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Speaker 1: Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros. This is the Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Baseball Podcast. Is me Joey p Joe Pi Zapia, and

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Speaker 1: today we're gonna give you what you want. Thirty breakouts

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Speaker 1: saying they're going to break out, but the potentials there are.

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Speaker 1: Just like once upon a time there was potential for

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Speaker 1: myself in the Welsh to do great things, and then

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Speaker 1: a hot start, we will be wigging out on opening day.

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Speaker 1: My wig has arrived. You have not purchased yours yet,

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Speaker 1: time is buddy, you better get on that.

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Speaker 2: No, I got it, I've been I've actually been windows

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Speaker 2: shopping for the last two days, A little indifferent. I'm

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Speaker 2: a little bit I want the perfect wig. I've seen

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Speaker 2: a preview of Joe's. I will be ordering today and

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Speaker 2: I'm excited. My wife yesterday also you can see I've

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Speaker 2: got the scraggly beard. I don't grow in. Beard's great

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Speaker 2: and probably why you don't have them going usually? And

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Speaker 2: she goes, when is that going away again? And I

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Speaker 2: said Thursday after leading off and the mustache Show, the

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Speaker 2: Mustache Wig Show.

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Speaker 1: I think, though, I think the beard looks great. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I've been through this. I don't think it's scraggly at all.

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Speaker 1: I think it's tremendous. Everyone support Welsh's beard in the comments.

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Speaker 1: Please it needs something.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I get like if I get like hundreds

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Speaker 2: of comments, I'll just like print it out and I'll

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Speaker 2: you're overruled. Sorry. She'll she'll take that really well too.

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Speaker 1: with trophy Smack Welsh. Let's talk about some of the

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Speaker 1: best too. Let's talk about some of these players on

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Speaker 1: each team. So Welsh and I are going to go

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Speaker 1: through division by division. We've given each other different divisions

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Speaker 1: to do. I took the National League, Welsh took the

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Speaker 1: American League here and we're going to go through. So Welsh,

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Speaker 1: why don't you start and kick things off with the

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Speaker 1: American League? Is East? The East, the est of the

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Speaker 1: AL East, that's what I want from you. Give me

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Speaker 1: the breakouts potentially from each team that you might see

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Speaker 2: Four Al East. I got the Ale East for you.

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Speaker 1: I like the East is good.

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Speaker 2: I'll go five players, five players for you. I'll run

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Speaker 2: them through, starting with the Baltimore Orioles breakout player. Well,

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Speaker 2: Kobe Mayo. Kobe Mayo almost could actually make it, by

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Speaker 2: Ricky Teetaman moving over to Tampa Bay. This is actually

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Speaker 2: But I will tell you he's actually never broke out

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Speaker 2: a twenty twenty season. I'm talking about Ahmed Rosario. That

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Speaker 2: like Junior Camonaro. He's been hitting for some power, run

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Speaker 2: Boston Red Sox. This has been one of my favorite players.

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Speaker 2: Call it whatever whatever you want, sleeper must have a

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: I do love quite a few players on this team.

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Speaker 2: I talk about Jared Duran a lot. He's kind of

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Speaker 2: they like him at second. Von Grissom is gonna miss

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Speaker 2: time early on. He may take that spot. He's a power, speed, combo,

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Speaker 2: And he's gonna have multi position eligibility and he's free.

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Speaker 2: He's absolutely free. So Saddana Rafaela is my breakout with

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, I think. Volpi's gonna move up

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Speaker 1: sooner than you think. DJ L. Mayhew has not had

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Speaker 1: a good spring. Let's just all be honest about that.

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Speaker 1: So I know a lot of people think, hey, you know,

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Speaker 1: moving back to the top of the order, things could

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Speaker 1: work out for him. Look if you put Anthony Volpie

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Speaker 1: are going to happen for that kid. Just pull the

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Speaker 1: band aid off, just do it. And Senadin Rafaela is

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Speaker 1: the guy that I want to highlight here of this group,

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Speaker 1: really because I've watched more and more of him. It's

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Speaker 1: a prospect I was less familiar with. You know, in

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Speaker 1: the throws of NFL season, it takes a little while

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Speaker 1: to catch up on some of the prospects. But Welsh

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Speaker 1: I've been watching him in spring. I've been watching the

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Speaker 1: highlights from last year. He's got incredible quick hands, hits

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Speaker 1: everything hard to the opposite field too, which we kind

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Speaker 1: of were talking about before the show. That shows you

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the National League East here.

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Speaker 2: in the AFL. Well, because I said, like three days in.

429
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Speaker 2: I'm like, this is the best player here and he's

430
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Speaker 2: a major league player, and I think the world is

431
00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,600
Speaker 2: kind of being introduced to chase the Latter in a

432
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Speaker 2: bigger scope because not many players have been hotter in spring.

433
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Speaker 2: I know it's spring numbers, but he has a higher

434
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Speaker 2: walk rate than strikeout rate in spring. He's hitting over

435
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Speaker 2: five hundred, he has four homers, ten RBIs right now.

436
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Speaker 1: Looking at the numbers, it's crazy, dude.

437
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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is on a team that needs more power bats.

438
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Speaker 2: It's just a bunch of contact guys outfield holding guys

439
00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,800
Speaker 2: like Will Brennan. It just I don't know, I can't

440
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Speaker 2: do it. They are going to put Estevan Florio, former

441
00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,680
Speaker 2: New York Yankee in that outfield that they're talking about

442
00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,360
Speaker 2: it over de lawder No, I don't think so. Delatter

443
00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,360
Speaker 2: has some of the best plate presence out there. He's

444
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Speaker 2: not going to strike out tons he gets on base,

445
00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,880
Speaker 2: he can run. The Latter is ready for a breakout,

446
00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,040
Speaker 2: and it looks like even though he hadn't really played

447
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Speaker 2: higher levels and miss a lot of time last year,

448
00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,360
Speaker 2: this could be someone that they push and I think

449
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Speaker 2: he's in for a breakout because this Spring has been

450
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Speaker 2: absolutely phenomenal. Number three or going over to the Kansas

451
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Speaker 2: City Royals here, Mikel Garcia boy, whatever reason, I want

452
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Speaker 2: to just want to call him Mikel Franco. Remember him

453
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Speaker 2: third base?

