Speaker 1: I was sitting there in the room when the ping
Speaker 1: pong balls and you got to about that last ping
Speaker 1: bug ball, and you could see Ethan Purser, who was
Speaker 1: there and for representing the Guardians, like, I think he's
Speaker 1: figuring out that this could happen here.
Speaker 2: Number one overall pick, number one overall prospect in the
Speaker 2: Cleveland Guardians organization. Let's talk about Travis Bozana. It's a
Speaker 2: Baseball America Prospect profile. Scottpro On, JJ Cooper, Jeff Ponce,
Speaker 2: Jeff number one overall pick by Cleveland and they were
Speaker 2: pumped at the first pick because it's a pretty good
Speaker 2: team that ended up making it to the ALCS. So
Speaker 2: will we see Travis Bozana contributing to this team in
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five? You know, I like to hit you
Speaker 2: with the hard hitters right off the jump.
Speaker 3: I'd say, if there's one spot in that infield that
Speaker 3: seems to have a hole at this point, at least
Speaker 3: long term, it's probably second base. And I wouldn't be
Speaker 3: shocked that, you know, if Bizanna hits the way he
Speaker 3: did for three years at Oregon State early on in
Speaker 3: the minor league season this year, that you know, maybe
Speaker 3: by August. Certainly by September he'll probably see some time
Speaker 3: with the Guardians. I think when you look at the
Speaker 3: player overall, just an absolute master of his craft when
Speaker 3: it comes to hitting, and I think the work and
Speaker 3: just the work ethic sort of the stuff behind it,
Speaker 3: his understanding of who he is as a hitter. I've
Speaker 3: written about this before. He's really into the numbers. He
Speaker 3: really knows, you know, what he wants to do and
Speaker 3: the type of hitter that he wants to become. What
Speaker 3: he is is he's somebody that that pairs and sort
Speaker 3: of blends really excellent bats of ball skills with really
Speaker 3: good approach and the ability to hit for some power
Speaker 3: despite being sort of a hit tool. First player, you
Speaker 3: know is looking to pull the ball in the air consistently,
Speaker 3: you know, get his swing at a point that he
Speaker 3: can consistently backspin the ball and get the most out
Speaker 3: of his power. He knows he's not the biggest guy
Speaker 3: in the planet, and that, you know, getting into his
Speaker 3: pull side power consistently, particularly on certain types of pitches
Speaker 3: and certain pitch locations, is going to allow him to
Speaker 3: put up the most production, you know, over the course
Speaker 3: of his career. I think just a really good all
Speaker 3: round player. You know, he's not going to play shortstop,
Speaker 3: He's going to play second base. He's really solid there defensively,
Speaker 3: a really good bass steeler as well. I wouldn't say
Speaker 3: quite five tools because it's not a great arm. But
Speaker 3: you know, when we look at this player, particularly from
Speaker 3: the offensive standpoint, I think has a chance to be,
Speaker 3: you know, a multi time All Star and a big
Speaker 3: star in the middle of that order for the Guardians
Speaker 3: for years to come.
Speaker 1: The thing that I just really it just jumps out
Speaker 1: to me about Travis Bizana is I feel very comfortable,
Speaker 1: very confident that he's going to be that kind of
Speaker 1: player who just keeps getting better, who keeps refining, who
Speaker 1: keeps improving, because he is kind of a cage rat.
Speaker 1: He is one of those guys who likes to find
Speaker 1: the challenge, attack it, and get better at it. He
Speaker 1: we saw this in the last year, his last year
Speaker 1: going in his draft year, where it's like, okay, he
Speaker 1: had some things to work on he wanted and Jeff
Speaker 1: just mentioned a couple of where it's like he just
Speaker 1: gets better. He's a guy who's going to spin his offseason.
Speaker 1: I'm kind of excited to see, Okay, what has he
Speaker 1: improve that this year in the offseason, because he looks
Speaker 1: at the offseason as an opportunity to fix, improve, get
Speaker 1: better at something.
Speaker 2: For the next year.
Speaker 1: And those are the kind of guys a lot of times.
Speaker 1: I mean, it could be a balance, right, you don't
Speaker 1: want to overdo it, but those kind of guys are
Speaker 1: the ones who often can make that fourth, fifth, sixth
Speaker 1: adjustment because nowadays in baseball it is point counterpoint. You
Speaker 1: do something, then the pitchers do something else. Then you
Speaker 1: do something else, then they do something else. And he
Speaker 1: has a lot of adaptability, He has a lot of
Speaker 1: baseball aptitude. And Jeff again, like you've seen him for
Speaker 1: years now, he just keeps getting better every time you
Speaker 1: see him, doesn't he.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's the big thing is you know,
Speaker 3: he wanted to add impact. You know, he went to
Speaker 3: drive line, he spent time doing that. He showed improved
Speaker 3: impact that continued to creep up the next year, you know, speed,
Speaker 3: all those sort of things. If there's an element of
Speaker 3: his game, I mean that, you know, potentially a weak point,
Speaker 3: He's somebody that's probably as well versed in that, if
Speaker 3: not more well versed than those that might be actually
Speaker 3: scouting him. You know, he knows the areas that he
Speaker 3: needs to improve in and I think just consistently has
Speaker 3: shown you know, aptitude and focus to do that.
Speaker 2: And I think a lot of that just comes down, you.
Speaker 3: Know, to the makeup and the type of individual he is,
Speaker 3: just you know, a guy that wants to win, you know,
Speaker 3: sort of challenges those around him to compete for excellence
Speaker 3: every single day. And I think in that sense, you know,
Speaker 3: a lot of like the off the field sort of
Speaker 3: make up comps that we got guys like Derek Jeter,
Speaker 3: you know, Brady et cetera, those sort of upper echelon
Speaker 3: mentality type of guys, and I think that's what sets
Speaker 3: him apart and what allows him to sort of get
Speaker 3: the most out of his skills and continue to improve
Speaker 3: every offseason.
Speaker 1: The point I wanted to make on that that really
Speaker 1: kind of stands out to me is he also has
Speaker 1: the chance to be really important for baseball because it
Speaker 1: has been quite a while since we've had a great
Speaker 1: AFSE baseball player in the majors, especially hitter. You know,
Speaker 1: Dave Nielsen is probably the best ASSI that you know,
Speaker 1: hitter that we've ever seen in the major leagues. Travis
Speaker 1: Bozana has a chance to kind of potentially exceed that,
Speaker 1: and if he does, you talk about the globalization of
Speaker 1: the game, and a lot of when we talk about
Speaker 1: the globalization of the game in the past, you know,
Speaker 1: five to ten years, it's been how Japanese players who
Speaker 1: are stars, both in the US and in basically Japan,
Speaker 1: but also Asia. We've seen Korean players who are stars
Speaker 1: coming over. Obviously, there's the Dominican, there's Mexico, there's even
Speaker 1: now we're seeing some players from Colombia in addition of
Speaker 1: the Venezuelan, Panama and all that. But Australia and New Zealand,
Speaker 1: especially Australia are a big part of that as well,
Speaker 1: and Travis Bozana could kind of be the first star,
Speaker 1: truly star player that we have coming out of Australia
Speaker 1: in a while, especially as a position player, which is
Speaker 1: a little different than if you're hoping to see a
Speaker 1: pitcher pitch, especially if you're hoping to see a reliever.
