1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Fortune favors the bold, and in this segment of Bold Predictions, 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: Worm and Mayor from the Cycle sat down with Scott 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: Pianowski and George Bissel to get their take on some 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: bold predictions for the upcoming twenty twenty five baseball season. 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 2: Back now for the final segment of Fantasy Fest twenty 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: twenty five. We want to go out by going bold. 7 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: We've got some bold predictions here from Mike Mayer, from 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,319 Speaker 2: Scott Pianowski, and from George Bissel. Guys, thank you so 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: much for joining. Because we've got four of us on here, 10 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: we're going to jump right in and see if we 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: can get through as much as possible. Also, I do 12 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 2: just want to remind everybody on the super chats if 13 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 2: you're sending them in. If we finish this segment and 14 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: I don't have time to get to all of them, 15 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 2: Mayor and I are going to stick around. We will 16 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 2: answer all of your questions. So if you want a 17 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 2: question answered that you have not had the chance to 18 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 2: ask yet and you throw it in there as a 19 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 2: super chat, it will get answered even if we go along. 20 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 2: That is a guarantee from us. But guys, let's dive 21 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: right in here on the bold predictions. George, I'll start 22 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: with you. Who's the first guy you want to talk about? George? 23 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: I think you are muted. Here, here we go, Harry. 24 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 3: We always gotta get the technical difficulties out of the way, 25 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 3: So let's jump right in. Victor Robles is my guy. 26 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 3: I know he's disappointed fantasy managers for a long time, 27 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 3: but things kind of flipped for him last year upon 28 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 3: leaving the Nationals going to Seattle. He had phenomenal clothes 29 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 3: to this season, bet A three twenty eight with four homers. 30 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 3: He ended up with thirty steals over his final seventy 31 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 3: seven games. The thing that changed for him was he 32 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 3: started making a lot more hard contact and started striking 33 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 3: out less. So those are two really encouraging things that 34 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 3: you want to see from a hitter. And there's a 35 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 3: lot of sort of narrative based the stuff you could 36 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 3: point to with him in terms of leaving Washington, where 37 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 3: it felt like he kind of had the weight of 38 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 3: the franchise on his shoulders. He was always being compared 39 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 3: to Juan Soto and it felt like he tried to 40 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 3: do too much, and he had a lot of quotes 41 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 3: and talking with. 42 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 4: The media out in Seattle. 43 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 3: Once he left that he kind of felt like he 44 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 3: could be himself again and really unlocked his potential. And 45 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 3: the analogy I like to use is kind of like 46 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 3: a highly touted quarterback first round pick, where you put 47 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 3: the weight to the franchise on the guy and he 48 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 3: just overthinks things. It's holding on to the ball too long. 49 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 3: It just felt like once he reached Seattle, he started 50 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 3: being the player that we always kind of envisioned when 51 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 3: he was a top prospect a couple of years ago. 52 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 3: So you look at what he's able to do in 53 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 3: terms of a speed standpoint, My bold prediction is that 54 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 3: he leads the Major sixty plus steals this year out 55 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 3: of the leadoff spot in Seattle. 56 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 2: I love the prediction. It might I don't know if 57 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 2: it's gonna be surprising if people or not to hear 58 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 2: that he's only twenty seven. I mean, it's not totally 59 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 2: unheard of for a guy to break out. It feels 60 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,679 Speaker 2: a little bit later, especially when you're thinking about a 61 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: guy who is as highly tatted as a prospect as 62 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: Robless is. But Scott, I find myself almost a little 63 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: afraid of how interested I am in Robless this year 64 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 2: like we talk a little bit in planning the segment. 65 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 2: We've been burned before, but I feel really excited about him. 66 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 5: Yeah I am too, And yeah I love the point 67 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 5: that the change of scenery sometimes is the right thing, 68 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 5: the right mix for a player to get going. He's 69 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 5: still what twenty seven, twenty eight years old? For Roblest, 70 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 5: we'll bet lead off. They made an investment in him. 71 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 5: He didn't get a huge extension, but they did give 72 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 5: him a contract extension. I'm not sure if the stolen 73 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 5: bases will hold up, though, because my bull prediction guy 74 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 5: is going to leave the NL on stolen bases and 75 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 5: then we can get to that whenever you want. But Roblest, look, 76 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 5: I go. People get nervous about the park. It is 77 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 5: the best place to pitch, it's the worst place to hit. 78 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 5: But if Robust sticks in that leadoff spot, and I 79 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 5: think he will, he's been set up to be a 80 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 5: value all season. I also want to mention that Joe 81 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 5: piece of Pas sold me on that draft simulator. I'm 82 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 5: gonna be fiddling around with that all night as soon 83 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,119 Speaker 5: as we finish, So good job on you, Joe. But yeah, 84 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 5: I'm in on Robust too. 85 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: We love to hear that. Good job of Joe and 86 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 2: great job to the producers and the editing for sure. 87 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 5: Oh the graphics are great on that very yes, super 88 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 5: layout on that. So the top doch top dodge. 89 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 2: A ton of prep from that team going into everything 90 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 2: behind the scenes for this, for this whole day. So 91 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 2: again shouts to them for everything that's got into it. 92 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: Here mayor on roebless Hee somebody we've talked about a 93 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 2: little bit on the cycle. Is he somebody that I mean, again, 94 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 2: the ADP not prohibitive. He's somebody that you are targeting 95 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: later in your drafts this year. And to what degree 96 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: are you a believer in what we saw in the 97 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: second half last year. 98 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm one hundred percent targeting him. 99 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 6: I'm banking on the stone bases or keeping up because 100 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 6: that's why I'm taking him. Because i know I'm not 101 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 6: going to get a ton of power out of him, 102 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 6: and I know that the batting average can be a 103 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 6: little inconsistent. Let's hope he continues to make that hard contact. 