Speaker 1: Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Baseball Podcast. It is me Joey P Joe p Zepia.
Speaker 1: Happy January everybody. It's time to do some mock draft
Speaker 1: and this is my first mock draft on the YouTube channel.
Speaker 1: I've got goosebumps. Check it out. I swear they're under
Speaker 1: the sweatshirt. I swear they are. And today we're gonna
Speaker 1: be doing a fifteen team roto five by five old
Speaker 1: school style for you. So I hope everyone's excited. I'm
Speaker 1: here with my Fantasy Pros friends, Joe Alrico, Kelly Kirby
Speaker 1: and the Welsh. Of course, I can't do a show
Speaker 1: without the Welsh. It's in my contract. And we're gonna
Speaker 1: be going through here using our mock draft software. It's
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Speaker 1: been doing about six or seven of these this morning
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Speaker 1: use all the tools at your fingertips and Welsh. I
Speaker 1: know you know. For you, draft season kind of never ends.
Speaker 1: I'm very excited to see you. It feels like baseball
Speaker 1: season is here and upon us. I'm still waiting for
Speaker 1: Pete Alonzo news. But today there's a passing of a
Speaker 1: baseball legend, Bob Yukre, and I just want to mention
Speaker 1: at the top of the show. I imagine all of
Speaker 1: us have some fond memories of Bob. For me, it's
Speaker 1: actually driving around and hearing him call the game and
Speaker 1: for the first time, and it was so weird because
Speaker 1: it felt like I was watching Major League in the car.
Speaker 1: I was in the Milwaukee area and it was pretty wild.
Speaker 1: Welsh Any Bob Yuker memories you want to share before
Speaker 1: the mock draft today.
Speaker 2: I actually always wish I could have met him. I'm
Speaker 2: out here in Arizona in their spring training facility is
Speaker 2: not that far from me, and I go to it
Speaker 2: a decent amount, so like it's not uncommon that I
Speaker 2: would like run into random people. Happened last year. I
Speaker 2: was like at the Padres and was like, Oh, there's
Speaker 2: Jake PV there's Jodeo Nomo, like crazy stuff like that.
Speaker 2: I never got to have that Major League definitely, and
Speaker 2: you know, maybe if you're non Milwaukee like, that's probably
Speaker 2: the biggest piece. I will say, though. Something that stands
Speaker 2: out is there was this video I saw. I want
Speaker 2: to say I saw this year and it was like
Speaker 2: Christian Yelich talking about how important Bob Yuker was, and
Speaker 2: I want to say, there was also like a rookie video.
Speaker 2: I guess what I'm getting at is like the players
Speaker 2: and the excitement they've had about meeting Bob Yuker, how
Speaker 2: important it was. Oh you know what one of them
Speaker 2: I think I remember now. It was when it was
Speaker 2: with Paul Skens going to Milwaukee this year. He got
Speaker 2: to go meet and they introduced Paul Skeins to Bob Yuker,
Speaker 2: and he was like nervous, and it was he was
Speaker 2: super excited. So like that these young players that probably
Speaker 2: didn't actually, you know, like truly like grow up, like
Speaker 2: if I mean, I'm not fifty or sixty like Joe,
Speaker 2: but if I were that old and I had grown
Speaker 2: up my whole life with him, you know, that would
Speaker 2: be even more important. But these young like you know,
Speaker 2: twenty year old, twenty five and thirty year old guys
Speaker 2: that revere him. That stands out to me.
Speaker 1: Kelly Kirby, probably nobody more anxious to turn the page
Speaker 1: to baseball season than you after that Viking's playoff loss?
Speaker 1: Is that correct?
Speaker 3: That is correct?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 3: But I have a Bob Bucker story.
Speaker 1: Oh yes, please share it.
Speaker 3: I was nine when Major League came out and my
Speaker 3: parents knew I was so baseball obsessed, so they let
Speaker 3: me watch it, and I thought he was the funniest guy.
Speaker 3: But the part that stuck with me is that I've
Speaker 3: quoted that movie incessantly, and if you've seen it, a
Speaker 3: nine year old should not be quoting that movie incessantly.
Speaker 1: I disagree, I respectfully. I think it's hilarious. I think
Speaker 1: it's adorable, and especially a nine year old girl quoting
Speaker 1: Bob youger. My favorite is when he is he's looking
Speaker 1: for the stats and he's like, I can't find it,
Speaker 1: to hell with it, Like that's my favorite thing. At
Speaker 1: the end of the thing, Joe Rico is sitting there
Speaker 1: in the dark, praying at some point that the Blue
Speaker 1: Jays will extend. Vla Guerrero Junior. I know you're in
Speaker 1: your silent retreat. You've decided to take a moment and
Speaker 1: do the show with us today. Any Yuker stories for
Speaker 1: you at the top of the show before we kick
Speaker 1: things off. I know everybody wants to get to the draft,
Speaker 1: but man, Bob Yucker is like the Sola Baseball.
Speaker 4: I am the youth on the show here, so I
Speaker 4: didn't grow up with Bob Yucker. I didn't see Major
Speaker 4: League when it came out because I wasn't around yet.
Speaker 4: But I have heard quotes from it my entire life.
Speaker 4: It's been one of my more more revered baseball movies.
Speaker 4: Not like all movies, but in terms of sports flicks.
Speaker 4: If you're trying to just laugh your head off for
Speaker 4: a couple hours, Major League is right up there. I
Speaker 4: know that line just outside and he went for the
Speaker 4: corner like my dad uses that line like at least
Speaker 4: once a week. So it's it's a sad one for sure.
Speaker 4: He is a legend of the game. But yeah, even
Speaker 4: though were doing a draft, you have to, you know,
Speaker 4: and when Willie Mays died when we were on leading
Speaker 4: off or you guys were on leading off, and you
Speaker 4: take a moment to acknowledge it because we are doing
Speaker 4: fantasy content, but the actual baseball is the most important part.
Speaker 4: Of course.
Speaker 2: A young guy, by the way, did not do the
Speaker 2: line he did. I was going to say, right, all right,
Speaker 2: all right, that's all right.
Speaker 1: We're gonna haze the young guy the rest of the draft.
Speaker 1: All right again, five y five on the mock draft software,
Speaker 1: We're going to kick things off, just to let everybody
Speaker 1: know where we are here, uh in this draft, in
Speaker 1: terms of our locations. Joe Ricou went Joe pi'sapa and
Speaker 1: he took a top pick. He's at the two spot.
Speaker 1: Then you go a little bit further down. Welsh's at
Speaker 1: one o five. He's always very Cagy, knows exactly where
Speaker 1: he wants to be and what he wants to do.
Speaker 1: He's going to be taking at one o five. So
Speaker 1: clearly he has five guys that he likes and he's
Speaker 1: very happy to take. Kelly, Kirby and I are the
Speaker 1: tough ones around these parts. We're a little bit lower down.
Speaker 1: Kirby at thirteen, Joey p at fifteen. I'm excited to
Speaker 1: start this mock draft. I assume Otani's going to be
Speaker 1: first off the board. So Joe Rico, what are you
Speaker 1: hoping to get here after Otani is gone?
Speaker 4: Well, my thought process was I'll get either Otani or Wit.
Speaker 4: You never know. Sometimes Wit will go first, but I
Speaker 4: will happily headle on. Bobby Wit there at number two,
Speaker 4: settling for the guy who could be number one. Overall,
Speaker 4: not really settling, but I'll take it.
Speaker 1: Poor baby, poor baby settling all right. Bobby Witt goes
Speaker 1: second to a Rico. Then we have Aaron Judge. Paul
Speaker 1: Skeen's going forth ooh lolly, look at that Welsh. You're
Speaker 1: up for one oh five? What do you have?
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'll point out two. The reason we can
Speaker 2: even do this is because of this software. Not to
Speaker 2: like plug it again, but like you know, fifteen, if
Speaker 2: we had all our listeners, which we are going to
Speaker 2: do Max the season with listeners, no way we could
Speaker 2: do a fifteen team. But we could do four of
Speaker 2: us drafting and then the AI system goes through it. Yeah,
Speaker 2: there are definitely a couple of guys I like here,
Speaker 2: Mooki's a great value. One SODA's a great value. I'm
Speaker 2: going to do this again though, and I did do
Speaker 2: this in a previous mock draft because I've got him higher.
Speaker 2: Elie day la Cruz. I've said, I think there are
Speaker 2: five big guys. If you want to go a great
Speaker 2: production without a position Otani, you want to go all encompassing,
Speaker 2: you go Wit. You want all power, you go Judge,
Speaker 2: you want all the stolen bases, you go Ellie de
Speaker 2: la Cruz. So I'm gonna go with Ellie at the
Speaker 2: five spot.
Speaker 1: All right, So Ellie at the five spot is gone
Speaker 1: before we get to Kelly's pick here too. Just remind everybody.
Speaker 1: We've got one catcher on the roster for a second
Speaker 1: third short. We've got five outfielders a U two, and
Speaker 1: then we have nine pitcher spots. Two of them are
Speaker 1: mandatory RPU, and then we have some open bench spots too.
Speaker 1: I think we're doing six today. So, Kelly Kirby, who's
Speaker 1: the first pick for you? After Crue Dela Cruz, we
Speaker 1: have one Soda Mookie Bets, Jose Ramirez, Kyle Tucker now
Speaker 1: a Chicago Cub, Gunner Henderson, Ronald Acunya, and mister Alvarez.
Speaker 1: At twelve, I was hoping he make it to me.
Speaker 1: He did not.
Speaker 3: I was really hoping he'd make it to me. So
Speaker 3: I am going to take I'm going to take tattoos,
Speaker 3: even though Scooble is very very tempting.
Speaker 1: Yes, he's very tempting, but everybody knows me, knows I
Speaker 1: don't want to take pitching that early. So Tatis goes,
Speaker 1: Scooble goes, that's good, I don't have to worry about it.
Speaker 2: Not gonna have to worry about it, and so.
Speaker 1: Here he goes, that's fine. I'm good, I'm fine, everything's fine,
Speaker 1: all right. So looking at this right here, and because
Speaker 1: of what Joe Rico today, I'm just going to I'm
Speaker 1: gonna do it, Joe. I'm gonna take the guy in
Speaker 1: the contract year, so give me Vlad Guerrero Junior. And
Speaker 1: looking around here, I know the suggestions are telling me
Speaker 1: Corbyn Carroll, but I'm gonna go ahead and be a
Speaker 1: bit of a homer here. I'm gonna take Franciscolden to her.
Speaker 1: I'm still on a high from the Mets being relevant.
Speaker 1: I have to take these moments when they come because
Speaker 1: they don't come very often. So Cormin Carroll very tempting here,
Speaker 1: especially in the extra outfielders. Will I live to regret
Speaker 1: this decision quite possibly? Make sure you tune into the
Speaker 1: rest of the show to find out. All Right after
Speaker 1: I go ahead and select Lindora Corman, Carroll of course
Speaker 1: goes right off the board walky penguin, you're up next.
Speaker 1: What do you have?
Speaker 3: Well, I was really hoping Lindor would fall because and
Speaker 3: I had a small brain freeze that I forgot that
Speaker 3: you were a Mets fan, so obviously that was gonna happen.
Speaker 1: But I thought you would think that would go the
Speaker 1: other way.
