1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: Welcome in, everybody to Fantasy Pros. This is the Fantasy 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: Baseball Podcast. It is me Joey p Joe Pi Zapia, 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: and today we're gonna look out some potential breakouts for 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. And who better to talk about that 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: with than the man from Broda Wire and the sleeper 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: in the bus. It's Jason Kalett. Everybody, and the beard 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: looks spectacular. I just want to say, I haven't seen 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: you in a while. I don't know how long the 9 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: beard has been in effect, but it looks fantastic. Speaking 10 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: of beard to people we like. Joe Rico also here 11 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: on the program. Everybody's favorite Canadian, and god knows, we 12 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: got to keep those Canadians around, keep us all level headed. 13 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: They're the only level ones we have nowadays. And we're 14 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 1: gonna talk about some of the guys who could find 15 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six to be the ultimate season where they 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: take their game to the next level. Maybe there's some 17 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: rookies on this list, some second year players you'll see 18 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: in just a moment before we get into it. Jason Collette, 19 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: real quick, give me your take on that Luis Robert trade. 20 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: Certainly it seems like all upside for the Mets. There. 21 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: They get a plus defender, certainly a guy a couple 22 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: of years ago in twenty jointy three, he had a 23 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 1: great offensive season. He's entering his prime years. They gave 24 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: us Louis angel Acuna in return to the White Sox, 25 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: so that is the swap. Acunya I assume is gonna 26 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: play every day for the White Sox somewhere. What's your 27 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: take from the fantasy fallout from that trade. 28 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 2: I mean, I love the upside deal for the Mets 29 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: and for Robert Jr. Last year, I actually dropped him 30 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 2: about three weeks before. He got super hot for that 31 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: six weeks and then he cooled off again. But I 32 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: took him high, and I was like, oh this really, 33 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,199 Speaker 2: this is tough to watch him succeed for somebody else 34 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,839 Speaker 2: with that. But you know what he's capable of. He's 35 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 2: done it in stints. We just need to see him 36 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 2: stringing along and stay healthy. I'm really curious to see 37 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 2: how the running game plays out because that's been a 38 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 2: huge part of his success. 39 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,279 Speaker 3: And I know that the Mets have had. 40 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: Some changes on the coaching staff that was very helpful 41 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: for them last year with running and getting those stolen 42 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 2: bases from guys with single digit sprint speed. So let's 43 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 2: see where things go. But I woke up to that 44 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 2: news this morning. I was like, Yeah, that's a good deal. 45 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 2: That's a deal the Mets could really needed to make, 46 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 2: and they traded from some depth and got what they needed. 47 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: Well, look, his worst offensive season sounds a lot like 48 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: Tyrone Taylor anyway, So at least you're getting the upside 49 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 1: of maybe there's more and maybe it's just a change 50 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: of scenery, Joe, because look at Andrew Vaughan leaves the 51 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: White Sox last year for the Brewers, and look at 52 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: how he did in that change of environment. Maybe that's 53 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: all it takes for a guy like Robert to kind 54 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: of rediscover himself. Because again, I think we take for granted. 55 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: I was like, Oh, this guy's in these thirties. No 56 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: he's not. He's twenty eight years old. 57 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 4: Feels like he's been around forever. 58 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 5: He came up when he was twenty two, and we've 59 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 5: seen such great flashes from him. 60 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 4: I think I agree. 61 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 5: Just getting out of Chicago, a situation that hasn't been 62 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 5: great for the last couple of years, mentally reset you 63 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 5: go to a really good lineup. Where right now at 64 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 5: vangrass are projecting him to hit eight. That's how deep 65 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 5: the lineup is looking for your mets right now, Joe. So, 66 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 5: I think it's all good for Robert. He doesn't need 67 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 5: to be the guy. He doesn't need to be the star. 68 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 5: He's like the fifth best player on this team now, 69 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 5: so he can kind of just reset and try and 70 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 5: get his career back on track. 71 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: Now, get me a picture or two, and I might 72 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 1: sleep pretty well tonight. All right, let's get into the 73 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: breakouts here. 