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Speaker 3: Hello everybody, Welcome into the cycle. I am Ryan Warmley,

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Speaker 3: joined as always by Mike Mayer. We are talking a

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Speaker 3: whole bunch of stuff around in the basis here in

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Speaker 3: our first segment. We'll have a couple of other shows

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Speaker 3: on both audio and video where we talk about some

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Speaker 3: our two star pitcher competition and all the usual stuff

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Speaker 3: that we do every single week. This is our first

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Speaker 3: video of the cycle this week, however, where we are

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Speaker 3: rounding the basis to talking about some of our favorite topics.

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Speaker 3: We're going to be drafting some of our early favorite breakouts,

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Speaker 3: and really the way we're framing it is breakouts that

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Speaker 3: we most believe in and are buying into. We're going

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Speaker 3: to talk about your early you know, you could say

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Speaker 3: way too early. Really at this point is probably just early,

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Speaker 3: not way too early, but your early risers and followers

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Speaker 3: in your rankings. You are one of our most accurate

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Speaker 3: rankers here, Fantasy Pros and anywhere based on our tracking

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Speaker 3: and our accuracy competition. So we'll see how your early

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Speaker 3: fun stuff. How are you doing today, Mayor.

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Speaker 4: I'm doing all right. I don't know if you've ever

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Speaker 3: It felt gross coming out, but it's just it's just math.

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Speaker 3: Like you finish high in the rankings, it's kind of undeniable,

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Speaker 3: Or oh this is a terrible bi low pick, Like

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Speaker 3: It's also, by the time this gets released, the first

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Speaker 3: somebody is going to tweet the Jesse Pinkman breaking bad meme.

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Speaker 3: They can't keep getting away with this when when one

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but I still really like him as a a

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Speaker 3: Though I have him in a few weeks as well.

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Speaker 4: I think probably second third round consideration. I think a

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Speaker 3: All right, let's get into our kind of draft here

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Speaker 3: Do you feel strongly about having the first pick or

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Speaker 4: I'll let you pick, I'll go second. Are we doing

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Speaker 3: Since you don't mind going second, I'll just go first.

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Speaker 4: So your first pick is Gunner Henderson is what you're saying.

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Speaker 3: No, not Gunner Henderson. I'm gonna go with Hunter Green

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Speaker 4: Yeah, no, I'll accept it. I had him on my

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Speaker 4: Let's see do I want to go? I'm also looking

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Speaker 4: I think what Christian Campbell is doing is really exciting,

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Speaker 4: there was some concerns in spring training that he kind

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Speaker 4: He's like a violent swinger. I listened to a lot

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Speaker 3: can you say who you were picking again.

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Speaker 4: Christian Campbell, Red Sox second baseman, slash possibly outfielder.

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Speaker 3: Okay, that was what I assumed based on your description.

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Speaker 3: So I have a lot of Max Meyer like that.

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Speaker 3: The slider is as great as always, but he's really

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Speaker 3: I think, kind of rounded out the the you know,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that was the other name I was considering between

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Speaker 4: I had a feeling you're going to go with Max

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Speaker 4: think we're seeing an emerging young power hitter that I'm

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00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,280
Speaker 4: really excited about, and I think it's it's a legit breakout.

435
00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, he was on my list, nothing to add. I

436
00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,680
Speaker 3: think you hit all the reasons why he qualifies. I

437
00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,520
Speaker 3: almost picked him up early on in the year in

438
00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,600
Speaker 3: a league where I really could use the help at

439
00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,080
Speaker 3: first base, and I decided to wait, and I regret

440
00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:06,440
Speaker 3: it pretty much every day. Interestingly, that I've gone two

441
00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,119
Speaker 3: pictures and you've gone two hitters, did you feel like

442
00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,560
Speaker 3: it was easier to find one versus the other or

443
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Speaker 3: do you think that's just, you know, it's just happened

444
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Speaker 3: to be how it's gone.

445
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Speaker 4: I think it's just happened to be how it's gone

446
00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,919
Speaker 4: because both of the pictures you named were high on

447
00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,960
Speaker 4: my list, and it just kind of like alternated like

448
00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,920
Speaker 4: where I went, Like, you know, I, if I went first,

449
00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,440
Speaker 4: I may have gone Hunter Green, you know. I think

450
00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:27,719
Speaker 4: it's just kind of like how it's gone.