Speaker 3: Yeah, look, Joe, I try to forget a lot of
Speaker 3: things about Joe, so I would say this one's kinds
Speaker 3: tough because Julio is currently at the top, and I
Speaker 3: go back and further, I think I don't remember which
Speaker 3: one of you I had a conversation with where about
Speaker 3: whether or not Julio and Corbin. I think it was
Speaker 3: Welsh whether they were bus and I truly don't believe
Speaker 3: that he is. But I also, in the same voice,
Speaker 3: do not want to have him on my team. So
Speaker 3: I guess that's saying something. I'm actually I'm gonna go
Speaker 3: a little bit off and I'm gonna take Jared Duran
Speaker 3: because I really really like I like his makeup, I
Speaker 3: like how he can contribute in five, and I trust
Speaker 3: him just a bit more than Churio.
Speaker 1: So amazing because Duran last year was one of our
Speaker 1: favorite like sleeper guys quote unquote that was like, look,
Speaker 1: this guy can be a league winner if he performs
Speaker 1: as well as he possibly can, and he did last year,
Speaker 1: and now to see him going in the second round
Speaker 1: is kind of crazy. It's great Julio goes right after
Speaker 1: a four then at two oh five, Bryce Harper, Freddie Freeman, Jackson,
Speaker 1: Curio Zach Wheeler, the third pitcher off the board. Trey
Speaker 1: Turner goes next. Then Ka tell Marte right before the Welsh,
Speaker 1: All right, Welsh, what do you have and what are
Speaker 1: you hoping that the bots may be give you? Here?
Speaker 2: I will say I'm a little bit. I am actually
Speaker 2: a little bit bummed here because Jared Durand specifically was
Speaker 2: a player I thought could fall back to me, because
Speaker 2: I did not think some of the guys I would
Speaker 2: have taken Trey Turner obviously, I wanted Churio or I
Speaker 2: wanted Harper. So like the Duran thing really screwed me here.
Speaker 1: At ten seconds.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a couple of ways that I can go.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna do this. Oh am, I gonna do this. Yes,
Speaker 2: I'm gonna do this. Okay, I got it, I got it.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna take my picture and I because I know
Speaker 2: I got a Rico, Yeah, exactly, I got a Rico there.
Speaker 2: I want to do it. Sure, I want to get
Speaker 2: Garrett Crochet. Garrett crow Shape gonna be at the near
Speaker 2: tippy top of strikeouts. There's tons of wins support him.
Speaker 2: A little bit worried about where the offense or where
Speaker 2: the ballpark on the hitter side is going to affect him.
Speaker 2: But it's ridiculous stuff. Plus, and I know he was
Speaker 2: not going to come back to me. He's like, my
Speaker 2: sp I, why don't they have him at three or
Speaker 2: four right now? So you know, I had to get
Speaker 2: him there, even though I would have preferred to kind
Speaker 2: of wait a tiny bit, but I didn't love any
Speaker 2: of the picks around me. So Joe suck it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go. And and just for the everybody
Speaker 1: listening here, if he means a Rico that you know,
Speaker 1: just oh yeah, make sure we have the right Joe
Speaker 1: that you're talking trash too, Jesse Chisholm, that's right, Jess.
Speaker 3: Just do it with me.
Speaker 2: Di Rico one, two three, Look it all right, let's.
Speaker 1: Go to the next one, jas Chisholm. Then Mandy Machado,
Speaker 1: then Joe Rico. You are up here at two fourteen,
Speaker 1: and it seems only fitting you take one of Welsh's guys.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean at that point of the draft. He
Speaker 4: I mean, if you heard me, you heard my reaction.
Speaker 4: I wanted Crochet. Well, I wasn't going to let him
Speaker 4: get back to him. I think Merrill. Maybe it's a
Speaker 4: little it feels a little weird seeing in the second
Speaker 4: round after just one season, but he was so great
Speaker 4: he got better as the year went on. All the
Speaker 4: data is fantastic, the lineup is good, there's nothing, there's
Speaker 4: nothing to fault him for it. So as much as
Speaker 4: it might feel weird, I think Merril is worthy of
Speaker 4: that back end of the second round. So happy to
Speaker 4: take him there.
Speaker 1: All right, So Jackson Merrill goes in at the turn
Speaker 1: here at two fifteen, Chris Sale, followed by Matt Olsen
Speaker 1: in the third round. Begin Austin Riley A three zero
Speaker 1: two to you, Joe Aricos. So you got your third basemen,
Speaker 1: your short stop, and another shortstop eligible slash outfielder here
Speaker 1: in Merril.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Riley. I mean, I'm kind of just banking on
Speaker 4: that bounce back. That data was still mostly really good
Speaker 4: last year. I'm hoping that we get a healthy Braves team.
Speaker 4: Could It seem like everybody was hurt or disappointed last year,
Speaker 4: But the second round player usually who I'm getting in
Speaker 4: the third, So I'll take that slight discount off a
Speaker 4: down year for him.
Speaker 1: Taking the discount. By the way, I think the walkout
Speaker 1: song for Garat Crochet should be the sweater song by Weezer.
Speaker 1: Anyone agree, disagree? Pull us rand does I walk away?
Speaker 1: I don't know if you want to destroy my sweater? Whoa, whoa,
Speaker 1: All right, let's move on. Ozzie Albi's goes next, then
Speaker 1: Willia Doms goes next, then Raffaeld Dever's to the Welsh.
Speaker 1: So good value there for Devers five.
Speaker 2: I'm stoked. That's who I was gonna. I was considered
Speaker 2: taking in the second round. Olsen was there. I'm not
Speaker 2: quite as big there, but Dever's Riley or who are
Speaker 2: staring at? So absolute perfect scenario for me. I get
Speaker 2: the picture without getting sniped, and I got the guy
Speaker 2: that I wanted in general in Raphael Devers. So I'm
Speaker 2: pretty stoked about it.
Speaker 1: Wonky's got a couple seconds. Make your pick, Wonky here,
Speaker 1: Corey Seeger goes that, Garret Cole Logan, Gilbert Contrarist, the
Speaker 1: A three ten Altwove Corbyn Burns Schwarber, and then Wonky
Speaker 1: Penguin going picture. Let's talk about Michael King.
Speaker 3: I love Michael King, and I do not like every
Speaker 3: other picture that was around him. When they're telling like
Speaker 3: Blake Snell, George Kirby, I'm like mm, but I wanted
Speaker 3: a picture, and I really like King's makeup. I like
Speaker 3: his underlying numbers. When I was writing in his profile,
Speaker 3: it was just like, oh, yeah, I think I should
Speaker 3: target this guy. And so yeah, I'm actually really pretty
Speaker 3: excited for him to be my sp one in a
Speaker 3: fifteen team league, which I have to keep reminding myself.
Speaker 3: And also I was laughing at the idea that Arico
Speaker 3: would have had any idea what the Sweater song was
Speaker 3: since it came out in like nineteen ninety four.
Speaker 1: Come on, Weezer was a band in the nineties. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a band in the nineties. Look, they had albums
Speaker 1: and they were colored blue green.
Speaker 4: I am not uncultured.
Speaker 1: All right, Well it's better than that Ericson. I explained
Speaker 1: to him, like who Kurk Cobain was one time?
Speaker 4: It was a whole bay, I'm gonna have a whole
Speaker 4: not an anition.
Speaker 1: Ah, that is my favorite Weezer, you know, c Joe,
Speaker 1: you just got some points there because Pinkerton top notch
Speaker 1: the underrated album. All right. So after Walkee took Michael King,
Speaker 1: another one of our favorite pieces from last year. Look
Speaker 1: at that Duran Michael Kinging second round, third round, O
Speaker 1: we cj. Abrams goes next to three fourteen. Then I
Speaker 1: double dipped in pitching. That's right. It's a fifteen team
Speaker 1: league and I want to get some durable starting pitchers.
Speaker 1: I want Dylan Caeesar goes out there, makes thirty starts
Speaker 1: every single year. Nobody does that, guy does? I want
Speaker 1: him on my team. And then oh, man, I had
Speaker 1: to draft Blake Snell. Come on, man, I gotta be
Speaker 1: on Joe's team. He's all the Dodgers now, Like that's
Speaker 1: just ridiculous. So it was between him and Kirby. It
Speaker 1: was a tough sell. At the end of the day,
Speaker 1: it's roto categories. I want the k's and I want
Speaker 1: the w's And look, man, still waiting for Seattle to
Speaker 1: figure out that offense. I know there's still off season left.
Speaker 1: I don't care. Pete Alonzo goes next to four to
Speaker 1: H two and then back to U Kelly, you took
Speaker 1: another pitcher, Yeah, I.
Speaker 3: Took a Yamamoto because he's also pitching for the Dodgers
Speaker 3: and if he's able to stay healthy right, which is
Speaker 3: kind of the question for everyone, but his numbers last
Speaker 3: year were solid until he went down, and I don't know.
Speaker 3: I just feel like a really good fantasy philosophy is
Speaker 3: just draft all the Dodgers and then once they're all gone,
Speaker 3: then then go for the next group. But yeah, so
Speaker 3: and I like having him paired with King. I guess
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go West Coast Pitchers this year.
Speaker 1: So can I set the draft Wizard strategy to draft
Speaker 1: more Dodgers? That would be probably a good idea. Marcus
Speaker 1: Simeon goes next than George Kirby at four oh five,
Speaker 1: four to oh six, Castillo, than Reagan's Michael Harris. Overrated
Speaker 1: Mark Vientos goes next, look at my dude four oh nine,
Speaker 1: then Royce Lewis right before Welsh Welsh, mister closer. There
Speaker 1: you go, you started the run. Let's talk about Emmanuel
Speaker 1: class A.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Class as a pretty easy pick there, especially in
Speaker 2: the fourth round.
Speaker 4: This is rodo.
Speaker 2: We're not looking to punt. Had to have. I mean
Speaker 2: you can if you want people like to experiment with it.
Speaker 2: Had to head as a much higher propensity of punting
Speaker 2: and saves would be the territory. But this is a
Speaker 2: saves league, this is a fifteen team rot You're not
Speaker 2: going to do it fourth round. Yeah, it is a
Speaker 2: smash smash pick for Manuel Classe.
Speaker 1: All right, so Classe goes next. After that we have
Speaker 1: Jacob de gromgo look at the buy back in on
Speaker 1: team four, Anthony Santander maybe soon to be Blue Jay,
Speaker 1: who knows? And then Joe Rico did Welsh pressure you
Speaker 1: into taking a closer? This is a safe place you
Speaker 1: could tell us.
Speaker 4: He did a little bit. But it's also a really
Speaker 4: nice value on Devin Williams. I've done a lot of
Speaker 4: fifteen team drafts and he's usually a third round pick,
Speaker 4: somewhere in the middle of the third, even sometimes late second.
Speaker 4: So end of the fourth I'll take it absolutely, no question.
Speaker 1: Bryce Miller at the turn of four fifteen, five oh one,
Speaker 1: Pablo Lopez. Then you took Wyat Langford, one of my
Speaker 1: favorite pieces to invest in. Fifth round. It's pretty good value, Joe. Yeah.
Speaker 4: For Langford, I mean I wrote him up the other
Speaker 4: day just on my own site. I mean, the battle
Speaker 4: was fantastic, and I kind of you guys at the
Speaker 4: football guys, he's like the Marvin Harrison junior a fantasy baseball.
Speaker 4: The expects were so high and everybody expected the world
Speaker 4: and even though he put up a good season, he's
Speaker 4: still viewed as out of a disappointment in some people's eyes.
Speaker 4: So I think that he could even push up higher
Speaker 4: and higher, even into the third round. But the beginning
Speaker 4: of the fifth no question. Why at Langford is a
Speaker 4: great pick?
