WEBVTT - The 2025 Fantasy Baseball All-Sleeper Team (Ep. 948) 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:08.240 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy pros MLB. This is the 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:11.000 Fantasy Baseball podcast. It is me, Joey p Joe Pi's 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:14.280 with me is the Welsh. We've got real baseball happening 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:17.040 in less than twelve hours from now. Of us recording 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:21.119 is incredibly important, perhaps some might say even the most 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:24.000 important show of the season. That's right, it's the all 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:26.400 sleeper team. We're gonna talk about this and Welsh. This 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:30.240 feels right. We're talking about sleepers baseball. That counts as back. 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:32.600 Royce Lewis is hurt. It feels like we're in the 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:33.320 thick of the season. 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:36.440 Everything is normal. You're one hundred percent right about that. 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:39.040 Someone had a friend texts me like, oh man, it's 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.640 March and Royce Lewis gets hurt. It's baseball season. I'm like, yeah, 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:46.000 he gets hurt in March, April, May, June, July. It 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:48.120 all seems about the same. But you're one hundred percent rights. 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.760 People are watching this. We should have our first game 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:53.640 just like we all love it, our first game on 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.960 the West Coast being played at three thirty am. The 0:00:57.600 --> 0:01:01.400 great reasons why ESPN, you know, really fought hard to 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:03.840 re up that deal. With MLB, but yes it is 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:07.600 actual baseball. Royce Lewis is hurt. All is kind of 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:08.280 right in the world. 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:10.520 I saw an amazing stat this morning when I got up, 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.760 I was going to the gym and I heard I 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:15.880 heard this come through there where it was twenty four 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:19.600 games I think combined, where Carlos Corea, Byron Buxton and 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:21.320 Royce Lewis were all on the field at the same 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:23.919 time last year for the Twins. By the way, kids, 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:25.720 the Twins are still at the top of the board 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:29.240 for that division. I don't understand why the Cleveland Guardians 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:31.160 eighty two and a half is the win total last 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.200 year they won ninety three games. Are they ten games 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:36.160 worse than last year? I don't think so. Smash that over. 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.960 It's still plus. That's from Uncle Joey. Let's get into 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.559 the all sleeper team here. Where we got the catcher, 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:43.559 we got the infield, we got three outfielders, a couple 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:46.360 starting pitchers, and of course a relief pitcher. We're going 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:48.760 to go through these names on our list, but we 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:50.560 love to hear from you too, so make sure you 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.160 give us your favorite sleepers. Drop them into comments below, 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:55.520 and while you do it, subscribe to the channel, because 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:57.360 we're trying to get to twenty five thousand before opening 0:01:57.440 --> 0:01:59.480 day and we're getting real close, and we could do 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.600 it with your help. And remember there's cool stuff too. 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.720 We're giving away a John Smoltz signed Braves Jersey. 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Yeah. 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.880 Also, thinking about this last year on this show that 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:43.760 we did, we ha's some pretty great names and if 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.640 you think back to the you know, the names and 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.840 the values we had. Jaron Duran was on this as 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:53.240 Jackson Merrill, I believe was on my sleeper list at 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:56.560 that time, so you know, we didn't hit all of them. 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:59.480 Of course, I probably had the all bust team of 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:01.840 Logan Gill, which is lol sleeper. 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.440 But we got some. 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:05.600 We got some good ones today and I just want 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:07.640 to let everybody know I'm going to go deeper on this. 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:09.920 I've kind of bounced around with sleepers. I think the 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.840 term sleeper is always kind of goofy because you know, 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:15.440 there's so much information out there, there's so many people 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:18.080 curating that it's like everybody kind of knows everybody. But 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.720 I don't think the term sleeper has to just be 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:23.720 post four hundred or three hundred players. So I've kind 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.160 of bounced around just to let everybody know some guys 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:28.040 that are even in, like you know, the one fifties 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:30.600 that I think are still being slept on. But today 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:32.839 I went with a deeper list. I think I've got 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:36.200 only one player. I think technically it's two that are 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.440 inside the top two fifty, but one is like right there. 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:42.280 Otherwise we're talking threes and four hundred. This is the 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.000 deep all Welsh sleeper team for me. 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.920 I think I go one sub two hundred ADP guy. 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.400 Everybody else's twos and threes. So let's get after it. 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.760 Let's get after the names, and let's start at the 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:54.560 catcher position. Here, we're going to go around the dime 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.000 in here, Wels, who is your sleeper catcher for twenty 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:57.480 twenty five. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:03:59.440 Well, there's a lot of names I like to draft. 