WEBVTT - Hot Sheet: AL Central Top Prospects 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.920 I was sitting there in the room when the ping 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:03.760 pong balls and you got to about that last ping 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:07.360 bug ball, and you could see Ethan Purser, who was 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:10.160 there and for representing the Guardians, like, I think he's 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:12.280 figuring out that this could happen here. 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:16.319 Number one overall pick, number one overall prospect in the 0:00:16.440 --> 0:00:21.160 Cleveland Guardians organization. Let's talk about Travis Bozana. It's a 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:24.640 Baseball America Prospect profile. Scottpro On, JJ Cooper, Jeff Ponce, 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:27.360 Jeff number one overall pick by Cleveland and they were 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:29.960 pumped at the first pick because it's a pretty good 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:32.879 team that ended up making it to the ALCS. So 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:36.600 will we see Travis Bozana contributing to this team in 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:38.320 twenty twenty five? You know, I like to hit you 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:39.680 with the hard hitters right off the jump. 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:42.199 I'd say, if there's one spot in that infield that 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:44.800 seems to have a hole at this point, at least 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:48.360 long term, it's probably second base. And I wouldn't be 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.879 shocked that, you know, if Bizanna hits the way he 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:53.400 did for three years at Oregon State early on in 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.080 the minor league season this year, that you know, maybe 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:59.880 by August. Certainly by September he'll probably see some time 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:02.000 with the Guardians. I think when you look at the 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:06.000 player overall, just an absolute master of his craft when 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:08.800 it comes to hitting, and I think the work and 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.480 just the work ethic sort of the stuff behind it, 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.800 his understanding of who he is as a hitter. I've 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:16.920 written about this before. He's really into the numbers. He 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.480 really knows, you know, what he wants to do and 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:22.200 the type of hitter that he wants to become. What 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.840 he is is he's somebody that that pairs and sort 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:29.000 of blends really excellent bats of ball skills with really 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:33.080 good approach and the ability to hit for some power 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:36.680 despite being sort of a hit tool. First player, you 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.680 know is looking to pull the ball in the air consistently, 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:42.360 you know, get his swing at a point that he 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.600 can consistently backspin the ball and get the most out 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:47.600 of his power. He knows he's not the biggest guy 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:49.880 in the planet, and that, you know, getting into his 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:54.120 pull side power consistently, particularly on certain types of pitches 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:56.840 and certain pitch locations, is going to allow him to 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:58.960 put up the most production, you know, over the course 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.520 of his career. I think just a really good all 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:03.440 round player. You know, he's not going to play shortstop, 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.600 He's going to play second base. He's really solid there defensively, 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:10.160 a really good bass steeler as well. I wouldn't say 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:12.920 quite five tools because it's not a great arm. But 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:15.560 you know, when we look at this player, particularly from 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:19.200 the offensive standpoint, I think has a chance to be, 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:21.519 you know, a multi time All Star and a big 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:23.639 star in the middle of that order for the Guardians 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:24.400 for years to come. 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.080 The thing that I just really it just jumps out 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.040 to me about Travis Bizana is I feel very comfortable, 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:34.720 very confident that he's going to be that kind of 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.200 player who just keeps getting better, who keeps refining, who 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:40.959 keeps improving, because he is kind of a cage rat. 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:45.080 He is one of those guys who likes to find 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:49.040 the challenge, attack it, and get better at it. He 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:51.400 we saw this in the last year, his last year 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.400 going in his draft year, where it's like, okay, he 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.560 had some things to work on he wanted and Jeff 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:57.080 just mentioned a couple of where it's like he just 0:02:57.120 --> 0:02:59.919 gets better. He's a guy who's going to spin his offseason. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.200 I'm kind of excited to see, Okay, what has he 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:05.040 improve that this year in the offseason, because he looks 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:09.440 at the offseason as an opportunity to fix, improve, get 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:10.720 better at something. 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:11.119 For the next year. 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:13.959 And those are the kind of guys a lot of times. 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:15.400 I mean, it could be a balance, right, you don't 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:18.000 want to overdo it, but those kind of guys are 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:21.480 the ones who often can make that fourth, fifth, sixth 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:26.640 adjustment because nowadays in baseball it is point counterpoint. You 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:29.240 do something, then the pitchers do something else. Then you 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:31.480 do something else, then they do something else. And he 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:33.520 has a lot of adaptability, He has a lot of 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:37.040 baseball aptitude. And Jeff again, like you've seen him for 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:40.800 years now, he just keeps getting better every time you 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:41.520 see him, doesn't he. 