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Welcome back to 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.920 our two of Fantasy best Friends Forever. Frank Stample joined 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.519 live in studio by Andy Singleton. Make sure you give 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:56.000 him a follow on Twitter at People's ten, People's to 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:59.440 the Z right there in the middle. No, normally this 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:01.480 is the time frame where you would come and watch 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.280 the Fantasy Football Frenzy. So for anyone tuning in who 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:06.759 might be looking for the Fantasy Football Frenzy, that show 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:10.440 is not gone for good. It is unfortunately just gone 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:14.440 for now. I've already shared all my thoughts on quarter 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:16.319 parts and the Fantasy executive early on in the show. 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.920 You go back, you can watch that or you can listen. Um, 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.240 I've I've spoken mc coorey. He's a good buddy of mine. 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:26.360 We're friends. It's nothing but love. But you know, we 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:29.440 we've we've got to move on here. Uh And unfortunately 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:32.440 we're gonna talk fantasy baseball for the next hour. We're 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:34.959 gonna have fun. Um, That's that's really what it comes 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.200 down to. You know. Look, we've been talking about some 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.759 some players that we love for the upcoming season. Yesterday 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:41.760 it was Valentine's Day, so we thought we'd work that 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.039 in there a little bit. Just had Tim McLeod on. 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:47.240 He drafted out of the two hole this week in 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:51.440 the labor Mixed Draft. So we're gonna continue talking about 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:53.040 some of this stuff. I didn't want to get some 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:55.880 random baseball news if that's cool you Andy, that I 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:57.800 noticed over here, I pull up rotal World. See what's 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:01.160 going on in the baseball world. With that right behind 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:04.280 you there there are two silhouettes and two names, one 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.560 of which is yours, none of which a mind. So 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:10.160 whatever you want to do here is I'm a nice guy, Andy, 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:11.760 you know I want to keep you in mind. I'm 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.639 not just gonna you know, I'm I'm just a film BFF. 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:16.720 So whatever you want to do, I'll go with him. Man, 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.000 you're a third BFF, you're you know, four or fourth 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.040 outfield of fourth BFF, whatever you want to be. I 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:25.120 see this report here. John Hayman of LB Network reports 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.720 that the Angels are showing interest in Mike Mustock. Is 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:32.120 pretty interesting here because Michael Mustocks, to me, strikes me 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:37.200 as a guy who's undervalued every single season and you 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.400 can't land work. I mean, I understand that it's a 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:41.760 slow moving free agent market right now, Like all right, 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.560 if we're talking about not moving not finding work, you know, 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:46.840 Bryce Harper and Manny Matado are are the head of that, 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:48.440 and I don't think it's a case that they can't 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:51.480 find work. It's just there's a lot of moving parts 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.520 between those two guys trying to find context tracks right now. 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:56.560 They want to make three million dollars. They want to 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:59.880 get you know, they want ten year contracts, So it's tough. 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.240 Mike Mustock is to me, he's not looking for that. 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:04.120 You know, the guy you know wants to get paid, 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.280 whether it's a one on two year, three year, three 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.480 year deal, and I think he deserves it. Andy Uh 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.840 moving over too if he can sign on with the 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:16.799 Angels here, I'm in um yeah. Like I know, it's 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.079 not the greatest hitting environment out there in Los Angeles, 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:23.280 but he's produced thirty plus home run seasons in Kaufman 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:26.919 Stadium and in Kansas City, so that's not a great 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:30.560 better hitter's ballpark either. If he joins the lineup with 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:33.960 Mike Trout and you know Otani whenever he's back, and 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:37.080 justin Upton and all right, Albert Pools isn't the player 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:39.600 that he once was, but I can get on board 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:44.200 with that man. I like Moustaks. I don't dislike him. 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:46.000 I'm just trying to wrap my head around where where 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:48.320 does he play? Because I think the big achilles Heel 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:51.760 for the Angels is having Albert pool Holes and your 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:53.480 d H spot is gonna be locked up. So he 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:56.480 went and you got Zach Cozart last year. You still 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:59.880 have Simmons there. So where does Moustakis exactly fit into 0:03:59.920 --> 0:04:02.240 the equation? I think he would probably move that Cosart 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:05.080 the second base. As of right now, they have David 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:09.440 Fletcher in there, okay, and he makes a lot of contacts. 