454
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Speaker 1: Well? I remember him well. I mean, how many times

455
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Speaker 1: do we think, Okay, this will be the Michael Franco.

456
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Speaker 2: I think he was mister Spring by the way, I

457
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Speaker 2: think Mikel Franco, if I remember every Spring would have

458
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Speaker 2: like seven homers and hit five hundred.

459
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Speaker 1: Franco was his own worst enemy. It was a guy

460
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Speaker 1: who really just never I don't think put the work

461
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Speaker 1: in to be as good. It's all Moncotta syndrome. Too,

462
00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,960
Speaker 1: Like some guys are just their worst enemy. I don't.

463
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Speaker 1: And I learned this. This is why you like it's

464
00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,679
Speaker 1: iced to have MLB insider friends, because years ago a

465
00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,560
Speaker 1: birdie told me, you al Mancotta doesn't put the work

466
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Speaker 1: in for as good as he is, and I was

467
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Speaker 1: fading him and everybody else was buying him. And I'm

468
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Speaker 1: very grateful for this.

469
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Speaker 2: I have a moncot story, actually, I'll tell you if

470
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Speaker 2: it's an a fair story. Oh oh maybe in the

471
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Speaker 2: Discordo Fantasy pros a discord you can for the Discord.

472
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Speaker 1: We'll be doing some stuff on the Discord. More on

473
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Speaker 1: that coming soon. So yeah, you want to get extra

474
00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,800
Speaker 1: leading off, Discord might be for you.

475
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Speaker 2: That's right. We'll have some singles and doubles over there.

476
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Speaker 2: So not Michael Franco, but Michael Garcia with the Kansas

477
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Speaker 2: City Rows. Actually went to the Royals game the other

478
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Speaker 2: day and they put out their starting lineup. It was

479
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:12,040
Speaker 2: pretty much everybody more confirmation. Garcia was leading off again.

480
00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,560
Speaker 2: And you know, he's gotten a little bit bigger. I

481
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Speaker 2: think there's still some inconsistencies in his game, but he's

482
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Speaker 2: going to be leading off for the Royals. He already

483
00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,800
Speaker 2: still twenty four bases last year in limited ish work.

484
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Speaker 2: I think he's going to be able to go over thirty.

485
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,840
Speaker 2: He's going to steal ten and he's not free free,

486
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Speaker 2: but he's pretty close to what free looks like. Ten

487
00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,200
Speaker 2: man leagues. He's free, twelve man leagues, it's closed. Fifteen mans.

488
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,720
Speaker 2: Is just kind of at the back end. MIKEL. Garcia

489
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:39,679
Speaker 2: is ready for the big breakout. And this is after

490
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Speaker 2: stealing like twenty four bases in twenty twenty three going

491
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Speaker 2: over the Detroit Tigers. This is when I've been talking

492
00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,040
Speaker 2: a bunch about Parker Meadows. He is another guy that

493
00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:50,040
Speaker 2: might have some opportunities to be hitting high in the

494
00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,800
Speaker 2: order twenty twenty bat. He's going to be manning that outfield.

495
00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,240
Speaker 2: He has power. He also has experienced by the way

496
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Speaker 2: leading off when he was out here in the AFL,

497
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,840
Speaker 2: he did exclusive leading off and that's something I saw

498
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 2: in Lars Neubar and sometimes that tells you know where

499
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,159
Speaker 2: teams want a player to be working. And if he

500
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,440
Speaker 2: gets that opportunity, there's going to be more runs. I'm

501
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,120
Speaker 2: not saying he will, but if he is to get

502
00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,480
Speaker 2: that opportunity, you're gonna have a lot of run opportunities.

503
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,040
Speaker 2: But either way, he will run. Contact has been pretty solid.

504
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:20,040
Speaker 2: Parker Meadows is one of those rare ish twenty twenty

505
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Speaker 2: bats that are going on the back end of a

506
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Speaker 2: team that I think has a lot of breakouts. I

507
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,119
Speaker 2: almost put Matt Manning on this because he has had

508
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Speaker 2: a phenomenal spring with the return flat fastball velocity. I

509
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,960
Speaker 2: love Riley Green, Colt Keith is getting an opportunity. You

510
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Speaker 2: want to talk about someone that is going to break out,

511
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:39,439
Speaker 2: it's Parker Meadows. And then Finally, this is the wackiest one.

512
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Speaker 2: We're going to the Chicago White Sox, the breakout Michael Kopek.

513
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,560
Speaker 2: Michael Kopek, who just got put out of the starting

514
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,920
Speaker 2: rotation and thrown into the bullpen. I was just over

515
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Speaker 2: at the White Sox and he gave me the most

516
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Speaker 2: non answer ever. I said, Mike, are we going to close?

517
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Speaker 2: And he goes, I don't know. He's like, I'm just

518
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Speaker 2: happy to be pitching. And I was like, that's a

519
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Speaker 2: good that's a a good thought process in general. But

520
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Speaker 2: you're gonna take Michael Kopak out of any of the

521
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 2: potential to be a starter. They've already thrown out the

522
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Speaker 2: idea that he might close. I do worry that he

523
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,159
Speaker 2: lacks some of the closing mentality. But here are the

524
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Speaker 2: guys that he's going up against.

525
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Speaker 1: Cos he's like, oh, I don't know.

