker 2>to an organization struggled for a few years.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's excited. McLeod, that's mild excitement, So I mean

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<v Speaker 1>big excitement would have been signing Pete Alonzo.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, and that's yeah, yeah, that's yeah. I hear

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<v Speaker 2>you that that's not gonna happen yet. But all in all, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's a good deal for Murakami. He got

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<v Speaker 2>his contract and the clock was ticking, Okay, he only

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<v Speaker 2>had a few more days, I believe to get something done,

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<v Speaker 2>or else he would have been back to Japan, which

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<v Speaker 2>he did not want. So I think I think, all

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<v Speaker 2>things considered, I think he did well. He's got his opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it's time time to prove that you belong and

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<v Speaker 2>the White Sox got themselves a solid first basement. It

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<v Speaker 2>has created a few challenges, though Lennon has had a

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<v Speaker 2>good year last year, it looks like he has no

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<v Speaker 2>position to play right now except maybe d h H.

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<v Speaker 1>That's disappointing, Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Meadroth is at second base. Okay unless they I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what they do with with Chase mete Roth.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's created a little bit of congestion in Chicago,

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<v Speaker 2>and it'll be nice once we know how they plan

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<v Speaker 2>on handling that congestion. Yeah, Quorra was scheduled to be

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<v Speaker 2>their DH. Well, now Lennon So's is on the bench. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there's some questions that need answering.

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<v Speaker 1>So let me ask a question. Can can you check

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<v Speaker 1>where Mirror Kami went and your draft you just completed.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't go because he was not eligible. He's one

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<v Speaker 2>of those players. Yes, the waiver wire. Yep, yep, yep.

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<v Speaker 1>You can only pick a guy after he's had one

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<v Speaker 1>third of a bat or won any pitch, so pitch

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<v Speaker 1>or one at bat. That's I knew I'd get it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's with that's that. Anybody who has not signed

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<v Speaker 2>a major league contract or a member of a major

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<v Speaker 2>league team was ineligible at the draft. So Cody Ponce

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<v Speaker 2>is in, Andrew am I Okamoto, the whole, that whole

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<v Speaker 2>group coming back or coming to from Asia. They're all

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<v Speaker 2>first week wire zero options.

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<v Speaker 1>So let me let me So I'm looking at the NFC,

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<v Speaker 1>he's going as pick two thirty two. That's all drafts.

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<v Speaker 1>Let mean this, So that's the sixteenth round. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>think that goes up or down based on him signing

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<v Speaker 1>or pretty much stays about the same.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it might go up a bit, okay, because

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<v Speaker 2>there's always a concern when you're looking at like an

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<v Speaker 2>NFBC type draft, if he doesn't sign, he goes back

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<v Speaker 2>to Japan and you lose that pick. So I think

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<v Speaker 2>that weighs a little bit into the process. I've marginally

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<v Speaker 2>he might go up, but I see him as a uh,

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<v Speaker 2>mid teens, mid to maybe early teens sort of sort

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<v Speaker 2>of pick. I don't think you need to go any

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<v Speaker 2>earlier than that. It'll be interesting to see where sites

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<v Speaker 2>list him, because right now on CBS he's only listed

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<v Speaker 2>at third base.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where he's listed at the NFBC as well. And

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, I just did draft Champions Leagues and

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<v Speaker 1>he's going in the sixteenth round, so it goes up

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit. So if you think he's an early

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<v Speaker 1>teens that's you know you'll be able to get him

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<v Speaker 1>at least at the NFL.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I early to mid teens. I think he's in

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<v Speaker 2>about the right area. The guy who's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a bargain assuming he signs is Okamortal.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's in that same podcast you talked about

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<v Speaker 1>him like you more than you did Murakami.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I think the overall hit tool is better and

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<v Speaker 2>he's not getting much engine simply because Murakami's Yeah, hey

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<v Speaker 2>chick stick dig DeLong, Well, what can you say? He

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<v Speaker 2>had fifty six of them for a couple of years back. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the power that our potential is huge, But the overall

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<v Speaker 2>hit tool from Okamoro is very very good. I he's

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<v Speaker 2>a player that I'm going to be targeting in a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of leagues moving forward.

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<v Speaker 1>I just I'm anxious to see the baseball sleavant data

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<v Speaker 1>breakdown and once we have a little bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>how hard he really swings and what his ex and

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<v Speaker 1>velocities are. But yeah, I mean I'm always hesitant about

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<v Speaker 1>all of those Asian players.

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<v Speaker 2>Become less so with pictures pictures, Yeah, hey, if you

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<v Speaker 2>can throw the ball, ninety five miles an hour and

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<v Speaker 2>Moving from Japan, Okay to North America, hitting is a

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<v Speaker 2>whole different, a whole different, a whole different game. And

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<v Speaker 2>again you're looking at six man rotation and your ace

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<v Speaker 2>or top one to two on. All of the Japanese

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<v Speaker 2>teams are all very very good pitchers and can all

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<v Speaker 2>pitch at the major league level with no issues. But three, four, five,

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<v Speaker 2>and six is not quite the same as it is

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<v Speaker 2>in North America. I think hitters are overvalued, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>one of the reasons that I I have the same

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<v Speaker 2>concerns you do I have. I have virtually no concerns

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to pitching for the most part.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean I always say, but I have less

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<v Speaker 1>concerns with pitching. And look, I mean it turned out

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<v Speaker 1>that Otani was better than anybody thought. I mean, but

435
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<v Speaker 1>I think to use him as a benchmark, it's not fair.

436
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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the guy's you know, amazing, so and it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's use each of the same with the age roll.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's use him as a benchmark, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I just can't do that. I Mean, it's just

440
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<v Speaker 1>these certain players are just saying they break the mold.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you know it's it's you know, it's it's always

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<v Speaker 1>a kid when you graded on the curve when you

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<v Speaker 1>were in school, and it was always the one kid

444
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<v Speaker 1>that still got an A and broke the curve, and

445
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<v Speaker 1>nobody else was able to get a good grade because

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<v Speaker 1>he or she still still did well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they cheated and we didn't exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>Timmy, let's move on. We get a couple of trades.

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<v Speaker 1>I encourage your many Joey's out of the Patreon site

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<v Speaker 1>p t r e o N dot com Forward Slash

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<v Speaker 1>Prospect through sixty one. I wrote about a thousand words

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<v Speaker 1>on each and it's hard to write and it's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to say. The following sentence, The Pirates acquired a player,

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<v Speaker 1>tim they traded for. They traded for a pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>player and Brandon Low complicated three way trade, the Pirates

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<v Speaker 1>raising Astros. The Pirates got Brandon Low, they got Jake

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<v Speaker 1>Mangum and left haingd a picture. Mason Montgomery can throw

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred miles an hour. Tampa Bay receives Jacob melt

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<v Speaker 1>Send and Andrew Brito, and the Astros get the head

460
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<v Speaker 1>Scratcher and Mike Burrows. So they see something in Mike

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<v Speaker 1>Burrows that, Uh, I guess he's got five years of

462
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<v Speaker 1>team controls and maybe that's it. I don't know, to

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<v Speaker 1>be break the trade down for our listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I I think the Pirates did very well. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>having a hard time saying that.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. It's hard to say that, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's it's it's it's a handful. But I I

468
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<v Speaker 2>like what. I like what they did. They got themselves,

469
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<v Speaker 2>you know, a potential lead off that and Mangum okay,

470
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<v Speaker 2>a good solid player and hey, number two hitter in

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<v Speaker 2>Brendon Loud to go with Brian Reynolds and yeah, it

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<v Speaker 2>it yeah, it's it's a solid trade for the for

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<v Speaker 2>the Pirates, the Rays. It moving Brandon Lowe. That opens

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<v Speaker 2>up an opportunity possibly for Carson Williams. Dare I say,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean a guy can't can't hit. I mean, he's

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<v Speaker 1>a great defender and you know, so I would think

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<v Speaker 1>he'd be your shortstop and that's that's how they would

479
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<v Speaker 1>go to war and in Tampa. But I mean Timmy,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean he strikes out. It's it's frightening how much

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<v Speaker 1>he strikes out.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they're talking, you know, looking at roster resource. They've

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<v Speaker 2>got Taylor Walls now moving to second base, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Do they have they have Williams at shortstop?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they do.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so that makes sense to me. Taylor wall is

487
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<v Speaker 1>also a very good shortstop. But Williams is exceptional. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that guy could be you know, gold glove kind of

489
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<v Speaker 1>performer there. But he can't hit. He can't hit.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, definitely, though he's gonna he's gonna be moving on

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<v Speaker 2>up in drafts. I would think Williams is yeah, Williams, Yeah,

492
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<v Speaker 2>Carson Williams is definitely going to take a tick. I

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<v Speaker 2>take up words Chandler Simpson in the lead off role.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my, oh my, oh my, it's a right spot

495
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<v Speaker 2>for him. But yeah, we've gone through that whole scenario.

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<v Speaker 2>Pittsburgh's still a last place club, but they'll be better

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<v Speaker 2>for it.

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<v Speaker 1>I like what they did. You know. It's the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that bothered me with the trade. It's it's something really

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<v Speaker 1>really small. I read I think it was Keith Rosenthal

501
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<v Speaker 1>articles buried at the very end of the article and

502
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<v Speaker 1>they were talking about Brandon Lowe going to no Jake

503
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<v Speaker 1>Mangum going to the same high school as Connor Griffin

504
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<v Speaker 1>and did that. And apparently Jake Manngum as one of

505
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<v Speaker 1>those clubhouse guys. Everybody loves the guy and this was

506
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<v Speaker 1>was that part of the reason that you brought him

507
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<v Speaker 1>in because you know he had this relationship. Apparently they

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<v Speaker 1>trained in the off season. They're not best friends, but

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're friendly with each other. And I quote what

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<v Speaker 1>Ken rosen Thaal said. They said, no, didn't play a

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<v Speaker 1>role at all because we didn't even know that was

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<v Speaker 1>going on. We didn't even know they went to the

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<v Speaker 1>same high school. We didn't even know that they were friends.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking, what kind of organization doesn't have some intern

515
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<v Speaker 1>that's running that stuff down? Demmy, don't you have to

516
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<v Speaker 1>do that?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh? Not in Pittsburgh apparently.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I know it's little, and I know it's

519
00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:46.480
<v Speaker 1>kind of silly, but I mean, would you know everything

520
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<v Speaker 1>down to what he was doing in fifth grade and

521
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<v Speaker 1>you know all of that stuff?

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<v Speaker 2>I would because Conye Griffins, he's obviously the best prospect

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<v Speaker 2>in the game, right yes or yeah? So if he's

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<v Speaker 2>the top project, Yeah, you would know what he has

525
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<v Speaker 2>for breakfast each and every day of the week. Can

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<v Speaker 2>you know you know everything, you know, his friends, his

527
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<v Speaker 2>social circles, if you'd be tapped into his Facebook, as

528
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<v Speaker 2>Twitter and every you know what I mean. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>those are things you should know.

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<v Speaker 1>You should know. And the fact that they admit that

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't know it. Now, maybe they would have said

532
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<v Speaker 1>if they would have known it, and look, we don't

533
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<v Speaker 1>know if that's going to make a difference, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't hurt. But the fact that they acknowledged we

535
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<v Speaker 1>didn't even know that, it's like really.

536
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<v Speaker 2>Like wow, it's very Pittsburgish of them.

537
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<v Speaker 1>Is so I like what the Pirates did? I think

538
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<v Speaker 1>the more I'm hearing under the kind of the radar

539
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<v Speaker 1>kind of stuff is kind of Griffin fifty to fifty

540
00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:54.279
<v Speaker 1>chants that he breaks camp with the Pirates and as

541
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<v Speaker 1>their opening day either Shortstop or second Basement, and if not,

542
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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be really soon.

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<v Speaker 2>Well they got to do something to try and ap

544
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<v Speaker 2>piece ball Skimes, right.

545
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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's the same problem that Detroit had with

546
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<v Speaker 1>Trek Scouble. I mean, you got potentially a Hall of

547
00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:17.200
<v Speaker 1>Fame talented guy sitting there in schooble and and skiings,

548
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<v Speaker 1>and you you got to try to win when they're there.

549
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<v Speaker 2>Yes, you do, because God, yeah, once they're gone, they

550
00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:29.079
<v Speaker 2>are gone. They're not coming back. Mason Montgomery is interesting too,

551
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<v Speaker 2>because you know, you look at the Pirates Bullpen, I

552
00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:37.720
<v Speaker 2>could see the possibility for Montgomery possibly working his way

553
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<v Speaker 2>into the ninth inning. He's got the you know, he's

554
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<v Speaker 2>got the skills, he's got the stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got the doesn't have a he doesn't have a

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he does have some pretty ugly platoon splits,

557
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<v Speaker 1>and it's unfortunate platoon splits against right handed hitters. But

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, so he is a lefty killer, but I

559
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<v Speaker 1>mean it's got said nasty fastball slider. Absolutely. Now, so

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<v Speaker 1>you look at you look at the data looks great,

561
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<v Speaker 1>but he just he just right handed hitters. He just

562
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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have anything for.

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<v Speaker 2>Him, right. Yeah. So all in all, like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>I the big question mark is what do the what

565
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<v Speaker 2>do the astros uh seeing Mike Burrows, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't know, but if if, if we before we get

567
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<v Speaker 1>off of Pittsburgh, I just I'm not buying the fact

568
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<v Speaker 1>that Nick Gonzalez, that Sproster resource has hasn't breaking camp

569
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<v Speaker 1>as the shortstop. I I just don't think. I don't

570
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<v Speaker 1>believe that. I think Nick Gonzales is uh, you know,

571
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<v Speaker 1>as a backup all all around, and I think Connor

572
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<v Speaker 1>Griffin is the guy they're going to go to war with.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And the thing is, until they make the announcement,

574
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<v Speaker 2>we have to live with what's currently the obvious. But

575
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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't mean it is the obvious, you know what

576
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<v Speaker 2>I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>It's yeah, don't don't overdraft Nick Gonzales.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I wouldn't todgiment All, to be honest with you, Yep.

579
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<v Speaker 2>I just stay away from him, yep.

580
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Interesting. Mike Burrows is the you know what, what

581
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<v Speaker 1>do the astros seeing Mike Burrows? And it's a bit

582
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<v Speaker 1>of a head scratcher. I mean he's got a decent arm.

583
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<v Speaker 1>He throws, kind of throws strikes. I don't know, Timmy,

584
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<v Speaker 1>what do you what do you think they see them?

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<v Speaker 2>I I have no idea. I don't know that much

586
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<v Speaker 2>about Mike Burrows. I I really don't. But looking at

587
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<v Speaker 2>the astros rotation, Uh, it's got some holes they got

588
00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:41.519
<v Speaker 2>they got they got some holes to fill. And you know,

589
00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:44.320
<v Speaker 2>you look at his you look at his record last

590
00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:47.880
<v Speaker 2>year me on ninety six innings, it was decent. Three

591
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<v Speaker 2>ninety ninety seven strikes, ninety six innings pitched. The walk

592
00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:58.239
<v Speaker 2>rate was a little high, but not bad. Uh Yeah,

593
00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:02.119
<v Speaker 2>obviously they're they're looking to shore up, shore up their

594
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<v Speaker 2>rotation and betting that he can he can make a difference.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you look at their you know, Houston's four

596
00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:14.000
<v Speaker 2>or five. Yeah, they did get an upgrade. But does

597
00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.800
<v Speaker 2>it say to you at the same point in time

598
00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:20.679
<v Speaker 2>that starting pitching is so tough, that's the best. That's

599
00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:22.800
<v Speaker 2>the best they could get out of that situation.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm guessing they also think they're not going

601
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<v Speaker 1>to resign framber Valdez. I don't think ramber Valdis is signed.

602
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<v Speaker 2>Has he? Uh No, he's still out there. But right

603
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<v Speaker 2>now they've got Burrows as their number four, and they've

604
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<v Speaker 2>got the kid coming back from Asia, Ryan Wis, who

605
00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:41.360
<v Speaker 2>pitched in Korea. They got him as their number five.

