WEBVTT - Hot Sheet: NL West Top Prospects 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.520 He's gonna have starts where you say, I'm really glad 0:00:02.560 --> 0:00:05.640 that I watched that. I'm really glad he's going to 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:06.840 be must CTV. 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:10.680 We're hitting the top prospect in the Dodgers organization. You 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:13.160 almost definitely know the name, and you've got the right 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:14.040 people to talk about it. 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:18.560 Here's our prospect profile. Roki Sasaki is the name. 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:21.280 The sweepstakes, of course, is over Scott Brown along with 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:24.200 Baseball Americas, JJ Cooper and Ben Badler. Ben, you've been 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:27.920 covering Roki Sasaki for some time. I have to imagine 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:31.480 that once he officially signed with the Dodgers, you were like, cool, 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:33.000 there's their top prospect. 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.919 Yeah, that one was not much of a debate, right, 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:38.560 not much of a long conversation there. You're getting a 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.160 frontline starter and somebody who should be a front line 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:45.760 starter from day one. Right, this is a guy who's 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:49.720 got an upper tank fastball. You can say the velocity 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:53.600 backed up last year if you want to poke holes 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:55.680 in his game and say that's maybe a red flag. 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:59.520 What's going on still in upper nineties fastball? And then 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.880 here's it with this just unhittable splitter. I mean when 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:06.240 he throws it right, It's just an absolutely devastating pitch. 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:08.720 The bottom falls out of it. It doesn't matter if 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.760 you're lefty, righty, how good of a hitter you are. 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.920 It's a wipeout pitch. And then the slider is like, 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:18.240 oh yeah, that's kind of a plus pitch two for him, 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:21.000 so throws a lot of strikes. It's a pretty easy 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:26.240 athletic delivery. Pretty Much every box you want checked in 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:30.560 a young starting pitcher he has, with the exception of durability. Right, 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:34.640 We'll see how that goes. I think the Dodgers will 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.440 be able to keep him on that six man rotation, 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:41.120 ease him in that way. They're not obviously counting on 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:44.440 him to be like the savior of their rotation by 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:47.280 any means, so they can manage his workload very carefully 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:49.960 if they need to. So I imagine they will do that. 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:52.560 But I got to think too, he's going to be 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.920 everybody's favorite to be Rookie of the Year this year. 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:02.760 It's kind of almost it's both impressive and sad at 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.280 the same time that the team that already had everything 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:09.560 adds the best prospect in baseball because, like in for 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:13.120 a lot of places, Roki Sasaki would immediately be the 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.840 star of the team, or could be. We could see 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:17.640 I would say we'll probably see it in a little 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:22.160 bit less consistency, but we could see at times Roki 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:24.880 be like what we saw Paul Skimes last year, where 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:26.919 he's just outings where it's like no one's hitting him. 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:30.600 He's just shutting you down, sit down onto the next day. 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:35.160 And he has that ability because he has been laid out. 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:39.680 He has two top tier pitches, especially when his fastball's on, 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:43.080 and the third pitch is very you already. But I 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:45.280 also think that the Dodgers are probably going to help 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:48.720 him unlock another gear as far as his pitch mix, 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.640 as far as his assortment, because there are probably some 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:54.720 different things he could do to kind of give hitters 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:57.600 another way to kind of have to defend against him, 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:01.400 because everything's pretty hard, and it's kind of when he's on, 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.959 is that fastball splitter back and forth, back and forth, 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:08.040 you kind of maybe he starts to put something else, 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:11.320 maybe a sweeper or something that eventually becomes something that 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.960 a cutter, something that just puts a little different idea 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:18.320 a hitter's head. There's kind of some more potential for refinement, 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:21.359 more potential for development here. But what he is right 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:25.360 now is already really really good. And like Ben said, 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:29.200 the durability is probably the biggest question, But the Dodgers 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:32.480 don't need him to be especially durable, especially in year one. 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.440 Wouldn't shock me at all if they were extra cautious, 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.320 and if there's ever a moment where there's a you know, 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:40.600 a twinge or anything like that, they just shut him 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.040 down for a month and say, Okay, don't worry, We've 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.880 got plenty of pitching to get us through the regular season. 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:48.880 Don't worry. We're gonna make the postseason. We can promise 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.440 you that. And then the real question is is you know, 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:56.040 where is he pitching in that rotation come the postseason? 