Speaker 1: A switch high.
Speaker 2: Understand that just senter field and it's gone.
Speaker 1: Wow, his first big league swing, he's gonna be a
Speaker 1: gland slam, a home line swing.
Speaker 2: Good time to look to them, soup. Welcome back to
Speaker 2: the Call Up, your go to podcast on the future
Speaker 2: stars of Major League Baseball, arm lighton Jack migmullen, and
Speaker 2: we are walking through the futures Game rosters. This is
Speaker 2: always a ton of fun because, yeah, we'll talk about
Speaker 2: some players that we've talked about a ton, but there's
Speaker 2: always some surprise players added in. We also get to
Speaker 2: talk about what we should be looking for, and I
Speaker 2: always like to add a little bit of color to Hey,
Speaker 2: when you're watching this game, look out for this guy's
Speaker 2: breaking ball. Look Out for maybe this guy's power if
Speaker 2: he runs into one order, this guy's speed. So we're
Speaker 2: gonna do that, give you a little bit of a primer.
Speaker 2: And I think there's gonna be a bit different of
Speaker 2: a futures game this year. I think there's gonna be
Speaker 2: a little bit more presentation to it, and I think
Speaker 2: it's gonna be better for the viewer. So even more
Speaker 2: reason to give you that primer. And I'm excited to
Speaker 2: dive into it.
Speaker 1: It's like a viewing menu. You know, how many articles
Speaker 1: have you read over the last couple of weeks? Just
Speaker 1: like kind of a viewing menu. Hey, here's what to
Speaker 1: watch in the World Cup today, like on the group stage, right,
Speaker 1: you know you tune into Turkey? Who am I supposed
Speaker 1: to watch on Turkey during group stage? So it's like,
Speaker 1: it's kind of nice to have that leading into the
Speaker 1: futures game. And a couple of years ago, I mean,
Speaker 1: we talked about Misowski being that guy where it's like
Speaker 1: always gonna light up the radar gun, and then all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, Miserowski's clipped off by pitching Ninja, and
Speaker 1: then two years later he's the best pitcher on the planet.
Speaker 1: So it is kind of nice to lay the foundation
Speaker 1: for a conversation that we could have on the Just
Speaker 1: Baseball Show two years from now.
Speaker 2: It's funny I forgot about that. I think we gave
Speaker 2: a one hundred percent guarantee that Miserowski would be pitching
Speaker 2: Ninja clipped after that after that future game. Yeah, And funny,
Speaker 2: I was just on the Marine Layer pod and Lyle
Speaker 2: and TJ were bringing up like we had never seen
Speaker 2: that guy throw before. We're sitting watching the game with you,
Speaker 2: and you go lock in on this guy right now,
Speaker 2: and they said, like I forgot about that, Like I've
Speaker 2: never forgotten that since. And of course now he's who
Speaker 2: he is. That's the fun part about this futures game.
Speaker 2: And I think now especially, it's even harder for some
Speaker 2: of these guys to fly under the radar. But that said, like,
Speaker 2: people are gonna get to this and this is just
Speaker 2: an n OL name that just pops in my head,
Speaker 2: but people are gonna be at this game and may
Speaker 2: not be totally privy to Josiah Hartshorn. Holy crap, that
Speaker 2: guy can hit. But yeah, he's it's still new, you know.
Speaker 2: So that's the stuff that makes me excited.
Speaker 1: So I like that you shout it out, Misslerowski a
Speaker 1: few years ago in Seattle. The one that jumps out
Speaker 1: to me two years ago in Arlington is when you said,
Speaker 1: I think I've got Drake Baldwin to hit a homer,
Speaker 1: And Baldwin hit a homer, and I think Baldwin was
Speaker 1: the MVP. And Drake Baldwin looks like the first or
Speaker 1: second best catcher in Major League Baseball. I know it's
Speaker 1: been tough after the injury. But it's so much fun
Speaker 1: to kind of like lay the foundation. You had Brendan
Speaker 1: Davis that was your pick to click and he was
Speaker 1: a Futures Game MVP a couple of years ago. So
Speaker 1: I guess I'm just gonna ask you, like who your
Speaker 1: Futures Game MVP pick is at the end of the
Speaker 1: NL episode, but we'll start with the American League. Let's
Speaker 1: do it all right, So we're gonna go pitchers that,
Speaker 1: We're gonna go infielders, then we're gonna go outfielders here,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna give you the whole rundown of the
Speaker 1: pitching group, and I just want you to kind of
Speaker 1: go rapid fire through who you are identifying on the
Speaker 1: American League pitcher side. So the roster for the American
Speaker 1: League on the pitching side, Kate Anderson of the Seattle Mariners,
Speaker 1: top ten prospect in baseball by Just Baseball, Jamie Arnold
Speaker 1: of the Athletics, Tyler Bremner, last year's number two overall
Speaker 1: pick out of Santa Barbara by the Angels, Kendrey Chorio,
Speaker 1: the teenage sensation for the Kansas City Royals, Joseph Jerwa
Speaker 1: of the Baltimore Orioles, Anthony Ironsen of the Boston Red Sox,
Speaker 1: Carlos Legrondey is six seven, two fifty New York Yankee
Speaker 1: prospect in Triple A right now, Nolan Perry of the
Speaker 1: Blue Jays, Cayden Scarborough, who I know you've liked for
Speaker 1: a while in hya with the Texas Rangers. And then
Speaker 1: another top ten prospect in baseball, Ryan Sloan so Anderson
Speaker 1: and Sloan from Seattle, Arnold from the Athletics, Bremner from
Speaker 1: the Angels, Chorio from the Royals, Jurao from the Orioles,
Speaker 1: or Chorio from the Royals, Pardon Tuwa from the Orioles,
Speaker 1: Ironsen from the Red Sox, legron Hey from the Yankees,
Speaker 1: Nolan Perry from the Blue Jays, and Scarborough from the Rangers.
Speaker 2: Well, the first, the first name that just just jumps
Speaker 2: into my mind, and there's arms across the board that
Speaker 2: everything are really exciting. This is a pretty loaded list
Speaker 2: of arms is Cayden Scarborough. Just because he got such
Speaker 2: a late start to the year, we had to have
Speaker 2: melanoma removed, and I think it was a little bit
Speaker 2: more encompassing than expected, and it took him a while
Speaker 2: to get back and build up and just get back
Speaker 2: on the mound. And so just to see Scarborough in
Speaker 2: a position where he can, you know, be in this
Speaker 2: game comfortably, I think is really exciting. And he's starting
Speaker 2: to hit his stride again now at HYA. This is
Speaker 2: one of the better fastballs in the minor leagues, really
Speaker 2: unique characteristics, and I think him in a short spurt
Speaker 2: that fastball is going to be overwhelming. But since he's
Speaker 2: come back twenty three and two thirds innings, he's only
Speaker 2: about thirteen hits at high A. It's been really fun
Speaker 2: to watch Scarborough since he kind of broke out last year.
Speaker 2: And I'm just excited that he's healthy and back on
Speaker 2: the mound and I'm looking forward to, you know, just
Speaker 2: kind of seeing what that stuff looks like in short spurts. Funny,
Speaker 2: funny enough, like that's kind of the theme with a
Speaker 2: couple of these guys. But then the others, it's like,
Speaker 2: Kate Anderson is so good, you're not gonna be able
Speaker 2: to appreciate Kate Anderson one inning. He might not even
Speaker 2: throw all of his pitches. What I think we will
Speaker 2: see though, is how he can how much more advance
Speaker 2: he's gonna be than most of the hitters he's facing,
Speaker 2: and now he could probably pick them apart. But like,
Speaker 2: this is a guy that goes to any of four
Speaker 2: pitches in any count and can just mix and match
Speaker 2: his way through lineup. So that's the one side I
Speaker 2: was like, you'll get to see this guy throw, but
Speaker 2: I don't think you'll get a full appreciation for what
Speaker 2: he can do. Nolan Perry in short spurt, it's the
Speaker 2: Blue Jays prospect his breaking balls. I think in terms
Speaker 2: of breaking balls across the board here, I don't know
Speaker 2: if you're going to see a much nastier one. If
Speaker 2: you do, it's Ryan Sloan's sweeper. But the fun thing
Speaker 2: with Sloan, and this is the big thing I want
Speaker 2: to circle here. So he averages ninety six and a
Speaker 2: half with the fastball, and he has one of the
Speaker 2: best sweepers breaking balls in minor league baseball. There are
Speaker 2: some rumblings that both Kate Anderson and Ryan Swoane could
Speaker 2: be added to the to the Mariner's bullpen if they're
Speaker 2: in it comes September down the stretch, right, yeah, we're
Speaker 2: gonna get a taste of what that's good, what that
Speaker 2: could look like, you know what Ryan Sloan in a
Speaker 2: one inning spurt can look like, which could be ninety
Speaker 2: nine with you know his seventy great It already is
Speaker 2: a seventy great sweeper, but it has a little bit
Speaker 2: more teeth to it velo wise, like it could be elite.