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In Indiana, if you are someone you 90 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: know as a gambling problem wants help, called one eight 91 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: hundred and nine with it, gambling problem called one hundred 92 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: gambler in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia. 93 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: All right, Jason Colett, you are the guest here, so 94 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: give us your first breakout of twenty twenty six. 95 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,119 Speaker 3: I'm going with Hurston Waldrop from Atlanta. 96 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 2: And what I'd really love about Waldrop I'm always a 97 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: sucker for guys with a few things. One, do you 98 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 2: have a really really good pitch and he has an 99 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 2: amazing one in his splitter. Then he also pitches backwards, 100 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: like last year of Atlanta was like, hey, you know 101 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 2: that pitch is really good. You should throw more of those, 102 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 2: and throw less of that four steam fastball, which just 103 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 2: is not good. And he's like, okay, cool, I'll do that, 104 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 2: and he had great results from it. And then he 105 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 2: throws five different pitch types to righty's and lefties, And 106 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 2: I love that because it keeps guys off balance and 107 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 2: that doesn't allow the hitters to zone in, like if 108 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: you are Writy on rty other, I'm only going to 109 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,679 Speaker 2: look at these two pitches because I know he doesn't 110 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 2: throw the other ones. No, he'll throw five to varieties, 111 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 2: five to lefties. I love Waldroop's upside this year in Atlanta. 112 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, and certainly everything that could did go wrong for 113 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Braves last year, and certainly just some better 114 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 1: health would go a long way for the Braves and 115 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: waldrop looking like the back end of this rotation guy 116 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: certainly from an ADP perspective to a pretty good return 117 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: on investment. Joe Rico, let's talk about the first of 118 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: many must draft guys. So you think are going to 119 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: break out this season? 120 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm going with Gavin Williams. 121 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 5: Despite there being some ups and downs in his line 122 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 5: last year, he did finish with a three zero six ERA. 123 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 5: He did outperform some of those expected metrics, but the 124 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 5: results were pretty good in terms of run prevention. That 125 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 5: one twenty seven whip is something I think we can 126 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 5: improve on. And if you look at what he did 127 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 5: down the stretch, it does tell you a different tale 128 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 5: than what we saw earlier in the year. If you 129 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 5: look over his last seven or eight starts, we're seeing 130 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 5: seven innings, one run, eight strikeouts, seven innings, one run, 131 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 5: three strikeouts, six innings, two runs, six strikeouts. He finished 132 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 5: the year with a beautiful start against the Tigers. It 133 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 5: was two earned runs, twelve strikeouts over six innings. He 134 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 5: really did seem to improve as the year went on. 135 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 5: I do like Cleveland from a pitching development standpoint. As 136 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 5: a whole, I think they know how to make the 137 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 5: little adjustments with the guys, and now heading into year four, 138 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 5: albeit not full seasons in twenty three and twenty four, 139 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 5: but now his fourth season in the BIGS, I think 140 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 5: Gavin Williams is probing to take another step forward. 141 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just got to get that walk right down 142 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: a little bit, make them more efficient, Right, you just 143 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 1: walk a few less guys, you can get a little 144 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: deeper into games, You get a little deeper into games. 145 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: Quality starts go up, wins go up, ratios go down. 146 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: It's a very simple equation. Even even go to you know, 147 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four level was three point seventy nine walks 148 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: right walk percentage in the fours. No good. It's low threes, 149 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: mid threes. Can we get that? If we can, Gavin 150 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 1: Williams certainly slay he could be the ace of that 151 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: rotation next year. I think that's well within grasp. Next 152 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: guy on the list here, one of my favorites from 153 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: last year. I'm such a big fan of this guy. 154 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: He had an incredible year triple A, but just couldn't 155 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: get going. It seemed like bad luck, it seemed like 156 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: bad streaks. It seemed like nothing went the way of 157 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: Jack Kaglio. But Jason Collett, it's a new year. We 158 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: got some new ballpark configurations too. How can all of 159 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: that give us a breakout season for Jack Kaglio. 