606
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<v Speaker 2>They got Lance McCullers as they're three in Christian Havevier

607
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<v Speaker 2>who's not gonna be pitching, who knows when he's gonna

608
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<v Speaker 2>pitch as their number two. Basically, they got Hunter Brown

609
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<v Speaker 2>and a whole bunch of prayers. That's the rotation.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, I mean, look Mike Burrows. I'll just

611
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<v Speaker 1>tell people what I wrote to our Patreon members. Fastball

612
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<v Speaker 1>really good change up. He doesn't have a picture, doesn't

613
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<v Speaker 1>have a pitch against armside hitters, which are right handed hitters,

614
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<v Speaker 1>which is not good. And there's some splits that are

615
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<v Speaker 1>sitting there. So maybe they can get him a better slider.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I did read that they're going to

617
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<v Speaker 1>move them to a two seamer, which doesn't get a

618
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<v Speaker 1>ton of movement off of his four seamer, so maybe

619
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<v Speaker 1>that that'll help. I think I don't think that's the problem.

620
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<v Speaker 1>I think the problem is he doesn't have a slider.

621
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<v Speaker 1>But we'll see. It is a bit of a head

622
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<v Speaker 1>scratcher because they do give up their top prospect with

623
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<v Speaker 1>Jacob Melton and then Andrew Anderson. Brito has got a

624
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<v Speaker 1>really good arm. He's a little guy, but he could

625
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<v Speaker 1>throw one hundred miles an hour, so do you. But

626
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<v Speaker 1>it does Jacob Melton get a shot with the Rays

627
00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:46.079
<v Speaker 1>now there are some platoon splits there.

628
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<v Speaker 2>Well, Again, my concern is Tampa Bay. Yeah, I think

629
00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:58.480
<v Speaker 2>Melton is obviously going to get a shot. I don't think.

630
00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:01.199
<v Speaker 2>I don't think it'll be right away, but I think

631
00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:04.639
<v Speaker 2>it'll be fair early. But again, will eraise platoon? How

632
00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:10.320
<v Speaker 2>will it raise handle out situation? I I wouldn't be

633
00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:12.760
<v Speaker 2>jumping all over. I mean, you gotta remember Jacob Melton.

634
00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:16.559
<v Speaker 2>We're not talking about a twenty one to twenty two

635
00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:22.519
<v Speaker 2>year old. He's turning twenty six this year. It's yeah,

636
00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:26.519
<v Speaker 2>I am not saying everybody over twenty three is a bust.

637
00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:31.280
<v Speaker 2>But how good is Jacob Milton? How good can he be?

638
00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

639
00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:38.440
<v Speaker 1>He's fast, he's got really fantasy friendly tools. Right, he's

640
00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:41.320
<v Speaker 1>sixty runners, so there's a chance for twenty plus stole

641
00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:44.559
<v Speaker 1>base hits the ball very hard, needs ad more leverage,

642
00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:46.840
<v Speaker 1>but he strikes out too much. It makes really bad

643
00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:50.360
<v Speaker 1>at swing decisions. And he can't hit lefties. So I

644
00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:54.119
<v Speaker 1>mean that's that's the problem. So there's well some holes there,

645
00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:57.039
<v Speaker 1>but the Rays don't mind that. They they don't mind

646
00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.159
<v Speaker 1>platoony guys.

647
00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:01.880
<v Speaker 2>Well, just to give you any a quick look at

648
00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:09.559
<v Speaker 2>the raised situation, Chandler Simpson's a lefty okay, leading off, Uh,

649
00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:11.239
<v Speaker 2>they've got him in left field.

650
00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.159
<v Speaker 1>Uh.

651
00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:15.360
<v Speaker 2>In right field is Josh Lowe, who they don't play

652
00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:19.800
<v Speaker 2>against lefties, okay, And in centerfield they got another lefty,

653
00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.599
<v Speaker 2>Cedric Bowens.

654
00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:24.440
<v Speaker 1>Okay, it doesn't who doesn't hit lefties as well?

655
00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:29.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so why would why would they want to another

656
00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:31.480
<v Speaker 2>platoon left I didn't think about.

657
00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.880
<v Speaker 1>That's really good analysis.

658
00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:39.599
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah, there their whole oatfield is lefties and platooning

659
00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:47.000
<v Speaker 2>lefties except for maybe Simpson. Uh yeah, it's yeah, yeah, yeah,

660
00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:49.239
<v Speaker 2>it's so, it's it's It just leaves me to believe

661
00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:52.280
<v Speaker 2>that at some point in time, you know, they gonna

662
00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:54.679
<v Speaker 2>are they gonna d h him? No, they can't because

663
00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:57.840
<v Speaker 2>they've got and Andy Diaz, a right handed bad d

664
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<v Speaker 2>h ing and they're not taking him out of the

665
00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:05.760
<v Speaker 2>same with Miranda. Okay, who's another lefty, another lefty. The

666
00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:10.079
<v Speaker 2>only righty's that they've got are Yandy Diaz, cam and Arrow.

667
00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:14.719
<v Speaker 2>And then you get into Nick Forts and Carson Williams.

668
00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:18.400
<v Speaker 2>They're they're other than the two bats. They're very, very

669
00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:23.639
<v Speaker 2>left hitting, left hitting dominant team.

670
00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:27.039
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's interesting, it's uh, you know, I would think

671
00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:31.440
<v Speaker 1>that he has Jacob Melton has a chance to replace

672
00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:35.559
<v Speaker 1>the center fielder there, Cedric Mullins, But they just signed

673
00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:38.039
<v Speaker 1>him and he might be the most expensive guy on

674
00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:42.960
<v Speaker 1>their team, so I could very well, maybe he gets

675
00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:44.840
<v Speaker 1>moved at the deadline because he's only on a one

676
00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:48.000
<v Speaker 1>year deal. And then then and then he finally gets

677
00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:50.760
<v Speaker 1>a shot there Melton gets a shot. But I don't know.

678
00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:52.280
<v Speaker 1>It's not a good set up.

679
00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:54.760
<v Speaker 2>No, he's not going to take away he's not going

680
00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:59.880
<v Speaker 2>to take the job away from Chandler Simpson unless Simpson fails. Okay,

681
00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:05.199
<v Speaker 2>then then who knows. And Josh Lowe is the same. Yeah,

682
00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:08.199
<v Speaker 2>I don't see. I don't see Josh low going anywhere

683
00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:11.039
<v Speaker 2>except to the bench when he's facing the same side arms.

684
00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:14.239
<v Speaker 2>So it's it's bizarre.

685
00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:17.920
<v Speaker 1>It's a it's actually that is very that's very good analysis, Timmy.

686
00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:20.519
<v Speaker 1>It is. It is strange. Let's move on to the

687
00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:23.800
<v Speaker 1>other big trade that occurred, and that's with the Orioles,

688
00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:27.400
<v Speaker 1>and the Orioles finally get a pitcher, Timmy, and they

689
00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:30.480
<v Speaker 1>saw they signed for a good one and that's Shane Boss.

690
00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:33.079
<v Speaker 1>Now they gave up a lot. They're all minor leaguers

691
00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:35.239
<v Speaker 1>in Slater de Brune, who is one of my favorite

692
00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:40.079
<v Speaker 1>players in the class, Catcher Kayden Bodine, who was there three.

693
00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:42.800
<v Speaker 1>They had four first round picks. He was one of them.

694
00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:45.760
<v Speaker 1>Michael Forrett is a guy that you mentioned last week.

695
00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:49.559
<v Speaker 1>I think as a chance to maybe break camp or

696
00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:51.639
<v Speaker 1>at least at some point be called up. And then

697
00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:55.400
<v Speaker 1>Austin o'verne, who's got tooled up Kenny hit enough. We

698
00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:59.519
<v Speaker 1>don't know, but I really like o'verne as well. But

699
00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:02.079
<v Speaker 1>the ore finally get their guy. And you know, I

700
00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:05.719
<v Speaker 1>wrote in my note to our patron members, but what

701
00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:10.199
<v Speaker 1>Shane Boss and Grayson Rodriguez looked really good with Taylor

702
00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:13.480
<v Speaker 1>Rodgers and Kyle Bradist, but that's not to be.

703
00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:18.920
<v Speaker 2>No. I think one of the things that I think

704
00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:21.519
<v Speaker 2>we should all consider when looking at Shane base is

705
00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.760
<v Speaker 2>where he pitched last year.

706
00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:26.960
<v Speaker 1>Georgefield, yeah, he gave up most of us home runs,

707
00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:30.039
<v Speaker 1>and George Sneinbrinerfield.

708
00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:37.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and moving to Baltimore. I I I'd like, Hey,

709
00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:40.719
<v Speaker 2>it costs the Orioles a lot, but the Orioles got

710
00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:43.239
<v Speaker 2>to do something. They had to get an arm. They

711
00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:47.079
<v Speaker 2>paid a price for it, and based on what happened

712
00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:49.880
<v Speaker 2>with Rogers, if they can get even half of the

713
00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:54.280
<v Speaker 2>results from Boss as they did or have proven to

714
00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:58.880
<v Speaker 2>have gotten last year from Rogers, that's a considerable acquisition

715
00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:00.320
<v Speaker 2>for them right now. Where they are.

716
00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:03.320
<v Speaker 1>Shane Boss was already a draft target of mine. I think,

717
00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:06.119
<v Speaker 1>just to solidifize it as long as he doesn't climb

718
00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:10.559
<v Speaker 1>too much in the rankings. I love the move. I

719
00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:12.719
<v Speaker 1>love Shane Boss to begin with, and I was well

720
00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:18.280
<v Speaker 1>aware of the problems he had pitching. And again, Steinbrennerfield

721
00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:21.239
<v Speaker 1>is not a good place for any pitcher to go,

722
00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:24.639
<v Speaker 1>particularly right handed pitchers, right, and that's what Shane Boss

723
00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:30.920
<v Speaker 1>has got destroyed there. I love the acquisition by the Orioles.

724
00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:34.440
<v Speaker 1>They love the acquisition for fantasy managers. Look Slater to

725
00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:38.000
<v Speaker 1>Brune and came bowdeye, they could all turn into something,

726
00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:41.000
<v Speaker 1>but it's not going to be for two or three years.

727
00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:45.440
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, the short term impact is probably for it, right.

728
00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:48.519
<v Speaker 1>For it would be the guy the other guys with

729
00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:50.480
<v Speaker 1>de Brun is an eighteen year old kid, right, so

730
00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:52.880
<v Speaker 1>he's three to four years away, but he could be

731
00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:57.039
<v Speaker 1>really really interesting and overn and Bodine's probably the next guy,

732
00:42:57.079 --> 00:43:00.760
<v Speaker 1>but he's probably twenty twenty seven than over think it

733
00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:04.400
<v Speaker 1>was twenty twenty eight. I mean so, I mean the

734
00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.800
<v Speaker 1>Orioles said they'ren win now mode, so that's why they made.

735
00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:09.519
<v Speaker 2>The move exactly.

736
00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:13.239
<v Speaker 1>Yep. Anything else to say about that.

737
00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:20.440
<v Speaker 2>No, I'm not really, except my biggest concern for you personally,

738
00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:25.079
<v Speaker 2>Rich is that he rises a little quicker than you'd like.

739
00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:29.599
<v Speaker 1>Oh really from a ADP standpoint.

740
00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:33.519
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I definitely he's going to be heading in

741
00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:36.400
<v Speaker 2>the upward direction. It'll take a week or two to

742
00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:39.519
<v Speaker 2>find out how high and how quick, but he will

743
00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:41.400
<v Speaker 2>move up. There is no doubt about it.

744
00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:46.559
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'd liked I would have eagerly liked them in Tampa, though,

745
00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:49.280
<v Speaker 1>I mean because they they're back in the Tropicana at

746
00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:52.559
<v Speaker 1>least it's going to be called But I mean he is, uh,

747
00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:56.719
<v Speaker 1>he's eighty third off the board. So you figured there's

748
00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:59.360
<v Speaker 1>probably about twenty closers at that juncture. Since sixty thirty

749
00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:02.519
<v Speaker 1>was going as a four starter, gimme, gimme, gimme, Tim would.

750
00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:06.519
<v Speaker 2>Say yes, as a number four, definitely, I'll take it.

751
00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:09.079
<v Speaker 2>He might he might be going as a number three.

752
00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:13.840
<v Speaker 1>Now, okay with that, Okay, with that last information thing

753
00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:16.239
<v Speaker 1>I have here is Michael King signed back with the

754
00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:19.480
<v Speaker 1>Padres three years and seventy five million dollars as an

755
00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:22.360
<v Speaker 1>opt out after each year. I thought this was curious

756
00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:25.280
<v Speaker 1>because the Padres were saying they were trying to ship

757
00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:28.719
<v Speaker 1>some payroll to get a little bit younger, and then

758
00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:29.920
<v Speaker 1>they signed Michael King.

759
00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:34.639
<v Speaker 2>What do you think, Well, they did have to have

760
00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:39.760
<v Speaker 2>some pitching, didn't they this year? Yeah? Yeah, when you

761
00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:43.039
<v Speaker 2>when you look at what they were sitting with, Okay,

762
00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:48.159
<v Speaker 2>prior to the King signing, Nick Pivetta, Joe Musgrove, Randy Vasquez,

763
00:44:48.280 --> 00:44:53.199
<v Speaker 2>JP Sears. Yeah, that's that's not a playoff. You know,

764
00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:56.000
<v Speaker 2>he had Michael King. That makes that help.

765
00:44:56.159 --> 00:45:01.320
<v Speaker 1>It's definitely definitely helps. And he said back to back

766
00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:02.360
<v Speaker 1>Tommy John surgeries.

767
00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:05.280
<v Speaker 2>Right, So yeah, I was going to say, I don't

768
00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:10.199
<v Speaker 2>know what they're expecting from Joe Musgrove, but I know

769
00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:16.079
<v Speaker 2>my expectations would be basically anything above zero is you know, hey,

770
00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:19.320
<v Speaker 2>Matt Waldron and Kyle Harder and end up starting a

771
00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:22.639
<v Speaker 2>fair number of games. And they also they.

772
00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:24.519
<v Speaker 1>Have nothing in the minor leagues. Though they have nothing

773
00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:26.559
<v Speaker 1>in the minor leagus to come help him anytime soon.

774
00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:30.599
<v Speaker 2>Tristan mackenzie is there, Remember our good friend Tristan McKennon.

775
00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:32.519
<v Speaker 1>That's why they did sign him.

776
00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:34.320
<v Speaker 2>So as an NRI.

777
00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:41.159
<v Speaker 1>But yep, yep, talk to me about sun Moon Song.

778
00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:45.800
<v Speaker 1>He was posted and they signed him, and let me

779
00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:49.239
<v Speaker 1>just give everybody what I read last year thirty fifteen

780
00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:52.280
<v Speaker 1>batting average, a three eighty seven on base percentage, a

781
00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:55.159
<v Speaker 1>five point thirty slash line. He had twenty six hour

782
00:45:55.199 --> 00:45:59.320
<v Speaker 1>runs and twenty five stolen bases in the KBO. Like

783
00:45:59.400 --> 00:46:02.800
<v Speaker 1>the number, Tell me if this is real, what's gonna happen?

784
00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:07.119
<v Speaker 2>Ah? Well, it was real, he did it. But now

785
00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:14.639
<v Speaker 2>the transformation, I think he has the potential to put

786
00:46:14.719 --> 00:46:18.920
<v Speaker 2>up a comparable season to what Otto Lopez did last

787
00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:23.800
<v Speaker 2>year with a better batting average OBP. I'm going I'm

788
00:46:23.840 --> 00:46:28.360
<v Speaker 2>thinking fifteen fifteen, two seventy five, three forty five. And

789
00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:33.039
<v Speaker 2>it looks like they're gonna play him at second base, Okay,

790
00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:37.719
<v Speaker 2>he can also play third base and move Croninworth to first.

791
00:46:39.760 --> 00:46:44.000
<v Speaker 2>I think as a middle infielder, I think he's gonna

792
00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:47.480
<v Speaker 2>be okay. When you look at his numbers, there's a

793
00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:51.280
<v Speaker 2>big uptick in the past two years. He early in

794
00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:55.559
<v Speaker 2>his career, he took his two years of military commitment

795
00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:59.679
<v Speaker 2>and went through them, and that affected his development and

796
00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:03.599
<v Speaker 2>he really started getting serious about his game in twenty

797
00:47:03.679 --> 00:47:09.360
<v Speaker 2>twenty three, twenty twenty four. I think he's going to

798
00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:14.840
<v Speaker 2>be a solid middle infielder. Assuming San Diego gives him

799
00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:18.440
<v Speaker 2>that opportunity and for thirteen mil on a three year deal.

800
00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:22.400
<v Speaker 2>Why wouldn't they give him the opportunity would be my question.

801
00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:24.480
<v Speaker 2>They kind of hitting in the nice spot right now.

