WEBVTT - Leading Off: April 7th, 2025 (Ep. 968) 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:09.920 Welcome in to Fantasy pros MLB. This is a leading 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:12.360 of life with me. It's for me Mario, and that 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:15.120 is my brother. He's a Luigi, and together the two 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:18.800 of us, we make it repairing Welsh. I'm gonna give 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:23.040 you the opportunity to speak in a very stereotypical voice 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:26.480 just for the opening about an Italian plumber. 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:28.479 Go ahead and you canna talk like me if you like. 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.000 Mario, thank you for giving me the passes. Thank you 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:34.600 to allow me to bring back the Luigi name to 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:36.120 the Mario brothers. 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:39.600 Hey, my goodness, we are to do a handsome guys, 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:41.880 that's all I know. And we have got all kinds 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:44.600 of baseball for you, for your face, for your ears, 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:47.760 and for your eyes and for your cockles. We've got 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:50.000 it all for you. So we're gonna go through. We 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:52.800 have a prospecting within it. The Welsh, you got the injuries, 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:54.440 we got so many things. 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:55.760 It's gonna be amazing. 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:57.160 And why are we like this? 0:00:57.840 --> 0:00:58.600 Ill tell you why? 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:00.920 Because we hit the twenty five that I was in subscribe, 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:03.120 but it was on the channel. Nobody said that we 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.240 would do it, and we did it, and we are 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.600 so proud, and we said we would dress up again 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:09.920 every time that we hit a new mark. So the 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:12.479 question is, what were we gonna do when we get 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:14.039 to thirty thousand next time? 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.960 Not to talker like at this Mario, Not to keep 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:19.200 going with this voice. 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.680 All right, I can barely talk out in that thing. 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:29.360 I this mustache seems absurdly large. I mean mine almost like, yeah, 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:32.040 that's not that's not better. I don't know what's going on. 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:35.040 This mustache came and it was enormous. I mean, I 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:36.800 don't know what they're making this musty. I gotta like 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:38.679 flip it up here so you can hear my voice. 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:40.479 It's gonna fall off at some point. 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:42.920 Yeah, but we're here. That's for you as well. By 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:44.840 the way, for the audio listeners, we're dressed as Mario 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:48.279 and Luigi. I can't do impressions, so people are mentioning 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:49.720 I sound like grou In there. 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:52.639 So it's not upside down. I thought it was upside 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:53.320 down too. It's not. 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.440 No, you have to wear them like it's minus ridiculous here. 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:58.440 But thank you for twenty five thousand. I will tell 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:02.160 you we almost had an extra surprise, mister Joe Mario here. 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.440 I know I saidedly U huh. Was we almost had 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:10.160 a guest appearance by Warrio. That's right. Warrio almost came 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:15.120 in in the form of cousin Donnie. But Warrio's outfit 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.959 did not come apparently, and it was not shipped in times. 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:21.320 So that's just so sad. What thing. But I gotta 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:22.840 call him a back. I owe him a phone call. 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:25.639 Let's let's shout him out though, because Joe did make 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.239 an appearance on Donnie's show. 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:29.239 I did. 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.559 If you want to get a little promotion for that, Joey. 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:35.280 Yes, shooting straight with Donnie c just me and cousin 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.920 Donnie talking. I don't know, I gotta like put this. 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.040 I'm gonna wear it like a mutton chop here. I'm 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:41.919 gonna be like you're wearing a guy from the seventies 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.360 for a little while. I don't know. This is just crazy. 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:46.720 So let's get into the baseball. We got a lot 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.280 to get to and we've got to start here, obviously 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:53.040 with somebody getting paid. And that man is Vladimir Guerrero Junior. 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:58.400 He signs an agreement fourteen years, five one hundred million dollars. Ooh, 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:02.079 we that is a lot right there. So let's talk 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:05.240 about this Welsh because I don't think it's an accident 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.640 that this weekend over at City Field where he was 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:12.400 shumming around with you know, Lindor and Sodo, and they 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.560 were hanging out at batting practice together, and all this 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.560 stuff was going on, and then the crowd was cheering 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:20.520 Vlad Guerrero every app at, every time they come up, 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:23.840 all the fans, the Met fans clap and enjoying themselves. 