Speaker 2: And then you have the splitter as well, So I'm
Speaker 2: excited to just get like a little taste of what
Speaker 2: that could look like. And then I think Bremner's change up,
Speaker 2: You're just gonna like, that's gonna be the best change
Speaker 2: up you probably see on the day. Ianson's been so
Speaker 2: much fun to watch. Unfortunately Lagron hey Hurt, I don't
Speaker 2: think he's gonna be able to throw in this game.
Speaker 2: That would have been the v low watch guy obviously. Yeah,
Speaker 2: and then the youth watch like Kendrick Chorio is a
Speaker 2: teenager essentially, like so young, and you could see like
Speaker 2: the baby face out there, and just him competing against
Speaker 2: maybe a twenty two year old, twenty three year old
Speaker 2: maybe even is always fun to see. I mean, this
Speaker 2: guy's eighteen still, excuse me, Kendrick Chorio, so probably the
Speaker 2: youngest player in the game. I always think that's really fun,
Speaker 2: especially when they're getting on the mound, and then Jamie
Speaker 2: Arnold like, you're just gonna see a really funky release.
Speaker 2: Maybe some people haven't seen that before, and I think,
Speaker 2: I think that's gonna be fun to watch.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Kendre Chorio born October first, two thousand and seven
Speaker 1: for those of you monitoring at home. So that was
Speaker 1: the start of the postseason where the Red Sox beat
Speaker 1: the Colorado Rockies in the World Series, which I remember vividly.
Speaker 1: Pedroia I think was first pitch homer in Game one
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the first over the Monsters. So
Speaker 1: like I'm I'm recounting a home run from the year
Speaker 1: that that guy was born. It's hard to fathom that
Speaker 1: we're at that point, but you know what we are.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the American League catchers here and the
Speaker 1: four AL catchers that are on the roster. Cooper Ingle
Speaker 1: is not going to be participating because he's a Major leaguer,
Speaker 1: So congratitude three is Kle but Cooper Ingle the Cleveland
Speaker 1: Guardians not going to the Futures Game for good reason.
Speaker 1: The three other American League catchers, Nathan Fluelling, the Canadian
Speaker 1: from the Tampa Bay Rays, organization who's in Hi a
Speaker 1: bowling green right now, Tyron Lorenzo of the Detroit Tigers,
Speaker 1: who's still double A at the moment, and then Blake Mitchell,
Speaker 1: who is the lefty hitting catcher from the Kansas City
Speaker 1: Royals organization. Those are the three.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm excited for Fluelling in general, just because you know,
Speaker 2: he's been one of my favorite prospects for a while
Speaker 2: now picked it's a breakout guy, and feel like he's
Speaker 2: breaking out in a big way this year. But the
Speaker 2: combination of the power that Flolling brings to the table,
Speaker 2: but also the arm strength and we're going to see
Speaker 2: a lot of stolen attempts and all these different things.
Speaker 2: So I think that makes it really fun that that's
Speaker 2: probably one of the guys I'm most excited to see,
Speaker 2: you know, in person here. But at the same time,
Speaker 2: I think Blake Mitchell's BP I'm also very much looking
Speaker 2: forward to and Blake Blake Mitchell's somewhat of like a
Speaker 2: turbulent and turbulent might be a little unfair, but turbulent
Speaker 2: professional career so far where he's been a guy that
Speaker 2: has been a top one hundred prospects. He's been a
Speaker 2: guy that you know, I've been really excited about through
Speaker 2: points and then there's been injuries, and then there's been
Speaker 2: some struggles and you look back again this year though,
Speaker 2: and he's been really solid. There's a lot of strikeouts,
Speaker 2: and I think that's gonna come with the territory, but
Speaker 2: if the defense continues to come along. I mean, this
Speaker 2: is a very talented player with a rocket for an on,
Speaker 2: huge power, and we're we're seeing that. I'm excited for
Speaker 2: his batting practice. And then speaking of turbulent Dyron, Loronzo
Speaker 2: is another player that's had a turbulent career with a
Speaker 2: trade included in there. And for Loronzo, you know, I
Speaker 2: think just for him to be in this game is
Speaker 2: encouraging and exciting. I don't think he's had the greatest year,
Speaker 2: and maybe there's some other candidates, but he still has
Speaker 2: all the talent and has been banged up this year
Speaker 2: since he's come back nine homers in forty five games
Speaker 2: at double A and ultimately switch hitter. With the power
Speaker 2: that he has and batting practice, that would be fun
Speaker 2: to watch another rocket for an arm as well. It's
Speaker 2: a talented group overall, but I'd say I'm most excited
Speaker 2: to see full Weelling and at the same time Mitchell
Speaker 2: the raw power there. The BP could be a fun show.
Speaker 1: Mitchell is interesting for Kansas City, and Kansas City is
Speaker 1: not really in a position to go all the way
Speaker 1: in and buy. But they're running into some serious pitcher
Speaker 1: issues and Jensen is the truth. Carter Jensen is coming
Speaker 1: off of an insane heater a few weeks ago there,
Speaker 1: resulting in a hitting streak north of ten games. I
Speaker 1: think it got up to about fifteen or sixteen ballgames.
Speaker 1: So yeah, you just wonder what Mitchell's role within the
Speaker 1: Royals organization looks like moving forward, pushing to the American
Speaker 1: League infield here real quick, You've got franklin Arius of
Speaker 1: the Boston Red Socks, Leo Devrees of the Athletics, Caleb
Speaker 1: Bonemer of the White Sox, Jojo Parker of the Blue Jays,
Speaker 1: and ralphie Velaskiez of the Cleveland Guardians. They make up
Speaker 1: the American League infield. Xavier Ninons does not have a
Speaker 1: number listed next to him.
Speaker 2: I'm trying to figure this out. Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2: I think he is. I haven't seen anything of him
Speaker 2: like scratched or anything. We can we can proceed as
Speaker 2: under the assumption that he is. I mean, he just
Speaker 2: homeered yesterday is fourteenth of the year, so I don't
Speaker 2: know why he would get Yeah, I don't. I don't
Speaker 2: know why he would get scratched. So for whatever reason,
Speaker 2: though on the roster he has the Cooper Angle treatment.
Speaker 2: He's also italicized. I don't. I don't know what that means.
Speaker 1: So is Walker Jenkins. I have no idea what that
Speaker 1: means either. Is there no could they be participating in
Speaker 1: that weird like challenge thing?
Speaker 2: Players in Italics replaced the following players who were moved
Speaker 2: from due to injury, and those players were Kayln Culpepper
Speaker 2: and George Lombardy. They're gonna need to replace well on
Speaker 2: Hey too, So that's the answer. So okay, Well, who's
Speaker 2: the other Italics.
Speaker 1: Player, Walker Jenkins?
Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, Walker, We'll get to him. But god, he's
Speaker 2: able to play in this game. No on the infield side, man, Like,
Speaker 2: there's so much talent over here. I just got my
Speaker 2: first live look at Jojoe Parker or not for first
Speaker 2: of the regular season. Obviously got to see him a
Speaker 2: good bit in spring training, and this guy can just
Speaker 2: hit like it's just so much fun to watch him hitt.
Speaker 2: And this is one where it's like, okay, super pure hitter,
Speaker 2: but lower level guy like Jojo Parker. And now I
Speaker 2: want to see him in like a left on left
Speaker 2: matchup versus Kate Anderson, who's a big league arm already.
Speaker 1: Right, it's the least sexy thing ever. But I remember
Speaker 1: you saying this about Cole Young in Seattle a couple
Speaker 1: of years ago. It's like, you know what, He's gonna
Speaker 1: put a really good swing on a left on left
Speaker 1: single the other way and it's gonna be awesome. And
Speaker 1: I think Young like lined out to left or something,
Speaker 1: and you were like, you know what, that works, that's you.
Speaker 1: That's your Cole Young. This year is Jojo p.
Speaker 2: Just because like you get this opportun tunity man like
Speaker 2: to see them against arms that are ahead of them,
Speaker 2: and and yeah, you get make it a backfield, big
Speaker 2: league versus prospect arm match up here and there. But
Speaker 2: I think this is a little different. So I'm excited
Speaker 2: about that. And like, maybe he'll get a Joseph Sherwell matchup,
Speaker 2: which like six or eight lefty like good luck, So
Speaker 2: I'm excited about that. Then you will get Arius and Devrees,
Speaker 2: two of the best shorts out prospects in baseball. And
Speaker 2: with Arius just the defensive ability. Like what I love
Speaker 2: about this game is we get an Io as well,
Speaker 2: and it feels like, you know, just you're you're back
Speaker 2: in high school. You get to watch these these guys,
Speaker 2: see which outfielders have the strongest arms, whatever it may be.