526
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Speaker 2: I mean, it was more it wasn't like it was

527
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,199
Speaker 2: more like he didn't want to like talk about it

528
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:21,480
Speaker 2: with me.

529
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Speaker 1: That was all that it was. But maybe he just

530
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Speaker 1: didn't want to talk to you. I get like that, say.

531
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Speaker 2: Totally a lot of people do. Uh. Jordan Leisure, John Brebia.

532
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,240
Speaker 2: Those are the guys that he's going up against in

533
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Speaker 2: the closing role of prelanda Bureau who I really like,

534
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,040
Speaker 2: has been injured. I think there's a legit shot that

535
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,119
Speaker 2: they will want to put him in that role, So

536
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Speaker 2: I'm drafting him at the back end of drafts. So

537
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Speaker 2: the breakout is this new Michael Kopak who's now going

538
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Speaker 2: to unleash it over one inning, get more aggressive, get

539
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Speaker 2: the vel up, and maybe he becomes a closer for

540
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,840
Speaker 2: absolutely nothing. I'm trying to draft him everywhere right now.

541
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Speaker 2: White Sox are weird. I'm not really sure what you

542
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,400
Speaker 2: look at with breakouts because they just got a rag

543
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Speaker 2: tag group and Joan Mancata and Eloy But I'm gonna

544
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,640
Speaker 2: say Michael Kopek is the breakout as the new closer,

545
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,399
Speaker 2: and maybe maybe saves twenty twenty two games. That might

546
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Speaker 2: be twenty two of the thirty that the White Sox

547
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:10,720
Speaker 2: win this year. But that's okay.

548
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Look, I don't love the White Sox but I

549
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,160
Speaker 1: think that's good news for Drew Thorpe making a lot

550
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,160
Speaker 1: more starts this year too if Copek goes, because that's

551
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,640
Speaker 1: another open spot in that rotation. So that's another sooner

552
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Speaker 1: than later Chase the latter is the guy I want

553
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,560
Speaker 1: to talk about though, from this grouping Welsh, this kid's

554
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,040
Speaker 1: been red hot in the spring also, I assume you

555
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 1: saw in the Arizona Fall League, because in the Fall

556
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,200
Speaker 1: League he was also red hot, hit two ninety nine

557
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,240
Speaker 1: in the Fall League in twenty twenty three five twenty nine,

558
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,440
Speaker 1: slugging the ops was at nine to fourteen, yet five

559
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,520
Speaker 1: homers drove in twenty seven runs. He also stole five

560
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,720
Speaker 1: bases too, So in twenty three games, five homers, five steals.

561
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Speaker 1: The Guardians desperately need somebody else in this lineup, and

562
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,520
Speaker 1: I think that the latter would be that guy Welsh.

563
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Speaker 1: Do you think that you know he is ready for

564
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,160
Speaker 1: the big leagues despite the fact, as you mentioned, did

565
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Speaker 1: miss some time and in terms of like looking for

566
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Speaker 1: you know, a lot of time in double and TRIPAA,

567
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Speaker 1: the guy doesn't. So do you think he needs more

568
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 1: season or do you think this is a guy he's like, no,

569
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 1: just get him up there to the big leagues and

570
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:06,200
Speaker 1: get him going.

571
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Speaker 2: I think he's just ready. I mean that's what I

572
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,680
Speaker 2: was saying before, Like it took me three days in

573
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Speaker 2: the AFL and I was like, this looks like the

574
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,280
Speaker 2: most pro baseball player. Also from a skill set standpoint,

575
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 2: I'm like, I think he might be the best of

576
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,720
Speaker 2: all these guys. What is unique about him is he's

577
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Speaker 2: one of those guys. He doesn't swing at a lot

578
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,280
Speaker 2: of bad pitches. Sometimes that could be bad for guys

579
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,639
Speaker 2: where if they get a little too picky. Edward Julian

580
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:29,960
Speaker 2: is one of those guys. You know, you get too

581
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,679
Speaker 2: picky early in the zone. But there's more aggression with

582
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,920
Speaker 2: Chase the Lotter. So why I think Chase the Lotter

583
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,720
Speaker 2: can be there now? I think you find defensively good

584
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,639
Speaker 2: base runner. But also it's like the way he approaches

585
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,480
Speaker 2: at bats, this is a good thing. Like he's not

586
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 2: gonna get fooled into bad situations. He's going to take walks,

587
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,200
Speaker 2: he's gonna drive counts. He's in middle of the order

588
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 2: bat right now. You know, baseball trainers in scout, they

589
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 2: could tell me what more he needs to do. It

590
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,920
Speaker 2: was just miss time. That's why he went to the AFL.

591
00:25:58,119 --> 00:25:59,760
Speaker 2: But this is a guy that was almost the number

592
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Speaker 2: one pick in the MLB draft before having kind of

593
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,160
Speaker 2: a down college season and some injury lingering things. Those

594
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 2: are behind. He's having an insane spring and when you

595
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 2: put in one hand Estevon Floriel and another hand, chase

596
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Speaker 2: the lotter. To me, there's not a conversation. So chase

597
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 2: the lotter is easy for the breakout and I think

598
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 2: legit big numbers, especially if he gets back to stealing

599
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 2: like we've seen in the AFL. He is a big

600
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Speaker 2: human being, but he can fly great athleticism. The only

601
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,160
Speaker 2: thing people pick on is he has this short follow through,

602
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,000
Speaker 2: which is kind of Mike trout ish, but I think

603
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,640
Speaker 2: it it What is so good about is it lets

604
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 2: him cheat because he has such raw power. People are like,

605
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,639
Speaker 2: I don't think he's gonna be a he can. He

606
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,160
Speaker 2: cheats a little bit and all he needs is one

607
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,920
Speaker 2: good barrel, which he can get even on these non

608
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 2: follow throughs and make the ball absolutely fly.