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.320 I think your name is probably the top guy in 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:05.280 the sleeper market. The guy I'm drafting the most and 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.960 the All Welsh team is Austin Wells. Wilson Gatres. Austin Wells, 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:12.280 who I've talked about. Your guy is probably the top 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.000 of the sleeper list. But I got one more for 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:15.760 you in two catcher leagues that I was trying to 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:17.560 take in a lot of spots, and this is a 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:22.200 deeper name. ADP almost in the three hundreds at two ninety, 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.920 probably being held up a little bit by like NFBC. 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:29.120 But I'm going with Joey Bart throwback Joey Bart with 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:32.040 Pittsburgh Pirates, who looks like he's kind of locked in 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:35.120 to be the catcher this year. Obviously they've got Henry Davis. 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:39.039 Henry Davis also can kind of move around play outfield positionally, 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:41.200 But Joey Bart's having a great spring. He's hitting three 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.040 point fifty seven. We're seeing a bunch of power three 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:47.000 homers so far this spring and a six to eight 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:50.680 walk to strikeout ratio, So I mean, you're just seeing really, 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:53.799 really good contact numbers. He's going to be the primary catcher. 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:56.440 He had a pretty good run at the end of 0:04:56.520 --> 0:05:00.400 last season as well, in totally had thirteen homers with 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.000 the two sixty five average in like two hundred and 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:06.680 fifty at bats last season as a whole, so I'm 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.839 really feeling good about that. He ended the season with 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:13.120 a two eighty average post All Star, breaking around just 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:15.720 under two hundred at bats, he had seven homers, two 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:19.080 eighty three p forty OVP. He's carrying a good season, 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.599 a good second half of the season over into a 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:24.560 really good spring on a Pirates team that I think 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:26.960 is kind of sneaky, you know, pending where they end 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.880 up putting him. There's some prime RBI opportunities with guys 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:33.279 like Brian Reynolds and Onnell Cruz. I really like the 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.000 prospects of Joey Bart potentially being able to push to 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:37.520 be a top twelve catcher, if. 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.440 Not in two catcher leagues. He is my sleeper catcher. 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:43.320 I like this one. And I love the post type 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:45.480 guys too. We heard about Joey Bart for so many years, 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:47.640 and sometimes it doesn't work out. You know, it's funny. 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:49.960 I think for a lot of hitters too, getting out 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:51.360 of San Francisco tends to be a good thing. I 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:53.480 always wondered what Brandon Belt would have looked like if 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:55.880 he played somewhere else back in the day, Right, remember 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:56.640 Brandon when he. 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:58.160 Was young enough, because he went and played. I think 0:05:58.200 --> 0:05:59.880 it was like Toronto and I just did no. 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.520 I mean, like like in his prime, like early days, 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:04.080 before all the injuries and stuff. I was like, man, 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:05.680 we can just get this guy out of San Francisco. 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:07.880 What would he look like? Yeah, the Toronto days by Yeah, 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.320 he was a beat up old man. 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:12.000 I can't do the neck thing. He had the biggest nets, 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:12.839 like a giraffe. 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:16.080 Not as much as Mike Glennon, but you know, I digress. 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:18.520 My catcher is Ivan Herrera. No surprise here from the 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:21.360 Saint Louis Cardinals. Talk about a good spring. He's having one, 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.520 hitting three forty eight with a four to eighty four 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:27.400 OBP twelve twenty three ops. He's got a homer in 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:30.520 about thirty one played appearances as of recording this look. 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.640 Last year he hit three hundred three to seventy two OBP. 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:35.720 It's not a joke, it's not a fluke. He was 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:37.320 a two eighty hitter in the minor leagues, a three 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:39.320 ninety two OBP. And I think he could do a 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:42.080 lot worse. Is he gonna have enormous power? No, it's 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.560 not gonna be his game. But especially in roatle leagues 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:47.680 where you're trying to make up some ground and batting average, 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.240 what a great opportunity to do it from the catcher spot, 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:51.720 you know. I mean, you can find some guys that 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:53.880 will hit your twenty home runs at catcher. Finding a 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:56.000 guy who's gonna get three hundred it's a little bit 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:58.520 tougher to find. And now that Hivan Herrera is going 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:00.159 to be the main guy over there, I think he 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.080 is a tremendous selection here. 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.280 Well we hope that's what we hope. The only thing 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.120 that the Cardinals get funky sometime. Pedro Pejas is kind 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:09.600 of floating around there. But like Herrera is the guy. 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:11.560 And as I mentioned, this is a guy that I 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:13.680 would have picked for this had you not, because I 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:17.000 think like his underlying bad skills are going to be 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:20.120 able to hold off Pedro Payos from being like any 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:22.520 any type of the main guy. Well, they need also 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:23.160 just not come. 