WEBVTT - 524 | Futures Game Roster Preview! 0:00:01.720 --> 0:00:04.040 A switch high. 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:18.360 Understand that just senter field and it's gone. 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:22.759 Wow, his first big league swing, he's gonna be a 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:25.480 gland slam, a home line swing. 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:33.400 Good time to look to them, soup. Welcome back to 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:35.680 the Call Up, your go to podcast on the future 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:39.200 stars of Major League Baseball, arm lighton Jack migmullen, and 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:43.519 we are walking through the futures Game rosters. This is 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:46.080 always a ton of fun because, yeah, we'll talk about 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.239 some players that we've talked about a ton, but there's 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:50.760 always some surprise players added in. We also get to 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:52.560 talk about what we should be looking for, and I 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.840 always like to add a little bit of color to Hey, 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:56.640 when you're watching this game, look out for this guy's 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:59.160 breaking ball. Look Out for maybe this guy's power if 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:01.680 he runs into one order, this guy's speed. So we're 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:03.320 gonna do that, give you a little bit of a primer. 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:05.560 And I think there's gonna be a bit different of 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:07.880 a futures game this year. I think there's gonna be 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:10.560 a little bit more presentation to it, and I think 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:13.000 it's gonna be better for the viewer. So even more 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:15.319 reason to give you that primer. And I'm excited to 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:16.440 dive into it. 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:19.160 It's like a viewing menu. You know, how many articles 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.319 have you read over the last couple of weeks? Just 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:23.319 like kind of a viewing menu. Hey, here's what to 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:25.759 watch in the World Cup today, like on the group stage, right, 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:28.120 you know you tune into Turkey? Who am I supposed 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:30.200 to watch on Turkey during group stage? So it's like, 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.600 it's kind of nice to have that leading into the 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:36.080 futures game. And a couple of years ago, I mean, 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:39.600 we talked about Misowski being that guy where it's like 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:41.240 always gonna light up the radar gun, and then all 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.680 of a sudden, Miserowski's clipped off by pitching Ninja, and 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:45.840 then two years later he's the best pitcher on the planet. 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:48.640 So it is kind of nice to lay the foundation 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:50.440 for a conversation that we could have on the Just 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:51.760 Baseball Show two years from now. 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:54.280 It's funny I forgot about that. I think we gave 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:57.440 a one hundred percent guarantee that Miserowski would be pitching 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:01.600 Ninja clipped after that after that future game. Yeah, And funny, 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.120 I was just on the Marine Layer pod and Lyle 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.520 and TJ were bringing up like we had never seen 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:08.680 that guy throw before. We're sitting watching the game with you, 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.280 and you go lock in on this guy right now, 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:13.320 and they said, like I forgot about that, Like I've 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:16.600 never forgotten that since. And of course now he's who 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:18.840 he is. That's the fun part about this futures game. 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:22.000 And I think now especially, it's even harder for some 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.600 of these guys to fly under the radar. But that said, like, 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:27.880 people are gonna get to this and this is just 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:29.200 an n OL name that just pops in my head, 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.200 but people are gonna be at this game and may 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.640 not be totally privy to Josiah Hartshorn. Holy crap, that 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:38.280 guy can hit. But yeah, he's it's still new, you know. 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.000 So that's the stuff that makes me excited. 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:42.320 So I like that you shout it out, Misslerowski a 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.320 few years ago in Seattle. The one that jumps out 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:48.200 to me two years ago in Arlington is when you said, 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:50.519 I think I've got Drake Baldwin to hit a homer, 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:53.359 And Baldwin hit a homer, and I think Baldwin was 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:56.600 the MVP. And Drake Baldwin looks like the first or 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:58.680 second best catcher in Major League Baseball. I know it's 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:01.400 been tough after the injury. But it's so much fun 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.880 to kind of like lay the foundation. You had Brendan 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:05.520 Davis that was your pick to click and he was 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:07.760 a Futures Game MVP a couple of years ago. So 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:10.280 