WEBVTT - 535 | MLB Prospect Heat Sheet (Week 19) 0:00:02.080 --> 0:00:04.040 Switch to high. 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:19.520 Understanding, jem to center field and it's gone, Wow, his 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:23.840 first big league swing is gonna be a grand slam, 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:25.480 the home line swing. 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:29.320 Good time to look him to them. 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:35.240 So welcome back to the Call Up, your go to 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:37.519 podcast on the future stars in Major League Baseball. You 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:40.200 got arm Late and Elijah Evans, we got a heat sheet. 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:41.239 I'm coming to. 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:45.000 You live from Dyersville, Iowa. So this has been pretty cool. 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:47.240 We'll talk briefly off the top about the Field of 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:49.600 Dreams game, the minor league portion that we had on Tuesday. 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:51.320 It was really cool, my first live look at like 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:53.560 Owen a Ers, but we also got to see Walker Jenkins, 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:55.560 Manuel Rodriguez several other parts. 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:57.680 But it was kind of the lesser. 0:00:57.720 --> 0:00:59.880 Named I feel like I feel mean saying that, but 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:02.760 the not top one hundred prospects that kind of stole 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:05.680 the show. Also, of course, this is a heat sheet, 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:07.200 so we're gonna be talking about a lot of the 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:10.160 minor leaguers that are performing right now. A bunch of 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:12.520 names as always, some new ones, some that we've talked 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:16.800 a little bit about, and everything in between. Elijah, this 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:19.280 this event, I'm excited tomorrow as we're recording. 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:22.000 This is Wednesday night, sixth Central, seven Eastern. 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:25.319 As we're recording this, I'm getting I'm excited for tomorrow's 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.920 game the big league side, but the minor league game 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:29.080 was like the perfect appetizer. 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:29.480 I thought that. 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:32.440 I thought they did an amazing job, Like the production 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:36.199 of it all was amazing. Two fun teams as well, also, 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.360 like you got big league arms, you've got Kendriy Rojas 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:40.959 opposite of Jordan Wick, so like that made it fun 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:44.199 as well. And again my first look at like Owen 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:46.920 Air is catching a healthy Emmanuel Rodriguez. 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:47.960 I'll talk a little bit about that. 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:50.320 He still looks kind of out of whack, but Walker 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.760 Jenkins looked great, and it was just an unbelievable experience. 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:54.760 I can't wait for tomorrow. 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:58.080 Yeah, I'm sure the actual atmosphere there must be pretty crazy. 0:01:58.080 --> 0:01:59.720 I'm sure you're enjoying just like like did you just 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.720 walk around and like I just want to see it, 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:04.559 like it's so cool to imagine. 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:06.560 I'm gonna try so I try to do like the 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:08.960 like hold the phone, like just I want to take 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:10.800 everybody there. So we're gonna do like a social video 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.120 after Thursday's game, just to kind of show everybody because 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.400 when you enter the ballpark, like you go through a 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.520 cornfield where the old TV set was, and then you 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:21.760 go into you know, the ballpark area, so like that's 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:23.160 super cool, and then you gotta go back through the 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:24.079 cornfield to exit. 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:26.160 There's all these different little quirks. 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:29.079 I think they did an incredible job of just making 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:31.720 it feel like you are at the Field of Dreams, 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:33.960 but also still having it be like a stadium that's 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:35.880 not made out of like wooden planks and you know, 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.960 just hammered nails, so like it's it's it's nice, but 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:41.560 it's also he still preserves kind of that feeling. And 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:44.320 I've obviously never been out here. And then took the 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:47.760 opportunity today to go to Cedar Rapid Sawu's paying Ya, 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:51.160 saw a few other guys, got se Edward, Eduardo tay 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:53.560 get some good swings off. I wish Van Lackey was 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.000 up here. Unfortunately still still in low A, but that 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.360 was fun as well. And then yeah, geared up for Thursday, 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:02.760 but really cool experience. I definitely encourage everybody to watch 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.600 on Thursday, even though it's a regular season game on Netflix. 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.919 But like it's a very very cool atmosphere and. 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:10.840 Definitely something it was impossible getting here, but I'm glad 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.639 I did so it was it was cool. But I'm 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.000 also very pumped to do the heat sheet because again 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.280 a bunch of different names that we haven't talked about yet. 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:19.840 Yeah, before we get into the heat sheet, I you 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:21.480 got to ask you about a couple guys you mentioned 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.200 it off the top here, but one I wanted to 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:25.400 particularly ask someone that has been on our heat sheet 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:28.560 a lot last year was Jackson Wiggins, who was coming 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:30.360 out of the pen in that game you saw too, 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.400 which is interesting because I'm very curious that seems like 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.280 a guy where it's like throw him in Chicago, let 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:36.760 him let it rip out of the pen. If he's 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:38.320 doing what he if you hopefully get a couple more 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:40.000 starts at the then see how it looks. 