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Speaker 1: This is a new Earning Their Stripes episode on the

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Speaker 1: Fish Stripes Podcast, our show dedicated entirely to Miami Marlins

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Speaker 1: player development. Hosting with Ian Smith, I'm Eli, Susman. It's

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Speaker 1: the MLB postseason, one of the best stretches on the

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Speaker 1: baseball calendar. The only thing better the MLB Amateur Draft,

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Speaker 1: which is less than eight months away. Now that the

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Speaker 1: draft order is set and the Marlins major league players

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Speaker 1: are sitting on their couches, let's go in depth on

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty draft and Baseball American national Carlos Colaso

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Speaker 1: is going to help us do that. Carlos, Before we

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Speaker 1: prospects past and present, I'm curious what your postseason viewing

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Speaker 1: experience is like. Do you have any rooting interests of

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Speaker 1: the teams that are remaining, any particular players that you're

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's tough kind of being in my position. I

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Speaker 2: definitely grew up a Braves fan, just growing up in

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Speaker 2: the industry for a while now those team allegiances die

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Speaker 2: root more for individual players who are just fun to watch,

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Speaker 2: or maybe even some different systems based on people that

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Speaker 2: you know who work with these teams, whether that be

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Speaker 2: just want to see the people that you know do well.

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Speaker 2: So I wouldn't say that I have any super strong

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Speaker 2: the Braves Cardinals series has done that one for us

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Speaker 1: It's a question I always want to get in because

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Speaker 1: following the Marlins, it's always the same story every year

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Speaker 3: Most of Ian's life. You know, we know the team's

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Speaker 1: It, so we always need to find ulterior like storylines

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Speaker 1: I'm always curious about what the people that don't face

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Speaker 3: So yeah, it must be nice.

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Speaker 2: Definitely, it's impressive, to be honest, the fans of the

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Speaker 2: it's been tough for you guys for a little I

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Speaker 2: can imagine it's been fairly depressing. But hey, the farm

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Well, that's what we want to hear. And having

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Speaker 4: you on today is probably the best, probably the best

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Speaker 4: I'm in love with the draft for the last few

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. Well, you've been covering the draft now for full

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Speaker 2: The most rewarding part is definitely once once the draft

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Speaker 1: And with Fernando Rodney in particular, it's amazing that every

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Speaker 2: Probably fat Yeah, he's forty two years old and has

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Speaker 4: What do you think is the strongest position in the draft.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So, like you said, I think you mentioned that

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Speaker 2: I think the high school depth on the pitching side

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Speaker 1: Actually, because I was digging into their history after seeing

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Speaker 3: Couple of years ago.

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Speaker 3: By this Historically.

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Speaker 1: It's been some prep arms that have obviously been superstars

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's you mentioned he and I think

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Speaker 4: Well, talking of another Vanderbilt project, I think my favorite

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Speaker 4: his leade hit tool, his big time defensive ability at

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Speaker 4: really not a shock. I think if he I mean

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Speaker 2: That's an interesting question. I think probably right, like, like

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Speaker 2: he can play two premium defensive positions. We just haven't

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Speaker 2: that's what the coaching staff has believed at the time.

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Speaker 2: But I saw him a little bit with the college

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Speaker 2: we mocked him there in our most recent which absolutely

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Speaker 2: it's a mock in October, so take that for what

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Speaker 4: I don't think he doesn't go anywhere below three, regardless,

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Speaker 4: you're saying, if that power continues to show the upward

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Speaker 4: no doubt absolutely well with Miami building in an extremely

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Jordan Walker. I think that's probably a little higher

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Speaker 2: foot five to twenty or thereabouts, But I mean he

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00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,080
Speaker 2: moves very fluidly for a guy with his size. He

438
00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:41,399
Speaker 2: was able to barrel up some premium stuff over the summer.

439
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,679
Speaker 2: He was one of the few guys that managed to

440
00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,840
Speaker 2: turn around Jared Kelly and get a hit off of him.