I guess I'm just gonna ask you, like who your 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.840 Futures Game MVP pick is at the end of the 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.800 NL episode, but we'll start with the American League. Let's 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.600 do it all right, So we're gonna go pitchers that, 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:21.160 We're gonna go infielders, then we're gonna go outfielders here, 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:24.120 and I'm gonna give you the whole rundown of the 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:26.120 pitching group, and I just want you to kind of 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:29.160 go rapid fire through who you are identifying on the 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:32.160 American League pitcher side. So the roster for the American 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:35.280 League on the pitching side, Kate Anderson of the Seattle Mariners, 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.720 top ten prospect in baseball by Just Baseball, Jamie Arnold 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:42.000 of the Athletics, Tyler Bremner, last year's number two overall 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:45.160 pick out of Santa Barbara by the Angels, Kendrey Chorio, 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:48.760 the teenage sensation for the Kansas City Royals, Joseph Jerwa 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.480 of the Baltimore Orioles, Anthony Ironsen of the Boston Red Sox, 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:56.200 Carlos Legrondey is six seven, two fifty New York Yankee 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:59.120 prospect in Triple A right now, Nolan Perry of the 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.960 Blue Jays, Cayden Scarborough, who I know you've liked for 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:04.680 a while in hya with the Texas Rangers. And then 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:09.119 another top ten prospect in baseball, Ryan Sloan so Anderson 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:12.400 and Sloan from Seattle, Arnold from the Athletics, Bremner from 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:16.720 the Angels, Chorio from the Royals, Jurao from the Orioles, 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:20.000 or Chorio from the Royals, Pardon Tuwa from the Orioles, 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:22.719 Ironsen from the Red Sox, legron Hey from the Yankees, 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:25.599 Nolan Perry from the Blue Jays, and Scarborough from the Rangers. 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:28.279 Well, the first, the first name that just just jumps 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:30.640 into my mind, and there's arms across the board that 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.880 everything are really exciting. This is a pretty loaded list 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.960 of arms is Cayden Scarborough. Just because he got such 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:37.680 a late start to the year, we had to have 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:41.040 melanoma removed, and I think it was a little bit 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:45.559 more encompassing than expected, and it took him a while 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:48.960 to get back and build up and just get back 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.440 on the mound. And so just to see Scarborough in 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:54.599 a position where he can, you know, be in this 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.119 game comfortably, I think is really exciting. And he's starting 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:59.800 to hit his stride again now at HYA. This is 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:02.479 one of the better fastballs in the minor leagues, really 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:05.320 unique characteristics, and I think him in a short spurt 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:07.800 that fastball is going to be overwhelming. But since he's 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:09.840 come back twenty three and two thirds innings, he's only 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:12.840 about thirteen hits at high A. It's been really fun 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:16.640 to watch Scarborough since he kind of broke out last year. 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:20.000 And I'm just excited that he's healthy and back on 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:22.480 the mound and I'm looking forward to, you know, just 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.200 kind of seeing what that stuff looks like in short spurts. Funny, 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.680 funny enough, like that's kind of the theme with a 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.200 couple of these guys. But then the others, it's like, 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.200 Kate Anderson is so good, you're not gonna be able 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:35.839 to appreciate Kate Anderson one inning. He might not even 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:37.800 throw all of his pitches. What I think we will 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:41.000 see though, is how he can how much more advance 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:42.760 he's gonna be than most of the hitters he's facing, 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.240 and now he could probably pick them apart. But like, 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:46.719 this is a guy that goes to any of four 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:49.520 pitches in any count and can just mix and match 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:52.479 his way through lineup. So that's the one side I 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.599 was like, you'll get to see this guy throw, but 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:57.320 I don't think you'll get a full appreciation for what 0:05:57.360 --> 0:06:00.720 he can do. Nolan Perry in short spurt, it's the 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.479 Blue Jays prospect his breaking balls. I think in terms 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:07.760 of breaking balls across the board here, I don't know 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.760 if you're going to see a much nastier one. If 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.280 you do, it's Ryan Sloan's sweeper. But the fun thing 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:16.280 with Sloan, and this is the big thing I want 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.920 to circle here. So he averages ninety six and a 