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Speaker 1: What's up everybody?

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Speaker 2: Welcome in another edition of Crush City Territory. My name

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Speaker 2: is Chandler Roam, along with Tyler Stafford and a special

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Speaker 2: guest from Baseball America, Jeff Ponce.

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Speaker 1: Jeff, how are.

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Speaker 3: You doing well? Chandler? Happy to be joining you guys today.

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Speaker 3: Talk a little Astros.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, before we get into you've been busy.

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Speaker 2: The Astros Top thirty prospects on BA officially re updated

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Speaker 2: this morning. Before we get into the baby Astros, I

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Speaker 2: have a question for you, Jeff, what is the longest

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Speaker 2: rain delay you've ever sat through at a either a

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Speaker 2: minor league game, big league game in your career, longest

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Speaker 2: raindelay you've ever sat there?

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Speaker 3: So twenty nineteen short season at loll I sat through

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Speaker 3: probably about a two and a half three hour rain

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Speaker 3: delay and then they canceled the game. But this is

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Speaker 3: the worst reason ever for why we had to stick around.

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Speaker 3: So it was me and I wasn't with BA at

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Speaker 3: the time. It was kind of freelancing doing this stuff,

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Speaker 3: and had some friends that were scouts ECCE, so a

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Speaker 3: few scouts were all in the press box and the

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Speaker 3: reason they kept it open was it was a Jared

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Speaker 3: Carabas Bobblehead night. Now, they wanted all the people to

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Speaker 3: get their bobbleheads, so they kept this thing open for

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Speaker 3: two and a half three hours, kept telling us they

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Speaker 3: were going to play the game, and it was a

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Speaker 3: like a two and a half hour, three hour raindelay

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Speaker 3: that we just sat inside of the press box and

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Speaker 3: it was not exactly a comfy, spacious one in Bulwither.

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Speaker 2: I hate to say it, but I've got your beat

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Speaker 2: because last night at PNC Park, we sat there for

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Speaker 2: three hours and twenty two minutes before the Astros and

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Speaker 2: the Pirates played. If it were up to Dana Brown,

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Speaker 2: the Astros and the Pirates would not have played in

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Speaker 2: that three hour and twenty two minute Reindolay Tyler.

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Speaker 1: Did you watch that whole game?

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Speaker 2: And what did you think of seeing Dana get mad,

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Speaker 2: maybe for the first time in his Astros tent, publicly

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Speaker 2: getting that vociferously angry at someone on camera.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I appreciated that they did a memorial West Coast game.

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Speaker 4: Start time it was nine oh five Central, which is

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Speaker 4: just a normal West Coast trip time. So I'm in

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Speaker 4: a unique position where I have three young kids, and

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Speaker 4: so my life is complete chaos from end of work

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Speaker 4: until bedtime. So I've been mad at these five forty

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Speaker 4: start times because I don't get to see much until

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Speaker 4: the kids go down. So it actually worked out perfectly

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Speaker 4: for me. I saw the whole game, but yes, it

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Speaker 4: was interesting to see Dana down there yelling at everyone

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Speaker 4: about the weather. I assume after giving you lots of

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Speaker 4: talks on the calcification of Jordan's hand, did he break down,

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Speaker 4: like you know, pressure charts of meteorology. Did he have

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Speaker 4: any sort of presentation for you guys after.

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Speaker 1: He did not?

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Speaker 2: He was calmer by the time that he spoke to

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Speaker 2: us after the game at about twelve forty five Eastern

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Speaker 2: Time to give the cliffs Notes version. Dana Brown did

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Speaker 2: not want that game played last night because as a result,

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Speaker 2: the Astros got into Cleveland today Friday at about four am.

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Speaker 2: They have to play tonight at Progressive Field at seven pm.

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Speaker 2: It just made for an awful experience. Dana was for

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Speaker 2: banging the game. As he put it, I got to

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Speaker 2: introduce the entire athletic readership to the word.

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Speaker 1: Bang and what banging means. It doesn't mean when you

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Speaker 1: think it means.

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Speaker 2: It means they wanted to bang the game, which is

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Speaker 2: baseball slang for cancel it postponent. But basically, the two

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Speaker 2: for both of them that they could fly back to

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh and play that game later in the season. I

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Speaker 2: suppose they could have cut their All Star breaks short

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Speaker 2: to play that one game. Good luck trying to convince

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Speaker 2: any big leader to give up his All Star break

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Speaker 2: to go play in Pittsburgh and possibly face Paul Skeins again,

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Speaker 2: So that would have not been fun. I think Dana

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Speaker 2: it was Major League Baseball's call. I think Dana was

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Speaker 2: just really frustrated with a bad moment at a bad time,

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Speaker 1: But it was kind of interesting to hear.