104 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 6: What Scott mentioned is kind of what worried me going 105 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 6: to Seattle in the first place, is that it's not 106 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,559 Speaker 6: typically a great ballpark for hitters. But for whatever reason, 107 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 6: going to Seattle unlocked everything for him, and so it's 108 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,559 Speaker 6: burned us in the in the past before. I already 109 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 6: have a couple of Victor Roblas shares adp. Two fourteen. 110 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 6: I'm comfortable taking them around or two before that to 111 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 6: try and lock in the steals, especially because sometimes I 112 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 6: find myself as really needing steals. And when he gets 113 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 6: that leaden draft and you're targeting a category, I know, 114 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 6: I'm probably gonna have to give up a little bit 115 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 6: of power, but maybe you can still get eight, nine, 116 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 6: ten home runs out of Victor Robots, you know, if 117 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 6: everything falls falls right, I actually already go ahead. 118 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 5: I keep in mind too that he didn't just steal 119 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 5: thirty four bases last year. He was only caught twice. 120 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 5: I mean, this is a guy who could basically and 121 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 5: we know it's so easy to steal bases with the 122 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 5: rule changes they've made. If Victor Robust wants second base, 123 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 5: it's his. 124 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 2: Do Do you, Scott have an expectation on what you 125 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: the kind of range you expect to see his adding 126 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 2: average act, because obviously can't steal if you're not on base, 127 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 2: and that was such a huge key to the speed's 128 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 2: always been there, But do you think that the bad 129 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 2: I mean it was three oh seven last year, two 130 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 2: ninety nine the year before. The OBP was over three 131 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 2: eighty last years. I mean, it kind of feels like 132 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,679 Speaker 2: he's going to be on base enough to take advantage 133 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: of that speed, right. 134 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 5: I just think of maturing of approach. I don't see 135 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 5: any reason. I realize his batting average is bounced all 136 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 5: over the place and the career average is only two 137 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 5: forty seven, but with the experience level that he's at, 138 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 5: I don't see why he can't hit two fifty five 139 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 5: or two sixty, which is totally fine in today's game. 140 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 2: Let's stick with you, Scott for your first Bowl prediction because, 141 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 2: like you said, it ties into the stolen bases as well. 142 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 5: It does Yeah, Xavier Edwards, Look Miami, they're bad team. 143 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 5: It's not the greatest park to hit. But he was 144 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 5: almost too good to be true last year three twenty eight, 145 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 5: three ninety seven, four twenty three and seventy games with 146 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 5: thirty one steals. He was only caught four times. Not 147 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 5: gonna get any power here, but he's locked into the 148 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 5: leadoff spot and don't look at his stack caast page 149 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 5: or get bogged down by that because he doesn't hit 150 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 5: the ball that hard, but he's a fast guy. He 151 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 5: just wants to make contact. He has more walks than 152 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 5: strikeouts than the spring training. By the way, I love it 153 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 5: anytime a player does that. And I think there's a 154 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 5: thing called the Jonathan vr effect. A couple times he 155 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 5: was on bad teams and they'd let him back first 156 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 5: or second just basically say, look, run whenever you want. 157 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 5: We have to sell something to the fans. We have 158 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,559 Speaker 5: to try to be an exciting team with Edwards being fast, 159 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 5: with Edwards's getting on base at a high clip, with 160 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 5: him being such a high percentage base stealer, and he 161 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 5: said he wants to steal sixty bases. Look, my rule 162 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 5: of thumb with quotes is believe all the negative stuff, 163 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 5: be very careful and filter out the positive stuff. But 164 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 5: I don't see any reason why Edwards couldn't steal sixty bases, 165 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 5: and again on a bad team. I think sometimes it 166 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 5: is a little bit of a Yolo effect with stealing 167 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 5: second base. Xavier Edwards shorts up is deep. Of course, 168 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 5: he's credit drafted, probably his utility middle, but I think 169 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 5: he's been a draft bargain all spring. 170 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 2: It's funny. I do have his stackcast page up, even 171 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 2: he said not to look at it, and it's just 172 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 2: funny because there's no gray. It's all blue or read. 173 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 2: You know the chase rate with rate Carrett, that's all read, 174 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 2: all the you know, anything power related barrel raate Hardt here, 175 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 2: rate abjects loss is all very blue. It's it's very 176 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 2: much a kind of a you know, two sides of 177 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 2: the coin there, George, what do you think about Edwards? 178 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 2: I mean, obviously you're you're picking roeblists on the stolen 179 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 2: base leader this season, but you like Edwards is another 180 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: guy in that mold. 181 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 3: Absolutely, I agree with Scott on this one. You're not 182 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 3: rostering either Edwards or Robust for the over defence power. 183 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 3: You look at Edwards, high contact guy, and he's actually 184 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 3: had a little bit of pop and spring craning at 185 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 3: a two homer game recently. And there was actually an 186 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 3: interesting story from MLB dot Com this offseason where he 187 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 3: started a new offseason training program. He'd been dealing with 188 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 3: sort of a shoulder issue since twenty twenty two, when 189 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 3: he suffered a shoulder impingement. So I think that was 190 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 3: really interesting that he had some comments about his shoulder 191 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 3: starting to feel a lot better than it had in 192 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 3: recent years, So maybe that unlocks things a little bit 193 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 3: more for him at the play. It starts driving the 194 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 3: ball a little bit harder. Obviously it's only gonna be 195 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 3: really gap power than the occasional pulled Homer. But yeah, absolutely, 196 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 3: I think like Scott's, Marlin's don't have a lot to lose, 197 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 3: and they're going to give him up every opportunity to run. 198 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 3: He's kind of a constant green light on the base 199 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 3: pat So I can absolutely envision that scenario playing out. 200 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 2: There's a bit of a gap between Edwards and Roblest 201 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 2: in terms of where they are in ECR and Fantasy 202 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 2: pros and their ADP mayor at cost do you have 203 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 2: a preference between these two guys. 204 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 6: That's exactly what I was going to say, is that 205 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 6: we talked about Roblists and ADP of two fourteen and 206 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 6: kind of knowing at that point in the draft you're 207 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 6: going to have to give up a category. Xavier Edwards 208 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 6: is ADP is one thirty nine, and that starts getting 209 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 6: a little too early where I want to give up 210 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 6: on you give up that category, give up that power. 