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.240 half with the fastball, and he has one of the 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:25.640 best sweepers breaking balls in minor league baseball. There are 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:29.719 some rumblings that both Kate Anderson and Ryan Swoane could 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:32.039 be added to the to the Mariner's bullpen if they're 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:35.520 in it comes September down the stretch, right, yeah, we're 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:37.080 gonna get a taste of what that's good, what that 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.279 could look like, you know what Ryan Sloan in a 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:42.440 one inning spurt can look like, which could be ninety 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:46.000 nine with you know his seventy great It already is 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:47.880 a seventy great sweeper, but it has a little bit 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.239 more teeth to it velo wise, like it could be elite. 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.000 And then you have the splitter as well, So I'm 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.280 excited to just get like a little taste of what 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:59.280 that could look like. And then I think Bremner's change up, 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:01.840 You're just gonna like, that's gonna be the best change 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.719 up you probably see on the day. Ianson's been so 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.800 much fun to watch. Unfortunately Lagron hey Hurt, I don't 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:09.000 think he's gonna be able to throw in this game. 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.640 That would have been the v low watch guy obviously. Yeah, 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:16.040 and then the youth watch like Kendrick Chorio is a 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:19.280 teenager essentially, like so young, and you could see like 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.200 the baby face out there, and just him competing against 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.600 maybe a twenty two year old, twenty three year old 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:27.200 maybe even is always fun to see. I mean, this 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:30.680 guy's eighteen still, excuse me, Kendrick Chorio, so probably the 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.200 youngest player in the game. I always think that's really fun, 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:35.240 especially when they're getting on the mound, and then Jamie 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:37.720 Arnold like, you're just gonna see a really funky release. 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:40.160 Maybe some people haven't seen that before, and I think, 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:41.520 I think that's gonna be fun to watch. 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:46.080 Yeah. Kendre Chorio born October first, two thousand and seven 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:48.240 for those of you monitoring at home. So that was 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:50.640 the start of the postseason where the Red Sox beat 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.920 the Colorado Rockies in the World Series, which I remember vividly. 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.760 Pedroia I think was first pitch homer in Game one 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:59.000 at the bottom of the first over the Monsters. So 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:03.400 like I'm I'm recounting a home run from the year 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:06.560 that that guy was born. It's hard to fathom that 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.480 we're at that point, but you know what we are. 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.960 Let's go to the American League catchers here and the 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:15.080 four AL catchers that are on the roster. Cooper Ingle 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.000 is not going to be participating because he's a Major leaguer, 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:21.000 So congratitude three is Kle but Cooper Ingle the Cleveland 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:23.120 Guardians not going to the Futures Game for good reason. 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:27.520 The three other American League catchers, Nathan Fluelling, the Canadian 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.920 from the Tampa Bay Rays, organization who's in Hi a 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:33.840 bowling green right now, Tyron Lorenzo of the Detroit Tigers, 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.319 who's still double A at the moment, and then Blake Mitchell, 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:39.720 who is the lefty hitting catcher from the Kansas City 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:41.720 Royals organization. Those are the three. 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:46.520 Yeah, I'm excited for Fluelling in general, just because you know, 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:49.320 he's been one of my favorite prospects for a while 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:51.719 now picked it's a breakout guy, and feel like he's 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:53.640 breaking out in a big way this year. But the 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:57.280 combination of the power that Flolling brings to the table, 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:59.439 but also the arm strength and we're going to see 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.400 a lot of stolen attempts and all these different things. 