Speaker 1: Okay, so Langford goes, and then after that you've got
Speaker 1: Josh Hater back to Zach Gallan and then Welsh. You
Speaker 1: saw the white Langford and you raised the James Wood.
Speaker 2: I did James raise the James Wood. That's a good reference.
Speaker 2: I can't say it. Langford I wanted. I absolutely wanted
Speaker 2: why at Langford there? So I was just kind of like, oh,
Speaker 2: that's why I did that, because Langford one hundred percent
Speaker 2: was the pick. And you know, I've got some I
Speaker 2: got some question marks around batting average with Ellie, but
Speaker 2: I feel like I'm answering that with Devers. My problem
Speaker 2: is is Langford. I feel better about it, and now
Speaker 2: I'm kind of back into maybe putting on a few
Speaker 2: questions with the James Woods. So I'm comfortable with it.
Speaker 2: Those big power at speed, I think I can make
Speaker 2: do with it. I've kind of pushed pitching down a
Speaker 2: tiny bit, but I need. If I wasn't Anny Langford,
Speaker 2: I was raising the wood as you said.
Speaker 1: Okay, there you go. I mean this seems like a
Speaker 1: perfectly fine thing to say. I don't know why you're
Speaker 1: being weird about it at all. All right, let's continue
Speaker 1: on with the draft tier and go through this draft
Speaker 1: board as it unfolds. We have James Wood going, Then
Speaker 1: we have Luis Robert O'Neil Cruz. Sorry, well, she couldn't
Speaker 1: get all the guys you want. Then you had I
Speaker 1: couldn't put the cruises together again, to Oscar Hernandez goes
Speaker 1: to team eight to five oh eight, then Edwin Diaz,
Speaker 1: Mason Miller a little closer run Aaron Nola. Then we
Speaker 1: have ten Or Byby at five twelve Wonkey Penguin, Yes,
Speaker 1: sniped me. How dare you? Brent Rooker a guy who's
Speaker 1: going back to back thirty home runs at one hundred
Speaker 1: and twelve rubies and guess what now he doesn't have
Speaker 1: to play in that giant ballpark. He's going to play
Speaker 1: in Sacramento. I love this pick.
Speaker 3: I think I might be heading into the season as
Speaker 3: Brent Rookers like president of the fan club. At this point,
Speaker 3: I might order a Jersey if they have new jerseys.
Speaker 3: But yeah, I like them in Sacramento. I love him.
Speaker 3: I think his power is real even at thirty. It's
Speaker 3: just and also he's just a really good Twitter follow
Speaker 3: So I think that that might also be influencing me,
Speaker 3: because that is definitely how you should draft a fantasy
Speaker 3: baseball team.
Speaker 1: All right, So after Brent Rooker goes than Marcelozuna, I
Speaker 1: get two picks and I'm going outfield hit with them
Speaker 1: both here Randy Rose Arena, Brian Reynolds. I'm looking for
Speaker 1: a bounce back from a Rosa arena, just kind of,
Speaker 1: you know, getting out of Tampa cleared his head a
Speaker 1: little bit. Very good player here, Brian Reynolds, a guy
Speaker 1: who's very consistent, very underrated. And I want to double
Speaker 1: tap outfield here because I just felt like things were
Speaker 1: starting to get away from me a little bit in
Speaker 1: the outfield, and that's not a good thing when you're
Speaker 1: in a five active outfielder league with fifteen teams. This
Speaker 1: is why you got to pay a real close attention
Speaker 1: to that. After those two picks, Ryan Helsley goes next,
Speaker 1: Then Walkee Penguin. You went with a first baseman. Now
Speaker 1: in the Arizona Diamondbacks. Let's talk about Josh Naylor.
Speaker 3: You know, I had Josh Naylor everywhere last year, and
Speaker 3: he obviously, like way performed what I thought he was
Speaker 3: going to, just beyond everything. But I like him in Arizona.
Speaker 3: I like who's batting behind. Even though it's not jose
Speaker 3: Raen Miers and Stephen Kwan, I still feel like Carol
Speaker 3: and Marte are are decent to you know, bad around.
Speaker 3: But yeah, I know I'm not expecting last year's performance,
Speaker 3: but I'm okay with him holding down for a space,
Speaker 3: and I'm hoping his batting average like comes back just
Speaker 3: a smidge.
Speaker 1: I'm hoping he shows up to camp in better shape too,
Speaker 1: because at the end of the year he looks. I'm
Speaker 1: being honest here because I know you aren't. Look man,
Speaker 1: this is the thing we've seen with other players like
Speaker 1: Pablos Anival and a lot of great players the Ian
Speaker 1: vlad Garreo Junior, right, like, you've got to be in
Speaker 1: a right friend of mine, focus and conditioned here, Josh
Speaker 1: Nelle is a tremendous player, but would you don't want
Speaker 1: his injuries to happen because a guy I always say
Speaker 1: this in my wrestling podcast. You know, it's one thing
Speaker 1: to work big, it's another wing to work heavy. And
Speaker 1: I was worried at Josh Neller at the end of
Speaker 1: the year last year. So hopefully he shows up in
Speaker 1: the camp in good shape. That would be going a
Speaker 1: long way for making me feel good about him. But
Speaker 1: still six round great Franbervaldez at six oh four, cal
Speaker 1: at six oh five, Freddy Peralta. Then we have Stephen
Speaker 1: kwant Logan webb A, Shota E. Monaga uh and Spencer
Speaker 1: Streider going next here, Welsh, you went with a first
Speaker 1: baseman who used to play in Arizona.
Speaker 2: I wish you would have signed back. But guess what
Speaker 2: even better destination? We know that left side of the
Speaker 2: ballpark that pull heavy stuff had parades back. It's held
Speaker 2: up Alex Bregman. Maybe you know the reasons why he
Speaker 2: hasn't signed some of the contract you never know, but
Speaker 2: it's beneficial ballpark. He's going from a hitter friendly environment
Speaker 2: to another hitter for the friendly environment with a bunch
Speaker 2: of guys that should be getting on base in front
Speaker 2: of him. Kind of a smash pick for Christian Walker.
Speaker 2: First base is thinning out. I could have taken medalson
Speaker 2: in the second. But like getting Walker here, thirty five
Speaker 2: plus homer potential, tons of RBI love it, and again
Speaker 2: I'm trying to shore up some of that. I hope
Speaker 2: the batting average doesn't sink. This would be my biggest
Speaker 2: issue is I'd start syncing down in batting average.
Speaker 1: Which seconds for your pick too. I don't want you
Speaker 1: to get skipped, all right, So Christian Walker goes than
Speaker 1: Hunter Brown, one of my favorite values. Here, he's off
Speaker 1: the board, Zach netto Roki Sazaki goes to Joe Alrico.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about your picks of the second here, Profar
Speaker 1: at six fifteen, then Alex Bregman at seven oh one.
Speaker 1: As of recording, this still a free agent. We'll see
Speaker 1: where he ends up. And then after you took Sazaki,
Speaker 1: your next pick was Joan Durand of the Minnesota Twins.
Speaker 1: So Joe, let's talk about the investment in Sazaki. He
Speaker 1: is your first pitcher, so you much feel pretty confident
Speaker 1: that he can lead a fantasy rotation.
Speaker 4: Ideally, he wouldn't be my first pitcher, but I'm also
Speaker 4: banking on his price is not gonna be anywhere close
Speaker 4: to this once he signs, which I mean, it looks
Speaker 4: like it's gonna be the Dodgers. But even if it's
Speaker 4: the Padres, because just forget about the Blue Jays, it's
Speaker 4: just not happening. It's gonna be the Dodgers or the Padres,
Speaker 4: it's gonna be a very good destination. I'm not gonna
Speaker 4: just I'm not gonna do it to myself again. I
Speaker 4: can't do it, guys, I can't do it Otani. So
Speaker 4: how many times are we gonna get hurt here in Toronto?
Speaker 4: Can't do it? So he's not coming here. If he
Speaker 4: does great, but he's not. I think that he's gonna
Speaker 4: be great right out of the gate on a great
Speaker 4: team with very few restrictions in his first year. So
Speaker 4: I think, getting I'm at pick ninety, he's going to
Speaker 4: be probably going at least twenty thirty picks higher once
Speaker 4: he gets signed. What do you guys think? Twenty thirty
Speaker 4: picks higher?
Speaker 1: What do you think Kelly about that? So I go
Speaker 1: ahead and I'll make my picks here.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he'll jump because the hype train, especially
Speaker 3: if he goes to LA But yet, like you said,
Speaker 3: even San Diego, it will pick up so much steam
Speaker 3: and like the second they see him in a jersey,
Speaker 3: like it's just a it's like a psychology thing for
Speaker 3: a lot of fantasy players. I think where now you
Speaker 3: know where he is, now you can picture him. And
Speaker 3: if it is the Dodgers, then we just go right
Speaker 3: back to the is it bad to have any Dodger?
Speaker 3: And yeah, I don't. I don't know, Like I don't
Speaker 3: know how he'll be right away, but I think he'll
Speaker 3: settle in. But his draft, his draft will pick will
Speaker 3: definitely go up.
Speaker 1: Sorry aightp, Yeah, it's definitely gonna fly up there. It's
Speaker 1: think going to be six fourteen where he went just now,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. Kevin Goswin goes at seven three, VINNYE.
Speaker 1: Pas Quentino at seven oh four. Lawrence Butler, well, shot
Speaker 1: of my cue onto your team. Let's talk about him.
Speaker 1: And yeah, we got touched on Rooker. But this whole
Speaker 1: situation where the athletics are going to be in Sacramento,
Speaker 1: if this is a much different hitting environment, and I
Speaker 1: am cautiously optimistic for some of these guys that it's
Speaker 1: going to be a good one. What are your thoughts
Speaker 1: on Butler?
Speaker 2: You must have gi I just did this thing talking
Speaker 2: about like there are some concerns I have with Butler
Speaker 2: in general of like, you know, he hit like under
Speaker 2: two hundred or hit two hundred or under for three
Speaker 2: months the first three months of the season, but then
Speaker 2: he made this noted swing change which then had the
Speaker 2: big breakout big barrel numbers, hard hit numbers. I'm a
Speaker 2: little worried that's still gonna kind of flip flop, but
Speaker 2: you got a little bit more of a hitter friendly
Speaker 2: environment in the minor league park. He posted big barrel
Speaker 2: and hard hit numbers, which I think creates some sustainability.
Speaker 2: He runs, you know, it's I don't think there's gonna
Speaker 2: be like a bunch of RBIs, but it's probably the
Speaker 2: best fantasy option you could have with the with the athletics,
Speaker 2: him and Rookers. So again, it pieces it all together.
Speaker 2: I probably should have gone pitching, but I thought he
Speaker 2: was just too good of a value there, especially you know,
Speaker 2: getting that stolen based power combo.
Speaker 1: All right, let's continue on with the draft board here.
Speaker 1: After that's selection of Butler, Adley Rutchband, Grayson Rodriguez, I
Speaker 1: was hoping make it to me.
Speaker 3: He did not.