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Speaker 2: I think he won some Brownie points last night because

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Speaker 2: he was asked, you know, did he regret his outbursts

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Speaker 2: and he said not at all. That's a natural reaction

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Speaker 2: to being the GM of a club that starts a

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Speaker 1: So good on, Dana.

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Speaker 2: I guess the Astros are going to be very tired

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Speaker 2: when they played tonight. You know who will not be

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Speaker 2: tired is the minor league guys. Jeff, you had the

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Speaker 2: interesting task of ranking this farm system. And if you

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Speaker 2: thirty Astros prospects, you can go right ahead. If you

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Speaker 2: want to see the biggest risers, biggest followers, it's all there. Jeff,

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Speaker 2: I want to start off with the question that I

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Speaker 2: get most of all, and I never really know how

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Speaker 2: to adequately answer it. Every outside publication you look at

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Speaker 2: the Astros farm system is either twenty eighth, twenty ninth,

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Speaker 2: or thirtieth, and it has been that way for the

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Speaker 2: last four or five seasons. Nevertheless, they still somehow find

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Speaker 2: guys to come up and contribute it. Are they elite

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Speaker 2: world beating prospects. Are they Rookie of the Year contenders?

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Speaker 2: They are not, But somehow they find guys every year

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Speaker 2: to come up our above average or above replacement level players.

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Speaker 1: Square that for me, Square the Astros.

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Speaker 2: Farm system being as ranked as low as it is,

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Speaker 2: but having all of these guys that can contribute at

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Speaker 3: I think there's always a couple elements to this, and

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Speaker 3: it's something that I think is a narrative that maybe

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Speaker 3: doesn't get discussed as much as it probably should in

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Speaker 3: continues for the Astros, But I think they've always done

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Speaker 3: I think on the position side, they've done a good

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Speaker 3: a lot of interesting guys here that I think in

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Speaker 3: They're not an award winner type of players. But they're contributors.

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Speaker 3: They're major league quality players. They probably have more forties

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Speaker 3: They probably have more of those than just about anybody.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I think looking at the system too, obviously,

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Speaker 4: the reason that the Astras have been able to pull

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Speaker 4: that they do have so much at the major league

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Speaker 4: I mean, really, since you know your springer Korea, Bregman,

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Speaker 4: for this to work pretty much. I mean, even Panya

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Speaker 4: and carry a team. Because it seems like the Astros,

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Speaker 4: like you said, while they don't have those sixty seventy prospects,

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Speaker 4: it feels like and I know that this is not

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Speaker 4: you've had sustained success for this long and so looking

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Speaker 4: at this list, you're right, there's nobody that's jumping out

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Speaker 4: at you. It's unfortunate that Cam Smith has been so

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Speaker 4: good that he didn't even get to be on an

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Speaker 4: updated list for the Astros, but it's it's certainly an

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Speaker 4: interesting top thirty.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk about some specific guys on that top thirty

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Speaker 2: All right, Jeff, because we have seen a lot of

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Speaker 2: Mauricio Dubon is kind of morphed into that everyday guy.

436
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Speaker 2: But I think the best version of this team has

437
00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,400
Speaker 2: Maurice Dubon as the utility guy, coming off the bench

438
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,240
Speaker 2: as a pinch hitter against a leverage lefty late in

439
00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,240
Speaker 2: the game or something of that nature. If Bryce Matthews

440
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Speaker 2: can have another, you know, solid twenty five thirty game sample,

441
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Speaker 2: I would not be shocked to see Bryce Matthews playing

442
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Speaker 2: second base for the Astros. Maybe you know, as as

443
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Speaker 2: quickly as before the All Star break, maybe after the

444
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Speaker 2: All Star break.

445
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure.

446
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,760
Speaker 2: But again, that's gonna be on Matthews to continue because

447
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,040
Speaker 2: he has, as Jeff you mentioned, like he's been playing well.

448
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,159
Speaker 2: He's been playing really well on Triple A. He's getting

449
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,280
Speaker 2: to the point where they're gonna have to have start

450
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,040
Speaker 2: having some discussions. And to be honest with you, if

451
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Speaker 2: Matthews had started the season maybe as well as he

452
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Speaker 2: is playing now, the decision on Brendan Rodgers, who they

453
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Speaker 2: ended up keeping over his advanced consent clause.

454
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Speaker 1: The decision may have been a little different.

455
00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,159
Speaker 2: Bryce Matthews could have maybe come up in May and

456
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,600
Speaker 2: been on this team, but that's not how it worked out.