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:44.960 Yeah, I think that's the big thing is you know, 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.080 he wanted to add impact. You know, he went to 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.560 drive line, he spent time doing that. He showed improved 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:56.040 impact that continued to creep up the next year, you know, speed, 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.040 all those sort of things. If there's an element of 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:01.240 his game, I mean that, you know, potentially a weak point, 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:04.280 He's somebody that's probably as well versed in that, if 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.840 not more well versed than those that might be actually 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.600 scouting him. You know, he knows the areas that he 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.320 needs to improve in and I think just consistently has 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:14.880 shown you know, aptitude and focus to do that. 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.359 And I think a lot of that just comes down, you. 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:19.960 Know, to the makeup and the type of individual he is, 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.760 just you know, a guy that wants to win, you know, 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:27.480 sort of challenges those around him to compete for excellence 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:30.080 every single day. And I think in that sense, you know, 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.080 a lot of like the off the field sort of 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.400 make up comps that we got guys like Derek Jeter, 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.280 you know, Brady et cetera, those sort of upper echelon 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:41.000 mentality type of guys, and I think that's what sets 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:43.240 him apart and what allows him to sort of get 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.400 the most out of his skills and continue to improve 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:46.280 every offseason. 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:47.800 The point I wanted to make on that that really 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.200 kind of stands out to me is he also has 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:54.479 the chance to be really important for baseball because it 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:57.000 has been quite a while since we've had a great 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:00.800 AFSE baseball player in the majors, especially hitter. You know, 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:06.040 Dave Nielsen is probably the best ASSI that you know, 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.760 hitter that we've ever seen in the major leagues. Travis 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:12.840 Bozana has a chance to kind of potentially exceed that, 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:16.200 and if he does, you talk about the globalization of 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:17.640 the game, and a lot of when we talk about 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.240 the globalization of the game in the past, you know, 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:24.400 five to ten years, it's been how Japanese players who 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:28.559 are stars, both in the US and in basically Japan, 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.320 but also Asia. We've seen Korean players who are stars 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:35.359 coming over. Obviously, there's the Dominican, there's Mexico, there's even 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.800 now we're seeing some players from Colombia in addition of 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:42.559 the Venezuelan, Panama and all that. But Australia and New Zealand, 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:44.520 especially Australia are a big part of that as well, 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:49.960 and Travis Bozana could kind of be the first star, 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:54.080 truly star player that we have coming out of Australia 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.680 in a while, especially as a position player, which is 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:58.560 a little different than if you're hoping to see a 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.040 pitcher pitch, especially if you're hoping to see a reliever. 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:02.600 You hope to see Graham Lloyd coming to the game, 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:04.880 or some of Travis Blackley, some of the pitchers that 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:06.880 we've seen over the years coming out of Australia. So 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.680 I'm really excited also to see from that standpoint what's 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:12.760 going to mean for baseball if Travis Bizana gives us 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:16.279 an Australian position player star. 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:18.080 Yeah, that would be very cool. 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:18.440 You know. 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.480 The other thing that makes him special is he's part 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:26.679 of a system that produced a lottery number one overall pick, 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:28.839 which I think is special to JJ. I know you've 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:32.360 written about the draft lottery quite a bit, and you 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:34.760 know the White Sox are a perfect example right now, 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:36.800 a team that set the lost record and they're going 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.479 to pick tenth because they're being punished on the opposite 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:42.440 end of this. So this is a cool component and 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:45.520 it's not just saying, hey, if you're as bad as possible, 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.520 you get to take the top player according to your organization. 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:53.400 The Guardians were not expected to get the number one pick. 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:55.240 I was sitting there in the room when the ping 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.000 pong balls and you got to about that last ping 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:00.599 pong ball, and you could see Ethan hers Or, who 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:03.120 was there and for representing the Guardians, is like, I 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:06.280 think he's figuring out that this could happen here, and 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:08.719 it is. It's one of those things that for them 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.120 and the Reds because the Reds also picked second that year. 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.600 These can be organizational changing moments when that ping pong 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.480 ball just bounces the right way and you beat the 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.920 odds to get a number one pick. The other thing 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.520 about this is is we've talked about this is a 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:26.320 really good Guardian system, and Jeff you mentioned like second 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.080 base is kind of the one opening. The one thing 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:30.840 I'll say about that though, is whoever you are, including 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:32.720 if you're the number one pick them and the draft 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:36.000 of Travis Maazana, you better grab your opportunity and take 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:40.000 it because there's probably someone else coming trying to snatch 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.400 that opportunity away from you. Because this is the team 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:46.680 that's going to have multiple options at almost every infield 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.640 and outfield position, I would say over the next couple years, 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:50.840 especially in the infield. 