211 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 6: He did have maybe the quietest three twenty eight batting 212 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 6: average season of all time last year. I don't recall 213 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 6: him having that high of a batting average, So you're 214 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 6: at least probably going to get a pretty goodatting average 215 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 6: floor and then a real ton of stolen bases. But 216 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 6: once we start creeping into that ADP like top one fifty, 217 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 6: then I started getting a little bit more uncomfortable about 218 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 6: kind of sacrificing a category that early. 219 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 5: You know, I think it comes down to those are 220 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 5: totally reasonable concerns, and maybe there's been enough helium that 221 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 5: Edwards has started to creep into an area that people 222 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 5: are concerned about drafting a player who won't feel every category. 223 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 5: And I think what might be the tiebreaker for people, 224 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 5: and you can decide, listener, how you feel about this, 225 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 5: is he hit three thirteen in the minors with a 226 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 5: three eighty five OBP, So that's support maybe not hitting 227 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 5: three twenty one in the majors, but just being a 228 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 5: plus average guy. And if you believe in that profile, 229 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,959 Speaker 5: if you believe in those skills translating and again, is 230 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 5: he going to do what he did last year? Probably 231 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 5: not the slash line. It probably represents the high end 232 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 5: of his range, but we're robless. I'm hoping he doesn't 233 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 5: hurt my average. I'm going to draft Edwards proactively because 234 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,559 Speaker 5: I think he could win the batting title. 235 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 4: Mayor. 236 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 2: I know you have been itching to talk about your 237 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 2: bold prediction ever since you and Scott were tweeting back 238 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 2: and forth at each other about Mike Trout just a 239 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: couple of days ago. So you can go ahead and 240 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 2: dive in here. 241 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, so I picked this one. 242 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 6: It's the kind of bald prediction where five years ago 243 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 6: it would not be a bald prediction. I would probably 244 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 6: just been booed off the show for even claiming this 245 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 6: as a bold prediction. But I think Mike Trout's going 246 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 6: to hit more than fourty home runs and play more 247 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 6: than one hundred and thirty games. I know Scott's gonna 248 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 6: have some strong feelings about that. For a bonus, I 249 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 6: think he's gonna hit above to eighty. ADP is right 250 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 6: around one hundred and so like if you look, if 251 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 6: you think at like ADP, obviously it's like forty spots. 252 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 6: But do I want Xavier Edwards at one forty or 253 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 6: might try at one hundred. I'd rather swing for the 254 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 6: fences and take my trap, because, like we said before, 255 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 6: his ceiling is no longer the best player in baseball, 256 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 6: but his ceiling is a top two round player if 257 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 6: we get one hundred and thirty games at him, which 258 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 6: he's done not very much recently. He has hit forty 259 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 6: home runs once in the last five years, but he 260 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 6: only played one hundred nineteen games that season. So I 261 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 6: think as long as he can stay on the field, 262 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 6: I think they're trying to find ways to keep him 263 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 6: on the field. I'm not a huge believer in the 264 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 6: move from centerfield to right field being, you know, a 265 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,839 Speaker 6: life altering move for him. To keep him on the field, 266 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 6: they should probably, as Scott I know I said before, 267 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 6: it should probably just make him a DH at this point. 268 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 6: I know he was running more in April last year. 269 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 6: I'm guessing he's probably not going to run a ton 270 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 6: this year because their emphasis is just going to be, like, look, 271 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 6: just stay on the field, man, Just just stay healthy 272 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 6: and stay on the field and give us one, you know, 273 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 6: one hundred and thirty plus games, forty home runs, bat 274 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 6: to eighty, sell some tickets. 275 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 4: You know. I do think this Los Angeles, this Angels. 276 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 6: Team they've been really bad for a really long time, 277 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 6: kind of like amazingly bad. Despite having Trout in o Towny. 278 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 6: I do think they could be a little bit better 279 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 6: than people expect this year if things go their way. 280 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 6: I still don't love the overall roster, but if he 281 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 6: can stay healthy, I think they can at least stay 282 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 6: somewhat relevant for the first half of the year and 283 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 6: you know, kind of make it worth it to keep 284 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 6: trouting the lineup and keep producing for your fantasy team. 285 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 2: I'll throw it to Scott in a second, George, I 286 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 2: want to ask you to me, like, the boldest part 287 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 2: of that prediction from Mayor isn't even necessarily the forty 288 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 2: home runs or the batting average. It's just the fact 289 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 2: that he said one hundred and thirty games healthy, right right. 290 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 3: I think that's sort of the baseline you have to 291 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 3: look at with Trout from an injury management standpoint, because 292 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 3: just it's going to be a maintenance thing more than anything, 293 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 3: like is he going to be able to hold up 294 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 3: and play multiple games a week? 295 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 5: Like, that's the big question. 296 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:03,839 Speaker 3: And my general role of thought is you never bet 297 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 3: against Hall of Fame talents, and I think considering where 298 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 3: Trout's going in draft. You're not paying up for the 299 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 3: full boat forty homer production, so I think it's actually 300 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 3: ends up being a pretty good value where he is. 301 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 3: And look, I think if he plays one hundred and 302 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 3: twenty games, he's probably living up to that draft day costs. 