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Speaker 2: A few days ago was the MLB Draft and we

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Speaker 2: are going to start picking it apart. And this is

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Speaker 2: becoming something, you know, more and more important every single

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Speaker 2: year as it passes, because it used to be just

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Speaker 2: the dynasty managers who are interested in the MLB Draft

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Speaker 2: for the most part. You know, back in the day,

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Speaker 2: we went from all these are guys that will be

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Speaker 2: All these are guys I should stash for the second

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Speaker 2: half to oh my god, if I don't know who

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Speaker 1: Going forward into this season.

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Speaker 2: And no, the names already who have already graced their

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Speaker 2: on the MLB stage already, Jack kagleon Nick Kurtz has

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Speaker 2: been terrific. Cam Smith, Ryan Johnson, Christian Moore, and Chase

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Speaker 1: Which I thought was a spectacular cast.

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Speaker 2: We went over and over last year, we did this

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Speaker 2: eighty six draft that was just littered with superstar talent.

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Speaker 2: I feel validated because a lot of that talent's already there,

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Speaker 2: and some of that talent is still on the precipice.

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Speaker 2: But this was a much, I would say, younger draft,

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Speaker 2: especially with position players, not as many college bats at

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Speaker 2: of high school shortstops, and nobody I don't think really

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Speaker 2: like I would say the best college hitter in this draft,

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Speaker 1: Hitters from last year. Would you agree or disagree?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? I know, I think that's probably correct. And this

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Speaker 3: Fourteen of the twenty seven picks were shortstops, which is

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Speaker 3: it's not great because you're lacking college so it's gonna

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Speaker 3: be And you know, I was saying this on CBS broadcast.

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Speaker 3: One of the really telling things is baseball is a

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Speaker 3: repetition game, not just obviously of just swing, swing, swing,

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Speaker 3: high school guys are gonna get pushed even further than before.

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Speaker 3: It's exact opposite of what happened. And the reason behind

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Speaker 3: playing high upside taking that battle. So we're not going

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Speaker 3: not the case. I think timelines are like they want

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Speaker 2: You know how I feel about the college versus the

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Speaker 1: So to me, that's where I would go.

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Speaker 2: Now, this is not a knock on Eli Willitts, who's

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Speaker 2: The top four here was Eli Willetts and then Tyler

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so Willetts was a really interesting one because this,

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Speaker 3: Eli Willets is a very good shortstop. I think there's

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Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, like this was,

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Speaker 3: my problem is. And then Jim Bowden agreed with me

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Speaker 1: They all went.

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Speaker 3: It was all high school shorts up. So I kind

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Speaker 3: But I like Eli Willetts. I think he's a solid player.

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Speaker 3: But it started the kind of chaos of this draft

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Speaker 3: But you know, he's the number two high school shortstop

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Speaker 3: show where they go on first year player. But again,

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Speaker 3: And that's why Kate Anderson would have made a lot

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Anderson reminds me of like almost a Cole Hamill's

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Speaker 2: the lot that I like about Kate Anderson.

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Speaker 3: my favorite landing spot. I thought Kate Anderson dodged a

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Speaker 3: bullet because he didn't go one and oh my god,

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Speaker 3: the angels are on the clock. That's the most terrified

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Speaker 3: the angels. They're not going to develop anybody. They're going

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Speaker 3: to throw you up there. Kate Anderson has got a

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Speaker 3: slew of solid pitches. It's a good fastball. There's some

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Speaker 2: I like the Freed comp too. Gef somewhere in the

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Speaker 2: And I do think he's gonna be a guy that

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Speaker 2: You see that little Trevor Bauer And oh yeah, I know,

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Speaker 2: But speaking of guys with fire, and then Liam Doyle

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Speaker 1: You know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: I do think he'll be an closer at some point.

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Speaker 2: So if you can harness all of that attitude and

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Speaker 1: Old, now stop it.

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Speaker 2: Grow up a little bit and bad on the Tennessee

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Speaker 2: So I did not love this selection here by the Cardinals,

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Speaker 2: to be honest with you, Seth Hernandez. Another interesting selection

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Speaker 1: I want to say it right, Is it iv a arquette?

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Speaker 1: Am I saying it correctly?

