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Speaker 2: We're hitting the top prospect in the Dodgers organization. You

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Speaker 3: Here's our prospect profile. Roki Sasaki is the name.

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Speaker 2: The sweepstakes, of course, is over Scott Brown along with

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Speaker 1: The way I would put it is Paul Skins last year.

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Speaker 2: So that's the top prospect in the Dodgers system right now.

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Speaker 2: That's your prospect profile. We have prospect profiles for every

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Speaker 1: His power is such that, yes, I do think he

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Speaker 1: Has the thing that kind of jumps out to, me

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Speaker 1: Hey i'm going to start in LOW, a go To HIGH,

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Speaker 1: not going to go Back TRIPLE a start the, year

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Speaker 4: Pitcher the first TIME i Saw Bryce, ELDRIDGE i was

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Speaker 4: his draft. Year HE'S i, mean a six foot, seven

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Speaker 4: think if The giants had let, him he could be

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Speaker 4: a legitimate two way. Guy, OBVIOUSLY i don't think that's

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Speaker 2: Is so a little trivia question one of my, favorites

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Speaker 2: Bonds we have to go back To Barry. Bonds you,

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Speaker 1: That that's the THING i would say is is he

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Speaker 1: know Early, june it's, like, Oh Bryce eldrew's struggle a

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Speaker 1: wait is This Joey BART i would, say Give elders

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Speaker 1: Need Bryce eldris to really kind of make an impact

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Speaker 4: Hitters, yeah and you and you look at what's coming

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Speaker 4: of the farm system right, now outside Of, eldridge like

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Speaker 4: QUICK i mean a guy Like Dakota, jordan who they

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Speaker 3: Click why do you think this has happened so?

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Speaker 1: NOW i See Marco luciano has been up a couple of,

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Speaker 2: Young he is the top prospect right now In San

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Speaker 2: Francisco giants organization according To Baseball. America we do this

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Speaker 1: Jordan lawler comes out in twenty twenty, five has a

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Speaker 2: for a. Minute It's Jordan, lawler and it's your prospect

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Speaker 2: profile and it Is scott brun along With Baseball america

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Speaker 2: IS Jj cooper And Jeff. Ponce so where we, at

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Speaker 2: we've Heard Jordan lawler's name for a. Minute we haven't

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Speaker 5: diamondbacks can be in terms of base. Stealing SO i

430
00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,639
Speaker 5: think he's a really good all around. Player you, know

431
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,720
Speaker 5: the top prospects certainly in that. System it's just a matter,

432
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,280
Speaker 5: of you, know do they move on From, perdomo do

433
00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,119
Speaker 5: they you, know Potentially suarez for a third base and

434
00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,240
Speaker 5: he ends up at third. Base there's multiple ways that

435
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,600
Speaker 5: he could sort of fit into The diamondbacks this. Season

436
00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,600
Speaker 5: but the big question with him has been, health and

437
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,679
Speaker 5: he's dealt, with you, know a litany of injuries throughout

438
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:30,240
Speaker 5: his professional.

439
00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,760
Speaker 1: Career his opportunity coming into twenty twenty four might have

440
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,879
Speaker 1: been a little bit better than it sits right. Now

441
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,920
Speaker 1: jeff Mentioned. Perdomo predomo had a pretty solid year and

442
00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,720
Speaker 1: did enough to where If Jordan lawler kind of came

443
00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,400
Speaker 1: out of twenty, three he was up with the big

444
00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,360
Speaker 1: league club at the end of the, year and you're

445
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,359
Speaker 1: kind of, Thinking, okay twenty twenty four will be the

446
00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,000
Speaker 1: year that the first round, pick the top prospect in

447
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,720
Speaker 1: the in the, organization pick that step forward kind of

448
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,840
Speaker 1: nails down the shortstop job and kind of holds that

449
00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,840
Speaker 1: for the next for the rest of the. Decade, really

450
00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,200
Speaker 1: and here we are a year, later And lawler's coming

451
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:05,560
Speaker 1: off of his second significant injury as a, pro had

452
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,600
Speaker 1: missed basically the whole. Year did get to play in

453
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,000
Speaker 1: The Dominican Winner league a little. Bit didn't set the

454
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,040
Speaker 1: world on fire, there but to get to, play which is,

455
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 1: good kind of gives some shakes, off some rust before spring.

456
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,679
Speaker 1: Training but we are sitting here going into the twenty

457
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,840
Speaker 1: twenty five season saying he fits in the mix where

458
00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,520
Speaker 1: a year ago kind of thought he was going to

459
00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,080
Speaker 1: be the. Guy SO i do think that the twenty

460
00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,240
Speaker 1: twenty five season is going to be very important For

461
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,880
Speaker 1: Jordan lawler to one just show he can stay healthy

462
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,280
Speaker 1: because that's been a problem so, far and to kind

463
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,960
Speaker 1: of hopefully kind of get the opportunity and taking claimant

464
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,160
Speaker 1: to say, like, Hey i'm the shortstop In. Arizona i'm

465
00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,199
Speaker 1: the shortstop for this team for the rest of the

466
00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,399
Speaker 1: decade still looks like long term that's his job to.