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:25.800 I think the Blue Jays got a little nervous there. 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:29.520 So here's a question. I know, Vladimerguirrel wins this because 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:31.600 he gets paid five hundred million dollars, so he's a winner. 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:33.639 But who are the winners here? Is it the Blue 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.120 Jays making this investment? Is it Vlad? Could he have 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:37.920 gotten the six if he went to the open market 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.280 between the Yankees and the Mets and and god knows 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:42.400 who else might get into the mix there, or do 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.400 you think this is just the smart thing around for 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.360 everybody to get in on this extension. 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:49.800 Vladdy got the coins and the princess peach. 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:51.920 He got so many coins it's unbelievable. 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:53.960 He got a hundred coins, he got a free life 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.080 for fourteen, He got a fourteen of free lives. 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:56.560 That's a lot. 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.560 This is one hundred percent by taking us serious by 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:02.920 the way talk like this, this is one hundred percent 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:05.880 a Blue Jays win because nobody wants to go play there. 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:09.080 You can't get any free agents. They're throwing all the 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:13.200 money out there. They can't get Mario, Luigi Warrio or 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:16.080 Luigi or whatever the fake Luigi is. They can't get 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.039 anybody to come and play there. So this is a 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:21.039 huge win because he gets to work as that catalyst 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.760 to potentially bring back a guy like Bo. There's a 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:26.120 lot of rumors about Bo maybe not coming back. So yeah, 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:29.279 I mean from a non fantasy breakdown perspective, this is great. 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:32.640 He's gonna, you know, be the catalyst to hopefully getting 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:34.560 some free agents to come in. But it's no doubt 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.039 a win for them. There is a little part of 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.520 me that was thinking maybe he'd push even a little 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:42.000 bit more with the market and teams. I mean, the 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:48.680 Shoyotani contract created a blueprint where it's no matter what 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:52.159 that financial dollar looks like, the right players, you can 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:55.359 market and make money outside of baseball beyond belief. So 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:57.719 you know who cares. But yeah, this is a win 0:04:57.800 --> 0:04:58.479 for the Blue Jays. 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.240 Well, they can tell you one thing. Kyle Tucker is 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:05.000 gonna make six hundred million dollars easily. That number is 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.240 gonna have a six in front of it because he's 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:11.360 a great defensive player. He plays the outfield. Look, this 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:13.120 is good on Laddie, he got paid. Good on the 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:14.760 Blue Jays. They finally got somebody. I've been talked to 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.120 Joe Alrico since this has happened. I can only assume 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:20.559 he is super excited about this. Finally the Blue Jays 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:23.720 got somebody. And I like when guys spend their whole 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:26.480 careers basically at one spot. I think that's pretty cool. 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.720 You know, I am a throwback. I am romantic about 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.920 baseball still, and it's nice when you have a player 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.080 who just you know, comes through an organization, stays with 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.400 an organization. And I'm not surprised it happened this weekend 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:41.280 because I was watching the home opener and those guys 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:43.640 were out there before batting practice, hanging out with each other, 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:46.760 chumming around. And I get it, a countryman, everybody's hanging around. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:48.720 Everybody love and let I don't know, they looked awful 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:50.839 chummy together, and I think the ownership was like, we 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.080 can't let this get any further. If it's five and 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:54.680 that's the number that gets it done, let's just get 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:56.440 it done. And they got it done, so their credit 0:05:56.480 --> 0:06:01.160 good job also getting it done. Logan o'hoppi. Four homers 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:04.520 in four days an incredibles start three forty five, three 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.599 sixty seven, eight sixty two slash five homers, nine rebies, 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:11.919 Joey P's favorite catcher of the year doing pretty good. Unfortunately, 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:15.799 one of my other favorite cheaper catchers on the IL 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.919 more to come, also a big Dodger pitcher going in 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:20.680 the IL. We're gonna break that down a little later. 