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Speaker 3: I have a arquette?

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Speaker 1: It is Iva?

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Speaker 2: Okay, now I've arquette. Everybody said it's the best college bat.

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Speaker 2: That's not a guy that jump off the page to me.

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Speaker 2: I watched him a ton. Jojo Parker also didn't really

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Speaker 2: jump off the page. Steele Hall, Billy Carlson, all these

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Speaker 2: To me this first round, if you're looking dynasty wise,

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Speaker 2: Holiday Anderson, that's where I'm putting my capital behind Welsh.

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Speaker 2: What'd you make of the rest of this top ten

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll just give you just a couple like quick

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Speaker 3: little anecdotal things. Liam Doyle best fastball in the draft.

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Speaker 3: He led college baseball in k per nine thirty four

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Speaker 3: whether there's maturity or not. Seth Rnandez is one of

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Speaker 3: best changeup in this entire draft, him or Brimner, they're

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Speaker 3: kind of similar. Brimner's maybe the college's version, but you've

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Speaker 3: that's interesting, but it's risky. I've Arquette is the guy

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Speaker 3: I told you I talked with Travis Bizana about. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: he lacks some of the upside, but he is like

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Speaker 3: I think at the end of the day, he's still

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Speaker 3: Colson Montgomery. So I like him. I've got him pretty high.

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Speaker 3: Jojo Parker is probably the most well balanced of the

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Speaker 3: high school guys that where Eli Willitts has a lot

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Speaker 3: that power, but he doesn't quite have the speed. Ethan

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Speaker 3: pretty good. I'm not as high on Steel Hall and

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Speaker 3: Billy Carlson. Billy Carlson's a plus defender. I think his

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Speaker 3: where they went in the draft. But yeah, I think

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Speaker 3: I have a Arquette. I might move I've Arkette down

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Speaker 3: a little bit when we get to first year player.

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Speaker 3: But as a college bat, like, he's a dude, he

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Speaker 1: He's not Caglio, and he ain't Cam Smith.

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Speaker 3: He might be Cam Smith, though I disagree. I think

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Speaker 3: he could be Cam Smith.

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Speaker 1: Well, there's a respectfully disagree there on that one. But

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Speaker 2: I'm just saying, like I saw Cam Smith, he jumped

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Speaker 3: Ninety three point four average exit veloss city one oh

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Speaker 2: All Right, there is a guy, though, who did go

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Speaker 2: in the next grouping here that I really like. So

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Speaker 2: let's take a look at the guys here outside the

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Speaker 2: I like the most personally, Andrew Fisher Milwaukee.

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Speaker 1: I think got themselves a dude here. I love this kid.

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Speaker 2: He has the ball hard, he's got a major league physique,

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Speaker 2: already played for Tennessee last year if he didn't watch

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Speaker 2: You know, it's out. I love that left handed strokes.

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Speaker 2: tell you something, dude, that's the guy that I went.

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Speaker 2: Wherever this guy lands, I'm going to be investing in

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Speaker 1: To rise through the ranks pretty quickly.

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Speaker 2: I'd love to hear your thoughts on Fisher and this

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so Fisher is super interesting. I'm kind of torn

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Speaker 3: He's spoiler. He didn't make to my top fifteen, but

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Speaker 3: I think he's run on the press office. I think

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Speaker 3: bat speed, good power. Data Wise, in college, he had

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Speaker 3: the best of the first rounders EV ninety five plus,

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Speaker 3: so he had a sixty two percent rate where he

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Speaker 3: His contact in the zone was around eighty four percent,

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Speaker 3: that's well above average. He also pulled the ball in

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Speaker 2: He has advanced physically, Like you look at some of

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Speaker 2: this kid looks like he plays already for the Milwaukee Brewer.

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Speaker 2: I mean yeah, and not like in a big way

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Speaker 3: I wish, yeah, I wish I had his batspeed data because

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Speaker 3: it's pretty sick. The rest of these guys just some

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Speaker 3: He went to the Athletics. He's got a problem. It's

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna just give you a preview case on Cunningham

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Speaker 1: He could be.

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Speaker 3: He could end up being one of the best in

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Speaker 2: I let all that I'm not a diamond I don't

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Speaker 1: You know that.