451
00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,640
Speaker 3: Okay, Well, my third pick, if you'll allow it, will

452
00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,720
Speaker 3: not be a picture I don't This one is I

453
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Speaker 3: think probably the one where I could most anticipate getting

454
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Speaker 3: pushback of he doesn't count. I think he does count

455
00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,160
Speaker 3: because of the power breakout. We literally just talked about him,

456
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,320
Speaker 3: James Would, I think he's broken out from he was,

457
00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,359
Speaker 3: because the thing is, he was going high in drafts,

458
00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,560
Speaker 3: but he was like relative to what he had done

459
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,000
Speaker 3: last year, but that was because people were anticipating the breakout.

460
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,040
Speaker 3: So I don't want to like count that against him.

461
00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,080
Speaker 3: The fact that he has lived up to the anticipated breakout.

462
00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:58,600
Speaker 3: It's not like he truly broke out last year, even

463
00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,720
Speaker 3: though you know he did provide you know, nine home runs,

464
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,480
Speaker 3: fourteen stone bases and how the season. It wasn't like

465
00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,000
Speaker 3: he was useless last year. But I think this is

466
00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,440
Speaker 3: a new level. I think going from that like sixty

467
00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,400
Speaker 3: pick range to like maybe inside the top twenty five

468
00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,800
Speaker 3: next year is a breakout. And I think the power

469
00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,720
Speaker 3: is legitimate, even for even talking about all the reasons

470
00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:18,840
Speaker 3: we just talked about at the start of this segment.

471
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Speaker 3: So will you allow James Would?

472
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's fine, Okay, I think he's taking

473
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,280
Speaker 4: it to another level. And you know, like you said,

474
00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:28,960
Speaker 4: he's already got eight home runs in twenty four games

475
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,320
Speaker 4: that are hitting nine and seventy nine games last year.

476
00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,840
Speaker 4: And like you said, he was being drafted with a

477
00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,920
Speaker 4: decent amount of draft couple this year. But it was

478
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,199
Speaker 4: all projection. It wasn't like based on historical performance. It

479
00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,800
Speaker 4: was like people projecting the breakout. And now we're seeing

480
00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,080
Speaker 4: the breakout. And so even you know, despite what we

481
00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,360
Speaker 4: already talked about with you know, like not as much

482
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,080
Speaker 4: pull power, it looks like the breakout is legitimate.

483
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm feeling great. I got the first three names

484
00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,320
Speaker 3: on my big board, so I feel like I'm sitting

485
00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,359
Speaker 3: pretty here. I'm glad you went with the Homer. I

486
00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,040
Speaker 3: have been the Eric DaCosta slash Howie Roseman of this

487
00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,760
Speaker 3: draft so far, just getting value as it falls to me.

488
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:08,200
Speaker 3: Who's your third pick?

489
00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:10,720
Speaker 4: So I didn't have mine ranked. I just kind of

490
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,520
Speaker 4: put them in a glob and it was kind of

491
00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,239
Speaker 4: just going to see how the draft played out and

492
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Speaker 4: who I wanted to go with. And I'm not really

493
00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 4: sure who I want to go with now, if I

494
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,600
Speaker 4: want to go with my first picture or if you

495
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,560
Speaker 4: know what, I'll give it to someone that a lot

496
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Speaker 4: of people had prospect fatigue about who was off to

497
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,320
Speaker 4: a really good start, and it looks like the numbers

498
00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:40,119
Speaker 4: are legitimate, and I'll give it to Spencer. Spencer Torkulsen.

499
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:45,280
Speaker 4: I think that he's actually finally breaking out if you'll

500
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Speaker 4: allow it. You know, someone who wo'd been waiting to

501
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,639
Speaker 4: break out for a while now, and I just think

502
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,760
Speaker 4: it's finally happening. I think a lot of the underlying

503
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,199
Speaker 4: numbers are backing up what's happening, and we might finally

504
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Speaker 4: see Spencer Torkulsen as a consistent fantasy contribut and real

505
00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,240
Speaker 4: life baseball contributor after it looked like for a little

506
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,720
Speaker 4: while like it might be over in terms of his

507
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:06,920
Speaker 4: future in baseball.

508
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:13,480
Speaker 3: He was on my list, totally legitimate, and I I'm

509
00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 3: really excited to see the breakout. Like he's somebody I

510
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,000
Speaker 3: really loved. I mean, obviously every he was a number

511
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,360
Speaker 3: one pick, like everybody loved him in that twenty twenty class.

512
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,399
Speaker 3: But I's it's very fun because it felt like he

513
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,240
Speaker 3: was such a sure thing with the bat and then

514
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 3: he like you said, it looks like it might be done.