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:04.199 So I think that makes it really fun that that's 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.080 probably one of the guys I'm most excited to see, 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:09.160 you know, in person here. But at the same time, 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.920 I think Blake Mitchell's BP I'm also very much looking 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.520 forward to and Blake Blake Mitchell's somewhat of like a 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:19.560 turbulent and turbulent might be a little unfair, but turbulent 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.400 professional career so far where he's been a guy that 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:24.400 has been a top one hundred prospects. He's been a 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.480 guy that you know, I've been really excited about through 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:29.040 points and then there's been injuries, and then there's been 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:31.800 some struggles and you look back again this year though, 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.520 and he's been really solid. There's a lot of strikeouts, 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.400 and I think that's gonna come with the territory, but 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:38.800 if the defense continues to come along. I mean, this 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.800 is a very talented player with a rocket for an on, 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:46.760 huge power, and we're we're seeing that. I'm excited for 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.200 his batting practice. And then speaking of turbulent Dyron, Loronzo 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.160 is another player that's had a turbulent career with a 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:56.959 trade included in there. And for Loronzo, you know, I 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.319 think just for him to be in this game is 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:01.880 encouraging and exciting. I don't think he's had the greatest year, 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:04.439 and maybe there's some other candidates, but he still has 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.319 all the talent and has been banged up this year 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.600 since he's come back nine homers in forty five games 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.960 at double A and ultimately switch hitter. With the power 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:15.640 that he has and batting practice, that would be fun 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.640 to watch another rocket for an arm as well. It's 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:22.640 a talented group overall, but I'd say I'm most excited 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:25.240 to see full Weelling and at the same time Mitchell 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.680 the raw power there. The BP could be a fun show. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.920 Mitchell is interesting for Kansas City, and Kansas City is 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:34.760 not really in a position to go all the way 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.840 in and buy. But they're running into some serious pitcher 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:41.400 issues and Jensen is the truth. Carter Jensen is coming 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.240 off of an insane heater a few weeks ago there, 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:46.199 resulting in a hitting streak north of ten games. I 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.480 think it got up to about fifteen or sixteen ballgames. 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:51.760 So yeah, you just wonder what Mitchell's role within the 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:55.360 Royals organization looks like moving forward, pushing to the American 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:59.320 League infield here real quick, You've got franklin Arius of 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:03.320 the Boston Red Socks, Leo Devrees of the Athletics, Caleb 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:07.080 Bonemer of the White Sox, Jojo Parker of the Blue Jays, 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:10.320 and ralphie Velaskiez of the Cleveland Guardians. They make up 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:13.840 the American League infield. Xavier Ninons does not have a 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:15.600 number listed next to him. 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.920 I'm trying to figure this out. Yeah, I don't know. 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:20.640 I think he is. I haven't seen anything of him 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:25.079 like scratched or anything. We can we can proceed as 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:27.000 under the assumption that he is. I mean, he just 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.120 homeered yesterday is fourteenth of the year, so I don't 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.040 know why he would get Yeah, I don't. I don't 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.600 know why he would get scratched. So for whatever reason, 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:37.640 though on the roster he has the Cooper Angle treatment. 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:40.079 He's also italicized. I don't. I don't know what that means. 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.160 So is Walker Jenkins. I have no idea what that 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.120 means either. Is there no could they be participating in 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.520 that weird like challenge thing? 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:52.200 Players in Italics replaced the following players who were moved 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:56.360 from due to injury, and those players were Kayln Culpepper 0:11:56.480 --> 0:12:00.120 and George Lombardy. They're gonna need to replace well on 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:04.240 Hey too, So that's the answer. So okay, Well, who's 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:05.599 the other Italics. 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:06.960 Player, Walker Jenkins? 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.880 Oh? Yeah, Walker, We'll get to him. But god, he's 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:13.880 able to play in this game. No on the infield side, man, Like, 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:18.000 there's so much talent over here. I just got my 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.400 first live look at Jojoe Parker or not for first 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:22.559 of the regular season. Obviously got to see him a 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:24.760 good bit in spring training, and this guy can just 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.400 hit like it's just so much fun to watch him hitt. 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.679 And this is one where it's like, okay, super pure hitter, 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.640 but lower level guy like Jojo Parker. And now I 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.240 want to see him in like a left on left 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.160 matchup versus Kate Anderson, who's a big league arm already. 