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Speaker 1: What's going on? Everybody. Welcome into Fantasy Pros. This is

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Speaker 1: the Fantasy Baseball Podcast. I'm your host, Joe Rico, joined

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Speaker 1: today by my buddy Chris Welsh, and we are going

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Speaker 1: to be bringing you through ten must have Fantasy Baseball

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Speaker 1: prospects that you should be targeting in your upcoming twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty six Fantasy Baseball drafts. We did something kind of

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Speaker 1: similar to this a couple months ago, but time moves on.

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Speaker 1: Information changes, ADP changes, so we're going to break down

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Speaker 1: all those changes today while we're going through these ten

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Speaker 1: must have prospects. Buddy Welsh, it's great to be on

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Speaker 1: with you again, man, how you doing.

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Speaker 2: You know, I love talking prospects. I love talking with

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Speaker 2: Joe Rico. The other thing that changes a little bit

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Speaker 2: from what we did before is we're also tear basing

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Speaker 2: some of these, so there's kind of three brackets or

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Speaker 2: three pools, if you will, of these prospects. There's the

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Speaker 2: elite options, and usually the elite options are those guys.

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Speaker 2: I remember a couple of years ago when Julio Rodriguez

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Speaker 2: was coming up. His ADP was in the like two

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Speaker 2: twenty two thirties, and everyone was like I wonder what

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Speaker 2: would happen if they sign him to a deal or

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Speaker 2: they committed to him being a starter, and then it

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Speaker 2: happened in like February they said Julio is vying for

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Speaker 2: the spot rocket rocket ship of his value starting going up.

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Speaker 2: So we've got the elite options. There's two prospects we're

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Speaker 2: going to hit that you know, kind of qualify at

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Speaker 2: that if there were some type of deal or commitment,

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Speaker 2: we would go nuts. We've got a second tier of

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Speaker 2: guys that are kind of like, if they break camp,

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Speaker 2: they're going to be the players that you want, and

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Speaker 2: then we're going to look at a couple deeper options.

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Speaker 2: You know, can you draft them right now? I don't

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Speaker 2: know one hundred percent draft them, but they should be

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Speaker 2: on your radars because if they were to break camp

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Speaker 2: or if they come up early, they're the guys you're

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Speaker 2: going to want. That makes up ten prospects for your

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Speaker 1: It's a good time to draft too. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: like drafting all throughout the winter, But to your point,

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Speaker 1: if you're drafting these guys now, you're getting some really

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Speaker 1: nice prices that you might not see when spring training

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Speaker 1: comes around. If we hear certain guys have made the

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Speaker 1: opening day roster. Some of these guys are going to

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Speaker 1: talk about it specifically. The first couple could end up

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Speaker 1: being top one hundred picks. So we're going to dive in.

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Speaker 1: Make sure you got as a subscribe to the channel

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Speaker 1: like in the video, and let us know below which

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Speaker 1: prospects have your interest peaked heading into twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: But let's start it off with Kevin McGonagall. He is

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Speaker 1: somebody that is very intriguing. If you look at his

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Speaker 1: ADP in early drafts. Just over the last month or so,

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Speaker 1: his ADP is about two point eighty four on the NFBC.

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Speaker 1: Now he gave you nineteen home runs ten stolen bases

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Speaker 1: in a three ZHO five average last year across single A,

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Speaker 1: high A and double A. Do you think there is

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Speaker 1: a chance we see him on the opening day roster

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Speaker 1: here for the Tigers, Welch, they've got Cold Keith slotted

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Speaker 1: at short. How does Kevin McGonagall fit into this equation?

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Speaker 2: Well, the most interesting part about it is mcgonaga go

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Speaker 2: into the Arizona Fall League to work out at third base,

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Speaker 2: so that was where they ended up wanting to potentially

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Speaker 2: He actually might have played a game or to his

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Speaker 2: second base in the Arizona Fall leag but he came out,

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Speaker 2: won the MVP and he played third base that whole time. Now,

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Speaker 2: what's interesting about him versus the other elite option is

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Speaker 2: going to talk about. And part of that is because

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Speaker 2: of the run he did in the Arizona Fall League,

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Speaker 2: but they're also openly talking about it. Derek Scougle came

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Speaker 2: they're trying to change the context of the players that

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Speaker 2: that are getting on base. That's exactly what Kevin McGonagall

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Speaker 2: but I think they view Kevin McGonagall as like this

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Speaker 2: But McGonagall won MVP out there. He showed that not

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Speaker 2: only is his patience with that three four slash he

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Speaker 2: the defense is. On the plus side, McGonagall does a

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Speaker 2: I think if they view that as a win, it's

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Speaker 2: why Kevin McGonagall has a legitimate shot to break camp. Now,

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Speaker 2: if they were to go and sign Alex Bregman or

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Speaker 2: Him not getting to triple A pours a little bit

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Speaker 2: of cold water. But I think the team, I'm not

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Speaker 2: sure there's been a prospect that has been more openly

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Speaker 2: I think Kevi mcgonagall's going to get a legit shot.

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Speaker 2: He can be a five category player. He's legitimately got

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Speaker 2: twenty plus homer on power, he could steal double digit

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Speaker 2: the prospect that you gotta take a shot on of

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Speaker 2: one of the two elite players here.

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Speaker 1: Interested. I'm really interested, especially when you look at who's

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Speaker 1: doesn't really get you that excited. Brandon Donovan's going there.

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Speaker 1: I like Brendon Donovan, but if you're shooting for upside

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Speaker 1: Another name who has a chance to maybe even surpass

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Speaker 1: McGonagall in terms of hype is Connor Griffin. I've heard

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Speaker 1: a lot of good things about him. In one hundred

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Speaker 1: This is not a team that has exactly jumped players

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Speaker 1: But I don't think Kevin our Connor Griffin really has

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Speaker 2: So that's been the biggest question. We did a lot

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Speaker 2: that conversation a ton. Does he have more to prove well.