467
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 1: Hold but it is a little bit of a tougher

468
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,600
Speaker 1: task maybe now than it was even coming out of last.

469
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,320
Speaker 1: Year and the thing that just kind of really does

470
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,040
Speaker 1: jump out oft the is you don't want to forget

471
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,920
Speaker 1: that he's really young. Still he will turn twenty three

472
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 1: right around The All star, Break SO i don't want

473
00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,200
Speaker 1: to make this sound like this is a twenty six year,

474
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,520
Speaker 1: old twenty seven year old who hasn't gotten established in

475
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 1: the big leagues and time is running. Out this guy's

476
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,440
Speaker 1: not really much older than some of the college draftees

477
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,560
Speaker 1: we'll see in the upcoming, draft so there's still time

478
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,520
Speaker 1: on his. Side Jordan lawler could still be a very,

479
00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 1: impactful very well rounded big. Leaguer it just does mean, that,

480
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,320
Speaker 1: man you just want to see him be healthy for

481
00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,080
Speaker 1: a full. Year and it hasn't been like one. Injury

482
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 1: it's been kind of a variety of injuries that have

483
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,040
Speaker 1: really derailed him so.

484
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 2: Far it's, funny you, know it gets me, Thinking jeff

485
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:46,240
Speaker 2: about how much or how quickly we move on these.

486
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:46,720
Speaker 3: Days.

487
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,920
Speaker 2: Right Jordan lawler was really really heavily discussed for you,

488
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,119
Speaker 2: know a year or, two and then you see these

489
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,440
Speaker 2: struggles in these, injuries and he becomes an afterthought in terms,

490
00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:01,440
Speaker 2: of you, know the national conversation of. Specs in, Fairness

491
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,760
Speaker 2: Jackson curio wasn't talked about, much you, know After, may

492
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,520
Speaker 2: when he was struggling in the first, month and then

493
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,239
Speaker 2: people had to circle back around and be, like oh,

494
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 2: wait hold.

495
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,120
Speaker 3: On he's a, baby and now he looks like a star.

496
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,399
Speaker 2: Already but, anyway to get to my next, point do

497
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:18,000
Speaker 2: you think that The Arizona diamondbacks are in an okay spot.

498
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 3: From an organizational?

499
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 2: Standpoint or should we be concerned that this is still

500
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,160
Speaker 2: the guy that's kind of leading the pack here among

501
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:24,520
Speaker 2: their best.

502
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 5: Prospects, YEAH i, MEAN i think it is a good

503
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,119
Speaker 5: major league, roster you.

504
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 3: Know you, know obviously they went in a little bit

505
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:32,720
Speaker 3: of a late run last.

506
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,959
Speaker 5: Year they do have some kind of a pair of

507
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 5: interesting prospects at the, top And lawler and Then Dimitrio,

508
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,879
Speaker 5: cissantes you know who's in the midst of Chasing Mookie

509
00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:48,360
Speaker 5: bets minor league on bass streak record that will continue

510
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 5: into twenty twenty five if he continues to get on

511
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,760
Speaker 5: base over the first whatever ten or twelve. GAMES i

512
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 5: think there's some interesting players they added to the system this,

513
00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:00,119
Speaker 5: year and guys Like Slave caldwell And ryan walshmid It

514
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,680
Speaker 5: adrian Del castillo certainly had sort of a breakout last

515
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,200
Speaker 5: year AND i think kind of re established, himself particularly

516
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,040
Speaker 5: as a. Hitter but there's some other players in this

517
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 5: system that really haven't taken big steps. Forward Drew jones

518
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 5: is obviously kind of the prime, suspect you, know among those.

519
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 5: Players Tommy troy a highly, touted you, know positional player

520
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 5: out Of, stanford you, know. INFIELDER i don't want to

521
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 5: say necessarily middle infielder because we'll see where he ends up.

522
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,240
Speaker 5: Landing but in a lot of, ways you, Know troy

523
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 5: a couple a couple of years, ago is getting compared

524
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,160
Speaker 5: To Matt, shaw's like when he was in The Cape Cod.

525
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,040
Speaker 3: League which player is?

526
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,880
Speaker 5: Better AND i, think you, Know shaw has certainly established

527
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,439
Speaker 5: himself as a professional And troy sort of done the.

528
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:45,160
Speaker 5: Opposite so there's kind of been a lot of underperforming picks.

529
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 5: HERE i thought they had a pretty good draft in

530
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,960
Speaker 5: twenty twenty, four so we'll see where that takes. Them

531
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,720
Speaker 5: and they haven't had any huge hits in the international

532
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:52,560
Speaker 5: market of plade.