160 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: I mean, first, I'm glad that Joe and I don't 161 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 2: play in too many leagues together because this would be 162 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 2: an ugly fight, especially in an auction, because I know 163 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 2: he likes him even more than I do. With this 164 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 2: with Kythle and know and one of the things like 165 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 2: you said, amazing triple amazing minor league numbers overall. But 166 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 2: one of the things that stuck out to me was 167 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 2: before when he was still at University of Florida. Amazing 168 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,559 Speaker 2: numbers there too. Then he got to the minor leagues 169 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 2: and was twenty one and was thrown in the Quad 170 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 2: A and the Arizona Fall League had his first bit 171 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 2: of struggle. If you will, I mean, if you look 172 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 2: at the numbers, it's just ridiculous. Then he goes in 173 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 2: the Double A and Triple A, jumps right back up, 174 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 2: gets to the major leagues and struggles. We've already seen 175 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 2: him show that resiliency one time. I'm looking forward to 176 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 2: happen again this year. Those park changes were just gravy 177 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 2: for me because this was somebody that I already liked 178 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 2: going into the park changes. I'm not expecting a massive change, 179 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 2: but just as a hitter knowing, okay, the gaps now 180 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 2: are a little closer, that's gonna help. I would just 181 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 2: encourage people not to overreact, because we saw what happened 182 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 2: with the Jays. When everybody's like, oh, they're changing this, 183 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: it's going to be great, really didn't help too many 184 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 2: Ja's hitters. Overall, we like the early projections did, but 185 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 2: I'd love cagually known as a bounce back this year 186 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,559 Speaker 2: because you know, this time last year, Joe, as you said, 187 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 2: a lot of people were chasing him and get disappointed 188 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 2: in the result. And I love buying back on the 189 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,679 Speaker 2: dip with this and I think it's the example. 190 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: Yeah. 191 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: And on top of that too, I think when you 192 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: watch him last year, there were moments to where his 193 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: hitting balls hard, right, and it's just it was add people. 194 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: He just couldn't find a hit he just could get 195 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: And I think a lot of that ended up just 196 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: making impress mentally, and I think that sometimes you just 197 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: can't get out of that box. So a little off 198 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: season to reset see how he does. Do you do 199 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: you think he does break with the team though, right? 200 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: You don't think he's going to go back down for 201 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: any triple A season. 202 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 2: He's an I feel he breaks with the team and 203 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 2: just has a tremendous year this year. 204 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: All right, next up here a guy who did not 205 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: have a tremendous year last year, walk us through your 206 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: next breakout and possibly another second rebound guy on this 207 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: list as well. 208 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, another kind of post hype sleeper guy, and it's 209 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 5: Dylan Cruz. Didn't do exactly what we were hoping for 210 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 5: last year. He was very expensive in drops and he 211 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 5: only ended up playing eighty five games. But ten homers 212 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 5: and seventeen steals in half of a season in your 213 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 5: first cup of coffee is still encouraging to me. Yes, 214 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 5: there were some red flags. The batting average being two 215 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 5: toh eight on base rate being two eighty those are 216 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 5: not good, but again it's his first time seeing major 217 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 5: league pitching. He still had a ten percent barrel weight. 218 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 5: He greatly improved on his ground ball rate, getting it 219 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 5: down to fifty percent, which is still very high, but 220 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 5: it was at fifty seven percent in twenty twenty four. 221 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 5: So he did seem to improve as a hitter as 222 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 5: the year went on. I've seen a lot of projections 223 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 5: that tend to really like him this year, and that 224 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 5: power speed mix really does, you know, do a lot 225 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 5: for you from a fantasy point of view. If you 226 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 5: look at the Fanegrafts depth chart projections, twenty homers, twenty 227 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 5: five steals in a two forty three batting average and 228 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 5: considering he's not really that expensive in early drafts this season, 229 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 5: I mean we're getting past the point. 230 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 4: Where it's early drafts. They're just drafts at this point. 231 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 5: But Dylan cruz Is ADP is generally around one seventy, 232 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 5: so it feels like a really well priced buy back 233 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 5: candidate this year on an improving lineup as well in Washington. 234 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's swing and miss. More contact will go very 235 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: long way for mister Cruz. 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Now, 255 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: this guy one of my favorite pickups at the end 256 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: of last year. He helped me out in a couple 257 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,319 Speaker 1: of big spots there in September. But all of a sudden, 258 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: the Boston Red Sox rotation is a little crowded. So 259 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 1: Jason walk me through Connor Lee at least twenty twenty 260 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: six potential. 