802
00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:27.559
<v Speaker 2>Who are they going to play at second base?

803
00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:32.039
<v Speaker 1>Timmy, I don't see him at all in the draft

804
00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:34.039
<v Speaker 1>chart here at in NFBC. I don't think he's been

805
00:47:34.119 --> 00:47:34.760
<v Speaker 1>drafted yet.

806
00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:39.079
<v Speaker 2>Quite possibly, quite possibly.

807
00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:40.760
<v Speaker 1>Not unless I'm misspelling this name.

808
00:47:41.400 --> 00:47:46.559
<v Speaker 2>That song, yeah, son g or type in sun Moon.

809
00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:53.559
<v Speaker 1>Nothing, Oh, I got pitching up my bat.

810
00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:56.280
<v Speaker 2>I would think he'd be in there somewhere.

811
00:47:56.360 --> 00:48:00.239
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Hayden birds all there, this sun Moon song been

812
00:48:00.280 --> 00:48:03.480
<v Speaker 1>drafted in twenty four out of the more than that league,

813
00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:06.679
<v Speaker 1>six sixty six. The sign of the table, Timmy, Do

814
00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:08.719
<v Speaker 1>I take the sign of the draft?

815
00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:13.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? You know what, if you're looking for a middle

816
00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:16.079
<v Speaker 2>endfielder with fifteen to fifteen potential in a decent batting

817
00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:21.000
<v Speaker 2>average and or OBP, I think he'll deliver to that level.

818
00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:23.400
<v Speaker 2>Is he going to be a star, No, But I

819
00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:25.960
<v Speaker 2>think he could be a solid player in deeper leagues,

820
00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:30.079
<v Speaker 2>So I wouldn't totally I wouldn't totally ignore him, not

821
00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:34.199
<v Speaker 2>by any stretch of the imagination. His ops the past

822
00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:40.199
<v Speaker 2>two years, nine twenty seven, nine seventeen. Okay, he takes

823
00:48:40.199 --> 00:48:44.880
<v Speaker 2>a walk, he doesn't strike out to the tune of

824
00:48:44.960 --> 00:48:50.360
<v Speaker 2>big numbers, and you know we're looking at a twenty twenty,

825
00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:53.480
<v Speaker 2>nineteen twenty one and a twenty six, twenty five home

826
00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:56.079
<v Speaker 2>run stolen based numbers the past two years. I think

827
00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:58.400
<v Speaker 2>he's going to be an okay player, not a star,

828
00:48:58.679 --> 00:49:02.000
<v Speaker 2>but in fifteen team leagues, I think he's going to

829
00:49:02.039 --> 00:49:02.480
<v Speaker 2>be okay.

830
00:49:03.320 --> 00:49:07.960
<v Speaker 1>And it looks like he is listed as a third basement.

831
00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:09.639
<v Speaker 1>So there you have it to me to take a

832
00:49:09.679 --> 00:49:12.199
<v Speaker 1>break it back and let's talk first basement, shall we?

833
00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:14.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we shall.

834
00:49:27.719 --> 00:49:31.039
<v Speaker 1>Okay. We last week we did catcher rankings. This week

835
00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:34.719
<v Speaker 1>we are doing first base rankings. How would you compare

836
00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:36.159
<v Speaker 1>the two positions?

837
00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:41.880
<v Speaker 2>Well, and the one position is behind home plate, okay,

838
00:49:42.199 --> 00:49:43.039
<v Speaker 2>the others.

839
00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:49.679
<v Speaker 1>I gave you a pity rim shot on that, so

840
00:49:52.639 --> 00:49:55.079
<v Speaker 1>obviously a little bit more impact. I think at first

841
00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:58.440
<v Speaker 1>base it was a catching What what's your thought? You know,

842
00:49:58.519 --> 00:50:01.320
<v Speaker 1>you talked about wanting to get one of the one

843
00:50:01.320 --> 00:50:04.239
<v Speaker 1>of the big catchers last week and then maybe waiting

844
00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:06.440
<v Speaker 1>on the second one. What are you thinking about with

845
00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:07.079
<v Speaker 1>first base?

846
00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:10.519
<v Speaker 2>I want a top ten for I'm one of the

847
00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:12.960
<v Speaker 2>guys from the top ten. When I'm looking at the

848
00:50:13.000 --> 00:50:18.440
<v Speaker 2>corner enfield, you know, first, first, third, you got to

849
00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:22.679
<v Speaker 2>come out of that. I think with fifty fifty years,

850
00:50:22.719 --> 00:50:26.280
<v Speaker 2>strive for fifty plus home runs. Okay, it's a huge

851
00:50:26.320 --> 00:50:31.400
<v Speaker 2>source of power. If you go late on first base, Okay,

852
00:50:32.960 --> 00:50:37.039
<v Speaker 2>then you start looking at players like Christian Walker with

853
00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:43.679
<v Speaker 2>a betting average concern, Spencer Turkulsen, same thing, betting average concern,

854
00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:47.280
<v Speaker 2>Yandy Diaz. There's a power concern there, okay, as there

855
00:50:47.320 --> 00:50:52.280
<v Speaker 2>should be there are. It gets tougher and tougher without

856
00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:55.599
<v Speaker 2>one of those top ten to amass enough numbers at

857
00:50:55.639 --> 00:50:59.679
<v Speaker 2>the corner too, I think get you to your targets. Now, hey,

858
00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:02.360
<v Speaker 2>if you if you've got Otawani or Judge, that changes

859
00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:05.519
<v Speaker 2>to the metrics a little bit. But for the most part,

860
00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:08.840
<v Speaker 2>I think you need one of those thirty plus home

861
00:51:08.920 --> 00:51:14.559
<v Speaker 2>run bats and a twenty twenty plus at your corner

862
00:51:14.679 --> 00:51:15.519
<v Speaker 2>infield position.

863
00:51:15.719 --> 00:51:20.440
<v Speaker 1>So you did Rice and south Stewart correct.

864
00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:22.239
<v Speaker 2>That is correct? Yes, And you.

865
00:51:22.159 --> 00:51:24.320
<v Speaker 1>Think you got close to fifty.

866
00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:28.280
<v Speaker 2>There, well, yeah, I think I think we're going to

867
00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:32.760
<v Speaker 2>be over we also we also have Josh Bell, Andrew Baugh,

868
00:51:33.079 --> 00:51:35.119
<v Speaker 2>and I started like Josh Bell now that he's in

869
00:51:35.159 --> 00:51:39.440
<v Speaker 2>Minnesota hitting in the three hole. So I've what we

870
00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:44.519
<v Speaker 2>don't have in a big name other than Ben Rice

871
00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:48.840
<v Speaker 2>whoeverybody figures is going to hit fifty. We've got some,

872
00:51:49.599 --> 00:51:51.800
<v Speaker 2>We've got some quantity we can throw out there.

873
00:51:53.079 --> 00:51:55.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I just just I have to give my thoughts

874
00:51:55.960 --> 00:52:00.320
<v Speaker 1>on Josh Bell because I have owned him for years.

875
00:52:01.480 --> 00:52:03.679
<v Speaker 1>He will do all of his damage. It's see, there's

876
00:52:03.719 --> 00:52:06.760
<v Speaker 1>twenty six weeks in the season. In three and a half.

877
00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:08.840
<v Speaker 2>Weeks, that sounds about right.

878
00:52:08.960 --> 00:52:12.599
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he might hit fifteen on runs Timmy, but it's

879
00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:15.599
<v Speaker 1>literally all going to be in three weeks. Yeah, I

880
00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:17.280
<v Speaker 1>never know which three weeks are going to be.

881
00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:19.519
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we've got Andrew Vaughn as well.

882
00:52:20.159 --> 00:52:22.840
<v Speaker 1>Okay, all right to me, I first of all, proud

883
00:52:22.840 --> 00:52:25.239
<v Speaker 1>of you for putting Blad Junior first and then going

884
00:52:25.320 --> 00:52:25.960
<v Speaker 1>Nick Kurtz.

885
00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:26.320
<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

886
00:52:26.920 --> 00:52:29.199
<v Speaker 1>The NFC has got him flipped releast that's where the

887
00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:32.760
<v Speaker 1>dp's are going. I just I don't understand that. I mean,

888
00:52:32.840 --> 00:52:36.280
<v Speaker 1>Blad Junior won, Nick Kurtz two, Pete Alonzo three, Matt

889
00:52:36.320 --> 00:52:40.719
<v Speaker 1>Olsen for very past. Quentina of nyp up five from

890
00:52:40.760 --> 00:52:43.320
<v Speaker 1>where ten things is going tenth. This is the NFBC.

891
00:52:43.599 --> 00:52:48.119
<v Speaker 1>Bryce Harper six, Freddie Freeman seven, A Ruffel Devers eight,

892
00:52:48.360 --> 00:52:54.320
<v Speaker 1>Ben Rice nine. Boo should be higher, Michael Bush ten. Yes,

893
00:52:55.119 --> 00:52:58.760
<v Speaker 1>tell me Nick, talk to me once again about Nick

894
00:52:58.880 --> 00:53:02.679
<v Speaker 1>Kurtz worth the first round pick. Are you worried about

895
00:53:02.760 --> 00:53:05.679
<v Speaker 1>him going too early? Where would you draft him if

896
00:53:05.679 --> 00:53:06.559
<v Speaker 1>he was on the board.

897
00:53:11.079 --> 00:53:17.159
<v Speaker 2>I would draft him at the wheel fifteen, sixteen seventeen,

898
00:53:17.239 --> 00:53:17.920
<v Speaker 2>somewhere in there.

899
00:53:18.000 --> 00:53:19.519
<v Speaker 1>I'm buying a first round pick.

900
00:53:19.559 --> 00:53:23.800
<v Speaker 2>Then I'm buying a first round pick. But I would

901
00:53:23.960 --> 00:53:32.239
<v Speaker 2>rather have Ladd Junior than Kurts.

902
00:53:30.440 --> 00:53:34.639
<v Speaker 1>And the reason be more experienced, more more track record.

903
00:53:35.360 --> 00:53:42.199
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, as I put in my narrative, Okay, he

904
00:53:42.280 --> 00:53:44.639
<v Speaker 2>might not have the gouttiest home run totals or the

905
00:53:44.719 --> 00:53:50.559
<v Speaker 2>highest RBI numbers, but the overall package provides a safe,

906
00:53:50.719 --> 00:53:54.440
<v Speaker 2>solid floor in which to lead both the Jays and

907
00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:58.199
<v Speaker 2>your fantasy squadron chasing a title. I just feel a

908
00:53:58.239 --> 00:54:02.639
<v Speaker 2>little bit more uh content. I think it's I think

909
00:54:02.639 --> 00:54:05.800
<v Speaker 2>it's a safer pick. Okay, not that I think Nick

910
00:54:05.880 --> 00:54:08.000
<v Speaker 2>Kurtz is going to hit fifteen home runs this year

911
00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:11.280
<v Speaker 2>and struggle I don't. But if I have a choice

912
00:54:11.320 --> 00:54:15.559
<v Speaker 2>between the two at their lofty positions, I'm gonna go

913
00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:17.679
<v Speaker 2>with I'm gonna go with Lad Junior. I just think

914
00:54:17.679 --> 00:54:19.079
<v Speaker 2>it's a smarter, safer pick.

915
00:54:21.239 --> 00:54:23.440
<v Speaker 1>If you take a look at the data between the two,

916
00:54:24.039 --> 00:54:28.480
<v Speaker 1>Vlad Junior and Nick Kurtz hit the ball just about

917
00:54:28.519 --> 00:54:31.760
<v Speaker 1>as hard as one another. The difference is Nick Kurtz

918
00:54:31.760 --> 00:54:35.719
<v Speaker 1>has a fifteen degree launch and Blad Junior has a

919
00:54:35.800 --> 00:54:41.480
<v Speaker 1>seven degree launch. Yes, so if Vlad Junior ever decides

920
00:54:42.039 --> 00:54:45.280
<v Speaker 1>that a little leverage to his swing, he could be

921
00:54:45.400 --> 00:54:47.719
<v Speaker 1>up there with all the big boys. He just has

922
00:54:47.800 --> 00:54:50.639
<v Speaker 1>chosen not to. But they're still twenty five to thirty

923
00:54:50.639 --> 00:54:53.079
<v Speaker 1>home run pop there, and he's obviously a better hitter

924
00:54:53.559 --> 00:54:54.360
<v Speaker 1>than Nick Kurtz.

925
00:54:55.239 --> 00:54:59.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's no doubt the Lad Junior is a better hitter.

926
00:55:00.199 --> 00:55:05.840
<v Speaker 2>And hey, if Vlad wanted, well, we've seen what he

927
00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:09.599
<v Speaker 2>can do to a baseball, okay, And I believe if

928
00:55:09.639 --> 00:55:14.960
<v Speaker 2>he wanted to adjust his game to where he is

929
00:55:15.039 --> 00:55:17.480
<v Speaker 2>hitting forty home runs, I have no doubt he could

930
00:55:17.519 --> 00:55:21.480
<v Speaker 2>do it. He doesn't have to, and it's not beneficial

931
00:55:21.519 --> 00:55:25.840
<v Speaker 2>for his team to take that approach. That's that's my take.

932
00:55:26.239 --> 00:55:30.000
<v Speaker 1>Yep. Yeah, I agree it'll be interesting. Nick Kurtz is

933
00:55:30.039 --> 00:55:33.079
<v Speaker 1>a fascinating guy. I do think the power is real.

934
00:55:33.320 --> 00:55:36.280
<v Speaker 1>I think if he continues to have a very highly

935
00:55:36.360 --> 00:55:38.960
<v Speaker 1>leveraged swing, and we'll see how much he hits. I

936
00:55:38.960 --> 00:55:40.920
<v Speaker 1>think if you decide to go with him at the wheel,

937
00:55:41.119 --> 00:55:43.599
<v Speaker 1>just know your parameters. Know that it can come with

938
00:55:43.639 --> 00:55:45.679
<v Speaker 1>a two thirty batting average.

939
00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:50.800
<v Speaker 2>Well exactly. Yeah, And I would be shocked if Vlad

940
00:55:50.880 --> 00:55:53.360
<v Speaker 2>Ever puts up to thirty batting average.

941
00:55:53.559 --> 00:55:58.519
<v Speaker 1>Would shocked, Yeah, that would be yeah. I would agree

942
00:55:58.559 --> 00:56:01.639
<v Speaker 1>that an investigation would have to be done there. Vinny P,

943
00:56:02.639 --> 00:56:05.599
<v Speaker 1>he's gone to the NBC and pick ten, you've got

944
00:56:05.639 --> 00:56:06.400
<v Speaker 1>him at five.

945
00:56:08.159 --> 00:56:13.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I when I started looking at some of the

946
00:56:13.320 --> 00:56:17.599
<v Speaker 2>players that could have been ahead of him. You know,

947
00:56:18.760 --> 00:56:22.639
<v Speaker 2>Gryce Harper, Okay, he hasn't been real good the past

948
00:56:22.639 --> 00:56:26.519
<v Speaker 2>three years. He really hasn't. Freddy Freeman's getting up there

949
00:56:26.559 --> 00:56:31.320
<v Speaker 2>a little bit. Rafael Devers's he's looking to set a

950
00:56:31.360 --> 00:56:34.480
<v Speaker 2>new world record in strikeouts since he's a pace for it.

951
00:56:35.639 --> 00:56:39.280
<v Speaker 2>I just didn't I like Vinnie P. I think he's

952
00:56:39.280 --> 00:56:43.719
<v Speaker 2>a thirty one hundred guy, possibly more in the RBIs

953
00:56:43.840 --> 00:56:46.519
<v Speaker 2>because he's got two pretty good bats in Michael Garcia

954
00:56:46.559 --> 00:56:49.800
<v Speaker 2>and Bobby Wood Junior batting ahead of him. I just

955
00:56:49.960 --> 00:56:53.360
<v Speaker 2>see Vinnie as last year was the start of a

956
00:56:53.519 --> 00:56:59.480
<v Speaker 2>whole string of thirty one hundred type seasons, and I

957
00:56:59.599 --> 00:57:02.320
<v Speaker 2>reward for last year and what I believe he can

958
00:57:02.360 --> 00:57:05.199
<v Speaker 2>be moving forward up against his peers.