303 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 3: So yeah, it's a risk, and I don't totally trust 304 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 3: the Angels to manage the situation properly, but we'll see. 305 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 2: Not trusting the Angels. Come on, how can you possibly 306 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 2: say something like that, Scott? 307 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: I know that. 308 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 2: I mean, obviously you're going to agree on the injury 309 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 2: risk side of things because that's just very apparent with 310 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 2: Trout when he's on the field. How do you view 311 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 2: him as a fantasy asset at this point? 312 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, that's not the easiest thing for me 313 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 5: to reconcile. Even though the powers outstanding last year, he 314 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 5: only hit two twenty hit two sixty three. The previous season. 315 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 5: We'd seen his stolen bases totally disappear until last year. 316 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 5: Run Washington is a very proactive base running coach. He'll 317 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 5: tell you outfield is incredibly hard, but he likes his 318 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 5: guys to run, and that's maybe why we want Louise 319 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 5: from he fotes people there. I really wish they had 320 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 5: added Jorge Solaier to lock up the DH spot. Mike mentioned, 321 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 5: you know the idea of maybe Trout's better as a DH, 322 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 5: And it blows my mind that normally do the Angels 323 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 5: never make the playoffs? During the Otanian Trout era, they 324 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,839 Speaker 5: never had a winning season. Now, baseball is a big 325 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 5: roster sport. It's not like basketball, say, where if you 326 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 5: have two superstars you're pretty much in the playoffs. But 327 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 5: still that blows my mind. It's just one of these 328 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 5: things that the trend line for the injuries, it's four 329 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 5: years in a row. He's in what age thirty three season. Now, 330 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 5: I just worry that the cheese may have gone bad. Now, 331 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 5: when would I draft Trout. I'd have to be in 332 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 5: the league where maybe twelve teams probably the last spot 333 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 5: i'd consider. I think it's a totally fine move. You're 334 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 5: in one of these smaller leagues, eight or ten team 335 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 5: league where the replacement value is so high at trout 336 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 5: injury is going to cripple you. You can get to the 337 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 5: waiver wile and get somebody useful where maybe in a 338 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 5: fourteen or fifteen team league, I'd be nervous that if 339 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 5: Trout goes down, I've lost a major piece of my offense. 340 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 5: So your league's waiver habits or what's on the wire 341 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 5: may decide if you're on the fence about Trout. But 342 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 5: because he's been hurt so much, it's no fun being 343 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 5: the person voting him down here. And I feel like 344 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 5: I'm telling you this, No Santa Claus and Christmas has 345 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 5: been canceled because he was He was the signature player 346 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 5: in baseball for several years and it's just been frustrating 347 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 5: to see him tied to a losing organization. One is 348 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 5: he played three playoff games in his career. For the 349 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 5: signature player in baseball, I mean, as long as he's 350 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 5: been you know, walk into the Hall of Fame eventually, 351 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 5: that it's no fun to say I'm not drafting Trout 352 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 5: this year. But unless the circumstances were perfect, and just 353 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 5: in every one in my league, somebody just seems to 354 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 5: look at him optimistically, maybe a round or two before. 355 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 5: I'm willing to be that guy. So I don't think 356 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 5: the market there's always stuck. Maybe the overall market in 357 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 5: aggregate doesn't trust Trout, but I feel like in my drafts, 358 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 5: one or two people are like, you know, what's screw it, 359 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 5: He's got an upside. Maybe I'm getting the forty homer trout. 360 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 5: I think every point that everybody made in his favor 361 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 5: is reasonable. But I'm going to be the guy who's 362 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 5: fading him. 363 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 2: And you know, you said four years, It's been four 364 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 2: years because of the injuries. It's been five years that 365 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 2: he hasn't played that many games. Now twenty twenty not 366 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 2: his fault, it's because of COVID, but just another year 367 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 2: of we're not seeing the one hundred and thirty game, 368 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 2: you know, just his body kind of pulled up to 369 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 2: the toll that that can take on him. So, you know, 370 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 2: I mean, having to go back to twenty nineteen for 371 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 2: the last time he played one hundred and thirty games, 372 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 2: like I said, certainly makes that part of it pretty 373 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 2: bold on Mayers and George. I don't think I asked, 374 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 2: but at what point would you be interested in drafting 375 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 2: Troud this year? Yeah? 376 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 3: I have him right around the top thirty range, so 377 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 3: that's probably a one thirty range I think overall would 378 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 3: be kind of the point I could see it in 379 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 3: the you know, a borderline top one hundred pick in 380 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 3: some weeks, but I have more to It's the one 381 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 3: twenty five to one to thirty range in my rankings. 382 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 2: Before we get to our other bold predictions, I want 383 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 2: to announce the winner of the Chris Sale Jersey giveaway. 384 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 2: It is Hardy har Harror seventy two. The winning comment 385 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 2: Chris Sale is his goat. 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Who's the other guy you 394 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 2: want to talk about? 395 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I want to talk about Max Meyer from 396 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 3: the Miami Marlins just a couple of years ago. He's 397 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 3: one of the top pitching prospects in baseball. Obviously had 398 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 3: Tommy John came back last year and just got absolutely crushed. 399 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 3: A lot of that was due to his four seam fastball, 400 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 3: just locating it and was getting hit in the zone 401 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 3: a lot. So what's interesting to me about him and 402 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 3: this prediction looked a lot bolder a couple of weeks 403 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 3: ago before he started tearing things up in spring training. 