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:24.000 But speaking of the Dodgers, the Phillies take two from 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:25.920 the Dodgers. If you watch the show on Friday, I 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.600 gave you the Phillies plus one eighteen to stick the 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:32.320 Dodgers with their first l and they did, and then 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.240 they won this series from them. The Phillies are not 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:39.039 intimidated the Oscar Hernandez two homers, But Jose Alvarado, he's 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:40.920 the closer, folks. I hate to break it to anybody 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.080 who still has got questions about it. He gets a 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:46.640 second save. Casianos's a grand slam. Glass now was no 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.000 good five runs, two innings for him, but that was 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:51.200 really uncomfortable. He looked like he could not get his 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:54.400 good footing on the mound at all. The weather was crappy, 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.520 the whole situation was bad. Glass now just looked completely uncomfortable. 0:06:57.800 --> 0:06:59.880 I would write this one off and not for you know, 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:03.200 remember it at all. But your boy was terrific too. 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.719 I want to shout him out because Christopher Sanchez nine strikeouts, 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.359 So great day for the Phillies, great day for Sanchez. 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:11.280 Not a good day for Teleglass now. 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:13.720 No, not a good day for Dodgers in general. As 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:17.000 you're gonna mention, by the way, it is just a 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.200 delight watching you do this show and talk like this. 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.200 You can't even see Joe's mouth. You actually look like 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.720 Warshock from Like the Watchman. You're just like the things 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:26.679 are just moving around. 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:29.040 I'm like a I have to like over emphasize for 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:29.840 you to see my mouth. 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:33.320 That must is quite it's too much. It's quite incredible. 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:35.320 And tune in for a little bit later. I will 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.480 yoshi impression it as many people are mentioning here. But 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.720 the Chris Sanchez thing I think is really important to 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:43.760 talk about. There are quite a few pictures I feel, 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:47.880 relatively in short term of the season, vindicated to a 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:50.360 couple of the guys that I was pounding the table on. 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:54.200 I know everybody was pounding the table on Spinster Swellenbach, 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:55.880 but that was a Day one guy for me, as 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.880 well as talking about Christopher Sanchez being, you know, kind 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.720 of one of those like League Winny type of players 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:04.760 and the high high K percentage. You know, Era is 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.800 still up, but he's expected Thera is in the low threes. 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.760 He's giving up not a ton of barreled contact. Thirty 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.800 four percent K percentage early on in the year. It's 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:15.720 a it's a it's a big it's a big win. 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:21.000 Yeah whoo. And also here a question add Matthew Boyd 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:22.880 and drop Bailey Obert. No, I would not do that 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.360 at all. I think that's a terrible move. No, No, 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:29.480 it's gonna be fine. Just relax. Mister Tucker has been 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:31.880 very good. New mister Cubb, I don't know Kyle Tucker 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:34.640 man Lettle slow start those first couple of games in Japan, 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:37.719 but after that, a two run homer RBI single will 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:41.160 walk against the Padres on Sunday, he is second in 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:44.440 the majors in homers. He's got five, he's got fifteen ribies, 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.640 he's got thirteen run scored, twelve walks. So so far, 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:50.680 the Kyle Tucker move for the Cubs has been as 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.160 designed as delivered, And that's great. And I know a 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.320 lot of people still have concerns about him in Wrigley Field. 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.640 At some point, let's let all that play out. Let's 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:00.720 just live in the awesome right now, and Tucker is 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:04.240 living in that. Also, we had some good news and 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:08.040 some prospect World stuff or rookie lookies. At least Dylan 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:10.160 Crews two for four with a steal on Sunday, so 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:13.120 he's not getting sent down. That's great. And we had 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.920 a debut from Chase Delander, who earned a victory over 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:20.280 the Athletics in his first start in the major leagues. 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:23.840 Now was it perfect? No six strike, strikeouts, one walk. 