515
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:30,879
Speaker 3: Like I know you don't want to write off a

516
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,159
Speaker 3: guy too early, but like it was so so bad

517
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,160
Speaker 3: that to see him now take this step forward. Like

518
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,000
Speaker 3: it's been one of the more enjoyable storylines for me

519
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,360
Speaker 3: earlier this season. I really liked watching him.

520
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,399
Speaker 4: Yeah, it looked there and live up to it. Sorry,

521
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,240
Speaker 4: it looked at one point like the Tigers were like

522
00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,880
Speaker 4: not even like guaranteeing a roster spot for him this

523
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,199
Speaker 4: this year. He had to kind of earn his way

524
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Speaker 4: onto the team.

525
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so I like that. Pick a lot the fourth

526
00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,480
Speaker 3: name on my board. Again, just just take this value

527
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:01,800
Speaker 3: as it comes to although, like I said, some of

528
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,560
Speaker 3: your guys were on my list as well. Bryce Terrang,

529
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,720
Speaker 3: I think it's legitimate what he's done. If you look

530
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,560
Speaker 3: at his stat cast page last year, you know stuff

531
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,720
Speaker 3: like average exit velocity, barrel rate, hard hit rate very

532
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:18,000
Speaker 3: very blue, fourteenth percentile, third percentile, ninth percentile, bat speed

533
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 3: second percentile. This is all very poor. It's all better

534
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,480
Speaker 3: this year, and some of those are a lot better.

535
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 3: Average exit velocity is now ninetieth percentile. He's averaging ninety

536
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,560
Speaker 3: three miles per hour on the average exxit loss. Your

537
00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,439
Speaker 3: hard hit rate is now seventy eighth percentile. His batting

538
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,119
Speaker 3: average is three fifty, but his expected batting average is

539
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,280
Speaker 3: three sixteen it's still over three hundred. He's been just

540
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,479
Speaker 3: hitting a lot better. Again, looking at some of the numbers,

541
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 3: Like compared to last year's exit velocity was eighty seven,

542
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 3: that's six miles per hour better on average, his max

543
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:54,120
Speaker 3: exit velocity is much better, you know. Again, the expected

544
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,919
Speaker 3: numbers just are a lot improved over last year. The

545
00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,199
Speaker 3: barrel rate is like three or four times what it

546
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,680
Speaker 3: was last year. I think it's a very legitimate breakout.

547
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,080
Speaker 3: The stolen bases, I think we were probably both confident

548
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 3: we were gonna get a lot of those regardless. Also,

549
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,480
Speaker 3: we just know the Brewers run so much. That's still continued.

550
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 3: He has eight already here in the first month of

551
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,640
Speaker 3: the season, but he already has three home runs after

552
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 3: hitting just seven last year. I don't know that he's

553
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,639
Speaker 3: gonna hit twenty, but I wouldn't be surprised if this

554
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,920
Speaker 3: breakout is legitimate, which I am saying that I think

555
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,160
Speaker 3: it is. If it gets to like twelve to fifteen,

556
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,240
Speaker 3: and then if you throw that in with forty five

557
00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,800
Speaker 3: steals and a three hundred batting average like that is

558
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 3: a real elevation of his value, and I think it's legit,

559
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:36,320
Speaker 3: especially looking at the statcast data, So I know Terrang

560
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,639
Speaker 3: is somebody that you were kind of thinking of as

561
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:40,879
Speaker 3: like maybe a cell high early in the season. Do

562
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 3: you still feel that way? Do you not buy into

563
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,159
Speaker 3: this breakout as much as I am?

564
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 4: Probably in between, like I probably don't buy into it

565
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 4: as much as you do, but I do see the improvement.

566
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,639
Speaker 4: Like I felt like last year, I would he was

567
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,800
Speaker 4: like a very frequent cell high for me. I had

568
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,000
Speaker 4: to stop myself from writing him as a cell high

569
00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,640
Speaker 4: like every week, and there were you know, you fell

570
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,359
Speaker 4: off the cli at one point. But he also stole

571
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 4: fifty bases, so it's not like you had to remove

572
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:05,879
Speaker 4: him from your line up at any point. You know,

573
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 4: his batting average didn't hurt you to the point where

574
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,439
Speaker 4: I thought it would, and he stole fifty bases, so

575
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 4: not really much you can say about that. It's also

576
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 4: interesting he's hitting lefties better this year. He's he's batting

577
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 4: average against lefties over three hundred, whereas like last year

578
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 4: that was kind of a you know, a sore spot

579
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 4: for him. He wasn't like the worst against lefties, but

580
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,080
Speaker 4: he battered like two thirty something against lefties. So yeah,

581
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 4: it's an interesting choice. You know, banking on a you know,

582
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 4: calling a guy who stole fifty bases last year as

583
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,959
Speaker 4: a breakout I think is a little questionable. But you know,

584
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 4: you did at least shy away from the stolen bases

585
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 4: and focus more on the bat so I guess we

586
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 4: have to allow it.