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:41.160 Maybe, but that'd be fun. 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:41.680 Yeah. 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:43.520 So that was the first time this year that Jackson 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:44.960 Wiggins has come out of the pen and only the 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:47.520 second time as a pro. And so I thought that 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:49.600 was interesting, and I thought that might be, you know, 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:53.000 indicative of something that the Cubs may have kind of 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.360 up their sleeve, or at least just to see what 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:59.640 can happen since he's come back from injury, he just 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.120 really hasn't been able to throw strikes at the same clip, 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.280 and so they I don't know if they're completely shutting 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.040 the door on him as a starter, but like I think, 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:08.520 I think for now, it's like, hey, you got a 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:10.640 late start this year. You never got to really get 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.560 your feet back under You've only thrown thirty innings this season. 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:15.440 And we want you to potentially help us at the 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:16.120 big league level. 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:18.560 Like he's just he's kind of spraying the ball a 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:20.000 little bit, and I think he kind of needs the 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:23.039 off season to fully reset after the time he missed 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.600 to start this year. So I think just for that reason, 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:27.120 it makes sense to throw them in the pen. See 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:28.680 if he can throw enough strikes in a single inning 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:31.680 spurred and who knows. I mean with that fastball was 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:34.520 ninety eight with life, he was spraying the breaking ball 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:35.719 a little bit. But at the end of the day, like, 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.520 I think this is a guy that could help them 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:40.920 if he can snap into it and throw some more strikes. 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:44.440 So it was it was like it was impressive. 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.080 Seeing the fastball life, but then you also still kind 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:50.520 of saw the scattering of pitches you know, the change 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:52.520 up is the one that he's still think he has 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.440 the best feel for. So if he goes fastball change 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.840 up out of the pen, he could still be a weapon, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:59.880 you know, for the Cubs out of the bullpen, because again, 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.520 fastball in the upper nineties with the life that it 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:04.760 has shape wise is going to be a great pitch. 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:06.680 But I am really interested. I think this is a 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:08.240 sign of maybe what they're going to do the rest 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:09.320 of the season with Wiggins. 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:10.440 Yeah, and the interesting to. 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:11.640 See part of me was like, oh, maybe it's just 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.000 because it's a field of dreams game you want to 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:13.400 get him. 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:14.320 In that it's also possible. 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:14.680 It does. 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:16.600 It does just like make sense though, to look at 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:18.240 for the Cubs to consider one or two of those 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:20.760 bullpen spots being rounded out by some fireball you know, 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:23.000 fire broke flowers in the in the minors. 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.479 Right, I could see it. I think it makes sense. 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:27.080 The other guy I wanted to just pin you on 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.120 as Walker Jenkins, just how he looked in it, because 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.240 I know the injuries right have held him back a 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.840 little from like really ascending, But overall has not been 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:35.840 a bad season at all for Jenkins, right, He's had 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:37.960 a good year. What did you think of him plate 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:39.400 on the in center field too. I'm sure that's a 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:40.960 unique thing to be playing me outfield there in the 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:41.680 cornfields too. 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:46.080 But yeah, he's moving really well. He looks healthy, and 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:47.919 I mean most of the the bats were left on 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:49.840 left and I thought like he only had like one 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:52.400 single that he kind of fought off, but he also 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:54.480 put a really good swing on the ball backside gap. 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.719 Like what what stands out to me about Jenkins, and 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:58.720 you can see this through the takes too, is like 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:00.560 he's a guy that's I think gonna be able to 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:01.880 hit left on left pretty well. 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:03.520 Like I don't I don't. 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:05.120 Have the splits off the top of my head of 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.280 what they've been as a pro. But I just see 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:09.479 him as a guy that's going to get better and 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:11.960 better at that. And like he looks comfortable in those 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:14.040 left on left matchups with which I think is huge 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:15.800 for a player like him. And like in that game 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:18.440 where you're facing you know, is Jordan Wick's the nastiest 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:21.240 pitcher in the world. No, but he's a big league 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.840 lefty that you know can really leverage the left on 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.320 left matchups and make you uncomfortable here and there and 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:29.919 I thought it was a really comfortable at bats in 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:32.640 general from Jenkins all the way through and again moving 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:36.239 really well, look healthy. Emmanuel Rodriguez looked uncomfortable in his abs. 