Speaker 2: But you also get to see these guys go through
Speaker 2: it in the infield and do all the little things.
Speaker 2: And and with Arius, like his hands are so good,
Speaker 2: he just he's developed so well with his footwork. I'm
Speaker 2: excited to just watch him defensively. But then this is
Speaker 2: a guy that now has way more power, Like I
Speaker 2: want to see the VP because it used to just
Speaker 2: kind of be shooting balls in the gap. No, this
Speaker 2: guy's got juice now. So I love I love the
Speaker 2: opportunity to see that. I've seen dis play a ton,
Speaker 2: but you know, for him, it's just you can see
Speaker 2: a switch hitting, you know, just such a young, high
Speaker 2: upside talent like him. Anytime you get to see Leo
Speaker 2: Devers play, who just kind of has a flair for
Speaker 2: the big moment in the dramatic, he's always going to
Speaker 2: be a fun player in these types of settings. And
Speaker 2: then Caleb Bonnemer, he I'm excited to just see one hit.
Speaker 2: I want to see his batting practice because this guy
Speaker 2: does not hit anything the other way ever, ever, And
Speaker 2: I want to see like what he's working on in MVP.
Speaker 2: That said, he has made a good transition into double A.
Speaker 2: I thought he'd get picked apart a little bit more,
Speaker 2: to be honest, and he hasn't. And I just want
Speaker 2: to see what the progressions look like, like are we
Speaker 2: shooting some the other way? How like what are we
Speaker 2: what are we feeling there? But otherwise, like I want
Speaker 2: to see him crush some balls of the poll side.
Speaker 1: You may have one opportunity in your life to take
Speaker 1: batting practice in the futures game. I'm not sure he's
Speaker 1: to be working on poking balls the other way in
Speaker 1: batting practice. I think he might be trying to show
Speaker 1: some tape measure shots during VP, so.
Speaker 2: You know, think's going to try to remind people that hey,
Speaker 2: I can go the other way a little bit.
Speaker 1: It's like, you know what, let's just shoot some balls
Speaker 1: that way. Yeah, do the Jacob Wilson batting practice thing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'm looking at this ray try all right,
Speaker 2: we've got a couple balls sprinkled the other way. Now
Speaker 2: we've got one OPO homer on the year, and we
Speaker 2: have one, two, three, four five APO hits, So that's
Speaker 2: we're talking about a sixty percent airpole rate for Caleb Bonner.
Speaker 2: I mean, I've never seen anything like it. So then
Speaker 2: show it off, babe, Like, let's see you pull some
Speaker 2: absolute rockets down down the left field line. But then
Speaker 2: you know, beyond that, you know, Ralphie Velasquez has been
Speaker 2: one of my favorite hitters you know, to watch in
Speaker 2: the in the upper miners, and he's been really starting
Speaker 2: to settle in a triple A. Just Homard yesterday, that's
Speaker 2: a BP session I am very pumped about and and
Speaker 2: just also the way he goes out his abs. And
Speaker 2: we're gonna we're gonna get interviews with a lot of
Speaker 2: different players here, So very excited to talk to a
Speaker 2: lot of these different guys, but Ralphie is probably one
Speaker 2: that I'm hoping, you know, the most to talk to,
Speaker 2: just because of his success since the second half of
Speaker 2: last year. How stark the difference has been in terms
Speaker 2: of the production since then, and I kind of want
Speaker 2: to just hear you know, maybe what has clicked for
Speaker 2: him since then, and you know how he's been able
Speaker 2: to parlay that into reaching you know, double A, rxus
Speaker 2: me triple a as a newly turned twenty one year
Speaker 2: old in the success that he's already having there, I
Speaker 2: think he might have reached there even before his twenty
Speaker 2: first birthday, and all of a sudden, now he's got
Speaker 2: a seven ninety two oh ps at the level after
Speaker 2: a pretty soft start.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and then devreason Ari is just making up part
Speaker 1: of that infield for the American League is going to
Speaker 1: be a dream come true.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, this is the last chance you're going
Speaker 2: to price see either of these guys in a setting
Speaker 2: like this before they're up in the show. I think
Speaker 2: there's a case for both of them. The funny thing
Speaker 2: is the Red Sox. Dude, we're talking about on the
Speaker 2: Just Baseball Show, the Red Sox. Their pitching is so
Speaker 2: good all of a sudden, and it was always pretty good.
Speaker 2: But like the way that all these guys are throwing,
Speaker 2: they're not out of this thing. And I know that
Speaker 2: big part of that is the American League, but they're
Speaker 2: not out of this thing. And so for two reasons,
Speaker 2: two completely different reasons. I think we'll see both of
Speaker 2: these guys up this year. On the Red Sox side,
Speaker 2: they've been wanting a right handed bat since we had Buster,
Speaker 2: one who comes on the show every month two times ago,
Speaker 2: was telling us that, you know, the Red Sox are
Speaker 2: aggressively canvassing for a right handed bats so hap Yeah,
Speaker 2: and that was our immediate reaction. Right, the Red Sucks
Speaker 2: are three games out of a playoff spot. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: got a right handed bat for you, Franklin Arius. Right,
Speaker 2: and that's a guy that could play second. You can
Speaker 2: play short at a high level, and they could use
Speaker 2: a short stop. Did I see Sung Chae Chang start
Speaker 2: a game?
Speaker 1: Yes?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, point made. They're three out and look, Arius
Speaker 2: doesn't need to be to reach a ceiling immediately. But
Speaker 2: do you not feel like Franklin Arius is the type
Speaker 2: of player that can just get up there and survive
Speaker 2: and value.
Speaker 1: You would think so, And you would also think that
Speaker 1: that presents that internal jolt where you know, we hear
Speaker 1: the coach speak from executives around the deadline. Well, our
Speaker 1: deadline acquisition is this player coming back from injury? You know,
Speaker 1: the pirates I guarantee you Ben Charrington and it may
Speaker 1: be a little bit different, but he could say our offensive,
Speaker 1: you know, surge at the deadline is counter Griffin coming
Speaker 1: off the shelf or O'Neal Cruz coming off the shelf.
Speaker 1: It's like, okay, yeah, I hear that, but you know
Speaker 1: they also need some bullpen help. It's different when you
Speaker 1: got a top prospect, and there are very few times
Speaker 1: where you have a top prospect come up for that push.
Speaker 1: I think a recent good example is Evan Carter in
Speaker 1: Texas in twenty twenty three when the Rangers won the
Speaker 1: World Series. Like that is a unique sensation when you
Speaker 1: have a top prospect in the game come up to
Speaker 1: help you for the home stretch and that postseason push.
Speaker 1: I think about Jackson Job coming out of the Tiger
Speaker 1: bullpen during pitching chaos. It's like, oh man, we got Job.
Speaker 1: Now we're cooking with gas. That's something that can ignite
Speaker 1: a club house in a way that it seems like,
Speaker 1: you know, an external addition via trade can't really do. Obviously,
Speaker 1: if you go get a big fish on the trade market,
Speaker 1: yes it can totally do that. But if you're gonna
Speaker 1: try and trade within the Margins like, you're not going
Speaker 1: to grab a short platoon. Bet that's going to ignite
Speaker 1: the fan base of the clubhouse quite like Franklin Arias.
Speaker 2: I agree. I agree, And I think the fact that
Speaker 2: you could, I mean, you roll him out there full time.
Speaker 2: You're you're like son Jay Chang is playing for you,
Speaker 2: and even like when you get and I don't know
Speaker 2: what the deal is with Story or you know, ikf
Speaker 2: or Marcelo Mey or all of them are hurt. None
Speaker 2: of them have been good at all. So I just
Speaker 2: think there's a real scenario where you can consider that,
Speaker 2: and he gives you defensive value as well. He's gonna
Speaker 2: if that's a guy at the bottom of your lineup
Speaker 2: just grinding out AB's he's I've watched him put it
Speaker 2: over the monster routinely in Greenville, like in with the
Speaker 2: developed power that's exciting the flip side. And I don't
Speaker 2: know if the athletics would want to do this, but
Speaker 2: it might make sense to just kind of get them
Speaker 2: a taste of it, but preserve the rookie eligibility and
Speaker 2: everything is they might be out of it, who knows,
Speaker 2: and and if they're out of it in you know, September,
Speaker 2: why not get Leo Devrees up there and have them
Speaker 2: get a taste of the big leagues and get acclimated
Speaker 2: a little bit. I feel like I could see that
Speaker 2: happening as well, which you could also say though if there,
Speaker 2: if they're in it and Derees is swinging it, you
Speaker 2: could also make the case that way too. I just
Speaker 2: I wonder if towards the end of the season it's
Speaker 2: been a really injury plague year for Jacob Wilson, like
Speaker 2: just give them a couple of days off here and there.
