WEBVTT - 20 League Winners For 2024 (EP. 774) 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:08.719 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros. This is the Fantasy 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:11.840 Baseball Podcast and it's made Joey p Joe pe Zapia, 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:13.720 and today we're gonna take a look at what you 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:17.640 really want to know, league winners and probably Welsh's hair. 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:19.599 If you're watching on YouTube, you'll look at the hair. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:21.960 You look at the league winners. Nothing else matters at 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:23.239 the end of the day. So we're gonna be taking 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:24.799 a look here. Welsh has a list of ten. I 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:26.120 have a list of ten, and we're gonna go through 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:28.120 them here for you. Some of these players we've talked 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:31.120 about before, some really not so much. And we've got 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:33.239 a really interesting way of breaking this down. So all 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:36.839 of my players are going to be post one fifty 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:39.640 ADP and above. I'm talking about the guys that could 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:41.240 win you a league that you really don't see coming. 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:44.280 But Welsh is starting his somewhere around pick one hundred, 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.680 but he's going even deeper than mine mine stopping about 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.720 two seventy five. His are going well into the four hundreds. 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:51.680 So between the two of us, these are gonna be 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:53.920 twenty names that you should be targeting in your drafts. 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:58.280 Varying ADPs but really post one hundred, this is where 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:00.320 you could potentially win your league. In Welsh what we 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:02.800 always say, right, it's easy to draft, like the first 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.080 ten rounds, it's pretty simple. It's when we get to 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:07.680 the back end of the draft, the last six seven rounds, 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:09.880 where you could really make a difference if you're willing 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.120 to be patient, willing to put in the work, or 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:14.480 at the very least have us do the work for you. Yeah. 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:18.880 And also the idea behind league winners was very specific 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:20.680 to me and how I order these players because we've 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:25.160 done lots of varying degrees of these episodes of breakouts sleepers. 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:28.720 I would say league winners in my mind probably is 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:31.800 the close cousin to sleepers, but I have to be 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:33.640 very distinctive about it. I'll give you a prime example, 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.039 a player that I almost put on this when I 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:38.440 was doing it, was like Michael Waka. But Michael Waka 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:40.600 is not a league winner. I do think he can 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:43.240 be a sleeper based on his ADP. He's a player 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:45.760 that I'm drafted. There's another episode, you know, the players 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:48.160 that are on every player that's on our team. We're 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:51.280 drafting a ton of shares up. That's different. Michael Waka 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:54.000 is not a league winner, so you're going for really 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:57.520 big upside. You're going for cost that can equate to 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:01.720 this player absolutely going nuts, but it also could blow 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:03.840 up in your face a little bit. The league winner 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.360 is a do or die situation. And I will tell 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:08.360 you you said I have varying degrees. I probably have 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:12.720 a three hundred eightyp difference between the number one guy, 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.960 which we sorted this by ADP and the furthest back player. 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:17.960 But a lot of these guys are younger players, and 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.320 it's probably no shock that league winning players are going 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:23.640 to be players that are just buried down there that, 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:28.480 given the opportunity, without a big track record, could absolutely explode. 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.080 So lots of different names popped up on this list, 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.239 but I tried to be very specific because this guy 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.480 has to win me my league, So how do they 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:39.760 win the league? Right, it's no expectation to absolute blow up. 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.080 And it's the absolute potential for blow up, which is 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:43.560 why they're on the list now. And that we're not 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:45.600 saying all these guys are going to blow up, because 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:47.959 we've been around way too long to know that that's 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.120 not going to be the case. But it's about the 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.359 potential for that, which is really exciting. And again I 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:54.680 want to thank everybody's watched all of our coverage and 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:56.360 listen to all the shows and watch us over on 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.400 YouTube if you haven't already subscribed to fans of ros 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.720 MLB Welsh. It's such a great audience we have that 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:03.280 joins us all the time. I want to tell a 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:05.359 quick story here at the top. I want to shout 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:08.680 out a buddy of mine, Jim pal of mine, who 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:11.160 was also the bus driver for my youngest daughter for 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.079 a few years, who is a huge fan of the 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:15.440 show and the day he put it together that I 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:17.320 was the one waiting outside the bus stop with my 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:20.000 daughter every morning, he shows me. He says, hey, is 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:22.400 this you shows me you and me on an episode 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:24.160 of Leading Off. He says, I love this show. I 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:26.440 watched the show every day. I ran to him in 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:28.800 the gym today. Guess what. He was literally watching the 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:32.000 draft between you, Me, Bogman and Kelly Kirby from the 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.680 Fantasy Pest Wilson, You're the best and I know a 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:36.120 lot of folks out there, and he said something to me. 