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Speaker 2: I think running it back. He has like one full

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Speaker 2: everything he's done. He's a nineteen year old kid, but

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Speaker 2: he passed every single test. I mean three four or

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Speaker 2: five slash you taught it. It's like unicorn like homers

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Speaker 2: prove now in the first season, but that he can

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Speaker 2: run it back again. But the biggest question, obviously at

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Speaker 2: And that was something that got floated around. I know

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Speaker 2: break camp and the team would sign him. I didn't

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Speaker 2: is the Julio Rodriguez thing. Connor Griffin will go from

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Speaker 2: what is his ADP and NFBC right now is around

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Speaker 2: like two thirty, Like oh, there's a lot of speculation

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he has been moving up the board a little bit.

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Speaker 1: If you're looking over the most recent sample of drafts,

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Speaker 1: he's inside the top two hundred one to ninety five

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Speaker 2: And this is the speculative market because, like people assuming

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Speaker 2: very early on, if he signs that deal, he breaks

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Speaker 2: There's no reason to hold him back. I think there

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Speaker 2: could still be reasons that they even if they signed

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Speaker 2: he's up and that profile from everything we saw last

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Speaker 2: if you got a guy that can go twenty forty

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Speaker 2: Connor Griffin, can you hit the ball, and he can

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Speaker 2: hit it consistently, but that's the ONEAL crew type of

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Speaker 2: he could do it. He could live up to the

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Speaker 2: Oneal Cruz potential if he's there. But the massive question

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Speaker 2: is literally about if he signs this deal, because if

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Speaker 2: he doesn't, I think there's a path where the pirates

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Speaker 2: are trying to win this year. They slow roll him.

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Speaker 2: They don't know what's gonna happen with the new bargaining agreement,

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Speaker 2: and maybe we don't. But if he does, he's gonna

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Speaker 2: be one of the youngest players to make a pro

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Speaker 2: debut in quite some time. You know, I think there's

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Speaker 2: like a nineteen year old that made his debut. Here's

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Speaker 2: my question though, for you, if he doesn't have a

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Speaker 2: deal sign that buys out his arbitration years, are you

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Speaker 2: going to speculate on Connor Griffin in any draft this year?

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Speaker 2: Because he's his talent is the title of our episode,

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Speaker 2: the prospect that you've got to target in drafts because

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Speaker 2: his fantasy skill set is unicorn like. But if he

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Speaker 2: doesn't have a deal in place, and it's simply like,

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Speaker 2: oh yeah, maybe he could have a shot, do you

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Speaker 2: think inside the top two hundred or even top one

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Speaker 2: fifty if he keeps moving, is going to be worth

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Speaker 2: it to you? You're a very seasoned NFBC player.

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Speaker 1: If there are there are no reports of a contract,

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Speaker 1: or he's made the team or anything. I think the

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Speaker 1: market is going to get ahead of itself, and potentially

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Speaker 1: it already has. His minimum pick in all drafts is

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Speaker 1: one oh one, and that happened on January third, And

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Speaker 1: that's kind of a trend. If you go on the

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Speaker 1: NFBC you click on a player, it'll show you all

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Speaker 1: the dots of where they get drafted, and earlier on

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Speaker 1: you're seeing two hundreds, three hundreds, even into the four hundreds.

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Speaker 1: But the hype has really gotten out a hand. If

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Speaker 2: To think Connor Griffin legitimately is going to be a

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Speaker 1: All right, well, shei Carson benj He is the next

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Speaker 1: butchering that name. I think it's roughly correct. But the

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Speaker 1: roster resource, which is Fangrafts projected playing time source, they

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Speaker 1: Is that going to happen on opening Day?

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Speaker 2: Well, on the only way it seems like it for

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Speaker 2: They've got some other uniquely talented players that have experimented

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Speaker 2: Bene down. But beinge looks like he almost could kind

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Speaker 1: The fact that this price is still so low. I've

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Speaker 1: Like a seventy fifth percentile. They have him for fourteen homers,

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Speaker 1: much Carl Crawford for you. The only real problem I

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Speaker 2: elite source of stolen bases if he does break camp,

432
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Speaker 2: which looks like he's going.

433
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Speaker 1: To do ADP over the last month to eighty eight

434
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Speaker 1: with a range of two sixty to three thirty. So

435
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Speaker 1: he's still somebody that is pretty affordable. And again why

436
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Speaker 1: I emphasize, like, if you're not going to draft every

437
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Speaker 1: team early that I understand it. But if you're doing

438
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Speaker 1: a bunch of leagues draft a couple early, you might

439
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Speaker 1: get some really nice bargains where you will not be

440
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Speaker 1: seeing them come, you know, later into March. And even

441
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Speaker 1: if you're drafting into early April like some people might.

442
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Speaker 2: He's going to rise when you get into spring training

443
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Speaker 2: and then you actually see that he's working with the

444
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Speaker 2: major league team, like that will be something that's going

445
00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,960
Speaker 2: to inherently rise. I don't remember, what do you happen

446
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Speaker 2: to have it still up like what Oopsie or bat

447
00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,560
Speaker 2: X puts on the stolen base marker, because he's one

448
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Speaker 2: of those guys if you stretch out the season, he

449
00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,360
Speaker 2: could be near the tippy top on stolen bases too,

450
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Speaker 2: because that is where he's going to make his money.

451
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Speaker 1: Oopsie has him ninety nine games four hundred and twenty

452
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Speaker 1: seven played appearances and twenty four stolen bases.

453
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Speaker 2: Full season, They're probably looking at thirty five to forty

454
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Speaker 2: stolen bases on that upper fiftieth percentile.

455
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Speaker 1: So just remember that with a decent batting average too.

456
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Speaker 1: It's not like it's coming with a two hundred bating average.