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Speaker 3: I love this little bit. He looks like Jose Ramirez

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Speaker 3: The Baltimore Orioles ended up having one of the best drafts.

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Speaker 3: They got four players that I think were top twenty

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Speaker 2: Yeah, some definite names there, and I agree with you

434
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,600
Speaker 2: that Witherspoon, Cunningham, those are two guys that also stood

435
00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,240
Speaker 2: out to me. All right, let's take a look at

436
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,760
Speaker 2: the latter part of the first round as well. Xavier

437
00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,040
Speaker 2: Naans goes first, and then we have all the way

438
00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,639
Speaker 2: down to Jace Lovelata twenty seven.

439
00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,679
Speaker 1: Gage Wood, who put up a huge performance not that

440
00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:54,160
Speaker 1: long ago.

441
00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,280
Speaker 2: Was it the twenty strikeout no hitter or something to that,

442
00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:57,639
Speaker 2: nineteen strikeouts whatever it was.

443
00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,280
Speaker 3: Strikeout again.

444
00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,600
Speaker 2: I love this guy, competitor when he went to the Phillies,

445
00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,920
Speaker 2: I went yes, because you talk about a guy in

446
00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,440
Speaker 2: a landing spot in terms of a town that's going

447
00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:08,960
Speaker 2: to embrace him if he gets there.

448
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,760
Speaker 1: That sort. See, gage Wood has the intensity I love.

449
00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,199
Speaker 2: Whereas if you look a little earlier here, you know,

450
00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,479
Speaker 2: when I go back and talk about Liam Doyle, he

451
00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,440
Speaker 2: has the intensity that worries the hell out of me.

452
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,120
Speaker 2: And I think there's just a it's a different sort

453
00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,080
Speaker 2: of animal, it's a different sort of dude you're dealing with,

454
00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:26,320
Speaker 2: and intensity is good, which you got to.

455
00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:27,320
Speaker 1: Be able to focus it a little bit.

456
00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,119
Speaker 2: I thought the Phillies got to steal here, not just

457
00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,159
Speaker 2: because of that performance, but when you look at some

458
00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:34,439
Speaker 2: of the other data that he had, it was all

459
00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,160
Speaker 2: very good there. So they have a bright young future.

460
00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,440
Speaker 2: They've got Painter, they've got Mike Able and now would

461
00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:43,080
Speaker 2: coming in this rotation the years ahead, the Phillies have

462
00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,520
Speaker 2: had some great starting pitching, and they've been able to

463
00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:47,960
Speaker 2: acquire a bunch of starting pitching. And I thought this

464
00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,399
Speaker 2: was a great job by the Phillies. What other picks

465
00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,520
Speaker 2: stood out to you here in this draft in the

466
00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:53,280
Speaker 2: latter part.

467
00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:54,879
Speaker 3: Yeah, I got a couple. I do just want to

468
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,000
Speaker 3: say on gage Wood, I completely agree. The only thing

469
00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,600
Speaker 3: is I took the him going twenty six as a

470
00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,879
Speaker 3: health issue because he should have gone higher. His stuff

471
00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,440
Speaker 3: is ridiculous. He had a forty five percent with rate

472
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,040
Speaker 3: on his fastball, tons tons of strikes he gets with

473
00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:13,679
Speaker 3: a good spin. He's got a great hard curveball, big slider.

474
00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,840
Speaker 3: Lance Brasdowski had compared him as like a Hunter Brown

475
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,480
Speaker 3: type of comp But there's an injury Warriors in there,

476
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,000
Speaker 3: so this might have meant medicals. So I'm with you

477
00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:22,240
Speaker 3: on it.

478
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,199
Speaker 2: I think he's a little physical, I would say a

479
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,399
Speaker 2: little bit stronger.

480
00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:27,480
Speaker 1: You know, Hunter Brown not.

481
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,520
Speaker 3: Quite the strong bol He's a bookier guy.

482
00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:30,920
Speaker 1: He is a bulkier guy. Yeah.