533
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 1: Either the THING i will say, though this also does

534
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 1: provide an opportunity for The diamondbacks now to give kind

535
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 1: of the the rose colored glasses version of. This Jordan

536
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 1: lawler is still one of the better prospects in the.

537
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: Game he's still near the top of our top one,

538
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 1: hundred and he's kind, of As scott, said he kind,

539
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 1: of you, know he's kind of faded from the conversation

540
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 1: because he's really missed the whole, year kind of disappeared

541
00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,679
Speaker 1: from you, know from from kind of view as he

542
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,399
Speaker 1: rehabbed and tried to get back on the. Field but

543
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,400
Speaker 1: If Jordan lawler comes out in twenty twenty, five let's

544
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,359
Speaker 1: say he starts off in TRIPLE a and has a

545
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: really great start to the, season, well this is a

546
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 1: big league ready, shortstop which gives The dbacks at that

547
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 1: point they can really, say, hey we've got the depth

548
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,800
Speaker 1: that this provides because we have now we have five

549
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,080
Speaker 1: guys really for four spots in the. Infield or they

550
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,119
Speaker 1: can also look at it and, say, hey whether it's Per,

551
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,439
Speaker 1: domo you, know whether It's, lawler whether it's you, know

552
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 1: whether It's Keto, marte who's you, know been great for.

553
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:59,080
Speaker 1: Them there could be a potential move down the road

554
00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 1: here where you, say, okay there's a lot of depth,

555
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 1: here there's a lot of. Opportunity and for a team

556
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: that was in The World series two years, ago that's

557
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 1: not a terrible thing that this is kind of a

558
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 1: potential opportunity where they may have two guys who could

559
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: handle the. Job where two years ago it's like the

560
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,680
Speaker 1: question was do they have? One so that to me

561
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,639
Speaker 1: is kind of something to be interesting to watch in

562
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Five is Does lawler's potential re emergence kind

563
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 1: of create both a challenge for The diamondbacks but also

564
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,840
Speaker 1: an opportunity because he already has hit In TRIPLE, a

565
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,120
Speaker 1: it's not something he needs to shake off some. Rust

566
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 1: it's no problem for him to spend a little bit

567
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,719
Speaker 1: of time down, there but he probably doesn't need a

568
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,879
Speaker 1: full season In TRIPLE a just to get an additional.

569
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,360
Speaker 1: Seasoning and if that's the, case at some point they're

570
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:49,439
Speaker 1: going to have some decisions to.

571
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,679
Speaker 2: MAKE i, MEAN i remember now two years ago or

572
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 2: two seasons, ago chatting With Jordan lawler during media day

573
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:02,080
Speaker 2: heading into The World. Series wasn't a factor a guy

574
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,320
Speaker 2: For arizona at that, time but we were, like, damn

575
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,639
Speaker 2: this team's in The World series And Jordan lawler is

576
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,159
Speaker 2: one of the best prospects at the time in. Baseball

577
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,440
Speaker 2: and just imagine if he blossoms and becomes a star

578
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 2: for this team next, season which was this past, season

579
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 2: which obviously had the, injuries but it is a good

580
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 2: sign For. Arizona, plus they did damage in the offseason

581
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,200
Speaker 2: by adding someone Like Corbyn burns to the big league,

582
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,639
Speaker 2: roster so we'll see If lawler can be above average

583
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 2: performer for this team and caused some good. Problems like

584
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,359
Speaker 2: JJ's talking, about we're going over every single top prospect

585
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,439
Speaker 2: organization by, Organization so swing back here to The Baseball

586
00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 2: america channel for more of.

587
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 1: These he's the kind of guy who's gonna fit and

588
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 1: should fit in The San diego lineup late twenty six

589
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,040
Speaker 1: or twenty, seven which is a crazy projection for a

590
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,239
Speaker 1: guy who will play this entire season as an eighteen year.

591
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 2: Old, hey The San Diego padres loved to swing, trades

592
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:55,280
Speaker 2: but they also find some high ceiling. Prospects Leo davrees

593
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 2: is next in. Line let's talk about. Him that's right

594
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 2: at Your Baseball America prospect Profile Scott run WITH Jj

595
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 2: cooper And Jeff. PONCE, jj is this superstar potential for The.

596
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 2: PADRES i know it's going to take a little. Time he's,

597
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 2: young but what are we?