457
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Speaker 1: Every system hasn't projected at the worst for two sixty one,

458
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Speaker 1: so you're not just getting the one category. He's not

459
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Speaker 1: necessarily just a rabbit, especially in that lineup, even at

460
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Speaker 1: the bottom. There could be some good things that come

461
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Speaker 1: for Justin Crawford. Let's move on to Robbie Snelling, who

462
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Speaker 1: potentially could have had a job open up a little

463
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Speaker 1: bit with the Everd Cabrera trade. Now Robbie Snelling may

464
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Speaker 1: open the season in the Miami rotation. I don't see

465
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Speaker 1: that projected as of right now. On roster resource, they

466
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Speaker 1: have Al contra Uri Weathers, Max Meyer, Braxton Garrett, But

467
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Speaker 1: there could be a chance for Robby Snelling. Twenty five

468
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Speaker 1: starts last year with a two five to one ERA,

469
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Speaker 1: a one to eleven whip and a thirty percent strikeout right.

470
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Speaker 1: The thing that stood out to me a lot to

471
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Speaker 1: twenty eight percent heart hit rate allowed against any chance

472
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Speaker 1: they opened the season, like, barring an injury, is there

473
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Speaker 1: any chance that they choose to start the season with

474
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Speaker 1: him in the rotation you think over a guy like

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Speaker 1: maybe Meyer or Garrett.

476
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Speaker 2: So okay, so your current situation, I do think there's

477
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Speaker 2: a possibility. I think if everything stays as is part

478
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Speaker 2: of this trade, Like I put this tweet out, it

479
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Speaker 2: was like one of the biggest winners of Edward Coverera

480
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Speaker 2: trade was Robbie Snelling, because that's one step closer. I

481
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Speaker 2: do think in the current iteration, one hundred percent, they

482
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Speaker 2: might be like, hey, the final spots are going down

483
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Speaker 2: to you know, Bump Up Up and Snelling. You know,

484
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Speaker 2: it might be the final two spots between these three

485
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Speaker 2: or four players. But also I don't think that the

486
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Speaker 2: Midlins necessarily could be done. You know, I think Weather's

487
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Speaker 2: has been thrown out there. Obviously, Sandy is going to

488
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Speaker 2: get traded at some point this season. We are going

489
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Speaker 2: to see Robbie Snelling this year, that's not a question.

490
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Speaker 2: The possibility though, is after the Caberra trade it led,

491
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Speaker 2: he could break camp and he could have significant production

492
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Speaker 2: this season. And outside of even the numbers Robbie Snelling

493
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Speaker 2: was one of the best pitchers like two years ago

494
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Speaker 2: in the minors and then he kind of fell apart

495
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Speaker 2: three years ago, and then we had this two and

496
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Speaker 2: a half ERA season, massive strikeouts, good whip. Part of

497
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Speaker 2: that also came by added v Low. He had lost

498
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Speaker 2: the previous season. This year two mile prior increase on

499
00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,639
Speaker 2: his fastball and his slider, Matt Marlin's were able to

500
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Speaker 2: fix him. He was able to get right that. Really,

501
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Speaker 2: that trade was weird and kind of like screwed with

502
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Speaker 2: him between the Padres and going to the Marlins, and

503
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Speaker 2: then this past full season all the Vila was back

504
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Speaker 2: healthy and he's still a really young dude, twenty two

505
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Speaker 2: year old left handed pitcher. I think there's an easy

506
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Speaker 2: spot on the rotation. I think he's next up before

507
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Speaker 2: Thomas White, and I think it's Edward Cabrera. Trade was

508
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Speaker 2: an early signal that Robbie Snelling is going to get

509
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Speaker 2: a significant look.

510
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Speaker 1: Now.

511
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Speaker 2: They may want to baby him a little bit. Maybe

512
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Speaker 2: they don't want him to have one hundred and eighty

513
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Speaker 2: innings or something like that, so maybe you don't have

514
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Speaker 2: him the first month. I would be surprised. I'd be shocked.

515
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Speaker 2: If he's not up by June, I would be a

516
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Speaker 2: little like, hmm, if he's not up by May, and

517
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Speaker 2: I think there's a legitimate shot that not only is

518
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Speaker 2: in competition, but there could be another move and that

519
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Speaker 2: would vault Robbie Snelling into being a starter. So yeah,

520
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Speaker 2: the Edward Cobarra trade definitely had some impact on I

521
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Speaker 2: think his valuation, and I think he is one of

522
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Speaker 2: the top pitchers to be paying attention to in this

523
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Speaker 2: entire market. There's another guy we're going to talk about

524
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Speaker 2: in a second that looks like he's got more of

525
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Speaker 2: a solidified spot. But I would not discount Robbie Stelling

526
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Speaker 2: as someone that could have some significant fantasy impact the season.

527
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Speaker 2: And he's a strikeout guy. He can get some massive strikeouts.

528
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Speaker 1: Is it crazy to say? I actually kind of like

529
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Speaker 1: the Marlins. Their lineup looks not too bad, the rotation

530
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Speaker 1: looks pretty good. They signed a closer. I don't think

531
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Speaker 1: they're gonna be a playoff team, but this is a

532
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Speaker 1: team that has definitely improved. If they don't trade Sandy

533
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Speaker 1: and you got Sandy Uri Perez, Weather's Snelling's that's a

534
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Speaker 1: really good rotation.

535
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Speaker 2: Yeah, let me see what the win total is in

536
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Speaker 2: the betting market, I might take it over. Kyle Stauer

537
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Speaker 2: is one of my favorite just guys. I want to

538
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Speaker 2: draft him everywhere I possibly can. They do have a

539
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Speaker 2: really interesting collection of players and some values like Atto

540
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,920
Speaker 2: Lopez is kind of a sneaky value, stolen bases on Edwards.

541
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Speaker 2: They just got Casey who could be in that lineup.