441
00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,240
Speaker 2: Jared Kelly was extremely dominant for me over the summer,

442
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,080
Speaker 2: and he had a very competitive at bat against him

443
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,919
Speaker 2: in the Perfect Game All American Classic. He's got really

444
00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:58,560
Speaker 2: really impressive power. The one question with me with Walker

445
00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,600
Speaker 2: is going to be his profiles corner infielder. Along with

446
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,320
Speaker 2: Blaze Jordan, I think there are gonna be some similar

447
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,840
Speaker 2: questions with both those guys. Although yeah, you could definitely

448
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,480
Speaker 2: argue that Walker looks better defensively than Jordan at this

449
00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,160
Speaker 2: point that I think both of them have a chance

450
00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,640
Speaker 2: to play third, but impact bats maybe a little rich

451
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:15,960
Speaker 2: for me in this area, but who knows.

452
00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,640
Speaker 4: Okay, I mean, I wanted to know your your thoughts

453
00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,000
Speaker 4: on it, That's all I want to I mean, he's

454
00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,080
Speaker 4: been a pop up prospect almost for me, just seeing

455
00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:23,800
Speaker 4: him recently, what he could do with it beat and

456
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,919
Speaker 4: the fact that he's still going to be just turning

457
00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,400
Speaker 4: eighteen in the draft month, it will be pretty exciting

458
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:30,320
Speaker 4: years old.

459
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:31,840
Speaker 2: And yeah, he'll just turned eighteen.

460
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:37,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, and talk about Blade Jordan if he I think

461
00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:38,760
Speaker 4: he's going to play a lot of third base this

462
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,399
Speaker 4: year to go high in the draft, I mean, I

463
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,240
Speaker 4: think I'm seeing his stock going lower in a few bocks.

464
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,360
Speaker 4: Is surprising to me. But the first base only prospect

465
00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:47,840
Speaker 4: is such a young kid has got to be tough

466
00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,120
Speaker 4: to to project.

467
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:50,600
Speaker 3: Almost.

468
00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's done a lot of a lot of impressive

469
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,480
Speaker 2: stuff and kind of overhauling his body over the past year.

470
00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,840
Speaker 2: So when he was I mean, he's been famous for

471
00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,320
Speaker 2: a while now just with the amount of home runs

472
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,639
Speaker 2: he said at some high level travel ball tournaments. And

473
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,119
Speaker 2: he's I mean, honestly, he's probably the most famous player

474
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,040
Speaker 2: in this draft class just for the kind of casual

475
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,200
Speaker 2: baseball audience, just because some of the viral videos he's

476
00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 2: had in some home run derbies. Yeah, it's unbelievable. I mean,

477
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,840
Speaker 2: look at the Instagram followers and YouTube followers he has.

478
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,200
Speaker 2: It's pretty insane. He has some of the biggest raw

479
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,880
Speaker 2: power in this class. Like you said, first base only

480
00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 2: as a high schooler is typically not a super sexy demographic,

481
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:32,679
Speaker 2: but he's done a lot of work to kind of

482
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,160
Speaker 2: thin down and give himself a chance to play third

483
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,600
Speaker 2: base defensively. I saw him a little bit, and he

484
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,720
Speaker 2: showed the tools to be able to hang there. It's

485
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,000
Speaker 2: just a matter of kind of refining it, improving his footwork,

486
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:47,359
Speaker 2: improving his hands, improving his kind of throwing accuracy, inability

487
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:48,960
Speaker 2: to make those plays on the run, coming in on

488
00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,800
Speaker 2: balls and going left and right. But he does have

489
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 2: fantastic hands and he's got a professional approach. When you

490
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,000
Speaker 2: watch him in batting practice, he has the power to

491
00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,360
Speaker 2: just pull one out every single time, but he uses

492
00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,439
Speaker 2: the entire few and I think that he's got a

493
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 2: chance to be one of the better hitters in this class.