261 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the thing. The traffic is definitely part of 262 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 2: the conversation here. But this, to me is a situation 263 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 2: where I believe the talent wins out. So you look 264 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 2: at the traffic in that rotation. You've got Garrett Crochet 265 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 2: and Sonny Gray and Brian Bayo. They now signed Rangers Suarez. 266 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 2: They have Patrick Sandoval as a holdover from last year. 267 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 2: They signed to a two year deal knowing he was 268 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 2: going to miss year one. You got Jolano Vito, you 269 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 2: have Kyle Harrison, you have Peyton totally sitting around. You 270 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 2: have all these guys, but to me, Early was the 271 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: one who jumped out just watching the video watching his 272 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,439 Speaker 2: pitch ability last year, which is fantastic. You go back 273 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 2: and look at a guy who had a twenty four 274 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 2: percent strikeout minus walk percentage across three levels last year, 275 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 2: and again this when you sit down and watch the 276 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 2: video of what he was doing in his midjor League 277 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 2: starts last year, you can't help but be impressed. And 278 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 2: to me, I want to take advantage of his current 279 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 2: market price because this is going to be skills are 280 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 2: going to win out here, and he should be at 281 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 2: the back end of that rotation. I'm not saying he's 282 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 2: going to jump the three bigger names in Great Crochet 283 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 2: in Suarez, but I don't see any reason why, why, 284 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 2: totally why Early cannot be the number four in that rotation. 285 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: I don't either. I like Harrison too. I'm a big 286 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: Harrison guy. I thought that was a great acquisition when 287 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: they made that Devers trade, and I don't know, I'm 288 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: just gonna kind of wait this one out. I feel 289 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: like because Early is another one too. I really like him. 290 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: I like Harrison. Look, it's good for the Red Sox 291 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: because you're gonna need ten starting pitchers nowadays anyway, just 292 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: to get through the major league season. And they've and 293 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 1: to their credit, they've built this group right. 294 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 3: Yeah. 295 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 2: The other piece of this is they can also take 296 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 2: two of these guys and go trade for like Alec Bohm. 297 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 2: If you look at Philadelphia with the whole fallout of 298 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 2: the set situation, there is a move to be made here. 299 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 2: Boston has got more pitching depth than anybody. They still 300 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 2: need to address the m field. That's a trade. Like 301 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 2: on paper, I'd be like, hey, let's do this. 302 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 3: Let's make this. 303 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: Crappy though, isn't it. It's like, hey, we signed away 304 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: your guy. Now you want to make a trade with us, 305 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: take one of more pictures. I don't know. There might 306 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: be some sour grapes at the GM office in Philadelphia 307 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: on that one. All right, Rico, Let's talk about another 308 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:02,719 Speaker 1: guy too at big expectations. Last year fell short big organization, 309 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: the New York Yankees. Jason Dominguez. So another guy too 310 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: that's missed some time and development because of injuries here 311 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: and there, and last year didn't live up to the hype. 312 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: But certainly the Yankees must believe in him, because they 313 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: certainly have had a very boring offseason where they haven't 314 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: really been adding a lot of pieces. So it feels 315 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: like they're committed to him, committed to Volpi, and committed 316 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: to the youth. I don't know if that's a good 317 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: idea or not, but why do you think it might 318 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: be for the Yankees when it comes to Domingez. 319 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, there was definitely a whirl at least in my mind, 320 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 5: where the Yankees signed Kyle Tucker, they bring back Cody Bellinger, 321 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 5: and they really tell us what they think of Jason Dimingez, 322 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 5: and they kind of have told us a little bit 323 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 5: just based on how they've played him over the years. 324 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 5: But I think we can all agree that he's gotten 325 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 5: a little bit of a raw deal just considering the 326 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 5: talent level that he has. Hasn't really been able to 327 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 5: play as much as he maybe should have. I know 328 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 5: he struggles against lefties, he struggles in the field sometimes, 329 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 5: but the talent level I think is still immense, especially 330 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 5: against right hand hit a right handed pitching. Excuse me, 331 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 5: He's got a one to sixteen WRC plays last season. 