609
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 1: Also in the American League, Welsh, you know, you're looking

610
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,520
Speaker 1: around the pitching landscape right now, like the A's are

611
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,080
Speaker 1: the a's. You know Texas Rangers already kind of you know,

612
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:58,680
Speaker 1: like sures there's not going to be there right away.

613
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 1: We don't know Gosman's health. Garrit Cole's health is a question.

614
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,640
Speaker 1: The Detroit you know, pitching staff after school ball is

615
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,560
Speaker 1: young and questionable. He doesn't have to face the guys

616
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,400
Speaker 1: of his own team, but he's gonna face the White Sox.

617
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 1: He's gonna face the back end of the Orioles rotation.

618
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,440
Speaker 1: We like some of the pieces in the Red Sox.

619
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 1: Like I'm just looking around, Like outside of Houston, the

620
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 1: Angels pitching staff leaves, I think something to be desired,

621
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: some upside guys there, But outside of the Twins and

622
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 1: the Seattle Mariners, Like, if you are a young hitter

623
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 1: right now in the American League, I think there's every

624
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,720
Speaker 1: reason to be very encouraged that they're gonna be facing

625
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: a lot of free tread guys, quad a guys, young

626
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: pitchers trying to figure it out. Like it. I mean,

627
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,959
Speaker 1: I think the National League right now, excus is the

628
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,480
Speaker 1: heavier pitching side of things. That's my take on it.

629
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Speaker 1: I don't know if you agree. I think that's a

630
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 1: good thing for any American League young hitter this year.

631
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I agree with that. And also I would

632
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 2: say divisionally, I think it's open. You were kind of

633
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 2: talking about it. You've got the Royals, fine, you've got

634
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,720
Speaker 2: the White Sox, the Twins probably near the top, but

635
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,879
Speaker 2: the Tiger like when Seattle.

636
00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,919
Speaker 1: Those are the two American League pitching sofs. Anyway that

637
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,160
Speaker 1: I don't want to face those guys.

638
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:06,359
Speaker 2: It's open and you either, you know, put these players

639
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,360
Speaker 2: on a pedestal to end up moving them like Bieber

640
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 2: like Classe, or you take that you have uptick Velo

641
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 2: in Bieber, You've got one of the better closers who

642
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,439
Speaker 2: isn't hurt right now like every other freaking closer. And

643
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 2: then you look at this team and you go, you

644
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 2: know what, let's put the best players out there. But

645
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:26,000
Speaker 2: so far they pick Davison Dela Santo's over Commnsardo, and

646
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 2: if they pick san Florio over Delauder, I don't love

647
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 2: those decisions. But the positive would be is if they

648
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 2: win some games early, maybe they turn a little bit

649
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 2: later into April, once the you know, extra year is done,

650
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 2: and both of those players can be up. And Delatter's

651
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 2: a guy think could quickly kind of like a white

652
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 2: Langford could be hitting in the middle of that order,

653
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,160
Speaker 2: not after long, like you know, if he game up

654
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 2: let's say April twenty fifth, by May fifteenth, May twentieth,

655
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 2: I could see him hitting three or four for the Guardians.

656
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the National League Central names

657
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,600
Speaker 1: on the breakout list, starting with the Cubs. Well, I

658
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 1: think of a real chance to win this division is

659
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: Michael Bush. It's kind of DH you know, maybe moving

660
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 1: around the diamond a little bit. But watching Bush, who

661
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: was a player that you Welship been very high on.

662
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,479
Speaker 1: What I like most about him this left handed power,

663
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 1: very quiet swing, very compact. There's not a lot of

664
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: extra movement in it, so he doesn't I feel like

665
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 1: he's a guy that's not gonna get fooled that often.

666
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: You watch the highlights of Bush again, you see the power.

667
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 1: You see that you know he's hitting moonshots everywhere. Looking

668
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 1: good this spring too. I think it would behoove Chicago

669
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 1: not to have him in the lineup every day. They

670
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: could use a little bit more pop there in this lineup,

671
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 1: I think. But Bush to me again, very quiet, body,

672
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 1: quiet lower half. He has that little front turn in

673
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: of the foot too that you see like some of

674
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 1: those great guys like Pools used to have that too,

675
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 1: where he says really balanced to So a lot to

676
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 1: like here with Michael Bush. And I do think he's

677
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: a guy that contdit twenty five homers. So if you're

678
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 1: looking for power late in your drafts. It's another guy

679
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,280
Speaker 1: that's relatively free in terms of ADP that I would

680
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 1: be drafting. Jordan Walker of the Saint Louis Cardinals, a

681
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,080
Speaker 1: player we were all very excited about last year, but

682
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: I don't feel like you can really call it a

683
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 1: breakout season. It was an improved season, a season where

684
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,479
Speaker 1: there were struggles in the beginning, got sent down, came up,

685
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 1: saw a better version of him. But I'm not ready

686
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 1: to write him off. So I think there's potential for

687
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: a breakout here for Jordan Walker where we could see

688
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 1: the best of him. It's easier in Milwaukee. It's Jackson Curio.

689
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 1: You know, Deal Hall could have been this guy for me.

690
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: But you know, I know Welsh still has some questions

691
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: about how good he might be right out of the gate.

692
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 1: I know we had Eric Cross on last week he

693
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: kind of mentioned the same thing. I still think there's

694
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 1: breakout potential here. He could, potentially, in the second half especially,

695
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 1: really start to get his feet under him. And I think,

696
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: you know, when you have young players with big expectations

697
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,000
Speaker 1: and big contracts, it would not shock me if he

698
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: got off to a slow start. I don't think he's

699
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,440
Speaker 1: the kind of guy you send down. I think he's

700
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 1: the kind of guy you let him work through the

701
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 1: problems and build the confidence. Nick Lodolo another post type guy.