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:37.880 He says, like, you guys are the most fun there 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:39.760 is in fantasy baseball, and we try to do that. 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.720 We try to be fun but also informative. But we're 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:44.280 trying to give you a little bit of fun because 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.000 the fun is important. It's fantasy baseball. It's supposed to 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:48.720 be a good time. So that's what Welsh and I 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.440 are here to give you. So shout out to my 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.960 buddy Milsa Wilson, and shout out to all the folks, 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.440 the Peanuts and the cracker Jacks. Because guess what. Leading 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.400 Off Live starts Thursday the twenty eighth. We're gonna be 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:01.920 wigging out. We cross seventeen thousand subscribers. So opening day, 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.040 you're getting the wigs, You're getting the mustaches. I know 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:07.040 you keep saying, and you were really excited about the muskle. 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.160 I like the look of the mustache. I actually gotta 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.720 be honest with you. I kind of like my mustache mustache, Like, 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:15.360 lie here, this is causing strife in my house and 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:16.160 this is being. 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.479 Saved looking sexy with the beard. Baby. 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.240 Ask my wife the same thing. I was like, isn't 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.479 this a good look? She's like no, I don't know. 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:24.400 I think she's wrong, But then again, I do have 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:26.280 to see your face in person. All right, let's get 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:29.560 to the top ten league winners and Welsh. Let's start 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:31.800 with ten through eight. The guys that made your list, 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:33.760 the ADP and why they're on this list for you. 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.080 All right, So here are the three players at ten. Again, 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.719 this is a descending ADP. This is the only player 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:42.000 outside the four hundreds. I've got Matt Manning. Now, Matt 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:45.960 Manning has increased his fastball velocity. He's finally healthy. That's 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:48.480 kind of the big key has had a phenomenal spring. 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:51.360 That's really the other thing. He's had a really great spring. 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:55.160 His fastball usually sitting around ninety three, it's been up 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.520 to ninety four. I think I've even seen the reports. 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:59.960 Maybe there's a splitter that's going on there. But we're 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.560 we're hoping that we are going to get the return 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.320 the thirty five percent fifth percentage slider player in twenty 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.960 twenty two. Everything decreased last year, but the fastball is 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.520 more effective. He looks more effective, and he is free. 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.120 I think it's him or Casey Myz that are going 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:15.680 to be the player that's going to break back out. 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:17.360 And I'm getting Casey mis had a little bit of 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:19.760 a rough spring. Ton of walks. That's not been Matt 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.080 Manning over eleven k per nine. He came in at 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.360 number ten, number eight. As a player I have talked 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.680 about a decent amount. It's Michael Busch with the Chicago Cubs, 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:30.680 and Michael Busch has had a decent spring. The average 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:32.400 has not been there, the strikeouts have been a little 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.760 bit up, but he's got two homers and two stolen bases. 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:36.679 And here's been the big key that I've been talking about. 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:39.359 Would he be able to keep his spot? Pete ko 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:43.120 Armstrong was sent down to me. That is Cody Bellinger 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:45.719 in centerfield. It's not gonna be Mike Talkman. They also 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.120 don't have a bunch of lefties with Michael Busch. They 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.839 have four lefties on the active hitting roster, so Michael 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.599 Bush is even more valuable there between DH and first. 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.920 He's going to continue to keep going. The homers are 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:57.640 going to be there. I think you can get twenty 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:01.520 five homers and is ADP eighty right now according to 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:03.960 Fantasy Pros. And I will tell you this, we are 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:07.479 doing descending order, but this player actually might be one 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.520 of the top league winners in all of baseball. If 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:14.679 the best case scenario works out. Victor Scott the second 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.520 with the Saint Louis Cardinals. Victor Scott having a great 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.960 spring as we're recording this, still vying for an opportunity 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:24.080 to break with the camp three point sixty seven in 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.120 spring an only twelve percent k rate. He's already stolen 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:32.880 four bases. Victor Scott could even lead baseball in stolen 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:35.640 bases if he starts from day one with that batting average. 