959
00:57:06.599 --> 00:57:08.920
<v Speaker 1>I like VNP a lot as well. Just to tell

960
00:57:08.920 --> 00:57:11.320
<v Speaker 1>you what the data says everyone. He makes really good

961
00:57:11.320 --> 00:57:14.280
<v Speaker 1>contact and he's improved his contact over the years. He

962
00:57:14.400 --> 00:57:17.360
<v Speaker 1>will he will expand the strike zone and chase the pitches,

963
00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:19.400
<v Speaker 1>but you know, I think you have to look past that.

964
00:57:19.960 --> 00:57:22.840
<v Speaker 1>He has big leverage in his swing and he hits

965
00:57:22.880 --> 00:57:25.360
<v Speaker 1>the ball hard. So to me, I'm kind of with Tim.

966
00:57:25.400 --> 00:57:29.119
<v Speaker 1>I mean, thirty one hundred should be the should be

967
00:57:29.159 --> 00:57:32.400
<v Speaker 1>the floor, and I think he can hit what he

968
00:57:32.440 --> 00:57:34.679
<v Speaker 1>did last season that you know, the two sixty to

969
00:57:34.679 --> 00:57:37.079
<v Speaker 1>two seventy batting average. I mean, I think he makes

970
00:57:37.079 --> 00:57:39.480
<v Speaker 1>good enough contact to do that. So I think there's

971
00:57:40.000 --> 00:57:43.280
<v Speaker 1>there's a really high floor with him, and then a chance,

972
00:57:43.519 --> 00:57:45.239
<v Speaker 1>given how hard he hits the ball and how much

973
00:57:45.320 --> 00:57:47.760
<v Speaker 1>leverage is, there's a chance for thirty five to forty

974
00:57:47.760 --> 00:57:49.519
<v Speaker 1>home runs, And I think that's what you're looking for

975
00:57:49.599 --> 00:57:52.519
<v Speaker 1>with some upside there, So I applaud you for putting

976
00:57:52.559 --> 00:57:54.119
<v Speaker 1>him so high.

977
00:57:54.199 --> 00:57:56.880
<v Speaker 2>Well, I just thought it was the right time, the

978
00:57:56.960 --> 00:58:04.360
<v Speaker 2>right situation where he is. He's earned that, and I hey,

979
00:58:04.559 --> 00:58:07.880
<v Speaker 2>I will take vinnyp ahead of Bryce Harper and Freddie

980
00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:13.440
<v Speaker 2>Freeman and Rafael Divers this year, which will probably mystify many,

981
00:58:13.559 --> 00:58:15.039
<v Speaker 2>But I just think it's a better pick.

982
00:58:16.239 --> 00:58:20.280
<v Speaker 1>Good stuff there, Michael Bush. Any concern, I know there's concerned.

983
00:58:20.559 --> 00:58:28.320
<v Speaker 1>How much concern about the platoon splits.

984
00:58:28.119 --> 00:58:33.800
<v Speaker 2>It's a relatively small sample size. But like in twenty

985
00:58:33.840 --> 00:58:39.079
<v Speaker 2>twenty four, okay against South Buzz, his OPS was seven twelve,

986
00:58:39.239 --> 00:58:41.199
<v Speaker 2>dropped one hundred points last year. I could go back

987
00:58:41.280 --> 00:58:44.760
<v Speaker 2>up to the seven twelve. I'm not concerned because he's

988
00:58:44.800 --> 00:58:48.119
<v Speaker 2>going to hit thirty home runs and drive in ninety runs,

989
00:58:48.199 --> 00:58:53.960
<v Speaker 2>and that is perfectly fine for somebody sitting ten eleven

990
00:58:54.280 --> 00:58:57.519
<v Speaker 2>twelve in the in the rankings. So I think it's

991
00:58:57.559 --> 00:59:00.239
<v Speaker 2>a good fit. I think you're going to get solid numbers. Oh,

992
00:59:00.320 --> 00:59:03.559
<v Speaker 2>I have very it might actually even be better at

993
00:59:03.559 --> 00:59:06.119
<v Speaker 2>some point in time. Michael Bush isn't hitting against lefties

994
00:59:06.159 --> 00:59:11.400
<v Speaker 2>if he can't hit them. Okay, he hit because fastballs.

995
00:59:11.400 --> 00:59:15.519
<v Speaker 1>He hit one eighty eight last season against left handed fastballs.

996
00:59:15.519 --> 00:59:18.440
<v Speaker 1>Against right hairs, he hit two eighty nine with a

997
00:59:18.519 --> 00:59:23.199
<v Speaker 1>three h three expected, So that's some pretty severe. And

998
00:59:23.239 --> 00:59:27.519
<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty four he did hit a two sixty

999
00:59:27.599 --> 00:59:31.039
<v Speaker 1>batting average against the tempus right against fastballs, so he

1000
00:59:31.159 --> 00:59:33.480
<v Speaker 1>was a little bit better. Didn't show a ton of power,

1001
00:59:34.199 --> 00:59:37.280
<v Speaker 1>only hit one home run last year excuse me, four

1002
00:59:37.400 --> 00:59:42.320
<v Speaker 1>total against the lefties, one total in twenty twenty four.

1003
00:59:42.719 --> 00:59:45.039
<v Speaker 1>Of his twenty one he only hit one home run

1004
00:59:45.079 --> 00:59:48.599
<v Speaker 1>against lefties, So I would call them pretty severe.

1005
00:59:49.440 --> 00:59:52.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it might be better off that he's not facing

1006
00:59:52.360 --> 00:59:54.079
<v Speaker 2>same sight arms really.

1007
00:59:54.719 --> 00:59:56.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And he does hit at the top of the

1008
00:59:56.480 --> 00:59:59.480
<v Speaker 1>lineup when he's gone up against right handed pitching, so

1009
00:59:59.639 --> 01:00:02.679
<v Speaker 1>you can argue if he loses one hundred at bats

1010
01:00:02.679 --> 01:00:06.039
<v Speaker 1>because he's platoony, might make fifty of them back because

1011
01:00:06.039 --> 01:00:07.519
<v Speaker 1>he's sitting at the top of the lineup.

1012
01:00:08.360 --> 01:00:12.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I just think there's thirty home runs there. Yeah,

1013
01:00:13.519 --> 01:00:22.280
<v Speaker 2>And I, hey, thirty thirty ninety is a eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.

1014
01:00:22.320 --> 01:00:27.000
<v Speaker 2>Some worry in that range is that's that's what thirty

1015
01:00:27.159 --> 01:00:30.039
<v Speaker 2>thirty ninety is going to get you at first base.

1016
01:00:30.119 --> 01:00:32.039
<v Speaker 2>So I think it just fits.

1017
01:00:32.079 --> 01:00:35.440
<v Speaker 1>Well, let's take a break to me and do eleven

1018
01:00:35.519 --> 01:00:51.239
<v Speaker 1>through twenty. I still love ben Rice. I know most

1019
01:00:51.280 --> 01:00:57.440
<v Speaker 1>people will play him at Catcher. I'll remind everyone because

1020
01:00:57.440 --> 01:00:59.239
<v Speaker 1>it'd be the last time we've probably talked about ben

1021
01:00:59.320 --> 01:01:05.280
<v Speaker 1>Rice for a while. The data looks really really monstrous.

1022
01:01:06.000 --> 01:01:08.400
<v Speaker 1>With that advice, I'm just gonna tell everybody go take

1023
01:01:08.400 --> 01:01:10.920
<v Speaker 1>a look at it. It looks really really good.

1024
01:01:12.159 --> 01:01:17.559
<v Speaker 2>Mm hmmm. I agree. I And hey, you're gonna pay

1025
01:01:17.599 --> 01:01:21.119
<v Speaker 2>for him. You're you're gonna pay for that data. And

1026
01:01:21.280 --> 01:01:23.519
<v Speaker 2>he had a good year last year. This year will

1027
01:01:23.519 --> 01:01:26.280
<v Speaker 2>be even better with the additional advats.

1028
01:01:26.039 --> 01:01:29.199
<v Speaker 1>Should be come. My number eleven is Josh Naylor with

1029
01:01:29.239 --> 01:01:34.440
<v Speaker 1>his thirty stolen bases. Tyler Sodastrom at thirteen. A Salvador Perez.

1030
01:01:34.480 --> 01:01:37.400
<v Speaker 1>You gotta put Salvador. He's no my son, not sal Timmy,

1031
01:01:37.400 --> 01:01:38.239
<v Speaker 1>it's Salvador.

1032
01:01:38.719 --> 01:01:40.360
<v Speaker 2>It's formal here.

1033
01:01:40.480 --> 01:01:43.039
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's I mean, all the sites that's they call

1034
01:01:43.119 --> 01:01:46.480
<v Speaker 1>him Salvador. He always always gets kicked out. You put

1035
01:01:46.639 --> 01:01:53.280
<v Speaker 1>salvare So anyway, all right, So we got Salvador Perez

1036
01:01:53.440 --> 01:01:57.039
<v Speaker 1>at thirteen, Christian Walker at fourteen, Spencer Torcos and Tim's

1037
01:01:57.039 --> 01:02:02.559
<v Speaker 1>buddy at fifteen, Janta Dis sixteen seventeen, Jonathan Aronda, South

1038
01:02:02.599 --> 01:02:06.079
<v Speaker 1>Stewart at eighteen, cal Man Sarto at nineteen, and Wilson

1039
01:02:06.199 --> 01:02:09.519
<v Speaker 1>Cantrera's at twenty. I think Wilson Canturi's is catch your

1040
01:02:09.519 --> 01:02:10.199
<v Speaker 1>eligible anymore?

1041
01:02:10.320 --> 01:02:15.519
<v Speaker 2>Is he? I don't believe so. No. Yeah, so out

1042
01:02:15.519 --> 01:02:18.880
<v Speaker 2>of that, I don't have him listed. No, he's not

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01:02:18.960 --> 01:02:19.800
<v Speaker 2>catch your eligible.

1044
01:02:20.280 --> 01:02:23.800
<v Speaker 1>How many stolen bases does Josh Naylor get this season

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01:02:23.800 --> 01:02:25.840
<v Speaker 1>now that he's got the long term contract?

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01:02:27.639 --> 01:02:31.719
<v Speaker 2>Uh? Less than thirty because it could be it could

1047
01:02:31.760 --> 01:02:37.360
<v Speaker 2>be considerable, considerably less than thirty. Hey, if you're drafting.

1048
01:02:37.440 --> 01:02:40.639
<v Speaker 2>And again, when when I look at the overall situation,

1049
01:02:40.760 --> 01:02:43.079
<v Speaker 2>I'm a little bit lower on Josh Naylor than the

1050
01:02:43.199 --> 01:02:46.360
<v Speaker 2>NFBZ folks. The reason I'm a little bit lower I'm

1051
01:02:46.679 --> 01:02:51.719
<v Speaker 2>taking to be those stolen based numbers. His career high

1052
01:02:51.840 --> 01:02:57.039
<v Speaker 2>was ten in twenty twenty four, and he destroyed that

1053
01:02:57.119 --> 01:03:00.480
<v Speaker 2>last year by stealing twenty more. Okay, if you look

1054
01:03:00.519 --> 01:03:02.639
<v Speaker 2>at his speed, okay, I think he's in the bottom

1055
01:03:02.679 --> 01:03:04.039
<v Speaker 2>three percent is.

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01:03:04.039 --> 01:03:08.920
<v Speaker 1>Three three three three, the number between two and four. Yes,

1057
01:03:09.320 --> 01:03:12.719
<v Speaker 1>a set of ninety seven percent of baseball players are

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01:03:12.840 --> 01:03:16.280
<v Speaker 1>faster than Josh Naylor. Yet he stole thirty bases.

1059
01:03:17.039 --> 01:03:22.079
<v Speaker 2>Yes, if you're betting on a repeat of that and

1060
01:03:22.119 --> 01:03:26.440
<v Speaker 2>you're taking, you're taking the positive. The four he's gonna

1061
01:03:26.480 --> 01:03:32.880
<v Speaker 2>do it again, Get good odds, get amazing odds, because

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01:03:33.960 --> 01:03:36.840
<v Speaker 2>I would be shocked. I'd be shocked if he steals twenty.

1063
01:03:37.599 --> 01:03:39.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking fifteen. Maybe.

1064
01:03:39.280 --> 01:03:41.400
<v Speaker 1>Look, I'm sorry to me. It's just a guy that

1065
01:03:41.480 --> 01:03:44.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm not interested in. He doesn't hit the ball that hard.

1066
01:03:44.039 --> 01:03:47.519
<v Speaker 1>It's all pull side power. He's playing in Seattle all

1067
01:03:47.559 --> 01:03:51.920
<v Speaker 1>season long. I don't believe the stolen basis makes no sense.

1068
01:03:52.119 --> 01:03:54.760
<v Speaker 1>I don't understand it. So when I don't understand something

1069
01:03:54.760 --> 01:03:59.000
<v Speaker 1>to me, I tap out until I can figure it

1070
01:03:59.039 --> 01:04:01.800
<v Speaker 1>makes sense of it. I just know it's it's no

1071
01:04:01.960 --> 01:04:02.519
<v Speaker 1>moss for me.

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01:04:03.360 --> 01:04:05.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm I'm going to be looking at one of

1073
01:04:05.519 --> 01:04:08.679
<v Speaker 2>the top ten so I can safely say Josh Nailer

1074
01:04:08.760 --> 01:04:10.440
<v Speaker 2>is not part of my plan. Stuff I'm looking at

1075
01:04:10.559 --> 01:04:12.519
<v Speaker 2>and you know where I stand as far as stolen

1076
01:04:12.599 --> 01:04:17.800
<v Speaker 2>bases ten to fifteen, H No, I no, it's I

1077
01:04:18.239 --> 01:04:23.039
<v Speaker 2>think in the eleven to fifteen range. I think you're

1078
01:04:23.079 --> 01:04:31.199
<v Speaker 2>getting a solid player, but that's extra twenty stolen bases. Yeah,

1079
01:04:31.519 --> 01:04:34.199
<v Speaker 2>you can't count on that. Moving forward, You you just

1080
01:04:34.239 --> 01:04:38.079
<v Speaker 2>can't count on thirty stolen bases based on everything we've seen. Hey,

1081
01:04:38.199 --> 01:04:40.880
<v Speaker 2>if I salute him, I don't know how he did it.

1082
01:04:41.039 --> 01:04:45.360
<v Speaker 2>Picking his moments. Obviously he's a good he's a good

1083
01:04:45.519 --> 01:04:49.519
<v Speaker 2>runner or a good bass stealer. Yes, but are the

1084
01:04:49.519 --> 01:04:51.719
<v Speaker 2>Mariners going to want to want to play that game

1085
01:04:51.760 --> 01:04:53.320
<v Speaker 2>with him? I don't know.

1086
01:04:53.639 --> 01:04:55.760
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna have to take a look at what happened

1087
01:04:55.800 --> 01:04:59.239
<v Speaker 1>when he got moved and did they steal more bases

1088
01:04:59.360 --> 01:05:02.800
<v Speaker 1>or just not buying it. There's something something that's not right.

1089
01:05:03.079 --> 01:05:06.599
<v Speaker 1>I do like Tyler Soderstroum a little bit at twelve. Yeah,

1090
01:05:07.320 --> 01:05:11.400
<v Speaker 1>and you do you still like Spencer Torkosen this season?

1091
01:05:12.920 --> 01:05:18.000
<v Speaker 2>Well, excuse me, I think when it comes to Solderstrom, Yeah,

1092
01:05:18.079 --> 01:05:21.400
<v Speaker 2>the only thing you gotta be remember is this will

1093
01:05:21.440 --> 01:05:25.880
<v Speaker 2>be his last year of first base eligibility. Okay, And yeah,

1094
01:05:26.199 --> 01:05:28.559
<v Speaker 2>Nick Kurtz is not gonna say for Tyler Solderstorm we

1095
01:05:28.599 --> 01:05:31.519
<v Speaker 2>went through that last year. But Solderstrum is a very

1096
01:05:31.599 --> 01:05:35.639
<v Speaker 2>solid player. I believe Tarkosen. I think the problem with

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01:05:35.719 --> 01:05:39.840
<v Speaker 2>Torkosen is the same problem you can look. You can

1098
01:05:39.880 --> 01:05:45.159
<v Speaker 2>look at Kyle Menzardo, Okay, and compare the two directly.

1099
01:05:45.400 --> 01:05:48.760
<v Speaker 2>They both have flaws in their hit tool, okay, But

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01:05:48.840 --> 01:05:52.840
<v Speaker 2>at the same point in time, if the Tigers can

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01:05:52.960 --> 01:05:56.079
<v Speaker 2>live okay with the thirty home runs and the ninety

1102
01:05:56.199 --> 01:06:01.119
<v Speaker 2>RBIs and the low batting average, I think he can.