494
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, if you look back, I guess right around draft

495
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,000
Speaker 1: time this year, so when people were still already looking

496
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Speaker 1: ahead to twenty twenty, because I'm sure you notice the

497
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,080
Speaker 1: Marlins got off to almost a historically bad start, like

498
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,560
Speaker 1: the first quarter of their season this year. There was

499
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,040
Speaker 1: a lot of talk, a lot of a lot of

500
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,040
Speaker 1: teasing them that they'd taken a step backwards. And I mean,

501
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:25,879
Speaker 1: if you played out all the way towards the end

502
00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,919
Speaker 1: of the year, they it was a disappointing year, but

503
00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,920
Speaker 1: it was at that point, like in around late May

504
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,480
Speaker 1: early June, that people thought, wow, they'll definitely have the

505
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,680
Speaker 1: number one pick, and all the public, as you said

506
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,840
Speaker 1: with the casual fans, like all the public demands was

507
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,240
Speaker 1: either it was all Torkal Sin or Blaise Jordan.

508
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,359
Speaker 3: It was just one of those two, you know, just

509
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 3: for the most obvious.

510
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,399
Speaker 1: Reasons, right because Yea was facing tow they were averaging

511
00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,000
Speaker 1: less than three runs a game for like forty to

512
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,360
Speaker 1: fifty games into the year, and as it turns out,

513
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,919
Speaker 1: you know, the Tigers had the Tigers came out of

514
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,600
Speaker 1: nowhere to like set records with their like in confidence,

515
00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 1: you know, the next few months, and they really went

516
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,920
Speaker 1: away with that. And so we reached this point though

517
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,119
Speaker 1: where the offense. That's something that we've actually spoken to

518
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,560
Speaker 1: our fans about a lot, is how the offense really

519
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 1: didn't get a whole lot better as the season went on.

520
00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,440
Speaker 1: It was still they finished last in the majors and

521
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 1: home runs, and they're still naturally a lot of enthusias,

522
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,119
Speaker 1: a lot of at the casual level, a lot of

523
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,440
Speaker 1: people saying you need to focus on getting bats and

524
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: bats and more bats until this is fixed. But with

525
00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,359
Speaker 1: what they did in the draft class last year and

526
00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,719
Speaker 1: how they focused on those bats and in how they

527
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,679
Speaker 1: got really good value in those early rounds with bats,

528
00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,119
Speaker 1: I think that that changed some of the thinking a

529
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 1: little bit, where now there are people are a lot

530
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 1: more open minded to just getting the best player available,

531
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Speaker 1: whoever that is in the early rounds.

532
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt, I think that's a smart call. I mean,

533
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,479
Speaker 2: regardless of who you talked to after the draft, all

534
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,240
Speaker 2: the guyning direcords are going to say they went best

535
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,320
Speaker 2: player available. Whether or not they actually do that, you

536
00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,960
Speaker 2: could could probably criticize them depending on some certain picks,

537
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,200
Speaker 2: but I think that's always the right call. Like, there's

538
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,040
Speaker 2: so much time between when you draft and when those

539
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,160
Speaker 2: players are hitting the major league level that the major

540
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:02,920
Speaker 2: league team is going to change so much. Who knows

541
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 2: what your needs are going to be, So I think

542
00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 2: in general, take the best player if you have. If

543
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 2: you have extreme depth at one position, you could always

544
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 2: trade from that strength to addressing area of weakness. And

545
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,480
Speaker 2: if you're better at developing one one position, maybe that's

546
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,720
Speaker 2: another factor as well. But yeah, I think regardless of

547
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,360
Speaker 2: what you like, maybe outside of maybe high school players,

548
00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 2: pretty much any college demographic you might be excited about.

549
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,120
Speaker 2: You you'll have a chance for at number three. I'm

550
00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:27,600
Speaker 2: curious to see if there will be a high school

551
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,160
Speaker 2: player that will warrant a top three pick this year.

552
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,760
Speaker 2: That's kind of the big question I have right now.