Speaker 1: Then we have Tristan Kasas, Tyler Glass now Diaz from Houston,
Speaker 1: Boba Schett at seven to eleven. Sorry, you can't collect
Speaker 1: any of the Blue Jays here, but maybe that's for
Speaker 1: the best, Joe. Then you've got Jackson Holiday going at
Speaker 1: seven to twelve, Jackson Holiday deciding. Oh boy, I'm so
Speaker 1: excited to be on this team. I haven't said that
Speaker 1: in a long time. I'm so excited to do Jackson
Speaker 1: Holiday voice again. Damn it, Baseball's back rights sol Iglesias,
Speaker 1: So getting some closer action here, Wonky Penguin. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about seven thirteen. Iglesias with Atlanta. One of the closers
Speaker 1: that is really safe and really effective.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I saw Felix Bautista sitting there, and
Speaker 3: I really went back and forth between the two of
Speaker 3: them because I think that he's one of the forgotten
Speaker 3: ones in a way since he was injured all of
Speaker 3: last year and he was so good the year before.
Speaker 3: But Iglesias, he kind of has that. Yeah, it's that
Speaker 3: safety net. If I'm gonna go a closer to kind
Speaker 3: of get in there. I like a guy that typically
Speaker 3: you know, is going to save thirty games and that's
Speaker 3: just what he does. So that was why that's the
Speaker 3: edge I gave him, and also not Robert Suarez because
Speaker 3: I had all the West Coast pitching. I could have
Speaker 3: stayed with that, but I skipped it.
Speaker 1: So where to go? Spencer Steer at seven fourteen, that's
Speaker 1: seven to fifteen. I selected Brenton Doyle. How a guy
Speaker 1: from a twenty thirty season is still floating around the
Speaker 1: seventh round. I'll never know. So yeah, and he plays
Speaker 1: in Colorado, Thank you very much. I'll take it. And
Speaker 1: Matt McLean on the buye back he played in the ANFL.
Speaker 1: Was just doing some research daring him actually just recently,
Speaker 1: and you know, power's starting to come back timey coming back.
Speaker 1: I want to see a bounce back from McLain, who
Speaker 1: was fantastic two years ago. A guy being considered for
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year after McLain. Justin Steele, friend of
Speaker 1: the show, big fan of Fantasy Pros and we're big
Speaker 1: fans of Justin Steele. And then Spencer Schwellenbach to the
Speaker 1: Wonky Penguins. So another Braves pitcher building out those braves.
Speaker 1: I see Wonk.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I just wrote up. I just wrote his profile,
Speaker 3: I think like two days ago, and I really loved
Speaker 3: everything about it, and so I kind of made a
Speaker 3: mental note to nab him somewhere in this range just
Speaker 3: to give me that sort of the solid strakeout numbers.
Speaker 3: And also he just was impressive last year when he
Speaker 3: finally like figured it out. So I'm hoping he continues
Speaker 3: to have it figured out.
Speaker 1: Let's hope. So certainly a good season from him last year.
Speaker 1: All right, let's continue on with the picks after Schwellenbach,
Speaker 1: Jordan Westberg than Mike Trout. I thought about Trout. I
Speaker 1: just couldn't pull the ch I just couldn't do it. Welsh.
Speaker 1: I don't know. Was that wrong? Should I have done it? Well,
Speaker 1: so you think I should have pull the trigger on Trot.
Speaker 3: I took it.
Speaker 2: I mean, like I'm probably going to like.
Speaker 1: I thought about it as like, so I took the
Speaker 1: twenty five year old middle infielder with you know, fourteen
Speaker 1: steals in twenty twenty three and a half a season,
Speaker 1: or do I take Mike Trout and take my you know,
Speaker 1: sixty games.
Speaker 2: It's your risk tolerance. At the end of the day.
Speaker 2: The guys that are I say, it's a million times.
Speaker 2: The guys that screw me up are massively talented players
Speaker 2: when they're not hurt, and that's Jacob deGrom Well. I
Speaker 2: won't have crazy, but like I saw him in the
Speaker 2: fourth round, like, okay, I might have done that, and
Speaker 2: then Mike Trout like they're amazing when they're on the field,
Speaker 2: but they're never on the field. So it's like you
Speaker 2: just got to come to terms with that. You got
Speaker 2: to be comfortable you can balance your roster when you
Speaker 2: lose them. It's not if it's when you end up
Speaker 2: losing them. But yeah, I mean, I probably what a
Speaker 2: picker we were like in the.
Speaker 1: Hetal five Yeah, eight o five. So look, yeah, I
Speaker 1: want to let's earmark this all right, and let's see,
Speaker 1: you know, in future drafts and adp where he starts
Speaker 1: to go. So eight o five is this like big
Speaker 1: fifteen team mock here that we're doing. Uh, I'm not
Speaker 1: risk averse. I took Matt McClean ato one, like I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take some risk there. There's definitely some risk there,
Speaker 1: without a doubt. It's a crowded in field. Who knows,
Speaker 1: But I'm betting on the talent of the guy. Alec
Speaker 1: Bohm goes next here, Sonny Gray Hunter Green two pictures
Speaker 1: in my que They're gone. Paul Goldschmid look at that.
Speaker 1: Then Xavier Edwards, Joe Ryan to Welsh, let's talk about
Speaker 1: that selection here for you building out that pitching staff
Speaker 1: after Crochet, he's your number two guy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean I just got just demolished in
Speaker 2: that round. I wanted Schwell and back more than anything.
Speaker 2: I want to justin Steele, of course I wanted. You know,
Speaker 2: those are the guys I wanted. Everybody just demolished me
Speaker 2: with it. I still love Joe Ryan's stuff really, you know,
Speaker 2: faltered on the back half of the year, but there's
Speaker 2: still great stuff. There's still good strikeouts. He didn't have
Speaker 2: the innings this year, but I think he can get
Speaker 2: back there. He's an okay, number two. I'm gonna have
Speaker 2: to pick this up though. I going and getting Garrett
Speaker 2: Crochet was my That was my balance to be able
Speaker 2: to like mess around a little bit. But I'm now
Speaker 2: dropping the ball a tiny bit, so I'm gonna have
Speaker 2: to put some focus on starting pitching. It's what I
Speaker 2: did in the next round as well, and I'll probably
Speaker 2: have to kind of continue looking at here because I
Speaker 2: can't fall too far behind. When you have Crochet as
Speaker 2: your top dog.
Speaker 1: Right, all right, so Joe Ryan, then Batista goes andros
Speaker 1: Munio's goes Bailey Ober to Joe Rico. At the turn
Speaker 1: we have Cody Bellinger going at eight fifteen, then Nodolas
Speaker 1: Garcia at nine oh one, and then back to for
Speaker 1: Sean McClanahan. So, I like what you're doing here. You're
Speaker 1: taking some risks on pitching with some big payoffs here
Speaker 1: over a guy that you know, we've seen the teases
Speaker 1: here and there. If you can find a little bit
Speaker 1: more consistency, a guy can really reach a new level
Speaker 1: for the Twins and Jane McClanahan now again kind of
Speaker 1: like we're talking about with the a's new environment, not
Speaker 1: quite as pitcher friendly most likely, but we are hoping
Speaker 1: Shane mcclan can McClanahan can regain his former cy Young style.
Speaker 1: So your thoughts on Ober McClanahan here, Joe.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Ober, I mean, it was a couple of really
Speaker 4: ugly blow ups that people will remember. I think it
Speaker 4: was his first start of the year was like nine
Speaker 4: earned runs, and there was one or two others that
Speaker 4: were seven or eight. But I mean it's hard to
Speaker 4: just remove those. But outside of those couple of blow ups,
Speaker 4: he was really really solid throughout the whole season. I
Speaker 4: think he's a great asset in whip, which is something
Speaker 4: that kind of gets forgotten about a lot in drafts,
Speaker 4: and it's super super important, almost impossible to come by
Speaker 4: on the waiver wire. I like having that base and
Speaker 4: then Shane McClanahan. There is some risk for sure coming
Speaker 4: off with the Tommy John going to the new ballpark,
Speaker 4: but I also just think the price is too low
Speaker 4: considering what we know he's capable of the talent there,
Speaker 4: you presumably healthy. I don't think you should be going
Speaker 4: on uside of the top one hundred picks. So while
Speaker 4: I acknowledge that there is some risk, the upside is
Speaker 4: kind of too good to pass up there in the
Speaker 4: beginning of the ninth round.
Speaker 1: Okay, after your selection, Junior Camerinero great value at nine
Speaker 1: oh three, Robert Suarez and then Welsh Sandy al Contras,
Speaker 1: same kind of copy and paste. They're just hoping that
Speaker 1: Alcontra can regain his form of yesterday.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was pitching before the season ended. He's an
Speaker 2: innings eater, and there's definite trade rumors that they're going
Speaker 2: to trade him mid season, and that will only improve
Speaker 2: his stock. So again, I need to start playing a
Speaker 2: little bit of upside. I have to balance upside in
Speaker 2: safety right now, and al Contra's a good version of that.
Speaker 1: All right, constant balancing act for the Welsh. That's what
Speaker 1: we're looking for here. After you go ahead and took
Speaker 1: out Contra, Tyler O'Neil Ian Happzekiel Tovar, another one of
Speaker 1: our favorite guys for last year, had a pretty good season.
Speaker 1: Say As Azuki at nine oh nine, Salperez at nine
Speaker 1: to ten, Nolan Jones Welsh's favorite. I kid, he hated
Speaker 1: Nolan Jones. He was right and I was wrong nine
Speaker 1: to eleven. I'll take the ail on that one, Matt Chapman.
Speaker 1: Then Wonkee Penguin takes Riley Green will get to that
Speaker 1: pick in a moment. Lucas seg goes next here for
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Royals. Then I double dip on pitching.
Speaker 2: With Yankees sack here.
Speaker 1: Well, I'll look all the W's baby Dylan Cees Blake's
Speaker 1: now Max Free, Carlos Rodin. That's not a terrible pitching
Speaker 1: staff for a fifteen team league. Just saying it's not
Speaker 1: too bad. Dull am I afraid? Am I gonna lose
Speaker 1: sleep at night over this rotation in their health? Possibly
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Speaker 1: Bogart's and Green Love the Riley Green value at nine
Speaker 1: thirteen Penguin. You got to be happy about that, very
Speaker 1: very happy about that.
Speaker 3: I loved him last year. I think that he's batting
Speaker 3: a top a lineup that's going to be pretty good
Speaker 3: and has some on base skills that I really like.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I was very happy to get him this
Speaker 3: late too. And then I think, my, yeah, my outfielders
Speaker 3: are pretty stacked. I have nothing else, but I have outfields.
Speaker 1: That's you know what. As long as you have something,
Speaker 1: well you have you know you've got some. I don't
Speaker 1: think you're giving Michael King enough credit for how good
Speaker 1: he was last year. I mean, Michael King was an ace.
Speaker 2: You know you've got hah hopes. That's about what you've got, all.
Speaker 1: Right, So Weaver goes next than Contreras at ten oh five,
Speaker 1: Seth Lugo no respect for Seth Lugo at ten oh
Speaker 1: six none. I'm very upset by this. Adp Anthony Volpi
Speaker 1: teno seven, Christian Yelich at ten oh eight, than will Smith,
Speaker 1: Brandon Nimo. Back to you, Well, she took a young
Speaker 1: pitcher Jared Jones, who certainly started out like a house
Speaker 1: on fire. Second half took some lumps there. So what
Speaker 1: are your expectations for him in twenty five?
Speaker 2: Yeah? Pretty big one and one thirty stuff plus on
Speaker 2: his fastball and slider his fastball among all starting pitchers
Speaker 2: last year, true starting pitchers. Luke Weaver's in there doesn't
Speaker 2: count reliever number one stuff plus Marker for that fastball,
Speaker 2: huge strikeout with rates on Jared Jones, I think he's
Speaker 2: going to take a big step this year. And I
Speaker 2: will tell you I wanted him and Flerty. I wanted
Speaker 2: to pare them back to back. I didn't know what
Speaker 2: to do. I wanted to go Jones with the upside.