587
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you can break out if you were

588
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 3: just a one category contributor last year, and I think

589
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:51,440
Speaker 3: are now contributing in multiple categories, And again, it looks

590
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,400
Speaker 3: so much more legitimate than last year. Like even even

591
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,640
Speaker 3: just looking like last year's batting averages two fifty four,

592
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,399
Speaker 3: so I like that was like a terrible anchor to

593
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 3: your batting average category. But this year it's just been better.

594
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,119
Speaker 3: I mean again, just look at the look at the

595
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,640
Speaker 3: blue versus you know, on a stack gass page last

596
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 3: year versus the red list year. I think I want

597
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 3: to highlight that I think he is legitimately a better

598
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,439
Speaker 3: hitter this year than last year. Even if the fantasy value,

599
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 3: if you if you say that most of his value

600
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 3: comes from the steals and therefore we're not expecting that

601
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,359
Speaker 3: to be a breakout, I can sort of see that

602
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,400
Speaker 3: argument against him. But like, again, his OPS is two

603
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 3: hundred points higher than it was last year, Like the

604
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 3: batting average is like eighty points higher. I think this

605
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 3: is a breakout across the board, not just a steals

606
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:34,920
Speaker 3: only contributor.

607
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:37,360
Speaker 4: All Right, I guess we have to allow with them.

608
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 4: So it's my turn again. Yeah, so I feel like,

609
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 4: I mean, I thought Spencer Torklesin was kind of like

610
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 4: the the tier, you know, the end of the tier,

611
00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,400
Speaker 4: but then you kind of slipt Bryce terrang in there.

612
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 4: But I feel like I'm much more confident, obviously in

613
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 4: the names we already listed than the names that I'm

614
00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 4: going to list going forward.

615
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 3: I will say quickly to cut you off, like I had,

616
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 3: like that top four that I really liked, my fifth

617
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 3: choice on this board, like could go in eight different directions,

618
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,639
Speaker 3: Like I do think we're in like a club of

619
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 3: you can make the case in a bunch of different ways.

620
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, there's a name, there's one name on my list

621
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,480
Speaker 4: that I do want to talk about, but I think

622
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 4: we're going to talk about him another segment, so I'll

623
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 4: avoid it for now. I'll go with Mackenzie Gore as

624
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 4: someone that I think is kind of taking that next step,

625
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,920
Speaker 4: and I think the breakout could be legitimate. I think

626
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 4: he may have finally figured it out. I think we're

627
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 4: gonna still see some inconsistent stuff from him, but I

628
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,560
Speaker 4: think by and large the breakout is legit and that

629
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 4: he's here to stay finally after like kind of like

630
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 4: flirting with, you know, being a fantasy relevant contributor for

631
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 4: a while, like on and off rosters, I think he

632
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 4: might be here to stay now.

633
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 3: He was the next name on my list, So I

634
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,440
Speaker 3: am in firm agreement with you on Mackenzie Gore. The

635
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 3: strikeouts have been awesome, Like it started off really well

636
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 3: and his largely continued here through the first month of

637
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 3: the season. I am in very strong agreement with him

638
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 3: as somebody that I think is going to be a

639
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 3: very good, you know, fantasy starter the rest of He's

640
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 3: not an sp one, but I think he's gonna contribute

641
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 3: in a lot of categories that you're gonna be really

642
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 3: happy with going forward. So I think that's a great pick,

643
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 3: and it would have been my next pick for my

644
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 3: fifth guy. Here. I'm looking at like the names on

645
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 3: my list, it definitely feels like a drop off in

646
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 3: terms of the belief I have or it's names that

647
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 3: I wrote down that I didn't really expect you to

648
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,239
Speaker 3: count like I was, Like I wrote, I do think

649
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 3: he's better than he was last year. I'm not gonna

650
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 3: pick him because I don't think he really counts like

651
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 3: Hunter Brown, he really broke out in the second half

652
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 3: last year. But like, I do think he is better

653
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 3: this year. But like somebody like him is, Like I looked.

654
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 4: I couldn't include him, but I looked at him.