457
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,359
Speaker 2: And Bryce Matthews saw some season too do in Triple A,

458
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Speaker 2: so we'll see if he can get there. Jeff, your

459
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Speaker 2: your prospect, update your front sistem. Update the Astros. It

460
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,720
Speaker 2: has a couple has a couple sections. It has risers, followers, injuries,

461
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,840
Speaker 2: new editions, things like that. The first guy under risers

462
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,000
Speaker 2: is I think the next guy that you're going to

463
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Speaker 2: see wearing an Astro's uniform, and that's Miguel Yola. Was

464
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 2: was the guy that I was most excited to watch

465
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Speaker 2: in spring training, and then he did not pitch well

466
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Speaker 2: at all when he when he got to big league camp,

467
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,679
Speaker 2: did not pitch well. He actually started the Astros spring

468
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,200
Speaker 2: breakout game and got hurt, got had a shoulder injury

469
00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,600
Speaker 2: to walk off. But he is he's better. He is

470
00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,800
Speaker 2: throwing lights out in Triple A right now. I think

471
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Speaker 2: the next time the Astros need a spot starter and

472
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Speaker 2: Uloa's on full rest, I think he will be the

473
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Speaker 2: guy they call up. What can fans be excited about

474
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Speaker 2: with him?

475
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Speaker 1: Jeff?

476
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Speaker 2: Because it seems like it seems like a guy that

477
00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 2: the stuff is electric.

478
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Speaker 1: He just needs to know where it's going a lot

479
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Speaker 1: of the time.

480
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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think he's done a better job of

481
00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,680
Speaker 3: being kind of effectively wild this year. What I mean

482
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,800
Speaker 3: by that is, you know, I think there is such

483
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,960
Speaker 3: thing as like too many strikes, as crazy as that

484
00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,720
Speaker 3: might be to some old school coaches, that you do

485
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,720
Speaker 3: want to throw some chase pitches, you sort of, And

486
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,679
Speaker 3: it's the difference between control and command. Control is just

487
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 3: simply throwing strikes, right, but there's bad strikes, there's middle,

488
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,520
Speaker 3: middle strikes. There's very hittable stuff right in trouble spots

489
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,320
Speaker 3: and trouble zones. There's hanging breaking balls inside the zone.

490
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,400
Speaker 3: And so I think, you know, command is really being

491
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,760
Speaker 3: able to hit spots and hit certain zones where either

492
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 3: you know, the hit or swing isn't you know, capable

493
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,560
Speaker 3: of getting to certain types of pitches, a certain style

494
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,760
Speaker 3: of break or movement is going to play better in

495
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,439
Speaker 3: certain areas of the zone or around the zone, and

496
00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,040
Speaker 3: just kind of being able to control that gray area

497
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 3: of you know, sort of around the zone right that

498
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,399
Speaker 3: shadow zone area. He's done a really good job of

499
00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,399
Speaker 3: that this year, and I think that's where we've seen

500
00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,919
Speaker 3: the jump. So like the walk rates are still pretty high,

501
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 3: it's still, you know whatever, five walks per nine, we're

502
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 3: striking out more batters. He's getting deeper into outs, She's

503
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:13,160
Speaker 3: me getting deeper into starts, getting more outs, and you know, ultimately,

504
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,159
Speaker 3: I think that's what we need to see from Yola.

505
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 3: When you look at the quality of that fastball, it's

506
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,159
Speaker 3: a plus fastball pretty easily, I think, with a couple

507
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 3: more ticks because it's not crazy velocity, but it is

508
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,439
Speaker 3: insane playing to the plate in terms of how it

509
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,000
Speaker 3: actually travels and how batters react to the ball. I

510
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000
Speaker 3: think that's when we talk about like VA and plane

511
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,200
Speaker 3: and IVB and deception and all these things, it's really

512
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,080
Speaker 3: just how do hitters see the ball out of the hand,

513
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 3: and hitters don't see the ball out of the hand.

514
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,480
Speaker 3: It rides. It's got great plane, so it might be

515
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,160
Speaker 3: ninety two to ninety four most days, but then it

516
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,800
Speaker 3: really plays more like it's ninety five to ninety six

517
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:54,720
Speaker 3: on the days that he has a little bit more velow.

518
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 3: If you put him into the bullpen if he was

519
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,680
Speaker 3: needed to go and air him out for an inning.

520
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 3: He's probably more like five to six. All his secondary

521
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,680
Speaker 3: stuff is hard. He throws a variety of different pitch shapes,

522
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 3: so you know, he's got stuff that drops, sweeps, runs,

523
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 3: and rides. So I think when you're sort of playing

524
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,119
Speaker 3: that multi directional game, there's a way to get a

525
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 3: lot of different outs and generate a lot of different outs.