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:37.080 So that's why I say you want to talk about 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.120 league winners. Victor Scott, if from at least day one 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.480 and hits around two fifty two to sixty, is going 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.240 to steal probably no less than fifty stolen bases. There's 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:48.160 even some home run potential in there. Victor Scott one 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.520 of the best league winning potential players you could draft. 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:53.920 And his ADP I actually screwed it up. He is 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:57.440 the second highest ADP three eighty seven of all players. 0:06:57.480 --> 0:06:59.400 Get him. On the back end, we talk about the 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:02.159 bench player. What's the perfect bench player to take it's 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:05.760 Victor Scott especially. We all need some for stolen bases. 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:08.479 And Steve Gardner on the Fantasy Fest. You can go 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:12.080 back and listen or watch. We have all the segments 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:15.520 segmented out see what I did. They're over on YouTube, 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:18.880 from Steve Gardner to Pinowski to Ino Saras, and Steve 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.280 was talking about Victor Scott too for the same thing too, Hey, 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:22.760 look for cheap steals the end of the draft. You 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:24.520 don't want to go with a Sturry Ruiz or somebody 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:27.680 like that and waste draft capital. There's Victor Scott ten 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.080 through eight. For me, I'm gonna start with number two, 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:32.520 seventy four on the big board right now. He just 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.160 got sent down, but I don't care. It's Paul Skeens, 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:36.680 and I love the fact he just got sent down. 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:38.200 I didn't think it was gonna make the team. But 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:41.760 there's always that collective. Oh no, Paul Skeen's got sent down. 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.560 The season is six months long, Folks went back to 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:48.400 twenty ten because I think the only thing that we 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:50.480 have in recent memory that reminds me of this Paul 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.880 Skean situation is Steven Strasbourg. Now, I hope that Skeens 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:57.320 has a better path in his future than Steven Strasburg 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:00.160 gat However, well hope he makes as much money. I 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.960 that you go. But at the same point, he made 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:06.840 his debut in June that year, right, he threw sixty 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.920 eight innings a two ninety one era. He struck out 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:12.920 ninety two guys and walked seventeen. Now, if you're talking 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.560 about Layton drafts, in those you know, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.680 rounds where people drafting Scherzer, people drafting Kershaw. Now just 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:20.800 think about this. If Paul Skeenes comes up at the 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.160 end of June and gives you these kind of numbers 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.200 down the stretch here and then eventually gets shut down 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:27.160 in September, So it might hurt you when you get 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:31.400 to playoff situations. But Welsh, those are some incredible stats 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.680 to give you in a sixty seventy inning span, which 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:37.440 I think he can give you elite level numbers there, 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.439 and much cheaper ADP than the other guys that I mentioned, 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:42.320 those veterans that are already hurt. So Skeens is a 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:43.760 guy I just took him in our last draft we 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:45.679 did live with Michael Goovier. You can watch out on 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.079 the channel as well. Mason Miller at two fifty nine 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.440 is number nine for me. I don't see why he 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.080 would not be the closer. It is the best way 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:55.160 I've said this before, I'm going to say one last 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:57.400 time for everybody to hear. This is what you want 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.520 to do with Mason Miller. Give him a clean ninth 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:03.680 inning budget his innings. Give him non stress. One, two, three, 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:05.880 You sit back down. You're not getting up and down 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:07.920 the bullpen a million times. You're not having this guy 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:10.720 warm up. That's a recipe for disaster with Mason Miller. 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:13.400 You figure the a's, you keep it simple, stupid, and 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:15.320 all you do is you make him the closer. You 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:17.080 let him pitch no more than two days in a row. 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:18.679 If it has to be a save for three days 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.360 in a row and the Oakland Days are winning three games, 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:22.439 you should dance a jig and be very happy Oakland. 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:24.840 But somebody else can shut it down that day. Mason 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:26.559 Miller is a guy you can get some saves and 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:29.719 strikeouts later. And the only way to really make sure 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:31.640 you put him in plastic is to make him the closer. 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.439 Number two eighteen, Number eight for me, another guy just 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:37.800 drafted in the last draft. We just wrapped up Logan Ohapi, 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:40.959 the catcher of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Love 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.640 this guy. Last year. 