655
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I was running. Did you feel like Shane

656
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 3: Boz counts.

657
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 4: He's another name I looked at. I didn't write it down.

658
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 4: I feel like I didn't write it down for a

659
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 4: different reason. It was more so they've kind of like

660
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 4: slow played him a little bit this year, so like

661
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 4: the sample size is much smaller for him than it

662
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 4: is for some of these other pitches. So I think

663
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 4: that's why I kind of leaned against it. But I

664
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 4: do think what we're seeing from him is probably legit too.

665
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:20,320
Speaker 3: He's only made four starts. I mean, what stands out

666
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 3: about him if you're leaning, you know, kind of against him,

667
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 3: is that his worst start was the most recent one.

668
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 3: So I mean, maybe, like I don't know if it's

669
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,479
Speaker 3: recent he buys because the first three starts were six innings,

670
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 3: ten strikeouts, no runs, seven innings, six strikeouts, two runs,

671
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 3: six innings, eleven strikeouts, one run, and then his most

672
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 3: recent start was three and a third, five runs, three strikeouts,

673
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 3: so it was his worst it was going up against

674
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 3: the Akes. I like, I really, I said, I wrote

675
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 3: him down like as a possible count. I do think

676
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 3: the overall breakouts legitimate. I'll I'll not pick him though,

677
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,880
Speaker 3: I'll just pick somebody that I believe in that I

678
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 3: like less rest of the season then, but I still

679
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 3: do believe in the breakout and that's Casey Myes. We've

680
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 3: talked about him on the show already, so I won't

681
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 3: waste too much time talking about him. He's a lower

682
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 3: level of breakout, but again, somebody with pedigree similar to

683
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 3: Torko since a former first, you know, number one overall

684
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 3: pick that I'm happy to see breakout because of kind

685
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 3: of the early struggles in his career that he's had,

686
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 3: and I just think he's going I think he's gonna

687
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 3: be a very viable fantasy starter going forward. Two twenty

688
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,840
Speaker 3: two ERA and four starts this season, just eighteen strikeouts

689
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 3: in twenty four and third inning, so that's kind of

690
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 3: The downside of him is not getting on the strikeouts,

691
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 3: but his whips under one. Like I said, I don't

692
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 3: think he's gonna be like a fantasy ace, but I

693
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 3: think the breakout as a very viable fantasy starter, which

694
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 3: he largely I mean pretty much, not largely, he pretty

695
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 3: much has not been throughout his career. I do think

696
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 3: it's legitimate, So I'll have him as my fifth player.

697
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 4: I love it. Yeah, someone we talked about. He's someone

698
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 4: who's on my list, as you know, maybe not as

699
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 4: much as the hot start, but still, you know, it

700
00:31:55,240 --> 00:32:00,080
Speaker 4: looks legitimate for my mister irrelevant pick. I believe in

701
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 4: our draft, I'll go with Ben Rice, who I think.

702
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 4: I don't know if he was on your list, but

703
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 4: I think he's here to stay.

704
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 3: I didn't write him down, but I think I thought

705
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 3: about him.

706
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's going to be helped by that ballpark. You know,

707
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 4: any lefty with power in that ballpark is going to

708
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 4: have some staying power. I don't know that I was

709
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 4: the biggest Ben Rice believer coming into the season, but

710
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 4: I do. You know, he's off to a really strong start,

711
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 4: and it looks pretty believable to me. You know, the

712
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 4: Yankees obviously believing them. They're batting him at the top

713
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 4: of their lineup, and he's doing really good things and

714
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 4: has really you know, good underlying numbers. Pate plate disipen

715
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 4: looks really good. It's not just like hitting, you know,

716
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 4: he's getting on base with walks and stuff, and I

717
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,480
Speaker 4: just think he looks like, you know, he is. He

718
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 4: like a professional hitter who I think, you know, he's

719
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 4: probably going to get forty home runs out of him,

720
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 4: but I think, you know, as a Red Sox fan,

721
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 4: he's going to be a pain in my side, probably

722
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 4: for the foreseeable future.

723
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 3: The only other honorable mention that I wanted to throw

724
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 3: out as somebody that I considered who was on my

725
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 3: lists and didn't. There are other names on my list,

726
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,480
Speaker 3: but they were more just like down in case I

727
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 3: had to get there.

728
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 4: I want to see the name that I have.

729
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 3: Well, well, I don't know if it will because I

730
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 3: don't know if he'll count him as a breakout. I

731
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 3: feel like we have maybe not talked enough about Wyatt Langford.