702
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 1: A couple of years ago, we were all very excited

703
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 1: about Nick Lodolo. This Red's pitching staff feels a little

704
00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: like you know what, holding water in a paper bag,

705
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 1: Like it's gonna start leaking at some point. And I

706
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: want to see if Lodolo can be that patch, Like

707
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: if that could be the guy left. He sometimes take

708
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: a little bit longer to figure things out. Him and

709
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: Hunter Green two years ago, two of the most sought

710
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 1: after young pitching prospects, and I think everybody's kind of

711
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: cooled on them. And I think Lodolo has an opportunity

712
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 1: to really put it all together this year and make

713
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: a fair amount of starts this year for the Reds. Again,

714
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: to me, breakouts about volume as much as it is

715
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: about talent. I think the talent is there. I think

716
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 1: you know, he's beaten around a little bit, had some

717
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 1: injuries he had to deal with too. A healthy Nick

718
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: Lodolo refocused, I think a little bit more experienced is

719
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: a better version. He just needs the opportunity now, and

720
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna get that with the Reds in

721
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four as the season goes on, and of

722
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 1: course with Pittsburgh. I mean it's O'Neal Cruise and I

723
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,520
Speaker 1: say breakout because as good as that first year was

724
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: in terms of wetting the appetite for us, we haven't

725
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 1: seen what Cruz can really do. A thirty thirty season

726
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: is possible for this player. I'm not quite as high

727
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 1: as Welsh's on Cruise. I still think there's a lot

728
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: of swing and miss that always bothers me with players,

729
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,480
Speaker 1: but it's hard not to be excited about the breakout potential.

730
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: So those are my guys in the National League Central Welsh,

731
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 1: which one stands out to you?

732
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 2: Wow? Oh, you know Cruiz clearly. I will tell you

733
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,240
Speaker 2: I did. I have a futures bet on him for

734
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 2: just season home run totals. I think it's quite low,

735
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 2: twenty four and a half. I smacked the over put

736
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 2: a couple units on it for a nice little fun

737
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 2: season bet to follow. But he's the obvious one. He's

738
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 2: like one of my favorite players to follow. Every time

739
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 2: he hits a massive homer, I get the tweets and

740
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 2: I love it because you know, he's a guy that

741
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 2: I'm drafting, and yes they're strikeout issues, but it's just

742
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 2: like risk reward that's going on here. What is unique

743
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 2: about him is to your point, like we talk so much,

744
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 2: we've talked so much about him for like three years

745
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 2: or two and a half years, we haven't had a season.

746
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 2: We haven't had a breakout at all. So that's why,

747
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 2: like he is eligible for this all of the things

748
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 2: I would add, you know, with Surio, I'm fine with Suri.

749
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 2: I just I think there's questions I've draft I just

750
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 2: drafted him in DC actually last night. I think there's

751
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 2: there's just questions on does he struggle and iverse that

752
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 2: with his manager Pat Murphy, who doesn't put up with

753
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 2: a lot, Like I don't know if I don't know

754
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 2: how long the leash will be with Pat Murphy. So

755
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 2: that's what I worry about. But Michael Bush is probably

756
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 2: one of my favorites. He's on my draft list. I

757
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 2: think we had the Welsh draft cheat sheet over on

758
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 2: Fantasy Pros Final people doing drafts here. But I love

759
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 2: it because they kind of made the commitment to him.

760
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 2: They pushed Pete frow Armstrong out who you know, defensively

761
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 2: is a top notch, top notch center fielder. Bellinger is

762
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 2: going to man that to some degree. He might come

763
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 2: over to place them first. But they've got DH and

764
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 2: they've got first base for Michael Bush to play around with.

765
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 2: I'd also say, I'm not saying that will do this,

766
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:46,360
Speaker 2: but possibility if Chris Morel just absolutely stunk at third base,

767
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 2: like that's where Michael Busch was before. So there's some

768
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 2: good flexibility. I think he can hit for fine average

769
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 2: big power numbers are out there. I'm very into the

770
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 2: Michael Bush one. I like that one.

771
00:33:56,120 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 1: All right. So moving on to the West side, let's

772
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 1: start with the American League West Welsh. Who do you

773
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 1: have here for each of these teams to possibly break

774
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: out in twenty twenty four?

775
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 2: All right, so this guy kind of did a breakout

776
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 2: but then faltered on the back half of the year.

777
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 2: I'm going to go with the Houston Astros. I'm going

778
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,439
Speaker 2: to go back to Hunter Brown. I think Hunter Brown

779
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 2: gets established this year. Carries over his spring has been

780
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,400
Speaker 2: pretty dang nice. He's actually tapered back the strikeouts, and

781
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 2: this is going to be something to watch in season.

782
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 2: This is only spring stuff, but he's tapered back the

783
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 2: strikeouts in favor of also lower walk numbers. Only walked

784
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,359
Speaker 2: two p nine so far. He's had a sub three

785
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 2: ERA in Spring again, spring numbers, blah blah blah, but

786
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 2: it's been good performances. Hunter Brown a disciple of Justin Verlander.

787
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,760
Speaker 2: You know, always there's similarities in that game. The consistency

788
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 2: I think can get locked in this year. This Astro

789
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 2: team is a great Astros team. They've got a really

790
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 2: good rotation and Hunter Brown is ready to put in

791
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 2: a full season and I think you're going to see

792
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 2: that consistency. I think he is going to be a

793
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 2: pretty big payoff here. We might be looking at him.

794
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 2: We legit might be looking him as the number two

795
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 2: fantasy pitcher from this team, and that does say a

796
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:09,280
Speaker 2: lot for the Houston Astros. Moving down to the Seattle Mariners,

797
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:13,479
Speaker 2: he is not joining the Splitter mafia, but he will

798
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 2: join this breakout list. We're gonna go with Brian Woo,

799
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 2: Brian wu all the time. Fifth starter seems locked up.