404 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 3: He's looked out standing the spring. The velocity has been up. 405 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 3: I think he actually finishes as a top forty fantasy 406 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 3: starter this year. The reason I think that is because 407 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 3: he added a couple new things to his arsenal. Added 408 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 3: a brand new sweeper to compliment the slider, which has 409 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 3: always been his best pitch, So that helps the effectiveness 410 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 3: of his four seamer as well, so it doesn't get 411 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 3: hit as hard. And I think Miami is going to 412 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 3: stress leaning on his change up a little bit more, 413 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 3: especially the left handed batters. That's something that could help 414 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 3: him as well. So those are just a couple of 415 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 3: things that I really like from Max Meyer. Is he's 416 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 3: been averaging close to ninety six miles an hour on 417 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 3: his fastball the spring, so that's a little bit of 418 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 3: a velocity bump as well. And I think just Miami 419 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 3: overhauling their entire pitching apparatus, it really gives him a 420 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,479 Speaker 3: shot at success, and like I said, he was one 421 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 3: of the top pitching prospects in baseball. 422 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 4: A couple of years ago. 423 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 3: A lot of people thought he had one of the 424 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 3: best sliders in baseball. So the ceilings there and I 425 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 3: think this might be the year he finally makes the lead. 426 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 2: Scott, is this somebody that you're interested in targeting in 427 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 2: your drafts? 428 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 5: Well said, George makes such a compelling case. I think 429 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 5: as as we get off, I'm going to see where 430 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 5: I have Meyer ranked and consider moving him up. We're 431 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,360 Speaker 5: just like road Blazed. Road Blaze did something last year, 432 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 5: but it's a post type sleeper case. Right. Rookies come 433 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 5: up sometimes we're a little bit too excited about them. 434 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 5: Maybe we're too excited about Jackson Holiday last year. They struggle, 435 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 5: we get frustrated. And then these guys sometimes hit their 436 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 5: mid twenties, late twenties and that's when they figure it out. 437 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 5: And obviously with pitchers there's so many moving parts. You know, 438 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 5: they change coaches, They move on the rubber, the ursul's 439 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 5: always getting tweaked. They move to a full wind up, 440 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,959 Speaker 5: they moved to a pitching from the stretch, whatever it is. 441 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 5: Different catchers sometimes a different organization. So everybody in fantasy 442 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 5: is going to say, Okay, I have my as, I 443 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 5: have my number two the middlemound lineup. Then you're going 444 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 5: to be looking at who can be who could smash 445 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 5: your ADP. All you're thinking about where Meyer is going 446 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 5: to be drafted? Is is there plausible upside here? Is 447 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 5: this a player who could be an exciting player? Is 448 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 5: somebody who could maybe beat their ADP by one hundred slots? 449 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 5: George talked about a top forty pitcher possibly here for 450 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 5: Meyer and good environment. It's a team a lot of 451 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 5: people just ignore for fantasy. I think it's really important 452 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 5: to understand the non contending teams what are they doing, 453 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 5: because sometimes people just ignore them in mixed leagues because 454 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 5: they focus on the signature teams. The bottom line is this, 455 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 5: I'm sold on the plausible upside and that means back 456 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 5: to Meyer is a great flyer to take in the 457 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 5: second half of your draft. 458 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 2: Mayor what do you think? 459 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 4: Yeah? So I listened to George Maker's case. 460 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 6: I also listened to Lance Brodowski earlier in the show 461 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 6: make a pretty strong case for Max Meyer. And when 462 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 6: Lance talks pictures, I do a lot of listening because 463 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 6: he really knows what he's talking about. And he also, 464 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 6: like George mentioned, the infrastructure change in Miami. And Max 465 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 6: Meyer is someone I've I've been high on for a 466 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 6: number of years. I've rostered him in dynasty for a while, 467 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 6: been waiting for that breakout for a while. But he's 468 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 6: also someone who he got drafted and he was up 469 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 6: in the majors almost immediately, like literally like that year, 470 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 6: people were like, he could probably close this year. I mean, 471 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 6: he was just drafted, and by the following year he 472 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 6: was up in Triple A and we were already talking 473 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 6: about him being, you know, a really exciting pitcher in baseball, 474 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 6: and then you know, he got hurt the kind of 475 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 6: wheels that came off. But I do still think he's 476 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 6: really talented. I'm very excited about the infrastructure change in 477 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 6: Miami and ADP three seventy one aka Free And you know, 478 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 6: if you can take a late round flyer and a 479 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 6: picture like that, who you know, we've seen the first 480 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 6: round pedigree, you know, we've seen pictures kind of especially 481 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 6: coming back from Tommy John. Take it a year or 482 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 6: two to figure it out and get everything back, and 483 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 6: we can see the pitch development. I think it's a 484 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 6: he's an ex exciting sleeper pick. 485 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 2: We've got one more bullet prediction here, Scott, who do 486 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:05,719 Speaker 2: you want to talk about? 487 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 5: This is no fun. I already talked down Mike Traider earlier. 488 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 5: Now I'm going to talk down show hey Otani. But really, 489 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 5: the Los Angeles Dodgers the best team in baseball, the 490 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 5: deepest roster in baseball. I've never seen a team so 491 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 5: assured of being in the playoffs in the middle of March. 492 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 5: Part of that is the expanded playoffs, of course, and 493 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 5: I just think this is going to be a load 494 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 5: management team. It's interesting Barry Bonds was talking about maybe 495 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 5: Otani shouldn't pitch anymore, and I think that's actually a 496 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 5: really good idea. That people remember how often he was 497 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 5: hurt with the Angels last year, he steals fifty nine bases. 498 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 5: Otani guns for the fifty to fifty season. He had 499 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 5: like thirty five steals in the last quarter of the year. 500 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 5: Didn't get caught in that segment either. His hiring stolen 501 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 5: bases before that was twenty six. I think the Dodgers 502 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 5: are going to understand that this season is not about 503 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 5: being the Reds. On May fifteenth of being the Rockies 504 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 5: on June seventh. It's about who's healthy. In the playoffs. 