553
00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:34,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I'm excited to see a lot of

554
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,080
Speaker 4: these high school kids is upcoming weekend in Jupiter, because

555
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:39,840
Speaker 4: I've yet to see a lot of these guys live

556
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 4: and so much have gotten to the draft the past

557
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,280
Speaker 4: few years. I just I mean, i feel like I

558
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,120
Speaker 4: need to be there so and I'm excited to see

559
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,679
Speaker 4: if hopefully we can see Blaze playing third bases weekend

560
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:50,960
Speaker 4: or what or that weekend or what.

561
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,879
Speaker 2: But passing, Yeah, you should definitely do it.

562
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, he should play their basis week.

563
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would be shocked. I mean, he's been playing

564
00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,960
Speaker 2: there a lot of these at these showcase events and

565
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,120
Speaker 2: trilball tournaments. I think it only benefits him to play.

566
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 3: Now.

567
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,119
Speaker 2: I don't I don't know exactly who's on his team,

568
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,399
Speaker 2: depending who else is there, but you should get some

569
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,160
Speaker 2: dings with plays at third base for sure.

570
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:11,400
Speaker 1: That's awesome.

571
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:16,160
Speaker 4: Well, to bring up Miami's current system. Edward Cabrera as

572
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 4: a player that you guys ever seen, You have given

573
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,359
Speaker 4: well deserved praise all year from Baseball new Erica. He

574
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,360
Speaker 4: finished the year I think in the seventies and then

575
00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 4: overall top one hundred, and he just made strides all

576
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,439
Speaker 4: throughout the season. Where do you think he made the

577
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,440
Speaker 4: most improvements to his game? And possibly could his ceiling

578
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 4: be greater than sixty Sanchez?

579
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 2: Ooh, that's an interesting question. Greater than sixts Sanchez. I mean,

580
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 2: it would be tough for me to come in being

581
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,399
Speaker 2: less familiar with these these guys in the system than

582
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 2: probably even you at this point, lest my focus is

583
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 2: on the draft and say that he does have a

584
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:50,880
Speaker 2: ceiling that could be higher than that, But you never

585
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,640
Speaker 2: know of these pitchers, and what he showed this year

586
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 2: was obviously impressive. I mean, let's see, he had phifty

587
00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:01,040
Speaker 2: eight innings and in Jupiter and had a two point

588
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,119
Speaker 2: h two ERA, two point twenty ERA in the Southern

589
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 2: League in Double A. I mean, he was just really impressive.

590
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,680
Speaker 2: He's got really impressive stuff mid to upper nineties fastball,

591
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 2: and the thing that separates in from a lot of

592
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,320
Speaker 2: these other prospects. I mean, it seems like everyone is

593
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,679
Speaker 2: throwing a mid to upper nineties fastball in the minors.

594
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,320
Speaker 2: Every single picture we look at is throwing hard. But

595
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,160
Speaker 2: the fact that he is two potentially plus offspeed offerings

596
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 2: is maybe what's going to be the separator for him

597
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 2: moving forward. So I'll be curious how he's able to

598
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,119
Speaker 2: kind of control that stuff moving forward. He's had good

599
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 2: walk rates throughout his entire minor league career. If you

600
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,399
Speaker 2: can continue to do that and just keep sharpening his stuff,

601
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 2: I mean, it's going to be very exciting. I don't

602
00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 2: know exactly what the ceiling of him would be at

603
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 2: this point, but the fact that they've got players like

604
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,439
Speaker 2: that who are improving and continue to get better in

605
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 2: the system with loud peer stuff is exciting.

606
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 3: Yeah.

607
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 1: Ian was the very first person on this bandwagon that

608
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: Edward Carberra is the true top pitching prospect in the system.

609
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,440
Speaker 3: It's something that, yeah, very early in the year.

610
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,640
Speaker 1: He's a personal favorite of Ians.

611
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 3: So yeah, the fact that.

612
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,880
Speaker 2: You can seriously have that conversation, well, even the fact

613
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 2: that you can seriously consider, I think is a testament

614
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 2: day is talent because I mean, for the I wouldn't

615
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 2: have even thought of that really, just kind of looking

616
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,719
Speaker 2: at their system for more of an outsider than you.