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.040 I know he's just come back and he's still kind 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:39.680 of sorting through it, but just it was kind of 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.760 the opposite where you saw some uncomfortable takes, like some 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:45.480 some like half swing stuff like that. But at the 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:47.160 end of the day, like this guy that's still been 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.400 performing since he's been on the field, and I know 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:51.920 Jay again with how long he was out and then 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:54.240 he reaggravated the injury, so then he came out of 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:55.359 a game recently as well. 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:56.960 It's good to just see him on the field. 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.640 But at the same time, it seems like he's still 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.279 kind of working through some things and getting back into 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:03.600 his rhythm. 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.800 For reference, Walker Jenkins is rocking a he said in 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.000 two eighty with a seven to fifty two ops against 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.760 left enders this season. Last season was a tick below that, 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:12.960 but around the same. There is some split there, but 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:14.960 it's not like he's getting blown up by lefties. You 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.200 see a lot of prospects, especially in those tough left 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:19.240 on left where they're rocking a six hundred ops like 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:22.240 he's he's still been perfectly solid against left enders, and 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:23.600 I think it sounds like he might be able to 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:25.240 even trend that better as he ages. 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:26.559 Yeah, one hundred percent. 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:28.000 That was the biggest thing that thought out to me, 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.560 the body control, the comfortable takes, Like I think he's 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:32.440 of course he's going to hit righty's better, but I 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:33.600 think he's gonna be a guy that you don't have 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:35.720 to worry about, you know, platooning or anything like that, 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:39.200 which it just overall just helps the baseline production if 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.240 you're not gonna have a crater left on left. And 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.520 just for context too, on Emmanuel Rodriguez, I think this 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:45.320 was his first. 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.560 Game back in Triple A in a little bit, so. 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:51.600 It looked like it and you know, he's he's a 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.600 three true outcome guy anyway, and I think those guys 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.240 take a little bit longer to kind of get back 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.680 into rhythm. So Patient's probably gonna be the key there 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:00.760 with the manual. I just want if he doesn't get 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:02.280 it going here in the next few weeks, like they 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.920 might just kind of take it easy finish the year 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:06.440 with him healthy, and I think Jenkins could be the 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:09.120 guy that if the Twins need some help over the 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.840 last few weeks, Jenkins is a guy that can help 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:15.800 them with with the ability to play all three outfield spots, approach, 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:18.800 sneaky pop. Although it's not even stake anymore, sent them 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:20.960 all horn. I'm just interested to see if he gets 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:22.239 a crack this year, and I think he will. 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:24.560 That was like the perfect transition, man. 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.400 I mean our heat sheet, our first couple names I 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.240 put on there with kind of the category of will 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:30.760 they get up this year? That was sort of the 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.160 little bit of the intention behind the first couple names 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.640 on this heat sheet because the Triple A guys like Jenkins, 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:37.720 there's a few other a pair of other top prospects 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.120 in Triple A that I wanted to start with. 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:40.640 We've both been awesome lately. 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:41.480 First one is. 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:44.440 Ralphie Velaskaz and that same division for Cleveland. And and that's 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:46.360 a guy we've talked about him a ton this year. Right, 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:49.240 it's no secret that Ralphieveblaskaz has become one of the 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.720 premier hitting prospects in baseball of late. 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.480 He's been more of the same. He's been awesome this 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:55.360 past ten games. 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:58.520 He's got six homers over to over one thousand ops 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.839 in that time for him, he really just hasn't been 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:02.439 He's just been awesome all yere like, there's really no 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:04.400 you can't point at any real stretch and be like, oh, 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.600 Ralphie like has not been good at I guess to 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.240 be fair, in the beginning of Triple A, he did 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:09.840 slow down a bit. For a guy who's only twenty one, 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.000 it looks like he's finding his groove in Triple A. 