Speaker 2: Flerty did not make it back to me, and I
Speaker 2: don't think anything I could have done would have changed that.
Speaker 2: But Jared Jones tons of strikeout upside. I just got
Speaker 2: to make sure and hope I'm maintaining strikeouts or my er.
Speaker 2: I'm a little worried that's going to get inflated.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, obviously I'm not worried about saves. Otherwise
Speaker 1: I would be doing a better job of drafting those.
Speaker 1: Bryce Teranngo's next than Jake Berger, Joel Rico, select Dial
Speaker 1: and Cruise building that dynasty team A Joey, huh? Is
Speaker 1: that what you got going here? Could I Sanga goes next?
Speaker 1: Jack Flaherty at eleven oh one to start the eleventh round,
Speaker 1: then back to a Rico for Josh Low at eleven
Speaker 1: oh two. So Cruse and Low building out the outfield, Joe,
Speaker 1: let's talk about it.
Speaker 4: Building out the outfield when you need five outfielders, it
Speaker 4: does wear with thin pretty quickly. We're kind of approaching
Speaker 4: the cliff. We're not quite there yet, but we're getting there.
Speaker 4: So I locked down two guys who I think are
Speaker 4: probably both in the twenty home run twenty five to
Speaker 4: thirty stolen base range. Josh Low gets the park upgrade.
Speaker 4: He was hurt pretty much injured everything he possibly could
Speaker 4: have injured last season, but I do think that that's
Speaker 4: just randomness as opposed to he hurt the same thing
Speaker 4: seven times, so I think he'll bounce back strong. And
Speaker 4: then Dylan Cruz had had such a nice debut, even
Speaker 4: though the batting average was kind of not great. Lots
Speaker 4: of steals up and coming lineup, So I like my
Speaker 4: outfield three and four there with Cruise and Josh Low.
Speaker 1: Okay, Cruise and Josh Low are the picks there. Continuing
Speaker 1: on with the draft board after that, Josh Low selection,
Speaker 1: Kyle Finnegan, Brandon Lao then Welsh. Who did you select here?
Speaker 1: At eleven oh five?
Speaker 2: Who did I select it to? Oh, Luis Garcia needed
Speaker 2: a second basement.
Speaker 4: Where am I?
Speaker 2: Luis Garcia is perfect for this team too. I got
Speaker 2: a lot of power, I have some batting average risk
Speaker 2: I needed. I wanted to come back balance that, and
Speaker 2: I did that with Luis Garcia, who's going to run
Speaker 2: higher batting averages this year. He showed off counting stats
Speaker 2: for the first time. I always called him kind of
Speaker 2: like a CVS version of Luisa Rise, and that's gone
Speaker 2: now because he's like a twenty twenty guy. So I'm
Speaker 2: very happy with this in my construction of having a
Speaker 2: little bit of safety on the batting average front, even
Speaker 2: if he regresses a little bit in the counting stats
Speaker 2: standpoint and second base can really get a get away
Speaker 2: from you. I also got an X the Expert little
Speaker 2: note that pops up on the draft boards, which are
Speaker 2: super cool, saying I got about a twenty pick value
Speaker 2: on him that experts had him about twenty spots higher
Speaker 2: than I took him. So that's always fun, all right.
Speaker 1: Kenley Janssen. Next here Brian wu at eleven oh seven.
Speaker 1: Jason Dominguez when of Walsh's favorite at eleven eight Shaman,
Speaker 1: I eleven oh nine. That seems like a value considering
Speaker 1: how good of his season he had last year. Will
Speaker 1: it repeat? That's the question. But in the eleventh round
Speaker 1: and a fifteen team league, I'm willing to find out.
Speaker 1: Nick Cassianos goes next, Then Jonathan India Kirby Gates, Lane Thomas.
Speaker 1: We're going to talk about Wonky's picks here in just
Speaker 1: a moment. She selected Lane Thomas. Then after that Peak
Speaker 1: Crol Armstrong. Then I decided to finally dip my toes
Speaker 1: in the closer Waters Ben Joyce, Pete Fairbanks. We'll see
Speaker 1: how that works out for me. But because we have
Speaker 1: the two mandatory ARPA spots, I didn't want to wait
Speaker 1: much longer. I think this is what I've been practicing,
Speaker 1: trying to get those two guys. I got both of them.
Speaker 1: Let's hope that they maintain their jobs all year. Then
Speaker 1: Christopher Sanchez goes next. Ryan Walker goes next to you,
Speaker 1: wonkye Penguins, so Thomas and Walker. I passed on Walker.
Speaker 1: Was that a big mistake? Were you happy about that?
Speaker 3: I was fairly happy about that because I was eyeballing
Speaker 3: him pretty too much to fill in the other side
Speaker 3: of the relief pitching for me. I like, And but
Speaker 3: the thing I was gonna talk about was how the
Speaker 3: draft wizard tells you, like, this is your biggest boost,
Speaker 3: which is why I ended up with Lean Thomas. I
Speaker 3: I do not chase stolen bases in a head to
Speaker 3: head league, but I will add some. Even if he's
Speaker 3: never on base, he might steal some bases, so that's great.
Speaker 3: Maybe they'll pincher on him. I don't know. And uh,
Speaker 3: and then with Walker, like I need. I definitely needed
Speaker 3: some era and with help and saves are just a
Speaker 3: bonus with him at that point, all.
Speaker 1: Right, continuing on with the picks as they are flying
Speaker 1: off the board here, Uh, let's see, I gotta lose
Speaker 1: my place, all right. After Ryan Walker, you got Yadi Diaz,
Speaker 1: Nolan Aronado at twelve oh six, Louis Heel Langolier's a
Speaker 1: twelve oh seven, Colton Cowser twelve oh eight, Alexis Diaz.
Speaker 1: You say, Kakuchi, I say, why not? Jordan Romano goes next?
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Phillies new Closer. You think Welsh, I think so
Speaker 1: it seems like a lock.
Speaker 2: I think this didn't like it because the ranks haven't
Speaker 2: gone there. By the way, I gotta give you credit
Speaker 2: for you, like I would have given up on giving
Speaker 2: every single pick. The board is up on the people
Speaker 2: can see it. I have a big credit to you
Speaker 2: have to continuous.
Speaker 1: Part of the people who listen. They want to know
Speaker 1: what the picks are, so I sure keeping it real
Speaker 1: for the peeps.
Speaker 2: Well, I'm giving you extra credit for it. But yeah,
Speaker 2: Jordan Romano is an early value right now. He's not
Speaker 2: ranking properly. He should be higher. It said, Hey, it
Speaker 2: might be there. I didn't think he would last much higher.
Speaker 2: This is the Phillies closer. I think it's a much
Speaker 2: I think I got a value on it. I think
Speaker 2: in a lot of competitive leagues he's going to go
Speaker 2: inside the top one fifty. So Romano's a smash. And
Speaker 2: by the way, I just took Brandon Fott so to.
Speaker 1: Everybody that he with me about that, I wanted, yeah.
Speaker 2: Of course, love me some Brandon Fought and that he's
Speaker 2: got a rotation spot locked up power offense, and I
Speaker 2: think strikeouts are going to pop up this year. So
Speaker 2: Fought and Jordan Romano my.
Speaker 1: Two picks, all right, let's continue on with the picks.
Speaker 3: Here.
Speaker 1: After you took Romano, went Guriel, Real Muto, Arico took Stevenson.
Speaker 1: Then O'HOPI goes next. You know me, I'm gonna wait
Speaker 1: as long as I can for Catcher u Aenio Suarez
Speaker 1: begins a thirteenth round. Ryan Moundcastle to a go, Stevenson Mountcastle,
Speaker 1: your two pixe Rico, let's chat.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Catcher. I put it off as far as I
Speaker 4: felt really comfortable because a lot of the guys left
Speaker 4: I'm not so huge on. But Stevenson does have the
Speaker 4: great lineup. Still, he's a good source of batting average
Speaker 4: behind the plate, which is pretty hard to come by.
Speaker 4: So I don't mind using a twelve round pick. Generally,
Speaker 4: I'll wait as long as I can, but it is
Speaker 4: starting to try up here. And then Ryan Mountcastle. It
Speaker 4: just comes down to really health because I think as
Speaker 4: long as he's playing, especially with the wall coming in
Speaker 4: and left in Baltimore, he's probably pretty easily a thirty
Speaker 4: home run guy. The lineup is supposed to be really
Speaker 4: great if you look at projections, and even if you
Speaker 4: just look at the look at it with your own eyes,
Speaker 4: it's gonna be a good lineup in Baltimore, and I
Speaker 4: think Mountcastle fits into the middle there. It could be
Speaker 4: a thirty and one hundred guy in round thirteen, which
Speaker 4: I'll take every day.
Speaker 1: All right. So after that selection is done, Michael Toglia goes.
Speaker 1: Francisco Alvarez, you took fought. We just discussed that. Ryan
Speaker 1: Pepio goes after that at thirteen oh six, thirteen oh seven,
Speaker 1: cronin Worth, Rhyese Hoskins, you, Darvish ten or how Camillo,
Speaker 1: Doval then tenor Scott where he land. I hope the
Speaker 1: New York Mets. We'll see Robbie Ray at thirteen thirteen.
Speaker 1: Then Ronaldo Lopez at the turn again. I'm not risk adverse.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw a dart at Brandon Woodriff because he
Speaker 1: would be my fifth starter, and if he has anything
Speaker 1: close to what he used to be, that could be great.
Speaker 1: Josh Young, I needed some help there at the third
Speaker 1: base spot. I'm gonna again lean towards the youth ear Sweeden,
Speaker 1: him and Paritis. I was going back and forth. At
Speaker 1: the end of the day, I took a shot on
Speaker 1: Josh Young. We'll see if it works out or not.
Speaker 1: We'll find out. Louis Arise goes next. Earmuffs Welsh. I
Speaker 1: know you're a big fan Mason Win also to the
Speaker 1: Wonky Penguins. So Robbie Ray and Mason Win. Robbie Ray's
Speaker 1: a guy that I tend to go after. I'm a
Speaker 1: little surprised, Wonky that you are dipping your toes in
Speaker 1: the pool of the Robbie Ray in twenty twenty five?
Speaker 1: Are you ready for all those strikeouts and all those walks?
Speaker 3: Well? See, you know how I just said that I
Speaker 3: drafted Walker to help with my era and whip, and
Speaker 3: I immediately was like, how can I undo that? And
Speaker 3: so I did?
Speaker 1: How can I self distruct?
Speaker 4: Yes?
Speaker 3: Yeah, yes, And even though I promised my fantasy baseball
Speaker 3: therapist that I would never draft Robbie Ray again, I
Speaker 3: think that it has been enough years now that I'm
Speaker 3: willing to ride that train and then begin to complain
Speaker 3: about it as soon as possible.
Speaker 1: There you go. I think that's exactly what is that
Speaker 1: what therapy is for, and just to complain about stuff.
Speaker 1: George Springer goes at fourteen oh four, Than Francis at
Speaker 1: fourteen oh five, Evan Carter fourteen oh six, Berlson nice
Speaker 1: value here at fourteen oh seven, Ranger Suarez, Shane Bose, Rafaela,
Speaker 1: then Jack Peterson to the wels kg pick. I'll let
Speaker 1: Welsh make his selection. Next Michael Kopek in that battle
Speaker 1: for the closer job JJ Bledeh, it's a fun name
Speaker 1: to say, and uh, pretty good second half from him too.