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And 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.600 now back to the action Welsh seven through five for 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.280 you on the league winners, who do you have? 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:22.880 I will tell you one thing. Had I gotten to 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.840 this sheet first, you have about half of the players 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:26.720 I would have put on. 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:31.440 That's good because agreeing on these guys, because we sometimes 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:33.400 disagree on players, the fact that we agree on as 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.640 many as we do on this list, I think that's 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:38.040 worthy of note for the people watching and listening today. 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:40.520 Yeah, and Mason Miller was the one of that group 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:42.880 that you just said that instantly was like, Oh, I 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.040 got to put him on there because of where his 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.440 draft value is. Also a sneaky starting pitcher that could 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:50.120 have closers. So I like that, all right. So going 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:54.200 to mind seven, six, and five, these are all young 0:11:54.240 --> 0:12:00.440 guys and they're upside to varying degrees, Sinai, Rafaela is 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:03.120 number seven on the list at three point thirty two, 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.720 and I say, like the varying degrees of upside people 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:09.040 are getting at, they're so cheap that the impact that 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.360 I believe they're gonna get to, whether you agree or not, 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:14.400 is why these guys can be league winners. In Rafaela 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.319 really could be a uniquely special guy. He's a guy 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:19.319 that could go twenty twenty. He's had a solid spring 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:22.520 three homers, two stolen bases, hitting two seventy nine. Strike 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:24.880 up rate hasn't been a problem. He's actually walked more, 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.720 which isn't crazy. But if he plays in the middle infield, 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:29.959 there's some talk about him maybe playing some second, some 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:31.720 short while also playing outfield. 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:32.200 Eight. 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:36.160 The batex projections have event nine homers with fourteen stolen 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.440 bases in a two fifty six average in ninety nine games. 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:41.360 You span that out you could be looking at a 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.680 fifteen twenty five guy, and if you wanted to play 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:47.120 the Steamer numbers, by the way, fourteen homers, seventeen stolen 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:49.679 bases in one hundred and twenty games. You're closing in 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:52.439 on a twenty twenty bat that could have in and 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:55.840 outfield eligibility, Saidani Rafaela at three thirty two. I love 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.679 coming in at number six with an ADP of two 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:02.559 ninety nine. Is the San Diego Padres new center fielder 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:03.760 has to say short stop because. 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:07.640 He does qualify in some leagues. There, so's Jackson Merril. 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.600 I love Jackson Merrill. We talked about him on the 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:12.520 fan Fest with Steve Gardner. I think he is a 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:15.680 sneaky rookie of the year bet Now, his counting stats 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:19.400 don't pop necessarily even projections. The bat X is eight 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.280 and eight in ninety six games, so you're probably closing 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:25.920 in on fifteen to fifteen. But at almost free with 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.559 a high batting average, they've got him at two fifty seven. 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.440 He legit might hit twot eighty for this team, score 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:33.920 decent amount of runs. The power is starting to go, 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:36.000 and I think he could steal a little bit more 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:38.600 than he had in the minor leagues in twenty twenty three, 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:42.160 he did steal fifteen bases in around one hundred and 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.880 ten games. On a full season, he can steal twenty. 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:46.680 He can hit between ten and fifteen. I think he 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:48.360 can score a bunch of runs, and he's got middle 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:51.760 infield eligibility. Jackson Merrill could be one of those league 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:55.000 winning guys because of his flexibility in the numbers. And 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:59.280 then coming in at number five is Colt Keith with 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:02.240 the Detroit Tighs, who looks like he is locked into 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:04.600 that middle endfield spot so much so that roster resource 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.720 has moved him closer to the middle of the lineup 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.480 where he can qualify at second and third base. He 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:11.880 hit two eighty seven in triple A last year with 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:16.040 thirteen homers in sixty seven games. Projections are pretty friendly. 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.320 You've got steamer with fourteen homers with a two to 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.560 sixty one batting average a one hundred and seventeen. His 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:24.280 power is being under sold right now, as long as 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.280 the strikeouts don't become an issue, which by the way, 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.200 he's only got a eighteen percent strikeout rate in spring training. 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.640 He can hit twenty five plus. He is a guy 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:33.680 that can push top one hundred value. All three of 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.760 these players with the stolen base and power potential, they 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:40.600 can be top one hundred fantasy bets that are almost free, 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.520 especially in like twelve man leagues. So I think Colt 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.120 Keith has a chance, especially from the power department, to 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:47.040 be a league winner. 