Speaker 2: Who knows, But the way Josh Croda Grower has been
Speaker 2: swinging it out of the gate, I don't know. I
Speaker 2: still think there's a world where we could see Debrees.
Speaker 2: I would say maybe higher chance arius at the end
Speaker 2: of the year, because I think the Red Sox might
Speaker 2: just be desperate for that right handed bat.
Speaker 1: You would think so, And you just kind of wonder
Speaker 1: the severity of injury, and I guess the the pertinence
Speaker 1: of injury for guys like not only Wilson, but Soderstrom
Speaker 1: as well. Geloff has played a little bit of left
Speaker 1: so maybe that opens up a place on the infield
Speaker 1: for Corona Grower to go to second or something like
Speaker 1: that at and then you've got you know, space for
Speaker 1: degrees over at third base or short stuff.
Speaker 2: So we shall one each other shout sorry, Xavier Nians.
Speaker 2: I want to see him swing because he doesn't swing
Speaker 2: very often, so I hope in this in the future,
Speaker 2: and I like I like it. He's passive and you
Speaker 2: know what, get your feet wet. In professional baseball, you
Speaker 2: got huge power, could be a little passive and when
Speaker 2: you let when you let it rip, hit homers. We've
Speaker 2: seen that. If Nions gets into one and this is
Speaker 2: another BP watch like, well, he's already hitting ball as
Speaker 2: one thirteen fourteen, he's nineteen years old. Super exciting to
Speaker 2: just see what what that power can look like. But
Speaker 2: this is the guy that's swinging thirty percent of the time.
Speaker 2: So you're not gonna go to the futures game to
Speaker 2: swing thirty percent of the time. I at like one
Speaker 2: of three pitches or less than that. I want to
Speaker 2: see this guy get the bat off the shoulder and
Speaker 2: let it rip. I don't care if you strike out.
Speaker 2: He's swinging at non fastballs twenty three percent of the time,
Speaker 2: so I appreciate the selectivity, but you're gonna need to
Speaker 2: swing it a little bit more because he's also hitting
Speaker 2: seventy eight against breaking balls. So never swing at him,
Speaker 2: but you're gonna have to eventually. I love I love
Speaker 2: the swing, and like they're swinging mess but I love
Speaker 2: the swing, and I think he has huge power and
Speaker 2: huge potential. And it'll be fun to see him because
Speaker 2: the first time we saw him it was like he
Speaker 2: didn't even made his pro debut yet. Really, he was
Speaker 2: just just at the spring breakout game and you could
Speaker 2: just kind of see it was just still kind of
Speaker 2: fun in his footing.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, excited to see some sick takes from him
Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, let's tie a bow in the American
Speaker 1: League with the al outfield here and the outfield we
Speaker 1: mentioned Walker Jenkins in italics he is playing. Kevin Alvarez
Speaker 1: of the Houston Astros is gonna be there as well.
Speaker 1: Theo Gillen of the Tampa bay Rays, top twenty prospect
Speaker 1: in baseball, Ike Irish, who has had a pretty solid
Speaker 1: start to his pro career of the Baltimore Orioles against
Speaker 1: Jenkins the Minnesota Twins, and then Nelson Rata of the
Speaker 1: La Angels. So it's interesting obviously, your eyes gravitate towards
Speaker 1: Jenkins and Gillan, but I know you like Alvarez and
Speaker 1: Ike Irish has been a fascinating conversation this year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think. I think with with Walker Jenkins being
Speaker 2: healthy and the added power that that he we've seen
Speaker 2: from him this year, I'm very excited about that. And
Speaker 2: I just feel like we've we've missed out and generally
Speaker 2: speaking on Walker Jenkins and like spring breakouts and these
Speaker 2: types of events, because he's typically pretty banged up. So
Speaker 2: it's nice to see him back and in this and
Speaker 2: this is obviously his last chance to do something like
Speaker 2: this because he should be up at the big leagues. Honestly,
Speaker 2: not too long after this game. I wouldn't even mind
Speaker 2: if he went straight from this game to to Minnesota.
Speaker 2: I don't. I don't need to see too much more
Speaker 2: in triple A. But generally speaking, I think just seeing
Speaker 2: how much more power he's out except watch him take
Speaker 2: VP and and all these different things. But he's just
Speaker 2: impacting the baseball so much more now. THEO Gillen's the
Speaker 2: one though. I mean, this guy, there may not be
Speaker 2: better tools in the game, you know, and in this
Speaker 2: game than what you're gonna get from THEO Gillen because
Speaker 2: you're gonna get plus raw power, maybe better than plus
Speaker 2: raw power. You're gonna get maybe plus plus speed. He's
Speaker 2: developed so much in center field. I just think this
Speaker 2: is a very very fun player to be able to watch.
Speaker 2: And if he gets the opportunity to put all of
Speaker 2: his skills and display in one game, which is not
Speaker 2: always going to happen, it's it's always nice to see
Speaker 2: and I want to see the wheels, I want to
Speaker 2: see the power. I want to see a little bit
Speaker 2: of everything, and I think we'll get the opportunity to
Speaker 2: see most of that. And then Kevin Alvarez is just
Speaker 2: another one of those players that you look at the
Speaker 2: astro system. There couldn't have been a more obvious two
Speaker 2: players to send because it's like them and then everybody else.
Speaker 2: But Alvarez is one that, like, you know, you could
Speaker 2: check in month to month, and because he's so young
Speaker 2: and wiry and I think just growing into this very
Speaker 2: slender frame, he like he's gonna look more physical each
Speaker 2: time you check in, He's gonna look a little bit
Speaker 2: less baby draft each time you check in. He just
Speaker 2: turned eighteen years old and You're already starting to see
Speaker 2: him control his body better in the box. You're seeing
Speaker 2: this more just more comfort. You're seeing him stronger, You're
Speaker 2: seeing him hitting the ball harder, And like, I'm excited
Speaker 2: because we saw him at spring breakout, I of sa
Speaker 2: him in spring training. To see him now in person,
Speaker 2: I guarantee he's gonna look different. And that's a fun
Speaker 2: part about these super young and projectable players. So I'm
Speaker 2: very much looking forward to that. And then Nelson Rada
Speaker 2: is the type of player that's best enjoyed over a
Speaker 2: larger sample. But he's gonna be pesky, and I'm looking
Speaker 2: at him as like one of those players against like
Speaker 2: some of the top flight arms, where his ability to
Speaker 2: just spoil and grind out and that bad and be difficult,
Speaker 2: and also you look get maybe the potential to go
Speaker 2: make a heck of a grab in the outfield because
Speaker 2: he's so good defensively, and the ability on the bass
Speaker 2: pats because he's twenty seven for thirty two this year
Speaker 2: in stolen bases, Like this is a guy that could
Speaker 2: go make that highlight reel play be pesky and wasn't
Speaker 2: Nazam Nunez a futures game All Star or he was
Speaker 2: an MVP.
Speaker 1: Yes he was. He got the award from Ken Griffy Junior.
Speaker 2: Yep, we'll never forget it. I think Rada is a
Speaker 2: kind of guy that could make that highlight reel play
Speaker 2: and people see see the Angels have prospects and another
Speaker 2: guy that's probably not too far away from a big
Speaker 2: league debut.
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, I mean we could be watching Nelson Rada
Speaker 1: and Tyler Bremner and it's like any the Angels are
Speaker 1: cooking here. Huh, John mosday Lock, Nice nice job by him.
Speaker 2: I want to put it back on you before we
Speaker 2: wrap up. Yeah, which players are you most excited to see.
Speaker 1: On the American League side? Kate Anderson, Like, actually getting
Speaker 1: a high quality video look at Kate Anderson is going
Speaker 1: to be really fun. The Arkansas Travelers tip of the
Speaker 1: cap to them, but unfortunately it's not an Emmy winning show.