732
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 3: I know he had the injury for like a week

733
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 3: and a half in the middle of April there, but

734
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 3: like even with that missed time, I mean He's only

735
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 3: has fifty one at bats this season. He has six

736
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 3: home runs and four stolen bases. He's batting just under

737
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 3: three hundred, his ops is over a thousand. There was

738
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 3: so much hype for him last year and he still

739
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 3: was being drafted somewhat aggressively, like similar to James Wood.

740
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 3: I think people were anticipating a step forward. But I

741
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 3: don't feel like I don't know that we've really mentioned

742
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 3: his name so far, despite this really strong start to

743
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 3: the season. Like, I've been really impressed with year two

744
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 3: Wyatt Langford, and I think this is a legitimate step foward,

745
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 3: and he is like stepping into his era of being

746
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 3: like a Shreue fantasy stud rather than a guy with

747
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 3: hype that we're excited about.

748
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, and he was hurt for a little while too,

749
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 4: so he missed him time and kind of like disappeared

750
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 4: from the spotlight. Yeah. I think a lot of this

751
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 4: is just kind of like everyone's like, all right, finally,

752
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 4: this is what we expected last year.

753
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,600
Speaker 3: So like, but I don't want to like diminish it

754
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,719
Speaker 3: just because we were expecting it a year ago. Like

755
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 3: it it's an impressive step forward.

756
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, No, I think it's it's borderline because you know,

757
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 4: you did see the flash last year, but not you know,

758
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 4: it was late.

759
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 3: So yeah, so, and that's why I didn't include him,

760
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 3: But I wanted to at least throw his name out there. Yeah,

761
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 3: it was the guy that you wanted your honorable mention.

762
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know we have to wrap up, but I

763
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 4: wanted to mention someone I want to talk about. I

764
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 4: don't necessarily believe in the breakout, which is why I

765
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,360
Speaker 4: didn't put him on my list, but Petrol Armstrong is

766
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 4: someone that we probably need to mention just because of

767
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 4: the run that he's on right now. I thought I

768
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 4: have some concerns about, you know, the overall profile there,

769
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,359
Speaker 4: but you know, he's off off to like a really

770
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 4: fun start for the Cubs and for Cubs fans. I

771
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 4: think some of the production is a little fluky, just

772
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 4: based on like how hard he's hitting the ball, and

773
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 4: like some of these home runs, like the one he

774
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,279
Speaker 4: hit the other day was like just it looked like

775
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 4: a pop fly that like happened to get out like

776
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 4: to left center. So I think you're going to see

777
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 4: some inconsistent production there. But I think I don't just

778
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 4: because of how hot he is right now, I don't

779
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 4: know that we can talk about breakouts without mentioning what

780
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 4: he's doing, Otherwise the YouTube comments will get really mad

781
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 4: at us. But I didn't include him because I don't

782
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 4: necessarily believe as much in his breakout as I do

783
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 4: with the other names on this list.

784
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 3: Please let us know in the comments, guys, breakouts that

785
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 3: you believe are very legitimate that we that we should

786
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 3: have given a shout out to in this segment if

787
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 3: we forgot them, And let us know whose kind of a

788
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 3: team of breakouts you like better. Reminder, I got Hunter Green,

789
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,879
Speaker 3: Max Meyer, James Wood, Bryce Terrang and Casey miz Mayor

790
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 3: had Christian Campbell, Tyler Soderstrom, Spencerhtorical Sin, Mackenzie Gore and

791
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,399
Speaker 3: Ben Rice. And remember, it's not who has the better

792
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 3: group of players, it's whose breakouts are we most believing in.

793
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 3: We went a little long on that segment, so we'll

794
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 3: go quickly through our other two segments here. On rounding

795
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 3: the bases, I just want to throw out some latest

796
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 3: injury updates. I thought it was hilarious. I pulled up

797
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 3: I like to just pull up the ESPN like MLB headlines,

798
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,879
Speaker 3: and I do the same on MLB dot Com when

799
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 3: prepping for the show, just to make sure there's so

800
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 3: much baseball going on, we're also prepping for the NFL Draft.