Speaker 1: You hope to see Graham Lloyd coming to the game,
Speaker 1: or some of Travis Blackley, some of the pitchers that
Speaker 1: we've seen over the years coming out of Australia. So
Speaker 1: I'm really excited also to see from that standpoint what's
Speaker 1: going to mean for baseball if Travis Bizana gives us
Speaker 1: an Australian position player star.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that would be very cool.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 2: The other thing that makes him special is he's part
Speaker 2: of a system that produced a lottery number one overall pick,
Speaker 2: which I think is special to JJ. I know you've
Speaker 2: written about the draft lottery quite a bit, and you
Speaker 2: know the White Sox are a perfect example right now,
Speaker 2: a team that set the lost record and they're going
Speaker 2: to pick tenth because they're being punished on the opposite
Speaker 2: end of this. So this is a cool component and
Speaker 2: it's not just saying, hey, if you're as bad as possible,
Speaker 2: you get to take the top player according to your organization.
Speaker 1: The Guardians were not expected to get the number one pick.
Speaker 1: I was sitting there in the room when the ping
Speaker 1: pong balls and you got to about that last ping
Speaker 1: pong ball, and you could see Ethan hers Or, who
Speaker 1: was there and for representing the Guardians, is like, I
Speaker 1: think he's figuring out that this could happen here, and
Speaker 1: it is. It's one of those things that for them
Speaker 1: and the Reds because the Reds also picked second that year.
Speaker 1: These can be organizational changing moments when that ping pong
Speaker 1: ball just bounces the right way and you beat the
Speaker 1: odds to get a number one pick. The other thing
Speaker 1: about this is is we've talked about this is a
Speaker 1: really good Guardian system, and Jeff you mentioned like second
Speaker 1: base is kind of the one opening. The one thing
Speaker 1: I'll say about that though, is whoever you are, including
Speaker 1: if you're the number one pick them and the draft
Speaker 1: of Travis Maazana, you better grab your opportunity and take
Speaker 1: it because there's probably someone else coming trying to snatch
Speaker 1: that opportunity away from you. Because this is the team
Speaker 1: that's going to have multiple options at almost every infield
Speaker 1: and outfield position, I would say over the next couple years,
Speaker 1: especially in the infield.
Speaker 3: When you look at organizational depth, that's something that the
Speaker 3: Guardians have done a great job here, you know, over
Speaker 3: the last couple of years, and it's allowed them, you know,
Speaker 3: to spite some limitations on spending, to consistently be competitive
Speaker 3: and you know they've had to get creative with some
Speaker 3: of that, but a lot of it comes down to
Speaker 3: their ability to sort of nail picks an the domestic
Speaker 3: market and in the actual draft, as well as how
Speaker 3: well they've done internationally, where it seems like every year
Speaker 3: they got two or three guys coming out of a
Speaker 3: crop that are you know, switch hitting middle infielders with
Speaker 3: a slick glove or something like that. So they do
Speaker 3: they do have a lot of you know, organizational infield depths.
Speaker 3: So you know, for them to be able to add
Speaker 3: a number one overall pick and you know, a star
Speaker 3: college hitter on top of it, I think, you know,
Speaker 3: just further adds to the riches that they have.
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Speaker 2: the way coming to the major league organization. Let's talk
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Speaker 2: Profile Baseball Americas, JJ Cooper and Jeff Ponce along with
Speaker 2: me Scott Broun. JJ. Is No Schultz the next big
Speaker 2: thing for the White Sox and their rotation?
Speaker 1: He better be, because obviously he said they need a
Speaker 1: lot of help. But they do have a very nice
Speaker 1: one to two pairing here with Schultz and Hagen Smith,
Speaker 1: their number one pick last year. And Schultz really does
Speaker 1: have a chance to be special. It's you don't want
Speaker 1: to go overboard here because he's a young pitcher. We
Speaker 1: want to see if he can be durable. We want
Speaker 1: to see if he can hold up. But then you
Speaker 1: when you watch him pitch, you just over and over.
Speaker 1: It's like, this is a guy who's as good as
Speaker 1: promising as any pitching prospect in baseball right now. He's
Speaker 1: not our number one pitching prospect, but he's right in
Speaker 1: that group. And if you said, well, if you think
Speaker 1: he's so great, why is he not number one? We
Speaker 1: just want to see him throw five innings. The White
Speaker 1: Sox have been very conservative. He's very young, so they've
Speaker 1: been conservative on his workload. But because of that, he's
Speaker 1: never faced twenty batters in a pro game. He's never
Speaker 1: thrown five innings in a program. But when you watch
Speaker 1: him pitch, you can't help but think about Randy Johnson.
Speaker 1: And that's because you have this six foot nine lefty.
Speaker 1: The ball comes out of a little bit of a
Speaker 1: weird slot, makes it hard for hitters to pick it up,
Speaker 1: and he hesitate to throw that on a guy. Because
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that Noah Schultz is going to be
Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer, but when you talk to evaluators,
Speaker 1: you talk to scouts who watch him, that's the guy
Speaker 1: who keeps being brought up because there just aren't a
Speaker 1: lot of pitchers on the planet who have ever kind
Speaker 1: of looked like this, and the one who looks like this,
Speaker 1: who's a little taller. Noah Schultz is six', nine not six.'
Speaker 1: eleven but, that ball that, breaking ball you just can't
Speaker 1: help but think of the big unit when you watch,
Speaker 1: Him pitch, jeff LIKE am i going? Overboard there, or
Speaker 1: again not saying he's going to, be that but that's
Speaker 1: the kind of the memories that.
Speaker 3: He, EVOKES yeah i think when you just look at
Speaker 3: the player and just sort of what the arc, type
Speaker 3: is like what this low slot left hand or with a,
Speaker 3: humongous body, you know and humongous stuff and a big
Speaker 3: slider can potentially become kind of naturally you just go
Speaker 3: to Somebody Like.
Speaker 2: Randy JOHNSON but i.
Speaker 3: Think when you, dig into, you know under, the hood
Speaker 3: you look at. The numbers, you know it's a sinker
Speaker 3: that sits, ninety five, ninety six ninety seven miles. An
Speaker 3: hour we'll touch ninety nine to one hundred with true
Speaker 3: sink and heavy armside run kind of just see how,
Speaker 3: you know the ball comes out of, the hand. It
Speaker 3: explodes he's. Really deceptive he hides the ball, really well
Speaker 3: and as, you mentioned it's a funky arm slot that
Speaker 3: kind of plays up the horizontal movement on both the
Speaker 3: sinker and on, that slider which is really like his go.