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.560 Right, it's the least sexy thing ever. But I remember 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:44.040 you saying this about Cole Young in Seattle a couple 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:45.640 of years ago. It's like, you know what, He's gonna 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:47.800 put a really good swing on a left on left 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.720 single the other way and it's gonna be awesome. And 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.079 I think Young like lined out to left or something, 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.160 and you were like, you know what, that works, that's you. 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:57.360 That's your Cole Young. This year is Jojo p. 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:00.880 Just because like you get this opportun tunity man like 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.400 to see them against arms that are ahead of them, 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.600 and and yeah, you get make it a backfield, big 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.840 league versus prospect arm match up here and there. But 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:13.440 I think this is a little different. So I'm excited 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.439 about that. And like, maybe he'll get a Joseph Sherwell matchup, 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.960 which like six or eight lefty like good luck, So 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:23.160 I'm excited about that. Then you will get Arius and Devrees, 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:25.839 two of the best shorts out prospects in baseball. And 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:30.240 with Arius just the defensive ability. Like what I love 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.360 about this game is we get an Io as well, 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.640 and it feels like, you know, just you're you're back 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.120 in high school. You get to watch these these guys, 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.880 see which outfielders have the strongest arms, whatever it may be. 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:42.959 But you also get to see these guys go through 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:45.120 it in the infield and do all the little things. 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:48.080 And and with Arius, like his hands are so good, 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:52.120 he just he's developed so well with his footwork. I'm 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.400 excited to just watch him defensively. But then this is 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:56.320 a guy that now has way more power, Like I 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:58.600 want to see the VP because it used to just 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:00.680 kind of be shooting balls in the gap. No, this 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.040 guy's got juice now. So I love I love the 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:05.920 opportunity to see that. I've seen dis play a ton, 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.319 but you know, for him, it's just you can see 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.400 a switch hitting, you know, just such a young, high 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:14.360 upside talent like him. Anytime you get to see Leo 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.280 Devers play, who just kind of has a flair for 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:18.839 the big moment in the dramatic, he's always going to 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:21.040 be a fun player in these types of settings. And 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:27.440 then Caleb Bonnemer, he I'm excited to just see one hit. 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:29.320 I want to see his batting practice because this guy 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.960 does not hit anything the other way ever, ever, And 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.720 I want to see like what he's working on in MVP. 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:39.280 That said, he has made a good transition into double A. 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.200 I thought he'd get picked apart a little bit more, 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:44.680 to be honest, and he hasn't. And I just want 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:47.040 to see what the progressions look like, like are we 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:50.240 shooting some the other way? How like what are we 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:52.800 what are we feeling there? But otherwise, like I want 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:54.560 to see him crush some balls of the poll side. 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:57.040 You may have one opportunity in your life to take 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.920 batting practice in the futures game. I'm not sure he's 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.040 to be working on poking balls the other way in 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.400 batting practice. I think he might be trying to show 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.880 some tape measure shots during VP, so. 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.000 You know, think's going to try to remind people that hey, 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:11.360 I can go the other way a little bit. 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:13.080 It's like, you know what, let's just shoot some balls 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:15.360 that way. Yeah, do the Jacob Wilson batting practice thing. 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:18.720 Yeah, I mean, I'm looking at this ray try all right, 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.840 we've got a couple balls sprinkled the other way. Now 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:24.600 we've got one OPO homer on the year, and we 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:32.920 have one, two, three, four five APO hits, So that's 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:36.600 we're talking about a sixty percent airpole rate for Caleb Bonner. 