598
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 1: Seeing the WAY i would describe how The padres approached

599
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 1: the international, market this this fits WITH Aj priller if

600
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 1: you wanted to use a poker. Analogy they're going all

601
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: in and they're not spreading their. Wrists they're not diversifying

602
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 1: into a well rounded. Portfolio they're not, saying we're going

603
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:30,120
Speaker 1: to put some money on this picture and this shortstop

604
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,400
Speaker 1: and this. Catcher what The padres like to do is

605
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: identify someone that they see as a, star and they

606
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 1: like to make that star kind of the center point

607
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: of their international. Class they did it With Ethan, sallas

608
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,360
Speaker 1: and here they've done it With Leo. DeVries and by the,

609
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,240
Speaker 1: way once they, do they then want to send that

610
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 1: guy on a rocket ship through the. Miners we saw

611
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 1: that last year with two years ago With, sallas and

612
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 1: last year again we saw that with Leader, vrees, who

613
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: while most of his contemporaries were trying to get out

614
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 1: of The Dominican Summer, League derives was in full season,

615
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: ball and not, surprisingly considering how much The padres are

616
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 1: impressed with, him and how the reason that they were

617
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: willing to send him to The California, league he really

618
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: more than held his. Own he kind of took a

619
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 1: little bit of time to kind of get comfortable, there

620
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 1: and this was one of the better players in the.

621
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 1: League this is a player who's approach to the, game his,

622
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:29,160
Speaker 1: physicality it all seems more advanced Than you look at

623
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,000
Speaker 1: him and you, say, wait this is a. Teenager this

624
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 1: is a guy who is still probably, seven, eight, nine

625
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: ten years away from his. Prime you see a lot

626
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: of things already with When i've seen him play in,

627
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 1: person you would not if you were asking who's the

628
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 1: youngest player on this, field and he always is the

629
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,680
Speaker 1: youngest player on any field he plays, on you wouldn't

630
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,520
Speaker 1: pick him out that way because he carries. Himself he

631
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 1: looks like a guy who has some, savvy who has some,

632
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 1: experience and he has a lot of tools to go with.

633
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 5: That, Jeff, YEAH i think one hundred. Percent and you,

634
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 5: know you brought up a good point. There you, know

635
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 5: was a little bit of a slow starter this. Year

636
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 5: really started to get going In july and then you,

637
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 5: know over the last few months of his season really showed.

638
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 5: Something hit two eighty, four four oh, seven five eighty

639
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 5: nine over his final thirty five. Games, uh you, know

640
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 5: season ended with a with an injury in Mid. August

641
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 5: he was shut down for a little bit and then

642
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 5: sort of RETURNED i think maybe the.

643
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 3: End of the first week OF.

644
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 5: Afl prior to, that his first forty games and as we,

645
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 5: said you, know he was playing at a full season

646
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 5: level as you, know a seventeen year old you, know

647
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 5: hit one ninety, six, three nineteen, three. Ten but once

648
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 5: it sort of clicked In, july where he actually had

649
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 5: eight homers in that, month you, know he really took.

650
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 5: Off AND i think if he had maybe had you,

651
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,040
Speaker 5: know another three weeks at the end of tail end

652
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 5: of that In august and beginning Of september as the

653
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 5: season fully, ended we might have seen those numbers climb

654
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 5: even a little bit. More super, twitchy you, KNOW i

655
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 5: don't know if he stays at shortstop long, term but

656
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 5: kind of a compact, build really good bat, speed you,

657
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 5: know switch, hitter strong, already but there's room to potentially

658
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 5: add more. Power not a not a double plus runner

659
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 5: or something like, that but you, know it's probably going

660
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 5: to be above average to at least average at peak

661
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 5: with some power with the hit tool and as a matchup,

662
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 5: issue and you have a switch hitter with all the

663
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 5: tools and do all the things That devrees can.

664
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 3: Do so really really exciting.

665
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 5: Player AND i, think you, know when we're talking about

666
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 5: the players that came from that twenty four international, class

667
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 5: we're going to look back and sort of Compare DeVries

668
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 5: and Then Haesus, made who's going to make his state

669
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 5: side debut this. Year just kind of shows, you you,

670
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 5: know how much further Along defrise is than a lot

671
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 5: of these guys that sign internationally and typically spend a

672
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 5: year in The Dominican Summer league at the very least

673
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 5: end up in The Complex League. Domestically he skipped both

674
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 5: of those and went right to full season, ball so

675
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 5: it kind of makes sense why he might have struggled

676
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 5: over those first couple of months as he settled.

677
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 1: In the thing that jumps out to me just to

678
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: talk about how young he. Is he'll be eighteen for

679
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: the entirety of the twenty twenty Five minor league. Season

680
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 1: he'll turn nineteen in THE mlv. Postseason he will not

681
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 1: turn twenty until after his twenty twenty sixth season is

682
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: basically fully in the bag unless he's playing in the

683
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 1: postseason with the big League. Padres so you're talking about

684
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,720
Speaker 1: a guy who is a year, two, three four years

685
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: younger than the guys he's playing. With he may go

686
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: back to The collleague to start the, season just to

687
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: let it warm up a little bit in The Midwest,

688
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 1: league but he's going to likely spend the majority of his,

689
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 1: season or at least the start of the of his,

690
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: season the majority of the, season and in The Midwest

691
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 1: league in HIGH a as the youngest player in that,

692
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 1: league it wouldn't be crazy to think that he might

693
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:52,959
Speaker 1: reach DOUBLE a by the end of the. Year like

694
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: this is the kind of timetables that you just don't see. Normally.