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.760 Because this is gonna be the one of the greatest 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:01.560 battles of all time if ever stays healthy. Because you 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:03.440 would think that Blake Snell has to start games in 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.840 the postseason. You'd think that Tyler Glasnow has to start 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:09.600 games in the postseason. You would think that Yoshinobo Yamamoto 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:12.200 should start games in the postseason. Oh yeah, by the way, 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.880 we think that showey Otani should probably start games in 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:18.520 the postseason. And then Roki Sazaki I'm guessing if we 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:22.000 see recent Dodgers history, not off of those five, we'll 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.800 be ready to go come October. But at the same time, 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:29.479 if they all are, that's the embarrassment of riches, of 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:32.680 all embarrassment of riches. But you look at Sazaki and 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:37.200 if Roki Sasaki is playing and pitching at his best 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:40.159 of his ability, he actually does start games in the 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.200 postseason over some of those names I just mentioned, and 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:45.960 that just tells you how exceptional his talent. 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:49.159 You know, it's funny. I just thought about this JJ. 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:51.640 We don't know how Otani's going to bounce back, and 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.360 I know we're talking about Roki here, but let's say 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:58.320 Otani doesn't bounce back from surgery, and remember there was 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.840 also a shoulder issue, and a surgery in the offseason 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:04.800 might not be good enough pitching wise to crack the 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:08.120 starting rotation in the playoffs. That's the picture you painted. 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:10.520 Most people assume they're not going to have all of 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:14.080 those arms intact for October based on last year's results. 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:16.440 That might not necessarily. 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:17.600 Be the case, because this is a team that knows 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:19.640 they're going to get into the playoffs, so they're going 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:21.960 to do everything they can to treat this whole case 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:24.640 like a marathon. Roki is the perfect example, so to 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.120 tie it right back to him. If you are a 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:31.120 fantasy baseball player and you're watching this show, this might 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:33.479 not be the pick for you, or don't overvalue this 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.920 pick because of what you said. They might have absolute 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:39.960 kid gloves on, give him breaks if there's any sort 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:43.240 of issue right and still even give him extra extra 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.159 rest and have a lot of other arms to mix 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:48.480 in as far as his big league impact. Tell us 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.760 what we can expect from him this year if some 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:53.719 of what you're talking about and some of what he 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:56.880 adds to the arsenal at least learns from within the 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:01.000 Dodger system actually pans out in year one. Just one 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:03.600 other example I'll point out before we get your thoughts. 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.720 Showed it in Minaga last year was highly. 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:08.160 Debated in the offseason. 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:09.640 I think we talked about him a little bit on 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:11.919 this show, among other shows, including The One Behind Me 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:14.400 File Territory. There were some people that we spoke to 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.640 that said this could be a one or two. There 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:18.760 were just as many people that said this could be 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:22.320 a five. He looked definitely more like a one, two 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:23.040 three than a four. 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:25.760 Or five. So I know they're not the same pitcher 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:26.359 by any. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:29.440 Means, but sometimes it's hard to completely take what you 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:31.839 see in Japan and convert it to what it's going 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:33.479 to look like in Major League Baseball. 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:35.360 Your thoughts on year one? 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:40.040 The way I would put it is Paul Skins last year. 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:42.719 If you're a fan of baseball, right you don't have 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.720 to be a Pirates fan. I knew when Paul Skins pitched, 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:47.520 and I wanted to make sure I didn't miss it. 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:50.240 That's what Roki Sasaki I think has a chance to 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:53.960 be pretty much right away. It doesn't mean that every 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.200 start will be perfect. If you told me that he 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:59.320 has somewhere, oh, he's not really locating the splitter tonight, 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.240 and so he doesn't have a plan B to get 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:04.680 hitters out and he's struggling a little bit, Okay, that 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.600 might happen. But what I would also say is he's 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:09.880 going to have starts where you say, I'm really glad 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.960 that I watched that. I'm really glad He's going to 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:17.320 be must see TV multiple times this year. I would say, 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:19.240 you know, as long as he's healthy, there are going 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.720 to be starts where you just say I'm really excited 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:24.400 I got to watch that. And the thing I've been 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:26.880 saying about this for years, when you have a young 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:31.480 pitcher like this, right, they may get better because as 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:34.840 pitchers age, they get craftier, they understand what they're doing 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:38.000 more and more. But at the same time, there's something 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:41.680 about seeing that fireballing twenty three, twenty four year old, 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.640 twenty two year old that just has a level of 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.679 excitement to it that you don't see from a twenty 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:51.120 seven year old. I will never forget watching Carrie Wood, 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:53.600 you know, when he was a young rookie. I will 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:58.120 never forget Steven Strasburg's big league debut. There was so 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:00.400 much hype surrounding it, and he was ever bit as 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:02.360 good as that. He was, like, this is exactly what 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:05.200 you're looking to see. Paul Skemes did that last year. 