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.080 And with him, that's a guy where I'm like, Cleveland 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.720 is quickly struggling right now. They're falling a little bit 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:17.840 out of the radar. I mean they're fourth of the 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:19.400 division now, which is kind of crazy. I thought they 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:22.080 would stick around that second spot, but they are four 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.440 plus out of the division now. They're fighting to hold 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:26.280 on to a spot. And you don't want to rush 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:28.400 a guy who's, you know, a young twenty one year. 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:29.160 Old first baseman. 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.280 At the same time, man, like, if you told your 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.000 Alfrey A. Blaskaz was the fourth best hitter in that 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:34.920 lineup tomorrow, like, it wouldn't shock me. 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:35.680 I know. 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:37.400 That's why they're like, and I get like, you go 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.120 get a big league bat that can help you now 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.240 in Nathaniel Lowe, but like I kind of was like, 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:43.200 oh man, I would love to see Ralphie get a 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.400 crack this year and see what it would look like. 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.240 But he does kind of feel like a guy if 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.319 they didn't make that trade and who knows, they still 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:50.959 could do it, Like. 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:52.520 They still got it, they can get here? 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:54.640 Yeah right, well didn't they bring up now? 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:55.719 And I was like, okay, what are they going to 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:58.880 do there? And then now Bizana's kind of dhing a 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.200 little bit and they're rotator the DH spot. But here's 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.360 the thing, like, if you need offense and you know 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:07.960 Reyes Hoskins isn't doing it, those are some abs. 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:09.839 I still think, you know, you can find a way. 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:11.800 I know he's getting the short platoon, but like find 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:13.920 a way to get get some more abs to two 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:15.800 guys that can produce a little bit more and go 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:17.240 from there. I know Hoskins has picked it up a 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:20.319 little bit, but I my guess would be that Ralphie 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:23.920 gets left off because of the move that they made, 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.600 and I think that's just what the Guardians want to 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:32.000 do here. I think it's unfortunate because I I think 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:33.599 some of it is like Okay, they already feel like 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:36.680 they've got so many young players theoretically trying to help 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.280 them right now, but at the same time, like I 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:43.120 would love to see another potential spark plug with the 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:45.880 power potential that he has that he's already getting into 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:47.880 and really the way he's settled in at the triple 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.160 A level, with the way that he's produced of late, 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:51.600 and like they wanted to ride the hot hand with. 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:54.120 Now I know that's a guy that you know, you 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:56.920 kind of had an easier path to getting consistent playing 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.320 time and didn't have the forty man situation as much. 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:03.319 I'm trying to when when Ralphie is Rule five eligible, 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.360 because that would make it He's not Rule five eligible 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:08.800 until twenty seven, So I wonder if they just want 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.840 to I just want to leave him off the forty, say, 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.360 preserve the extra forty spot and just go in to 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.920 next year, which stinks because and then you. 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:17.720 Can help them. 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:19.800 You can go for the PPI next year, which, like 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:21.040 you know, I know that's another part of it, So 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:22.360 that probably that's a good point. 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:24.120 Actually, I didn't realize he wasn't because I mean. 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:26.360 He's still young twenty third, twenty one, like a two 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.720 months ago, not even right, he's still really young. I 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:31.440 just think it's been impressive to see him kind of 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:33.520 recalibrating Triple A and have a little bit of a 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.439 tough first month there, and now it's just right back 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:36.720 to what he was doing in Double A, where it's 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:38.520 just more of the same and he's mashing again. 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:41.400 Yeah, and then you know, he's he's been a little 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:43.480 bit more aggressive, and I think it's worked in his favor. 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:45.800 And you know, when you have an average EXI velocity 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:48.440 north of ninety one miles an hour with the batted 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:50.400 ball angles that he has and you know, the all 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:52.640 fields pop, but he can really get into a pull side. 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.240 He's just a young hitter that's really figuring out who 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.400 he is as a power guy, and I think it's 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.400 making it, you know, even easier and easier for him 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:00.400 to get into that game pop. 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:01.440 Yeah. 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:03.080 The next guy that I want to ask you about 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.160 in terms of somebody who could potentially be in the 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:07.000 big leagues, but I'm not sure where the fit is. 