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.400 He was able to work around some problems there. Delander 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.040 is a guy that you know you talked about in 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:31.760 the off season, and I know we're always hesitating about 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:35.000 pitching prospects in Colorado, But what were your takeaways from 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:36.200 the Chase Delander debut. 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:37.960 Yeah, I was very excited about that. I was actually 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.000 on like a hike with my family, and I didn't 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:41.679 do a bunch of betting, but I saw one bet 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.800 on the board prior and it was Chase Dolander's strikeouts 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:46.880 at three and a half yesterday, and I took the 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.480 over and that ended up smashing. As I was go 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.200 around the hike, I was peaking, and then when we 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.000 got it, I was like, ah, it's a beautiful day. 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:57.280 And he looked pretty dang good, rewatching forty three percent fastball. 0:09:57.320 --> 0:09:59.960 His cutter looked really solid. He threw that twenty seven 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:04.200 percent of the time. Interesting too, four pitch mix of 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:07.840 ten percent or more. The cutter and the changeup have 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:12.280 similar VLO characteristics, but it's just like the change up 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:16.160 ends up dying and the cutter just moves twenty five 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:19.640 spin on it, two thousand on the change up, same velo, 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:23.640 averaging around eighty nine, touching ninety. His curveball looked really 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.680 gross to thirty eight percent whiff rate. He had overall 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:29.920 ten total whiffs twenty four percent. CSW a little bit lower, 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:31.320 but you know, he's able to get in his own 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:33.720 a little bit of a home run problem. I think 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:36.640 that he is kind of a dude, and I had 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.200 mentioned I tweeted about it. I'm high on Dolander, even 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:41.280 if he's in Colorado. I thought that was a good 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.360 first start, even though there was a home run problem. 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.840 I think he can get that going. And I think 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.960 he is someone that in twelve teams you should potentially 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:50.880 look at the back end of your rotation. It's tough. 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:54.199 Somebody'd ask me Jackson job or him. Oh man, that's 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:56.920 really really tough job. Maybe a tiny bit more sustainability, 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.440 but I think Dolander's got some huge strikeout potential and 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.640 wait to see him out of Colorado as well. 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:06.840 Like the prospect don't like the environment. I will be careful. 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.360 I'm not saying he's not worth an ad. If your 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.400 pitching staff is really bad, then okay, yeah, sure you 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.520 can add him and see what happens. But I think 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.760 that you got to be very careful about the start 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.520 you make. We are going to get to more of 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.160 your questions. I see a bunch of them. I'm very 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.080 excited to see all the peanuts and cracker jacks. On 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:24.680 such a beautiful day, celebrating twenty five thousand subscribers on 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:26.800 the YouTube channel. I can't wait to see what we're 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:30.679 gonna do for thirty thousand. Also make sure you subscribe here. 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.760 We're on Twitch, Twitch, dot tv Slash Fantasy Pros Live. 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.839 That's where we are as my audio is muffled by 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:39.320 my mustache here. But we are going to take a 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:43.000 break from Mario and Luigi because it's Monday and Mondays. 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:46.600 We like to do a little segment called Prospecting with 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.880 the Welsh. That's right. Prospecting with the Welsh is our 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:52.400 favorite time to look down on the farm to see 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:54.360 about some prospects and not be able to help your 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.240 fantasy team. So let's talk to the Welsh about just 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:01.120 that Welsh. We had some Chase de Lander moments already 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.960 making a debut. And speaking of the Rockies, we got 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:06.560 another guy who just got called up in Zach Veen. 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.760 So that's the guy everybody's talking about. If you were 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:12.160 on the wire last night, you might have already picked 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:14.839 him up. He's rostered in about thirty five to forty 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:17.240 percent of leagues right now, hitting three eighty seven, He's 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:20.120 got a homer, eight ribbys, seven runs, a steal over 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:22.720 thirty two played appearances. I was bitching and moaning last 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:26.200 week about why are the Colorado Rockies keeping Zach Viene 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.160 down and signing guys like Mickey Moniac. This makes no 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:31.439 sense to me, So I can only assume that the 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:33.040 Rockies GM was watching the show. 