Speaker 3: TO pitch, i think you know the pitch that when
Speaker 3: you talk About No ish schultz. The, caution yeah he throws,
Speaker 3: really hard, he's big but the conversation starts with that plus.
Speaker 3: Plus slider it's a, huge sweeper plays really well off
Speaker 3: of the arm side movement on that two. Seam fastball
Speaker 3: it's a drop down of like twelve to thirteen fourteen
Speaker 3: miles per hour in terms, of velocity but still gets
Speaker 3: a good amount of movement for the amount of velocity
Speaker 3: does generate on. That pitch and then he's got a
Speaker 3: change up, as well which is less ballyhooed than the
Speaker 3: fastball and, the slider but it's still a really, good
Speaker 3: pitch has good vertical and good velocity separation off of
Speaker 3: the fastball also runs a ton like sixteen to seventeen inches,
Speaker 3: on average which once again when you're playing that off,
Speaker 3: of that, you know two seamer at, ninety five, ninety six,
Speaker 3: ninety seven sometimes ninety nine miles an hour with all that,
Speaker 3: armside run and you're looking at a pitch in the
Speaker 3: mid eighties to high eighties with that sort of arm
Speaker 3: side movement and then a slider that moves the. Opposite
Speaker 3: direction he works in the cutter. As well it's a
Speaker 3: really interesting pitch mix and a big box and very
Speaker 3: projectable once he adds innings and sort of figures out
Speaker 3: how to get deep into starts and be more efficient with.
Speaker 3: HIS pitches i think the sky's the Limit with schultz
Speaker 3: and probably has as much upside as any arm that's
Speaker 3: on the top.
Speaker 2: One hundred, Right now.
Speaker 1: I'm now going to just point out something where he
Speaker 1: actually is Better Than. Randy johnson at this Point In randy,
Speaker 1: johnson's career coming Out of Southern Cal randy johnson was
Speaker 1: as wild as anyone you were ever going. To see
Speaker 1: this was a guy who's walking seven. Per nine this
Speaker 1: is a guy who really did you just didn't know
Speaker 1: where the ball was going. To Go noah schultz already.
Speaker 1: Throws strikes he's basically got a above average, walk ray
Speaker 1: above average control at a very. Young age now again
Speaker 1: we'll put that caveat in he hasn't shown that he
Speaker 1: can do that for five six innings because he hasn't
Speaker 1: really got. That opportunity but he throws, strikes already which
Speaker 1: often is kind of that last to do list item
Speaker 1: for these really long limb these really tall. Pitchers understandable
Speaker 1: it's like it just takes longer to get everything. Under
Speaker 1: Control noah schultz has everything under control at a very.
Speaker 1: Young age you kind of put that, all together it's
Speaker 1: really hard not to get excited about, him again just
Speaker 1: hoping that he could just keep it, to going keep.
Speaker 1: It healthy he doesn't really have a whole lot, of,
Speaker 1: like oh if he can do this a lot better
Speaker 1: other than stay healthy and work deeper, into games which
Speaker 1: we probably will get to see. This year this is
Speaker 1: the year that you really got to start getting him
Speaker 1: ready to be pitching the. Big leagues and, That, means
Speaker 1: okay it's time to take a little bit of the
Speaker 1: training wheels off and say, here's five here's six innings
Speaker 1: in the, minor league so you can, do, five six
Speaker 1: seven innings in the.
Speaker 2: Major leagues, big picture we need to do This For white. Sox,
Speaker 2: fans Okay obviously i'm going to be hard on the organization,
Speaker 2: Right now but at the, same time do, We, feel
Speaker 2: jeff like this organization is in a good spot to
Speaker 2: start getting some talented big leaguers developed into the big
Speaker 2: leagues and become. Impact players just your overall look at
Speaker 2: Where The white sox, are at because unfortunately this team
Speaker 2: can't just rack up three straight years of number. One
Speaker 2: picks that's not a thing anymore with the way the. Lottery, WORKS.
Speaker 3: Yeah, i think, you know certainly the trade Of The
Speaker 3: red sox helped to do that a. Little bit, you
Speaker 3: know adding a player Players Like kyle teel to the
Speaker 3: top of. That system they already have some young catching
Speaker 3: depth With Like edgar quero and then Of Course cory
Speaker 3: lee at the major, league LEVEL but i Think adding
Speaker 3: teal into that mix is a, huge upgrade especially from,
Speaker 3: you know both sides of, the ball where like we
Speaker 3: don't have as much Question with quero, maybe offensively but
Speaker 3: defensively there are still some question. Marks there and then
Speaker 3: you look at Somebody Like, braden montgomery who has, huge
Speaker 3: upside one of the better power bats out of a
Speaker 3: loaded college class. LAST year i think That. Helps chase
Speaker 3: mydraft is sort of a sneaky player, as well all
Speaker 3: GUYS that i think you know fit and project as major,
Speaker 3: league regulars some sooner. THAN others i think both my
Speaker 3: Draft and TiAl could potentially contribute. This year, you know
Speaker 3: you look at. The pitching Schultz Adding hagen smith in
Speaker 3: the draft, this year one of the two top arms,
Speaker 3: you know Outside Of chase earns probably, you know one
Speaker 3: of the best college lefties we've seen in a. FEW
Speaker 3: years a really good pitcher has shown a little bit
Speaker 3: already in. Spring training you know how lethal his stuff.
Speaker 3: Can be then you have a Guy Like colson montgomery
Speaker 3: who's looking to bounce back this year and, you know
Speaker 3: potentially could see a lot of Time in chicago With The.
Speaker 3: White SOX so i think there's, you know some some good.
Speaker 3: PLAYERS here i think the stars are probably more on
Speaker 3: the pitching Side With, scheltzon smith but a few big
Speaker 3: league regulars and guys that should be up in twenty
Speaker 3: twenty five and then others in twenty. Twenty six but
Speaker 3: there is. SOMETHING coming i just don't know if it's
Speaker 3: enough to potentially compete in, the division certainly enough that
Speaker 3: they could win seventy, five games which is a.
Speaker 1: Huge upgrade That's where i'm going to be like the
Speaker 1: cloud reigning on, everything here which is. Just no you
Speaker 1: look at this big league lineup and there's very few
Speaker 1: even potentially, tradeable pieces you know that you're you look at, And,
Speaker 1: say okay these are guys who you hope have a
Speaker 1: bounce back year and then you get something significant for
Speaker 1: them and trace they don't have a ton.
Speaker 2: Of those guys.
Speaker 1: Right now there are, prospects coming but it's hard, To
Speaker 1: say like if you Compare The white sox right now
Speaker 1: To the guardians who won the division last year and
Speaker 1: you said who has a better? Farm system could make
Speaker 1: a pretty strong argument For. THE guardians i Think the
Speaker 1: gardians have a. DEEPER system i Think the guardians have more,
Speaker 1: position players even though they don't Have A.