695
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 1: Now The padres are more aggressive than pretty much anyone

696
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 1: else with players like, This but when you throw in

697
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: the Fact jeff mentioned he's a switch, hitter often switch

698
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 1: hitters take a little bit longer because you've got two

699
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,920
Speaker 1: swings to work. On not a problem With devrez so,

700
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 1: Far and to, me like you just put it all

701
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: together and you, SAY i don't know if it's going

702
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: to be for The padres or you, know, again The

703
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: padres are aggressive in every. Way if they can make

704
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: a move and they need to make a, move he

705
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,799
Speaker 1: also could be a top trade. Chip but he is

706
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,879
Speaker 1: the kind of guy they love their short. Stops he's

707
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:28,840
Speaker 1: the kind of guy who's going to fit and should

708
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,280
Speaker 1: fit in The San diego lineup late twenty six or twenty,

709
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: seven which again is a crazy is a crazy projection

710
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 1: for a guy who will play this entire season as

711
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:39,480
Speaker 1: an eighteen year.

712
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,680
Speaker 5: Old, yeah AND i think one of the most impressive things,

713
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 5: too is you start to look at some of the

714
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 5: underlying power. NUMBERS a one oh two point one mile

715
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,640
Speaker 5: per hour ninety eighth percentile exit velocity that's on par

716
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 5: with you, know older domestic prospects with more experience that

717
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 5: we rank very. Highly it's actually the exact number That

718
00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 5: Walker jenkins has for ninetieth percents out a few years

719
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,360
Speaker 5: younger Than. Jenkins but on top of, that being a

720
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 5: switch hitter with a little bit of, power he consistently

721
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:08,720
Speaker 5: puts the ball in the. Air he a sixty percent

722
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 5: fly ball plus line drive rate this, year nearly a

723
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:15,839
Speaker 5: forty percent air, pull so he consistently gets the ball

724
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 5: in the air and knows how to hit the ball

725
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,880
Speaker 5: in the air to his pull side and that's, split you,

726
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 5: know between both sides of the. Plate so there aren't

727
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 5: a lot of switch hitters that can do. That there's

728
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 5: not a lot of young players that already sort of

729
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 5: have you, know pretty clean backspin and barrel control and

730
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,240
Speaker 5: accuracy at that. Age AND i think that the skills

731
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 5: which were already sort of average ish for the level

732
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 5: at least when you put all that, together this is

733
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 5: somebody that is he starts to catch up to the

734
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,279
Speaker 5: age plus level stuff could really take a humongous, jump

735
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 5: whether it's this year or next, year and we really

736
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 5: see him take off in terms of like a slash,

737
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:49,800
Speaker 5: line you, know production.

738
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 3: Standpoint AND i.

739
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,799
Speaker 2: Just want to kind of confirm this from both of.

740
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,919
Speaker 2: You The padres do love to wheel and. DEAL Aj

741
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 2: preller IS i would, say what top three in terms

742
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:06,719
Speaker 2: of front office leaders that make. Trades he would do

743
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 2: this if he got the call Right debrees putting the phone,

744
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 2: DOWN i, mean that's is that the One, no you

745
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 2: think you Think debrees even would be in.

746
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 1: PLACE i don't Think aj hangs up the phone on

747
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,479
Speaker 1: anyone like this is a guy who Traded james Wood,

748
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:25,320
Speaker 1: away who you know was a little further, away but

749
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: he Traded. James would you, know this is a guy

750
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: who Traded Mackenzie, Gore this is a guy who traded

751
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:33,839
Speaker 1: four to One. SODO i would say that he is

752
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: not going to make a. Move it'd have to be something.

753
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:40,239
Speaker 1: Massive but it's The. Padres like, AGAIN i don't think

754
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:44,439
Speaker 1: that there's anyone ever that he hasn't at least will,

755
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 1: entertain like a take the.

756
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 5: Call, YEAH i, MEAN i think it would have to

757
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 5: be an absolutely elite young major league player for him

758
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 5: to consider moving an asset like. This The, padres AS jj,

759
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 5: said they do trade good. Prospects they're probably one of

760
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 5: the organizations that the least scared of sort of that

761
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 5: coming back to bite.

762
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 3: Them BUT i don't think that's whatever.

763
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,800
Speaker 5: Happened but like if we're talking Like Gunnar henderson Or

764
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 5: Corbyn carroll or you, Know Paul, skeens like it was

765
00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 5: a player like that that was available maybe a year from,

766
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 5: now you, Know livy wants to.

767
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 3: Move To San.

768
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:20,399
Speaker 5: Diego that's probably the situation WHERE i Think DeVries would become.

769
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 5: Available BUT i just think there's very few players they

770
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:26,440
Speaker 5: would probably make devrees available for. You probably wouldn't hang

771
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 5: up the phone because he would try to negotiate down,

772
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 5: to you, know another prospect in the.