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.200 In more of the Cardinals later in the show. We'll 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:28.680 talk about that my first basement. And I know we 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.160 you know some leagues he's DH, but I'm going to 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.920 bend the rules a little bit here. The man child, 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.880 Kyle Manzardo. We've been waiting for this guy, you know, 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:39.920 came up through the Tampa system. We talk about, you know, 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:41.960 spring training doesn't mean anything except for the players that 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:44.240 means everything to and I think Kyle Manzarro is one 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:46.440 where it means something. You know, last year he was 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:47.960 really kind of getting his feet wet here with the 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.960 Cleveland Guardians. This year, he's going to be hitting right 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.040 after Jose Ramirez. He's going to have a lot of 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.560 opportunities to drive in runs. Huan's ahead of him as 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:57.400 well in this lineup. This is a good spot here 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:02.160 for Manzardo and soar the spring. The adjustments that he's 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:04.320 made this offseason, He's talked at length about them. I've 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.200 seen a few interviews with Manzarro. They're working hit in 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:09.600 three sixty eight with a ten to seventy three ops 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:12.320 currently three homers and seven RBI. Now he's going to 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:14.800 strike out a little bit, but Welsh, you know, if 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.080 you're looking for some power at the corner spots here 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:20.240 or utility spots depending on your league rules, I think 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.000 Manzardo is a guy that can give that to you. 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:23.720 I could see a path for him to hit twenty 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:25.960 five thirty homers this year. I love the spot in 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.760 the batting order that matters. Who matters to you as 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.480 a sleeper. Potentially, Manzarto is the thirty seventh first basement 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:35.880 off the board three forty seven overall. Who is your 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:39.000 first baseman? Because he is even deeper than mine. 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:40.960 Yeah, this is the deepest play. I've talked a lot 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:42.800 about him. I would have picked common Zarto too. I 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:44.439 think that was a good one. But the guy I've 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.800 been talking a lot about qualifies it's potential in some places, 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:50.280 maybe just outfield, he also does qualify in first base 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:54.040 in some spots. It's Arizona Diamondbacks Peven Smith, and this 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:56.559 has been one I've been pretty vocal about. He has 0:08:56.640 --> 0:09:01.160 got an a four fifty nine. This is eightyp's I 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.319 pulled up I don't remember if this is rank or ADPs, 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.480 but it's post four hundred either way. And I've again 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.000 I've talked at length about, you know, the spot where 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.880 he gets to be the strong side platoon guy. He's 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.960 their new Jock Peterson, and he played like Jock Peterson. 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:21.520 Great contact numbers, high contact rate, good fiftieth percentile evs 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:24.560 of over one hundred versus Righty's, which is the strong 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:25.839 side platoon he'll go against. 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:26.400 Last year, he. 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:30.000 Hit two point eighty two, crushed eight homers in just 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:34.080 over one hundred at bats. He also played appearances. He 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.840 also hit two seventy two in the second half last season. 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:39.280 And as long as they make the commitment to keeping 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:41.880 him in the strong side platoon, which they've pretty much done, 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.360 then you know, if he gets four hundred and fifty 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.120 plate appearances, you might see twenty plus homers out of him. 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:50.640 He's super cheap, he's absolutely free. He might have multi 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:54.440 position qualifications. And the only worry that's out there is 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.680 you've got Randall Gritchick, who's going to play the small 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.000 side platoon. And then if they try to mess around 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:00.599 and if they just say, well you want lords to 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.720 come out of the you know, the outfield, and maybe 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:04.959 DH maybe that takes a few at bats, but it 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:06.920 does seem like they're pretty committed to it. And he's 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:09.800 had a good spring as well. He's hitting two seventy three, 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:13.200 He's got a couple homers, walks and strikeouts are there. 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:15.120 It's just a very solid spring that I think they 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:16.160 feel comfortable with it. 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:17.840 He is three. 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:21.360 Ninety nine, and if he does what Jock Peterson did 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:25.280 last season, we're I mean, we're talking about more than 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.120 doubling his fantasy values. 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:29.760 So he is my deep sleeper at first base this year. 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.200 Let's continue on the diamond second base. Welsh, who do 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:33.199 you have all. 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:34.679 Right over at second base? 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:37.240 Scrolling back to it, I was actually shocked that you 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.360 didn't pick this guy. I am going with Thiro Estrada, 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:44.400 thiro Strada with the Colorado Rockies. I'm glad that you 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.960 left him for me, because you know, picking like deeper 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:48.200 names are not quite there. 