Speaker 2: Noah shultz, right now.
Speaker 1: This is an organization that it's going to be a.
Speaker 1: Long rebuild you don't get back from one of the
Speaker 1: worst records of all time in a year or probably even.
Speaker 1: TWO years i would say that the good news For
Speaker 1: The white sox is that rock bottom has, been struck
Speaker 1: but the climb from rock bottom is going to take quite.
Speaker 2: A while the only bit of Good news i'll finish
Speaker 2: with here Is For white socks to remember you're in The. Al,
Speaker 2: central generally that does give you a chance to get
Speaker 2: back into the fold a little. Bit Quicker and JJ's
Speaker 2: going to Tell me, I'm wrong but if you, compare
Speaker 2: it you play all the. OTHER questions. I understand i,
Speaker 2: understand that.
Speaker 1: And only that three. Playoff teams but and it's not
Speaker 1: because they just kept playing, each other because now the
Speaker 1: schedules are such that there's much less. Of THAT so,
Speaker 1: I mean i if you want, to say Like the
Speaker 1: tigers are in a good position to be competitive for
Speaker 1: a while Now the guardians are in a good position
Speaker 1: to be competitive for. A while Now the royals have
Speaker 1: the best player in, the division and he's locked up
Speaker 1: for basically Longer than i'll be probably doing This At.
Speaker 1: Baseball america, MAYBE not i. Hope not but that's. NOT
Speaker 1: like i don't think this is the same as, it
Speaker 1: is you, know where maybe, in, seventeen eighteen, nineteen twenty
Speaker 1: even when we thought they were in. Twenty two this
Speaker 1: is a division That the twins have been consistently that
Speaker 1: and they didn't do it, last year but they've been,
Speaker 1: pretty good and they still have a core of. YOUNG
Speaker 1: talent i think THAT the i don't think that this
Speaker 1: is necessarily as easy a path back as it was at.
Speaker 2: Other, TIMES okay i refuse TO let jj prevent at
Speaker 2: least a droplet, of OPTIMISM so i will give him some,
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Speaker 2: you this they will probably up your payroll in a
Speaker 2: big Market like chicago and make the rebuild go quicker
Speaker 2: if you're able to buy, some vets some big, time
Speaker 2: vets trade, them off and then, of course once you're
Speaker 2: getting a little, bit better sign some players up. Long
Speaker 2: term so there. You go i'm going to give you
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Speaker 3: Almost Feel like, tigers fans, you know who have dealt
Speaker 3: with so much over the last. Decade plus it's it's
Speaker 3: almost a breadth, fresh air but sort of shocking to them.
Speaker 2: As well let's hit the top prospect In the. Tigers
Speaker 2: organization you've seen them already in. The bigs the Name Is.
Speaker 2: Jackson job It's A baseball america. Prospect Profile scott brown
Speaker 2: HERE With jj Cooper And. Jeff Ponce Jeff jackson job
Speaker 2: taking maybe even another step before we've seen much of
Speaker 2: him in the bigs yet and leading to a potential
Speaker 2: of the year conversation coming up twenty. Twenty five, your thoughts.
Speaker 3: It's going to be a matter of how many innings
Speaker 3: is he going to throw, this year how many innings
Speaker 3: is he going to throw in the, big leagues and
Speaker 3: how are?
Speaker 2: The strikes and they've been pretty.
Speaker 3: GOOD previously, i mean he's had, some WALKS but i
Speaker 3: think that his level of stuff probably induces, less swings
Speaker 3: particularly at the minor, league level than it does in,
Speaker 3: other levels particularly. The majors when we dive into, his
Speaker 3: arsenal it. Is phenomenal there are almost no pictures on
Speaker 3: earth that can do the sort of Stuff that job,
Speaker 3: can do just from a pitch, movement perspective where he
Speaker 3: gets a ton of ride in. HIS fastball i mean
Speaker 3: during spring training he's been sitting ninety seven to ninety
Speaker 3: eight on his four. Steam fastball he mixed in a
Speaker 3: two seam fastball and does a great job of killing
Speaker 3: lifts on, that pitch so it more drops or sinks,
Speaker 3: of course and has a lot of armside running comparison
Speaker 3: with the four. Seam fastball he added a power curveball
Speaker 3: as well that has a lot of two plane movement
Speaker 3: and dynamic drop at an unusual, high velocity and then
Speaker 3: a course sort of his signature cutter as well in his,
Speaker 3: change up which have been plus or better pitches for
Speaker 3: him really throughout his entire time as. A professional so
Speaker 3: it's just an outstanding. Pitch MIX and i think it's
Speaker 3: just a matter of how deep's he going to get in,
Speaker 3: the starts how efficient is he going, to be how
Speaker 3: many innings are they going to, Give him because from
Speaker 3: a matter of a, stuff perspective it's almost all world
Speaker 3: stuff that we're seeing in.
Speaker 2: This spring.
Speaker 1: The thing that stands out to me you mentioned about.
Speaker 1: THE control i have zero Worry about job's ability to.
Speaker 1: Throw strikes even last year when we saw the walk rate,
Speaker 1: go up like, you said THERE were i think that
Speaker 1: there might be. SUBSEQUENCING issues i think that sometimes he
Speaker 1: kind of mixes, pitches enough especially in, the minors where
Speaker 1: sometimes he would have counts go longer than. They should
Speaker 1: but pure, strike throwing he's never had a problem. With
Speaker 1: it even last year when the walk rate, went up
Speaker 1: he had a one of the best strike percentages in the,
Speaker 1: minor leagues sitting there sixty seven sixty eight. Percent strikes
Speaker 1: you don't really almost see anyone going much, beyond that
Speaker 1: and really you probably don't want to be too far
Speaker 1: beyond that year around the zone. Too much so far
Speaker 1: in spring training, this, year well we've seen really high.
Speaker 1: Strike percentages this is a pitcher at a very young
Speaker 1: age who manages combine exceptional stuff with really quality strike throwing.
Speaker 1: As well it's it's hard not to get over excited
Speaker 1: about IT because i think the way we wrote it
Speaker 1: up In Our prospect handbook report on him, is this
Speaker 1: if you were designing a pitcher in, the lab they
Speaker 1: would kind of look a Lot Like. Jackson job he
Speaker 1: has multiple. Plus pitches he has pitches that really kind
Speaker 1: of feed in and. Work, together well even if, you
Speaker 1: know like, you said even if that fastball may not
Speaker 1: always play as a bat misser as much as maybe you,
Speaker 1: would expect you still put it. All together and especially
Speaker 1: when we talk about when this guy's twenty four to,
Speaker 1: twenty five twenty six years old and has a little
Speaker 1: bit more experience under, his belt, watch out because this
Speaker 1: is a guy who just has, the tools who has
Speaker 1: the ingredients to be a front of.
Speaker 5: The.