1103
01:06:01.360 --> 01:06:03.800
<v Speaker 2>I think he can repeat those numbers. I think Kyle

1104
01:06:03.880 --> 01:06:06.719
<v Speaker 2>Menzarto can hit thirty home runs and drive in ninety

1105
01:06:07.239 --> 01:06:11.079
<v Speaker 2>on a team that has no no big bobbers at all.

1106
01:06:11.800 --> 01:06:14.639
<v Speaker 2>I think he can. He can do it. But again,

1107
01:06:14.679 --> 01:06:17.000
<v Speaker 2>you're looking at a low batting average. It all depends

1108
01:06:17.400 --> 01:06:21.079
<v Speaker 2>whether or not the teams will accept that and live

1109
01:06:21.159 --> 01:06:25.159
<v Speaker 2>with it, and I think Detroit should. Oh, okay, he

1110
01:06:25.199 --> 01:06:28.119
<v Speaker 2>had two pretty good years with a year in the

1111
01:06:28.159 --> 01:06:31.239
<v Speaker 2>middle when they decided to correct all his flaws. He

1112
01:06:31.360 --> 01:06:34.320
<v Speaker 2>did nothing. So I think it's one of those situations

1113
01:06:34.360 --> 01:06:39.760
<v Speaker 2>where hey, you live with what you got, okay, and

1114
01:06:40.559 --> 01:06:45.000
<v Speaker 2>if that's not good enough, let turkles in their let Mansart,

1115
01:06:45.079 --> 01:06:47.440
<v Speaker 2>let him go because they'll do it elsewhere.

1116
01:06:47.480 --> 01:06:50.119
<v Speaker 1>I believe, Yeah, Man Men's Art is a weird dude

1117
01:06:50.119 --> 01:06:51.840
<v Speaker 1>to me because he was a He was more of

1118
01:06:51.880 --> 01:06:54.440
<v Speaker 1>a contact guy when he was coming through the minor leagues.

1119
01:06:54.559 --> 01:06:57.960
<v Speaker 1>Really good hit tool, That's that's how they drafted him,

1120
01:06:58.000 --> 01:06:59.679
<v Speaker 1>and then all of a sudden, he just added a

1121
01:06:59.679 --> 01:07:03.880
<v Speaker 1>tonnel leverage. It's at twenty one point three degrees, guys,

1122
01:07:03.920 --> 01:07:06.800
<v Speaker 1>that's top ten percent of the league. That's a huge

1123
01:07:06.880 --> 01:07:09.519
<v Speaker 1>launch angle. And he doesn't hit the ball all that hard,

1124
01:07:09.599 --> 01:07:13.000
<v Speaker 1>but you know, so consequently strikeouts go up because hitting

1125
01:07:13.000 --> 01:07:15.480
<v Speaker 1>more of an angle, he's not meeting the ball more

1126
01:07:15.519 --> 01:07:18.119
<v Speaker 1>head on. And all of a sudden he hits two

1127
01:07:18.280 --> 01:07:20.320
<v Speaker 1>thirty four with a lot of home runs, And that

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01:07:20.440 --> 01:07:23.400
<v Speaker 1>just seems like the guy he's he's become. And I

1129
01:07:23.440 --> 01:07:26.360
<v Speaker 1>guess that was the trade off that the Guardians were

1130
01:07:26.360 --> 01:07:27.159
<v Speaker 1>comfortable with.

1131
01:07:27.920 --> 01:07:30.239
<v Speaker 2>Well, and it's the same trade off that the Tigers

1132
01:07:30.239 --> 01:07:33.400
<v Speaker 2>have to have to be looking at. Right. You know,

1133
01:07:33.840 --> 01:07:37.039
<v Speaker 2>Turtles is gonna hit thirty home runs, He's gonna drive

1134
01:07:37.079 --> 01:07:41.239
<v Speaker 2>in I believe eighty five to ninety plus runs. He's

1135
01:07:41.280 --> 01:07:45.360
<v Speaker 2>gonna hit two thirty. Can you live with it? And

1136
01:07:45.360 --> 01:07:47.599
<v Speaker 2>that's what it boils down to with some of these guys.

1137
01:07:47.800 --> 01:07:50.840
<v Speaker 2>You're looking at Menzardo and he's the only we're gonna

1138
01:07:50.960 --> 01:07:53.239
<v Speaker 2>I called him a big bobber. He's the only thing

1139
01:07:53.320 --> 01:07:57.760
<v Speaker 2>close to a big bobber in Cleveland, isn't he? You

1140
01:07:57.800 --> 01:08:01.840
<v Speaker 2>can't really count Jose Ramirez as being a big bopper,

1141
01:08:02.000 --> 01:08:02.800
<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean.

1142
01:08:02.719 --> 01:08:04.920
<v Speaker 1>If I would and think a guy that's five foot six,

1143
01:08:05.079 --> 01:08:07.760
<v Speaker 1>seven eight something like that, he can't stop to call

1144
01:08:07.800 --> 01:08:09.239
<v Speaker 1>him a big big bopper. Yeah.

1145
01:08:09.880 --> 01:08:14.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So Manzaro sort of breaks the mold in Cleveland,

1146
01:08:14.360 --> 01:08:17.520
<v Speaker 2>and if Cleveland wants a big RBI, big home run guy,

1147
01:08:18.199 --> 01:08:19.279
<v Speaker 2>there's a price to be paid.

1148
01:08:20.359 --> 01:08:24.880
<v Speaker 1>I will say Manzarto and Torkusen profile very similarly looking

1149
01:08:24.920 --> 01:08:28.119
<v Speaker 1>at the data, except Torklesen is a little bit better

1150
01:08:28.159 --> 01:08:30.359
<v Speaker 1>in all categories. It's a ball a little bit harder,

1151
01:08:31.000 --> 01:08:33.640
<v Speaker 1>has a little bit more leverage in a swing, a

1152
01:08:33.680 --> 01:08:37.039
<v Speaker 1>little bit better contact, more walk less, chase, et cetera,

1153
01:08:37.119 --> 01:08:40.479
<v Speaker 1>et cetera. So he's just a better player. But he

1154
01:08:40.600 --> 01:08:44.239
<v Speaker 1>is going is going considerably ahead of him. He's going

1155
01:08:44.319 --> 01:08:47.359
<v Speaker 1>as let's see, his ADP is one eighty nine and

1156
01:08:47.439 --> 01:08:50.319
<v Speaker 1>Calm Manzarda is two thirty seven. I think I'd rather

1157
01:08:50.359 --> 01:08:52.199
<v Speaker 1>have Spencer torkles between the two.

1158
01:08:53.279 --> 01:08:56.399
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's but that's what you're looking at. Though. There's

1159
01:08:56.479 --> 01:08:59.199
<v Speaker 2>there's a flaw in their game, and if you're looking

1160
01:08:59.199 --> 01:09:02.000
<v Speaker 2>at drafting either one of those players, you just have

1161
01:09:02.079 --> 01:09:06.199
<v Speaker 2>to Yeah, you just have to know that when you're

1162
01:09:06.239 --> 01:09:08.680
<v Speaker 2>drafting them, Okay, you're not going to get a two

1163
01:09:08.720 --> 01:09:12.640
<v Speaker 2>eighty season as Kyle manzero or Spencer's Turtles, and for

1164
01:09:12.680 --> 01:09:14.880
<v Speaker 2>that matter, unless it's it's a one off with a

1165
01:09:14.960 --> 01:09:17.880
<v Speaker 2>huge babbit, Yeah, it's just not gonna happen.

1166
01:09:18.399 --> 01:09:21.039
<v Speaker 1>So we talked about Jonathan Ronda a few weeks ago

1167
01:09:21.159 --> 01:09:23.399
<v Speaker 1>and one of our Patreon members, two of our Patriot

1168
01:09:23.439 --> 01:09:25.960
<v Speaker 1>members actually reached out and said, hey, what do you

1169
01:09:26.000 --> 01:09:28.279
<v Speaker 1>think about Ronda? You seem to like him, which I

1170
01:09:28.359 --> 01:09:30.840
<v Speaker 1>gave the impression I think I said I liked him.

1171
01:09:31.159 --> 01:09:33.439
<v Speaker 1>So I said, let me take a deeper dive on it, Timmy,

1172
01:09:33.520 --> 01:09:35.720
<v Speaker 1>as it seems like it's the case with every one

1173
01:09:35.720 --> 01:09:40.800
<v Speaker 1>of the Tampa Bay Rays, not me, Junior Caminero. He

1174
01:09:40.840 --> 01:09:44.079
<v Speaker 1>hasn't had platoon splitz. I mean, this is a platoon player,

1175
01:09:44.640 --> 01:09:46.479
<v Speaker 1>so I just I just want to let everybody know.

1176
01:09:46.560 --> 01:09:49.640
<v Speaker 1>I mean, the platoon splits are really severe with Ronda,

1177
01:09:49.800 --> 01:09:51.479
<v Speaker 1>So just know that.

1178
01:09:52.800 --> 01:09:55.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I think I think Aranda can move up

1179
01:09:55.800 --> 01:09:58.520
<v Speaker 2>the ranks, but he's got to get twenty plus home runs.

1180
01:09:58.960 --> 01:10:03.520
<v Speaker 2>Now again, I've got Yandy Diaz and Randa ranked a

1181
01:10:03.560 --> 01:10:05.600
<v Speaker 2>little bit lower than the NFUC and one of the

1182
01:10:05.640 --> 01:10:11.239
<v Speaker 2>reasons is they're going back to the Trump this year. Okay,

1183
01:10:11.439 --> 01:10:15.239
<v Speaker 2>Yandy Diaz totally totally mystifies me. Okay, how could a

1184
01:10:15.279 --> 01:10:19.239
<v Speaker 2>guy with a launch angle, okay of five degrees select

1185
01:10:19.279 --> 01:10:20.840
<v Speaker 2>twenty five home runs?

1186
01:10:21.359 --> 01:10:21.760
<v Speaker 1>Have you seen?

1187
01:10:22.640 --> 01:10:27.000
<v Speaker 2>M Yeah? Well, eighteen of those home runs were last

1188
01:10:27.079 --> 01:10:30.159
<v Speaker 2>year at Steinbrenner Field. They're moving back to the Troup.

1189
01:10:30.279 --> 01:10:34.479
<v Speaker 2>I'm I'm predicting even with his popeyeish arms, fifteen to

1190
01:10:34.479 --> 01:10:38.520
<v Speaker 2>twenty home runs as a max for Diaz. Okay, I

1191
01:10:38.840 --> 01:10:41.159
<v Speaker 2>think I don't think you can look at that twenty

1192
01:10:41.199 --> 01:10:44.199
<v Speaker 2>five at Steinbrenner and equate it on a one to

1193
01:10:44.279 --> 01:10:49.000
<v Speaker 2>one with that launch angle in the Troup. That's that's

1194
01:10:49.039 --> 01:10:51.800
<v Speaker 2>my my thoughts and Rande's. He's got to hit for

1195
01:10:51.800 --> 01:10:54.640
<v Speaker 2>some more. He's got to hit for more power to

1196
01:10:54.720 --> 01:10:57.800
<v Speaker 2>move up the ranks maybe well maybe still early.

1197
01:10:58.239 --> 01:11:03.800
<v Speaker 1>Would you like to hear the splits? Sure home games?

1198
01:11:04.279 --> 01:11:07.640
<v Speaker 1>He hit twenty five home runs last season, right, Yeah,

1199
01:11:08.000 --> 01:11:10.439
<v Speaker 1>Eighteen of them were hit in slime Brenner Field with

1200
01:11:10.520 --> 01:11:15.119
<v Speaker 1>a five thirty three slug away. Seven home runs with

1201
01:11:15.199 --> 01:11:18.359
<v Speaker 1>a four to twenty eight slug So temis Reich put

1202
01:11:18.439 --> 01:11:21.079
<v Speaker 1>him back to fifteen is twelve to fifteen type of

1203
01:11:21.079 --> 01:11:22.960
<v Speaker 1>home run. That's that's who the player is.

1204
01:11:23.680 --> 01:11:27.439
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, that's why I put my narrative too. You know,

1205
01:11:27.520 --> 01:11:30.680
<v Speaker 2>it's eighteen in the Homers at home. They're not playing home.

1206
01:11:30.800 --> 01:11:33.840
<v Speaker 2>Is not Steinbernerfield next year? Oh I think I did that.

1207
01:11:33.880 --> 01:11:36.119
<v Speaker 1>I apologize I didn'tet a chance to reach her. I

1208
01:11:36.119 --> 01:11:38.279
<v Speaker 1>didn't have enough time, as mister McLeod so.

1209
01:11:38.720 --> 01:11:42.319
<v Speaker 2>I also I also looked at all the red associated

1210
01:11:42.359 --> 01:11:47.159
<v Speaker 2>with both of them. Yeah, if Yandy dia Is ever

1211
01:11:47.279 --> 01:11:50.000
<v Speaker 2>found a way to get up to ten to twelve

1212
01:11:50.079 --> 01:11:54.760
<v Speaker 2>degree launch angle, he hit forty home runs, I agree. Yeah,

1213
01:11:55.039 --> 01:11:58.359
<v Speaker 2>I'm convinced of it. But five degrees, that's a ground

1214
01:11:58.359 --> 01:12:02.319
<v Speaker 2>ball hitter. You know, it's basically a flat swing.

1215
01:12:02.920 --> 01:12:05.199
<v Speaker 1>That is correct. He's a line drive you would you

1216
01:12:05.239 --> 01:12:08.000
<v Speaker 1>would characterize a five degrees as a line drive hitter.

1217
01:12:08.439 --> 01:12:10.319
<v Speaker 1>A guy with a minus degree you would say is

1218
01:12:10.319 --> 01:12:13.119
<v Speaker 1>a grand poletter. But yes, because I think Chandler Simpson

1219
01:12:13.199 --> 01:12:14.319
<v Speaker 1>is probably negative.

1220
01:12:16.439 --> 01:12:17.720
<v Speaker 2>Yeah I could see that.

1221
01:12:18.000 --> 01:12:23.760
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Yeah, let's see Chandler Simpson has a where's his

1222
01:12:23.840 --> 01:12:26.600
<v Speaker 1>launch angle? Here? Where did go? Oh?

1223
01:12:26.800 --> 01:12:29.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna I'm gonna go with three percent.

1224
01:12:29.359 --> 01:12:35.079
<v Speaker 1>Three percent degrees three degrees. It's okay, launch angle, so

1225
01:12:35.479 --> 01:12:38.239
<v Speaker 1>I gotta hit LA. Can't find it? All right? I

1226
01:12:38.279 --> 01:12:41.800
<v Speaker 1>will find it as we continue a launchangle zero point five.

1227
01:12:44.920 --> 01:12:48.319
<v Speaker 2>Okay, look out pictures, get ready to duck.

1228
01:12:48.840 --> 01:12:52.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so it's wow, that's that's that's his flats as down.

1229
01:12:53.079 --> 01:12:56.039
<v Speaker 1>This is he's hitting down on the pitch. I mean,

1230
01:12:56.119 --> 01:12:59.079
<v Speaker 1>let's move on a little bit to twenty one to thirty.

1231
01:13:00.039 --> 01:13:03.479
<v Speaker 1>Spencer Steer at twenty one, Michel Vargas at twenty two,

1232
01:13:03.680 --> 01:13:08.159
<v Speaker 1>Jake Berger at twenty three, Alec Burlatson, Josh Bell, your buddy,

1233
01:13:08.239 --> 01:13:11.640
<v Speaker 1>Andrew Vaughn, Lendy and Sosa. Did you drop him a

1234
01:13:11.680 --> 01:13:14.000
<v Speaker 1>little bit because of the signing of Mirakami or is

1235
01:13:14.039 --> 01:13:15.760
<v Speaker 1>that before Murakami got signed?

1236
01:13:16.640 --> 01:13:20.680
<v Speaker 2>Before Mirrakami was signed, I had him at twenty two, okay.

1237
01:13:21.399 --> 01:13:24.159
<v Speaker 2>I adjusted it as soon as I saw the news.

1238
01:13:24.159 --> 01:13:26.880
<v Speaker 2>I was working on first base. First thing I did

1239
01:13:26.960 --> 01:13:30.199
<v Speaker 2>was check to see if Mirrakammy was first base eligible anywhere.