526
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,960
Speaker 3: So I like him probably as much as anybody in

527
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,919
Speaker 3: the system. I wish he threw a few more strikes,

528
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 3: so I get really like irresponsible with the ranking. I

529
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,760
Speaker 3: think he is the guy here that, as Astros fans,

530
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 3: this should be the guy that you kind of hone

531
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,879
Speaker 3: in on, because this is the guys they've had success with.

532
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,119
Speaker 3: Christian Javier was like this Christian Haavier through the zones,

533
00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 3: he had a bunch of different movement profiles. He got

534
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 3: a ton of outs, and people were doubtful as to

535
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,199
Speaker 3: how much control he had and if he was going

536
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,800
Speaker 3: to throw enough strikes. And he's, you know, prior to

537
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,760
Speaker 3: getting hurt, was a pretty substantial difference maker for the

538
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 3: Astros rotation, and when you're churning out guys like this

539
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 3: at lower cost of the international market. It makes a

540
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,640
Speaker 3: huge difference. And you know, the last World Series team

541
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 3: that rotation was homegrown and outside of Orlander, and you know,

542
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,919
Speaker 3: primarily was a lot of guys they signed for not

543
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:11,919
Speaker 3: a whole lot of money. So I think this is

544
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,920
Speaker 3: a guy to hone in on. I love him. I

545
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 3: think it's a really interesting look and it's one where

546
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 3: I kept the faith through some peaks and valleys here

547
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 3: and he's looked really good. And like you said, Chandler,

548
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 3: I think he is the next guy up and certainly

549
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,200
Speaker 3: on the cuff of the major leagues. I think they'll

550
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 3: make a forty man roster move on him because the

551
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 3: decision comes up this offseason.

552
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 4: Anyway, Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned Christian Hobber because as

553
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,919
Speaker 4: soon as you say ninety two to ninety four, but

554
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 4: somehow it's fooling guys like that, screams Javier. Anytime you

555
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 4: watched him pitch, it was like, how is he's throwing

556
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,400
Speaker 4: fastballs down the middle at ninety three and people are

557
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,479
Speaker 4: just swinging under it, you know, making people look silly.

558
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,400
Speaker 4: And I think that sounds a lot, you know, very similar,

559
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 4: And then you you mentioned the Ashers have just had

560
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 4: a ton of success signing guys for not a lot

561
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:08,639
Speaker 4: of money and really developing them. And another one of

562
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 4: those that you know looks to be on the on

563
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,240
Speaker 4: the rise as well as Anderson Brito, who you know,

564
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,280
Speaker 4: as you know, they signed for what ten thousand dollars

565
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 4: I think two years ago, and he, you know, is

566
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,479
Speaker 4: is moving up the rings. What can you tell us

567
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 4: about Brito?

568
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, another guy would like you know, we talked about

569
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 3: this at the top right, like the Astros, fine pictures

570
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 3: that have a couple of different breaking balls to change

571
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 3: up and like good fastball trades. We just talked about Yola,

572
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 3: it's another one with Brito. The issue with me for

573
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 3: Brito is he's five to ten if that he's small,

574
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 3: and he's small for a starting pitcher in the major leagues.

575
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 3: We just don't see a lot of those guys, regardless

576
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 3: of how successful they are, you know, as they climb

577
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,360
Speaker 3: the rungs of the minor league ladder, a lot of

578
00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:01,280
Speaker 3: them just struggle and break down eventually. So I think

579
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 3: that's my biggest concern. And that said, it is real stuff,

580
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 3: it's real swing and miss stuff. His command is backed

581
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 3: up a little bit this year, but it's kind of

582
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 3: to be expected when you consider the substantial Velo jumps

583
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,200
Speaker 3: when they signed him, as you said, for nothing in

584
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 3: terms of a signing bonus in the international market, where

585
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 3: you know, the mid tier guys are signing for three

586
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 3: hundred thousand dollars. It's effectively, you know, paid for his

587
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,479
Speaker 3: plane ticket to the States and he was like ninety

588
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 3: one ninety two and came back in a year later.

589
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 3: They didn't even pitch him in the Dominicansummer League after signing,

590
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 3: which is unusual, and they just worked on it, you know,

591
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 3: worked with him and was able to put on good

592
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,480
Speaker 3: weight and you know, just fix some things mechanically and

593
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 3: now you know he's he's popping one hundred. I mean,

594
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 3: it's it's real stuff. The question with him is, you know,

595
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 3: is there is there a true third pitch who knows

596
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 3: if he gets there or not. But at the very least,

597
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 3: I think this is a very interesting relief arm where

598
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 3: you're talking about a sixty fastball and a fifty five

599
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 3: sixty slider to go with it. You know, if he

600
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 3: unlocks that change up, the command gets a little bit better.