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.959 Franklin Arius of the Red Sox organization is a you know, 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.560 top three prospect in baseball for us, just baseball number 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.720 three on your top one hundred and uh. He gets 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:17.960 the promotion to Triple A a couple of weeks ago, 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:21.240 first few games I think was a bit slow, and 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.480 since then it's been more of the same. I mean 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.600 Arius is first, Yeah, his first two games he goes 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:28.880 he goes oh for nine in Triple A and then 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.280 the last eleven. Since then, he's only got one game 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.839 without a hit. He's got three three hit games. He's 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:35.760 hitting like three forty in the past two weeks now, 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.120 since being in trips, Like, he's just doing more of 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.040 the same. And I know it's a limited Triple A sample, 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:42.720 but like at Boston's, they're in the thick of a 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.640 of a really intense playoff race in division and wildcard race. 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.880 So like, Arius just is so freaking good and he's 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:50.199 already finding it in Triple. 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.040 A now, I mean, I think there's there's like a 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:55.160 legitimate case like that he could be, you know, the 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:57.480 number one prospect in baseball, and I wouldn't blank at 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:59.200 it with the way that he's playing and with the 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.880 sum of his part right where you're getting now the 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.080 above average power to pair with what was always an 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:07.680 elite hit tool, with a glove that is already always 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:09.840 had the ingredients to be a really good defender, but 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:11.679 now is progressed into a guy that you see is 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:14.160 an above average shorts up. Some you know have him 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:17.120 even better than that, and just I think the power 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.040 uptick is just what really solidifies and now the upper 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:21.920 level success that he could be. 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:23.840 That number one prospect and I wouldn't blink at it. 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:26.880 Of course, made like you have so much excitement there 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:29.440 and it's even younger, and there's so many different wrinkles 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:30.839 and it is a fun conversation, but you can I 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.599 think you can have the conversation where I don't know 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:34.880 if it was as much of one a couple months ago. 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:37.760 The funny thing with the Red Sox right now is 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:39.840 just they have this weird thing going where like no 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:43.120 matter who they plug in, especially in like the middle 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:47.760 infield roles, like they're succeeding. Andrew Monasterio has been great 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:51.360 for them. I think so Guard has been great. I 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.559 don't understand it so like that I don't think is 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:58.839 gonna last per se. So like if those guys slow down, 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:02.800 I do think that Arius is a guy that can 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:03.360 get up there. 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:04.840 They've they've wanted more right handed bats. 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:06.520 Of course they went out and got them but it's 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:08.360 just another right handed bat that could really help them. 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:11.120 And you know, late in the season, do you care 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:14.200 as much about you know, him not playing every single day. 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.680 Like so even if he's in a part time role 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:19.400 to just make this team better, I still think that's 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:22.640 an interesting, you know, potential addition to the ball club. 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.680 Like if Anthony Seger, I know he's been swinging it 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.440 pretty well now too, Like I imagine one of Monasterio 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.640 so guard h Seagor And I don't know what Trevor 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:34.240 story's story is, but like if if he's not in 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:36.280 there as well, I don't know, there's a lot of 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.520 wrinkles to this, but I think there's a world and 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:42.360 I don't like to just bank on, you know, prospects 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:45.120 helping you. But this is the best performer I think 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:48.040 in the upper miners all year long that has the 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:49.960 ingredients to be good in the big leagues, to be like, 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:51.600 he's the type of guy that can get up there 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:54.360 and succeed because the hit hit too ability, because of 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.720 the approach, because of the now added power. I would 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:00.520 love to see him get a crack. I know we 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:02.880 saw Breslo saying like I don't want to put those 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:04.800 expectations on a twenty year old, which is really funny 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.520 because he had no problem putting those expectations on Roman Anthony. 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:12.680 But I think it's gotta be worth a consideration if 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:14.680 if one of these guys slow down, or you know, 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:16.720 if Story isn't on his way back or whatever it 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:16.960 may be. 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.360 Yeah, we got Cornball arm out here with story Story 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:21.400 on the on the call up today. 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.520 That was a good one. But no, I mean, I'm 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:23.960 with you there. 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:27.360 I think it's it's just like, it's nothing against those 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:29.160 three guys who have been playing middle infil for them, 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:31.760 like you mentioned, but it's like, is Franklin Arius a 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.200 better player when things when you really look at it, 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:35.920