800
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 2: What was one of my biggest worries I kept annoyingly

801
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 2: talking about was like, I'm a little worried that this

802
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 2: team might go out and get Blake Snell, and that

803
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 2: might either a make Wu kind of a sixth man

804
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,240
Speaker 2: rotation y type of guy or make him expendable in general.

805
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 2: That wasn't the case. They have him seems committed. He

806
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 2: definitely has one of the best fastballs in baseball. It's

807
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,399
Speaker 2: gonna be interesting to see his growth because and my joke,

808
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 2: by the way, with the splitter mafia was I asked him,

809
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,280
Speaker 2: was he going to join all those other guys They tinker,

810
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 2: Kirby and Gilbert and Bryce Miller. They tinker, they add pitches.

811
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 2: Bryce Miller's putting more gyro into his slider and he's

812
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,879
Speaker 2: doing split fingers, and Wu is just like he wants

813
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 2: to continue doing his thing as ball slider pump the zone.

814
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:02,920
Speaker 2: He just has to know who you are.

815
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: As a pitcher, you know, I mean looking remember when

816
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 1: the Yankees tried to tell Sonny Gray who he was

817
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:09,800
Speaker 1: as a pitcher. How that worked out, and Sonny Gray's like, no,

818
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 1: this is not who I am. We said, we don't

819
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: want you to throw this pitch, and he said, I

820
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 1: want to throw this pitch. And he struggled as the

821
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:14,880
Speaker 1: Yankee and then as soon as he left he was

822
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: good again. I mean it was crazy.

823
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, Diamondbacks used to do that with teams back in

824
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 2: the day. They like wouldn't let him them throw. I

825
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 2: think cutters and like players throw cutter. You don't want

826
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 2: to take those completely away. So Brian Wu, I think

827
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 2: it's good offensive support. We've talked about good defensive support

828
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 2: as well, ballpark factor. We've talked about the Mariners getting

829
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 2: in some wins this year, and Brian Wu is going

830
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 2: to be pretty sneaky adp outside the top two hundred.

831
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 2: It's kind of cheap, but he might be like how

832
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,359
Speaker 2: Bryce Miller was a skyrocketing player. So I think he's

833
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 2: lined up for a pretty big breakout. This is probably

834
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 2: the biggest name. This is my version of your O'Neil

835
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 2: Cruz where we roll our eyes and we're like, okay, guys,

836
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 2: we get it. You say, O'Neil Cruz, I say, why

837
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 2: at Langford you put Churi on this as well? You

838
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 2: look at that team. There's guys that are getting opportunities.

839
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 2: Justin Foscue, you could get some opportunities this year. You know,

840
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 2: there's a couple other rookies that are kind of floating

841
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 2: around that you might you might see more Ezekiel derand

842
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 2: but White Langford, the breakout is ready. Everybody saw what

843
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 2: happened in the spring, tippy top of the home run board.

844
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,879
Speaker 2: He's been with the majors this entire time. As we're

845
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 2: recording that, they just haven't announced where you know him

846
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 2: being on the opening day roster. But we're gonna get it.

847
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 2: We're gonna get it, and White Langford is gonna hit

848
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 2: high in the order. He's gonna surpass Evan Carter this

849
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 2: year to being the more valuable of those guys and

850
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 2: probably put himself in as Rookie of the Year. So

851
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:36,879
Speaker 2: because he has not never had the chance, he hasn't

852
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 2: had a major league at bat in the majors. Here,

853
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 2: the breakout is just gonna start from day one. We're

854
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:46,880
Speaker 2: gonna get Wyatt Langford. Number two. Nolan Shanwell struggle with

855
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 2: his name. This is a funny one because like he's

856
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 2: not being drafted in a lot of spots, and this

857
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,760
Speaker 2: was the guy that in the same season, within a month,

858
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 2: I saw him in his like second pro game in

859
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 2: complex ball next to my house in rookie ball. A

860
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,040
Speaker 2: month later he's in the major leagues. It's phenomenal. He

861
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 2: makes tons of great contact, patient hitter, advanced hitter so

862
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 2: much he can get to the majors. But there's been

863
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 2: no power to speak of bad hard hit numbers in general.

864
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:14,760
Speaker 2: But he's been working on it. We're starting to see

865
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,839
Speaker 2: that the ball get in the air a little bit more.

866
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say that he is gonna go from one

867
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 2: of those guys that we weren't drafting to we're picking

868
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,839
Speaker 2: up in season and holding because he's gonna hit up

869
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 2: the tippy top of the lineup, might be leading off.

870
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 2: If he can get up to fifteen homer power, he's

871
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 2: gonna make him. It's kind of gonna be YONDI diaz

872
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 2: Ish where it's like, you know, they're making tons of contact,

873
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,399
Speaker 2: batting average is good, he might be scoring a bunch

874
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 2: of runs. He's just got to get a little bit

875
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 2: more in the counting stats. I think he's gonna be

876
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 2: a little bit more aggressive this year. He's ready to

877
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 2: break out. And then finally I'm going to the Oakland,

878
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 2: Las Vegas, maybe Utah. I don't know where are they

879
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,479
Speaker 2: gonna go. Where they gonna play. There was a rumor

880
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 2: that they would play out here in May, said ho

881
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,800
Speaker 2: Ho com their spring training facility. They don't have a place.

882
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 2: I don't know where they'll play, but it's gonna be

883
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 2: with Mason Miller breaking out. Mason Miller kind of like

884
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 2: this Copek thing. I actually weirdly put two players that

885
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 2: are closers in here. But Mason Miller looks like he

886
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 2: is destined for the bullpen. This team is not giving

887
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 2: him the commitment to a rotation spot. They want him

888
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 2: in the bullpen. There's no reason from day one to

889
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 2: not put him in the ninth inning. Dropping one oh

890
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 2: one one oh two could be a devastating closer for

891
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 2: this team. He is ready for that breakout. He'll have

892
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 2: a full season, but it's gonna be about sixty or

893
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,320
Speaker 2: seventy innings in the bullpen. You might get twenty five saves.