601
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 3: I think, you know, the outlook of him as a

602
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 3: starter probably gets a little bit more rosy, but he's

603
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 3: up against it just based on you know, historical size.

604
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 3: He's a tiny guy, but there aren't a lot of

605
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 3: tiny guys that throw this hard. So who knows.

606
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 4: Well, the Astros have had some success with tiny guys,

607
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 4: so one's playing left field, so maybe, uh, maybe they'll

608
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 4: figure it out.

609
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 2: They have cornered the market on tall on tiny guys,

610
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:42,720
Speaker 2: from tiny Latino players that sign for nothing that no

611
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 2: one's ever heard of. They have cornered the market on those.

612
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 2: They've also cornered the market on guys that probably we've

613
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 2: never heard of, that we haven't mentioned yet. What we're

614
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:54,719
Speaker 2: gonna we're gonna take a little break and then we're

615
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 2: gonna talk about maybe some guys. I imagine if you're

616
00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 2: listening to this podcast, everyone we have talked about already

617
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 2: has been kind of front of mine for you. We're

618
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 2: gonna talk about some guys that are in the lower levels,

619
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Speaker 2: kind of guys that are in rookie ball, maybe in

620
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 2: even you know, the Gulf Coast League, some guys like

621
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Speaker 2: that to keep your eye on, maybe for the next

622
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626
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627
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Speaker 2: All right, Joe, I'll make a confession. I try to follow.

649
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Speaker 2: I try to follow the Astros farm system as much

650
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,840
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651
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Speaker 2: at Triple A Sugarland and Double A corpus Chrissy's box scores,

652
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,080
Speaker 2: because the people care much more about the major league

653
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 2: team that's trying to go to its ninth straight postseason appearance.

654
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 2: You are the expert here, so I'm gonna I'm gonna

655
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 2: give you the floor. Give us a couple names that

656
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 2: I probably have not heard of.

657
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,480
Speaker 1: And Tyler. Tyler's a more.

658
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 2: Wellnd, well read, and well learned person than I am.

659
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: Maybe he's heard of them.

660
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 2: Give me some names of some guys that you've got

661
00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 2: your eye on as maybe in that next way of

662
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 2: guys that you got to you got a bookmark, remember

663
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 2: this name as a guy that could could make some

664
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 2: noise if and when, you know, they get up the

665
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 2: ranks of affiliated ball.

666
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think this was a year where they

667
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 3: had a really good draft, even beyond the first round,

668
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 3: and that's where the Astros typically have done really well

669
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 3: and sort of eaten. So the first guy I'll throw

670
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 3: out there, Joseph Sullivan. You know he's with hy a

671
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 3: Ashland right now. Was part of a tandem of outfielders

672
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 3: that had some draft buzz last year as we got

673
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 3: deeper into the Psycho out of South Alabama. Sullivan was

674
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 3: actually draft eligible the year before, went back into the draft.

675
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 3: Astros taken him the seventh round. Another guy that was

676
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 3: like an outstanding athletic tester, actually comes a little bit

677
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 3: in the family. His grandfather, Pat Sullivan actually won the

678
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 3: nineteen seventy one Heisman Trophy award at Auburn and his

679
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 3: father played football at Auburn TCU. So athletic family. He's

680
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 3: a ballplayer, speed, left handed bat. There's power that he's

681
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 3: starting to tap into a little bit more now. Some

682
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,759
Speaker 3: of that's probably some Nashville magic, but I do think

683
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 3: you look at the ev numbers, you look at you know,

684
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,839
Speaker 3: some of the swing and miss stuff, which has got

685
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 3: a little bit worse this year. But he's traded some

686
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 3: of that contact for power and kind of evolved into

687
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,800
Speaker 3: more of a power speed guy that gets on base,

688
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,280
Speaker 3: can play up the middle, can play a solid center field.