483
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:32,720
Speaker 2: I don't know physically if that's the best comp. But

484
00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,800
Speaker 2: in terms of approach, I actually that that's a good

485
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,840
Speaker 2: comp In terms of approach, he almost comes off as

486
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,119
Speaker 2: like when you watch him pitch, he feels like the

487
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,160
Speaker 2: toughest guy in the locker room.

488
00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,240
Speaker 1: They just like, Hey, why don't you go try to

489
00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,359
Speaker 1: you know, why don't you go pitch? Gage looks like

490
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:48,400
Speaker 1: I could do it?

491
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:49,600
Speaker 3: Kind of looks like a full back.

492
00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, he felt like a Yeah, he's absolutely built more

493
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,280
Speaker 2: like a football player, and he kind of pitches like

494
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,160
Speaker 2: a football player, which I think is a tremendous thing.

495
00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,960
Speaker 2: Like I said, I think he's a great fit for

496
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,440
Speaker 2: Philadelphia in the future. But that's another guy that I'd

497
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,719
Speaker 2: be circling on the dynasty charts here and circling and

498
00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:06,520
Speaker 2: redraft you. I think he's going to get to the

499
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 2: major leagues in a quick fashion.

500
00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,040
Speaker 3: Two other guys that really stand out that I am

501
00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,360
Speaker 3: high on. Xavier Naan's going to the Houston Astros. He's

502
00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 3: a high school shortstop. He's going to be a third

503
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,600
Speaker 3: baseman at the end of the day. Tremendous power some

504
00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,600
Speaker 3: of the best. We're talking like similar ish power to

505
00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,080
Speaker 3: Ethan Holliday. He's a feisty kind of dude too. I

506
00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,639
Speaker 3: like the hit tool. I think he's going to thrive there.

507
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,119
Speaker 3: A lot of people are trying to comp his swing

508
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,080
Speaker 3: to Jordan Alvarez, but I love NaN's I think I'm

509
00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,520
Speaker 3: going to be aggressive on him and jas Lavolette. That's

510
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:40,280
Speaker 3: going to be the most controversial of players here where

511
00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,600
Speaker 3: people are going to end up ranking him because this

512
00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,359
Speaker 3: is a guy that was seen as a potential number

513
00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,600
Speaker 3: one overall player, but then he got hurt and he

514
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:53,000
Speaker 3: is this mixture of strikeouts versus big power. I think

515
00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,359
Speaker 3: he's like a baby CAGs with the type of power

516
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,280
Speaker 3: that he's got. He's got ridiculous stuff. If I can

517
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,000
Speaker 3: pull this up here with some of the at a

518
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:05,640
Speaker 3: Lavolette here, low contact rate, but one of the lowest

519
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,120
Speaker 3: chase rates, so when you're worrying about those strikeouts, that's

520
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,760
Speaker 3: kind of floating out there. He had an over fifty

521
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 3: ninety five plus EV so you know he was consistently

522
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,479
Speaker 3: getting to that one oh seven almost one oh eight

523
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,359
Speaker 3: nineteth percentile exit velocity. So that's just really good if

524
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,720
Speaker 3: you're wondering where it is the best pull rate of

525
00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,960
Speaker 3: all the guys, almost a twenty degree launch angle, So

526
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 3: he is pulling the ball with massive power, which that

527
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,359
Speaker 3: is going to do really well in Cleveland. We know

528
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,280
Speaker 3: that little right handed side in Cleveland, that little wind

529
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,000
Speaker 3: tunnel that's happened that's created this new power potential for players.

530
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,680
Speaker 3: So yes, there's some strikeout issue. There was an injury

531
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,560
Speaker 3: at the beginning of the year that held him back

532
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,720
Speaker 3: and why his batting average was down. I think people

533
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 3: are going to be really torn on him. I'm very

534
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 3: high on him. Uh In my first year player, he

535
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,040
Speaker 3: fell all the way down to twenty seven, and it's

536
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:56,159
Speaker 3: very reminiscent to Chase the latter because the latter was

537
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,320
Speaker 3: an almost first overall pick. He was hurt, Cleveland jumped

538
00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:02,159
Speaker 3: in on him. I really really like Chase Lavalette in

539
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,439
Speaker 3: a weird, bad college class. There is risk with it,

540
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,120
Speaker 3: but this is going to be one of those where

541
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,679
Speaker 3: he is the last pick in the first round, you know,

542
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,359
Speaker 3: the twenty seven picks, and it's compensatory, but I'm going

543
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,439
Speaker 3: to value him a lot higher. So when we get

544
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,400
Speaker 3: to the fantasy board, you guys are going to see

545
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 3: where I differ. But those are two guys that stood

546
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 3: out that went late that I have quite high.