801
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 3: I just want to make sure there was nothing I

802
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:13,320
Speaker 3: forgot or like totally missed, And all the top headlines

803
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 3: were about pitcher injuries. So I figured, let's just quickly

804
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 3: run through these the top headlines. This was as of

805
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:22,319
Speaker 3: last night. Blake Snell to pause throwing after discomfort, no

806
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 3: MRI for Christians, Christopher Sanchez, o's Grayson Rodriguez is a

807
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 3: lot injury, is weeks from throwing. Edwin Diaz is good

808
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 3: after exiting Mets win with hip issue. The other are

809
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 3: lesser important names, but then you also threw in a

810
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:40,080
Speaker 3: non pitcher, Corey Seeger injury as well. So just because

811
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 3: we want to go quickly here, any of those standout

812
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:47,360
Speaker 3: as surprising or impactful? I mean, obviously these are some Sanchez, Snell,

813
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 3: Grayson when he's healthy, like, these are some quality names.

814
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,840
Speaker 3: Edwin Diaz RP one for a lot of people, Like,

815
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 3: what are your kind of takeaways from these headlines?

816
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 4: My takeaway is what are we doing with Christopher Sanchez

817
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 4: not getting an MRI here? Like, like, what's the downside

818
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 4: and getting an MRI, like I left with.

819
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,720
Speaker 3: I always laugh, Yeah, we know, it's probably not necessary.

820
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 3: I'm like, you're rich, just do it, Like why not?

821
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 4: Look, yeah, I was listening to the CBS guys and

822
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 4: they said, like maybe because he's on the road and

823
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 4: they're just kind of like delaying until give him an

824
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 4: MRI when he's back, which I hope, so because like

825
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 4: why not. Like the guy left with like his velocity

826
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 4: was down. He left with fore arm soreness. As we

827
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 4: all know from the last fever years, your forearm was

828
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 4: connected to your Tommy John and so like like that's

829
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 4: like the worst case scenario, like if you just like

830
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,279
Speaker 4: they're like, ah, he's fine running back out there, and

831
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 4: then like now you need Tommy John surgery. Wild that

832
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 4: they're not giving him an MRI.

833
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 3: Agreed, I'm considering this like something close to a lost

834
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 3: season for Grayson Norriguez wasn't optimistic, you know, update rous recently,

835
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 3: but like I mean, by the time he's actually assuming

836
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 3: everything goes well, by the time he's actually able to

837
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 3: contribute to your fantasy team, it's I'm assuming it's gonna

838
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 3: be like July like that the raid. This is going so,

839
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 3: and you know, Blake Snell, obviously you don't like to

840
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 3: see a guy pause throwing with discomfort. And then you

841
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:07,839
Speaker 3: wrote down Corey Seeger like I.

842
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 4: Said, yeah, that one happened late, and it's just like, well,

843
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 4: there's another shortstop yeah in.

844
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 3: There too, all right, And then we'll wrap up here

845
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 3: with your way too early risers and followers. Some of

846
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 3: these names we've already hit on, so you can go

847
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 3: quickly through them and maybe just spend a little more

848
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,399
Speaker 3: time on the names that we haven't already discussed. Let's

849
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,840
Speaker 3: start with the risers, and I will just read some

850
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 3: of the names that you wrote down that we've already

851
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 3: talked about, Spencer Torakles and Tyler Soderstrom, Max Meyer, Hunter Green,

852
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,359
Speaker 3: Christian Campbell. We're all just drafted so we know you

853
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 3: like them. If you want to quickly hit on maybe

854
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 3: how far they've risen, you can. But those names we've

855
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 3: already kind of dived into.

856
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't want to go through how far they've risen,

857
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 4: just because it might take me a while to look

858
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:47,400
Speaker 4: back and forth because I didn't write down how far

859
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 4: they've risen. But what I did beforehand was I took

860
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 4: my draft rankings, and I put them next to my

861
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:56,360
Speaker 4: rest of season rankings, and I just kind of like

862
00:38:56,440 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 4: ran you know, I ran it through trying TBT just

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00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 4: to see all. I was like, how about who's moved

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00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 4: the most here? Just kind of figured like that was

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00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:05,839
Speaker 4: the fastest way to do it. There were some other

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00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:07,440
Speaker 4: names that like, you know, maybe they got hurt so

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00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 4: they got they got you know, dropped off the list.