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:35.319 Well, we don't know what to do with this team 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:37.600 in general, because like we would have put we would 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:40.000 put Zach Viene on a higher list of watch, but 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.920 they committed to Beck, they signed Mickey Moniac, They've got 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:45.800 a lot of outfielders, so it's like, what are we 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.400 doing here? So this one came as a as a 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:50.760 non surprise surprise, if you know what I'm saying. But 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:54.600 Veen has been a contact monster near the top of 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:57.440 the tippy of the board as far as like hits go. 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:00.520 Twelve hits in very very short sample sized a week 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:03.040 of the minor league season, stolen base already put up 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:05.479 a homer hit three eighty seven with a four to 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:09.160 seventy two OBP. What's really interesting about Veen is he's 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.720 one of the most aggressive base stealers on the planet. 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:14.520 Makes a lot of contact kind of hits across his body. 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.880 I've seen him for a couple of years. Doesn't have 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.760 really great max evs is just a tall skinny guy, 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.400 but dude, he is I'm telling you, if he gets 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.080 on base in this first game, he is stealing immediately. 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:27.880 So what you have is it's kind of Victor Scotti 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:30.760 with him that you know, if he were to play 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.760 the whole season and hit like two seventy legitimate shot 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.240 at maybe stealing fifty bases, I think he's going to 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.640 make a ton of contact and Colorado opens up some 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:41.640 of the offensive possibility. So I think as a fifth outfielder, 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:44.640 it makes him extra interesting. And to throw this out, 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.199 my buddy Beck had put this out, and I think 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:50.840 this is important to mention. This week is the end 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.880 of the PPI. So PPI is where if a team 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.600 has a prospect up, you know by opening day, if 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:58.360 that guy gets Rookie of the Year, they get an 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:00.839 extra pick. Well, you got to bring prospect up by 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.480 this week. I believe it's by Thursday. Thursday wins there 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.160 Thursday that if a prospect is up and it's with 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:07.920 the team for the season and wins Rookie the Year, 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.640 they get compensation. So Veen is now eligible for that. 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.240 Maybe that opens up for a few other players, but 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:16.199 Veen is a twelve team look right now, certainly. 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.320 The stone base is I think a huge part of 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.160 this equation too. When the rules changes recently. I mean, 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:23.480 there's a guy with a fifty steel season a couple 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.600 of years ago in ninety games, So the stone base 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:27.720 are going to be there. So if you're in head 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:29.800 to head category leagues, look, he still got some swing 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.160 and missing the game, but you can overlook that as 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.560 long as he's finding ways to get on base, and 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:36.000 he's finding ways to hit. 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:39.160 With and if Colorado opens up, if he opens up 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:42.440 the offensive potential just by a few other margins, you know, 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.960 a non hit turns into a double, a double turns 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:47.240 into a homer. Like, that's where things can really change 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.400 at home games. So also watch his splits. 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.800 That's what we'll do, all right. We're also watching Nick Kurtz. 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.040 We talked about him last week and we're talking about 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.040 him still because the hot streak has not gone away. 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:00.120 Another homer is fourth home run in eight games. So 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:04.160 the problem is, Soelderstrom's hitting, Brent Rooker is not going anywhere, right, 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:05.720 So we're trying to find some room at the end 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.280 here for this guy. And it's gonna be a little tricky. 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:11.800 But if Kurtz continues to hit like this, you gotta 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:14.160 figure something out, whether it means he's grabbing an outfield 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.200 glove or Brent Rooker is gonna play some more outfit. 