Speaker 1: I'm so excited to see Kate Anderson and Ryan Sloan
Speaker 1: on high quality cameras and all of these guys in
Speaker 1: front of track Man data and kind of a stat
Speaker 1: cast oriented broadcast. I'm very excited to see that. Like
Speaker 1: that's the biggest thing for me with the futures game
Speaker 1: is like, Okay, I just get an opportunity to attach
Speaker 1: numbers to every single thing that we watch and we
Speaker 1: can do it. But like Twitter's the resource to go
Speaker 1: do that, you know what I mean? Like, I'm looking
Speaker 1: at your Twitter to see what this guy is doing
Speaker 1: in terms of pitch and a vacuum. What are the
Speaker 1: metrics on that pitch? What are the metrics on this
Speaker 1: batt ball. I'm just excited to actually attach numbers to
Speaker 1: it and have all these guys playing in front of
Speaker 1: track Man and Hawkeye, Kate Anderson Sloan, they jump out
Speaker 1: Arnold Man, Like I really do think the A's at
Speaker 1: full health with that lineup are so unbelievably dangerous. Jump
Speaker 1: had a blow up start against the Marlins this past
Speaker 1: weekend in Sacramento. But Gage Jump looks like the truth
Speaker 1: at the major league level again, looks like a serviceable
Speaker 1: back end starter. They just have a whole bunch of force.
Speaker 1: Jump looks like a mid rotation starter. If Arnold can
Speaker 1: be a mid rotation starter and you can convince someone
Speaker 1: to sign in Vegas after next year, the groundwork is
Speaker 1: there for the A's to be really, really good as
Speaker 1: soon as they get to Las Vegas, so I'm excited
Speaker 1: to see Arnold throw for an inning there as well.
Speaker 1: Iron Sin, I keep on hearing about Iansen. I haven't
Speaker 1: really had the chance to sit down and watch a
Speaker 1: full start, so excited to watch an inning and a
Speaker 1: short spurt for Ionsen. And then I mean, yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: excited and like the Red Sox, listen, tip of the
Speaker 1: cap to them. They can pitch, Holy hell, can they pitch.
Speaker 1: Stunny Gray is one of my favorite guys to watch
Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball right now. I think that guy
Speaker 1: was an All Star snub big time and like, totally
Speaker 1: is a beast. I love Connolly early. If they can
Speaker 1: add eye intet of the fold, that is really darn fun.
Speaker 1: And then Kevin Alvarez actually saw I got to take
Speaker 1: a couple of bit pats in Big League spring. I
Speaker 1: was like, it's hard to believe this guy's seventeen years old. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see that teenager swinging a little bit.
Speaker 2: Last note, Jamie Arnold really starting to hit his stride
Speaker 2: at double A and a guy that I've been a
Speaker 2: little bit you know, harder on, I think maybe than others,
Speaker 2: you know, when it comes to the prospect list or
Speaker 2: whatever it may be. But really been on a nice
Speaker 2: stretch after he was giving up a lot of hard
Speaker 2: contacts for a while. And he's still not striking out
Speaker 2: the world. It's less than than a strikeout parenting, But
Speaker 2: in his last six starts at double A two, six,
Speaker 2: seventy RA, thirty three and two thirds innings, he's only
Speaker 2: walked fourteen and struck out thirty three. So you want
Speaker 2: to see a little bit more in the strikeout department.
Speaker 2: But at the same time, he's not getting hit as
Speaker 2: hard and if he's getting weak contact, which I think
Speaker 2: could be a huge part of his game because he's
Speaker 2: so deceptive. We have a guy here that can really
Speaker 2: start to settle in and be that middle rotation arm
Speaker 2: for the Athletics if he can continue to head on
Speaker 2: this track. So we're going to get to the national
Speaker 2: league side of things here in a moment, but before that,
Speaker 2: a quick break. All right, Jack, I haven't decided yet,
Speaker 2: and I'll give you my honest answer which roster I
Speaker 2: like more. But we'll go through the national league here
Speaker 2: and then make a final decision. We could probably do
Speaker 2: an average prospect ranking side of it, but we're due
Speaker 2: for an update in a few weeks. Anyways. By the way,
Speaker 2: some back end stuff that we're working on on the
Speaker 2: top one hundred is going to look even prettier next
Speaker 2: time around, so I'm very excited about that. But that
Speaker 2: update'll probably come out right after the draft. Regardless, I'm
Speaker 2: excited to compare rosters here.
Speaker 1: Yes, I am also excited to get your answer on
Speaker 1: the better roster. I'm also excited to get your answer
Speaker 1: at the very end of your predicted futures game MVP,
Speaker 1: because again probably going to be wrong, because sometimes Nasim
Speaker 1: Nuniez wins the futures Game MVP. We will start with
Speaker 1: the NL pitchers here right now, and the NL pitchers.
Speaker 1: Cam Kiminiddi of the Atlanta Braves, top one out of
Speaker 1: prospect in baseball. He's in High A Rome Liam Doyle
Speaker 1: of the Saint Louis Cardinals, the hard throwing lefty out
Speaker 1: of Tennessee. He's in Double A with the Cardinals. Seth
Speaker 1: Hernandez leading the world in punch outs right now. In
Speaker 1: the minor leagues, he's in HYA Greensboro with the Pirates.
Speaker 1: Cash Mayfield of the Padres is in hy A fort
Speaker 1: Wayne Carson Milbrandt was the best pitcher in Double A
Speaker 1: before his promotion to Triple A Jacksonville a few weeks ago.
Speaker 1: Mill Brandt in Triple A with the Miami Marlins. Right now,
Speaker 1: Mason McGuire of the Chicago Cubs, he's in High A
Speaker 1: South Bend. When we pond of the Philadelphia Phillies, he's
Speaker 1: in Double A reading Miguel Cimy junior front of the
Speaker 1: program with Washington in Hya Wilmington as it stands right now.
Speaker 1: And then Gauge would guy that I'm really excited to
Speaker 1: see in double A for the Philadelphia Phillies in reading
Speaker 1: at the moment. So that's your list of NL pictures.
Speaker 2: Yeah, American League's off to a great start here. And
Speaker 2: then they got yeah, that is true. It's like that
Speaker 2: we've got seth. Now there's Carson milbrand obviously, really excited
Speaker 2: to see him in a short spurt, especially Oh my gosh,
Speaker 2: if you haven't heard that episode with him, go check
Speaker 2: that out. He was awesome on the call up a
Speaker 2: few weeks ago. I'm excited to see Kim and Iddi
Speaker 2: and just he's so athletic and I know he hasn't
Speaker 2: had the best year, like this could have been like
Speaker 2: his breakout per se, but he's a prep left he
Speaker 2: who's still a teenager, and overall it's been fine, but
Speaker 2: you know, he's also being pushed pretty hard like teenage left.
Speaker 2: He to hy A, I'm just excited to see the
Speaker 2: stuff in person, and I just love watching him throw
Speaker 2: seth is is is the show, and I can promise
Speaker 2: you they're gonna build a plenty of of you know,
Speaker 2: talking points around set when he's on the mound. They're
Speaker 2: going to be ready for him. I mean, yo, see
Speaker 2: may Junior is going to be a show. I mean,
Speaker 2: another friend of the program here, very much enjoying my
Speaker 2: conversation with him. He forgot he was eighteen years old
Speaker 2: at the time. He might in that game with some adrenaline,
Speaker 2: he's gonna probably touch one O two. The interesting part too,
Speaker 2: is like I haven't seen Cash Mayfield thrown person looking
Speaker 2: forward to that. But that's a guy also, It's like
Speaker 2: deception and things like that kind of built into it.
Speaker 2: I hope Liam Doyle has a good outing because it's
Speaker 2: just been a rough year for him in general. We
Speaker 2: kind of alluded to that possibility going into this season.
Speaker 2: I think Liam Doyle will be like his best outcome
Speaker 2: is as a realistic outcome is as a reliever. So
Speaker 2: I kind of just want to see him out of
Speaker 2: the pen, letting it to eat from the left side,
Speaker 2: and hopefully has some comfort in doing that. I have
Speaker 2: a win. We pond blue auto that I pulled that
Speaker 2: I've been really hoping to sell to put money towards
Speaker 2: buying other autos, and it's so cheap because nobody wants
Speaker 2: his card. Unfortunately right now that I can't even sell it.
Speaker 2: So hopefully we pawn masterclass, you know, is on our hands,
Speaker 2: and I can.
Speaker 1: Now you yourself. It's tough where it's like, okay, he
Speaker 1: goes three up and three down and he has like
Speaker 1: a de Gram All Star Game MVP type performance and
Speaker 1: it's like, all right, he I.
Speaker 2: Got a hold. Time to go. No. I don't know
Speaker 2: if that's going to move the market, but we'll see.