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00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 4: So I didn't include guys like that, but I included

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00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 4: the guys that you mentioned, like they've like you know,

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00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 4: shot up my list. Tyler Schroderstrom for obvious reasons, Dorklesin

871
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,399
Speaker 4: for obvious reasons. Max Meyer. You know, we've all we've

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00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 4: talked about these guys the tooth that weren't on my

873
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 4: that we didn't talk about. They're not really breakout candidates,

874
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,840
Speaker 4: which is why we didn't talk about him. Trevor's story

875
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 4: was off to like an incredible start, someone that I

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00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 4: grabbed late in a lot of drafts. But I've had

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00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,839
Speaker 4: to move up in my rankings just because he's off

878
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,359
Speaker 4: to a really good start. Obviously they concerned there, which

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00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 4: Trevis story is always injury, but it is you know,

880
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,959
Speaker 4: encouraging to see him, you know, hitting in the middle

881
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 4: of that lineup, hitting for power, stealing bases, going the

882
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,640
Speaker 4: other way off to really you know, strong start. And

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00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 4: then Nico Horner, who I kind of had buried in

884
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 4: my rankings just because he was hurt coming into the year,

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00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 4: and I was like, I don't know when we're gonna

886
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 4: see Nico Horner. I don't know if he's gonna run

887
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 4: as much when he comes back. And it was like boom,

888
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:02,839
Speaker 4: he's ready for the start a season and he looks

889
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 4: like the Nico Horner of old. And so I've had

890
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,239
Speaker 4: to shoot him back up my rankings because he looks

891
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 4: really good and he's producing, you know, better than a

892
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:11,399
Speaker 4: lot of other second basement. But I had ranked ahead

893
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 4: of him coming into the year.

894
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:14,360
Speaker 3: How about your followers?

895
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 4: So followers, no breakouts on the followers list for obvious reasons,

896
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,840
Speaker 4: but I had Lane Thomas Spencer Steer, Mark Ventos, Tristan Cassas,

897
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,320
Speaker 4: Michael Tolia, Matt Shaw, and Rokie Sasaki. Rookie Sasaki is

898
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:31,359
Speaker 4: probably the most interesting name there just he's someone who,

899
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,360
Speaker 4: like throughout draft season who was like, you know, I

900
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 4: had him ranked here, had him ranked here, like moving

901
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 4: him up and down. I didn't know what to expect,

902
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 4: and then we got like a kind of a glimpse

903
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 4: of him over in the Overseas series and I was like,

904
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 4: all right, it looks pretty good. But now you know,

905
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,360
Speaker 4: it's like some things look good, some things look not

906
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 4: so good, and so I've had to have to, Like

907
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 4: I think right before the season, I like moved him

908
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:50,880
Speaker 4: up a little bit in my rankings, I've had to

909
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 4: drop him down just based on like what I'm seeing.

910
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,399
Speaker 4: Lane Thomas is someone I wasn't really high on coming

911
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,400
Speaker 4: into the year. I feel like, always felt like he

912
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,320
Speaker 4: was just kind of like a I've still had to

913
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 4: drop him just because I've had to drop him into

914
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,279
Speaker 4: rankings and he's like borderline droppable and fantasy because of

915
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 4: how bad he's been. Spencer Steer similar thing. He's someone

916
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 4: I was high on, but I've had to drop because

917
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:15,360
Speaker 4: he's just off to like a horrible start. I tweeted

918
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 4: abut him yesterday and I got a couple of replies

919
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 4: of people saying, you know, I just don't think that

920
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,919
Speaker 4: shoulder's right. I think he's still hurt. Maybe that's the case.

921
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,400
Speaker 4: I don't know. Mark Vandos is someone I was pretty

922
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 4: interested in coming into the season. I've had to drop

923
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,440
Speaker 4: him off after his slow start, although he has been

924
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 4: heating up a little bit more of late. Same thing

925
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 4: for Tristan Kassas, I was hoping he would be like

926
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 4: a value at first base. He got off to an

927
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,359
Speaker 4: atrocious start. He's changed his batting stance recently. It might

928
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 4: be a little bit better. But first base is kind

929
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 4: of surprisingly deep now because of some of the names

930
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 4: we've already talked about, like Toorkal San and Sworderstrom and

931
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,439
Speaker 4: Nick Kurtz coming up, that you just pretty much don't

932
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:53,280
Speaker 4: have to roster him in most leagues right now. Michael Tolia,

933
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 4: I knew was a risk coming into the season, but

934
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 4: I was hoping to get some power out of him

935
00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 4: not getting out there. Matt Shaw, obviously we talk about

936
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:03,319
Speaker 4: on this show. Everyone's excited about him. He got up

937
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 4: to such a slow star that he's already down in

938
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 4: the minors, so he's an obvious follower on my rankings.

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Speaker 3: All right, we'll go ahead and wrap up. There be

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Speaker 3: sure everybody to check out please our parts two and three.

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Speaker 3: We'll be talking some buys and sells, some waiver pickups,

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Speaker 3: and some streaming pictures as well. For Mayor, I'm Ron Warman.

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