689
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,759
Speaker 3: I think he's really interesting. I think just from a

690
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,839
Speaker 3: hitting perspective, could be a guy that breaks out. I

691
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,920
Speaker 3: know this offseason that you know, as they were locked

692
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,880
Speaker 3: into some some trade talks, et cetera with other teams,

693
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 3: Sullivan was a guy that was consistently being brought up

694
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 3: as like a secondary or like the duciary piece in

695
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 3: these trades. The other guy I'll throw out there is

696
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,320
Speaker 3: Bryce Meyer, another guy that made a really big jump

697
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,400
Speaker 3: in our rankings. He was just off the rankings heading

698
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 3: into the season. I think he was thirty one or

699
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 3: thirty two, as we do typically rank out forty. We

700
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 3: have like another ten that comes out in January when

701
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 3: we released the initial list. Meyer was a guy that

702
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:10,720
Speaker 3: I had my eye on a couple of years at Juco.

703
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 3: Missed a season at Missouri after transferring with Tommy John,

704
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:19,400
Speaker 3: came back, kind of had these like typical SEC seasons

705
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,399
Speaker 3: that we see from some of these transfers that get

706
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 3: injured where first year there they kind of get the

707
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 3: teeth kicked in, they have some starts, they have some

708
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,759
Speaker 3: relief appearances, but the underlying data is really good. The

709
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,840
Speaker 3: astros like the data believe that he could be a

710
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,919
Speaker 3: starter with a little bit more work so far so good.

711
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 3: Started the season off at Loway Fayetteville was really good.

712
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 3: There has been called up to Ashville, which is not

713
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 3: an easy place to pitch, of course, it's one of

714
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 3: the most offensive environments in all of minor league baseball,

715
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:54,840
Speaker 3: and he's pitched really well. Another guy that has aceptive

716
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,360
Speaker 3: traits in his fastball, similar to Javier and others that

717
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 3: we've talked about in this podcast. He's like ninety two

718
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 3: ninety three touch in ninety five, but it plays above

719
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 3: because of lower release height, a flatter plane, and a

720
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 3: lot of vertical break for where his release height is.

721
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 3: You know, good good slider, got feel for a curve ball.

722
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 3: It's gotten results so far. I think that the uh

723
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 3: the development of that change up though, is going to

724
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 3: be really key for where Myra ends up. But I

725
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 3: think a really interesting arm six three two twenty kind

726
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 3: of a you know, broad shouldered, strong build so has

727
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 3: that like prototypical starter body as well. Those are two

728
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:37,800
Speaker 3: guys in particular that I'm really honed in on and

729
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,400
Speaker 3: pretty excited about. I think they're players that you know,

730
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 3: could push pitch their way into the top ten. Meyer

731
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 3: almost feels like this year version of like Jake Blosss,

732
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 3: who was a guy that we had at like twelve

733
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,919
Speaker 3: or thirteen, and then pushed his way into the top ten.

734
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 3: And then of course I actually covered the Blue Jays too,

735
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 3: so then pushed his way into like a top five

736
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 3: prospect of the Blue Jays prior to get injured.

737
00:36:59,440 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: Yeah.

738
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Speaker 4: So I've been an Astros fan my whole life, and

739
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 4: my high school and college years were the dark years

740
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 4: of the Astros team. So I spent a lot of

741
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 4: time pouring over prospect lists because it was that or

742
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 4: watch Carlos Pana play first base for the Astros. So

743
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 4: I got really into the minor leagues. And you know,

744
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 4: I think a lot of fans who really care about

745
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,359
Speaker 4: prospects right now probably have that feeling too. Of like,

746
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 4: oh man, five ten years ago, the Astros just had

747
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 4: ridiculous pharm system. They had so many top one hundred prospects.

748
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,760
Speaker 4: Obviously that's not sustainable, and some of that was because

749
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,360
Speaker 4: they drafted first every year, so it's pretty easy to

750
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 4: get good prospects that way. But you know, aside from

751
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 4: Cam Smith, who barely counted for a little bit, they

752
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 4: haven't had, you know, a top one hundred prospect and

753
00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 4: so one, can you admit that you hate the astros

754
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 4: and you are biased and you are hurting them purposefully.

755
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 4: And two, who do you see in the system as

756
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 4: as someone with maybe the upside that hasn't put it

757
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 4: together yet, that that could enter into a top one

758
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 4: hundred status at some point.

759
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,840
Speaker 3: We talked a little bit about u Yola, but I

760
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 3: think just in terms of the level that he's at

761
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 3: and how soon he's going to get called up, it's

762
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 3: probably not feasible that he has enough time to really

763
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 3: be a top one hundred prospect. I think the one

764
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:36,320
Speaker 3: that's interesting is the second round or last year. Ryan

765
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 3: Forkucci for Cucie is a guy that I think if

766
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 3: if he was healthy all throughout the season last year

767
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,960
Speaker 3: and didn't have to have Tommy John surgery last June,

768
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 3: he's probably a guy that goes in the first round

769
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 3: and probably gets a few million dollars. I mean, he

770
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 3: got a million dollars in whatever the second round, you know,

771
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,720
Speaker 3: having been injured and having already had the Tommy John surgery.