Speaker 1: Zach Efflin goes to Arico next, Essach Perees off the board,
Speaker 1: Estevez off the board at fifteen oh one, beginning the
Speaker 1: fifteenth round. Glaber Torres so Eflyn, Torres, Arico. Let's discuss
Speaker 1: your two picks. Another picture and Glaber Torres in a
Speaker 1: new spot. I think there's a good landing spot for
Speaker 1: him out of the pressure of New York. What do
Speaker 1: you think I like?
Speaker 4: I mean, Tores is going to play every day, even
Speaker 4: though the ballpark isn't maybe ideal for right handed hitter
Speaker 4: where you're trying to maybe hope for twenty plus home
Speaker 4: runs might be a little bit hard to come by,
Speaker 4: but it's an up and coming line. If Detroit's gotten
Speaker 4: better and better every year, you should slot somewhere in
Speaker 4: the middle, maybe even if we're lucky in the top
Speaker 4: third of that order. So I like him, especially because
Speaker 4: second base we have reached the cliff, folks, we're pretty
Speaker 4: much at the point where there's nothing really that great left.
Speaker 4: And then Zach Efflin. If you guys have watched or
Speaker 4: listened me for years, you know how I feel about
Speaker 4: Zach Eflin, especially like I mentioned earlier, with the whip,
Speaker 4: You're getting a guy who can still give you like
Speaker 4: a one ten to one fifteen whip. At this point
Speaker 4: of the draft, I've kind of punted pitching. So really
Speaker 4: happy to get eflyin here.
Speaker 1: Okay, Eflynn, Joe Rico Happy, everything's possible. Continuing with the
Speaker 1: next picks after that, let's recap Welsh's two selections. Dalton
Speaker 1: varshow goes then TJ. Friedel, Walker Buehler Welsh. He is
Speaker 1: now a Boston Red Sox so Peterson in Texas, Bueller
Speaker 1: in Boston. What are your expectations for those two guys?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it wasn't a great like season by
Speaker 2: when I say like regular season playoffs was a real
Speaker 2: big bounce back. We were starting to see like that
Speaker 2: Villa backup, We were starting to see that original Walker Bueler.
Speaker 2: There's just a lot invested. I think this is a
Speaker 2: really good landing spot, great offense division, kind of tough,
Speaker 2: you know, so you're gonna have to have that good stuff,
Speaker 2: you know, like Pitcher. Not to say that like the
Speaker 2: l West, I suppose isn't, but it's like, you know,
Speaker 2: every other day you're going up against the Yankees and
Speaker 2: then you're going up against Baltimore and then I mean,
Speaker 2: it's just it's a it's a rough spot. But I'm
Speaker 2: gonna bounce and buy into that playoff version of Walker
Speaker 2: Buehler and the investment so low. It's outside the top
Speaker 2: two hundred here, and I think there's a lot of
Speaker 2: upside and that again, that was kind of what I
Speaker 2: was looking for with some of these pieces. I don't
Speaker 2: need to play it too safe. I wanted some upside
Speaker 2: plays because I waited so long between that top pitcher
Speaker 2: and then getting into like my two SB two three.
Speaker 1: Nathaniel Low goes next after excuse me, yeah, Nathaniel Low.
Speaker 1: Then Cutter Crawford, than Nadyavaldi, Hasseiung Kim Porter, Hodge Hori
Speaker 1: Solaier at fifteen eleven, Jade Martinez at fifteen twelve, still
Speaker 1: free agent there, Max Munsey at fifteen thirteen to the Penguin.
Speaker 1: She's on the clock right now. Hayesu's Lozardo fifteen fourteen.
Speaker 1: That's a good value. I went and double dipped in
Speaker 1: the outfield again, Helio Ramos and Cedric Mullins. I want
Speaker 1: to take some more stone bases. This is rodo. Look,
Speaker 1: there's not a lot of guys out there feel good
Speaker 1: about the give you power and speed at this juncture
Speaker 1: in the draft. Mullins is one of them. Batting average
Speaker 1: could hurt me a little bit. Could he get squeezed? Maybe?
Speaker 1: So I like the pick. I don't love it. We'll
Speaker 1: see how it plays out, Tommy Edmund at sixteen oh two.
Speaker 1: Then Peng went back to you for Mackenzie Gore. Max
Speaker 1: Munsey Mackenzie Gore. Let's discuss these two selections here. Both
Speaker 1: maybe on the opposite ends of their career.
Speaker 3: I believe that they are. And yeah, I am looking
Speaker 3: at my infield and I do not like anything about it.
Speaker 3: But I went with Munsey just again, back to the
Speaker 3: whole Dodgers thing. And also he can he has some
Speaker 3: pop if his elbow stays in place, then I think
Speaker 3: that would be that would be okay. I did like
Speaker 3: Gore toward the end of the year. I feel like
Speaker 3: he has some good strikeout numbers if he can. You know,
Speaker 3: it's always about like maintain kind of keeping the walks down,
Speaker 3: keeping him in ball games. Maybe a little bit later,
Speaker 3: but I'm okay with him just as like a at
Speaker 3: this point in the draft, I liked him the best
Speaker 3: on the board for pitching.
Speaker 1: Certainly makes sense. After Kelly's selections, we continue on. Let's
Speaker 1: see who is next after you, McKenzie Gore, then Jose Burrios,
Speaker 1: Taylor Ward at sixteen oh five, Christopher Morell, Andro Semenez,
Speaker 1: Bryce and Stop Bobby Miller, Ronel Blanco. David Bednar goes
Speaker 1: at sixteen eleven. After Bednar gets selected, Oh, I just
Speaker 1: saw somebody go off the board that I wanted. Michael
Speaker 1: Garcia goes next, and then we have Taj Bradley, Nick Pavetta,
Speaker 1: Evan Phillips at six fifteen, then Jordan Walker at seventeen eleven. Arico,
Speaker 1: you took Pavetta and then went pitching again with Clark Schmidt.
Speaker 1: Schmidt was a guy in my cue because I was
Speaker 1: trying to collect all the Yankees but couldn't get them all.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about these two pitchers and your expectation for
Speaker 1: twenty five.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I needed to build out some more pitching depth
Speaker 4: with Pavetta. Still not sure where that's going to be.
Speaker 4: I actually think he probably does end up in Toronto.
Speaker 4: I mean, they'll end up getting him at the end
Speaker 4: because he's a Canadian, because there's nobody else available, whatever
Speaker 4: the reason is. I don't know why I feel like
Speaker 4: he ends up in Toronto. I know that's super analytical
Speaker 4: right there, but I think the strikeouts are still very good.
Speaker 4: The underlying numbers are all very good. It's just that
Speaker 4: home run problem. If he could shake that, even just
Speaker 4: curb it a little bit, he could be really, really great.
Speaker 4: So I'm not expecting a ton in round sixteen. But
Speaker 4: as starting pitching depth him and Clark Schmidt, I think
Speaker 4: there's been some worry that maybe Clark Schmidt doesn't have
Speaker 4: a rotation spot because the Yankees are a little crowded.
Speaker 4: There will be injuries, there'll be something with Stroman there,
Speaker 4: he'll start twenty plus times at least, So starting pitching
Speaker 4: depth goes Clark Schmidt and Nick Covetta is pretty good.
Speaker 4: Round sixteen.
Speaker 1: Round seventeen certainly does feel like that, all right, I
Speaker 1: am up next here continuing to take some shots. I
Speaker 1: have a question for you, Christian KNOSSI own Strand still
Speaker 1: on the board, a guy that we were very high
Speaker 1: in a couple of years ago, Welsh, where are we
Speaker 1: at with his value in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: I think you're in a good value range. I walked
Speaker 2: away from the AFL unimpressed with Strand. He's kind of
Speaker 2: playing all over the field. He still has you know,
Speaker 2: big hard hit, big barrel numbers. It's an incredible ballpark.
Speaker 2: You're playing every single day. It looks good. But you know,
Speaker 2: I remember even asking him, like, how do you like
Speaker 2: the outfield?
Speaker 4: How?
Speaker 2: I said, how's the outfield going? And he looked at me,
Speaker 2: He's like not good, Like he does like I think
Speaker 2: that stuff is in his head about where he's playing
Speaker 2: and stuff. I think it's a good risk. We're in
Speaker 2: a territory where take takes up shot plays here. You know,
Speaker 2: I mean, like, you want your core team, you want
Speaker 2: your core pieces, but don't be afraid to take some
Speaker 2: risks here. And Strand has thirty home run upside if
Speaker 2: things start to work out and he's hitting lefties and
Speaker 2: stuff like that, simply off of that ballpark. So I'm
Speaker 2: totally cool with if that's what you did and pulled
Speaker 2: the trigger on him.
Speaker 1: I did not.
Speaker 2: I just wanted to Okay, well good, he's an honorable player.
Speaker 1: Then well here you go. I didn't think all right,
Speaker 1: so Clark Schmid goes, Michael Walker, goes Giancarlo Stanton, wells,
Speaker 1: you took Bednar and then carry Carpenter. Carpenter lasted a
Speaker 1: little bit longer than I thought he would.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I'm god, thank god, because outfield is just
Speaker 2: another one of those that, like, I feel like you
Speaker 2: got to be aggressive on especially in five outfielder early,
Speaker 2: like these guys have been talking about. I wasn't, so
Speaker 2: I felt like I was kind of tapering back.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: I took Jock Peterson, who maybe doesn't get platoony, but
Speaker 2: he's just just such a ridiculous hitter against righty's in
Speaker 2: that lineup. He's going to do great, and I just
Speaker 2: needed more outfield help. And Kerry Carpenter is one of
Speaker 2: those eighteen homers in just under ninety games last year,
Speaker 2: big power output potential. Hopefully this you know team is
Speaker 2: going to be one of those big breakouts for this year.
Speaker 2: So I'm happy with Kerry Carpenter as my outfield four,
Speaker 2: but like I'm happy in retrospect, he would have been
Speaker 2: a better outfielder five, and he'd pitching.
Speaker 1: Q got abliterate. Nick Lodolo gone Rangifo, then goes than Bot, Naylor,
Speaker 1: Torkosen Byron Bucks, and Louis Severino was looking at that.
Speaker 1: Austin Wells goes, Soderstrom, goes, Connor Norby goes. I was
Speaker 1: thinking about him and said, I ended up with Cole
Speaker 1: Keith at the seventeenth seventeen fifteen pick. And then, speaking
Speaker 1: of taking shots, let's see what Jeffrey Springs is. I
Speaker 1: don't like when Tampa gets rid of pictures. Typically I
Speaker 1: like when they acquire pictures. So I don't feel warm
Speaker 1: and fuzzy about it. But let's throw a dart. Joe
Speaker 1: musk Ross making at darts, goes next. Carlos Correy at
Speaker 1: eighteen o three, wonky penguin. Look at this Carlos Correa sighting.
Speaker 1: Remember when he was like a second round pick? Those
Speaker 1: were the days for sure?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it told me, It told me he was my
Speaker 3: biggest boost. So I muted myself and I asked for
Speaker 3: Draft Wizard if it was sure. It was my biggest boost.
Speaker 3: I said, yes, so then I drafted him. But I
Speaker 3: think I need a little bit of average help, and
Speaker 3: he tends to bet for average, even if he bets
Speaker 3: for nothing else when he plays sorry, when he plays well.