Speaker 2: Mason McGuire has been a fun story. He's just kind
Speaker 2: of like kind of a almost seemed like an ORG
Speaker 2: guy at one point, And maybe that's a little bit
Speaker 2: harsh because he's still so young h or was kind
Speaker 2: of young ish entering the year. But I mean, this
Speaker 2: is a guy that was twenty one years old on
Speaker 2: opening day, or excuse me, twenty two years old on
Speaker 2: opening day this year, and it had not pitched above
Speaker 2: low A, so I actually don't think he that young.
Speaker 2: And he'd walked more guys than he had struck out
Speaker 2: in twenty four. Then he was hurt in twenty like
Speaker 2: missed the whole twenty five season, So I get there's
Speaker 2: some variables to it, but you're not not a guy
Speaker 2: that I would be expecting to ever be sent to
Speaker 2: the futures game. He returned to Lowa to start this year,
Speaker 2: dominated there and now Hi, he's been okay, pretty good,
Speaker 2: but I don't know. I think I was kind of
Speaker 2: expecting some more exciting arms. I'm very pumped for Gauge
Speaker 2: would because that fastball is seventy great as is you
Speaker 2: put it in short spurts. That could be an elite,
Speaker 2: elite fastball with the characteristics he has there, the development
Speaker 2: of the slider, and we've talked about this is a
Speaker 2: guy that I think could be in the Phillies bullpen
Speaker 2: this year if they're trying to make a push down
Speaker 2: the stretch or be it like kind of a swingman
Speaker 2: Swiss Army nine for them, and I just want to
Speaker 2: see what he's kind of been in short spurts all
Speaker 2: year anyways, but maybe in one inning letting it eat.
Speaker 2: I think it'll be fun to see.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. And I wonder where the fit
Speaker 1: is this year if they do go with an Anderson
Speaker 1: and Sloan thing, because we talked about that during the
Speaker 1: al side. Like I'm watching Seattle right now, and you
Speaker 1: know they've got a path if their starter goes six
Speaker 1: innings to win postseason series. Obviously, but over the course
Speaker 1: of one sixty two they got to get there, and
Speaker 1: it's such a fragile situation. We're like Seattle, they're running
Speaker 1: out spire for rare Bizardo modiums. After that, like Michael Rutger,
Speaker 1: getting big outs for you like Philly is interesting because
Speaker 1: you obviously have Deron Kirkering. Who else am I missing
Speaker 1: in there? Alvarado Keller, But after that, it's like Tanner
Speaker 1: Banks is getting huge outs for you. I don't know.
Speaker 1: So if you can add one more into the fold,
Speaker 1: that would be humongous, not just for October but for
Speaker 1: the home stretch in August and September.
Speaker 2: One hundred percent. And I think there's a world like
Speaker 2: and I don't want to be like the overestimating prospect guy,
Speaker 2: but like, there's a world where gauge Wood is his
Speaker 2: fastball is so good at ninety eight miles per hour,
Speaker 2: with the characteristics that like he could be a leverage
Speaker 2: arm for you down the stretch, Like you could trust
Speaker 2: him as much as you trust. But we saw it
Speaker 2: with Kirkering. And I know he's had some unfortunate moments too,
Speaker 2: but we saw Kirkering immediately just you remember that rookie year,
Speaker 2: just kind of take take it by storm because it's
Speaker 2: just an nasty Why can't gauge war would do that
Speaker 2: before transitioning back into a starter. On the other thing
Speaker 2: is like kirk Wing has been great this year. Command
Speaker 2: is a little bit of an issue when you look
Speaker 2: at at Brad Keller, even sometimes with him, I'm not
Speaker 2: worried about gage Wood's command and a short spurt at all,
Speaker 2: and I think that also helps. I think he could
Speaker 2: be one of the best relievers. Obviously long term starter,
Speaker 2: but yeah, for this year.
Speaker 1: Just Baseball Show conversation not named Mason Miller is deron
Speaker 1: the best reliever in Major League Baseball. He's disgusting. He is, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think so.
Speaker 2: I think so. When you look at the stuff and
Speaker 2: then you look at fourteen case the no walks too,
Speaker 2: he's walking less than two or nine.
Speaker 1: He's he's he's pretty generational. Man, it's kind of crazy.
Speaker 1: All right. That ends that little branch off conversation. But
Speaker 1: let's go to the National League infield. Here, the NL
Speaker 1: in the field.
Speaker 2: What you got the catchers? Oh, we're going catchers and.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, no, let's go catchers. Let's if you.
Speaker 2: Skipped this, this might be the best position group in
Speaker 2: the whole damn game.
Speaker 1: Uh. The NL catching situation. Alfredo Duno of the Cincinnati Reds.
Speaker 1: He's with Hya Dayton right now. Although didn't you just
Speaker 1: get the bump to double A Chattanooga.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he starting homer twice, Okay.
Speaker 1: Raino Rodriguez in double A springfield for the Cardinals. And
Speaker 1: then Ethan Salas who's in Double A San Antonio with
Speaker 1: the San Diego Padres. Duno, Rodriguez, Salas, these are three
Speaker 1: top twenty prospects on the top one hundred.
Speaker 2: Top fifteen, and it's catching prospects one, two, three for us.
Speaker 2: Let's go. So this is this is electric like this
Speaker 2: is what you want to see Duno, as people know,
Speaker 2: like we're the high guys on we have him number
Speaker 2: eleven overall, Salas is number nine overall, and then Rainio
Speaker 2: Rodriguez number fifteen overall. Duno. I cannot wait to see
Speaker 2: this dude launching balls and VP. The other aspect is
Speaker 2: just I loved watching the way he's developed as a hitter,
Speaker 2: rockets rocket rocket for an arm behind the dish, and
Speaker 2: I'm interested to see how they kind of splice up
Speaker 2: the innings here. But with Duno, the fact that the
Speaker 2: way he's settling into double A already is awesome and
Speaker 2: just tool shed. And then what everyone's gonna see. I
Speaker 2: already know it. If he rolls over, broadcasters are going
Speaker 2: to see, say, did you see the way do it?
Speaker 2: Always getting down the line? I think boy can move.
Speaker 2: And that's my favorite thing about Alfredo Duno. It's like
Speaker 2: it's like a fun fact you wouldn't expect. It's just
Speaker 2: how fast this dude is. Ethan Sallas just I kind
Speaker 2: of hope he catches like four plus innings, kind of
Speaker 2: gets the line share of him. Just watch this dude
Speaker 2: behind the dish. He's just so good that part is
Speaker 2: fun like and you got to be like a real
Speaker 2: like catching defense and enjoyer. And I don't even know
Speaker 2: if I fully am. I'm just I have to watch
Speaker 2: these guys do all the little things behind the dish
Speaker 2: Ethan Salas will make you a catching defense joyer. Though.
Speaker 2: When you watch a newly turned twenty year old just
Speaker 2: have such soft hands and move the way that he
Speaker 2: does and such a smooth and quick transfer. This is
Speaker 2: a guy that I just think you watch and say, ah,
Speaker 2: that's why he's a top one hundred prospect despite all
Speaker 2: of the offensive struggles you know before this year, Like
Speaker 2: people that always push back say, how is he a
Speaker 2: top one hundred project, I guarantee they didn't watch him catch.
Speaker 2: And when you have a guaranteed you know, defensive catcher
Speaker 2: like Salas, like this is a Joe mack thing. It
Speaker 2: was always the same argument, right, The reason why we
Speaker 2: always had Joe Mack in like the top fifty is
Speaker 2: I was like and closer to the top thirties. Even
Speaker 2: if this guy doesn't if it's a thirty five hit tool,
Speaker 2: he's going to be two to three war because of
Speaker 2: the impact that he can have on the game. Defensively,
Speaker 2: and he's been way better than that offensively. But even
Speaker 2: if he wasn't Jack, you're calling games every day, if
Speaker 2: Joe Mack was giving you a ninety WRC plus right now,
Speaker 2: is he still not so comfortably and net positive for
Speaker 2: this team that, by the way, has not lost basically
Speaker 2: basically since they called him up.
Speaker 1: It did one hundred percent. He is, And it's fun
Speaker 1: to like kind of do this thought exercise. There may
Speaker 1: not be a more impactful transaction in Major League Baseball
Speaker 1: this year than swapping the defensive catching situation for the
Speaker 1: Miami Marlins. Like it's amazing to see, and honestly, I
Speaker 1: think you're seeing it in Cleveland right now with Pat Bailey.
Speaker 1: Like Bailey has seventeen caught stealings this year. Langoliers is
Speaker 1: up there. Langliers can smash a baseball. Contreras is up there.
Speaker 1: Contreras can smash a baseball. But Bailey and Mac and
Speaker 1: Mack is, you know, twice the hitter. Pat Bailey is.