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:49.800 Obviously, speaking of guy's right. 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:51.400 You want to get out of San Francisco and see 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:53.800 what they could do in a place like Colorado. I 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.160 mean that's pretty fun. Wasn't stampfl wasn't this one of 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:58.120 his guys? On the U. I want to say, what's 0:10:58.160 --> 0:10:59.040 in Fantasy Fest? Right? 0:10:59.120 --> 0:10:59.840 Yeah, exactly. 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:03.360 He was in my mix. I felt like, well, Frank 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:04.880 talked about him. I don't want to talk about I'm 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:07.160 glad you talked about him because I was gonna pick him. 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.480 But in case you missed it, any of the Fantasy Fest, 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:11.080 you can go back and watch it on the YouTube channel. 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:12.920 We've got all the channel up there now, the playlist 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.280 rather yeah, so that's all available so you can get 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:17.640 if you haven't done any research, you haven't done any work, 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:20.360 you can go watch that for two hours, three hours 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.480 and just get like ready to go for all of 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:24.480 your drafts. Got a great group of guests on there. 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.679 But well, let's get back to estrata, because I know 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:28.640 what Frank was talking about was, Hey, this was a 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.520 guy who was really consistent last year, was very injured. 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:33.839 Now he finds himself in Colorado and all of a 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.680 sudden with a lot more upside and zero cost. 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.719 Well, you talk about previous consistency, so let's throw out 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.480 twenty twenty four, which it's a little bit revisionist, but whatever, 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:45.280 he was injured the previous two seasons he had hit 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.000 fourteen homers. In each of those seasons and stolen more 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:51.280 than twenty bases in both of those seasons. Now go 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:54.480 put him in the friendliest hitting ballpark in all of baseball. 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:58.880 That's a really good sign. This spring also really great. 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:03.280 He's hitting four hundred so far this spring. Solid the 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.480 stolen base He's got a couple stolen bases in there, 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.400 and based on that lineup, yeah, he could hit lower 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:10.959 in it, but there's opportunities where they could pop him 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:12.720 up higher. I think he's gonna be aggressive on the 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:16.200 base paths. He's got an opportunity to be in that lineup, 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:20.480 and if I can get even ten twenty, or if 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:22.040 he plays out how he used to be, you could 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:25.160 be looking at fifteen twenty five at an ADP that 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:29.319 is outside the top three hundred. He's the thirty second 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:35.480 second baseman. It is outside three nineteen. So far, he's free, 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.720 and I think he's a great, great bet. We're not 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:40.319 really chasing stolen bases quite like we used to before, 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:43.200 but second base can get a little eh, it can 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.160 get a little bit questionable when you get deeper. This 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:48.840 is a guy with a full opportunity power potential could 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:51.280 come up in Colorado and there's no reason they're not 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.360 going to steal. You saw Brenton Doyle do it. I 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.240 think you'll see thyro Astrata do it as well. 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:57.679 My second basement is actually not gonna be playing much 0:12:57.679 --> 0:12:59.480 second base this year. He's moving to first base for 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.920 the Detroit Tigers, and he's being drafted currently very late 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:05.760 at two thirty nine overall the twenty third second baseman 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:07.920 going off the board Cold Keith. So he's moving to 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:11.040 first base, knocking Spencer Toorkles and out of that shot 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:14.720 and into now the DH spot. And I just want 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:18.240 to say, you know, the Tigers over the years have 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.240 invested a lot of time, energy and money in Spencer 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:23.760 Toarkles in so if Cold Keith is bouncing him from 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.240 his everyday position, they guess what y'all should be paying 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:26.840 attention to this. 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.199 I'm shocked at Charcolson, by the way, has not been 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:32.080 traded to because they're talking about lah Henry mLOY playing's 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:35.040 backup at first like he's done, he's cook cooked. 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:38.640 Well, we shall see. But right now, Cold Keith's slayd 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.240 to hit fifth right now in that Tiger's lineup, which 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.920 is actually pretty decent because he's going to have this 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:47.080 Riley Green, Glaber, Torres, Kerry Carpenter mix ahead of him. 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:49.200 Lineup placements really good for him. Again, I'm a big 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.240 guy about lineup placement when it comes to productivity in fantasy. 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:54.839 I think it's something that is under discussed a little bit. 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:57.640 And Cold Keith is out an accid. He's sitting three 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:00.559 hundred this spring. If you go back minor league record here, 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.960 three hundred hitter in two hundred and thirty nine games 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:06.680 of the minor leagues, A three eighty two OVP, A 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.920 five twelve slugging. That, my friends, is elite. We're talking 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.200 almost a nine hundred ops right there for Cold Keith. 