547
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 2: I'm where you are with Lavallette, to be honest, a

548
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:25,720
Speaker 2: little bit of that matt Olsen kind of thing where

549
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,080
Speaker 2: he's very still and then he has almost like that

550
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 2: big long Dolfy swing when he hits the ball.

551
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 1: You know what I mean.

552
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,520
Speaker 2: When he hits home runs, you know that you're just like, oh,

553
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,159
Speaker 2: where'd that come from? So there's like a little like

554
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 2: matt Olsen kind of vibe that he gives me when

555
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 2: I watch him play.

556
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,439
Speaker 3: And also it's two straight years. I just want to

557
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,000
Speaker 3: point out that Cleveland clearly has something they're targeting high,

558
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 3: high pole rate fly ball guys, because Travis Bazana was

559
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,000
Speaker 3: that Travis Bazana pulls the ball like crazy, gets the

560
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,119
Speaker 3: ball in the air and maximizes too. Right field is

561
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 3: a left handed hitter, exact same thing. Number one pole

562
00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,639
Speaker 3: guy almost twenty degree laun Shingle and lava Lette. They've

563
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,760
Speaker 3: got a system they're working with for guys that are

564
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,919
Speaker 3: going to be optimized at the major league level. So

565
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:07,960
Speaker 3: I think he's why. I think he's kind of like

566
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,720
Speaker 3: wildly underrated. You might see some fantasy people put him

567
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,639
Speaker 3: like in the twenties or something like that, simply because

568
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 3: of the strikeout worries. I will not.

569
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:17,119
Speaker 1: I'm with you.

570
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,119
Speaker 2: Look, that's something you can fix and approach. But the

571
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,720
Speaker 2: upsides there clearly. The power is there, clearly. Like I said,

572
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,359
Speaker 2: the stillness reminds me of Olson and then that explosive,

573
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,280
Speaker 2: almost like golfing swing sometimes where he just gets under

574
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,199
Speaker 2: one and it just it just goes for miles.

575
00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,120
Speaker 3: Like some think they might have to fix it. Some

576
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,200
Speaker 3: are out there maybe thinking they have to fix the swing.

577
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 3: I'm not sure that they will either.

578
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,920
Speaker 1: It's you know what, it's not long. It's just graceful.

579
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:40,480
Speaker 1: You know.

580
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,439
Speaker 2: I think there's some kids you look at when you

581
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,280
Speaker 2: watch them, you have a long swing. His is just

582
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 2: he's got you know, it's just a graceful swing, like

583
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,639
Speaker 2: Daryl Strawberry for instance. Like that's a guy that people

584
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 2: would say, oh it's a long swing. It's not a

585
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 2: long swing. It's just an incredibly easy, graceful swing. And

586
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 2: you know, guys with longer arms sometimes just have longer

587
00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 2: swing paths. It doesn't mean they're not getting to the

588
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,639
Speaker 2: baseball quickly. Believe me, Darrel Strubber, I got to the

589
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,480
Speaker 2: baseball very quickly. But I think that's something people tend

590
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,640
Speaker 2: to forget or confuse sometimes when you're watching. There were

591
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,480
Speaker 2: some kids that I watch in this high school grouping

592
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 2: that I thought were, you know, had a long swing

593
00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,880
Speaker 2: that I just think, we're, you know, not real quick

594
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,679
Speaker 2: to the baseball. But I want to get to some

595
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 2: of Welsh's favorites here. So Welsh walk us through this

596
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 2: next board. Here we're going to talk about some of

597
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,760
Speaker 2: your favorite prospects, because again, you know, this is real

598
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,919
Speaker 2: baseball draft. Here we're talking fantasy and how they equate.