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:53.520 When you look at organizational depth, that's something that the 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.800 Guardians have done a great job here, you know, over 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.800 the last couple of years, and it's allowed them, you know, 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:05.160 to spite some limitations on spending, to consistently be competitive 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:07.560 and you know they've had to get creative with some 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:09.400 of that, but a lot of it comes down to 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:13.440 their ability to sort of nail picks an the domestic 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:17.960 market and in the actual draft, as well as how 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:21.120 well they've done internationally, where it seems like every year 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:22.840 they got two or three guys coming out of a 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:26.160 crop that are you know, switch hitting middle infielders with 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:29.040 a slick glove or something like that. So they do 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:32.000 they do have a lot of you know, organizational infield depths. 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.440 So you know, for them to be able to add 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:37.960 a number one overall pick and you know, a star 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:39.880 college hitter on top of it, I think, you know, 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:42.920 just further adds to the riches that they have. 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.200 All Right, if you like what we're talking about here 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:51.120 with the top prospect in the Cleveland organization, we have 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.640 this for every single team. If you're missing one that 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:56.080 you're looking back for, it's coming. They get released on 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.760 a day to day, weekday basis during spring training. Let's 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:00.480 say you're a Guardian's ven. You want to know about 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.319 the rest of your division and what those top prospects 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.679 look like. Go for it. We'll have videos for you 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.360 available on the Baseball America YouTube channel, and we'll see 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:10.680 on the next prospect profile. We're not gonna beat around 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:12.840 the bush. The White Sox were the worst team basically 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:16.520 in baseball history, so they better have some gems on 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.120 the way coming to the major league organization. Let's talk 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:23.440 about their top prospect, No Schultz at the BA prospect 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.760 Profile Baseball Americas, JJ Cooper and Jeff Ponce along with 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:30.079 me Scott Broun. JJ. Is No Schultz the next big 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:31.800 thing for the White Sox and their rotation? 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.800 He better be, because obviously he said they need a 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:37.720 lot of help. But they do have a very nice 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.559 one to two pairing here with Schultz and Hagen Smith, 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:43.800 their number one pick last year. And Schultz really does 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:47.800 have a chance to be special. It's you don't want 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:51.720 to go overboard here because he's a young pitcher. We 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:53.360 want to see if he can be durable. We want 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:55.559 to see if he can hold up. But then you 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:58.480 when you watch him pitch, you just over and over. 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.280 It's like, this is a guy who's as good as 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:06.600 promising as any pitching prospect in baseball right now. He's 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:08.760 not our number one pitching prospect, but he's right in 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:10.520 that group. And if you said, well, if you think 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.680 he's so great, why is he not number one? We 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:14.560 just want to see him throw five innings. The White 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.320 Sox have been very conservative. He's very young, so they've 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:19.680 been conservative on his workload. But because of that, he's 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:21.600 never faced twenty batters in a pro game. He's never 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.240 thrown five innings in a program. But when you watch 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.920 him pitch, you can't help but think about Randy Johnson. 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:32.040 And that's because you have this six foot nine lefty. 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.000 The ball comes out of a little bit of a 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.320 weird slot, makes it hard for hitters to pick it up, 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.920 and he hesitate to throw that on a guy. Because 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:41.520 I'm not saying that Noah Schultz is going to be 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.200 a Hall of Famer, but when you talk to evaluators, 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.439 you talk to scouts who watch him, that's the guy 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:48.840 who keeps being brought up because there just aren't a 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:51.839 lot of pitchers on the planet who have ever kind 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.800 of looked like this, and the one who looks like this, 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.880 who's a little taller. Noah Schultz is six', nine not six.' 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:02.040 eleven but, that ball that, breaking ball you just can't 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:03.600 help but think of the big unit when you watch, 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:06.679 Him pitch, jeff LIKE am i going? Overboard there, or 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:09.400 again not saying he's going to, be that but that's 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:10.760 the kind of the memories that. 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:14.160 He, EVOKES yeah i think when you just look at 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.360 the player and just sort of what the arc, type 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.559 is like what this low slot left hand or with a, 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.920 humongous body, you know and humongous stuff and a big 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:26.480 slider can potentially become kind of naturally you just go 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:27.600 to Somebody Like. 