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.800 I don't know what the answer is here, but Welsh, 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:20.920 we've got to start making some room for Nick Kurtz 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:24.600 because I don't see how another I don't know, thirty 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:26.800 days of this sort of productivity is going to keep 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:27.640 him down on the farm. 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.840 Well, I'm wearing the as sell shirts, so sell these 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:33.120 other players and get Nick Kurtz up. If I were 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:37.040 to give you a bold, bold prediction, it would be 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:40.040 that the A's would try to do something this week 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.160 to bring him up. I purposely brought him up last 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.440 week when it maybe wasn't as popular that he could 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:47.920 come up simply because he is blocked. But he's been amazing. 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:51.720 I do this little sheet on my ITL Patreon that 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.560 I mentioned the top twenty five prospects to stash and 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:57.160 I moved him to number one because he's hitting over 0:15:57.200 --> 0:16:01.600 four hundred. He's got four homers all ready, fourteen hits, 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:05.280 he's got a four P fifty nine OBP strikeouts down, 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:08.520 he's walking, He's literally doing everything. You just want to 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.520 see them do something. I don't know how they do it. 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:12.760 I think it would be advantageous for the A's to 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.160 bring up a guy like Kurtz right now, especially if 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.440 they foresee and then maybe this will be telling. By 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.480 the way, if you foresee that Kurtz is going to 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:22.480 be on this roster a decent amount this year, why 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:24.440 not bring him up now and put yourself in a 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:27.520 position where the Rookie of the Year candidate is open 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:29.560 that you could get him out there and maybe you 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:32.200 could get another first round pick change the organization. I 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:34.760 wonder if they think about that, But as we mentioned, 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:37.960 he's blocked. Sodastrom is ridiculous right now. We haven't seen 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:40.320 them experiment with Rooker in the outfield or anything like that. 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.280 But I would not be shocked if he came up 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:46.440 this week due to PPI. Otherwise, he is one of 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.280 the most You have to watch him bats if he 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:50.040 is called up. 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:54.160 Also off to a very good start and maybe rocketed 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:57.720 for the major leagues ticket very soon. Travis Bizana, second 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:00.920 based prospect of the Guardians. Look, he's hitting a double, 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:03.520 a home run on Saturday, really good home or two 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.240 singles and A double the next day, He's got four 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.879 hit games, first of his pro career. So Bazana is 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:12.000 a guy that is probably going to rock it through 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:14.399 Double A. My guess is by May he's in Triple A. 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:15.760 I don't think they're gonna give him more of a 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:17.880 month if he keeps this up, and then I do 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:19.600 believe this is a player you're going to see sooner 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:22.200 than later, because the Guardians want to compete, and Bazana 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:25.159 basically has a clear path to this job. So I 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:27.879 love how we're seeing all these guys from last year's 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:29.760 draft already just kind of rock it through. I know 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:32.200 Cam Smith is struggling right now, but you know, Bizana 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:35.600 fast track Kaglio and we're gonna talk about in a second, Kurtz. 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:38.320 It's really been a solid draft. And you know last 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:40.480 year when we talked about the draft, I loved this draft. 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:42.199 I thought it was a really best draft we've had 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:45.520 in a long time. So, Bizana, what use your take 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:47.640 on him? And when do you think we actually see 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:48.520 him in Cleveland? 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:50.680 Yeah, I would also say, like not a lot of 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:52.679 people like to this draft, I think it is going 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:54.679 to go down. Oh, I was one of the best 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:58.959 first round first year player drafts in Fantasy from the 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:01.840 top guys in Baziz and cag leone down to where 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.920 Cam Smith is gone, Christian Moore and the pitchers Hagen 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:08.120 Smith and Chaseburg. The first round went from to incredible. 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:10.560 There's so much talent high school kids, and Bazana leads 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:13.159 the tippy top of this. I legitimately thought out of 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:16.200 camp they might consider even pushing him to the majors. 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:18.480