505 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 5: Last year, only two of their pitchers gap passed ninety 506 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 5: and he's pitched and nobody came even close to qualifying 507 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 5: for the ERA title. So I'm nervous that this is 508 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 5: going to be a load management team. I have Otani, 509 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,959 Speaker 5: depending on the format, two or three. I would take 510 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 5: Bobby wit first. So I'm not dumb about this. I 511 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 5: mean I would certainly consider Otani. I might even just 512 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 5: spread out my risk in my leagues and be a 513 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,439 Speaker 5: little bit diversified. But I'm just afraid the Dodgers are 514 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 5: going to be a risk management team, load management team. 515 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 5: Anybody hiccups or burps and starts are going to be 516 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 5: skipped or Dave Roberts talked about maybe some of his 517 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 5: regulars not playing in every game. I will give you 518 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 5: one value I like in this lineup, though, and look, 519 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,679 Speaker 5: I'll consider these guys. I just want you to be careful. 520 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 5: I don't think full seasons are going to happen for 521 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 5: any of these players. Michael Confordo hit seventeen home runs 522 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 5: on the road last year. San Francisco is a horrible 523 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 5: place to hit. Obviously, he's not appatune player. He handles left, 524 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 5: he's just fine. I think Michael Confordo might be the 525 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 5: best value target on this offense. But again, the six 526 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 5: months of load management, I think the Dodgers might be 527 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 5: a pain in the next team for fantasy managers this year. 528 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 2: I think to that point too, like, not only are 529 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 2: they basically already cliched the playoff spot, and not only 530 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 2: are they going to be a little more careful with 531 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 2: him given the pitching, but he already got the history 532 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,479 Speaker 2: last year of that fifty to fifty season, so there's 533 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 2: not that incentive anymore. Like if he was approaching like 534 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 2: a sixty sixty season or something, sure, maybe they say, 535 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 2: let's try and make history, but I don't anticipate that 536 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 2: being the case certainly, and the fact that he already 537 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 2: got it, they're gonna say, listen, he already got it. 538 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 2: Let's let's go try and win another World Series here, George, 539 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 2: I mean show Hay is the only person besides Bobby 540 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 2: a Junior who anybody is ranking number one in our 541 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 2: consensus rankings. So obviously, again, like Scott said, it's not 542 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 2: that he's saying this guy should fall out of the 543 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 2: first round or anything. But are you kind of buying 544 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 2: into the idea that maybe it is worth looking at 545 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 2: with or somebody else instead of him if you have 546 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 2: the top pick. 547 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 3: Absolutely, And to Scott's point, I think we already have 548 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 3: some evidence that Dodgers are going to employ this strategy 549 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 3: because we've kind of seen them back off the show 550 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:48,199 Speaker 3: Hay is going to pitch plan. It's not common for 551 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 3: them to completely back off a throwing program because of 552 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 3: the rotation depth. They have a lot of guys they 553 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 3: don't need him to pitch, and I think they're acknowledging that. 554 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 3: And then there's also the infamous video of them having 555 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 3: him slide with I think it was the inflatable pool 556 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 3: there in spring training. So look, there's a lot of 557 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 3: kind of warning science that he's not going to be 558 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 3: as active on the base pats and I think Scott's 559 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 3: that's a really smart call, and I think it does 560 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 3: push him back. 561 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 5: A little bit. 562 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 3: The problem with pushing Otani too far down in the 563 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 3: first round, you're paying for the floor with Otani relative 564 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 3: to a lot of the guys that you're seeing. There's 565 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 3: a lot more volatility with some of the options once 566 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 3: you get towards the back half of the first round. 567 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 3: I think, so I wouldn't push him past like the 568 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 3: fifth pick or anything like that. I think he's still 569 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 3: probably one of the top five guys off the board, 570 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,199 Speaker 3: just because you know you're getting the power of the 571 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 3: counting stats. That's going to be a first round value, 572 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 3: and I think it sets you up from a roster 573 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 3: construction standpoint to be in a really good spot going forward. 574 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 2: It's so ludicrously unfair that he, like, even if he 575 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 2: never threw a baseball again, and he might be the 576 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 2: best player you know for the next five years, still 577 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 2: like the best I've ever seen. It's just what he 578 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 2: did last season was so remarkable that I can't even 579 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 2: really blame anybody who just emotionally says I. 580 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 5: Have the first pick. 581 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 2: Who else do I want more on my team than Atani? 582 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 2: I can't blame you for that, even if I personally 583 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 2: would go into a different directions somebody like what may 584 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 2: or where is Otani in your first round? 585 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 6: I haven't won on one, although a lot of really 586 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 6: smart people have scared me the last couple of last 587 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 6: forty eight hours or so, so I'm starting to I'm 588 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 6: starting to feel a little bit worried about that, Like 589 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 6: Scott is like actively talking to me out of it. 590 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 6: I'm like looking at my rankings and now i feel 591 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 6: like I'm crazy. But I will say, like we've taught 592 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 6: me and you. I've talked a bunch about the Dodgers, 593 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 6: and we have talked more about the pitchers and how 594 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 6: they can kind of slow play a lot of things there. 595 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 6: But the same is true of that lineup. They have 596 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 6: players on their bench or in the minor leagues who 597 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 6: would start on a lot of teams. Like Andy Poe 598 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 6: has isn't even pencil to technically be a starter right now, 599 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 6: he could easily play every day on a lot of 600 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 6: other teams. And so I do think there's some interesting, 601 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 6: you know considerations there that this team, you know, there 602 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 6: they could win one hundred and fifteen games, or they 603 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 6: could just take their you know, foot off the pedal 604 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 6: and still cruise through one hundred wins. And so at 605 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 6: that point, you know, I do think it's that, you know, 606 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 6: we see them pull back a little bit on Otani. 