542
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Speaker 2: And Robbie Stelling is one of those guys that you know,

543
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Speaker 2: like the reason you want him if you're in a

544
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Speaker 2: stash market. Like I said, he's gonna be one of

545
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Speaker 2: the top probably three pitching prospects you're gonna want this season.

546
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Speaker 2: We've been burned by that before. Bubba Chandler burned us

547
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Speaker 2: last season. By this Marlin team, they might be competitive,

548
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,040
Speaker 2: they might still push a couple more pieces out, and

549
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Speaker 2: it would be because if Sandy was traded or or

550
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Speaker 2: Weathers was moved or something like that, or even if

551
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Speaker 2: they didn't want to put Garrett there. I think it

552
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Speaker 2: would be because the belief of what Robbie Stelling can do.

553
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Speaker 2: And I think last season told that story. So don't

554
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Speaker 2: sleep on Robbie.

555
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Speaker 1: Do not sleep on Robbie. Let's head back to Philadelphia.

556
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Speaker 1: And talk a little bit about Aiden Miller. Now, his

557
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,879
Speaker 1: situation could become complicated if the Phillies end up signing Bobachett.

558
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Speaker 1: I've heard that talked about a lot. That would probably

559
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Speaker 1: kill what playing time we could hope to see from

560
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Speaker 1: him with Boehm, with Turner, with Stott if they had Bashett.

561
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Speaker 1: I don't know where Aiden Miller is going to play,

562
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Speaker 1: but as of today, they don't have Bobachett. Aiden Miller

563
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Speaker 1: had a really solid year in twenty twenty five, fourteen homers,

564
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Speaker 1: fifty nine steals in a two sixty four average over

565
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Speaker 1: one hundred and sixteen games, leaving Bobachett out of the

566
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Speaker 1: equation for a second. Where does he fit in this lineup?

567
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Speaker 1: Is he the third baseman? How do you think they'd

568
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Speaker 1: fit him? In Welsh?

569
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Speaker 2: He is the third baseman. He's worked out at third base.

570
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Speaker 2: That is the transitional move, as far as I'm told

571
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Speaker 2: in no is that the shortstop is going to be

572
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Speaker 2: making that move to third base. Why that makes him

573
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Speaker 2: so interesting is Alec Bohm feels like he's one foot out.

574
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Speaker 2: He's on a one year deal. He's a free agent

575
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Speaker 2: after this year. They've been trying to trade him for years.

576
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Speaker 2: I still think this team, especially if they were to

577
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Speaker 2: pick up Bobachhet, would trade him and that opens up

578
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Speaker 2: a spot because it looks like Bobaschet would go over

579
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Speaker 2: and play second base. Maybe the early iteration would be

580
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Speaker 2: he plays third and Bryce's stop plays second. But Aiden

581
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Speaker 2: Miller's future is going to be at third base, and

582
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Speaker 2: that's intriguing because the dude still fifty nine bases this

583
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Speaker 2: past year, hit fourteen homers two sixty four with almost

584
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Speaker 2: a four hundred OBP. I mean out of position stat

585
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Speaker 2: It's kind of like mikel Garcia, Like I know it's

586
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Speaker 2: a weird comp to him, but like think of it

587
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Speaker 2: like that, Like Aiden MILLI can hit the ball hard,

588
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Speaker 2: he steals bases positionally because at a position. If he

589
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Speaker 2: were to be playing third base, and that looks like

590
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Speaker 2: the future, he will be third baseman in twenty twenty seven.

591
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Speaker 2: But this team might start making the moves to just

592
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Speaker 2: have that happen sooner or happen in season. What to

593
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Speaker 2: season recovering from a risk thing that I think maybe

594
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Speaker 2: could be the slow hampering. But this is another one

595
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Speaker 2: of those watch what happens in camp. Even if they

596
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Speaker 2: bring in Boba shet. They might say Aiden Miller and

597
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,399
Speaker 2: Bryson Stott are vuying for this spot, and if they,

598
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 2: obviously they would have to trade Alec Bohm. But the

599
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 2: future is him playing third base. He will play third

600
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Speaker 2: base this year, and if he does, his profile is

601
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Speaker 2: so fascinating because of the stolen bases, and you know,

602
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Speaker 2: I think the average is going to stick. I don't

603
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Speaker 2: think he's a big strikeout necessarily a big strikeout liability,

604
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Speaker 2: and the dude attempted over seventy stolen bases in the

605
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Speaker 2: minors this past season while only having a round four

606
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Speaker 2: hundred and thirty at bats. So we are going to

607
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Speaker 2: want Aiden Miller when he's up. We're going to want

608
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Speaker 2: him if he does break camp, but he is definitely

609
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Speaker 2: when we are going to be targeting in drafts or

610
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Speaker 2: at worse than free agency. If he doesn't break.

611
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Speaker 1: Camp, I think the batting average could go up a

612
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Speaker 1: little bit as well. To the play discipline numbers are

613
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Speaker 1: so good, only a sixteen percent chase right ninety zone

614
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Speaker 1: con intact nine percent swinging strike rate. The projections have

615
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Speaker 1: him as a two thirty hitter, some of them even

616
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Speaker 1: into the two twenties. I think he could he could

617
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Speaker 1: exceed that. Yeah, go right.

618
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Speaker 2: Also according to Prospects Savant, and it's a relatively low

619
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Speaker 2: sample size, they have a triple A, but he had

620
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Speaker 2: a ninetieth percentile of one oh six. I mean that's

621
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Speaker 2: significant enough of really really low chase rates as well.

622
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Speaker 2: Barrel rates look good. And he pulled the ball, pulled

623
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Speaker 2: the ball in the air twenty five percent of the time.