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.280 That's what Roki Sasaki could be. Is a guy who 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.760 just has those outings where you go, wow, that was magical, 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:15.320 and has outings where you say, I mean he's already 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:19.000 thrown one of the best games in professional baseball history. 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.400 You know, a perfect game with eighteen strikeouts. That doesn't happen? 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:25.320 Was it nineteen? Like it's you know, absurd, and then 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.680 he followed it up the next start by throwing eight 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:31.040 perfect innings when he's on, no one hits them, and 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.440 those are the kind of starts. So when you say impact, 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:35.840 I would say his impact is is he should have 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.760 some of the best pitch games in the major leagues 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.439 in twenty twenty five, not in twenty twenty seven or 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:44.480 eight in twenty twenty five. Now the question is just 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:46.120 how consistently can he do it? 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:49.120 There you go, that's ace upside from the jump, and 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:52.600 that was nineteen ks in that one. So get ready 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:56.400 Dodger fans, and really just get ready baseball fans if 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.400 you want to see what Roki Sasaki can bring to 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:00.520 the table. And also he's pitching for you know what 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:04.280 we call now the evil Empire in Major League Baseball. 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:06.960 The team that already looked stack heading into the season 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:11.240 obviously gets the best prospect available the softseason, and they 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.320 didn't have to waste a draft pick, and he's not 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.480 getting paid a lot in the grand scheme of baseball talk. 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:20.600 So that's the top prospect in the Dodgers system right now. 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:24.160 That's your prospect profile. We have prospect profiles for every 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.240 single team to make sure you look back and check 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:28.520 those out. And if we're missing one, it means it's 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:30.520 coming out because we release them on a day by 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.240 day basis during spring training, so we'll see on another one. 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.800 His power is such that, yes, I do think he 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.280 can be that thumper, that masher that the Giants have 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:41.960 long lacked. 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:44.960 Let's at the top prospect in the San Francisco Giants 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:49.800 organization according to Baseball America with this prospect profile. The 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:53.160 name is Bryce Eldridge and he could be coming to 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:55.199 the San Francisco Giants soon. That's how we want to 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:57.560 start this out. Scott run along with JJ Cooper and 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:01.840 Ben Badler from Baseball America. Ben for Big Bryce, what 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:02.360 do you think? 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:04.360 I mean, Jesus, the guy who was just drafted out 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.160 of high school last year or twenty twenty three, I 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.080 should say he's got one year under his belt and 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:12.439 it might be this year, which is kind of crazy. 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:14.920 I mean that I would not have thought that when 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.600 he was drafted. As much as I love Bryce Eldridge, 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:21.679 but he has, He's flown through the system. It's I mean, 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:25.079 it's gigantic raw power. I mean, he's from a gigantic 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:29.320 human being. Sixt' seven six', Eight and this is also 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.440 probably the least amount of power That Bryce eldridge will 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.240 ever have because he has more room to continue to 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:39.360 fill out and get. Stronger he's still a pretty lean athletic, 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.840 body so by the time he's done filling out packs 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.400 on more. WEIGHT i think we're talking about a guy 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:49.800 who could be a thirty five potential forty plus home run. 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.240 Hitter there is swing and missing there right when you're 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:54.439 six foot seven and your arms are that long and 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:57.680 your strike zone is that. Big, yeah there's gonna be 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:01.240 some swing and miss pretty much no matter. What BUT 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.160 i think he's going to be able to keep that under, 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.160 control especially for a guy who was pushed as fast 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.520 as he was this. Year like if they had kept 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.320 him in say LOW a all, year even just LOW a, 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:13.280 high it wouldn't have been quite as the strike numbers 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:14.880 wouldn't have been quite as high as they. Were but 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:17.400 even if that's always part of his, GAME i think 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:19.480 he's going to be able to keep that to a 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:24.560 manageable level and tap into the just incredible power that he. 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:28.480 Has the thing that kind of jumps out to, me 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:33.040 Like ben, said the way that The giants moved him 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:36.800 last year tells you both what they think about him 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.760 and how quick this timetable, is because like where a 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.720 lot of his contemporaries spent last year in a ball this, Was, 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:45.960 Hey i'm going to start in LOW, a go To HIGH, 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:47.920 a go To DOUBLE, a and finish the year In TRIPLE. 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:50.680 A not many guys do the four stops in one. 