332 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 5: If they play him, you know, five times a week, 333 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 5: six times a week, mostly getting in against righties. I 334 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 5: think he can be a really successful player. He is 335 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 5: going to get a chance to play I think every day. 336 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 5: Maybe they bring back Bellinger, maybe that complicates things. It 337 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 5: doesn't look like it at this point, although who knows, 338 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 5: it's hard to predict. By the time this airs, maybe 339 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 5: they have brought back Bellinger, But as of today, it 340 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 5: looks like Jason Amingez is going to have an everyday 341 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 5: job in left field. 342 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 4: I think that. 343 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 5: You know, if you look at how hard he hits 344 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 5: the ball for his career, it's a forty nine percent 345 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 5: hard hit rate, nine percent barrel rate. I think there's 346 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 5: still a lot of potential, and people have kind of 347 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 5: forgotten about him. 348 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 4: They've kind of given up on him a little bit. 349 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 5: At this point, we're still talking about a guy who's 350 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 5: twenty two years old in a very good lineup, and 351 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 5: his ADP is around pick two hundred right now. So 352 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 5: I think we can get a fifteen twenty five type 353 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 5: of season on him, even if he only plays one 354 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 5: hundred and twenty or so games like you did last year. 355 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: All right, another twenty two year old on the list 356 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: of you, Jason Collette, Let's talk about Sal Stewart of 357 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Reds. 358 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, and he just turned twenty two this offseason. So 359 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 2: all those great numbers that you saw from south Stewart 360 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 2: last year within the Cincinnati organization, was this a twenty 361 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 2: one year old and that just impress them all the 362 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 2: way down as he's made his way through the organization. 363 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 2: High contact rates, good walk rates, does not get himself 364 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 2: in trouble if this offseason, he's already going to come 365 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 2: in the best shape of his life, his young life. 366 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 2: You know, he's just turned twenty two, but he's already 367 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 2: worked and added twelve pounds or drop twelve pounds rather 368 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 2: or maybe converted some. 369 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 3: Of that soft to a more tough too. 370 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you keep in here because I want 371 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: to see because I think eventually you're going to say 372 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: something you're really going to regret, and I just want 373 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: to hear what that is. All that I mean, that's 374 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: what friends do. Friends let friends work themselves in the 375 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: circles when they're trying to Yeah, no matter what, you 376 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: can always remember this collect Welsh isn't here, and he 377 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: is the worst when it comes to analogies and metaphors. Yeah, 378 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: mixes them all the time. So no matter how bad 379 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: it is for you, it's never as bad as a 380 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: Welsh of them. 381 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 2: So just yeah, I could feel that coming through as 382 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 2: like this is not going to but you know the 383 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 2: thing is. But direction wise, the Reds did us all 384 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 2: as solid, got rid of Gavin Luck, sent him to 385 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 2: Tampa Bay and free because that was literally the biggest 386 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 2: roadblock in Stuart's way. The ADP a few weeks ago 387 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 2: was fantastic. He could jump in and now it's going up, 388 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 2: and it's going up, and it's going up, because that 389 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 2: was the big The big question with Sal Stewart wasn't 390 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 2: the skills. Now he's got a full, wide open opportunity 391 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 2: to take advantage of it. We all know that Great 392 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 2: American Ballpark plays well. I'm expecting Stuart to have a 393 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 2: big year, even as a rookie. I know there's a 394 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 2: lot of risk taken there. But the skills, He's got 395 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 2: such a high floor for me and somebody that I 396 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 2: want to have on multiple rosters. And I started early 397 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 2: in the off season in November. I picked him up 398 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 2: in a dynasty league. As soon as I saw him 399 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 2: take his first at bat, I was like, Yep, we're good. 400 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 2: So I have him in a dynasty league as soon 401 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 2: as I had first picked because I had the worst 402 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 2: team last year. 403 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: But I havel Stuart happens to the best of us. 404 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: Sometimes that's a blessing, right, So Stuart, you think he 405 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: is going to be like the everyday DH or. I mean, 406 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: you look at last year's numbers too, in double Triple 407 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: A combined. This was a guy that had twenty homer 408 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: seventeen seals. He's got powers, got speed, had a three 409 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: h nine batting average or three eighty three OVP and 410 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 1: nine oh seven ops. Is he a DH do you 411 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: think in twenty twenty six? And if so, how does 412 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: that change around a little bit for him too, because 413 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: sometimes that transitions a litle tough, especially for younger players. 