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:38.840 I mean, I've never seen anything like it. So then 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:41.200 show it off, babe, Like, let's see you pull some 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:46.000 absolute rockets down down the left field line. But then 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.760 you know, beyond that, you know, Ralphie Velasquez has been 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:50.600 one of my favorite hitters you know, to watch in 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:53.560 the in the upper miners, and he's been really starting 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.040 to settle in a triple A. Just Homard yesterday, that's 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:58.760 a BP session I am very pumped about and and 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:00.800 just also the way he goes out his abs. And 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:03.160 we're gonna we're gonna get interviews with a lot of 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:06.320 different players here, So very excited to talk to a 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.120 lot of these different guys, but Ralphie is probably one 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:10.520 that I'm hoping, you know, the most to talk to, 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.920 just because of his success since the second half of 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:16.640 last year. How stark the difference has been in terms 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:18.720 of the production since then, and I kind of want 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:20.480 to just hear you know, maybe what has clicked for 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:22.400 him since then, and you know how he's been able 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:25.280 to parlay that into reaching you know, double A, rxus 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.360 me triple a as a newly turned twenty one year 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.440 old in the success that he's already having there, I 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.200 think he might have reached there even before his twenty 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.560 first birthday, and all of a sudden, now he's got 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.000 a seven ninety two oh ps at the level after 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:38.320 a pretty soft start. 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:42.520 Yeah, and then devreason Ari is just making up part 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:44.360 of that infield for the American League is going to 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:45.800 be a dream come true. 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:48.240 Yeah. I mean, this is the last chance you're going 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.080 to price see either of these guys in a setting 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:52.520 like this before they're up in the show. I think 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:54.800 there's a case for both of them. The funny thing 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.240 is the Red Sox. Dude, we're talking about on the 0:16:57.280 --> 0:17:00.040 Just Baseball Show, the Red Sox. Their pitching is so 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.840 good all of a sudden, and it was always pretty good. 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:04.679 But like the way that all these guys are throwing, 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.600 they're not out of this thing. And I know that 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:09.840 big part of that is the American League, but they're 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:11.760 not out of this thing. And so for two reasons, 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.320 two completely different reasons. I think we'll see both of 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:16.840 these guys up this year. On the Red Sox side, 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.760 they've been wanting a right handed bat since we had Buster, 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:22.760 one who comes on the show every month two times ago, 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:25.359 was telling us that, you know, the Red Sox are 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:29.560 aggressively canvassing for a right handed bats so hap Yeah, 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:32.440 and that was our immediate reaction. Right, the Red Sucks 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:34.840 are three games out of a playoff spot. Yeah, I 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.960 got a right handed bat for you, Franklin Arius. Right, 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:39.639 and that's a guy that could play second. You can 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.639 play short at a high level, and they could use 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:45.120 a short stop. Did I see Sung Chae Chang start 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:45.440 a game? 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:46.600 Yes? 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:51.480 Yeah, Okay, point made. They're three out and look, Arius 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:54.040 doesn't need to be to reach a ceiling immediately. But 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:57.440 do you not feel like Franklin Arius is the type 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.400 of player that can just get up there and survive 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:01.200 and value. 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.320 You would think so, And you would also think that 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:06.760 that presents that internal jolt where you know, we hear 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:10.679 the coach speak from executives around the deadline. Well, our 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.679 deadline acquisition is this player coming back from injury? You know, 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:16.959 the pirates I guarantee you Ben Charrington and it may 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:19.280 be a little bit different, but he could say our offensive, 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:21.480 you know, surge at the deadline is counter Griffin coming 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:23.639 off the shelf or O'Neal Cruz coming off the shelf. 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:25.800 It's like, okay, yeah, I hear that, but you know 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.600 they also need some bullpen help. It's different when you 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.320 got a top prospect, and there are very few times 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:34.639 where you have a top prospect come up for that push. 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.560 I think a recent good example is Evan Carter in 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:39.840 Texas in twenty twenty three when the Rangers won the 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:44.959 World Series. Like that is a unique sensation when you 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.960