1240
01:13:30.439 --> 01:13:32.479
<v Speaker 2>Second thing I did was take a look to see

1241
01:13:32.640 --> 01:13:34.640
<v Speaker 2>who's going to pay the price for the signing, and

1242
01:13:34.680 --> 01:13:37.960
<v Speaker 2>I came up with Glennon so says the as a

1243
01:13:38.159 --> 01:13:42.399
<v Speaker 2>likely candidate. So I took a I took the approach

1244
01:13:42.520 --> 01:13:45.640
<v Speaker 2>that he had to be downgraded under those the circumstances.

1245
01:13:45.640 --> 01:13:48.920
<v Speaker 2>So it's current. It's current as of the Murakammy signing, Yes.

1246
01:13:49.159 --> 01:13:52.000
<v Speaker 1>Tristan Casses at twenty eight, Charlie Condon surprise there at

1247
01:13:52.000 --> 01:13:55.439
<v Speaker 1>twenty nine, and Lewis Arrise at thirty. I think you're

1248
01:13:55.479 --> 01:13:56.880
<v Speaker 1>lowing Tristan Casses.

1249
01:13:58.920 --> 01:14:05.319
<v Speaker 2>I could be, But when was the last time we

1250
01:14:05.399 --> 01:14:09.079
<v Speaker 2>saw anything meaningful from Tristan Casses? It was twenty twenty three.

1251
01:14:09.520 --> 01:14:16.199
<v Speaker 2>He hasn't played. No. Hey, twenty twenty three, he had

1252
01:14:16.199 --> 01:14:21.840
<v Speaker 2>that strong finish and we were all betting on Tristan

1253
01:14:21.920 --> 01:14:24.239
<v Speaker 2>Cass as being a thirty one hundred guy in twenty

1254
01:14:24.319 --> 01:14:28.079
<v Speaker 2>twenty four. It didn't happen. He hasn't played basically the

1255
01:14:28.119 --> 01:14:32.920
<v Speaker 2>past two years. I just have a Yeah, you look

1256
01:14:32.960 --> 01:14:35.680
<v Speaker 2>at twenty twenty twenty three, that was We're going on

1257
01:14:35.760 --> 01:14:39.159
<v Speaker 2>three years ago. That's a long time in the game

1258
01:14:39.199 --> 01:14:45.680
<v Speaker 2>of baseball, and you know, hey, maybe I'm a little

1259
01:14:45.920 --> 01:14:49.640
<v Speaker 2>overly negative on my assessment, but man, he's got a

1260
01:14:49.680 --> 01:14:53.119
<v Speaker 2>lot of ground to make up, and Boston has a

1261
01:14:53.159 --> 01:14:56.640
<v Speaker 2>young team with lots of potential. I think I don't

1262
01:14:56.640 --> 01:15:01.920
<v Speaker 2>think Boston has much patience left. And if he doesn't

1263
01:15:01.920 --> 01:15:04.319
<v Speaker 2>get off to a solid start, I could see Boston

1264
01:15:04.399 --> 01:15:07.680
<v Speaker 2>doing something about it rather smartly right away.

1265
01:15:08.399 --> 01:15:11.439
<v Speaker 1>So, first of all, the reason he has not played

1266
01:15:11.520 --> 01:15:14.560
<v Speaker 1>much is cause of injuries, right, So, I mean, so

1267
01:15:14.720 --> 01:15:17.479
<v Speaker 1>if he can stay healthy, Tammy, he was all red.

1268
01:15:17.520 --> 01:15:20.119
<v Speaker 1>I mean it's really good stuff in twenty twenty three,

1269
01:15:20.199 --> 01:15:22.600
<v Speaker 1>and then even in his lead of time last season,

1270
01:15:23.159 --> 01:15:25.720
<v Speaker 1>it was good. I mean, the bat speed is still there,

1271
01:15:26.279 --> 01:15:30.000
<v Speaker 1>he still understands the strike zone. I think the skills

1272
01:15:30.000 --> 01:15:33.039
<v Speaker 1>are intact. Yeah, how do you bet on? How do

1273
01:15:33.079 --> 01:15:36.479
<v Speaker 1>you figure out the health situation? I don't know, You're

1274
01:15:36.520 --> 01:15:39.319
<v Speaker 1>you're playing a little bit of a guessing game, but

1275
01:15:39.439 --> 01:15:41.960
<v Speaker 1>you know when you sure hit him with what's his

1276
01:15:42.079 --> 01:15:48.479
<v Speaker 1>ADP going as Tristan Casses three, I mean, I mean

1277
01:15:48.520 --> 01:15:51.840
<v Speaker 1>I feel pretty good about that as a as my

1278
01:15:51.960 --> 01:15:54.680
<v Speaker 1>corner infielder, I feel really good about that, and I

1279
01:15:54.720 --> 01:15:56.159
<v Speaker 1>know I can back it up with one of these

1280
01:15:56.199 --> 01:15:57.199
<v Speaker 1>other guys.

1281
01:15:57.800 --> 01:16:02.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, as long as you make sure to take that approach. Yeah, yeah,

1282
01:16:02.119 --> 01:16:05.880
<v Speaker 2>you can't. You can't leave your draft with your your

1283
01:16:05.920 --> 01:16:10.439
<v Speaker 2>corner guy being Tristan Casses and no insurance policy. You

1284
01:16:10.560 --> 01:16:11.319
<v Speaker 2>have to have one.

1285
01:16:11.760 --> 01:16:14.880
<v Speaker 1>Yep, it can't be Noldan Shan well either, but I

1286
01:16:14.880 --> 01:16:15.199
<v Speaker 1>get no.

1287
01:16:16.119 --> 01:16:18.560
<v Speaker 2>No, I would probably go with like a guy.

1288
01:16:18.399 --> 01:16:21.920
<v Speaker 1>Like Ryan O'Hearn as insurance policy, assuming he gets a job,

1289
01:16:22.159 --> 01:16:25.479
<v Speaker 1>res Hoskins, somebody like that. I think he'll get a job,

1290
01:16:25.640 --> 01:16:28.800
<v Speaker 1>so I mean that might be somebody who could who

1291
01:16:28.800 --> 01:16:31.880
<v Speaker 1>could fill in. Yeah.

1292
01:16:32.079 --> 01:16:36.279
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm just I'm I'm not feeling it rich.

1293
01:16:36.399 --> 01:16:38.560
<v Speaker 1>I'm just not feeling it with Tristan Cass.

1294
01:16:39.359 --> 01:16:45.640
<v Speaker 2>Mm hmm. Yeah, I get everything you're saying, but he's

1295
01:16:45.680 --> 01:16:49.680
<v Speaker 2>I think he's got it. Something's got to happen early on,

1296
01:16:49.960 --> 01:16:54.359
<v Speaker 2>right right, I think the Red Sox their patients might

1297
01:16:54.960 --> 01:16:55.600
<v Speaker 2>be waning.

1298
01:16:56.319 --> 01:16:59.840
<v Speaker 1>Tristan will be a top fifteen first basement at the

1299
01:16:59.920 --> 01:17:00.680
<v Speaker 1>end of the season.

1300
01:17:02.239 --> 01:17:03.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's possible.

1301
01:17:04.119 --> 01:17:06.760
<v Speaker 1>Would you like, would you like to do a Steak

1302
01:17:06.760 --> 01:17:07.800
<v Speaker 1>and Liquor bet on that?

1303
01:17:08.880 --> 01:17:11.279
<v Speaker 2>Sure? I was going to say, Tristan Cassis could be

1304
01:17:11.399 --> 01:17:14.119
<v Speaker 2>in Korea by July.

1305
01:17:14.600 --> 01:17:17.119
<v Speaker 1>They don't do end season signing, so that's like, I'll

1306
01:17:17.119 --> 01:17:23.279
<v Speaker 1>do that. Bet Tristan Cass could be in Triple A.

1307
01:17:23.880 --> 01:17:27.359
<v Speaker 1>That's that's interesting. I'm gonna bet that he's going to

1308
01:17:27.399 --> 01:17:30.079
<v Speaker 1>be healthy. Since to a Steak and Liquor, Tristan Casses

1309
01:17:30.199 --> 01:17:33.119
<v Speaker 1>ends up as a top of fifteen first basement.

1310
01:17:34.800 --> 01:17:35.359
<v Speaker 2>Medium rare.

1311
01:17:35.439 --> 01:17:40.960
<v Speaker 1>Please, Okay, Charlie Conmon comes in at twenty twenty ninth.

1312
01:17:41.039 --> 01:17:44.119
<v Speaker 1>He's got him sixteen slots higher than the NB season.

1313
01:17:44.119 --> 01:17:48.279
<v Speaker 1>And I totally get where you're coming from. Uh, you've

1314
01:17:48.279 --> 01:17:52.039
<v Speaker 1>got blamed Grime Crim a little bit higher and was Johnston?

1315
01:17:52.399 --> 01:17:54.720
<v Speaker 1>Did they just sign the Miami kid? I think there's

1316
01:17:54.760 --> 01:17:58.000
<v Speaker 1>nobody at first base, so yeah, I think I'm getting

1317
01:17:58.039 --> 01:18:01.359
<v Speaker 1>your logic right. Is it's for Charlie.

1318
01:18:01.119 --> 01:18:05.239
<v Speaker 2>Condon's Yeah, basically where I said my narrative, warming Burnable

1319
01:18:05.279 --> 01:18:08.159
<v Speaker 2>and Michael Togally that they both moved on. So that

1320
01:18:08.279 --> 01:18:11.520
<v Speaker 2>leaves your Condon, Blaine Krim, and Troy Johnson fighting for

1321
01:18:11.600 --> 01:18:14.720
<v Speaker 2>the full time job at first for the Rockies. I

1322
01:18:14.800 --> 01:18:16.920
<v Speaker 2>just put if Condon doesn't break camp with the job,

1323
01:18:16.960 --> 01:18:20.239
<v Speaker 2>an early season call up is a real possibility avoid

1324
01:18:20.239 --> 01:18:23.199
<v Speaker 2>the waiver wire battle for his services by investing at

1325
01:18:23.239 --> 01:18:30.159
<v Speaker 2>the draft. It's wide open for that position, and I

1326
01:18:30.279 --> 01:18:33.760
<v Speaker 2>don't see Blaine Crim and Troy Johnson holding off Charlie

1327
01:18:33.760 --> 01:18:37.359
<v Speaker 2>Condon for all that long. So I think he's a

1328
01:18:37.399 --> 01:18:41.960
<v Speaker 2>perfect candidate to draft in the reserve rounds and sit

1329
01:18:42.039 --> 01:18:45.039
<v Speaker 2>on him. I think he'll be like I said, if

1330
01:18:45.039 --> 01:18:47.760
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't break camp, I think there's he's going to

1331
01:18:47.800 --> 01:18:50.840
<v Speaker 2>be up fairly early in the season. So that's why

1332
01:18:50.880 --> 01:18:52.239
<v Speaker 2>I made my bold move.

1333
01:18:53.159 --> 01:18:55.680
<v Speaker 1>I think, I think your logic is sound, and I

1334
01:18:55.720 --> 01:18:57.960
<v Speaker 1>got it, you know, as I was looking through who's

1335
01:18:57.960 --> 01:19:00.960
<v Speaker 1>going to play first base in Colorado? I mean, Colorado

1336
01:19:01.039 --> 01:19:04.199
<v Speaker 1>needs something good to happen, and Charlie Condon is you know,

1337
01:19:04.279 --> 01:19:06.600
<v Speaker 1>the you know the guy, right, and he is the

1338
01:19:06.640 --> 01:19:11.319
<v Speaker 1>guy that they're hoping can help them next season. I

1339
01:19:11.359 --> 01:19:14.479
<v Speaker 1>think it's fair to say, though, tem he has not

1340
01:19:14.680 --> 01:19:18.439
<v Speaker 1>been very good since he was the Golden Spikes winner

1341
01:19:18.840 --> 01:19:21.359
<v Speaker 1>coming out of the twenty twenty four draft, looked at

1342
01:19:21.439 --> 01:19:24.920
<v Speaker 1>as the, if not the best prospect coming out of

1343
01:19:24.960 --> 01:19:27.319
<v Speaker 1>that draft, one of the best prospects, and he is

1344
01:19:27.520 --> 01:19:30.760
<v Speaker 1>just the swing and miss is higher than anybody thought,

1345
01:19:31.279 --> 01:19:34.720
<v Speaker 1>the chase rate is higher than anybody thought. The power

1346
01:19:34.800 --> 01:19:37.479
<v Speaker 1>is not as robust as anybody thought. I mean, he

1347
01:19:37.560 --> 01:19:39.880
<v Speaker 1>has not been the guy that we thought he was

1348
01:19:39.920 --> 01:19:40.279
<v Speaker 1>going to be.

1349
01:19:41.479 --> 01:19:44.359
<v Speaker 2>No, when you when you look at the numbers from

1350
01:19:44.439 --> 01:19:49.159
<v Speaker 2>last year, yeah, at double a, two hundred at bats,

1351
01:19:49.600 --> 01:19:53.800
<v Speaker 2>eleven homers, which which is fine, thirty eight RBI, sixty

1352
01:19:53.800 --> 01:20:00.079
<v Speaker 2>seven strikeouts, but again an eight oh seven obs. I

1353
01:20:00.119 --> 01:20:05.399
<v Speaker 2>think we were expecting more, but I'm not overly disappointed

1354
01:20:05.520 --> 01:20:07.439
<v Speaker 2>with what I saw last year at Double A.

1355
01:20:09.760 --> 01:20:13.479
<v Speaker 1>I saw him play Timmy. I saw him playing saw

1356
01:20:13.479 --> 01:20:16.039
<v Speaker 1>I'm playing a series on three games. By the way,

1357
01:20:16.079 --> 01:20:20.199
<v Speaker 1>the reason everybody's disappointed. Twenty twenty four at the University

1358
01:20:20.239 --> 01:20:22.680
<v Speaker 1>of Georgia, thirty seven home runs and he hit four

1359
01:20:22.760 --> 01:20:30.000
<v Speaker 1>thirty three, So that doesn't see everybody was thinking wow,

1360
01:20:30.199 --> 01:20:32.880
<v Speaker 1>and he hits the ball really hard. I saw he's

1361
01:20:33.319 --> 01:20:36.119
<v Speaker 1>he reminds me of Turklesen. I mean, I think there's

1362
01:20:36.159 --> 01:20:40.279
<v Speaker 1>going to be power there. I don't think the hit tool.

1363
01:20:40.439 --> 01:20:43.359
<v Speaker 1>I think he's guessing that breaking pitches, I really do.

1364
01:20:43.840 --> 01:20:46.199
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I saw a guy that was reaching. I

1365
01:20:46.239 --> 01:20:49.079
<v Speaker 1>saw a guy that was tentative against really good and

1366
01:20:49.199 --> 01:20:51.760
<v Speaker 1>the Yankees have really good because I saw him against

1367
01:20:51.760 --> 01:20:57.079
<v Speaker 1>the Somerset Patriots with e Erc and Lagrange all those guys,

1368
01:20:56.640 --> 01:21:00.359
<v Speaker 1>and they were good. He Orc was throwing a splitter

1369
01:21:00.399 --> 01:21:02.880
<v Speaker 1>against UF and he was like, huh, what's that?

1370
01:21:03.880 --> 01:21:07.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you better get used to what's that? Because you're

1371
01:21:07.640 --> 01:21:11.439
<v Speaker 2>going to see lots of it moving forward, especially if

1372
01:21:11.439 --> 01:21:12.840
<v Speaker 2>you can't you can't hit it.

1373
01:21:13.600 --> 01:21:15.279
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So that I mean that was the thing that

1374
01:21:15.399 --> 01:21:18.039
<v Speaker 1>worried me a little bit. I mean, I'd be surprised

1375
01:21:18.079 --> 01:21:20.359
<v Speaker 1>if he doesn't hit thirty home runs, but it could

1376
01:21:20.359 --> 01:21:22.520
<v Speaker 1>be Spencer torkleson where he's going to hit two thirty.

1377
01:21:22.920 --> 01:21:26.960
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I don't disagree. I guess my my problem

1378
01:21:26.960 --> 01:21:30.279
<v Speaker 2>when I look at that situation is like how long

1379
01:21:31.680 --> 01:21:33.640
<v Speaker 2>I know it's Colorado, but how long are they going

1380
01:21:33.720 --> 01:21:37.720
<v Speaker 2>to go with Blaine Krim and Troy Johnson. I guess

1381
01:21:37.800 --> 01:21:40.560
<v Speaker 2>they could go however along they really want to, but

1382
01:21:41.239 --> 01:21:45.039
<v Speaker 2>it you know, well, I mean I would.