607 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 6: The it's kind of crazy that they're pulling back on 608 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 6: the pitching, because there was some talk that last year 609 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 6: that he could be ready to pitch by the playoffs, 610 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 6: And now here we are several months later and they're 611 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 6: still like, no, no, like we'll take it slow, we're 612 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 6: gonna shut down the pitching for a while. 613 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 4: And it was only a couple of years ago. 614 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 6: I remember us, you know, in the fantasy community talking about, 615 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 6: you know, if Otani doesn't pitch anymore, how valuable is 616 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 6: he as as an overall player, and lo and behold 617 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 6: still the most valuable player in the league, maybe even 618 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 6: more so without pitching, because you don't have to worry 619 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 6: about the pitching. You don't have to worry about you know, 620 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 6: if you have him as a pitcher eligible in a 621 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 6: weekly league and he's had a two start week coming up, 622 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 6: do you risk take him out of your lineup? 623 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 4: You can't. 624 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 6: And so yeah, it's really interesting. I've we've talked more, 625 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 6: like I said, about like the pitching and them being 626 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 6: able to pull back, but it's entirely possible. They do 627 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 6: it with the hitters too, and even you know, potentially 628 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 6: we talked about drout and not running to stand on 629 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 6: the field. I tend to agree they're not going to 630 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 6: let him steal sixty bases again. 631 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 2: I want to let everybody know that if you didn't 632 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 2: win the signed Chris Saale jersey, that's okay. We're still 633 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 2: giving away a John Smoltz signed Braves jersey courtesy of 634 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 2: our friends at Pristineauction dot com. All you have to 635 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 2: do to enter is to subscribe to the Fantasy Pros 636 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 2: MLB YouTube channel right now, drop a comment below on 637 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 2: any video, and that's it. We will be announcing one 638 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 2: lucky winner right here on the channel, so make sure 639 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 2: to turn on those notifications so you can know when 640 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 2: new videos are up and to claim your prize. Guys, 641 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 2: we are right up against it. I want to squeeze 642 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 2: into a couple of comments here. The folks have been asking. 643 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 2: We've talked a little bit about first round, so I'll 644 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 2: throw this one up here. What if Gunner falls to 645 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 2: nine due to some of this injury concern? Is anybody 646 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 2: largely concerned about some of the stuff we've seen. He 647 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 2: has started to swing a bat and taking grounders a 648 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 2: bit for the orioles here in the last day or two, 649 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 2: so maybe some of that concern waning. George, what do 650 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,679 Speaker 2: you think about Gunner if he falls to that point. 651 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 4: I'm not that concerned. 652 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 3: I think We've seen Jackson Holliday get some reps at 653 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 3: shortstop that just as a break glassy case of emergency. 654 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 3: Maybe it gets a couple of games in there to 655 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 3: start the season. Doesn't sound like the Ools are too concerned, 656 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 3: So no, I'm not pushing it back out of the 657 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 3: first round just yet. 658 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 2: Where are you taking Gunner Scott right now? 659 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,640 Speaker 5: He's my number eight overall player. I moved him down 660 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 5: a little bit. It's still a first round pick. I 661 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 5: am very much a flour drafter and just risk ign 662 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 5: risk averse in the first round. But it doesn't sound 663 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 5: like it's a big deal. I think he'll be playing 664 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:12,679 Speaker 5: the first week of the season. 665 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 2: Question from Snooze, is Bregman still viable in a five 666 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 2: x five league? Might reach for him as well. I 667 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 2: really like the fit of Bregman in Boston. I think 668 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 2: he's gonna pepper the Monster this season. I'm buying in 669 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 2: on him at cost right now, Mayor where do you 670 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 2: have Bregman? 671 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 6: One hundred percent? I'm really excited about Bregman this year. 672 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 6: I think it's a good fit. I also really like 673 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,160 Speaker 6: the idea that right now, we said in an earlier 674 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 6: segment he's playing third base, but he's supposed to be 675 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 6: playing second base, so at some point we should be 676 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 6: getting dual position eligibility if raftional divers ever shows up. 677 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 4: I have him right now. 678 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,399 Speaker 6: I have him at one ten overall, but he's probably 679 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 6: pushing closer to my top one hundred just because, like 680 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 6: you said, I really like the fit and I like 681 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 6: the fact that we could get second third base position eligibility, 682 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 6: two positions that are not the easiest to find players. 683 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 5: For fabulous career stats way too. It's Houston's a good 684 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 5: place to hit the ball out of the park down 685 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 5: the line. Fenway Park is a fantastic offensive park, and 686 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 5: that first five and the Boston lineup looks terrific. Yeah, 687 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 5: I'm Bregman is somebody who I didn't think i'd be 688 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 5: in on three months ago. I've been in on him 689 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,360 Speaker 5: ever since he signed that contract and is the short 690 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 5: term contract, so he is incentive to try to put 691 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 5: up a big season and maybe go out in the 692 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 5: market again. So yeah, I wasn't sure i'd be in 693 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 5: on Bregman, but I sure I am now. 694 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 2: We did kind of like an all my guys team 695 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 2: on the show last week, and Bregman was my third baseman. 696 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 2: Given where he's going, I really like in this year. George, 697 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 2: do you like Bregman too? 698 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely, have him top ten at third base. I 699 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 3: think the connection between him and Alex core is really strong. 700 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 3: It's one of the reasons he's in Boston. He's going 701 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 3: to be motivated. Alex Cork came out today and said 702 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 3: he's probably going to bat third, So that's huge from 703 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 3: accounting stats perspective, a lot more RBI opportunities in that lineup. 704 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 3: Like Scott said, it's a great ballpark for right handed power. 