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:54.360 Year check every box off your your full season minor 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:58.199 league baseball card in one. Season that doesn't mean he's 0:11:58.240 --> 0:11:59.720 not going to go Back TRIPLE a start the, year 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.280 but you don't have to look too far out here 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.560 to think that there's a chance That Bryce eldridge could 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:11.400 be The giant's best pure, offensive biggest bat in the. 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:13.560 LINEUP i should say by the end of twenty, five 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.360 and really by twenty, six because if you look at 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:19.840 This giants lineup, now Obviously williadamas is a very nice. 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:25.640 Addition they have guys who are well Rounded Patrick bailey At, 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:30.240 Chapman Willia. Damas but if you said a pure thumper 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:32.480 who's just going to be one of the better hitters 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:35.320 in the, league they don't have one of those. Guys 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:38.040 they really haven't had one of those guys all that, 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:41.280 often and that's What eldridge could. Be now he better 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:43.800 be because has been laid. Out this is a guy 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:49.080 who's a pretty massive a, HUMAN i, mean and by the, 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:50.680 way he was a two way guy in high. School 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:53.600 Like i'll kick it back to you for a, Minute, 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.240 ben which is when you saw him kind of coming 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.560 up as an. Amateur where did you think that this 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:00.319 was that all the way or did you think that 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:01.839 this was the guy who had a chance to be a. 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:05.520 Pitcher the first TIME i Saw Bryce, ELDRIDGE i was 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:09.560 at a field going to, watch mainly to watch a 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:13.400 player from The. Bahamas SO i look over another field 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.880 and there's this six foot, six fourteen year old throwing 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.280 like eighty eight ninety miles an hour or whatever it 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:23.440 was at the, time and that Was Bryce, eldridge AND 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.640 i was, like, wow that was. Impressive just watching him 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:29.720 more and more over the, Years, yeah leading up until 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:33.480 his draft. Year HE'S i, mean a six foot, seven 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.760 very athletic right handed pitcher who was up to the mid, 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:41.120 nineties showed feel for spinning a breaking, ball could repeat 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:45.160 his pretty sound mechanics for a guy that. SIZE i 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.560 think if The giants had let, him he could be 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:51.640 a legitimate two way. Guy, OBVIOUSLY i don't think that's 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:54.480 going to go back and happened, Now but, yeah this, 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:56.880 guy for as big as he, is and as much 0:13:56.880 --> 0:14:00.560 as we're talking up his, power there's other two there. 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:00.800 Too. 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:04.000 YEAH i mean it's limited, defensively but there's obviously arm 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:07.480 strength and in a pretty impressive athlete too for somebody 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:08.280 who's as big as he. 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:12.360 Is so a little trivia question one of my, favorites 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.120 and THEN jj hoppend but do you know actually the 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.559 last player to hit thirty home runs for The, giants. 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:20.320 We have to go back To. 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.440 Bonds we have to go back To Barry. Bonds you, 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.960 know people are dying for. This you guys are, Mentioning, 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:29.200 hey we need like a lumberjack in the, lineup and everyrun's, like, 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.320 well he looks the. Part so can he be the 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.920 guy to actually crack the code In San? FRANCISCO i 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:36.320 know it's not an easy park to, defeat but come, 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:38.320 on it's been like decades. 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:40.400 That that's the THING i would say is is he 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.600 is one of those guys where like to just use the, 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.560 cliche you, Know yellowstone's not holding him. IN i mean 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:49.720 he can hit it out of any, park and yes he. 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:52.760 Is now anyone's going to be affected, by you, know 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:55.160 by playing. There it's not gonna doesn't mean you know 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:56.920 that he's not going to lose some home, runs but 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:00.520 his power is such, that, YES i do think he 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:03.880 can be that that, thumper that masher that The giants 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:08.560 have long. Lacked AND i just look at it and, say, like, 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:12.200 again maybe maybe last year was a little. Fast if 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:15.200 you told, ME i would not freak out IF i 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:19.080 was A giants fan and we get To, may you, 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:22.000 know Early, june it's, like, Oh Bryce eldrew's struggle a 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:25.120 little bit In TRIPLE. A it's, like that's, okay you, 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:28.400 know he's. Twenty give him some. TIME i know, though 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:31.600 That giants fans, understandably if they see that a little, 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:34.560 bit they're a little scarred right, now maybe because it's, 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.200 like oh, wait is This Marco luciano, Again oh wait 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.200 is This Luis montos who struggle a little? Bit oh 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.720 wait is This Joey BART i would, say Give elders 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:45.960 a little, Time but he just does have A i would, 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:49.440 say a more well rounded, bat a more well rounded 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:51.920 hitting approach than some of the guys And, hey the 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:54.440 good news if you're A giants fan Is Elliot ramos 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:57.240 did bounce back last, year was a guy who was 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.360 a top hundred prospect and it seemed like his career 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:02.360 is kind of. Installed and then last year he found 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.280 another gear and now fits very much in their. Lineup 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:07.360 but so it's not like they've been all. Missus Patrick 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.240 bailey's been a hit as, well but The giants do 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.880 Need Bryce eldris to really kind of make an impact 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.960 because this is a team that has kind of struggled 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:18.440 to produce those kind of everyday regular. 