617
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 2: I would just thought I was six to obviously, But no,

618
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:19,960
Speaker 2: I think I think you make a good point.

619
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 4: He's got this stuff two months older, and I mean

620
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 4: the body projectability is what really saves him in the

621
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 4: long run, and outside being six four at almost one

622
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 4: hundred and ninety pounds, now he's got so much room

623
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 4: for growth and development.

624
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you're worried about the size for six though,

625
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 2: I definitely think you could air towards the guy who's

626
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 2: six foot four.

627
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 3: Yeah.

628
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 4: I mean, granted, I've never seen easier ninety nine than

629
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 4: I've seen out of six D this year, so hm,

630
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 4: it was surprising to see what you can do with

631
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 4: this little frame.

632
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt he's got an absolutely special arm.

633
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 4: But going back to your UNC days, you're a little

634
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,479
Speaker 4: bit I know you were able to cover Brian Millard

635
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,800
Speaker 4: over his gleage years until he was the thirty six

636
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 4: overall pick for the Marlins in seventeen. What are your

637
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 4: thoughts on his pro career so far if you have any,

638
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 4: and where could you think he could take it?

639
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been crazy to watch his career, right, I mean,

640
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 2: coming into un C, you would have never thought that

641
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 2: he was going to get drafted as high as he did.

642
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 2: I mean he was a guy who originally was a

643
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 2: walk on to the team, if I believe, if I

644
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 2: remember correctly, But yeah, he's he's definitely I think he's

645
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 2: played above we kind of expect him. He's not the

646
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 2: toolsiest guy ever, but just looking at his minor league

647
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 2: career and he's already made it to double A in

648
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 2: two sixty five, three, twenty six, three fifty four. I

649
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 2: don't know if you have a ton of stealing with

650
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 2: a guy like Brian Miller, but you're gonna get a

651
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 2: competitive at bat with him. I don't even think he's

652
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 2: someone who's in Uh actually need to see where he

653
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 2: ranks in our system right now. But yeah, so twenty

654
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 2: seventh is where we have him right now. So I

655
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 2: don't know how much upside you're gonna get with a

656
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Speaker 2: guy like Brian Miller, but it's definitely impressive with what

657
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Speaker 2: he's done with kind of the tool set that he has.

658
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Speaker 2: I'll be very curious to see if he makes it

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Speaker 2: to the bigs what he kind of ends up being

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Speaker 2: at that point, because, like I said, he's not the

661
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Speaker 2: toolsiest guy. He doesn't have a lot of power. He's

662
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Speaker 2: a very professional hitter and a professional player that I

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Speaker 2: think is not going to hurt you in any one area,

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Speaker 2: but he's not going to blow you away either. I

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Speaker 2: never would have thought that Brian Miller would have made

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Speaker 2: it to the kind of level he's at at this

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Speaker 2: point watching him when I was in college, though, I

668
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Speaker 2: think it's a testament to him. It's been phenomenal to watch.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and what you're saying is something that he did

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Speaker 1: confirm to me that he was like a preferred walk on.

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Speaker 1: He called it Carolina where he felt he could have

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Speaker 1: played baseball a couple other places, but Carolina was always

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Speaker 1: his dream school growing up, so we wanted.

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Speaker 2: To make he's a local kid.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think didn't he play some first base in college?

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Speaker 1: Like he wasn't in some DH where he didn't wasn't

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Speaker 1: necessarily seriously he played there.

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Speaker 2: I'm trying to think, who's the outfield. I don't know

679
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Speaker 2: if Scott Bolt was on the team at that point,

680
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Speaker 2: but it was definitely like they just didn't have a

681
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Speaker 2: spot from in the outfield because there are some players

682
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Speaker 2: who kind of solidified their positions at the time. They

683
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,719
Speaker 2: wanted to get his bat in the lineup, so through

684
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Speaker 2: him at first, and he did an I shot there,

685
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Speaker 2: and then when he wound up moving to the outfield,

686
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Speaker 2: he obviously performed enough to get himself drafted at the

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Speaker 2: end of the first round. So it's a pretty remarkable story.