599
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,880
Speaker 2: You've got Ethan Holiday up at the top. I could

600
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,359
Speaker 2: not agree more. I think he's gonna get there quickly,

601
00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,399
Speaker 2: and I do think he has the upside even greater

602
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 2: than his brother, who's starting to realize some of his

603
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 2: potential this year.

604
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,920
Speaker 3: So this is my first year player board Top fifteen.

605
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,359
Speaker 3: You guys are listening on an audio. Go to the

606
00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 3: YouTube if you want to see it. I'll also have

607
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,840
Speaker 3: an article on fantasy pros up in the next twenty

608
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 3: four hours where I'm doing some written form, but if

609
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,920
Speaker 3: you do your first year player drafts, I put fifteen

610
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 3: representing a top first round. So these are the top

611
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:56,840
Speaker 3: fifteen guys. I'm gonna listen them all out real quick,

612
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,520
Speaker 3: and then we can pick a couple names. I have

613
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,359
Speaker 3: Ethan Holiday at one. I have an Arc headed to

614
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 3: Kate Anderson at three, Seth Anderson or Seth Hernandez at four,

615
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,960
Speaker 3: Eli Willets at five. I believe that is a tier.

616
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 3: Those can all move around. Number six, Liam Doyle seven,

617
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 3: Jojo Parker, Jays Lavallette at eight, so I mentioned I'm

618
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 3: very high on him, Jamie Arlin at nine, and Xavier

619
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,359
Speaker 3: Naan's is ten. Tyler Bremner, who could be the first

620
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 3: guy to the majors at eleven, Cason Cunningham with the Diamondbacks,

621
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,119
Speaker 3: I absolutely love him, Gavin Fiends with the Texas Rangers

622
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 3: at thirteen, Ike Irish at fourteen, and Gavin Keeline at fifteen.

623
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 3: So that's my top fifteen board. The thing to remember

624
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,320
Speaker 3: is these tiers are bigger. There's a whole lot other

625
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 3: players that are, you know, like that fifteen. I think

626
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 3: it extends out to probably like twenty more players. Andrew

627
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,440
Speaker 3: Fisher is a player that they could jump into there,

628
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,479
Speaker 3: but I have them blocked into tiers. So I personally

629
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,480
Speaker 3: think Ethan Holliday is the top pick. I think I've

630
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 3: already talked to two different people. Chris Cleig likes Eli

631
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 3: Willetts air A Cross likes Jojo Parker. So there's no

632
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 3: consensus right now. We're all over the board. I'm going

633
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 3: with the power, going with the Colorado back, and I

634
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,120
Speaker 3: think it pairs out with the rest of those that top.

635
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,600
Speaker 3: So again, that Tier one is Eli Willis is your

636
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 3: safe pick. Holiday is your dream pick. I have our catch,

637
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,639
Speaker 3: your college proximity pick. But he might lack the upside

638
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:12,879
Speaker 3: and he might need to come down a little bit.

639
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 3: And then if you like pitching, I wouldn't care if

640
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 3: someone took Kate Anderson one because the destination is incredible

641
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,440
Speaker 3: if you're in a points league set as Hernandez might

642
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 3: have some of the best stuff. He's just a high

643
00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 3: school guy that's that kind of block. Anything you want

644
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 3: to hit in that little Tier one block real quick

645
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:27,879
Speaker 3: or we move on to the next.

646
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, No, I like I'd go Holiday one.

647
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 2: I think he's the guy you could build this rebirth

648
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,879
Speaker 2: of the Rockies around, like I honestly do.

649
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 1: I think he could be that good.

650
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Speaker 2: But again, that's going to be a couple of years

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Speaker 2: away because he's a high school kid, so I'm looking

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Speaker 2: out of a three year window for him.

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Speaker 3: To remember, Jackson Holiday did do it in about a

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Speaker 3: year and a half. Yeah, I don't think he will,

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Speaker 3: but I'm just pointing that out.

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Speaker 2: It was too soon, and I think there's something to

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Speaker 2: be learned from that. It's like, look, let's not rush

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Speaker 2: it too much a little bit necessarily. Plus, I don't

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Speaker 2: know what's going to be around him. I think the

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Speaker 2: reason that the Orioles are rushing is because, well, you know,

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Speaker 2: we can compete, and he can help us compete, and

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Speaker 2: we've got all this other young talent. I don't know

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Speaker 2: what the Rockies have. You know, Tolio will see how

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Speaker 2: he goes. It's a couple other guys that are intriguing.