624
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Speaker 2: That's that's an elite number in the major leagues. Short

625
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Speaker 2: sample size and triple A. But if he's pulling the

626
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Speaker 2: ball in the air with those hard hit numbers, he's

627
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Speaker 2: stealing and we see low chasing whiff rates where he's

628
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Speaker 2: going to hit for average. Aid Miller could be Rookie

629
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Speaker 2: of the Year eligible if he were to get a

630
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Speaker 2: majority of the time. That's just what's in question. So

631
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Speaker 2: you got to put a pin in him. There is

632
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Speaker 2: a path and it opens up as soon as Alec

633
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Speaker 2: bowm is gone. I think regardless if Boboshet is there

634
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Speaker 2: or not, it'll be interesting.

635
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Speaker 1: I hope for my own sake the Bobasheed is not

636
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,159
Speaker 1: there but not trending like he's going back to Toronto

637
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Speaker 1: at this point. But let's stick around in Philly. We

638
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 1: got one more people in Philly are going to like

639
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: this episode. We're talking about all of their farmhands. And

640
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,600
Speaker 1: Andrew Painter might be the one that has gotten the

641
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 1: most fame over the years. Top pitching prospect dealt with

642
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 1: an injury missed a couple of seasons. Doesn't seem quite

643
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: like peak Andrew Painter like he was before the injury.

644
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Speaker 1: But I think there's still a lot of potential twenty

645
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Speaker 1: six starts. Last season it was a five to twenty

646
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 1: six era, but we're still seeing the strikeouts starting to

647
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,960
Speaker 1: trend back up. The walk rate was at nine percent.

648
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: There are some positives. I'm not going to paint at

649
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,360
Speaker 1: all through rose colored glasses. It wasn't a great year

650
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Speaker 1: for him, but I really like Andrew Painter, and I

651
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Speaker 1: have him ranked sixty second in my top one hundred

652
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,439
Speaker 1: starting pitchers for the year. I like him. He's going

653
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,600
Speaker 1: to be starting the year in the rotation, and I

654
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Speaker 1: think that there's a good chance that we see him

655
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Speaker 1: kind of continue to progress with those pre injury level

656
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Speaker 1: twelfsh Well.

657
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Speaker 2: It's interesting tho too. Maybe one of the reasons why

658
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 2: Miller gets pressed back is the team doesn't want to

659
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,960
Speaker 2: you know, roll out twelve different rookies. They don't want

660
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Speaker 2: to roll out justin Crawford. They don't want to roll

661
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 2: out Andrew Painter and Aiden Miller. But when you got

662
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 2: talented players that you can put around, you know, some

663
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 2: of the best in the game, and Trey Turner and

664
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Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber like, you do that, You definitely do that.

665
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 2: Andrew Painter is like such a fascinating story because there

666
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 2: are a lot of people that are out and they're

667
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 2: absolutely like results oriented on him, not seeing some of

668
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Speaker 2: the same pieces you saw from him when he was

669
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Speaker 2: like a twenty twenty year old that was going to

670
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 2: break camp. He's had a really slow run. I interacted

671
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 2: with him a lot in the Arizona fallagu and one

672
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 2: of the things I was really impressed with was the cool,

673
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 2: calm demeanor. He was unfazed by what the results had

674
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,880
Speaker 2: to be. The results were in execution, and the execution

675
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 2: was the most important thing to him, whether you know

676
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 2: he got hit up or anything like that. And I

677
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 2: think a lot of that carried over into this past year.

678
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 2: You're seeing the Velo still in there. Dude still throwing

679
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 2: ninety six on a four stream. He's got like a

680
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 2: five or six pitch mix that he uses. His cutter

681
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 2: has been this really dominating pitch that I got to

682
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,160
Speaker 2: see in the Arizona Fall League. I like the curve.

683
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 2: He spins it really well, and some of the prospects

684
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 2: of ont Page shows some of what that ended up

685
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 2: looking like. He got some really good chase numbers as well.

686
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 2: And maybe more importantly is that you know if Raingiest

687
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:08,400
Speaker 2: Warris is leaving like he is a legitimate candidate for

688
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 2: the fifth spot in that rotation, Like they babied him enough,

689
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 2: they didn't press the innings too much. He got some

690
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,239
Speaker 2: significant innings this year that I think he can go

691
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 2: one fifty, maybe one sixty into this season, and I

692
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 2: think he's going to get that shot. Maybe of all

693
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Speaker 2: the prospects we've talked about, him and Crawford ironically on

694
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,880
Speaker 2: the same team, are currently from roster resource and depth

695
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 2: chart perspectives, but also just a likelihood the most likely

696
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 2: to get production. I think Andrew Painter's stats are holding

697
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Speaker 2: him back from what the actual production can be. I

698
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:37,960
Speaker 2: think there's a lot of run support there. You are

699
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 2: gonna have to watch the homer numbers. But I like

700
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Speaker 2: Andrew Painter. I think more than others. I think he's

701
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 2: a super smart pitcher, great pitch mix. I think that

702
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:45,960
Speaker 2: Cutter is going to play way better in the majors

703
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 2: than people are giving credit for. And he is going

704
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,400
Speaker 2: to get some time. And that is why, you know,

705
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Speaker 2: he kind of rounds out the you know, if they

706
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Speaker 2: make it, you're going to want them prospects. But him

707
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Speaker 2: and Robbie Snelling, I think kind of own the market

708
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 2: of non day viewed prospects from a pitching perspective that

709
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 2: you want to pay attention to. Obviously, you know, you

710
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 2: Savage and Butler and Bubba Chandler, all those guys are

711
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 2: on people's minds, whether they're prospect eligible or not. This

712
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 2: is the next crop, and Painter gets a lot of

713
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 2: the attention. But that's why I still think Snelling could

714
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,680
Speaker 2: be a little bit more valuable. But I will be

715
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Speaker 2: drafting Andrew Painter late in drafts with the expectation he's

716
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Speaker 2: gonna have a rotation spot.