Speaker 1: The caveat is accepted here after you took that selection.
Speaker 1: Let me just scroll through and then we'll bring up
Speaker 1: the picks. Here we have Carl's Carea, then Spencer Arraghetty
Speaker 1: at eighteen oh five, Shane Bieber We'll see how he
Speaker 1: comes back from the TJ surgery, Chris Bassett at eighteen
Speaker 1: oh six, Justin Martinez, Drew Rasmussen, Tyler Fitzgerald, William Gavin Williams, Parker,
Speaker 1: Mitch Keller, and then Merle our friend Merle Kelly Goes.
Speaker 1: Finally DJ Hurts, friend of the Show. I helped him
Speaker 1: all year. Love DJ, great guy. DJ Hurts constantly listening
Speaker 1: to the football podcast. We love him here on the show.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I heard from DJ a lot.
Speaker 2: I didn't hear from DJ charge the back end of
Speaker 2: the season, so maybe I gave him a bad football.
Speaker 2: AJ is an avid fantasy footballer.
Speaker 1: Big Fantasy football guy. Jeremy Pania eighteen fifteen. Then Jongho
Speaker 1: Lee at nineteen oh one, Lars Newbar, Joe Rico, you
Speaker 1: took the new Bar from Welsh. I don't know how
Speaker 1: it feels about that. I don't know if he's still
Speaker 1: on new Bar for all these years. But Dj Hurts,
Speaker 1: big strikeout potential, Lars new Bar a guy that I
Speaker 1: think we're all waiting to see, you know, maybe realize
Speaker 1: his full potential. Your thoughts.
Speaker 4: If new park can stay on the field, and if
Speaker 4: the Cardinals just put him at the top of the order,
Speaker 4: specifically against Righty's, then great things are going to happen.
Speaker 4: The on base skills fantastic, You get the power speed mix,
Speaker 4: the lineup is good enough where you know, we're talking
Speaker 4: round nineteen here in a fifteen team or fifth outfield.
Speaker 4: I think a lot of people will take him as
Speaker 4: a bench piece. Things could really break right for him
Speaker 4: and Dj Hurts I didn't even know he's a fantasy
Speaker 4: pros guy. But that's fantastic.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 4: But on top of that great strikeouts. I mean, the
Speaker 4: whole National's pitching staff actually was a lot better than
Speaker 4: you might have thought. Last year. Trevor Williams made some strides,
Speaker 4: Mitchell Parker came up and made some noise. Mackenzie Gore
Speaker 4: made some strides specifically down the stretch. So I like
Speaker 4: the organization. I like what he showed right off the
Speaker 4: gate and right off the bat, I you'd say, and
Speaker 4: he's somebody that I think I'm gonna have a lot
Speaker 4: of this year.
Speaker 1: Okay, well, let's recap your picks here. You made a
Speaker 1: few since last week chatted Jackson. Job goes next, then
Speaker 1: Brendon Donovan. You took Parker Meadows and Anthony. Actually Roman Anthony.
Speaker 1: Pardon me, I almost said Anthony Rendon for a second,
Speaker 1: and I was gonna scream at you. You took Roman Anthony.
Speaker 1: It's a much better pick. I guarantee you he'll play
Speaker 1: more games. So here you go. Well, if we were
Speaker 1: just talking about him seen as many people as the
Speaker 1: big time number one prospect, are you taking him to
Speaker 1: trade him? Are you taking him to play him?
Speaker 4: Now?
Speaker 2: I mean we're drafting bench you sentence in these mocks.
Speaker 2: Don't do bench if we're doing bench in here in
Speaker 2: the two seventies, absolutely like we're in the same general
Speaker 2: vicinity of a lot of these players. So you know,
Speaker 2: I got Parker Meadows as my fifth outfielder. So I've
Speaker 2: kind of locked that down power speed combo. I'm really
Speaker 2: hurting myself in batting average. But why would I not
Speaker 2: take the upside of a guy like Roman Anthony. There
Speaker 2: could be trade bait. The hit skills in Boston might
Speaker 2: really pay out. And it's just this is a great price.
Speaker 2: If he were to get the go that he's going
Speaker 2: to break camp, Roman Anthony is gonna move up into
Speaker 2: he'll push the top one hundred. So this is just
Speaker 2: getting in on that really really early.
Speaker 1: All right, getting in on it early. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: the next picks here. Ryan weathers Man, he lasted a
Speaker 1: long time. I surprised you didn't take him, Eloja Menez,
Speaker 1: Craig Kimberleam Hendrix, Luke Railey, Clayton Kershaw, Kumar Rocker, Brian
Speaker 1: Bayo to you, Wonky, why don't you talk about that
Speaker 1: while I make my picks.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I had him last year and he would do
Speaker 3: kind of either blow up or he would have a
Speaker 3: really nice start type of thing. And I feel like
Speaker 3: he's going to have some growth this season, I like,
Speaker 3: and I feel like he's gonna pitch a lot of
Speaker 3: Indians because they've kind of worked him up in that regard.
Speaker 3: So at this point in the draft, that's kind of
Speaker 3: what I'm looking for, like who might possibly throw one
Speaker 3: to sixty one seventy Indians. So I don't necessarily have
Speaker 3: to go out on the on the waivers looking for
Speaker 3: that because that won't exist in a fifteen team. So
Speaker 3: that was my thought.
Speaker 1: There you go. After that selection. Gabriel Moreno goes next.
Speaker 1: Then I took Nolan Chanal and Nestra Cortes, who does
Speaker 1: not pitch for the Yankees anymore, but Yankee adjacent was
Speaker 1: close enough. Now he's in Milwaukee, will see how he does.
Speaker 1: James Outman goes next. Walkee, what are you doing with
Speaker 1: your next bic heurere at twenty oh three?
Speaker 3: Oh, I don't know. I'm town between. I'm torn between
Speaker 3: three people and Jake McCarthy, Willy Castro and Jesus Sanchez,
Speaker 3: And once you're in this territory, you just kind of
Speaker 3: got to go with it. So I'm gonna go with
Speaker 3: Willy Castro because I like to have one guy that
Speaker 3: has a lot of different positional eligibility, and also because
Speaker 3: I saw the Twins played The Guardians last summer and
Speaker 3: Bailey op that was when the game as Bailey Ober
Speaker 3: got lit up and Willie Casher actually came in was
Speaker 3: the only twin to pitch a one two three inning.
Speaker 1: It's the small joys in life.
Speaker 3: It is the small joys in life.
Speaker 1: After Willi cashro Starling, Marte, Zach Gelof, Dansby Swanson, Michael Bush,
Speaker 1: Victor rold Blaze, Jeff Hoffman. If you could pass a
Speaker 1: physical somewhere, then we have Christian and Knossil Strong going
Speaker 1: right before Kristinal Kanassian strand excuse me, going right before
Speaker 1: Trevor's story to you Welsh, Yeah.
Speaker 2: I didn't care about that. I was happy with the
Speaker 2: Trevor story. But what I wasn't happy about was three
Speaker 2: guys in my queue in this round. I wanted Michael Bush,
Speaker 2: I wanted Dance Dancy Swanson. Let mean, its just value
Speaker 2: at this point. Michael Bush, and then I didn't think
Speaker 2: anyone was Jeff Hoffman. Like Jeff Hoffman, I got on
Speaker 2: maybe his arm and a couple orgs were given bad markers,
Speaker 2: but he's gonna close this year. So I was gonna
Speaker 2: take like a fourth guy just to kind of really
Speaker 2: lock that down. But it just went right in front
Speaker 2: of me, so I pivoted back. I just think I'm
Speaker 2: having a lot of Trevor's story. There's twenty twenty potential
Speaker 2: guy can't stay on the field, but now he's kind
Speaker 2: of a bench piece that I can kind of circulate
Speaker 2: through my roster. It's really good value in like the
Speaker 2: three hundreds.
Speaker 1: You're up again, so you might as well walk us
Speaker 1: through your selection or do you want me to recap picks?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 2: No, I think I know exactly where I'm gonna go
Speaker 2: because we're at this stage where we are. We got
Speaker 2: like four bench spots and maybe are pending. You know,
Speaker 2: if you guys have already filled out your major roster,
Speaker 2: I probably don't need to do this. But I think
Speaker 2: there's a big tier difference. I'm gonna take my catcher
Speaker 2: in Sean Murphy. The rest of the catchers are fine,
Speaker 2: Like there's like kyper Ruiz, Connor Wong I think is
Speaker 2: still out there, but I think Sean Murphy is like
Speaker 2: in a tier right above. There's no Travis Darnault. It's
Speaker 2: a great offensive lineup. They're probably gonna bring in Drake
Speaker 2: Baldwin to maybe kind of compete, but I think Murphy's
Speaker 2: got an opportunity maybe for a few more at bats.
Speaker 2: We know there's some big power potential in there, and
Speaker 2: then you're gonna get you know, Ronald Acunia higher in
Speaker 2: the lineup for run potential. So I liked getting this
Speaker 2: as my catcher for Sean Murphy. I'd have been if
Speaker 2: he would have gone, I'd have just waited till my
Speaker 2: last pick and just taken the last guy.
Speaker 1: So, just to recap again, Trevor story goes to Welsh
Speaker 1: at twenty eleven, then Estuary of Ruiz at twenty twelve,
Speaker 1: Andy Payas, who I really liked, I want to get him.
Speaker 1: Twenty thirteen, he's gone Estrata to a Rico Chas McCormick
Speaker 1: to end the twentieth round. To begin the twenty first,
Speaker 1: Hori Polanco than Eric Fetty. So let's talk about Estrada
Speaker 1: and Fetti Rico.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Tyro Estrada, Like, I don't know if I've ever
Speaker 4: been more wrong on a player than I was about
Speaker 4: Tyro last year. I thought he was going to steal
Speaker 4: a lot, you know, new manager, proficient and stealing blah
Speaker 4: blah blah. Hes still like four bases. He was terrible,
Speaker 4: But going to Colorado good place. To kind of revitalize
Speaker 4: your career. So I'm taking a chance on him there.
Speaker 4: Ideally he wouldn't be in my starting lineup. He's currently
Speaker 4: as a util, but that's kind of splitting hairs at
Speaker 4: the end of a fifteen team or don't really mind it.
Speaker 4: And then Eric Fetty was just so solid last year.
Speaker 4: I think that he took some things from the KBO
Speaker 4: really was able to translate them back to major league baseball.
Speaker 4: Is he going to be as good as he was
Speaker 4: last year? Probably not, but still a solid pitcher with
Speaker 4: a good defense behind him. Here as some bench depth.
Speaker 1: All right, I am making my selections and we are
Speaker 1: flying through the rest of the draft board. A couple
Speaker 1: rounds left here. Thanks for hanging out with us. Don't
Speaker 1: forget to subscribe to the YouTube channel. Ryan McMahon goes
Speaker 1: to twenty one oh three. A nice value there. Jake
Speaker 1: McCarthy at twenty one oh four talked about Sean Murphy,
Speaker 1: then Jose Caballero, Taka Yoshida, Kabrian Hayes, Garrett Mitchell, Jesus Sanchez,
Speaker 1: Davison del Santos at twenty one eleven, in Heimer Candelario,
Speaker 1: Ryan O'Hearn sal Frielick Connor Wong to me at the
Speaker 1: catcher spot, and Trevor McGill I think is going to
Speaker 1: be closing here for Milwaukee. Jack Sowinski goes next Wonky Penguin.
Speaker 1: You are on the clock after selecting O'Hearn, who is
Speaker 1: next for you?