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.320 So this guy can hit. He is still very young. 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.400 There's still maybe more of a plateau with the power. 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.120 He's got some pop in that bat too. So at 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.560 twenty two, soon to be twenty three years old, Cold 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:23.120 Keith to me makes a lot of sense as a 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.000 sleeper this year. And he gives you a little position flexibility, 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:28.440 right you know, little first base, little second base injuries 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:31.000 are gonna happen, So I love him as a second baseman, 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:33.480 as your middle infield kind of situation there as you're 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:36.480 looking in those formats, but look, just as a bench bat, 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:40.520 even very valuable potential player, you could util you can first. Second, 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:43.240 we'll see how the season goes for him. Next on 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:46.200 my list at third base, Luis Ranguifo of the Los 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:49.400 Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Now Ranguifo all of a sudden 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.040 is getting some good medicals, and that's what we want here. 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.680 That's the I think most important thing is the health 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.080 because we all know if you're not healthy, well you 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:00.240 got nothing. So that is what we're striving for here. 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:02.160 And this is a guy who also qualifies in some 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:05.360 leagues at multiple positions, qualifies the second, qualifies at third. 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:07.360 He was dealing with the hamstring issue, but he's going 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.240 to be on track for opening day. Last year, in 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.360 seventy eight games, he stole twenty four bases, did it 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:15.760 six home runs? If he can give you, let's say, 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:19.400 thirty five steals and a dozen home runs this year, 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.200 and I'm not trying to extrapol eight even ten home runs, 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:24.440 that would be great. But he also at three hundred, 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:26.840 find me guys with batting average with a little bit 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:30.040 of pop and thirty steel upside, and I'm very happy. 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:31.640 I think he is a great guy to slide in. 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:33.560 And it's funny we wash because I'm starting to come 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.520 around to some of these cheaper guys on the Angels, 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:40.760 like Netto, like Rangifo late in drafts because they're productive hitters. 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.240 The Angels are going to score some runs this year. 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:44.640 Even though we don't like the Angels to win a 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.400 ton of games, it doesn't mean they're not useful in fantasy, 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:50.400 and they are dirt cheap at third base. Who made 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:51.880 your all sleeper team, Welsh? 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:53.720 Yeah, I like Luis string Guifa. I think that's a 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:54.320 really good pick. 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:56.040 We just wanted him to be healthy and get out 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:59.560 there and frankly, you know now that you just sparked 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:01.480 it for me sleeper that I'll just throw out there 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.880 for people. Is a guy that could push Luise Ringifo 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:07.000 off a third base, so he's playing other spots. Could 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.600 be Christian Moore. If Christian Moore breaks, sure, he's just 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:10.400 kind of free at this. 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:12.760 Christian Moore and Cam Smith, those are the two guys 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.840 at the hot corner too, especially that if they want 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:18.000 Cam Smith to start taking some balls in the outfield. 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.320 But he qualifies at the third base, like you know, 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.600 those guys are going to enter this season at some 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:26.200 point and maybe than you think to. 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:29.560 Be frank like cam Smith belongs to Joe and Christian 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:31.760 Moore to me like that, like of what we've told 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:34.400 her about those actually would have been really good sleepers 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:34.920 to have here. 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:36.520 So just well we mentioned that on the show, so 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.160 officially they are like the alternate third baseman, but I 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:41.200 wanted to give somebody that, you know, I think it 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.520 was a little more practical. But if you're shooting the 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:46.560 moon here and you're in deeper leagues or those drafted holes, whatever, 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:48.600 and you got to be rostering these guys. 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.200 Yeah, and the guy that I'm picking with the Brewers 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:54.400 is Joey Ortiz. Joey Ortiz also probably not going to 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:56.120 be playing third base, though they're talking about all these 0:16:56.120 --> 0:17:00.000 different like combinations of maybe Orties a short, maybe ad second, 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.040 they can move around, but he's a third baseman from 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:04.920 last season. And Joy Artiz is my pick has had 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:09.160 again not to like pick necessarily on springs and focus 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:10.879 on springs, but we're also not looking at players that 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:11.520 came out of nowhere. 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:11.919 Last year. 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.639 He had eleven homers, eleven stolen bases and kind of 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:18.040 really spattered playing time. He was really bad at the 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:20.560 back half of the season or the what was it, 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:23.760 July and August, we're rough, hitting under two hundred, but 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:25.320