Speaker 1: Rotation, ax.
Speaker 2: YEAH and i think you know that's.
Speaker 3: Well put you had brought up to, strike percentage you
Speaker 3: know when we were talking about this during handbook season
Speaker 3: and figuring out where he was going to rank inside
Speaker 3: of the top, one hundred and, YOU know i think
Speaker 3: the big conversation was is this the year of, the
Speaker 3: picture because there's so many pictures that are ranked inside
Speaker 3: the top ten of the top one hundred. This YEAR
Speaker 3: but i think part of it is just the talent
Speaker 3: level when you do have Somebody like rokisaki, come over
Speaker 3: but you also have a Picture Like jackson JOB who
Speaker 3: i think had a legitimate conversation for the number one
Speaker 3: prospect over the last, you know six seven months since
Speaker 3: we Initially Put roman anthony into that into, that spot
Speaker 3: and then, you know Of course sosaki. Took IT but
Speaker 3: i think you just look at, the stuff, you know
Speaker 3: you look at the, strike throwing you look at. The athleticism,
Speaker 3: you know he's an incredibly athletic pitcher. As well we
Speaker 3: usually don't see guys sort of check all. Those BOXES
Speaker 3: and i think it's one of the reasons that he
Speaker 3: is able to do things like add new PITCHES and
Speaker 3: i wouldn't say on the fly because he had a full,
Speaker 3: off season but add new pitches that can become, you
Speaker 3: know above average or better major league pitches within under
Speaker 3: a year and just tinkering with things and being able
Speaker 3: to make adjustments and attack lineups in all, different ways and,
Speaker 3: you know off handed batters differently than he did the.
Speaker 3: Year before it's that sort of. Interesting development and we've
Speaker 3: seen guys Like you darvish just continually. Add pitches we've
Speaker 3: seen Guys Like bryce miller do the same and have.
Speaker 3: Some success so it'll be interesting to see how this
Speaker 3: all projects out over the, next year but could be
Speaker 3: a very excit, you Know al rookie Of the year
Speaker 3: front runner sort.
Speaker 2: Of candidate i'm always looking for eighty grade media, quotes
Speaker 2: Too and jackson was able to. Accomplish that Recently said
Speaker 2: i'm done with trying to dot a. NAT's ass just here's.
Speaker 2: My stuff if you hit, it good odds are probably
Speaker 2: not love that eighty. Grade quote it was the best
Speaker 2: quote we've heard in spring. Training overall so that's what
Speaker 2: you want to hear from. Your bulldog that's a future
Speaker 2: ace quote. Right, there anyway let's go, global here The
Speaker 2: entire tigers farm system, RIGHT, now jj in, your mind
Speaker 2: how good.
Speaker 1: Is it we've been doing This At baseball america since nineteen.
Speaker 1: EIGHTY one i CAN'T say, i have but we Have
Speaker 1: A baseball america since. EIGHTY one i think this is
Speaker 1: The best tigers farm system we've had over. That, time
Speaker 1: Now the tigers have really had a pretty thin farm
Speaker 1: system a lot of, those years like this has not been,
Speaker 1: a team an organization has really kind of built from
Speaker 1: within over the last twenty. Thirty years even when there,
Speaker 1: was success it was often by bringing in talent. FROM
Speaker 1: outside a lot of The case i'd go to one.
Speaker 1: Take away, you Know justin verlander is a is a
Speaker 1: feather in. The cap there are there, are examples but
Speaker 1: especially on the position, player side it's been a lot
Speaker 1: of years where it's been. Really thin that's not the.
Speaker 1: CASE now i mean we just Talked, about joe but
Speaker 1: you Talk About, max clark you Talk about, kevin McGonagall
Speaker 1: you Talk About, bryce rainier you talk about probably the
Speaker 1: best assemblage of catching prospects or in some cases hitters
Speaker 1: who play catcher or some you know that you can think,
Speaker 1: out there this is an organization that's got kind of
Speaker 1: a wide array of some close to the big, leagues
Speaker 1: guys some further away, high up, you know, high ceiling
Speaker 1: high impact guys that, has PITCHERS and i think that
Speaker 1: really you got to look and feel very confident about
Speaker 1: their ability to. Develop pictures we've seen that they really
Speaker 1: have a. Good Plan chris fetter was our their major
Speaker 1: league pitching coach who really plays a role in this
Speaker 1: Was Our Major league coach Of the year. Last Year
Speaker 1: but jeff kind of look at it all TOGETHER and
Speaker 1: i feel like that this is an organization obviously had
Speaker 1: success made it to the playoff, last year but it
Speaker 1: does feel like They Have Cy young Winner And trek,
Speaker 1: Scooble ALSO but i feel like there's a chance that
Speaker 1: the best is still to.
Speaker 3: Come here you look over their drafts over the last couple,
Speaker 3: of years they've consistently found talent all over the, draft
Speaker 3: board which is a big part, of it a big
Speaker 3: part of why the system is ranked as highly as.
Speaker 3: It is, you know you have a combination like, You
Speaker 3: Know max Clark and kevin McGonagall that you can add
Speaker 3: to the top. Of this they've gone out and they've
Speaker 3: acquired players that had. Big upside, YOU know i think
Speaker 3: it's a pretty big win for them that they got,
Speaker 3: You know Loronzo And, trey sweeney and they were able
Speaker 3: to Then Add jack flaherty back in free agency the following.
Speaker 2: Off season so.
Speaker 3: Things have kind of gone really Well In tigers land
Speaker 3: over the last year. Or SO and i almost Feel like,
Speaker 3: tigers fans, you know who have dealt with so much
Speaker 3: over the last. Decade plus it's almost a breath of,
Speaker 3: fresh air but sort of shocking to them. As well
Speaker 3: it's a shock of the system that the organization is
Speaker 3: just really functioning at a very high level. Right NOW and,
Speaker 3: i think, you know they're sort of hitting their stride
Speaker 3: in a bunch of different areas and that's one of
Speaker 3: the reasons that the major league roster looks. Pretty good
Speaker 3: and they, also have, you know one of the best
Speaker 3: farm systems.
Speaker 2: In baseball you have to feel good about watching this
Speaker 2: entire video here if You're a. Tigers fan so that's
Speaker 2: It on detroit and their number, One Prospect, jackson, joe who,
Speaker 2: of course if all, goes right should be graduating from
Speaker 2: that status quite soon early on. This season thanks for
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Speaker 5: YOUR podcasts i think he's going to be a consistent
Speaker 5: twenty five thirty plus home. RUN guy, i mean if
Speaker 5: you see this GUY take vp when, he's healthy there's
Speaker 5: a ton of.
Speaker 2: Bat, Speed okay, Twins Fans walker jenkins is the top
Speaker 2: prospect in the organization According To. Baseball america We Have ben,
Speaker 2: badler here We Have carlos. Colaso here talk. It out
Speaker 2: this is your prospect Profile On. Walker jenkins feels like
Speaker 2: we were talking about his name and draft runnings not too, Long.