1383
01:21:44.800 --> 01:21:48.439
<v Speaker 1>Think the Rockies need something, and you think of all

1384
01:21:48.479 --> 01:21:50.840
<v Speaker 1>these top prospects that come up. It's a big deal

1385
01:21:50.960 --> 01:21:53.520
<v Speaker 1>and the team makes a lot of noise about it,

1386
01:21:53.600 --> 01:21:56.960
<v Speaker 1>and they want to sell tickets and merch and et cetera.

1387
01:21:57.000 --> 01:22:00.199
<v Speaker 1>And I Charlie Condon is that guy for them, right

1388
01:22:00.319 --> 01:22:03.119
<v Speaker 1>or Ethan Holiday, But he's not coming up anytime soon.

1389
01:22:03.840 --> 01:22:07.159
<v Speaker 2>No, no, Yeah, the guy one of the guys I

1390
01:22:07.159 --> 01:22:10.039
<v Speaker 2>had trouble ranking and I put him in at thirty,

1391
01:22:10.600 --> 01:22:17.199
<v Speaker 2>but I'm still asking myself why. And that's Luisa Rise. Yeah,

1392
01:22:18.359 --> 01:22:21.760
<v Speaker 2>I don't think he's gonna hit double digit home runs.

1393
01:22:22.000 --> 01:22:26.720
<v Speaker 2>I don't think he's gonna steal double digit bases. Yeah,

1394
01:22:27.119 --> 01:22:31.960
<v Speaker 2>see you got batting average. I don't know it's looking

1395
01:22:32.000 --> 01:22:34.279
<v Speaker 2>at this now, I would I would throw a Rise

1396
01:22:34.359 --> 01:22:38.520
<v Speaker 2>down about six seven spots and move out of my

1397
01:22:38.600 --> 01:22:42.279
<v Speaker 2>top thirty. I just have trouble with one dimensional batting

1398
01:22:42.319 --> 01:22:43.359
<v Speaker 2>average type players.

1399
01:22:43.399 --> 01:22:46.000
<v Speaker 1>It's yes, but her, I mean, I guess he wound

1400
01:22:46.039 --> 01:22:48.319
<v Speaker 1>not hitting two ninety two at one point he was

1401
01:22:48.399 --> 01:22:51.399
<v Speaker 1>down to like two sixty or something like that. And

1402
01:22:51.479 --> 01:22:53.840
<v Speaker 1>he's a guy. To me, if you draft him, you've

1403
01:22:53.840 --> 01:22:57.159
<v Speaker 1>made You've done something wrong, which meant you needed you

1404
01:22:57.239 --> 01:22:59.520
<v Speaker 1>needed some help in batting average. And given how many

1405
01:22:59.520 --> 01:23:02.399
<v Speaker 1>of bats there are, even Lewis a Rise that's going

1406
01:23:02.439 --> 01:23:04.079
<v Speaker 1>to hit three hundred, I mean, it's not going to

1407
01:23:04.119 --> 01:23:07.560
<v Speaker 1>help you that much as opposed to Chandler Simpson with

1408
01:23:07.760 --> 01:23:10.800
<v Speaker 1>sixty stolen bases might help you, right, I mean, just

1409
01:23:10.840 --> 01:23:13.600
<v Speaker 1>so be careful with that. I don't get Lewis Rise,

1410
01:23:13.640 --> 01:23:16.119
<v Speaker 1>particularly at first base, makes no sense to me.

1411
01:23:17.520 --> 01:23:22.560
<v Speaker 2>Now, last year eight homers, eleven stolen bases, sixty one RBI,

1412
01:23:22.720 --> 01:23:28.000
<v Speaker 2>sixty six run score. Yeah that's at first base. Yeah,

1413
01:23:28.199 --> 01:23:30.479
<v Speaker 2>it's the year before he hit four homers, he stole

1414
01:23:30.560 --> 01:23:34.720
<v Speaker 2>nine bases. Yeah, he posted a three fourteen batting average.

1415
01:23:34.720 --> 01:23:38.680
<v Speaker 2>But you know it, Hey, you're late his numbers from

1416
01:23:38.760 --> 01:23:42.039
<v Speaker 2>last year. He struck out twenty one times, walk thirty four.

1417
01:23:44.279 --> 01:23:47.239
<v Speaker 1>To me today, if you're contempt, if you're looking at

1418
01:23:47.279 --> 01:23:50.399
<v Speaker 1>your spreadsheet or whatever, and you're looking at oh man,

1419
01:23:50.439 --> 01:23:52.239
<v Speaker 1>I don't have enough batting average. I need to get

1420
01:23:52.319 --> 01:23:55.359
<v Speaker 1>Lewis a rise. To me, you should just say, let

1421
01:23:55.399 --> 01:23:59.840
<v Speaker 1>me double up on stolen bases, run scored, RBI's power something,

1422
01:24:00.520 --> 01:24:03.880
<v Speaker 1>because batting average is so volatile anyway. Somebody can have

1423
01:24:03.920 --> 01:24:07.359
<v Speaker 1>a batting average balls and play out of sight and

1424
01:24:07.399 --> 01:24:09.439
<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden you know you're batting averages and

1425
01:24:09.479 --> 01:24:12.840
<v Speaker 1>as bad. So that's that's not gonna happen with Lewis

1426
01:24:12.920 --> 01:24:15.600
<v Speaker 1>rise and power stole a basis, this is not gonna happen.

1427
01:24:16.279 --> 01:24:20.760
<v Speaker 2>No, no, there will be minimal production at every category

1428
01:24:20.840 --> 01:24:24.399
<v Speaker 2>other than maybe run scored and the batting average. So

1429
01:24:24.439 --> 01:24:29.399
<v Speaker 2>I agree on Richard, Hey, you made a mistake. If

1430
01:24:29.479 --> 01:24:31.720
<v Speaker 2>that's why you're if you're looking at a rise, that's

1431
01:24:31.880 --> 01:24:33.399
<v Speaker 2>the only answer I can see.

1432
01:24:33.920 --> 01:24:35.560
<v Speaker 1>To me, it's take another break and get back and

1433
01:24:35.800 --> 01:24:53.439
<v Speaker 1>let me ask you the hard questions. Anybody from thirty

1434
01:24:53.479 --> 01:24:57.439
<v Speaker 1>one down to sixty five it's totally. I'm not totally

1435
01:24:57.560 --> 01:25:00.000
<v Speaker 1>is so I changed that for you?

1436
01:25:00.680 --> 01:25:05.079
<v Speaker 2>Okay, don't know where that came from.

1437
01:25:05.079 --> 01:25:09.720
<v Speaker 1>But I've got somebody I like here and this bottom half?

1438
01:25:09.720 --> 01:25:10.520
<v Speaker 1>Who do you like?

1439
01:25:11.399 --> 01:25:14.880
<v Speaker 2>Ah? There there's a lot of players that that I

1440
01:25:15.079 --> 01:25:18.359
<v Speaker 2>like in this group. I don't know if this is

1441
01:25:18.359 --> 01:25:24.159
<v Speaker 2>the year for it, but uh I sort of saved

1442
01:25:24.159 --> 01:25:26.600
<v Speaker 2>them for the fourth, fourth question or fifth question.

1443
01:25:26.600 --> 01:25:29.359
<v Speaker 1>Okay, that's all it. May I may I comment on

1444
01:25:29.359 --> 01:25:31.239
<v Speaker 1>one player. I just want to say, it's kind of

1445
01:25:31.399 --> 01:25:34.199
<v Speaker 1>sad to see Paul Goldschmid at forty seven.

1446
01:25:35.760 --> 01:25:39.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's sad. Is he going? Is he going to

1447
01:25:39.000 --> 01:25:40.279
<v Speaker 2>get a deal with anybody?

1448
01:25:40.680 --> 01:25:43.760
<v Speaker 1>I don't. I would would have surprised you if he retires.

1449
01:25:45.000 --> 01:25:46.920
<v Speaker 2>No, it wouldn't. That's why I had him that low

1450
01:25:47.000 --> 01:25:47.760
<v Speaker 2>that was my thought.

1451
01:25:48.039 --> 01:25:50.680
<v Speaker 1>He's had a great career. But I mean, it's just sad.

1452
01:25:51.039 --> 01:25:53.600
<v Speaker 1>It's like seeing Mike Trout in the thirties and forties

1453
01:25:53.600 --> 01:25:57.279
<v Speaker 1>and outfielder my forties and fifties and outfits like oh really.

1454
01:25:57.359 --> 01:26:02.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah yeah. It brings back memories of who they were,

1455
01:26:02.640 --> 01:26:03.479
<v Speaker 2>not who they are.

1456
01:26:04.479 --> 01:26:06.239
<v Speaker 1>Doesn't Nathaniel Lowe get a job?

1457
01:26:08.119 --> 01:26:14.720
<v Speaker 2>Uh? I hope? So? Am I willing to bet on it.

1458
01:26:15.479 --> 01:26:18.479
<v Speaker 2>That's one I can't figure out that at all. I

1459
01:26:19.000 --> 01:26:24.800
<v Speaker 2>think just scouting the stat lines, he's been he's been

1460
01:26:24.840 --> 01:26:30.880
<v Speaker 2>an okay player, you know, eighteen homers, twenty seven, seventeen, sixteen, eighteen,

1461
01:26:31.479 --> 01:26:35.039
<v Speaker 2>his RBI totals. Like even last last year with the

1462
01:26:35.039 --> 01:26:37.800
<v Speaker 2>eighteen home runs he drove in eighty four, his batting

1463
01:26:37.800 --> 01:26:42.680
<v Speaker 2>average plummitted to twenty eight. He really started going after

1464
01:26:42.760 --> 01:26:47.399
<v Speaker 2>it with the h Looking at the strikeout numbers, I

1465
01:26:47.399 --> 01:26:51.840
<v Speaker 2>would I would think somebody should take a chance on

1466
01:26:51.960 --> 01:26:52.960
<v Speaker 2>Nathaniel Lowe.

1467
01:26:55.520 --> 01:27:00.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, if I were representing him, I would say, look,

1468
01:27:00.880 --> 01:27:04.640
<v Speaker 1>he's got below average bat speed and exit velocities. I

1469
01:27:04.640 --> 01:27:08.000
<v Speaker 1>would be at add some leverage pal. I mean, he's

1470
01:27:08.039 --> 01:27:11.159
<v Speaker 1>got a ten degree launch angle, up from seven degrees

1471
01:27:11.359 --> 01:27:15.119
<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty four, and I would try to squeak

1472
01:27:15.159 --> 01:27:17.479
<v Speaker 1>out another couple of years of twenty home run power.

1473
01:27:17.880 --> 01:27:21.560
<v Speaker 1>But look, analytics guys are looking at this data and going,

1474
01:27:21.840 --> 01:27:24.640
<v Speaker 1>this is a fifteen home run guy, this is Nolan shandwell,

1475
01:27:25.359 --> 01:27:28.600
<v Speaker 1>and I'm not interested. And so he's got he's gonna

1476
01:27:28.600 --> 01:27:30.279
<v Speaker 1>have to come in. He's not a very good field.

1477
01:27:30.279 --> 01:27:33.920
<v Speaker 1>If you look at the defensive metrics. So there's not

1478
01:27:34.079 --> 01:27:38.119
<v Speaker 1>a lot there that's interesting except that he walks a lot.

1479
01:27:38.359 --> 01:27:41.119
<v Speaker 1>So I think he's gonna have to come in his

1480
01:27:41.199 --> 01:27:43.479
<v Speaker 1>representats have to come in and say he has made

1481
01:27:43.560 --> 01:27:46.600
<v Speaker 1>some changes and this is it and it's either adding

1482
01:27:46.680 --> 01:27:51.279
<v Speaker 1>leverage or something. But as this guy, oh, timmy, I

1483
01:27:51.319 --> 01:27:54.199
<v Speaker 1>think there's you know, it looks just okay to me.

1484
01:27:55.239 --> 01:27:58.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he could be off to career, I think so.

1485
01:27:58.800 --> 01:28:00.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, which maybe though at average two.

1486
01:28:02.439 --> 01:28:03.000
<v Speaker 2>Exactly?

1487
01:28:03.079 --> 01:28:06.159
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, all right, so which guy in the top ten?

1488
01:28:07.039 --> 01:28:09.399
<v Speaker 1>Which guy? Let's see which guy not in the top

1489
01:28:09.439 --> 01:28:12.119
<v Speaker 1>ten has a chance to emerge their next season?

1490
01:28:13.479 --> 01:28:22.239
<v Speaker 2>Uh? Not in the top ten. I'm going with Stewart. Yeah,

1491
01:28:22.319 --> 01:28:24.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm going I'm going with South Stewart.

1492
01:28:24.119 --> 01:28:25.000
<v Speaker 1>Oh, good call.

1493
01:28:25.279 --> 01:28:29.039
<v Speaker 2>Like last, I like the kid a lot. There's a

1494
01:28:29.079 --> 01:28:35.279
<v Speaker 2>lot of potential sitting there. And when I look at

1495
01:28:35.359 --> 01:28:42.039
<v Speaker 2>the group between eleven and twenty, you've got a lot

1496
01:28:42.079 --> 01:28:43.880
<v Speaker 2>of players that I think are going to be in

1497
01:28:43.880 --> 01:28:47.119
<v Speaker 2>that group until they fall out of that group. And

1498
01:28:47.159 --> 01:28:50.720
<v Speaker 2>it's not going in an upwards direction. It's going in

1499
01:28:50.760 --> 01:28:56.800
<v Speaker 2>the other direction. I just don't see, you know, Joshneeler, Okay,

1500
01:28:58.159 --> 01:29:00.560
<v Speaker 2>sort of Storm won't qualify at first base. Next year,

1501
01:29:00.600 --> 01:29:03.199
<v Speaker 2>so I took him out of the equation. Yeah, sal

1502
01:29:03.279 --> 01:29:08.560
<v Speaker 2>Prez is like mid thirties now, Christian Walker, there's flaws Toarkalsen,

1503
01:29:08.640 --> 01:29:13.640
<v Speaker 2>the same diaz Randa that leaves you with Stuart Menzarto. Right,

1504
01:29:14.039 --> 01:29:18.479
<v Speaker 2>Wilson Contreras is what he is. I think there's a

1505
01:29:18.479 --> 01:29:22.800
<v Speaker 2>lot of talent between eleven and twenty. Like I said,

1506
01:29:22.800 --> 01:29:26.880
<v Speaker 2>that will be eleven to twenty type talent until they

1507
01:29:26.920 --> 01:29:28.880
<v Speaker 2>fall into that group and it won't be hitting in

1508
01:29:28.920 --> 01:29:30.960
<v Speaker 2>the right direction but the wrong direction.

1509
01:29:31.359 --> 01:29:34.199
<v Speaker 1>Okay, let me challenge you. Nick Kurtz, you've got at

1510
01:29:34.279 --> 01:29:37.239
<v Speaker 1>number two, could have him at number one forty fifth

1511
01:29:37.439 --> 01:29:40.399
<v Speaker 1>last year, ranked by the great Timmaca. Kudos for ranking

1512
01:29:40.479 --> 01:29:43.880
<v Speaker 1>him Ben Rice also at forty nine, and other kudos

1513
01:29:43.920 --> 01:29:48.640
<v Speaker 1>for ranking him there. Right, who is who has the

1514
01:29:48.680 --> 01:29:53.039
<v Speaker 1>best chance to be sitting where Nick Kurtz is this

1515
01:29:53.199 --> 01:29:57.039
<v Speaker 1>time next season that we're not I mean, that's that's

1516
01:29:57.279 --> 01:29:59.960
<v Speaker 1>been down at forty five, forty know, somebody way down?

1517
01:30:00.880 --> 01:30:02.800
<v Speaker 2>Oh, you want to you want to go? You don't

1518
01:30:02.800 --> 01:30:04.119
<v Speaker 2>want to go real deep.

1519
01:30:05.159 --> 01:30:07.520
<v Speaker 1>I want to go somebody that we've not talked about yet,

1520
01:30:07.560 --> 01:30:08.960
<v Speaker 1>somebody who is below.

1521
01:30:08.760 --> 01:30:12.600
<v Speaker 2>Thirty, Ryan Clifford, Jonathan Long.