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.040 I think there's a lot of value late in the 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:53.000 middle infield especially, I mean anywhere from Zach Gehloff all 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:56.720 the way down to what was it three eighty right, 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:00.280 we're three thirty two for Rafaela, right. I mean there's 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:02.160 there's a lot of value here late. So if you 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:04.320 have to make up ground, you know, I mean, Volpi's 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.480 been a guy that we've talked about before, you know, 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.160 some of the guys that I'm gonna talk about next. Like, 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.040 there's a lot of these guys that were floating out 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:11.880 there that have a lot of upsides. So if you're 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:15.160 playing in those middle infield leagues, don't freak out if 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.360 the board doesn't go your way. Early on, I. 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:20.200 Almost put Volpy on this and I didn't even I 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.960 didn't even actually get my connection until you just said 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:24.680 that that all three of those players that I just 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:28.720 gave you are middle infield options. Because Rafaela looks like 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:32.000 he's gonna get that qualification. You've already got Jackson Merrill 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:33.960 who's got it, and Colt Keith has got it, and 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:37.160 you're gonna get extra qualifications with all those players. That 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:40.160 is what is unique about those three players. But there's 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:42.680 handfuls of middle infielders that you like to make bets on. 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:47.000 These are the guys though, with sky high upside and 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.040 I didn't even get that middle infield catch. All right, 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:50.440 what do you got in your group? 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:52.640 Well, I'm sticking with the theme here starting at number 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.120 seven for me, Junior kemen Aro. I've talked about them 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.000 all the time. I'm gonna keep talking about them. Qualifies 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:58.800 at third and shortstop. I don't think it's gonna be 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:00.600 very long. I think this guy's ready go. And even 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:03.120 if it's not till let's say Memorial Day, that still 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.920 gives you two thirds of the season of Camonaro. And 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:08.560 if he is as advertised, which I believe he is, 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.440 he could make a huge impact. I like the bat. 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:13.040 I think the bat is a little bit more ready 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.120 than Jackson Cherio, who's gonna start from day one. That's 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:18.360 my opinion. Some people don't share that opinion, but I 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.000 do from all the film I've been able to watch 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:23.560 on camon Aro. He's somebody that I kept in my 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:26.080 home league for a couple bucks. I can only keep 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:28.120 eight guys, and I kept him because he was a buck. 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.080 And you know what, I'm keeping that guy because the 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:32.520 upside is just far too much. So even though I 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.880 have to be patient, I'm gonna practice what I'm preaching 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:38.320 here when it comes to Camonaro. So I'm telling everybody again, 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.240 I just drafted him in the last draft we just 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:43.240 did on Fantasy Bros. I drafted Jackson Merril too much 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:46.600 to Welsh's chagrin. I drafted Skeins, I drafted a hoppy. 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.200 I'm showing you these are the guys that I'm targeting 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:50.720 late that I think could make a huge impact. And 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.560 if Cameron Aro ends up hitting somewhere around like six 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:55.360 in that order, which I think is very possible, that 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.120 could be a great spot for him, and he could 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:00.920 be exactly what they're missing trying to solve the problem 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:02.760 with Wander Franco not being there anymore, and that's a 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:04.960 big problem for this offense, and Campanio is the solution 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:08.320 at number six, Ezekiel Tovar at two to oh one. 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:11.040 Tovar is a player Welsh and I have talked about, 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:13.000 and I know Welsh is excited just the way I am. 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:15.280 He's having a really good spring. Just to recap those 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:19.600 numbers in the spring, he is slashing currently pretty well there, 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:21.640 he's actually up to right now. I'm going to bring 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:23.399 up those numbers in a second here, but in spring 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:26.600 training he is a two ninety four, three twenty four, 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:30.040 five eighty eight slugging. Again, spring doesn't mean everything, but 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:33.119 Tovar looks a little stronger in the lower half. You 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:34.879 could see he's put some work in there. He is 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:36.919 a very young player still. I mean keep that in 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:39.439 mind too. These guys are only twenty one twenty two 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.840 years old. So Tovar is a player. Great environment, the 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:45.440 OBP probably gonna lag behind a little bit, but I 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:47.280 think there's a lot of room to improve in banning average. 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:48.600