414 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel it's going to be a rotation piece, 415 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 2: like he can get some time at first base. 416 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 3: Let Spencer steer DH. 417 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 2: I don't think it's a full time role for Anybody's 418 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 2: just hey, this is a really tough matchup for Cabrian Hayes. 419 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 2: Let's get Stewart in there. So Stuart's going to have 420 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 2: some of that flexibility coming into the season. He only 421 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 2: has that first base eligibility but during the season, I 422 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 2: feel he'll be at both corners, but that's going to 423 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 2: be a rotational process. You're seeing more and more teams 424 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 2: do that, especially teams that ball on a budget, if 425 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 2: you will, like the Reds do. It's like they don't 426 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 2: have a full time DH They're using that as a 427 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 2: half day off type of thing. 428 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: Spoiler alert, every matchup is a problem for Cabrian Hayes. 429 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: Just want to throw that out, all right, let's get 430 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: to the next guy on Joe Rico's list. Here, Joe, 431 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: who's coming in at number five? Or here for you 432 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: on your list of five breakouts? 433 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm going with Carter Jensen, the young catcher in 434 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 5: Kansas City. He debuted with some incredible numbers last year. 435 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 5: He played twenty games, hit three homers, hit three hundred, 436 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 5: with a three to ninety one on base rate, and 437 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 5: barreled the ball up twenty percent of the time. Really 438 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 5: incredible numbers. Now, can you expect a twenty percent barrel rate? No, 439 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 5: but he had a fifty eight percent hard head rate 440 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 5: in Triple A and carried that over into the big league. 441 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 5: So we know that he hits the crap out of 442 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 5: the ball. He provides speed from behind the dish while 443 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 5: hitting for a good average. And I think as sal 444 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 5: Prez continues to age, he is at this point thirty six. 445 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 5: I think he's about to be thirty six years old, 446 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 5: they will probably dh him more, give him more days off, 447 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 5: put him at first base a little bit. He caught 448 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 5: ninety two times last year, but that does leave a 449 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 5: lot of opportunities where he's not behind the plate. And 450 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 5: I think Carter Jensen is gonna pick up a lot 451 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 5: of that slack with the numbers that he's put up 452 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 5: throughout the miners and in his debut, I think that 453 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 5: we can be looking at like a c one of 454 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 5: top twelve, top fifteen, depending on what your league size is. 455 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 5: If you're in a one catch or format, I'd be 456 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 5: fine to wait until all the way to the end 457 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 5: of the draft to take Carter Jensen in the last round. 458 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: All right, just two names left for each of the 459 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 1: guys the top ten breakouts for twenty twenty six. Quick 460 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: reminder two. While you're running all those mock drafts for yourself, 461 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: make sure you also use the cheat Shechek creator too. 462 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: Put some of these names on there. You can also 463 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: use our expert rankings or you can take different experts. 464 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: You want to take the Joe Rico, the Welsh, combine them. 465 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: You want to take me and Jason Collette on there, 466 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: combine them. However you want to do that. You can 467 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 1: can organize your players into tiers, personalize the notes, and 468 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 1: make sure that the process when you draft is easy. 469 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: It's simple, and all the guys you really want to 470 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,199 Speaker 1: get on your rosters or at your fingertips, you can 471 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: use the consensus rankings all where I said, because combine 472 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: a bunch of different experts that you really believe in 473 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: and take your teams to the next level this year. 474 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: Go to fantasypros dot com, slash MLB Draft Wizard, or 475 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: again just check out the chea cheek creator on the 476 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: Fantasy Pros app All right, last guy for you here, 477 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 1: bring it home, Jason Collett. Who's the last guy on 478 00:19:58,200 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 1: your breakout list for twenty twenty six. 479 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 2: So I'm going deeper here, and I'm going with Justin 480 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 2: Sterner with the athletics, and you know, somebody has to 481 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 2: save these games. 