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Speaker 1: I will be as well. I have him ranked maybe

718
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Speaker 1: fifteen spots twenty spots ahead of his ADP at the

719
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Speaker 1: moment in my initial rankings. He's an interesting name because

720
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Speaker 1: a lot of the time when you look at the

721
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Speaker 1: projections on fangrafts. A lot of them are fairly similar,

722
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Speaker 1: you know, three four era, three five era, they're all

723
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Speaker 1: over the place with Andrew Painter. But the most accurate projections,

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Speaker 1: the most accurate standalone projections, have been the Bat over

725
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726
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,120
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727
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 1: a one thirteen whip, a twenty six percent strikeout rate,

728
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Speaker 1: and they think the Command is going to start to

729
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,479
Speaker 1: come back a little bit more this year, another year

730
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Speaker 1: removed from surgery. If you are a projections guy, you

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Speaker 1: Colt Emerson is where we are going to pick up here,

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00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: still very young. He just turned twenty years old and

760
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: in his age nineteen season in the minors, sixteen homers,

761
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: fourteen steals, a two to eighty five batting average. The question,

762
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 1: like it is for all these players, is where will

763
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Speaker 1: he fit in? Is he going to play short? Is

764
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Speaker 1: he potentially going to play second or third? It is

765
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Speaker 1: an area where the Mariners could see some improvements. Cole Young,

766
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Speaker 1: Ben Williamson, JP Crawford projected to make up the bottom

767
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Speaker 1: third of their order. Do you see him fitting in

768
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Speaker 1: at second? Potentially? Welsh? Maybe third? Where's the spot for

769
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Speaker 1: Colt Emerson? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I think the reason we put him on this list,

771
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Speaker 2: I mean this tier is the deeper options. Things have

772
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 2: to go their way there. You know, are they really viable?

773
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 2: We stopped for a second, just from a strategy perspective,

774
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Speaker 2: and you'd look and you're like, you guys aren't playing

775
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 2: in it. Were talking NFBC a lot, but you guys

776
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 2: are playing in your home leagues. Kevin McDonald, Kevin McGonagall,

777
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 2: and Connor Griffin. They're going to be drafted. That next

778
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 2: tier are going to be a collection of different players

779
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 2: that could get drafted in different ways of how you

780
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 2: can stash in your home leagues and stuff like that.

781
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 2: Are the guys we're about to talk about going to

782
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 2: be drafted at this stage, no, unless something changes. But

783
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,840
Speaker 2: they're guys that you need to pay attention to and

784
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,239
Speaker 2: you may want to have on a must have list

785
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 2: if they get a job. And cold Emerson and the

786
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 2: fact actually all three of these players we're going to

787
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 2: talk about, they're all potential homes could be at second

788
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 2: base for their respective teams. They're all just an injury

789
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 2: or a commitment away from it, unlike some of these

790
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 2: other guys. And cold Emerson in the playoffs was actually

791
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 2: added to the Mariners like taxi practice squad to potentially

792
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 2: be able to be available for a playoff run that

793
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 2: didn't end up happening for him. They've got his buddy

794
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:47,400
Speaker 2: Cole Young currently as a second baseman, but cold Emerson

795
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 2: is ready, and I think that's the big important thing,

796
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,359
Speaker 2: Like there's only so much more. You're really not going

797
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 2: to get too much more out of him. Continuing him

798
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,440
Speaker 2: in the minors, he hit two eighty five, sixteen homers,

799
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Speaker 2: fourteen stolen bases for a second straight year. He moved

800
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Speaker 2: three different levels. He didn't play a ton of Triple A,

801
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 2: but it's enough of Triple A where by the way,

802
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 2: he hit three sixty four in triple A, hit two

803
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Speaker 2: eighty and double A and two eighty and high A

804
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 2: that I don't think there's much more that they need

805
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 2: to work on. He played in the arison A Fall

806
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 2: League the year before. He's more of a contact base

807
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:20,840
Speaker 2: hitter than a power guy. Is their twenty home run potential? Yeah, maybe,

808
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 2: but I watched the guy hit five doubles in an

809
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,080
Speaker 2: Arizona Fall League game, Like, this is a guy that

810
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 2: is gonna be between two to eighty and three hundred.

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Speaker 2: You put him as probably like a quintessential number two

812
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 2: hitter because the guy can also get on base. He

813
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 2: had a three eighty three average. He can steal some basses,

814
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 2: score a lot of runs. He might be a better

815
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 2: real life player than a fantasy player. But I think

816
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 2: the main point is is they see the upside so

817
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 2: exponentially that I think they are going to have him

818
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 2: and Cole Young fight this out, and cold Emerson has

819
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 2: a legitimate shot to take this spot at second base

820
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 2: at a camp over Cole Young. We'll see how it

821
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:57,440
Speaker 2: plays out, but Colt Emerson is on a very close

822
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,360
Speaker 2: line of needing to be up in the majors and

823
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,719
Speaker 2: JP craft. It's not going anywhere unless he gets hurt.

824
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 2: But there's a clear opening at second base, and that's

825
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 2: what makes him interesting. I will say, you know what

826
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 2: the fantasy production is, It maybe is a little bit muted.

827
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:12,799
Speaker 2: I think he has the best path of the next

828
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 2: three prospects we're going to talk about right now. But

829
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Speaker 2: the best case scenario is something between like a fifteen

830
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Speaker 2: and probably a fifteen to fifteen guy with high runs

831
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Speaker 2: and a really high batting average that'll still play, but

832
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,839
Speaker 2: it isn't like elite elite, but the playing time might be.

833
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,239
Speaker 1: He gets the absolute crap out of the ball. There

834
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: was seventeen batted ball events in triple A, eleven hard hits.