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Speaker 2: It's still being told, so we'll see. But I wouldn't

689
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Speaker 2: thank on Miller turning into kind of an everyday player

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Speaker 2: or anything like that. But if he does, they'll just

691
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Speaker 2: continue to kind of exceed people's expectations. For my guest.

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Speaker 1: Right well, on the topic of Carolina Baseball, I wanted

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Speaker 1: just some quick thoughts from you about I'm assuming you

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Speaker 1: still follow the program pretty closely, you know, being in

695
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Speaker 1: alum from there guys that are on their team currently,

696
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Speaker 1: whether it's this draft class or even looking forward to

697
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Speaker 1: the next couple of draft classes, is there anybody intriguing

698
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Speaker 1: that jumps out to you that you want to give

699
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Speaker 1: some love to, either someone that you think will go

700
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Speaker 1: in the early rounds the next couple of drafts, or

701
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Speaker 1: where just has some interesting skill sets. Because the Marlins

702
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Speaker 1: have some interesting history with Carolina, there was one year,

703
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Speaker 1: Bryan Mills year. They also I think they selected three

704
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Speaker 1: total Carolina players in that draft when they traded to

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Speaker 1: get when they traded Ozuna, Marcel Azuna, Zach Allen was

706
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Speaker 1: in that package. And obviously his stock has soared in

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Speaker 1: the couple of years since then. He was originally out

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Speaker 1: of Carolina and then going back a bunch of years

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Speaker 1: that he had made Colin Moran their first round pick

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Speaker 1: at a Carolina There's just some a little of a

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Speaker 1: history there.

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Speaker 3: Of them preferring Carolina players.

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Speaker 1: I'm just curious who's in the next wave of guys

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Speaker 1: coming out of that school.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the one that immediately jumps to mind is Aaron Sabato.

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Speaker 2: He's going to be a draft eligible sophomore this year

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Speaker 2: for UNC, and he's one of the stronger players in

718
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Speaker 2: this college class coming up. I mean, there was a

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Speaker 2: video that the UNC baseball team posted with him a

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Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago, I believe, with him just hitting

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Speaker 2: off of a tee and hitting like a four hundred

722
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Speaker 2: and twenty foot bombed straightaway center field. It was absolutely massive.

723
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Speaker 2: He's extremely thick, extremely strong, not in a bad way. Also,

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Speaker 2: he's six too, like two hundred and thirty I believe,

725
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Speaker 2: so he packs a punch last year as a freshman,

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Speaker 2: I mean, he just hit some of the loudest balls

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Speaker 2: that I've ever seen while there. Colin Mariyan obviously did

728
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Speaker 2: that a lot back back when he was there, but

729
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Speaker 2: with Michael Bush and him in the lineup, there was

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Speaker 2: a lot of power, and I think Sebato kind of

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Speaker 2: routinely hit the ball as hard as Bush did. He

732
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Speaker 2: hit three thirty five, four thirty seven, six fifty with

733
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Speaker 2: thirteen home runs as a freshman, which is not easy

734
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Speaker 2: to do. Obviously, he's kind of limited defensively. It's going

735
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Speaker 2: to be a first baseman for you. I don't know

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Speaker 2: if he'll be able to play the outfield. But as

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Speaker 2: far as an impact that Subato is going to be

738
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Speaker 2: a really fun to watch, a really fun player to watch.

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Speaker 2: So if you want an UNC guy who's going to

740
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Speaker 2: be impact the draft in some capacity, you need to

741
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Speaker 2: look at her and Sobato.

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Speaker 1: And just before getting you out of here, Carlos as

743
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Speaker 1: someone ian is someone that pretty much.

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Speaker 3: Obsessively follows the draft process year rounds.

745
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Speaker 1: I'll admit that I'm a little bit further unplugged until

746
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Speaker 1: we actually get in close to the actual draft itself.