482 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:07,919 Speaker 3: And we look at it. 483 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 2: They lost, they traded away Mason Miller, and so the 484 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 2: situation is wide open. And we saw a few guys 485 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 2: in and out of that mixture, but somebody has to 486 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 2: get saves. 487 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 3: We know saves. 488 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 2: There's so much turnover during the season for fantasy managers. 489 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,120 Speaker 2: And when I look at that bullpen, like who's got 490 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 2: the best stuff? 491 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 3: Justin Sterner to me has the best stuff. 492 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 2: He's got the fastball, he's got the slider cutter combination, 493 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 2: and he uses that cutter as his off speed pitch 494 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 2: because he just doesn't have. 495 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 3: A change up. 496 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 2: I haven't even tried throwing one, so it would be 497 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 2: something to watch in camp. Does he try to go 498 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 2: that direction? But I have been very impressed with what 499 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 2: I saw from Sterner last year, especially in the second half. 500 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 2: Was holding hitters to a onoin to eighty five average 501 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 2: in the second half when he really started surging, and 502 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 2: he had a twenty five percent strikeout minus walk percentage, 503 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 2: And that to me is such a great indicator. It's 504 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 2: my go to stat if I'm trying to figure out 505 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 2: who's got the best in the bullpen, and Sterner's numbers 506 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 2: just jump off the page there. And so that's the 507 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 2: guy that I'm looking at, and very late if I'm 508 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 2: looking for a third closer or bench closer option and 509 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 2: he's still out there. 510 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 3: I'm jumping on him. 511 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 1: You don't have to sell me. He's going on every 512 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: one of my teams now because I like cheap closers. 513 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: That's what I live by. I live by that sword, 514 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: I die by that sword. It works for me. Joe 515 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: Rico has one more pick for everybody, and I'm gonna 516 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: spoil it for everyone. It's a shocking twist. It's a 517 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: blue Jay. Go ahead, let's talk about Joe Rico. 518 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 4: It is a Toronto blue Jay. It is Kazuma o Kamodo. 519 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 5: And I didn't think you would even really qualify for 520 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 5: a breakout type of list. I figured that the price 521 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,199 Speaker 5: would have jumped up so so much. But even in 522 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 5: most recent drafts since he signed, you're still seeing picks 523 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 5: well outside of the top two hundred, occasionally even outside 524 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 5: of the top three hundred. And I don't know why 525 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 5: people are not more excited about him. He's essentially the 526 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 5: Bobashett replacement for Toronto. And by the way, Joe, take 527 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 5: good care of Bobashett out there in New York. 528 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,199 Speaker 1: Oh. I planned well, at least for a year, you know, 529 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 1: I'm sure that opt out's coming hard after the labor 530 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: there's issues of twenty twenty seven looming, but this is 531 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: one year. I've just one year at a time. That's 532 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 1: how I take life, one year at a time, you know. 533 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 5: I think the Blue Jays front office has been kind 534 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 5: of vindicated. There's some smart people there for sure. And 535 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 5: if they're willing to replace Bashet with al Kamoto, which 536 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 5: is essentially what they did, I think we should take 537 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 5: note what he's done in his career. Every year he's 538 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 5: a thirty plus home run guy. He's hit forty one. 539 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 5: Last season he played just sixty nine games, but he 540 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 5: had a two to ten WRC plus three twenty seven 541 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 5: batting average. And in particular, al Kamodo destroys left handed pitching. 542 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 5: And when you go through the American League East, it 543 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 5: is packed with left handed pitching. The Yankees have Freed, 544 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 5: they have Weathers, They're gonna have rodn coming back. Baltimore 545 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 5: just has Rogers, Boston has four lefties. They have Crochet, 546 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 5: they have Suarez, they have Early, and they have Taully, 547 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 5: and then Tampa's also got McClanahan. 548 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 4: They have Ian. 549 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 5: Seymour waiting in the wings, they have Steven match There 550 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 5: are so many left handed pitchers. 