Speaker 2: Ago carlos but where are we at with him as.
Speaker 2: A prospect we're in a great spot.
Speaker 4: With him not only is he the top prospect in,
Speaker 4: THE system i think he's a favorite on the staff
Speaker 4: to maybe be the top prospect in baseball a year.
Speaker 4: From now we've got him five entering. The year he's exceptionally,
Speaker 4: well rounded he's, very young he's extremely. TOOLED up i
Speaker 4: think the only question mark maybe that we've got with
Speaker 4: a Guy Like, walker jenkins and maybe this also is
Speaker 4: just a frequent question Mark with twins Players and, twins
Speaker 4: prospects is just the. Injury questions he's a player who's
Speaker 4: dealt with injuries going back to his. Draft year the
Speaker 4: summer before his, senior spring he had a handmate injury that.
Speaker 4: Limited him this, past season he was limited by a.
Speaker 4: Hamstring injury so if we can just get him healthy
Speaker 4: and keep him on, THE field i think we're talking
Speaker 4: about a five tool player who's got above average or
Speaker 4: better tools across. The board he always stood out as
Speaker 4: one of the best pure hitters in his class at
Speaker 4: a really strong twenty twenty three high school class where
Speaker 4: he was kind of battling it Out With max clark
Speaker 4: to be the top ranked high school player in. That
Speaker 4: class and then his power was a separator for him.
Speaker 4: As well we haven't seen the raw power for him
Speaker 4: or the in game power for him so far in,
Speaker 4: pro Ball but i'm extremely confident that he's going to
Speaker 4: be a guy who has a chance to hit for
Speaker 4: thirty or more home runs down the line. As well
Speaker 4: he hits the ball. Incredibly hard he has minimized his
Speaker 4: strikeouts at a RATE that i don't EVEN think i
Speaker 4: was expecting him. TO do i thought he was going
Speaker 4: to be a plus hitter with maybe a few more
Speaker 4: strikeouts than he's shown but he makes a ton of
Speaker 4: contact against every. Pitch type he's A very, i mean
Speaker 4: his swing from the left side is one of the
Speaker 4: more aesthetically pleasing Swings that. I've seen he can run
Speaker 4: fairly well for. His size most people seem to think
Speaker 4: he's going to be a long term, corner outfielder where
Speaker 4: he has a chance to be a. PLUS defender i
Speaker 4: actually think he runs well Enough that i'd be curious
Speaker 4: to see him just continue playing. Center FIELD and i
Speaker 4: also am pretty high on. HIS arm i think he's
Speaker 4: shown a plus arm in. THE past i expect him
Speaker 4: to have an above average arm. Moving FORWARD so, I,
Speaker 4: guess ben what's your question Mark With walker jenkins outside
Speaker 4: of the injury, his issues because it's a pretty well.
Speaker 4: Rounded player, for.
Speaker 5: Me how fast can we get? HIM up, i, Mean
Speaker 5: yeah i'm. WITH you i think he checks pretty much
Speaker 5: every box you're looking for in a. YOUNG outfielder, i
Speaker 5: mean he's six, foot three, he's strong, he's, athletic powerful
Speaker 5: and it's really a great blend of power explosiveness and
Speaker 5: at the, same time like you, Were, saying carlos he
Speaker 5: makes it look so free and easy in the, batter's,
Speaker 5: Box right like sometimes you see guys who are big
Speaker 5: and strong and physical and they got kind of a
Speaker 5: stiffer swing and its, power overhead and he has some
Speaker 5: question marks about how it's going to work against more.
Speaker 5: Advanced pitching but he has a ton of adjustability to.
Speaker 5: His swing he makes a lot, Of contact he makes
Speaker 5: really good swing decisions because he. Recognizes spin he controls
Speaker 5: as it bat's. Extremely well and he does have huge. Power,
Speaker 5: too now maybe if you're just looking at the numbers
Speaker 5: on paper, last year you might not get a full
Speaker 5: sense of his power because he had a couple of,
Speaker 5: leg INJURIES and i think. THAT durability, i know twins
Speaker 5: fans don't want to have another prospect who, may have,
Speaker 5: you know history. Of injuries but, you know it's only
Speaker 5: one year. WITH him i wouldn't call him injury. Prone
Speaker 5: yet but when he was, you know he missed time
Speaker 5: last year with the, legger injuries and when he was
Speaker 5: back on, the field it seems like it it still
Speaker 5: had an impact on him in terms of his ability
Speaker 5: to really get his whole whole body in really his
Speaker 5: lower half fully into his swing to drive the ball
Speaker 5: the way that he's fully capable of when he is
Speaker 5: one hundred. Percent HEALTHY but, i mean if, everything CLICKS
Speaker 5: and i think it will, WITH him. I agree i mean,
Speaker 5: high obps thirty plus, home runs, and yeah maybe it's
Speaker 5: more right field than, center FIELD but, I agree i'd
Speaker 5: give him as much rope as possible to stay out
Speaker 5: there in. Center field and, if, not, okay fine you
Speaker 5: have maybe an above average defender in right field who
Speaker 5: can also hit in the middle of your lineup.
Speaker 4: One.
Speaker 2: Day OKAY and i know you keep mentioning obviously there's,
Speaker 2: injury concerns, you know just as much with many. Other
Speaker 2: players but it's sounding, To, me carlos like the floor
Speaker 2: is pretty high, Here, Too right sometimes we're talking about
Speaker 2: a guy who, you know might have one thing that's
Speaker 2: so off that it could prevent him from really being
Speaker 2: a solid big league regular aside, from health it would,
Speaker 2: you say it's hard to see him not being at
Speaker 2: least a regular contributor in the. Big leagues it's hard
Speaker 2: to totally project. A, superstar.
Speaker 4: YEAH yeah i. THINK so, i mean he still is,
Speaker 4: very young he still hasn't really been tested the upper
Speaker 4: levels of the miners at an, exceptional rate so we'll
Speaker 4: see what. Happens there but in terms of how we're
Speaker 4: thinking about him as, a hitter how Me and ben
Speaker 4: have described him as. A hitter we'd be very surprised
Speaker 4: if he struggled at. THOSE levels, i mean it's a
Speaker 4: chance for a double plus. Hit tool we're talking about
Speaker 4: how we're bullish on the power despite not maybe seeing
Speaker 4: the home run total in the miners, so far just
Speaker 4: knowing the ex velosites he's capable of seeing the balls
Speaker 4: that he hit as a high schooler with. WOOD bats
Speaker 4: i think the power is going. TO come i think
Speaker 4: we tend to maybe get overly critical of power output for,
Speaker 4: young players and especially for players who have the sort
Speaker 4: of physicality and bat speed in pure hitting Chops That walker.
Speaker 4: Jenkins does that power is just going to, come naturally
Speaker 4: and hopefully we can get that lower half figured out.