835
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Speaker 1: That is even in a small sample size, it is

836
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Speaker 1: something you get to take note of. And the price,

837
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Speaker 1: I mean, if you are in one of those early drafts,

838
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 1: closing in on pick four hundred three to ninety five

839
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: is his ADP over the last twenty draft, So not

840
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: an expensive piece. If you're looking for some middle infield

841
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,839
Speaker 1: depth at the end of your draft, let's keep talking

842
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: about middle infield and go to JJ Weatherhole. I don't

843
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: know where the role would be for JJ Weatherhold. I'm

844
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,840
Speaker 1: imagining it would probably be second base. You know, Brendan

845
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,120
Speaker 1: Donovan has been talked about as a potential trade tar.

846
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,839
Speaker 1: I don't think Mason win is giving up shortstop anytime soon.

847
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 1: But Jj Weatherhol over one hundred and nine games last

848
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: year a double A TRIPLEA was seventeen homers, twenty three

849
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:10,839
Speaker 1: steals in a three h six average was a one

850
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Speaker 1: fifty four WRC. Plus he walked as much as he

851
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 1: struck out forty eight percent hard hit rate. There's a

852
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 1: lot to like about Weatherhole. Where does he end up

853
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 1: on the diamond though Welsh.

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00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a second base. This This is an interesting

855
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 2: one because I want to say we might have talked

856
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 2: about him in the other prospect one that was like,

857
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 2: you know, before the beginning of the new year. What

858
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,239
Speaker 2: has transpired is the willingness for the Cardinals team to

859
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 2: move off of Brendan Donovan. And I think that's the

860
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 2: big clear cut thing. I think Donovan is traded this season,

861
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 2: whether it is you know, in the next month, or

862
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 2: maybe it's happened as you're recording this, or sometime in

863
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 2: mid season when the Cardinals are most likely out of this.

864
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 2: But I believe that Jj Weatherhold is the future and

865
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 2: kind of one of the reasons they're comfortable doing this

866
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 2: that the team is in a soft reboot as well.

867
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 2: They got a bunch of young, talented players that they

868
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 2: can put out this competitive roster, but they just need to,

869
00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 2: you know, prioritize where they can and like a j.

870
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 2: Weatherhold is a guy that's gonna come up and I

871
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 2: think he's gonna eat. I think he is going to

872
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,359
Speaker 2: be a stud when he's up, but there's a huge

873
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,719
Speaker 2: question mark. I think his bat sometimes to me resembles

874
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 2: Corbyn Carroll. He doesn't steal at quite the aggressive rate,

875
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,319
Speaker 2: but he's stole twenty three this past season and just

876
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,360
Speaker 2: over four hundred bats, seventeen homers, gets the ball in

877
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 2: the air, great slash line, really great patience. Has really

878
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 2: answered the call at every level. They put him at

879
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,440
Speaker 2: double A and then went to Triple A, hit three

880
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 2: hundred at both levels. This is a dude. This is

881
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 2: a dude that I think is a twenty twenty fantasy

882
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:33,040
Speaker 2: option at minimum when given the opportunity. If Brendan Donovan

883
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 2: is traded, I think this arrow goes up even more.

884
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,320
Speaker 2: That'll be one of those where I'm like, hey, the

885
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 2: biggest winner is JJ Weatherhold not to guarantee that they

886
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 2: give it to him right out the gates. Maybe they

887
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 2: slow roll him. I don't think so. Twenty three year

888
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 2: old college based bat who's advanced, I think he would

889
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 2: be fan I think he'd be close into one of

890
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,360
Speaker 2: the faces of the organization when he comes up, so

891
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 2: you're gonna have to pay attention. I think he's a

892
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 2: huge target. We'll probably talk about him a lot in

893
00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 2: season on leading off here on Fantasy Pros as a

894
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,439
Speaker 2: guy that we're going to pay attention to if he's

895
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 2: not up. But he's super, super exciting, and he is

896
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 2: a unlike h Emerson, who I think is vying for

897
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 2: the spot. We just need Brendan Donovan to go for

898
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 2: there to be a competition that Jijo Weatherhold can really overtake.

899
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 2: So pay attention to Weatherholt. He will be a must

900
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 2: own player when it makes sense. And you will know

901
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 2: when it makes sense because they'll tell us he's either

902
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 2: got the job or he's fighting for it at a camp.

903
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 1: And the versatility of Donovan means that even if he

904
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,239
Speaker 1: doesn't get traded, I wouldn't say that that's the end

905
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 1: of Weatherhold because Donovan can play all over the field.

906
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 1: If they don't find a trature heart, if they don't

907
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: find a trade partner for him, they could put Donovan

908
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:37,799
Speaker 1: in the outfield. I mean, he can literally play just

909
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: about anywhere except for behind the dish, because I think

910
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: he's played at every single position in his career except

911
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: for center field and catcher. So the trade falls through,

912
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,359
Speaker 1: maybe people will think weather Hold's not getting a job.

913
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 1: Maybe that'll be a little bit of a buying opportunity.

914
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 2: An interesting and interesting path to that. To add to

915
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 2: it is the just we're just waiting for Aeronaudo to

916
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 2: be traded. If eron Audo goes, you could see a

917
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 2: path maybe they put Weatherholt there, but maybe Brenda Donovan

918
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 2: can go and be the third basement. And whether Weatherhold

919
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 2: could get that second base show we got to keep

920
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,840
Speaker 2: our ears to the ground. But he's gonna be one

921
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 2: of those once the signal, once the bat signal is out,

922
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:14,920
Speaker 2: we're gonna go running. And that's what that And like,

923
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 2: if all things considered, if it was Emerson and Weatherholt

924
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,880
Speaker 2: at the same time, I would take JJ Weatherell. In fact,

925
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,120
Speaker 2: I think JJ Weatherholt could be close to going to

926
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 2: an elite option if there was a clearer path. So

927
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 2: from a talent perspective, he's one of those guys that

928
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 2: you want to bet on.

929
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:31,879
Speaker 1: And to that Donovan point, last time he played third

930
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 1: base regularly was twenty twenty two. It was seven defensive runs, saved,

931
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,239
Speaker 1: three outs above average, and only one hundred and eighty

932
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: nine innings, So he's shown he can be a plus defender.