Speaker 1: But like you know, we're watching these teams thrive right
Speaker 1: now with what they have behind the dish. If you
Speaker 1: slow down the running game, if you handle a staff
Speaker 1: at a supreme level, you're gonna have a job in
Speaker 1: major League baseball and probably a starting job in major
Speaker 1: League baseball for a really long time.
Speaker 2: And when Joe Mack was twenty, he was still kind
Speaker 2: of figuring it out offensively, like to even be a
Speaker 2: relevant prospect. He was in his age twenty season at
Speaker 2: High A. And that's the kind of the thing is.
Speaker 2: And you look at Ethan Sallas, he's twenty years old.
Speaker 2: He has kind of been his burst onto the scene.
Speaker 2: He slowed down a little bit, he had some injury.
Speaker 2: He's still having a really nice year. So he's striking
Speaker 2: out fourteen percent of the time. The bad of ball
Speaker 2: specs are great. I'm just excited for more people to
Speaker 2: see how talented this player is. And then Rainio Rodriguez.
Speaker 2: You know what can never what will just never escape me,
Speaker 2: is the fan grafts right up on like the tld
Speaker 2: R on him. And I know I've read it on
Speaker 2: the show already, and it's just so funny. Built like
Speaker 2: a short levered michelin man. Rodriguez has bashed his way
Speaker 2: and so I saw a clip though the other day.
Speaker 2: It can't escape me now, Like every time I watch
Speaker 2: him trot around the bases, after he homers, because he
Speaker 2: is eleven of those already this year. He kind of
Speaker 2: looks like a short levered michelin Man, but super talented
Speaker 2: another guy that I mean to the way that he
Speaker 2: can control his abs, the power that he has, Like
Speaker 2: he's not getting into it to the same clip he
Speaker 2: did last year, but you could easily put it on display.
Speaker 2: The air pole ability another rocket for an arm. It's
Speaker 2: just a lot of rockets for an arm behind the
Speaker 2: dish in this game. And I mean, this is just
Speaker 2: such a talented trio. I kind of wish one was
Speaker 2: on the other team so they could catch more, Like
Speaker 2: with all respect to Loronzo, like I'd rather those endings
Speaker 2: go to Rodriguez.
Speaker 1: I made that pitch on the Just Baseball Show about
Speaker 1: the second base situation. I was like, can we throw
Speaker 1: a couple n L second basement over to the American
Speaker 1: League side and just like spread the wealth a little bit,
Speaker 1: Like I'm sure you remember the little league games where
Speaker 1: someone had to go suit up for the other team
Speaker 1: and it's like, you.
Speaker 2: Know what, let's eaven this the other time they were
Speaker 2: down a guy, we had to throw them out in
Speaker 2: left field.
Speaker 1: And like, yeah, it's you know what have fun? Man?
Speaker 2: Well, the NBA they do that where they just draft
Speaker 2: the players right like or I don't know if they
Speaker 2: still do that, but didn't they do it where it's
Speaker 2: just like all of the All Stars are like cumulative.
Speaker 2: It's just one big group and then they have captains
Speaker 2: and then they draft. That would be a fun idea.
Speaker 1: Yeah, team Lebron and Team Giannis. I wouldn't hate, like
Speaker 1: a team Team Arius and Team Jenkins.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And then also for like in the big leagues,
Speaker 2: like tiam Otani and.
Speaker 1: Team Clement, the shop getter in the American.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that is true. It's it is Team Clemetz. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Oh man, but I did not a bad idea.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Infield, Uh yeah, let's go infield here NL. Infielders
Speaker 1: as they stand right now, you have got Ryan Clifford
Speaker 1: of the New York Mets. He's going in Triple A
Speaker 1: for the Mets right now. In Syracuse. Charlie Condon has
Speaker 1: been raking in Albuquerque. He is knocking on the door.
Speaker 1: It seems like I'm a big league call up. But
Speaker 1: where's the space for him? Uh? Condon of the Rockies,
Speaker 1: is there? Cason Cunningham of the Diamondbacks a guy that
Speaker 1: you love is there in hi A right now. Gavin
Speaker 1: Keeln of the Giants, former Tennessee volunteer UH for Tony Vtello.
Speaker 1: He's in Hya right now. Jesus Midday obviously, Louise Payana
Speaker 1: obviously of the Milwaukee Brewers, and then Eli Will it's
Speaker 1: last year's number one overall pick for the Washington Nationals,
Speaker 1: is there as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's just the final three names. It's
Speaker 2: just it's like, holy crap, you know. I think that's
Speaker 2: the part that I'm excited about. And I was kind
Speaker 2: of curious what they would where they'd put Condon because
Speaker 2: it's kind of split in time between first base and
Speaker 2: right field. Now Condon is just on such a heater
Speaker 2: that he might just roll into this game and keep
Speaker 2: swinging it. It's been crazy. I know he's in Albuquerque,
Speaker 2: but we're getting four hundred with like ten homers in
Speaker 2: twenty games. I don't care where you're playing, and Clifford
Speaker 2: just feels like it's a result of the Mets system
Speaker 2: where it's just we got they have to send somebody.
Speaker 2: I guess. I don't mean that's a disparage Clifford, but
Speaker 2: I don't think It's been a year where you look
Speaker 2: at Ryan Clifford and say that guy should be in
Speaker 2: the futures game. He is a sixty nine WRC plus
Speaker 2: this year. He did homer yesterday, so hopefully you can
Speaker 2: keep picking it up. And he's only twenty two and
Speaker 2: he's plenty of time to prove that he's going to
Speaker 2: be a good bigligure and I think it's more than
Speaker 2: enough ingredients to do so. But this might be the
Speaker 2: lowest of RC plus ever since of the Future's Game, unfortunately.
Speaker 2: And then Cunningham just bat to the ball is so good.
Speaker 2: I want to see him another lower level guy against
Speaker 2: more experience pitching. I want to see him battle and
Speaker 2: just see what it looks like. Madayan Paania. Those guys
Speaker 2: just did there. They're such a fun tandem. I'm always
Speaker 2: gonna have a blastwashing them play together. Miday's one of
Speaker 2: the key shows here, right the number one prospect in baseball.
Speaker 2: You know, it doesn't even matter WHI side the play
Speaker 2: we're gonna see him from. It's going to be a blast.
Speaker 2: I'm just so happy Painy is healthy. There's been some
Speaker 2: scares where, like you know, he collapsed in the dugout,
Speaker 2: was out for a long time. They said he went
Speaker 2: to a neurolo just seem really get another update from there.
Speaker 2: Then he came back immediately came out of the game
Speaker 2: and was like look sick, like he was dry heaping whatever.
Speaker 2: And now he's back again and he's been okay, So
Speaker 2: thank goodness. So I'm just glad he could be playing
Speaker 2: in this game. And then Eli Will it's another guy like, well,
Speaker 2: this power all of a sudden, Man, this guy's slugging.
Speaker 2: So I want to see it, just a continue to
Speaker 2: see that. But we talked about our spring break out
Speaker 2: takeaways and it was how Willitts was able to spoil
Speaker 2: against elite arms and just how well he controls his
Speaker 2: abs and everything. But I love the willets defensive ability
Speaker 2: as well. And I think he might make a highlight
Speaker 2: reel play at short that it is going to get
Speaker 2: people excited.
Speaker 1: I dig it. All right, We will Tye Bow on
Speaker 1: this program with the National League Outfield and the nl
Speaker 1: outfield grouping is Roaldey Brito of the Colorado Rockies, who
Speaker 1: is in low A right now. Roaldi Brido born in
Speaker 1: April of two thousand and seven. Host Swayed Depaula of
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. He's in double A. Edward Florentino the Pittsburgh Pirates,
Speaker 1: Josiah Hartshort, the guy that you highlighted, Dakota Jordan of
Speaker 1: the Giants, and then Mike Serota is the on base
Speaker 1: streak still going.
Speaker 2: Yes, seventy sixty eight games. It's it's seventy seventy.
Speaker 1: Come on, man, that's awesome.
Speaker 2: We got we got to count it. If he gets
Speaker 2: on base here too, which he probably will. Seroda is unbelievable.
Speaker 2: And that's somebody that we were talking about going into
Speaker 2: this year, and it said, I feel like everybody is
Speaker 2: too low on this guy. You look at the eggs
Speaker 2: of velocities, you look at the defensive ability, you look
Speaker 2: at the approach. How is this guy not a consensus
Speaker 2: top twenty. Well now he's a consensus top twenty prospect
Speaker 2: going into this year. And I know that the injury
Speaker 2: was a little bit of a detractor, but we were talking.
Speaker 2: People were talking about age to level and stuff like that.