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Speaker 3: So I'm curious what.

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Speaker 1: Exactly I know you mentioned that you're actually going to

749
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Speaker 1: be covering prep tournament in these next couple of days.

750
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Speaker 1: What exactly is this step by step of your draft

751
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Speaker 1: coverage over these next few months before the actual twenty

752
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Speaker 1: twenty season gets going, in terms of what events do

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Speaker 1: you get to cover and what sort of work do

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Speaker 1: you do when there's actually no active events going on

755
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Speaker 1: and you don't actually get live looks at anybody, How

756
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Speaker 1: do your evaluations shape up without the benefit of that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great question. So the next event I'm

758
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Speaker 2: going to is actually by the biggest travel ball tournament

759
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Speaker 2: of the year for high school players with WWBA Perfect

760
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Speaker 2: Games Jupiter Tournament. I think you mentioned one of you

761
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Speaker 2: guys mentioned you were going to this this weekend. That's

762
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Speaker 2: that's maybe the biggest travelball tournament in the country. So

763
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Speaker 2: that's the last big event that I go to every year.

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Speaker 2: I'll get some looks at a bunch of high school kids.

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Speaker 2: I mean, there are thousands of kids that are playing

766
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Speaker 2: in this tournament. So me and a couple of guys

767
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Speaker 2: from Baseball Meerica will go down and watch that and

768
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Speaker 2: then following that event, we'll kind of make a few

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Speaker 2: more calls with some scouts throughout the country expand our

770
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Speaker 2: high school and college draft list. So right now we

771
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Speaker 2: have top fifties on both of those. For the twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty high school and college lists, we'll expand us to

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Speaker 2: the top one hundreds based on basically the entire summer

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Speaker 2: and fall kind of being wrapped up. And then after

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Speaker 2: that I go into Prospect Handbook mode. As you guys

776
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Speaker 2: I'm sure you know at Baseball America will come by

777
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Speaker 2: the Prospect Handbook every year, which is the top thirty

778
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Speaker 2: prospects for every team in the game. So I'll spend

779
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Speaker 2: about a month or so working on my team for

780
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Speaker 2: that before kind of getting back into the draft mode.

781
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Speaker 2: And then throughout the winter, it's a lot of calling

782
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Speaker 2: around with scouts and kind of getting a feel for

783
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Speaker 2: each area throughout the country which players we need to

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Speaker 2: be aware of, which guys we need to kind of

785
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Speaker 2: have down on a list to be checking back in

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Speaker 2: on in the spring. Once the spring roll is around,

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Speaker 2: it's a lot more college focused for me than high school,

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Speaker 2: just because over the summer I get to so many

789
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Speaker 2: showcases and in tournaments from the high school side, so's

790
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Speaker 2: it's focused on the college guys, but obviously I'll check

791
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Speaker 2: out a number of high school players that are a

792
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Speaker 2: little bit closer. There are a few events on the

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Speaker 2: high school side, like the Borest Classic that I'll go

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Speaker 2: out to in the spring, But the NHSI is another

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Speaker 2: big one, USA Baseball's National High School Invitational that happens

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Speaker 2: in Carrie, which is right in our backyard. Baseball America's

797
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Speaker 2: office is in Durham, North Carolina, so it's nice to

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Speaker 2: have that one close to us. And then as we

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Speaker 2: kind of ramp up towards the draft, it's a lot

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Speaker 2: more calls. It's honestly just calling as many scouts as

801
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:43,399
Speaker 2: possible and trying to shape up our BA five hundred list,

802
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 2: which is kind of the bulk of our draft coverage.

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Speaker 2: The good thing about doing draft coverage at Baseball America

804
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Speaker 2: is we try to get the industry's consensus on the

805
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 2: top talent. So while obviously I have to see these guys,

806
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 2: I try to make it to where none of my

807
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,839
Speaker 2: personal opinions effect our rankings, because we think it's much

808
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:07,720
Speaker 2: more noteworthy or much more important to show our readers

809
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Speaker 2: what MLB teams think of a draft class than what me,

810
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Speaker 2: Carlos Galazzo, some random nobody who's just watched baseball for

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Speaker 2: a long time thinks of a class. We think it's

812
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Speaker 2: much more valuable to get scouts opinions and kind of

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Speaker 2: form our lists in that way.