772
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 3: He's a guy for me where the stuff was there.

773
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 3: He kind of fits the mold. There were people that

774
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 3: certainly preferred him to tray you Savage, who's now a

775
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 3: top one hundred prospect with the Blue Jays. I don't

776
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 3: think it would be crazy for him to have a

777
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:18,880
Speaker 3: really good offseason. Show up in camp. He's fully healthy,

778
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,360
Speaker 3: but based on the timing of the Tommy John surgery,

779
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 3: he should be fine in October. To have a full offseason.

780
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 3: That's when you can show out you're good in spring training.

781
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,359
Speaker 3: You get into that spring breakout game, you throw two

782
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 3: innings and you strike out six or five or whatever, right,

783
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:37,879
Speaker 3: and he has that kind of stuff. That's the kind

784
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 3: of guy that can make a really substantial jump once

785
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 3: he's healthy. We saw it this year with a Red

786
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 3: Sox fifth rounder Brandon Clark. I'm throwing one hundred miles

787
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,880
Speaker 3: an hour from the left side with a crazy slider

788
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 3: in the spring breakout game, comes out in full season ball,

789
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 3: looks really good. The feedback from scouts is like, this

790
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 3: is a top one hundred prospect. He gets onto the list.

791
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 3: I think for Kouchie could have a similar sort of rise.

792
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 3: I would say, like the easy answer, though, is whoever

793
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,359
Speaker 3: you guys take in the first round this year, there's

794
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 3: a better chance with that guy too. You know that

795
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 3: you could get I mean We've seen so many guys

796
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:16,399
Speaker 3: from outside the top ten picks really establish themselves within

797
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,360
Speaker 3: the first few months in pro ball this year. That

798
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 3: I mean, guy like Gauge Jump with the Athletics is

799
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,120
Speaker 3: a top one under prospect now was the second rounder

800
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 3: last year. So I think that's probably where your best

801
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 3: bets are gonna come from, because the guys that are

802
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 3: at the top of the list at this point are

803
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,440
Speaker 3: probably a little bit too advanced to be considered top

804
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:35,879
Speaker 3: one hunder prospects. Melton's been on and off the list

805
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,919
Speaker 3: a few times, so you could technically consider him one,

806
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 3: but he's not on the list right now.

807
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,200
Speaker 2: Tyler, would you like to guess where Gauge Jump finish

808
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 2: his collegiate career?

809
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: Nope?

810
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 2: Okay, So going back to Fercucci for just a little bit.

811
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 2: I know teams like to pump up their draft picks.

812
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 2: Teams say that we got the best value ever, Like

813
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 2: teams are all to every team's g scouting director, draft guy,

814
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:05,360
Speaker 2: amateur guy is always very excited about whoever they draft.

815
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:07,640
Speaker 1: I kid you not.

816
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 2: Every member of the that is involved of the Astros

817
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 2: draft last year gushed about Ryan Forkucci like that was

818
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,240
Speaker 2: the guy that they circled was like, we cannot believe

819
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,840
Speaker 2: that this guy fell into our laps. Like they are very,

820
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 2: very very high on him. They knew it was a

821
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 2: it was kind of a great circuit, not a great circumstance.

822
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 2: Then you needed Tommy John surgery. But the fact that

823
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 2: he was available where they were picking in the second

824
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,719
Speaker 2: round was not supposed to happen. And Jeff I will

825
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 2: echo you that he was the one guy that whole

826
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,359
Speaker 2: draft in the In the week or so after that,

827
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,279
Speaker 2: all I kept hearing was how excited they were that

828
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 2: they got Ryan Forkucci. Now because because we just talked

829
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:53,440
Speaker 2: about these teams loved to pump these guys up. The

830
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:56,280
Speaker 2: downside of that is you have guys like pedro Leone

831
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 2: who got four million dollars from the Astros and just

832
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 2: has not been a He's been the mayor of sugar Land.

833
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,479
Speaker 2: And I hate to I don't mean the I don't

834
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,799
Speaker 2: mean to disparage him. He's a very nice young man,

835
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 2: but just has not panned out like maybe they thought

836
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 2: he would. There's a couple other guys that fall into

837
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 2: this category. Has got one that I think is falling

838
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,240
Speaker 2: pretty quickly and another one that I don't know much about,

839
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 2: So I want you to weigh on both of these

840
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:24,400
Speaker 2: guys versus Luis Baiez, who we heard a ton about

841
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 2: for a couple of years. As this guy was they

842
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 2: had their eye on him, circled, loved him from the

843
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 2: international market.