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:12.600 You also got and they don't have the best farm system, 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:15.120 but one of the more exciting guys in their system 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.880 is Louis Regifo, who's coming up as a shortstop, who 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:20.279 you know, you might be able to plug in the 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.120 second and get some speed and some average out of 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.839 that and and you know, juice up the the fan 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:27.839 base if you will. Um. So you know, if you 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:29.760 if you're gonna move now cos art the second you 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:33.560 kind of you kind of stall that progress from happening 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:36.880 is basically ready to come to the majors. But like 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:38.760 I said, you still got Simmons there, so he's he's 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:42.520 probably not gonna supplant him a short I don't dislike 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:45.240 Mustakas in any lineup. I mean, given what we've seen, 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:47.800 it can be. But I just feel like he's kind 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.960 of like what they already have there. Um, maybe better 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.880 than what they have there, but not so much better 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:57.479 that it's worth adding the headache of Okay, how do 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:59.280 we how do we you know, how do we make 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:01.600 this line of work? Now? Well, it's better than him 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:03.599 going back to Milwaukee, right, Like, that's the only thing 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.560 that I've seen. If he goes back to Milwaukee, it's 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.440 a great hitters park. But then what do we do? 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.000 Are we really doing Travis Shaw at second base every day? Again, 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.080 is that what they're gonna do? If they If if Milwaukee, 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:16.720 then the San Diego Padres and the Angels are really 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:19.320 the only three teams that I've actively heard come out 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:21.520 and have interest in Michael Stokis. I don't really get 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.840 it because I think he's above average defender as well. Yeah, 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:28.039 and and again, like I said, it could make the 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.320 lineup better, But how much better are we talking? We're 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.520 talking about it going from you know, like I'm looking 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:37.280 at that thirty eight home run season with Kansas City, Yeah, 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:41.839 two years removed from that though last year, right, and 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:45.159 that was I think I think that I think that 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:48.240 he could be a thirty home run bad he's a 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:50.200 thirty home run guck. You're getting him at a pretty 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:51.680 good price right now. I mean, let's look at where 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:53.800 you went in this. In the labor draft, he went 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:57.200 in the eleventh round. He went at pick four. You know, 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:00.240 he went behind I know, you like Raphael dead Verse. 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:03.440 This year he also went after Justin Turner and match Having, 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:05.479 but those guys went two rounds earlier. The next third 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:07.680 basement that went after him was Eduardo Escobar and that 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:10.520 was two rounds later, So I think I think you're 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.040 gonna have met a pretty good value right now. That's 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:16.239 Michael stock Is, who's going in the eleventh round before 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.680 we get before we get back into this labor draft. Well, 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:19.840 we'll do that a little bit later on the show. 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:20.960 I didn want to touch on a few more of 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:24.039 these players Andy, that we had that we had touted 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:27.240 as our Valentine's Day are are sweethearts, the guys that 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:31.400 we that we love heading into the season. If you 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:33.880 watched the Fantasy Best Friends Forever or listened over the 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.960 past couple of years, you know that I have been 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.880 the front of the bandwagon when it comes to Joe Muskro. 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:46.320 Joe Musgrow is my guy. We've chanted, We've hit him 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.359 up to try and get him on the show. Unfortunately declined. 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:51.960 He actually never answered, so I can't say that he 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:54.719 did that. He declined, but everyone's kind of buying in 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:56.479 on Joe must Grow, and I just wanted to be 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:59.760 known that I was one of the first ones there. 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.600 But in Pittsburgh, I think that there was a lot 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.200 that we saw last year to be excited about Andy. 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.479 I know Matt Modica is also on Joe Muscrove. I 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:10.600 know a lot of people are buying in here. He's 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:14.200 always had elite control, elite command. He doesn't walk a 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:15.680 lot of guys, and I think we saw in the 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.880 second half last year he started to miss a few 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.000 bats as well. He started to miss some more bats 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.960 and get that strikeout right up a little bit. I 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.320 don't know that he's ever going to be a strikeout 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:28.040 for any kind of guy, but I think that he 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.400 could be between eight and nine case per nine and 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:33.400 give you good to command and also get grabbing balls. 