551 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 4: In the American League East. 552 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 5: I think that al Kamodo is going to be able 553 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 5: to feast there, and even if he's facing righties, he 554 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 5: has proven for the last almost decade that he is 555 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 5: a solid hitter who can hit for average, he can 556 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 5: hit for power, he doesn't strike out, really good plate 557 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 5: discipline metrics, So there's nothing not to like here. Specifically, 558 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 5: the price when you're getting a guy around pick two 559 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 5: point fifty, and even if you want to say, okay, 560 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 5: he's jumped up, take him two twenty two thirty at 561 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 5: third base, third base is horrible. And getting a guy 562 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:15,959 Speaker 5: who is going to be at least third base eligible, 563 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 5: who could pick up another position. Toronto could opt to 564 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 5: give Vlattie some days off. They can put him in 565 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 5: the corner outfield. There is nothing but upside here. You 566 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 5: could have a multi eligible, thirty home run hitter at 567 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 5: a week position. We're getting outside of the top two 568 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 5: hundred picks. 569 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: Some excellent names on the list here from both these gentlemen, 570 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: and of course we love to hear from you. Drop 571 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: your comments below. Who is your breakout of twenty twenty six? 572 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: I love to see it in the YouTube comments there. 573 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: Jason Colette, we appreciate you sitting down with us for 574 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: a little while, throwing out some names on your lunch break, 575 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: just for us carving out some time. Tell everybody what's 576 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: going on on the podcast as well, because you and 577 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: Joe on the same show, but I don't think at 578 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: the same time right like this. 579 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, we rarely intersect because of the recording times that 580 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 2: Justin and Paul and Joe do are do not align 581 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 2: with my availability during the work week. But so I'm 582 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 2: on Sundays and every now and then Joe will come 583 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 2: and join us on Sundays, but Justin Mason and I 584 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 2: record on Sundays for that and if we are you 585 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: know last week we had there. 586 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: You go, oh, that's a terrifying sticking. 587 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 4: Jo. 588 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: Is that a Justin Mason sticker? You just showed the 589 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:21,719 Speaker 1: camera sticker. 590 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 5: Thick him with some Rota war shirts a while back, 591 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 5: and there it is. 592 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: I'm simultaneously terrified and I want one. 593 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 3: I don't know how it's funny. 594 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 2: My daughter came out to first Pitch Arizona this year 595 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 2: and she got to meet Justin in person. 596 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 3: She goes, oh, that's why the shirts are. 597 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 1: Like, that's the famous guy from the shirt. I got 598 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: to make it out there. I think next year will 599 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 1: be the year. The problem is, I'm always into like 600 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: the thick of football season. Typically I try to take 601 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: that week off because it's always the same week that 602 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: my kids are off from school for their like winter 603 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: breaking not winter they have like a election day and 604 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: then teacher convention week. So I always make sure we 605 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: go out and do something. But I don't know. I 606 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 1: think this year I might have to go hang out 607 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:02,959 Speaker 1: with the boys, take some vps. 608 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 3: It's my favorite weekend of the year. 609 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 2: I would also be so that's on the podcast and 610 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 2: then at Road a Wire. If you like these five 611 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 2: names that I included here, I actually do sixty bold 612 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 2: predictions over at Road a Wire, all for six installments, 613 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 2: and I am the al Central goes up today, so 614 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 2: that will be four of six. So I do a 615 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 2: hitter and a pitcher from every single team. Spoiler alert. 616 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 2: The five guys that talked about today are part of 617 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 2: that system. So you got a preview and if you 618 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 2: liked what you heard there, you want to read it 619 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 2: in length. 620 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 3: I have that piece at Road a Wire. 621 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 2: If you're not a subscriber, you can at least use 622 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 2: the YouTube fifteen for a fifteen percent discount if you 623 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 2: sign up for Just Baseball. 624 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: There it is Jason Klette, first class dude, first class analyst. 625 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 1: Happy to have you here on the show today. Also 626 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 1: go to Amazon get the Fantasy Baseball Black Book twenty 627 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 1: twenty six. Joe Rico myself major contributors to that thing. 628 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: With all these tools, there's no excuse you should win 629 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: every single league, So go do it today again, It's 630 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 1: on Amazon right now. That'll do it for us, But 631 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: the story of the game goes on for Jason Collette 632 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 1: and Joe Rico. I'm Joey P. We'll see next time. 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