Speaker 4: And healthy, but yeah there's he's just going to impact
Speaker 4: the game in so. Many ways he's not a, true
Speaker 4: burner so maybe he's not going to be a huge stolen,
Speaker 4: base guy but he's going to add value on. The
Speaker 4: bases he's going to be a good defender wherever he
Speaker 4: winds up in. The OUTFIELD so i do think that
Speaker 4: there is a solid. Floor here that's why we have him.
Speaker 4: So high that's why he was so well regarded in.
Speaker 4: His class if he's not hitting, for average he's going
Speaker 4: to be taking, His walks he's going to have strength
Speaker 4: to mishit balls like they're just it's hard for me
Speaker 4: To See walker jenkins not panting out in. Some capacity
Speaker 4: i'm just super convicted in the, hitting ability in the all.
Speaker 5: Around, PROFILE yeah i really have no questions about the power.
Speaker 5: WITH him i think he's going to be a consistent
Speaker 5: twenty five thirty plus home. RUN guy, i mean if
Speaker 5: you see this GUY take vp when, he's healthy there's
Speaker 5: a ton of. Bat speed he gets the ball airborne
Speaker 5: naturally with the way his swing, Path works he's consistently on,
Speaker 5: the barrel and he has he has huge. Raw power
Speaker 5: so that's not really a question. For me and like, You,
Speaker 5: SAID scott i mean it's it's hard to talk about
Speaker 5: a floor necessarily with a player who's mostly been AT
Speaker 5: the a ball. Level already but at the, same time
Speaker 5: like it's hard to see just from a, hitting perspective
Speaker 5: what is going to go wrong with him or like
Speaker 5: what wouldn't translate what wouldn't work with him at higher
Speaker 5: levels because he is such an advanced, pure hitter with
Speaker 5: his feel for, the barrel with his ability to control
Speaker 5: as at bats and manage the. Strike zone so it's
Speaker 5: a really appealing combination of a huge upside but also
Speaker 5: again relative for, you know, a nineteen, you know twenty year.
Speaker 5: Old prospect he's only been the lower levels, balance too
Speaker 5: of floor. AS well, I mean carlos, said earlier it
Speaker 5: could be the number one prospect in baseball. NEXT year,
Speaker 5: I mean i think if he goes out and he's dominating,
Speaker 5: THIS year i think we might have him at some
Speaker 5: point the number one on one of our our mid
Speaker 5: season lists.
Speaker 4: This.
Speaker 2: Year wow, all right trivia question then on our, way
Speaker 2: out because this Will make twins fans appreciative for the
Speaker 2: moment what happened in twenty twenty three for the first
Speaker 2: time in our. Game's history do you guys know that
Speaker 2: kind of led to. This happening it's it's the, rule change.
Speaker 4: Oh. For, slaughtering yeah do.
Speaker 2: You know how many picks they jumped so That, the
Speaker 2: twins if you just took them almost seven eight Picks,
Speaker 2: ten yeah. Eight picks so if you just took, their
Speaker 2: record they would have been eight. Picks later they would
Speaker 2: not Have Had, walker jenkins so thank you to their.
Speaker 2: Parting agreement there.
Speaker 4: Is also a huge tear break in. That class we
Speaker 4: had five very top of the, class players so picking
Speaker 4: from five to six that year is much bigger difference
Speaker 4: than four. Or five so that's a, huge.
Speaker 2: ONE exactly i remember the big, Storyline, was wow look
Speaker 2: who jumped in and look how much of a difference,
Speaker 2: it is and it can change the future of a franchise.
Speaker 2: That Way so i'm a big fan of the draft lottery. Of,
Speaker 2: course hey for more, of these you can check them
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Speaker 2: hit Up The baseball america YouTube channel if, you're listening
Speaker 2: if you're watching, right now and you can also check
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Speaker 5: Raw powers right up there with the best hitters. IN baseball,
Speaker 5: I Mean, O'Neil Cruz. Jordan, alvarez like it's, not oh
Speaker 5: this guy has a lot, of power or this guy
Speaker 5: has seventy power on the twenty.
Speaker 2: Eighty scale, it's true top of the. Scale eighty let's
Speaker 2: hit the top prospect In the, Royals organization, jack hagleone,
Speaker 2: you're up It's A baseball america. Prospect profile let's get right.
Speaker 2: Into It, ben badler your thoughts on how he looked
Speaker 2: in spring training pretty. Damn, GOOD yeah, i mean and he.
Speaker 5: Looks good he. LOOKS phenomenal, i mean he is one
Speaker 5: of the most fascinating prospects, in, baseball right even aside
Speaker 5: just from the two way ability that he had, IN
Speaker 5: college i just mean what he does as a, position
Speaker 5: prospect because he is just so extreme in what, he.
Speaker 5: Does right it's. Extreme size he's, six' five like two hundred.
Speaker 5: And fifty pounds it's, extreme bat speed. It's extreme power
Speaker 5: we're talking about top of the. Scale bat speed the
Speaker 5: same with, the raw power and especially for somebody who
Speaker 5: is as big. As he is he's not just an
Speaker 5: all or nothing. Type hitter either where it's huge power
Speaker 5: that comes with a. Ton of strikeouts he actually made
Speaker 5: a lot of contact Last, year at florida especially when
Speaker 5: he was swinging at pitches that are in. The strike
Speaker 5: zone but that last part really his the other end
Speaker 5: of the extreme, with him too because he chases, a
Speaker 5: ton too, like a scary scary. Amount of chase AND that's.
Speaker 5: Where i Think You know nick kurtz from the, draft
Speaker 5: last year you know fourth overall Pick with with oakland
Speaker 5: is ahead of him as A prospect because kurtz has
Speaker 5: a really good understanding of. The strike zone he'll draw a,
Speaker 5: lot of walks especially as a, first base prospect to go,
Speaker 5: with his power. Which is, Important whereas cagleone i'm worried
Speaker 5: about what will, happen with him especially, against better pitchers
Speaker 5: if he continues with, this you know super aggressive swing
Speaker 5: that stuff outside the strikes and approach, that he has,
Speaker 5: AND you know i think he knows that. And understands
Speaker 5: that it's just it's hard for a first baseman to
Speaker 5: deliver a ton of value if if you're just relying
Speaker 5: on power and aren't drawing, that many walks even if
Speaker 5: he does have the ability to put the battle on
Speaker 5: the ball pretty well when it's swinging that stuff. In
Speaker 5: the zone but on, the other hand if everything, clicks
Speaker 5: for him we were talking about a player has a
Speaker 5: chance to hit forty. PLUS home runs i wouldn't be
Speaker 5: surprised if he HAD a season i know where he
Speaker 5: hit fifty. Plus home, runs he, has you know he
Speaker 5: has that type of power and also that type of
Speaker 5: feel for. For the barrel but just the fact that
Speaker 5: he's a, likely first baseman although it Sounds like maybe
Speaker 5: i'll get some exposure in a, corner outfield spot but
Speaker 5: a likely first baseman for me who's ultra aggressive beyond
Speaker 5: the strike zone with. His swing decision that's what creates
Speaker 5: the very high layer of, Risk with him but obviously
Speaker 5: the reward potential is.