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Speaker 2: Anderson is the safest of the two, like Andrews' is

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Speaker 2: the quickest, He's the safest at Seattle.

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Speaker 1: The question is where's he fits the rotation.

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Speaker 2: I assume Castillo won't be there sooner than later, and

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Speaker 2: that will be the opening spot and he will get there.

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Speaker 1: The only look, I think it's a good list.

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Speaker 2: The only thing is I think Fisher should be on it,

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Speaker 2: and I'm gonna pound the table for him.

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Speaker 1: I like gage Wood too.

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Speaker 2: I think both of those guys, and of course the

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Speaker 2: Orioles did take another catcher, so we can only assume

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Speaker 2: that Cayden Bodein will also be called up this year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah before Basayo, Well.

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Speaker 3: They technically took like two ike Irish played catcher and outfield,

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Speaker 3: so then real quickly if we jump off of it,

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Speaker 3: I want to just get through the rest of these tiers.

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Speaker 3: Of these guys, Tier two is Liam Doyle and Jojo

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Speaker 3: Parker to me again, Jojo Parker's another safe, kind of

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Speaker 3: does a little bit of everything. Bet Liam Doyle. I

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Speaker 3: know you don't love him, but he should be quick

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Speaker 3: to the majors. It's a really big fastball splitter. Tier

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Speaker 3: three opens up. I do have Jayce Lavallette as a

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Speaker 3: top ten pick for college. I'm betting on power. I'm

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Speaker 3: not afraid Jamie Arnold Xavier Naan's with the power. Tyler Bremner.

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Speaker 3: Tyler Bremner is the one we didn't like talk a

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Speaker 3: ton about, but you know he's got a big fastball,

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Speaker 3: big change up. I think they don't feel he needs

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Speaker 3: a lot of work, and that's why he could be

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Speaker 3: with the Angels soon. What things really open up is

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Speaker 3: My last guy in this kind of tier three range

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Speaker 3: is case On Cunningham, who I mentioned, who has got power, contact,

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Speaker 3: doesn't strike out, probably some of the best bat speed

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Speaker 3: of any of these guys. And I think, and by

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Speaker 3: the way, it's he's a shortstop, not a starting pitcher,

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Speaker 3: which is listed on here and it's Arizona, but Keseon

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Speaker 3: Cunningham is like full full of potential, and I think

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Speaker 3: he might be one of the sneakiest, like having a

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Speaker 3: teens pick of all these guys. And it's not just

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Speaker 3: Arizona would have been wherever he would have gone. I

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Speaker 3: liked him. Gavin Fien's is a bunch of power with

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Speaker 3: the Rangers. I know Claiy has got him like top five.

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Speaker 3: And then you end it with a couple of college

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Speaker 3: bats ike irish whether it's catcher outfield, really good exit velocities,

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Speaker 3: really solid college bat in a pretty hitter friendly environment.

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Speaker 3: And Gavin Keelin was mocked many times to the Red Sox.

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Speaker 3: I've got him at shortstop or they drafted him at shortstop.

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Speaker 3: I've got him on this list and the guys that

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Speaker 3: just fell out of it, as you mentioned, you got

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Speaker 3: Andrew Fisher, Kayson Cunningham, a bunch of the high school shortstops.

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Speaker 3: And I think that's the biggest thing that stands out, Joe,

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Speaker 3: is people are going to see, you know, Steel Hall

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Speaker 3: and Daniel Pierce and Billy Carlson. Billy Carlson went ten

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Speaker 3: and they're not in my top fifteen, and I'm lower

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Speaker 3: on them, and it's just I don't know if I

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Speaker 3: feel great about a lot of the upside. But the

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Speaker 3: most important thing out of this is this is a

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Speaker 3: very evolving process. This is the initial rank set if

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Speaker 3: you're a cycle path and you're out doing your first

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Speaker 3: year player, because I know some people are doing the

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Speaker 3: first year player like this week, which is absolutely crazy.