1522
01:30:13.399 --> 01:30:15.880
<v Speaker 1>Not Jonathan Long, but Ryan Clifford, Ding Ding Ding. I

1523
01:30:15.880 --> 01:30:18.840
<v Speaker 1>love Jonathan, I love uh Ryan Clifford. I think that's

1524
01:30:18.880 --> 01:30:21.560
<v Speaker 1>a real good What about Bryce Eldridge.

1525
01:30:22.920 --> 01:30:27.319
<v Speaker 2>That's San Francisco. Okay, they do play games after four

1526
01:30:27.359 --> 01:30:30.279
<v Speaker 2>o'clock in the afternoon. I mean it's you know, Drives

1527
01:30:30.279 --> 01:30:33.359
<v Speaker 2>the Bold. If you're looking, I think if you're looking

1528
01:30:33.359 --> 01:30:35.359
<v Speaker 2>for somebody who's going to make a massive move up,

1529
01:30:35.399 --> 01:30:41.920
<v Speaker 2>it's gotta be somebody who hits for a lot of power. Okay, yeah,

1530
01:30:42.000 --> 01:30:47.720
<v Speaker 2>Charlie Condon Clifford. Uh, I'm looking through the list of

1531
01:30:47.800 --> 01:30:52.039
<v Speaker 2>candidates here to take as big a rise as Kurtz.

1532
01:30:52.079 --> 01:30:54.199
<v Speaker 2>I don't think anybody does has that potential.

1533
01:30:54.960 --> 01:30:58.760
<v Speaker 1>So or maybe a Ben Rice who goes up.

1534
01:30:58.760 --> 01:31:02.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, Ben Ben Ben Rice. If he has forty

1535
01:31:02.840 --> 01:31:07.640
<v Speaker 2>five home runs, he's gonna move into your top three, right, probably, yes.

1536
01:31:07.840 --> 01:31:11.640
<v Speaker 1>Which I think he will, Yeah, particularly if he has

1537
01:31:11.720 --> 01:31:15.479
<v Speaker 1>got your eligibility. Okay, all right, So who drops out

1538
01:31:15.520 --> 01:31:16.239
<v Speaker 1>of this top ten?

1539
01:31:17.560 --> 01:31:20.920
<v Speaker 2>Oh? Easy, easy choice for me. No, the guy that

1540
01:31:21.039 --> 01:31:28.279
<v Speaker 2>is currently sitting at eight. H I'm not yes, I'm

1541
01:31:28.279 --> 01:31:33.199
<v Speaker 2>not overly enamored with what I'm seeing from Raphael Devers.

1542
01:31:34.640 --> 01:31:36.880
<v Speaker 2>You know, he had the fifth highest total of strikeouts

1543
01:31:36.920 --> 01:31:42.560
<v Speaker 2>in the game last year. I'm looking at it a

1544
01:31:42.600 --> 01:31:46.600
<v Speaker 2>thir right across the board, and it was closing in

1545
01:31:46.720 --> 01:31:51.600
<v Speaker 2>on forty on the off speed stuff. Okay, that's that

1546
01:31:51.720 --> 01:31:55.520
<v Speaker 2>to me is alarming. He was thirty nine Oh was

1547
01:31:55.520 --> 01:31:57.880
<v Speaker 2>he thirty nine to two? Thirty nine to three on

1548
01:31:57.920 --> 01:32:01.439
<v Speaker 2>the off speed stuff? The whiff rate, Like I know,

1549
01:32:01.520 --> 01:32:03.600
<v Speaker 2>he hit thirty five homers and he drove in one

1550
01:32:03.680 --> 01:32:07.079
<v Speaker 2>hundred and nine runs, But there's some warning signs starting

1551
01:32:07.119 --> 01:32:09.880
<v Speaker 2>to show up with Divers in that high strike and

1552
01:32:09.880 --> 01:32:13.880
<v Speaker 2>whiff rate. I don't think you can totally ignore them.

1553
01:32:13.920 --> 01:32:17.920
<v Speaker 2>If I was playing in a Dynasty format, I would

1554
01:32:17.399 --> 01:32:22.359
<v Speaker 2>be staying totally away from Rafael Divers.

1555
01:32:23.439 --> 01:32:27.439
<v Speaker 1>Off speed pitches is the thirty nine percent with thirty

1556
01:32:27.479 --> 01:32:31.159
<v Speaker 1>eight point seven. So for some reason he's struggling against

1557
01:32:31.279 --> 01:32:33.880
<v Speaker 1>left handed It's almost fifty percent of the time he's

1558
01:32:33.920 --> 01:32:37.920
<v Speaker 1>whipping on off speed pitches, which is pretty weird. So

1559
01:32:37.960 --> 01:32:40.880
<v Speaker 1>he's not picking up I wonder if there's something. Yeah,

1560
01:32:40.920 --> 01:32:43.560
<v Speaker 1>so he's way out in front of everything. The power store,

1561
01:32:44.279 --> 01:32:47.920
<v Speaker 1>huge huge eggs of velocity. Yep, it is enough launch

1562
01:32:47.960 --> 01:32:50.239
<v Speaker 1>angle for him to continue to hit thirty home runs

1563
01:32:50.279 --> 01:32:53.079
<v Speaker 1>thirty five home runs, but yeah, you're right. The strikeout

1564
01:32:53.159 --> 01:32:56.520
<v Speaker 1>rates and the whiff rates against, Yes, it's a problem.

1565
01:32:58.039 --> 01:33:02.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah when you're when you drake out and you're number

1566
01:33:02.159 --> 01:33:05.920
<v Speaker 2>five on the most dracoed list, that's not a good thing.

1567
01:33:06.000 --> 01:33:07.920
<v Speaker 2>At some point in time, he's going to lose a

1568
01:33:07.960 --> 01:33:11.600
<v Speaker 2>tick of this, a tick of that, and he's going

1569
01:33:11.680 --> 01:33:15.880
<v Speaker 2>to be very, very mortal. I'm staying away from Rafao divers.

1570
01:33:16.319 --> 01:33:18.560
<v Speaker 1>He hasn't. But just to be fair, he hasn't lost

1571
01:33:18.560 --> 01:33:21.720
<v Speaker 1>a tick of anything yet. So he's still the same guy,

1572
01:33:22.720 --> 01:33:25.399
<v Speaker 1>and maybe San Francisco will be. I don't know what

1573
01:33:25.439 --> 01:33:29.600
<v Speaker 1>how many home runs he hit. Did he spend the

1574
01:33:29.720 --> 01:33:31.119
<v Speaker 1>entire season in San Francisco?

1575
01:33:32.600 --> 01:33:35.439
<v Speaker 2>I think most of it was he wasn't He wasn't

1576
01:33:35.439 --> 01:33:38.000
<v Speaker 2>a real happy camper before that deal. If i'm he

1577
01:33:38.079 --> 01:33:40.039
<v Speaker 2>might have spent the full year. I can't remember.

1578
01:33:40.359 --> 01:33:44.119
<v Speaker 1>March, March, April, and May he was in Boston, so

1579
01:33:44.199 --> 01:33:49.000
<v Speaker 1>where he hit twelve home runs? Let's see, well, seventeen

1580
01:33:49.039 --> 01:33:51.319
<v Speaker 1>home runs before the All Start break, eighteen home runs

1581
01:33:51.319 --> 01:33:54.399
<v Speaker 1>after the All Star breaks, so I need he hit

1582
01:33:54.479 --> 01:33:56.760
<v Speaker 1>a ton of home runs in San Francisco.

1583
01:33:56.560 --> 01:34:00.319
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, he did. I just have my concern and

1584
01:34:00.319 --> 01:34:04.720
<v Speaker 2>when I look at that group. Obviously, Freddy Freeman's another guy, okay,

1585
01:34:04.760 --> 01:34:08.319
<v Speaker 2>that could fall out of the top ten. Then, blasphemous

1586
01:34:08.359 --> 01:34:13.680
<v Speaker 2>as it may seem, Bryce Harper, he's no spring chicken,

1587
01:34:14.760 --> 01:34:19.159
<v Speaker 2>and he's you know, over the past three seasons, he's

1588
01:34:19.199 --> 01:34:22.880
<v Speaker 2>only hit thirty plus once, he's driven eight in eighty

1589
01:34:22.960 --> 01:34:29.319
<v Speaker 2>or more runs once. He hasn't scored ninety runs. I

1590
01:34:29.319 --> 01:34:33.520
<v Speaker 2>think Bryce Harper is being overdrafted. I think it's time

1591
01:34:33.600 --> 01:34:36.319
<v Speaker 2>to downshift a little bit. I'm not saying he's done,

1592
01:34:36.560 --> 01:34:40.520
<v Speaker 2>not by any stretch of the imagination. But if you

1593
01:34:40.640 --> 01:34:43.319
<v Speaker 2>look at what he's done over the past three seasons,

1594
01:34:44.119 --> 01:34:47.319
<v Speaker 2>is it warranting? Like I know the NFC has him

1595
01:34:47.319 --> 01:34:51.800
<v Speaker 2>as four. It's he's got to start coming down a

1596
01:34:51.800 --> 01:34:52.960
<v Speaker 2>little bit in my opinion.

1597
01:34:54.359 --> 01:34:56.520
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's still got some speed though, I think that

1598
01:34:56.640 --> 01:34:57.960
<v Speaker 1>gives him a little bit of a push.

1599
01:34:58.479 --> 01:35:02.079
<v Speaker 2>Really. Yeah, those are the you know, like I said, Harper,

1600
01:35:02.119 --> 01:35:04.880
<v Speaker 2>Freeman and especially those Devers, those are the three that

1601
01:35:05.000 --> 01:35:06.640
<v Speaker 2>concerned me. In the top ten right.

1602
01:35:06.560 --> 01:35:08.920
<v Speaker 1>Now, I always gets mixed up.

1603
01:35:09.319 --> 01:35:10.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah me too.

1604
01:35:10.560 --> 01:35:17.119
<v Speaker 1>I look it up and then I forget. Okay, so

1605
01:35:17.359 --> 01:35:18.359
<v Speaker 1>give me a sleeper or two.

1606
01:35:19.760 --> 01:35:24.800
<v Speaker 2>A sleeper to Charlie Condon, Ryan Clifford, Uh, Jonathan Long

1607
01:35:24.840 --> 01:35:27.800
<v Speaker 2>doesn't have a place to play, But should he find

1608
01:35:27.800 --> 01:35:30.000
<v Speaker 2>a place or the Cubs find a place for him?

1609
01:35:30.079 --> 01:35:35.119
<v Speaker 2>This potential air and Luke Adams in Milwaukee, I'm gonna

1610
01:35:35.119 --> 01:35:37.560
<v Speaker 2>throw him into that into the pile.

1611
01:35:40.039 --> 01:35:43.720
<v Speaker 1>I got. My only other sleeper is Ralphie Velasquez.

1612
01:35:44.640 --> 01:35:44.840
<v Speaker 2>Yep.

1613
01:35:45.239 --> 01:35:47.920
<v Speaker 1>With the Guardians. That was the guy that I thought.

1614
01:35:48.600 --> 01:35:50.720
<v Speaker 2>So I think I've got him on my list somewhere

1615
01:35:51.119 --> 01:35:54.000
<v Speaker 2>near the in that group of all the prospects down

1616
01:35:54.039 --> 01:35:58.000
<v Speaker 2>in the in the forties fifties. Where do I have Ralfie?

1617
01:35:58.680 --> 01:36:00.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah at fifty four.

1618
01:36:01.920 --> 01:36:04.520
<v Speaker 1>Yep. So that that was a guy that I mean, Look,

1619
01:36:05.039 --> 01:36:06.720
<v Speaker 1>the Guardians. The one thing we know about the Guardians

1620
01:36:06.720 --> 01:36:08.039
<v Speaker 1>are always gonna be looking for power.

1621
01:36:08.560 --> 01:36:13.119
<v Speaker 2>So well they just diavade you asking Noel, I believe,

1622
01:36:13.239 --> 01:36:14.359
<v Speaker 2>so that one's gone.

1623
01:36:14.920 --> 01:36:18.279
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that was an easy call. I mean, that was

1624
01:36:18.720 --> 01:36:21.520
<v Speaker 1>I mean, and look the Christmas Tree, great great story,

1625
01:36:21.600 --> 01:36:25.880
<v Speaker 1>great nickname. I mean he was this guy had a

1626
01:36:25.960 --> 01:36:30.159
<v Speaker 1>great what six weeks or something. And then listen, you

1627
01:36:30.199 --> 01:36:32.079
<v Speaker 1>see this every year there's a couple of guys that

1628
01:36:32.199 --> 01:36:34.680
<v Speaker 1>come up and they just you know, they go out

1629
01:36:34.680 --> 01:36:37.000
<v Speaker 1>of their minds for a period of time, they get

1630
01:36:37.000 --> 01:36:39.840
<v Speaker 1>overdrafted the following year, and then they're out of baseball.

1631
01:36:39.960 --> 01:36:44.960
<v Speaker 1>It happens all the time. It does, Timmy, anybody else

1632
01:36:45.000 --> 01:36:47.439
<v Speaker 1>that you want to avoid besides Raphael Devers? And I

1633
01:36:47.479 --> 01:36:49.600
<v Speaker 1>think you're saying Bryce Harper.

1634
01:36:50.520 --> 01:36:56.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I I again, if I can get him in

1635
01:36:56.520 --> 01:37:01.800
<v Speaker 2>the fourth round. Yeah, I'm certainly not going as I. Uh,

1636
01:37:02.239 --> 01:37:05.079
<v Speaker 2>Freddy Freeman, I'm okay with in the fifth, sixth round.

1637
01:37:05.600 --> 01:37:09.560
<v Speaker 2>I think there's still another year of solid numbers relatively.

1638
01:37:09.760 --> 01:37:13.600
<v Speaker 1>There's some some health concerns this winter. Is he coming

1639
01:37:13.720 --> 01:37:14.920
<v Speaker 1>on surgery or something?

1640
01:37:15.960 --> 01:37:22.399
<v Speaker 2>Uh? I I will check real quick and see what

1641
01:37:22.560 --> 01:37:28.880
<v Speaker 2>his what his page says. But uh, Freddy Freeman, where

1642
01:37:28.880 --> 01:37:32.079
<v Speaker 2>are we Freddy? No, I don't see anything on his page.

1643
01:37:33.039 --> 01:37:39.119
<v Speaker 1>Freddie Freeman suffers unfortunate injury December ninth, injury set back.

1644
01:37:39.319 --> 01:37:43.279
<v Speaker 1>That's what I'm seeing here. Also grab plenty of headlines

1645
01:37:43.680 --> 01:37:46.640
<v Speaker 1>new surface of the team agreed to sign. Also closer

1646
01:37:47.399 --> 01:37:51.520
<v Speaker 1>quite developing, Canadian national baseball team director Gregor revealed that

1647
01:37:51.920 --> 01:37:54.319
<v Speaker 1>Dodgers' first baseman, who is a staple for the Canadian

1648
01:37:54.359 --> 01:37:56.880
<v Speaker 1>team of the world Best Baseball Classic, a suffering an

1649
01:37:56.880 --> 01:37:59.279
<v Speaker 1>injury setback that could help could keep him out of

1650
01:37:59.359 --> 01:38:01.800
<v Speaker 1>the tournament and March and might have some implications for

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<v Speaker 1>next season.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, wasn't aware of that. It was what is the injury?

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<v Speaker 1>But this is from Forbes, so the financial magazine. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what came up. So maybe they maybe they're maybe it's

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<v Speaker 1>a it's a it's a bank problem, bank stake. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. And it's definitely written by a Canadian because

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<v Speaker 1>it's they're more concerned about the Canadian national team than

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<v Speaker 1>there or anything else.

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<v Speaker 2>WBC. Yeah, the Dodgers, Uh, it's others say, then I

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<v Speaker 2>won't judge Wilson Contreras. Yeah, okay, I you know there

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<v Speaker 2>was big hope that Contreras, with the extra at bats

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<v Speaker 2>and moving to first base, would be a sleeper type

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<v Speaker 2>pick last year. Well, no, it just didn't happen. So

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<v Speaker 2>I twenty eighty, You've got lots of options. Wilson Contreras

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<v Speaker 2>won't be one for me and Louise Arise. Even if

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<v Speaker 2>I have totally screwed up batting average, I'll never admit

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<v Speaker 2>it to the extent where I have to draft him.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll eat it first. Pick another category to try and

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<v Speaker 2>do well in other than just the one trick Bony.

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<v Speaker 1>Totally agree to me a sec or final break it back.

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<v Speaker 1>Find out what tim'sum for dinner. Great show, Tim, great

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<v Speaker 1>work from first Tim