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:29.280 Randy JOHNSON but i. 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:30.800 Think when you, dig into, you know under, the hood 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:33.520 you look at. The numbers, you know it's a sinker 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.520 that sits, ninety five, ninety six ninety seven miles. An 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.120 hour we'll touch ninety nine to one hundred with true 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:42.160 sink and heavy armside run kind of just see how, 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:44.560 you know the ball comes out of, the hand. It 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:48.040 explodes he's. Really deceptive he hides the ball, really well 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.240 and as, you mentioned it's a funky arm slot that 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:53.160 kind of plays up the horizontal movement on both the 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:56.840 sinker and on, that slider which is really like his go. 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.079 TO pitch, i think you know the pitch that when 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.400 you talk About No ish schultz. The, caution yeah he throws, 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:05.000 really hard, he's big but the conversation starts with that plus. 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:09.319 Plus slider it's a, huge sweeper plays really well off 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.800 of the arm side movement on that two. Seam fastball 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.960 it's a drop down of like twelve to thirteen fourteen 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.960 miles per hour in terms, of velocity but still gets 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.559 a good amount of movement for the amount of velocity 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:23.880 does generate on. That pitch and then he's got a 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.800 change up, as well which is less ballyhooed than the 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.360 fastball and, the slider but it's still a really, good 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:33.560 pitch has good vertical and good velocity separation off of 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:38.160 the fastball also runs a ton like sixteen to seventeen inches, 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.960 on average which once again when you're playing that off, 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.720 of that, you know two seamer at, ninety five, ninety six, 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.880 ninety seven sometimes ninety nine miles an hour with all that, 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.080 armside run and you're looking at a pitch in the 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:51.959 mid eighties to high eighties with that sort of arm 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.840 side movement and then a slider that moves the. Opposite 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:57.880 direction he works in the cutter. As well it's a 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.760 really interesting pitch mix and a big box and very 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.880 projectable once he adds innings and sort of figures out 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.120 how to get deep into starts and be more efficient with. 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:09.120 HIS pitches i think the sky's the Limit with schultz 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:12.040 and probably has as much upside as any arm that's 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:12.520 on the top. 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:13.680 One hundred, Right now. 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:15.720 I'm now going to just point out something where he 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:19.160 actually is Better Than. Randy johnson at this Point In randy, 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:22.719 johnson's career coming Out of Southern Cal randy johnson was 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:24.520 as wild as anyone you were ever going. To see 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.520 this was a guy who's walking seven. Per nine this 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:29.480 is a guy who really did you just didn't know 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:31.760 where the ball was going. To Go noah schultz already. 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:35.880 Throws strikes he's basically got a above average, walk ray 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.959 above average control at a very. Young age now again 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.080 we'll put that caveat in he hasn't shown that he 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:44.520 can do that for five six innings because he hasn't 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.839 really got. That opportunity but he throws, strikes already which 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.120 often is kind of that last to do list item 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:56.080 for these really long limb these really tall. Pitchers understandable 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.120 it's like it just takes longer to get everything. Under 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:01.840 Control noah schultz has everything under control at a very. 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:04.560 Young age you kind of put that, all together it's 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:09.120 really hard not to get excited about, him again just 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:11.800 hoping that he could just keep it, to going keep. 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.400 It healthy he doesn't really have a whole lot, of, 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:16.120 like oh if he can do this a lot better 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.360 other than stay healthy and work deeper, into games which 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.320 we probably will get to see. This year this is 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:23.280 the year that you really got to start getting him 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.960 ready to be pitching the. Big leagues and, That, means 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:27.720 okay it's time to take a little bit of the 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:30.720 training wheels off and say, here's five here's six innings 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:32.760 in the, minor league so you can, do, five six 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:33.840 seven innings in the. 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:37.160 Major leagues, big picture we need to do This For white. Sox, 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:40.440 fans Okay obviously i'm going to be hard on the organization, 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.480 Right now but at the, same time do, We, feel 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.960 jeff like this organization is in a good spot to 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:50.600 start getting some talented big leaguers developed into the big 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:54.360 leagues and become. Impact players just your overall look at 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.640 Where The white sox, are at because unfortunately this team 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:01.440 can't just rack up three straight years of number. One 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:04.480 picks that's not a thing anymore with the way the. Lottery, WORKS. 