Speaker 2: He was in Northeastern and he comes up and I
Speaker 2: thought the low a thing was was a little bit
Speaker 2: of like a slow start, Like I don't know why
Speaker 2: they would put him there, but he put a two
Speaker 2: hundred WRC plus up and then he gets a high
Speaker 2: A and is equally as good. Last year with the
Speaker 2: ridiculous you know peripherals that we saw, it was like
Speaker 2: an average egs of vlasity north of ninety three miles
Speaker 2: an hour. The swing decisions were so lead all these
Speaker 2: different things, and how is this guy not more highly regarded?
Speaker 2: And then you go into this year and even it
Speaker 2: felt like then because he repeated high A, people were
Speaker 2: still like, huh not got to see him do it
Speaker 2: in double like this guy's tormenting hi A. And again,
Speaker 2: just watch him play. He's by far the best player.
Speaker 2: It seems like he's the best player on the field
Speaker 2: every single time he's on there. Now he's up in
Speaker 2: double A and it's the same thing. One seventy seven
Speaker 2: WRC bus in HIGA one seventy six and double A.
Speaker 2: I don't know why the Dodgers have been so stationed
Speaker 2: to station with him. Maybe it's because they have so
Speaker 2: many freaking outfielders, but I don't know. I always felt
Speaker 2: like we were a little bit slow moving on this
Speaker 2: guy because he has shown us who he is from
Speaker 2: the day he got into pro ball. And it's been
Speaker 2: so much fun to watch, and yeah, you're gonna see
Speaker 2: him just on an all time streak, and I think
Speaker 2: a guy that can really i think turn heads in
Speaker 2: a lot of different ways. He could go make an
Speaker 2: incredible highlight reel grab in the outfield. He could hit
Speaker 2: a ball as far as anybody in this game because
Speaker 2: he has crazy raw power, could show you those really
Speaker 2: impressive takes. And he can also battle and have a
Speaker 2: great a b in general. So excited about Sioda. Rodi
Speaker 2: Brido is one where it's just underrated because it's a
Speaker 2: Rockies prospect and you know, maybe doesn't get to shine.
Speaker 2: This guy is mashed and mashed and mashed and mashed.
Speaker 2: He flies, so I'm excited to see like the wheels
Speaker 2: and everything like that. But he's turned nineteen years old
Speaker 2: a little bit after opening day and just continues to
Speaker 2: put up ridiculous numbers at low A last year, finished
Speaker 2: the year between the Complex and low A with just
Speaker 2: video game numbers as well. Brido is just a really
Speaker 2: talented player that I think more people will be privy
Speaker 2: to after this game. Switch Hitter with all the talent
Speaker 2: as well. Florentino is fun obviously in the pirate Tour,
Speaker 2: like that's going to be a guy that I think
Speaker 2: people are just gonna enjoy watching him get his swing off.
Speaker 2: It's designed for air and swinging hard and try to
Speaker 2: pull that thing straight out to right field. But Hoseway
Speaker 2: to Paula and what he's done this year, he might
Speaker 2: be the most pure hitter, one of the most pure
Speaker 2: hitters we're going to have in this game. And I
Speaker 2: think people are just going to naturally gravitate towards him
Speaker 2: and say, holy crap, that's a big leaguer because he
Speaker 2: just looks like it with the way he carries himself
Speaker 2: in the box. And then Josiah Hartshorn, like what he
Speaker 2: has done this year. The Cubs have had so many
Speaker 2: breakout prospects, but Hartshorn has been as impressive as any.
Speaker 2: Just Homer the other day and like extra dead center,
Speaker 2: just switch hitter. We've talked about him AHT on the
Speaker 2: show now at this point, but nineteen years old, sixth
Speaker 2: round switch hitter that is having the year that he's
Speaker 2: having where Loway was easy and he gets to high
Speaker 2: a ten homers and thirty eight games already, the ability
Speaker 2: already from the left side of the plates ahead but
Speaker 2: like still solid from the right side, just just such
Speaker 2: a good balance of hitting power and approach. Already, they're like,
Speaker 2: what is this guy going to be as he just
Speaker 2: continues to mature and fill out and all of these things.
Speaker 2: And then Dakota Jordan. This is the if Theo Gillen
Speaker 2: isn't the toolsiest player in this game, it's Dakota Jordan.
Speaker 2: I just watched him at a homer one seventeen the
Speaker 2: other day. He's also a plus runner, and he's come
Speaker 2: along so well in centerfield. Now he's going to swing
Speaker 2: and miss a good bit, but he's on a nice
Speaker 2: stretch here at Hya where he has not been striking out.
Speaker 2: Something is clicked for him. And we just did the
Speaker 2: social video kind of breaking down the top performers in
Speaker 2: the minor leagues right now, and Jordan was one of them.
Speaker 2: He is really settled in all of a sudden at
Speaker 2: hig A. Over his last ten games, he struck out
Speaker 2: just eleven percent of the time. And if Dakota jan
Speaker 2: is a forty hit tool, he's gonna have a long
Speaker 2: major league baseball career. And I think he could easily
Speaker 2: be that here hitting homer's one seventeen and you're a
Speaker 2: plus runner and you're now developing into a solid center fielder.
Speaker 2: But at worst could be like a short platoon corner
Speaker 2: guy with the ability to play good defense. This is
Speaker 2: the guy that if he runs into a baseball everyone's
Speaker 2: gonna start to get reckless with with the excitement about
Speaker 2: Zacta Jordan.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, who has the better roster?
Speaker 2: I gotta go to the American League, I think because
Speaker 2: the pitching is so much better. I like the bats overall,
Speaker 2: I think in the National League side, but when the
Speaker 2: pitching is that much better and then you get arius
Speaker 2: In devrez Combo and then Theo Gillen and Walker Jenkins,
Speaker 2: like you've got half the top ten there, I think
Speaker 2: the bats really do make up for a lot of
Speaker 2: it in the National League side, But the pitching gap
Speaker 2: is just kind of nuts. It's kind of nuts. So
Speaker 2: I think it's closer than I thought it would be
Speaker 2: by the time we got to the end of it. Yeah,
Speaker 2: but this this American League maye te off a little.
Speaker 1: Bit, so I think the AL I'm with you, The
Speaker 1: ALE pitching situation far far better, but the NL bat
Speaker 1: situation is fun. De Paula Homer last year in Atlanta.
Speaker 1: De Paul is my MVP pick. I think Depaula like
Speaker 1: I And this is a conversation that I honestly think
Speaker 1: could be thirty minutes on the Just Baseball Show at
Speaker 1: some point. How the hell did the Dodgers view their
Speaker 1: five year plan in the outfield? What do they do?
Speaker 2: Did they just go into the year like Soroeda is
Speaker 2: a guy I think you couldn't trade, But now De
Speaker 2: Paul is the guy you really can't trade. And Sorota's
Speaker 2: been even better than the guy can't trade.
Speaker 1: You can't trade Serota either, like you can't trade two
Speaker 1: of them. So do you trade Hope and then do like.
Speaker 2: You like four times in his last six games in
Speaker 2: Double A, by the way, to get his ops up
Speaker 2: to like nine hundred. I don't know what the hell
Speaker 2: you do. I think you trade Hope, But like Mike Gosh,
Speaker 2: it is craziness. I and I think what closes the
Speaker 2: gap here and the in terms of the teams is
Speaker 2: you have Paynya and my Miday. You have the number
Speaker 2: one prospect of the day will It's is gonna be
Speaker 2: top top five or so on our update, And then
Speaker 2: you have two of the hottest hitters in the minor
Speaker 2: leagues into Paula and Sorota, so it's it's really hard,
Speaker 2: but I lean al Overall that said, I think the
Speaker 2: more I look at it, it is closer because of the
Speaker 2: catching trio that they have there as well. It's just
Speaker 2: I think pitching wins this game at the end of
Speaker 2: the day. Okay, but MVP, I feel like I need
Speaker 2: to go with a an American League bat because I
Speaker 2: think they're going to have a better shot at being
Speaker 2: able to tee off. I'll go. I'll go Franklin Arius.
Speaker 2: I just think he's so advanced and he's he's he's
Speaker 2: seeing better arms than some of these guys already give
Speaker 2: me Arius on the on the m v P.
Speaker 1: Very chalky from both of us. Ye, so yeah, Franklin
Speaker 1: Arius and uh host way to Paul our m VP picks.
Speaker 1: So that's what you got in enjoy the Futures game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I hope you guys enjoy it. Let us know,
Speaker 2: like we'll do a little bit of a recap and
Speaker 2: what you enjoyed the most about it. I'll give one
Speaker 2: other like a little shout. Ralphievelaskaz might just go deep
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