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.480 Hitters, yeah and you and you look at what's coming 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.480 up behind him. TOO i think there is a lot 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:27.680 of weight on his shoulders, too because it's LOOK i 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:29.400 like what they've done maybe the last couple of years 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.920 with their international signing, classes but those guys are years 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:36.000 and years away from being Big league. Ready the rest 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:39.320 of the farm system right, now outside Of, eldridge like 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:43.560 you'll get their top, five top, ten it falls off pretty. 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:45.640 QUICK i mean a guy Like Dakota, jordan who they 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.480 drafted this, year, who's you, know number five prospect in their, 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:51.360 system obviously has a lot of, tools but huge swing 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.080 and mis risk him with him that you know that 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.160 we saw in College James, tibbs you, know a good, 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.400 hitter but not Not these guys are not to the 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:03.600 level obviously Of Bryce. ELLERGANT i think the talent really falls, 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:08.119 off you, know in The giants farm system after the 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:10.560 top top three to five. Players so, YEAH i think 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:13.480 there's a lot of weight on his shoulders for things to. 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.080 Click why do you think this has happened so? 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:19.480 FREQUENTLY i know it's not easy to, pinpoint BUT, JJ 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:24.360 i mean the development has been a problem recently For San, 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:28.320 francisco and ALSO i mean for the position player side of, 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.959 things it is still one of the premier pitchers parks 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:34.200 in the. Sport so you come up to the, show 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.600 you face tougher. Pitching you look at that park and 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:38.560 it's holding in a lot of baseballs that you used 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.240 to smash over a, wall and that can be defeating 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:44.640 for a young player's. CONFIDENCE i think that could. 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.960 Be and also the reality is is this is the, 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.719 team even though they've kind of had their ups and 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:51.840 downs at the big league, level this is the team 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:54.040 that kind of has been trying to, contend has been 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:56.800 trying to contend with The dodgers and The padres year after, 0:17:56.920 --> 0:17:59.240 year and SO i think that there's also been kind 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:01.439 of a short window with a lot of these. GUYS 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:03.520 i don't know If Joey bart was ever going to, 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.679 work you, know In San, francisco but it was a 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:08.919 pretty pretty short period of time before they went from 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:12.240 this is Not Buster posey's replacement to, ah you're In pittsburgh. 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:15.639 NOW i See Marco luciano has been up a couple of, 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.360 times but they really have never figured, out, hey this 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:20.720 is your. Spot we're going to give you some time 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:23.760 to really. Develop it's something where they're kind of the 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:26.120 curse of the big market team that wants to contend 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.560 you don't have the same amount of, patience you don't 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:31.840 have the same amount of here's two hundred and, fifty 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:33.840 here's three hundred and fifty at bats to figure it 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:37.120 out and don't worry if you struggle at. Start it's 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:38.800 been a little bit quicker in a lot of cases than. 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:40.679 That and again we see even a guy Like Elliott, 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:43.480 ramos he kind of had that hot streak where finally 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:45.600 he kind of grabbed hold to. It BUT i don't 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:48.480 know if he might not have found himself elsewhere if 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:50.960 it hadn't been for, that because again it's just you 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:53.640 got to, produce and there have been guys who haven't 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.160 produced right away who've kind of been moved on from pretty. 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:59.119 Quickly So, bryce no. 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:03.359 Pressure maybe don't watch this, video but this could be 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:05.960 a big deal power threat finally coming through to The 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:08.480 San Francisco giants, lineup and he's on the fast. 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:10.080 Track even though he's super. 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:12.399 Young he is the top prospect right now In San 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:16.560 Francisco giants organization according To Baseball. America we do this 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:18.639 on every single, team so make sure you check out 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:21.280 our other videos or look out for more on the 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:23.880 way and we'll see on the next prospect. Profile but If. 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:27.760 Jordan lawler comes out in twenty twenty, five has a 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:31.200 really great start to the, season well this is a 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:32.080 big league ready. 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:35.280 Shortstop let's talk about The Arizona diamondbacks and their top 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:38.359 prospect in the. Organization it's a name that's been around 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:41.000 for a. Minute It's Jordan, lawler and it's your prospect 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:45.800 profile and it Is scott brun along With Baseball america 0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:48.160 IS Jj cooper And Jeff. Ponce so where we, at 0:19:48.240 --> 0:19:50.640