705 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 3: With his approach pull heavy. So yeah, I think he's 706 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 3: been a twenty five homer baseline kind of guy. I 707 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 3: think he probably could push thirty this year. 708 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 2: Let's do one final question here before getting out. If 709 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 2: you're which guys are you drafting the most at any 710 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 2: point in the draft. It can be somebody you're taking 711 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 2: a lot early, somebody you're taking a lot late. Will 712 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 2: go around for each of you. Just give me one 713 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 2: or two players that you guys really have had on 714 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 2: the most of your team so far. MERI I'll start 715 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 2: with you. 716 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 6: Well, the cheating answer is Mike Trout and the really 717 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 6: really really really. 718 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 4: Unfortunate answer is Garrett Cole. 719 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 6: So not exactly someone you should be targeting anymore, but 720 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 6: that is someone who I had a bunch of shares 721 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 6: of early just to kind of like gamble on, like 722 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 6: can I get an ace like a few rounds later 723 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 6: than I should with the injury history there and not 724 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 6: working out. 725 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 4: Other than that, it would be GARYL. 726 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 6: Crochet, even though I'm getting worried because the price tag 727 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 6: keeps going up. 728 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 2: Scott, who is the player or players that you have 729 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 2: on the most teams? 730 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, I give you three quick ones. I believe in 731 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 5: Mark Ventos. I know the average may be a little 732 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 5: bit sketchy, but he's in the middle of a loaded 733 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 5: Mets lineup around all the other pieces we like. I 734 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 5: think he's the easy thirty one hundred guy and still 735 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 5: a decent value. I always like to get a closer 736 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 5: who could lead the league in saves but won't be 737 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 5: priced as such. I believed in what Ryan Warker was 738 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 5: doing late last season in San Francisco. I think think 739 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 5: he has a long leash and kind of the B 740 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 5: to B plus closer price. I think he could be 741 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 5: in that first year by the end of the season, 742 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 5: talked about getting out of San Francisco with Confordo, and 743 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 5: he's certainly somebody I've been gobbling up. How about Tyro Estrada, 744 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 5: who was a good player in San Francisco for two years, 745 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 5: hurt last season, Now he goes to Colorado. I think 746 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 5: he's miss priced. I think he's going to be fifteen 747 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 5: to fifteen with decent counting SATs. I know the lineup 748 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 5: isn't what it used to be, and the human or 749 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 5: has muted some of the offense in Colorado, but I'm 750 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 5: seeing Astrada still go outside round twenty. I think that's 751 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 5: an absolute bargain. I've been scooping it up. 752 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 3: George, how about you, so the guy who has talked 753 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 3: about in the last serving at matt Shaw. I think 754 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 3: the oblique issue kind of suppressed his price. I think 755 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 3: he's based on the prospect what he's done in the 756 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 3: minor leagues. I think he's a twenty homer, twenty steel 757 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 3: threat right out of the gate. He's going to play 758 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 3: every day at third base with the Cubs. 759 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 5: I think he's a. 760 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 3: Massive value in fantasy leagues right now. Gavin Williams is 761 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 3: the guy, the other guy who stands out to me, 762 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 3: just because the understanding what he did to get to 763 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 3: the point he is this spring is kind of difficult, 764 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 3: Like he basically had to change what he was doing 765 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 3: to get more vertical movement on his fastball, which it's complicated, 766 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 3: but basically he's throwing harder and his fastball is tougher 767 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 3: to hit, and it's probably gonna lead to a breakout 768 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 3: season for him. Another guy like Max Meyer, who was 769 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,239 Speaker 3: a former top pitching prospect, kind of didn't succeed right 770 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 3: away but now is finally making adjustments and it maybe 771 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 3: leads to a breakout season for him. The other guy's 772 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 3: Walker Bueller, just because I think the guy we saw 773 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 3: in the playoffs has actually showed up this spring. Some 774 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 3: of the stuff is matched what he was doing in 775 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 3: the postseason. That was kind of the big question for him. 776 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 3: So he's kind of a later round guy. I'man ending 777 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 3: up with a lot in drafts. 778 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 2: We will go ahead and wrap up there. I have 779 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,240 Speaker 2: a lot of people to think. I'm sure I will 780 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 2: forget some people. But thank you to George and Scott 781 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 2: for this last segment here. Thank you to all the 782 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 2: guests who came on today. Thank you to Joe and 783 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 2: Welsh for hosting all the early part of the fest. 784 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 2: Thank you to sal for producing the whole thing. Thanks 785 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,959 Speaker 2: to John for overseeing everything, Cali Ethan on the graphic, 786 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 2: just so many people behind the scenes and on the mics, 787 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 2: and guests and just everybody. Thank you most importantly to 788 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 2: the listeners and the folks who are in the chat 789 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,360 Speaker 2: this whole time. If you have one takeaway from today, 790 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 2: just remember that Scott hates both Mike Trout and show 791 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 2: Hey Otani and all the others but me. 792 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 6: You're not going to thank me your co host on 793 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 6: the cycling, I'll. 794 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 2: Thank my co hosts on the cycle, Mike Mayer as well. 795 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,480 Speaker 2: Thank you to Kelly too, and just everybody. Like I said, 796 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 2: I'm sure I forgot people, so we'll get out of 797 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 2: there on that. Thank you again so much for tuning in. 798 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 2: If you're watching this later on, thanks for watching it 799 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,600 Speaker 2: not live too. We appreciate you guys as well. Remember 800 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 2: we're on Discord. If you have more questions for us, 801 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,920 Speaker 2: hit us up on social media anywhere. For Mayor and 802 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 2: Scott and George and for everybody else from today, I'm 803 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 2: ryan warmly thank you so much. We'll see again next time. 804 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: Make sure if you want to watch the entire Fantasy 805 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: Baseball Fest segments, and I know you do. You can 806 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: find them on our YouTube channel, Fantasy Pros m LB. 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