894
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 2: Plus he's being drafted really late. He's gonna be a

895
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 2: big breakout. His stuff has top ten closer potential for sure.

896
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 2: So Mason Miller will be my pick for the A's.

897
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: Look, I'm gonna keep this simple. All the players are

898
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 1: gonna talk about today in terms of breakout potential. It's

899
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: why at Langford for me and everybody else, Like, that's

900
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,400
Speaker 1: how I feel about Langford and that's and that's including

901
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:49,280
Speaker 1: on your cruz. In this conversation, Langford is just hitting

902
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,799
Speaker 1: lasers everywhere. He is just mashing the bar and so

903
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,799
Speaker 1: locked in. And it is only spring, and you have

904
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 1: to take that with a grain of salt. But it's

905
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:58,319
Speaker 1: not like he didn't do it in college. It's not

906
00:39:58,360 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: like he didn't do in the minor leagues. It's not

907
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: like he has basically just smashed balls everywhere every time

908
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 1: he's got the opportunity, like he has gone. He's starting

909
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: to fly up draft boards, especially towards the end of

910
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,719
Speaker 1: drafts here. The cost, especially in those salary cap leagues,

911
00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:13,839
Speaker 1: has gone off the charts, almost to the point where

912
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 1: it's nearly untenable. But I will say, if you are

913
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,800
Speaker 1: in more casual leagues and you could be just a

914
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: little bit more aggressive on him, I'd be very surprised

915
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: if he did not deliver on the ADP, even if

916
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,480
Speaker 1: it is more aggressive by two rounds even three rounds,

917
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: Like I know that sounds crazy, Like why do I

918
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,080
Speaker 1: want to go three rounds above on a player? If

919
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go three rounds or maybe even four rounds

920
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: above on a player, it's why at Langford and I

921
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 1: don't think that's a hot take because I think the

922
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,879
Speaker 1: potential there for him, especially in this batting order, which

923
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:43,280
Speaker 1: could be a very good order when Corey seekers healthy

924
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,359
Speaker 1: and what Simeon's done so consistently last three years. You know,

925
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 1: Nate Lowe getting healthier too, hopefully sooner than later. It's

926
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 1: a good lineup and Langford being smacked down somewhere in

927
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:55,040
Speaker 1: the middle of it. Man like I am very excited

928
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: about for Langfort's potential. All Right, National League West, let's

929
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 1: wrap things up here. The Dodgers and get Stone. I

930
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: would love to put Emmet she Han on this list,

931
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,279
Speaker 1: but she ended struggle last year except for the very

932
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,320
Speaker 1: end of the year. Last two starts were good, but

933
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 1: I don't want to take too much out of that.

934
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,360
Speaker 1: He's hurt right now. So it's between those two guys.

935
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,439
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Stone because I do think there's

936
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 1: gonna be opportunities. James Paxton never pitches for a long

937
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,320
Speaker 1: period of time, Clayton Kershaw's not coming back until August.

938
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 1: There's gonna be starts available. I mean, Tyler glasst now

939
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 1: hasn't exactly been Nolan Ryan in terms of durability in

940
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,400
Speaker 1: his career. So at some point in time, and we

941
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 1: know ya Momoto did not get off to the best

942
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 1: start here potentially, I don't want to overreact to that either,

943
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 1: but Stone, I think, as I mentioned earlier, opportunity is

944
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 1: what you need for a breakout. I know Welsh has

945
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 1: not been in love with this pitcher in the past,

946
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 1: but he has certainly proven that he's worthy of the opportunity.

947
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,759
Speaker 1: And if the Dodgers are anything close to what they

948
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 1: can be, Stone's gonna have win potential, some quality star

949
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 1: potential in there too if he can get into the

950
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:55,360
Speaker 1: sixth inning. So he's an intriguing guy to me with

951
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: the potential breakout. And it's hard to get on the

952
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 1: Dodgers because so many of these guys are already stars.

953
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 1: Look for a guy that isn't a star yet but

954
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,359
Speaker 1: could potentially be a breakout. Stone could be that guy.

955
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 1: The next guy is starting pitcher Kyle Harrison, who I

956
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 1: absolutely have fallen in love with this draft season. The

957
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 1: ADP is great. Harrison is a picture right now who

958
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:17,920
Speaker 1: has really just been dominant this spring. Eleven strikeouts in

959
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 1: nine innings, a one point nine to three ERA over

960
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,320
Speaker 1: those nine innings, a one point one to seven Whip

961
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:27,319
Speaker 1: and Welsh. The giant signing of Blake Snell, I think

962
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: is such an important thing here because now you're pushing

963
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,520
Speaker 1: Harrison to the middle of the back of this rotation.

964
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,279
Speaker 1: He doesn't have to carry the weight here. You've got

965
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 1: Logan Webb, you've got Blake Snell, you got your two

966
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: horses up front. I think mentally that takes always a

967
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: lot of pressure off young pitchers, and Harrison has been fantastic.

968
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: So that's a guy that I've been trying to be

969
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: more aggressive on. Jackson Merrill starting for the San Diego Padres.

970
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 1: Opportunity there, talent there. Welsh has gone on and on

971
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,400
Speaker 1: about Merrill, and you know what, He's right. It's a

972
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 1: player that qualifies a shortstop, but he's gonna play the outfield,

973
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 1: so flexibility's going to be there. By the time we

974
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 1: turn the page to April into man, Meryl's gonna qualify

975
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:04,760
Speaker 1: probably both of those spots. That's huge, good contact guy. Again,

976
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:06,920
Speaker 1: where he hits in the order is a matter of

977
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 1: how hard hot he stays, so let's keep that in mind.