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:36.240 He throws like three or four different types of fastballs. 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.680 He also worked in He worked in a cutter last year. 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:43.080 That was that was That was pretty awesome. He has 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:46.000 a changeup. So I'm I'm excited about Joe muscro Man. 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.720 I think that you know, we spoke about Soroka. I 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:50.400 think Joe Musgrove was another one of these guys that 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.680 has top thirty starting pitcher upside yes, So I want 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.400 to definitely want to get into must Grove, and we 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:57.880 have to get into his teammate Josh Bell, who they're 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:00.280 they're begging for us to touch on in the comments action, 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:01.840 so we'll get to that as well. But one last 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:05.080 point about mustakas before we put him to rest. One 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.840 thing that really adds to his his profile. Mustaka is 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:10.960 going back to him instruction being the third basement is 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:14.000 the left handed bat, which can help any lineup. So 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.320 I think that that works in his favor as you're 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:18.840 talking about anywhere and any team that signs was gonna 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:22.080 be better for it. But how he fits into that lineup? Um, anyway, 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:24.160 going back to must Growth, this guy is he's a 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:28.040 big dude and he throws throw something like six pitches. 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.320 I know he's you know, settled in on on you know, 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:32.880 his main arsenal and staple. But this is the guy 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:36.320 was really excited about when the Pirates got him in 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:39.120 the return for Derek Cole. I love him in Houston 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:42.200 a couple of years ago. He's kind of that mid 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:47.200 rotation bullpen kind of you know, the long the long 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:52.559 role in Houston. Then moves to Pittsburgh and seemingly should 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:54.520 have a spot in the rotation. The one question I 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:57.439 have about Pittsburgh, and all my way over to the 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.800 studio today, tweeted this out. Everybody seems to be high 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:04.640 on the Pirates rotation from Archer to Tay on too 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:08.160 must Grove to Trevor Williams, to Kingdom to to niche 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:10.280 Keller to I mean, I just named six pictures that 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:14.400 the Pirates have that people are enamorate, and four or 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:16.680 five of them are getting drafted the majority of draft. 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:20.160 But where is the offense coming from. I'm really concerned 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:24.319 about this. The run support for these Pirates pitchers. M 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.840 I mentioned this when we covered Jamison tayan in in 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:31.960 our Baseball Show preview. I love what they can do individually, 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.560 but I've a huge the Grand fan as people know, 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:37.800 and I've just seen it too many times with Jacob 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.160 to Graham that the guy goes out and throws the 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.080 gym and then the team just doesn't give him any 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:44.960 run support and lets him down. I'm not I'm not. 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:48.240 I mean, Yank, I know I'm wearing at colors, but anyway, um, 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:52.080 that really that really has traumatized me when it comes 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.960 to starting pitchers and seeing I don't you know tayan 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.000 could go out and throw eight innings and give up nothing, 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:00.719 but other Pirates gonna even score one run for him. 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:03.959 Where You're getting great stuff from that picture, but is 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.560 it enough? And and the margin for error is so 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.920 slim that it's scaring me away from pirates pictures, and 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:14.560 and it goes back to about must Grove. What's his uh, 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:18.560 what's his ADP right now? No, must Groves ADP right 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.240 now is to nin nineteen. I mean at that at 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.839 that price, like you, you have to. He's climbing draft boards. 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:28.360 People are getting excited about Joe Musgrove. He's going how 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.319 about this, he's going right after, He's going right around 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.840 Forest Whitley. How many endings as Forest Whitley gonna give 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:36.120 you this year? Wow? I mean he he's he's got 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.320 to lead stuff. I can't deny that. Well, we're talking 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:42.200 about hot but realistically, how how many endings is he 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:44.840 gonna give you? We're talking about sus Lazardo before and 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.120 and wondering when he's gonna come up for ast Whitley's 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:49.280 in that same range. Let's say they both come up 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:52.560 May first. I think Whitley's gonna give you more than Lozardo, 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:54.720 but I think Lozardo will likely get you more innings. 