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Speaker 3: We do.

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Speaker 2: We do all of our draft lists, all of our

816
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Speaker 2: prospect lists in that manner. So it's just calling as

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Speaker 2: many people as possible at that point. But I think

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Speaker 2: that kind of sums up the year. If there's anything

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Speaker 2: else I've in touch on, feel free to pester for

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Speaker 2: me more about it. But I think that's basically what

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Speaker 2: the schedule is like in broad terms.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's pretty thorough.

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Speaker 1: We don't need a mat out every single day of

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Speaker 1: your life, that right, But that gives us a really

825
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 1: good picture. Thank you, And this year in particular, during

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Speaker 1: the cycle, I should say, I mean, Marlon's fans are

827
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Speaker 1: gonna be fixated on DA and everything you guys do,

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Speaker 1: because I mean, with any hope, this is going to

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Speaker 1: be the last year for a while that they're picking

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Speaker 1: at the very very very top.

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Speaker 3: They have as people have mentioned, they.

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Speaker 1: Have a pretty elite farm system with from guys at

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Speaker 1: double A and Triple A that are close to breaking through,

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Speaker 1: and even in a tough division, it seems kind of

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Speaker 1: inevitable that just from graduating, some of this top talent

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Speaker 1: from the high miners are going to be a more

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Speaker 1: respectable product.

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Speaker 3: At the major league level.

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Speaker 1: And that's just going to mean having to sell for

840
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Speaker 1: lower draft position, and I think that's a trade off

841
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 1: that a lot of people would take at this point,

842
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: having a lot of confidence in the guys that they've

843
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: picked up over the last couple of drafts. And yeah,

844
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Speaker 1: like BA is really what we consider the gold standard

845
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,839
Speaker 1: for a lot of our information at Fish Stripes. To

846
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Speaker 1: some extent, we do parrot some of the evaluations that

847
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Speaker 1: you guys form when you collaborate together, and it's just

848
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Speaker 1: a really good resource. And I always encourage people to

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Speaker 1: subscribe to Baseball America when they can, and I know

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00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 1: that you're a pretty big part of that. Even though

851
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: you like to defer some credit, you see them pretty

852
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 1: modest about your opinions as just a guy that watched baseball.

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00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,879
Speaker 3: But we've been aware of you for quite a while

854
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Speaker 3: and we know you're pretty talented at evaluating. So that's

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Speaker 3: Carlos Klaso. Thanks America.

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Speaker 2: Thank thank you for the kind words, and we do

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Speaker 2: appreciate you guys subscribing, and we appreciate anyone who subscribes because,

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Speaker 2: i mean, like J. J. Cooper says all the time,

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Speaker 2: we really couldn't do all this without the amount of

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Speaker 2: support and the subscribers that we have. You guys are

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Speaker 2: the reason we're able to spend so much time. I mean,

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Speaker 2: you guys are the reason that I'm able to spend

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Speaker 2: really the entire year focusing on the draft outside of

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Speaker 2: like a month. So without you guys, we wouldn't be

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Speaker 2: able to do the work that we do. So we're

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Speaker 2: really thankful and grateful for.

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Speaker 3: That, and we're grateful to have you on the pod.

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Speaker 1: So we'll be sure to check in with you as

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Speaker 1: this draft cycle unfolds, and we're gonna be following all

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Speaker 1: your work on D eight. So enjoy the rest of

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Speaker 1: the night, the rest of this postseason. That's Carlos COLASO

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Speaker 1: here on earning their stripes. Thank you so much, Carlos.

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Speaker 3: This is great.

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Speaker 2: Thank you guys for having me. This is blessed any

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Speaker 2: one made