933
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,359
Speaker 1: There just something to chew on in case he doesn't

934
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 1: end up getting traded. We got one more name for you, guys,

935
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 1: and that is the number one overall pick in the

936
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,760
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four Major League Draft. It was Travis Bizana.

937
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 1: Eighty four games last year, spread out amongst the complex

938
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 1: league double A, triple A, nine homers, twelve steals, two

939
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: forty five batting average, but a one thirty seven WRC plus,

940
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 1: driven in large part by an eighteen percent walk rate.

941
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 1: He knows how to get on base. I won't say

942
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:06,640
Speaker 1: that he has lived up to that hype as a

943
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: number one prospect, but there's still a lot of promise

944
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 1: for Bozana. What are the Guardians going to do with

945
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 1: him though? Is he open camp with the team, is

946
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 1: he a mid season call up? Currently, not listed in

947
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,399
Speaker 1: the starting lineup on roster resource, But do you think

948
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,320
Speaker 1: there's a chance he's in there on April first.

949
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there's a I think there's a discussion

950
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 2: point for it. To me, he's like the Andrew Painter

951
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 2: of hitters right now, and it hasn't had the same

952
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 2: amount of time, Like people are just over him, and

953
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 2: again it is just only and I get it, like

954
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,360
Speaker 2: I get we have to be results oriented and stats oriented,

955
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 2: but it's off of a very short sample size. He

956
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 2: was struggling with injury. He was out for a significant

957
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,879
Speaker 2: amount of time out here in Arizona rehabbing. He's really

958
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 2: interesting because like he's kind of aggressive, yet he can

959
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 2: still run really good walk rates. Like I use this

960
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,480
Speaker 2: on a show on in this league, but you know,

961
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 2: like Edward Julian was one of those guys that was

962
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,360
Speaker 2: super was one of the most passive in early counts

963
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 2: and then aggressive in late counts. Like that's not Bazana.

964
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 2: Bazana just really has an understanding of the zone. He

965
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 2: does a really good job of get his bat on

966
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 2: the ball, and he's just aggressive at all points. He

967
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 2: wants to pull the ball, he wants to get the

968
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 2: ball in the air. He put up great hard hit

969
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,439
Speaker 2: numbers in college. We saw kind of average stuff in

970
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 2: the short sample size of some of the Triple A

971
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 2: according to Prospects of on twelve percent barrel, forty one

972
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 2: percent hard hit rate, nothing necessarily to write home about.

973
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:24,440
Speaker 2: Ninetieth percentile ev was like one oh one. But the

974
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 2: guy coming off of the injury, I think is prime

975
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 2: to have a bigger breakout, super smart baseball player. I

976
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 2: think currently they have a Gabrielle Arius scheduled as a

977
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 2: second basement according to roster resource, and I don't think

978
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 2: that is a lockdown position. I think Bizanna is going

979
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 2: to get an opportunity to break out. He might not

980
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,720
Speaker 2: do it. I think he has to answer some questions.

981
00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 2: The batting average was not great last year, his contact

982
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 2: ability not super great. But think if he comes out,

983
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 2: he's healthy, he hits, he shows a propensity to drop.

984
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 2: You know, the strikeout rates. He had a high twenty

985
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 2: seven percent Triple A strikeout rate, but he had twenty

986
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 2: four percent walk rate and sample size that k rate

987
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 2: goes and he hits for contact. I don't see why

988
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 2: this team doesn't want to start activating these guys right now.

989
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:08,799
Speaker 2: I think that was the whole point of Bazana. So

990
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,280
Speaker 2: I think he legitimately is a shot out of camp.

991
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 2: He's a little bit more questionable because we got to

992
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:16,399
Speaker 2: see what the production looks like. But when things go right,

993
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 2: that ballpark is going to be a huge benefit for Bazanna.

994
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,200
Speaker 2: He legitimately could hit thirty homers if he hits for average,

995
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 2: Like I don't think that's a question in his game.

996
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,479
Speaker 2: He could be one of those big primary second base

997
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 2: power hitters. But we've got to see it all come

998
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 2: into play and it hasn't yet. So again, this tier

999
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,319
Speaker 2: are question marks. Colt Emerson in fighting for the job

1000
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 2: and what is the fantasy production JJ Weatherholt being blocked,

1001
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:44,680
Speaker 2: Travis Bazana having that big second step as far as production.

1002
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 2: But these are guys that you're going to want to

1003
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,520
Speaker 2: pay attention to. These are I think the majority of

1004
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 2: the prime prospects, and in different views, these ten prospects

1005
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 2: are a lot of the big guys that you're going

1006
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 2: to be paying attention to from draft day to probably

1007
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 2: the first month or two in waivers. These be the

1008
00:43:57,920 --> 00:43:59,399
Speaker 2: guys you're going to want to be fighting for.

1009
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 1: I'm interested in Bizana just the more I dig into

1010
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: the plate discipline. He doesn't chase decent contact rates, the

1011
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,840
Speaker 1: swing strike rate is low. You talk about the power

1012
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 1: upside Gabriel Arias. You know, he's a serviceable defender, but

1013
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,920
Speaker 1: holy cow, thirty five percent strikeout rate, twenty one percent

1014
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 1: swinging strike rates, seventy percent zone contact. He's not really

1015
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:23,000
Speaker 1: a major leaguer. He's getting by as a major leaguer.

1016
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 1: But Bazana I would not be shocked at all to

1017
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,879
Speaker 1: see him take that job. But guys, those are ten

1018
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 1: must have Fantasy baseball prospects that you should be targeting

1019
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:33,319
Speaker 1: heading into twenty twenty six. Let us know down below.

1020
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:35,320
Speaker 1: Do you agree? Do you disagree? Are there other prospects

1021
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 1: you think have a better chance of making camp? Let

1022
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:39,960
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