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:56.760 I don't know that Whitley factors in. I mean, you 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:59.080 look at the other guys the Astros have with Josh 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:00.640 James and not to get off on a tangent here. 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:02.959 I mean, look, they have Josh James, they signed Wade Miley, 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.680 they still have Colin mqugh. They're starting, They're they're trying 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.400 to stretch out Brad Peacock as well. They have a 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.360 lot of options in Houston. Yeah, so I I agree it. 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:16.520 So when are you talking about the startable must Grove right? Um? 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:20.200 Yeah to nineteen? How can you not? But again I 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:23.200 worry about that pirate staff. My my logic with Musgrove 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:24.800 would be these who draft him, hope he gets off 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:26.320 to a good start and then try to move him 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:34.079 and and cash. No, yes, no, we draft Joe must Grove. 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:37.280 We don't draft, trade Joe Mustgrove, draft in trade, not 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:40.760 draft in all, draft and trade. It's not trade Joe 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.960 mustgro Draft Joe muskgro and then trade him and then 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.920 trade him. Look, if Pittsburgh is one of these organizations 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:50.160 where I feel like their lineup ever looks that great, 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.360 but they just kind of figure it out. No, if 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:56.079 you didn't think they have Adam, this is what roster 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:59.840 Resource has. Adam Fraser, Starling, Marte, Corey Dickerson, Francisco Savelli, 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.600 Colin Moran, Josh Bell, Lannie chose in't Hall Lannie Baseball 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:06.480 and Eric Zalaz. It's not great. And they have Jungle 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:09.520 Gan on the bench. And you know, actually, I'm really 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:11.320 excited about Elias t S. I was hoping that they 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:13.920 would trade away Francisco Savelli so that Elias T. S 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:16.400 would would have the opportunity to start every day. See 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.560 those those are words that should not be uttered in 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:22.120 the Fantasy Baseball preview show. I was excited about Elias 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:24.960 d and two catcher leagues. It's it's a terrible position. 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.520 You just mentioned, though you weren't who wants to walk 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:32.680 the pirates lineup? Never really got you excited. If that 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:34.760 was the case. Polanco will be back at some point, right, 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:36.600 But if that was the case, this is even worse. 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.079 This is even worse than what has been and and 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:40.640 it didn't get you excited in the past. And we're 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.360 talking about uh, you know, when McCutchen was there, and 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.600 and and Plancos. They find Bells there. They wanted us 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:48.920 to talk about Bell. So let's get into Josh Bell. 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:52.480 Let's he's actually uh, he's a favorite. He's the first 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:56.480 base breakout candidate for our own Christmas venture. Your boy 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.440 he loves Josh Bell because he he also plays in 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:02.240 points leagues and he's looking at the plate discipline and 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:04.319 look at look at Josh Bell, and in his major 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.520 league career he is a twelve percent walk. Great, the 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:08.679 guy has a great eye. He doesn't strike out all 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:12.600 that much for points leagues. I can get behind it, sure, Rodo. 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:14.840 I mean, I don't know what the heck of the 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:18.120 guy is gonna give you, to be honest, because he's 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.640 gonna be a two sixty batting average guy. He gave 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.240 you twenty six home runs in seventeen. He only gave 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.360 you twelve last year. The twelve last year is actually 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:28.800 a lot closer to what his minor league profile suggested 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:30.480 that he was gonna be. Was that he was gonna 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:32.520 be a line drive hitter. He was gonna be doubles, 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:34.120 he was gonna walk a lot, he was gonna give 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.040 you good plate discipline, he whin was gonna strike out. 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.480 The twenty six home runs in to me kind of 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:43.400 stands out as an outlier because that didn't really mesh 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.800 with his minor league profile very much. So if I 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.640 were just projecting Josh Bell for this year, I would 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:52.920 say two sixty to seventy batting average with a very 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:56.520 good ov P, you know, three sixty three seventy ov P, 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:58.400 Like I think it's ov P is gonna be upwards 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.000 of a hundred point higher than his batting average. But 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:08.760 the counting stats home runs, seventy five runs scored, seventy 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:10.960 five r bi. Is that a fair projection for Josh Bell? 