773
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 3: System.

774
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 2: Mmm, actually you know what if The padres have a

775
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 2: great first, half but they really are starter short a

776
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 2: phone call to you, Know. Seattle let's say they're having

777
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,719
Speaker 2: a bad start to the year and they've got a young.

778
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 2: Pitcher The padres want a controllable young. Pitcher it's not

779
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,800
Speaker 2: going to cost a. Lot that's where you can wheel

780
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:51,879
Speaker 2: and deal a little. Bit, okay, okay so we're hold,

781
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:53,319
Speaker 2: on hold, on we're picking them.

782
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 3: Back did you hang? Up you're? Okay, okay never mind

783
00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:58,879
Speaker 3: that Was Scott. Brown that wasn't. ME i would never

784
00:37:58,920 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 3: do that.

785
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,760
Speaker 2: Anyway if you like, this we go over every single

786
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 2: top prospect per. Organization if you haven't seen your team

787
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,919
Speaker 2: yet that you're looking, for it will be out. Soon

788
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 2: otherwise scroll back to see, others and Remember Baseball america

789
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 2: can be subscribed to go get yourself a subscription at

790
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:20,399
Speaker 2: baseball america dot. Com he's probably shown maybe a little

791
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 2: bit more durability Than sasaki, has you, know over the

792
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 2: last handful of.

793
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 3: Years The rockies sort of needs something.

794
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 5: Here and this could be the beginning of sort of

795
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,839
Speaker 5: pushing this this group of pitchers up to the major.

796
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 2: Leagues, okay The Colorado rockies have work to do with

797
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 2: their major league. Club let's see if they can find

798
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,400
Speaker 2: themselves an. Ace the name Is Chase. Dolander he is

799
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 2: the top prospect according To Baseball. America let's dive. In

800
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,799
Speaker 2: it's be a prospect. Profile Scott, RON Jj, Cooper Jeff,

801
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:51,399
Speaker 2: Ponce Jeff Chase dolander best arm in the organization right,

802
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 2: now And i'm including big.

803
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:53,440
Speaker 3: Leaguers would you?

804
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 5: AGREE i think you can probably argue that this is

805
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 5: one of the most talented pitchers The rockies have.

806
00:38:59,000 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: Ever had in the.

807
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 5: Organization kind of going, back you, know looking at some

808
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,399
Speaker 5: of the names that have been you, know top. Prospects John,

809
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,839
Speaker 5: gray you, KNOW jj AND i talked about this sort

810
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 5: of off. Airs we were kind of writing up our

811
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 5: reports during the, offseason getting things ready for the. Handbook

812
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,919
Speaker 5: and you, know maybe There's Jeff, francis you Have Ubaldo Hi.

813
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 5: Meanez He meanez probably had the most, success Certainly John,

814
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 5: gray but he's somebody that you, know almost immediately upon

815
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 5: coming into pro.

816
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 3: Ball you, know the report started to be a little.

817
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 5: Bit less optimistic than what we had seen when he,

818
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 5: was you, know a draftee or you, know coming into

819
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 5: his draft. YEAR i think when we look At, dolander,

820
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,560
Speaker 5: yeah he had slid back a little bit and felt

821
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 5: fallen Behind Paul, skens who wouldn't among college pitchers in

822
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 5: that twenty twenty three.

823
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 3: Class he had a really good.

824
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 5: Year you, know handled HIGH a very very, well went

825
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:50,919
Speaker 5: up to DOUBLE. A i think one of the things

826
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,319
Speaker 5: that was most encouraging About dolander is they really let

827
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 5: him go ninety to one hundred pitches plus multiple, times

828
00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 5: particularly in DOUBLE. A he was really working some of

829
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 5: those you, know Better Eastern league lineups which are pretty

830
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,359
Speaker 5: talented toward the end of the season and showed an

831
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,359
Speaker 5: ability to. Pitch now we get into the. Stuff it

832
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,799
Speaker 5: is electric. Stuff it might be some of the best

833
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,719
Speaker 5: stuff that we've seen from Any rockies, pitcher including he

834
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:16,439
Speaker 5: meant as you, know who threw very. Hard Do lander

835
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 5: this year sat ninety six to ninety seven miles per,

836
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 5: hour was up to one hundred miles per. Hour you,

837
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 5: know traditionally just looking at the flat, numbers he doesn't

838
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,000
Speaker 5: get a ton of ride on. It but based on

839
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,399
Speaker 5: his release, height which is really really, low he gets

840
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,960
Speaker 5: a lot of ride for his release, height which creates

841
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 5: a really sort of, flat difficult. Plane it's kind of

842
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:39,320
Speaker 5: similar and in that sense to like A Jacob deGrom

843
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,359
Speaker 5: fastball or A Garrett cole, fastball where it has that

844
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 5: flat plane of. Approach it's harder for pitchers to excuse,

845
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 5: me hitters to sort of get.