844
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 1: He is among your followers in your recent June update.

845
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,360
Speaker 2: And then a new guy, a guy that was just

846
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 2: in this past international class, Kevin Alvarez. Give me a

847
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 2: little bit on both of those guys and where you

848
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 2: see kind of their future.

849
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, Alvarez is a little bit tougher, just because those

850
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:54,759
Speaker 3: are reports that Ben Badler does internally, because he covers

851
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 3: all our international scouting stuff. So I haven't seen Alvarez

852
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 3: in terms of scouts that I've seen spoken with. They're

853
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 3: fairly excited about what the upside could be. It's hit

854
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:12,160
Speaker 3: and power, corner outfield type. It's not going to be

855
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 3: your An Alvarez, but you know, damn it's yeah right,

856
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 3: but it's a but it's the same name, why not? Yeah, exactly,

857
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 3: it's his brother Kevin, but as a lucky bat with

858
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 3: above average contact skills and power, and I think those

859
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 3: are good profiles to sort of dream on. Like I

860
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 3: think if we come back here in two years, and

861
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,839
Speaker 3: he's sort of at the point where we're at right now.

862
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 3: With the zarrow Montes, who's a top one hundred prospect

863
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:44,279
Speaker 3: with you know, big power bat, corner outfield type. With

864
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:46,440
Speaker 3: the Mariners, I think we'll be in a really good spot.

865
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,400
Speaker 3: I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility.

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Speaker 3: It's just I just know a little bit less about him.

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Speaker 3: Baiez is. I mean, he just came back to Corpus

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Speaker 3: Christy a couple of days ago after getting shut down,

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Speaker 3: after real he's struggling. You know, it's on the dev list.

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Speaker 3: There were questions about him coming into the off season,

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Speaker 3: and I'm like, just even coming out of last year,

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Speaker 3: how good was the contact, how good was the hit tool?

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Speaker 3: Is there really enough ability to get to the power

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Speaker 3: that's there? And then some of the supporting skills, the running,

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Speaker 3: the defense aren't great. It's a power bat that you know,

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Speaker 3: sometimes these guys take three or four years to figure

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Speaker 3: it out, and that that could be the case with him.

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Speaker 3: But it's trending in the wrong direction and he's not

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Speaker 3: a profile. Like we talked about Bryce Matthews, we talked

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Speaker 3: about Melton, we talked about Joseph Sullivan. These are guys

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Speaker 3: that have supporting skills. They can run, they can field,

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Speaker 3: they have positional versatility, they can throw a little bit.

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Speaker 3: He doesn't really have that. He's got it hit like

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Speaker 3: this is a profile where you need to be a

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Speaker 3: plus hitter in order to sort of crack it as

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Speaker 3: a left field only first base DH guy. There's just

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Speaker 3: so few of those guys, even the guys that get paid,

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Speaker 3: you know, out of the draft. You know it's it's

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Speaker 3: Vinnie Pasquinino, who's the future first you know, franch within

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Speaker 3: the franchise, but like the everyday first baseman for the

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Speaker 3: Royals and not Nick Prato who got all this money

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Speaker 3: out of Huntington Beach, you know. And I think that's

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Speaker 3: that's the position in particular where you know, you really

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Speaker 3: have to meet the mark in terms of the bat

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Speaker 3: because there's so many guys competing that are hitters that

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Speaker 3: can probably play first base or left field or DHN.

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Speaker 4: So let us know if you if you can find

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Speaker 4: a first baseman who can hit.

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Speaker 3: I thought it was going to be Cam Smith, to

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Speaker 3: be honest with you, but they put him in the outfield.

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Speaker 4: He's crushing it out there. He's not playing first anytime soon.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the Astros are in desperate need of a first

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Speaker 2: baseman that is not middle aged and requires a three

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Speaker 2: year contract with substantial av Maybe, maybe one day they

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Speaker 2: will find that. They will find that within this farm system,

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Speaker 2: which Jeff has done a fantastic job of analyzing, and

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Speaker 2: for a farm system that we can all acknowledge is

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Speaker 2: giving us, you know, forty minutes of his time.

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Speaker 1: Again.

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Speaker 2: BA sounds great and as usual, we will be back

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Speaker 2: on Sunday to discuss the Astros. Maybe they will have

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Speaker 2: caught up on sleep and after their series with the

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Speaker 2: As always, thanks for listening. Thank you again, Jeff. We

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Speaker 2: appreciate you have We appreciate you coming on. We may

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Speaker 2: have you on again after the draft when this stuff

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