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:14.560 It is? And and the problem with Josh Ball is 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:18.199 he mentioned the walk right. He has and multiple seasons 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.160 walked more than he struck out, which is great. You 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:22.480 love to see that, but it's almost like it works 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.600 against him, like he's too patient. He's six four to 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.000 thirty five. I want to see that guy swinging about 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.240 Joey vatdo for how many years now? But Joe Vaddo 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:31.640 will put the ball in play as well. I mean, 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:34.880 he had he disciplined. It seems like he wants to 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.320 get a walk more than he wants to try to 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.120 get wood on the ball, and and that goes against him. 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:42.960 So I want to see him swinging bat more. I 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.240 gladly take a few more strikeouts to see if he 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:46.960 can get the bat on the ball and put it 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:48.560 out of the park with that huge frame, he's got 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.080 that's it just makes no sense. He's in an enigma 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:54.360 and with that plate discipline, you'd think the average would 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:55.840 be higher. It was great in the minors, he was 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:59.440 a three. It just hasn't translated. So uh he he, 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:01.360 you know, he might be one of these late bloomers. 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:04.480 We talked about Luke Voit yesterday at great length and 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.520 how he kind of, you know, was a quad A 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.400 guy where he's great a triple A and it wasn't 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:11.560 so great. Well, this guy's had the opportunity. Maybe maybe 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:13.600 a little too young, maybe he's twenty six this year. 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:17.160 I'm not totally off Josh Bell. I know Matt Moldiica 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:19.400 a good friend of the show. You've mentioned him several 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.960 times today. Uh, he's big on Josh Bell in the 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.160 later rounds, just as a as a late stash guy. 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:26.920 Uh thinks he you know, he's he's gonna put it 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.880 together this season. I'm not totally off that because he's 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:33.440 not gonna kill he's not gonna hurt you. But um 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.520 as on your betch he's not gonna hurt you on 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:37.600 your beat as my starting c I like, I don't 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.720 want him as my starting corner. Infielder. If there was 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:42.360 ever an age where he can do something that we 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.080 haven't really and if we can't really project, it would 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.080 be twenty six. It would be like right now. Two 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.360 years ago he hit twenty six runs. He had a 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.600 home run the ball ratio, and his other two uh 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:55.280 seasons that he's been in the major leagues he's had 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:57.400 a nine point four percent home run the flyball ratio 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:00.320 and a nine point two percent home run to flyball race. Shoot. 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:02.640 So you tell me which one is the outlier. Well, 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:04.920 listen season when he hit six home runs. I'm gonna 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:06.920 keep repeating it over and over and over again. First 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.800 base is weak. He's the twenty six first basem being drafted. 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.520 He's going right around Tyler White. I'd rather have Tyler White. 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:16.080 I'd rather have Josh Bell come on, playing time, playing time, 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:20.640 playing times there. But talent always wins out too. I'll 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:22.880 take the talent. I'll take. Look, you're bashing the Pirates 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:25.200 line up. I'm taking the Astros lineup here, you're right there. 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:29.600 I actually probably take Peter Alonso, who's going right after. 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:32.960 He was the name that I saw. You've you've worked 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:35.560 a lot with you know, trying to project prospects and stuff, 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:41.000 doing everything that they could to block Peter Alonso. Uh, 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:44.040 is he gonna be up May one? I don't know 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:46.680 who knows what the Mets are gonna do. I think 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:48.960 he's I think Tim Tebow might be up before Peter Alonso. 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:50.920 I think he's up May first. I think he's up 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:55.000 May first, think Alonso. Yeah, but you mentioned projecting prospects 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.320 and Josh Bell, wh who they started with. He's a miss. 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.720 He's a clear miss. All signs pointed to Josh Bell. 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.800 Be somebody with that frame, that plate discipline, was gonna 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:04.800 be somebody who's gonna get you twenty five homers at 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:09.320 minimum in the two north average he did in seen. 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:10.919 Is it impossible for him to get back to that. 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.280 I don't think so. But you know, he's he's got 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:14.600 to lift the ball a little bit more. He's gotta 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:16.320 be a little bit more aggressive. He's gotta swing the back. 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:20.720 So the average also dropped. He was we come back. 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:23.479 We'll continue talking about some players for the upcoming fantasy 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:26.240 baseball season. It's the Fantasy Best Friends Forever. 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