846
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 3: On plane with.

847
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:50,879
Speaker 5: That in terms of the barrel mixes in a few

848
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 5: different breaking ball. Shapes he's got a hard cutter that

849
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 5: sits in the upper eighties that you know will touch

850
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 5: ninety ninety one ninety, two you, know a little bit

851
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,320
Speaker 5: of ride and some cut got a more traditional curve.

852
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,800
Speaker 5: Ball he'll show a change up as, Well but really

853
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,879
Speaker 5: everything works off of that, fastball and you, know it's

854
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 5: sort of a what we would call a low launch.

855
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 5: Fastball so when you have a fastball like, that it's

856
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 5: much harder to sort of get on plane because it

857
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,319
Speaker 5: doesn't have that sort of same downhill movement that you

858
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 5: see on most. Fastballs so he might be a guy

859
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 5: AND i wrote an article about this in the. Offseason

860
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 5: he could be a guy this year that potentially cracks

861
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 5: That core's. Code there's only been One rockies PICTURE i

862
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 5: think in history that has a career era under, four

863
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,360
Speaker 5: and That's Oobaldo. JIMENEZ i Think dolander might be next in,

864
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 5: line and we could be looking back five or six

865
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,279
Speaker 5: years from now and, saying all, right maybe this is

866
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,279
Speaker 5: sort of what you need to Hack. Coors you, need you,

867
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 5: know this sort of weird fastball shape with a lot of,

868
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:48,640
Speaker 5: velocity and that might buy you a you, know a

869
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,560
Speaker 5: little bit more leeway than the typical arsenal.

870
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:55,879
Speaker 1: Will so good, News. Rockies if this, works you can

871
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:59,799
Speaker 1: replicate this by drafting one of the best pictures in

872
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:03,719
Speaker 1: college baseball with these kind of unique. Characteristics, NOW i

873
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 1: Think dolinder's actually a really good story as. Well when

874
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 1: we talked to him on Our Hot sheet, show he

875
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,399
Speaker 1: made the point he had two. Offers he had two

876
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:15,759
Speaker 1: scholarship offers basically coming out of high school and went

877
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,920
Speaker 1: To Georgia southern kind of dominated transferre To. Tennessee the

878
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 1: key thing And jeff touched on. This when you're talking

879
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: about how much of an impact can he make in

880
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:26,440
Speaker 1: the big leagues in twenty twenty, five one of the

881
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,920
Speaker 1: key things going for him is this isn't a guy

882
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,320
Speaker 1: who hasn't worked deep in. Games this isn't a guy

883
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:35,840
Speaker 1: who hasn't thrown. Innings he threw one hundred and eighteen.

884
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: Innings AND i know you may hear one hundred and

885
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,399
Speaker 1: eighteen innings in minor league baseball and go, wow is that? No,

886
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,879
Speaker 1: nowadays that's actually a pretty good. Workload he also though

887
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: before that he had pretty heavy, workloads reasonable, workloads but

888
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,240
Speaker 1: he worked you, know pretty full workloads At tennessee before

889
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 1: that as, Well Georgia southern as. Well so this is

890
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 1: a guy who the best WAY i can put it

891
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: is is if you put him in the rotation early this,

892
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: season and you're not going to come To july and, say,

893
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:05,319
Speaker 1: oops he's already out of. Innings, now you might get To,

894
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 1: august you might get To, september and you're skipping a

895
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,320
Speaker 1: start every now and. Then but at the same, time

896
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: we are talking about a guy who has shown that

897
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,840
Speaker 1: he can kind of hold, up has shown that he

898
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 1: can handle a pro workload of some. Sorts so you

899
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 1: put the stuff combined with the fact that this is

900
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 1: the guy who has shown some tendencies maybe to be a,

901
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:30,880
Speaker 1: horse and this is actually something For rockies fans to

902
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:31,400
Speaker 1: get excited.

903
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 5: About, yeah AND i think it's very realistic that he

904
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,560
Speaker 5: could be somebody that potentially even breaks camp with the.

905
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 5: Team you, know he's obviously going to be up against

906
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,840
Speaker 5: it in terms OF Nl rookie of The, year you,

907
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 5: know even in his own. Division obviously with Rookie sasaki

908
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 5: in that. Division you, know it could be an uphill.

909
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 5: Battle but he's probably shown maybe a little bit more

910
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 5: durability Than sasaki, has you, know over the last handful of.

911
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 5: Years of, course we're comparing college, baseball minor league, baseball you,

912
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 5: know to the highest level Of japanese, baseball which is

913
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:07,280
Speaker 5: not an even. Comparison but The rockies sort of needs

914
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:09,399
Speaker 5: something here and this could be the beginning of sort

915
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 5: of pushing this this group of pitchers up to the major.