Speaker 2: Sky, High too.
Speaker 4: Yeah jack is, an OUTLIER prospect and i think a
Speaker 4: lot of times these these outlier players can be really
Speaker 4: scary for. Number Of reasons but, i've, been wondering like
Speaker 4: are his outlier contact skills and outlier power enough to
Speaker 4: make up for the fact that he is so aggressive in.
Speaker 4: His swing decisions ben mentioned that he does make a
Speaker 4: lot of contact, in the zone he doesn't really strike
Speaker 4: out at. A high clip his end zone mis rate
Speaker 4: was between twelve and thirteen percent and a brief protate.
Speaker 4: You LAST year and i also think he has the
Speaker 4: sort of levers and plate coverage that he's still going
Speaker 4: to be able to do damage on pitch locations that
Speaker 4: most hitters they don't have the ability to get their
Speaker 4: hands or. The barrel there and then when you pair
Speaker 4: that with the exceptional strength that, he does have it's
Speaker 4: just a. Really dangerous, game, for pitchers like how do
Speaker 4: you attack a guy who is going to be? Swinging
Speaker 4: at everything like there's not a safe location for. You,
Speaker 4: to operate really now that maybe can cut both ways
Speaker 4: because you maybe won't have to ever attack him in
Speaker 4: the middle of his own if he's just going to.
Speaker 4: Swing and everything that's going to be the big question
Speaker 4: when we have a Full season of jack. Against pro
Speaker 4: pitchers are they going to take advantage? Of that aggression
Speaker 4: is his ability to barrel up the ball just so
Speaker 4: freakish that him having a chase rate for other prospects
Speaker 4: would be almost like we're. Not considering them the fact
Speaker 4: that he's, got the power he's got, the contact skills
Speaker 4: it makes it, a, really interesting sting kind of. Scary
Speaker 4: offensive profile i'm also intrigued to, by the defensive like
Speaker 4: if he's actually going to run around in, a corner
Speaker 4: outfield how does. HE look there i don't think he's,
Speaker 4: A great runner he's not a base clogger. By any means,
Speaker 4: AT first base i think he actually has really good
Speaker 4: tools because he's a. Big target there he has moved
Speaker 4: around well at the first base, bag at times so
Speaker 4: that piece. Will be fascinating and if he can move around.
Speaker 4: In the outfield the pressure has just taken off. The
Speaker 4: offensive profile but it was eye opening what he did.
Speaker 4: IN the spring i would expect him if and when
Speaker 4: he does get to, the major leagues he will consistently
Speaker 4: be at the very top of the leaderboard in terms
Speaker 4: of max. Exit and velocity he's already had one hundred.
Speaker 4: And fourteen plus last year, in college baseball he had
Speaker 4: the hardest hit balls we. Saw all year so it
Speaker 4: truly is.
Speaker 2: Eighty, great power okay if everything, works out right as
Speaker 2: you guys, are both mentioning there is, definitely risk here
Speaker 2: and this. Is an outlier what kind of power are?
Speaker 2: We looking, at you know the, top end here the
Speaker 2: headliner give. Me a number And, also in carlos the
Speaker 2: ballpark that he'll be playing in, in the future which also.
Speaker 2: Affects his legs, by the way if he's going to
Speaker 2: be an, OUTFIELDER there consistently.
Speaker 4: I think the i mean the comp that makes a
Speaker 4: lot of.
Speaker 2: Sense to Me It's.
Speaker 4: Actually pete alonso they went to the, same high school
Speaker 4: they went to. The Same college pete alonso has led
Speaker 4: the league. In home Runs we think jack has the
Speaker 4: sort of power to lead the league. In home runs
Speaker 4: maybe he is that same sort of like, More limited
Speaker 4: profile like he's not going to excel, on the bases
Speaker 4: he's not going to, be elite defender but he's got a,
Speaker 4: ton of power and in, his peak years he's got
Speaker 4: a chance to have forty five, Fifty HOME runs like
Speaker 4: i think. That's certainly possible like in, His peak years
Speaker 4: jack could. Lead the league i'm not sure exactly what
Speaker 4: sort of specific home run total then maybe you think he.
Speaker 4: Has in him i'm also curious if you guys can
Speaker 4: think of any recent free swinging hitters that just have
Speaker 4: the sort of skill set to. Make that work because
Speaker 4: as people who are looking at a, lot of prospects
Speaker 4: we obviously want that really. Well rounded profile we want
Speaker 4: to feel safe that there is some walk rate floor
Speaker 4: when the hits aren't. Falling for you but if there's
Speaker 4: any real free swinger that, Comes to mind i'd be curious,
Speaker 4: to hear it because you just don't see these.
Speaker 2: Profiles, very often.
Speaker 5: Yeah you don't see hitters who swing As often as
Speaker 5: kaglione does typically have success in. The major leagues we
Speaker 5: also just don't see many players on the planet who
Speaker 5: have his kind of raw power and again ability to
Speaker 5: actually put the bat to the ball when he swing
Speaker 5: at stuff. In THE zone so i imagine pitchers. Are this
Speaker 5: year they're gonna know because right exactly what the book
Speaker 5: is on him, is stay away throwing a lot of
Speaker 5: stuff out, of the zone get. Him a chase we'll
Speaker 5: see how that, works this year what his adjustments are
Speaker 5: in terms of being able to modify his approach and improve.
Speaker 5: His swing decisions but the raw powers right up there
Speaker 5: with the best. HITTERS in, Baseball I, Mean O'Neil. Cruz,
Speaker 5: jordan alvarez like, it's not oh this guy has a,
Speaker 5: lot of power or this guy has seventy power on the.
Speaker 5: Twenty eighty scal it's true top with a scale. EIGHTY raw,
Speaker 5: power i mean Maybe Aside From. John carlos stanton otherwise
Speaker 5: there's not. Really Anybody else so i'd say clearly has
Speaker 5: More power than jack cag leone because, his bat speed
Speaker 5: his ability to impact a baseball. Is, pretty jarring.
Speaker 2: Yeah that's what makes. This conbo intriguing of course is
Speaker 2: the home run potential if it. All works out we know,
Speaker 2: prospects or, prospects but yeah maybe this wing decisions improve
Speaker 2: and there could be some much Needed Power in kansas
Speaker 2: city coming their way over the next. Couple of years
Speaker 2: it's been hard for them to find some. Consistent, Power
Speaker 2: bats Obviously bobby wit junior. Is a star salvy's been there,
Speaker 2: for a minute but it's not an offense that has
Speaker 2: intimidated people the, last few years even last year when
Speaker 2: they were, A playoff team so this could be a
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