978
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,320
Speaker 1: And the last two are gonna be easy here with Arizona,

979
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: it's Brandon Fott he has that potential to be the

980
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:17,759
Speaker 1: breakout guy. I don't think he had the breakout last year.

981
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 1: I think he showed you the potential last year. This

982
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 1: is the year where breakout could be. He's got to

983
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,439
Speaker 1: find more consistency, Kenny carry over what he did last

984
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 1: year at the end of the year and in the playoffs.

985
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: Welsh is confident that he can. I'm confident he can

986
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 1: as well. That's gonna be huge if they're gonna continue

987
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: to compete with the big boys. And let me tell you,

988
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 1: this division is red hot. The Giants are for real,

989
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 1: they are in it. They spent money this offseason. Snell

990
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: is a big addition, a huge addition the Padres. I'm

991
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,839
Speaker 1: telling you that Padre's rotation is gonna be very good.

992
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 1: The batting order is still very good. And lastly, here

993
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,439
Speaker 1: you know Arizona Diamondbacks. We already know about the Dodgers,

994
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 1: but the d Backs are gonna be in this so

995
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:55,280
Speaker 1: Fot's gonna have to step up his game to compete

996
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:59,440
Speaker 1: in this division. And lastly, Ezekiel Tovar, our guy that

997
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 1: we've been hype up here, Welsh has kind of come

998
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: to my side on this one, which is great. For

999
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:06,680
Speaker 1: a change. I love this. Tlvar was a player who

1000
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 1: struggled in his first season. He's twenty one years old.

1001
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,319
Speaker 1: He's still very young. He has put the work in.

1002
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: I've seen some interviews with him too, very encourage about

1003
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 1: how he handles himself. He was also really recognizing what

1004
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,960
Speaker 1: went wrong for him last year, and I think self

1005
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 1: evaluation for young players is something you don't see often.

1006
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 1: And I'm always excited when a young player says, yeah,

1007
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:28,279
Speaker 1: you know what, I got to get back to making

1008
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:30,200
Speaker 1: more hard contact. I got to get back to not

1009
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:32,239
Speaker 1: striking out, putting the ball in play a little bit.

1010
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: And I've really worked on that this offseason and kind

1011
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 1: of fixing some things that I used to do well

1012
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: in the minor leagues that I kind of got out

1013
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 1: of whack in the major leagues. And you know what,

1014
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: that's a kind of player that's going to have success.

1015
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,680
Speaker 1: He's got power. He plays in Colorado, the stats are

1016
00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 1: going to be even if he's mediocre, a little bit

1017
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 1: better than mediocre. I think he's got potential to be

1018
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: really good. One of my favorite late shortstop, especially if

1019
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 1: you are playing in leagues with middle infielders. So the

1020
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:58,040
Speaker 1: West looks really good here Stone Harrison, Merrill Fott, and

1021
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,080
Speaker 1: Tovar Welsh who stands out to you.

1022
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:01,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he nailed all of these. These are

1023
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 2: really good ones, obviously, you know. I think Meryl's been

1024
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 2: one I've been preaching for quite some time, and he

1025
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,640
Speaker 2: did make the opening day roster and he did he

1026
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:12,120
Speaker 2: did get to see a few hits, which was really wild.

1027
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 2: I mean, people are gonna get to see the this

1028
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,240
Speaker 2: is the guy, big plate presence. Hopefully he doesn't become

1029
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 2: like Nolan Shanwell last year where it's just a bunch

1030
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 2: of contact and nothing else. But he's got the opportunity

1031
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 2: to move up in that lineup. And then Brandon Fott

1032
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 2: is one that you know, listen Homer or whatever it is.

1033
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:32,480
Speaker 2: He was phenomenal in the World Series and in the playoffs,

1034
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 2: and I do hope that that's going to carry over.

1035
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 2: I think he's got a lot of the tools for

1036
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 2: that to carry over full workload of being a major

1037
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:41,919
Speaker 2: leaguer in camps this year, I think he's in line

1038
00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 2: for a big one. And both of the costs are

1039
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,280
Speaker 2: really great. So Jackson, Marilyn Brandon fought probably my favorite

1040
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,280
Speaker 2: breakouts that you put on the NL West my division mine.

1041
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 1: There you go. And you know who I also could

1042
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 1: throw out there is it extra credit in who's had

1043
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 1: a really good spring too? I know Cross was just

1044
00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 1: talking about him. Also is Luis Matos in this division too?

1045
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,879
Speaker 1: That's another guy too who again like, don't forget about

1046
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,120
Speaker 1: these guys like Jordan Walker. We love Jordan Walker. Oh

1047
00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: he doesn't become what we want him in the year one.

1048
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 1: We throw them away. Don't throw away these guys. Matos

1049
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:11,920
Speaker 1: is another guy having a great spring. Gay attention. I

1050
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:14,920
Speaker 1: almost picked him, but Harrison's been so good and pitching

1051
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 1: is you know, so hard to find and I think

1052
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,040
Speaker 1: that's the way. But his extra credit one. But we

1053
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:21,400
Speaker 1: want to hear from you. Who are the potential breakouts

1054
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,799
Speaker 1: that you love in twenty twenty four? Comment below on

1055
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:26,759
Speaker 1: this video. And by the way, I just realized at

1056
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 1: the end of the show, we're we match today. We

1057
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:29,359
Speaker 1: both wore fantas.

1058
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, we got shirt. Look at it.

1059
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:33,919
Speaker 1: You went blue, you went black, black and blue. Because

1060
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:36,160
Speaker 1: we're beat up from this spring training. We just want

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Speaker 1: the story of the game goes on for the Welsh.

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Speaker 1: I'm Joey P. We'll see you next time. Kids breakout