916
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:13,799
Speaker 5: Leagues they have a few other guys sort of in

917
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,279
Speaker 5: the system that are more back end, guys but kind

918
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:18,479
Speaker 5: of interesting. Traits they seem like they've been going after

919
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 5: actually a lot of these low, release hight fastball. GUYS

920
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:24,399
Speaker 5: i bring that up again because there's one pitcher who's

921
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:26,360
Speaker 5: never given up a run in his first two career

922
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 5: starts at Coors field and That's Kyle, harrison who is

923
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 5: also a low release height.

924
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 3: Pitcher so when you.

925
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 5: Start to factor that sort of stuff, IN i think

926
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 5: there might be some secret. Sauce maybe The rockies are

927
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 5: potentially cracking something. Here it's, interesting AND i think for

928
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:44,400
Speaker 5: sure it's unusual that we would rank A rockies pitcher

929
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,120
Speaker 5: as highly as we do in the top one, hundred

930
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 5: or even have him number one in a pretty good.

931
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 5: System BUT i Think dolander is just that talented and

932
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,600
Speaker 5: has traits that you, know could potentially lead to success

933
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:56,440
Speaker 5: no matter where HE i.

934
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 2: Think it's always worth mentioning THIS. Jj if you're A rockies,

935
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 2: fan you're watching this right, now you're super.

936
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 3: Excited.

937
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:04,360
Speaker 2: GREAT i might have a number one, starter one of

938
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:08,080
Speaker 2: the best talents armwise in the organization that they've ever.

939
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:12,320
Speaker 2: Had but is there enough around him for this team

940
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 2: to eventually be. COMPETITIVE i don't even know if we're

941
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,759
Speaker 2: keeping track of a year of a rebuild for, them

942
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 2: but it doesn't look like they want to really dance

943
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 2: in the free agent. Market how even really crazy with,

944
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 2: trades with dealing away some of their guys once they're

945
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,760
Speaker 2: in their. Prime you, Know ryan McMahon was the prime

946
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,279
Speaker 2: example seemed like a couple of years ago they could

947
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 2: have gotten themselves a nice prospect or. Two so are

948
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,959
Speaker 2: they going to be able to build somewhat of a

949
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 2: prospects capital powerhouse to be able to compete in THE

950
00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:43,840
Speaker 2: Nl west or are they just In abyss.

951
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:47,399
Speaker 1: Forever the thing that you just, mentioned like you can

952
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,640
Speaker 1: go back To trevor's, story is another example of that

953
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 1: where it's just hard to see what is the, year

954
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:55,359
Speaker 1: what is the goal that The rockies are pushing for?

955
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,880
Speaker 1: Now If dolander, really you, know comes in and pitches

956
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,439
Speaker 1: the way we expect and hope you, will that would

957
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: be a big impact for. Them they do have some

958
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: young talent, here you, know up the, middle the. Outfield

959
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 1: if everyone if everyone in the outfield plays to the

960
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:11,799
Speaker 1: level they have in their best, year they could have

961
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,279
Speaker 1: a pretty solid outfield out. There you, Know doyle's had

962
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 1: a good, Year Nolan jones had a good year two years.

963
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,839
Speaker 1: Ago but you put it all together and you, say

964
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 1: is this team going to? Win is this team going

965
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,840
Speaker 1: to contend in THE Nl? WEST i would struggle to,

966
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,480
Speaker 1: say you, know anytime in the rest of this, decade

967
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:30,840
Speaker 1: because if you look at, it we know The dodgers

968
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 1: are going to be. Good The padres are way better

969
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 1: than right. Now The diamondbacks went to The World series

970
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 1: two years, ago have more young, talent and then we

971
00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:40,799
Speaker 1: throw The giants, in who kind of are regrouping a little.

972
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:43,480
Speaker 1: Bit but when The giants, regroup they signed free agents

973
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:47,160
Speaker 1: Like Willia. Thomas that's not something that is really something

974
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,000
Speaker 1: that The rockies are. Doing, SO i, mean it can get,

975
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 1: better but. Better right, now the goal seems to, be you,

976
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,200
Speaker 1: know let's get to see this team could get to

977
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 1: eighty one or eighty two, wins and that may be

978
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 1: a pretty uphill, climb much less getting to ninety plus

979
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:00,839
Speaker 1: to conte and in this.

980
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:04,279
Speaker 2: Division, yeah it's a tough. Division so we feel for

981
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 2: You rockies, fans but there are worse, situations not, many

982
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:12,359
Speaker 2: maybe one or two at this, point so at least

983
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 2: they've got some talent in the. Pipeline we are talking

984
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 2: about every single organization in their top prospect and then

985
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,239
Speaker 2: spilling the conversation and some others that you should be

986
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:22,759
Speaker 2: paying attention. To so make sure you check out all

987
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:25,359
Speaker 2: of the videos team by team here we're releasing one

988
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:26,760
Speaker 2: per day during spring.

989
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 3: Training