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:07.760 Yeah, i think, you know certainly the trade Of The 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:10.520 red sox helped to do that a. Little bit, you 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:14.200 know adding a player Players Like kyle teel to the 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:16.720 top of. That system they already have some young catching 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:19.880 depth With Like edgar quero and then Of Course cory 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:22.320 lee at the major, league LEVEL but i Think adding 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.720 teal into that mix is a, huge upgrade especially from, 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:27.560 you know both sides of, the ball where like we 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:31.400 don't have as much Question with quero, maybe offensively but 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:34.120 defensively there are still some question. Marks there and then 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.040 you look at Somebody Like, braden montgomery who has, huge 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:38.680 upside one of the better power bats out of a 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:41.680 loaded college class. LAST year i think That. Helps chase 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:44.520 mydraft is sort of a sneaky player, as well all 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:47.040 GUYS that i think you know fit and project as major, 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.840 league regulars some sooner. THAN others i think both my 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.880 Draft and TiAl could potentially contribute. This year, you know 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:55.400 you look at. The pitching Schultz Adding hagen smith in 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.480 the draft, this year one of the two top arms, 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.680 you know Outside Of chase earns probably, you know one 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:03.640 of the best college lefties we've seen in a. FEW 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:05.920 years a really good pitcher has shown a little bit 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:09.000 already in. Spring training you know how lethal his stuff. 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:11.120 Can be then you have a Guy Like colson montgomery 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.080 who's looking to bounce back this year and, you know 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:16.080 potentially could see a lot of Time in chicago With The. 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:18.880 White SOX so i think there's, you know some some good. 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:22.000 PLAYERS here i think the stars are probably more on 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:25.960 the pitching Side With, scheltzon smith but a few big 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.560 league regulars and guys that should be up in twenty 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.280 twenty five and then others in twenty. Twenty six but 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:33.760 there is. SOMETHING coming i just don't know if it's 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:37.560 enough to potentially compete in, the division certainly enough that 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:39.680 they could win seventy, five games which is a. 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:43.760 Huge upgrade That's where i'm going to be like the 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:47.760 cloud reigning on, everything here which is. Just no you 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.640 look at this big league lineup and there's very few 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:55.640 even potentially, tradeable pieces you know that you're you look at, And, 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:58.760 say okay these are guys who you hope have a 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:01.680 bounce back year and then you get something significant for 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:03.000 them and trace they don't have a ton. 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:03.440 Of those guys. 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:08.119 Right now there are, prospects coming but it's hard, To 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:11.000 say like if you Compare The white sox right now 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:14.040 To the guardians who won the division last year and 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.159 you said who has a better? Farm system could make 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:18.920 a pretty strong argument For. THE guardians i Think the 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:21.080 gardians have a. DEEPER system i Think the guardians have more, 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:23.240 position players even though they don't Have A. 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:24.560 Noah shultz, right now. 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:29.080 This is an organization that it's going to be a. 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:32.320 Long rebuild you don't get back from one of the 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:36.600 worst records of all time in a year or probably even. 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:39.960 TWO years i would say that the good news For 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:43.320 The white sox is that rock bottom has, been struck 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.560 but the climb from rock bottom is going to take quite. 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:50.200 A while the only bit of Good news i'll finish 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:53.640 with here Is For white socks to remember you're in The. Al, 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:58.320 central generally that does give you a chance to get 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:01.000 back into the fold a little. Bit Quicker and JJ's 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:04.639 going to Tell me, I'm wrong but if you, compare 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:07.879 it you play all the. OTHER questions. I understand i, 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:08.760 understand that. 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.959 And only that three. Playoff teams but and it's not 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:12.879 because they just kept playing, each other because now the 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:15.560 schedules are such that there's much less. Of THAT so, 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:18.080 I mean i if you want, to say Like the 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:20.600 tigers are in a good position to be competitive for 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:23.040 a while Now the guardians are in a good position 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:25.600 to be competitive for. A while Now the royals have 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:28.680 the best player in, the division and he's locked up 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:32.439 for basically Longer than i'll be probably doing This At. 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:36.840 Baseball america, MAYBE not i. Hope not but that's. NOT 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:38.879 like i don't think this is the same as, it 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.840 is you, know where maybe, in, seventeen eighteen, nineteen twenty 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:43.840 even when we thought they were in. Twenty two this 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:47.600 is a division That the twins have been consistently that 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:49.000 and they didn't do it, last year but they've been, 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:51.040 pretty good and they still have a core of. YOUNG 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:54.439 talent i think THAT the i don't think that this 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:57.800 is necessarily as easy a path back as it was at. 0:18:57.840 --> 0:19:02.000 Other, TIMES okay i refuse TO let jj prevent at 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:05.040 least a droplet, of OPTIMISM so i will give him some, 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:06.840