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Speaker 3: But this is an evolving process where some of these guys,

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Speaker 3: these high school guys are going to come out here,

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Speaker 3: some of the college guys are going to get run.

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Speaker 3: Andrew Fisher comes out and just goes to Low A

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Speaker 3: and then it finishes the year at High A and

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Speaker 3: then goes to the AFL. Guess what that's going to

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Speaker 3: be like our version of Dick Kurtz this year. He

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Speaker 3: could fly up board. So understanding the players that could

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Speaker 3: really fly up boards I think is also important. Guys

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Speaker 3: like Fisher, guys like Gage Wood, Ethan Conrad is in

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Speaker 3: that list, and there's just a boatload of high school

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Speaker 3: guys for potential. So my last piece here, as I'm

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Speaker 3: going to kind of write in this article, is that

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Speaker 3: I don't think this is a year where you need

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Speaker 3: to have or trade up into a draft. Like if

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Speaker 3: I can get Ethan Holiday, I'm going to take Ethan

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Speaker 3: Holiday in first year player for Fantasy.

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Speaker 1: I like it.

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Speaker 3: If I want pitching, I really want to probably focus

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Speaker 3: on Kate Anderson. If I had the fourth or fifth pick,

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Speaker 3: this is a decent year to trade back. If I

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Speaker 3: had picks eleven and fifteen and I traded out of

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Speaker 3: four or five, I think I'm getting talent that is

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Speaker 3: on the same general range. If I'm getting case On

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Speaker 3: Cunningham and then let's say Andrew Fisher with those two

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Speaker 3: picks and I traded out, I think you can do it.

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Speaker 3: So acquiring the middle round of picks is important because

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Speaker 3: just because I gave you fifteen, I'm looking here, I

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Speaker 3: legit think the next fifteen to twenty guys could easily

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Speaker 3: be top ten to fifteen players. So having as he

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Speaker 3: picks as possible in a depthy draft that lacks this awesome,

756
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Speaker 3: awesome upside for fantasy, it's just something important to kind

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Speaker 3: of go into. But we'll see how things, you know,

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Speaker 3: materialize and how we get to see some of these

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Speaker 3: guys in the majors. And that's why I also firmly

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Speaker 3: believe you should do your first year player drafts in

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Speaker 3: February next year, just so you've got a much better

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Speaker 3: idea of these guys. Because LOO look at Jack cag Leon.

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Speaker 3: Kag Leon had such a bad rep coming into the

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Speaker 3: draft and then a bad Bridge League and then he

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Speaker 3: became amazing. AFL changed him Nick Kurtz Afl. So you

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Speaker 3: just want to see that taglone.

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Speaker 2: If you watch this show, I mean you were you

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Speaker 2: knew very well my love with Jack Caglio last.

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Speaker 1: Year, and I wasn't hearing any of that noise. And

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Speaker 1: that's what I mean.

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Speaker 2: I tend to push some of that noise away because

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Speaker 2: I think some of that stuff is just a lot

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Speaker 2: of the nonsense that comes in the evaluation process.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes where you get a.

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Speaker 2: Lot of team speak, a lot of agents speak, a

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Speaker 2: lot of nonsense, a lot of this and that it's

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Speaker 2: about money and other things. I'm using the eye tests

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Speaker 2: whilst's using the data. Hopefully we come to a good

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Speaker 2: agreement on some of these quality players.

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Speaker 1: But we want to hear from you.

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Speaker 2: Who is your favorite pick of the twenty twenty five

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Speaker 2: MLB draft. Drop your comments below, subscribe to the channel

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Speaker 2: bring the Bell to Licos Ding, and check out Welsh's

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Speaker 2: work on Fantasypros dot com where he breaks down the

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Speaker 2: entire draft and patience. That's the one thing I would

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Speaker 2: mention here.

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Speaker 3: Patient, especially with this class.

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Speaker 2: Patients with this class is not going to be the

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Speaker 2: instant gratification of last year.

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Speaker 1: It's just not going to be.

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Speaker 2: So take a deep breath, enjoy your dynasty league drafts.

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Speaker 2: And there's a couple guys that I think could be

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Speaker 2: quick risers in the major leagues that'll do it for us.

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Speaker 1: But the story of the game goes on for the Welsh.

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