Speaker 3: And then my next one is basically a different version
Speaker 3: of O'Hearn, but it's Matt Willner from the Twins. I
Speaker 3: think he has He's got twenty home run potential pretty easily.
Speaker 3: And again at this point in the draft, it's like, Okay,
Speaker 3: I guess I'll just go with a bunch of switch
Speaker 3: hitters who are going to be in platoons.
Speaker 1: Hey, well why not? But that's that's a good value there,
Speaker 1: and there's upside. Matt Shaw goes next a bray You
Speaker 1: then Puck Keller Nick still kicking around Jared Kelnick. You
Speaker 1: gotta give him credit. He's like, you know, just can't
Speaker 1: get rid of him. Nick Gonzalez, you have John Kenzie,
Speaker 1: Noel than Henry Davis justin Verlander to the Welsh. Do
Speaker 1: my eyes deceive me? You finally got a picture of
Speaker 1: your own age on your team?
Speaker 2: Well, you know what we found out? I am younger
Speaker 2: than Justin Verlander.
Speaker 1: Shout out to Scott making this selection better.
Speaker 2: He celebrated his birthday yesterday we found out he is
Speaker 2: older than Verlander. I'm still younger than Verlander. Verlander had
Speaker 2: a horrible season and things do not look good. I'm
Speaker 2: hoping for some small revitalization. It's an incredible ballpark for
Speaker 2: him to be in, and I'm hoping that's going to
Speaker 2: carry some of this. I needed some innings. I'm hoping
Speaker 2: to pick up some wins. I'm not like crazy optimistic
Speaker 2: about this, but you know, maybe a slight bounce back.
Speaker 2: But there's some horrible trends with him. I just wasn't
Speaker 2: in love with the pictures that are kind of currently
Speaker 2: out there.
Speaker 4: Happy birthday bugs, Yeah, that's.
Speaker 1: Right, our good palace gott bagman here next here after,
Speaker 1: let's see Justin Verland are still reeling from that. Joe Adell,
Speaker 1: Josh Smith, Kyle Man, the Manchild, and then earldest Chapman
Speaker 1: goes to Team one to begin the twenty third round.
Speaker 1: Joey Ortiz, Ryan Nelson, so Manzarto and Nelson so Joe.
Speaker 1: You know, they moved on in the off season, but
Speaker 1: they still brought back Carlos Antanas, So what does that
Speaker 1: mean for Manzarto this year?
Speaker 4: He was so good down the stretch in September especially,
Speaker 4: he started hitting for power, started hitting for average. It
Speaker 4: seemed like things started to click. I'm betting on him
Speaker 4: having more of a full time role than maybe we're
Speaker 4: expecting and maybe some of the projections they're expecting. I
Speaker 4: think the talent is still through the roof and I
Speaker 4: think they will find a way to play him more
Speaker 4: than a lot of people are thinking. And then Ryan
Speaker 4: Nelson the second half was so good. Well, she'll be
Speaker 4: more yeah able to speak on Ryan Nelson because he
Speaker 4: might be not currently in the rotation, but I feel
Speaker 4: like he's still gonna end up making kind of in
Speaker 4: the similar vein to Clarksmith. He's still going to be
Speaker 4: like a twenty plus start guy. I think.
Speaker 2: Right it looks like, I mean, they have to They're
Speaker 2: going to Tradejordan Montgomery, and once Jordan Montgomery's traded, that's
Speaker 2: going to open up the possibilities here. But that's the
Speaker 2: move that they got to make and they will.
Speaker 1: Okay, after those selections, you have Peven Smith, Griffin Jacks, Well,
Speaker 1: she took Rhee Olsen, who had a bit of an
Speaker 1: up and down season. So what are your expectations for
Speaker 1: him going forward?
Speaker 2: Yeah, again, there's you know, team context. I think they're
Speaker 2: moving in the right direction. He showed some really good
Speaker 2: signs in some spots this season. I think there's some
Speaker 2: good strikeout potential with resouls. And this is like, you know,
Speaker 2: bench starting pitcher. We're in the territory where if it
Speaker 2: doesn't work out early on in the season, boom, you're
Speaker 2: gone and you become a streaming spot. So that's what
Speaker 2: I looked at with him. Say with Verlander, to be
Speaker 2: honest with you, like if he's just like, oh, it's
Speaker 2: under eighteen percent strikeout rate again and it's a five
Speaker 2: erra siya, we're going to go to streaming. We'll stream
Speaker 2: guys like Ryan Nelson if they're floating out.
Speaker 1: That's right on this one, Max Kepler, Arcade Smith, Matt Strom,
Speaker 1: and then Brandon Marsh, Hunter Goodman, and Chris Martin. We
Speaker 1: have Jacob Young, then David Peterson. Look at that one
Speaker 1: of my guys there, Jason Foley. Then I selected Matthew
Speaker 1: Boy who just signed with the Cubs. Can he stay healthy?
Speaker 1: We'll see, But again just building out the w of bodies,
Speaker 1: and then I had to take a shot on Urropeerrize
Speaker 1: at some point in the second half. I'd like to
Speaker 1: see him healthy and making starts every fifth day. The
Speaker 1: talent is off the chart. Heston Kirstag goes next. So
Speaker 1: Walkee Penguin, let's talk about your pick at twenty four
Speaker 1: to h three, and then talk about David Peterson, who
Speaker 1: certainly had some really good postseason moments last year, and
Speaker 1: as a lefty you imagine is going to get at
Speaker 1: least a shot here in this Met's rotation.
Speaker 3: Well, the one I'm drafting now is this is what
Speaker 3: we call a dart throw. I went with Chris Bryant
Speaker 3: mostly because I was running out of time, and you know,
Speaker 3: again it's the same thing. If he can stay.
Speaker 1: I just want to say, you've got Carlos Korea and
Speaker 1: Chris Bryant on the same team. This would have been
Speaker 1: amazing in twenty eighteen.
Speaker 3: I know, I thought, and I thought that, like, maybe
Speaker 3: we should just throw it back for a second, but no,
Speaker 3: I with David Peterson. Again, it was this was a
Speaker 3: Draft Wizard pick. Like it said, this was my biggest boost.
Speaker 3: He had probably more strikeouts than anyone else, which is
Speaker 3: the one category that I'm kind of attempting to stay
Speaker 3: up in the top, which you can check, and I've
Speaker 3: been looking at it and I've just been ignoring whip entirely.
Speaker 3: So that is that's where Peterson came from. And then
Speaker 3: with Bryant, I was just like, you know what, I'm
Speaker 3: a Cubs fan. Let's throw it back to twenty fifteen.
Speaker 3: That would be even more fun.
Speaker 1: So there you go. Actually, I have to stand correct
Speaker 1: at twenty seventeen would be the last time both of
Speaker 1: them had a good healthy season. So it's only eight
Speaker 1: years ago. What's eight years Trevor Larnick, Then Jacob Wilson,
Speaker 1: Jeff McNeil, Jake Frailey, Andrew Benin, Tendi, Will Benson, iSER,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Kiner Falafa. Then we have Eduardo Rodriguez going to
Speaker 1: the Welsh Welsh. You think he can say healthy in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: I'm crossing my fingers that. I mean, there's a couple
Speaker 2: of these that are out there. But if he does,
Speaker 2: we know there's gonna be a huge value on Edwardo.
Speaker 2: He can at least be SP four on a team.
Speaker 2: If you get to that original side of it, and
Speaker 2: hopefully he spent most of the time just chilling out
Speaker 2: last year, so hopefully he's healthy, healthy for this year.
Speaker 1: All right, Michael Canfordo, David fried nueve A Marte tu A,
Speaker 1: Rico Vierling, then Victor Scott in the last round, David
Speaker 1: Festa another young pitcher here for Minnesota. So Marte another
Speaker 1: guy with a lot of upside coming off that suspension year. Joe,
Speaker 1: what are your expectations for him?
Speaker 4: There really are no expectations. Is just like he's my
Speaker 4: last position player on my bench. He might be fantastic.
Speaker 4: He might have been aided more than we would have
Speaker 4: hoped than by the PDEs. I don't really know. I
Speaker 4: honestly don't really know. He was dreadful down the stretch,
Speaker 4: hoping that he can bounce back this year. If he doesn't,
Speaker 4: he's an easy cut at this point. And then David
Speaker 4: fast Does is another guy in the same vein as
Speaker 4: DJ Hurts debuted look really good. The numbers below the
Speaker 4: surface are just fantastic. I know some of the surface
Speaker 4: numbers weren't quite as appealing, but especially after those first
Speaker 4: couple of rocky starts, he really settled in. So hoping
Speaker 4: that he is the number three, four, maybe five starter
Speaker 4: in Minnesota. But no pressure to somebody who can start
Speaker 4: twenty five times and do good things for you.
Speaker 1: Okay, recapping just the final picks here, as we are
Speaker 1: at the end of the very final round, Siri Verdugo,
Speaker 1: than Tobias Myers, to Welsh, Chad Green, Melendez, Kyle Ismael.
Speaker 1: Then we have Davis, Clay Holmes, Johnny de Luca, how
Speaker 1: you doin, Robert Garcia, Redebt Meurs, Brian Dela Cruz, and
Speaker 1: I took Jesse Winker last, so maybe a little powers
Speaker 1: the grade.
Speaker 2: I laughed out loud at the grade that I got
Speaker 2: and just say, I guess.
Speaker 1: Can I see? I gotta be down minus.
Speaker 2: Ely Further further, I got word So the thing that
Speaker 2: I love, I've always loved about it. It's like when
Speaker 2: I first started working with Fantasy Pros, even before I
Speaker 2: was ever full time with him, was like, I loved
Speaker 2: this board. I love the projection, stand out, the insights.
Speaker 2: It's my favorite thing. I love seeing the people that
Speaker 2: like the drafts, and I knew there were gonna be
Speaker 2: things that wasn't gonna like, but I got a D
Speaker 2: minus probably because of the Roman anthony.
Speaker 1: It was brutal.
Speaker 2: I will say this though I got a D minus.
Speaker 2: Though I ranked top five in stolen bases and saves.
Speaker 2: I also was high in homers in a couple of categories.
Speaker 2: It's all over the place about some stacks and what
Speaker 2: I could have done here and there. But you guys
Speaker 2: want to take a at the expert that loved my
Speaker 2: draft more than anybody?
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 2: You, Kelly, what do you think I was gonna say?
Speaker 3: Mayor Joe?
Speaker 2: What do you think me? Of course me?
Speaker 4: Of course hoot on the team.
Speaker 2: Of course I loved it more than anybody. Mike Mayer
Speaker 2: did love it the third most, as did Chris Towers.
Speaker 2: But the haters a lot of people I've done shows
Speaker 2: with and then host hosted. Scott White hates me. Piece
Speaker 2: of PA hates me. Kelly, you hate me and Andy
Speaker 2: Barron's not big fans big.
Speaker 1: I don't like my draft more than anybody else, So
Speaker 1: that feels pretty good. I finished at six. Wenky Penguin
Speaker 1: the winner amongst us. She finished third in this draft.
Speaker 1: Joe Alrico finished eleventh, right ahead of Welsh. You just
Speaker 1: snuck it in, Rico. That's got to feel pretty good, right,
Speaker 1: as long as.
Speaker 4: I came out ahead of Welsh after he took Gary
Speaker 4: Crochet for me, I'll take.
Speaker 1: Apparently Kelly Kirby likes my draft as well, because I
Speaker 1: did Brian Reynolds, Randy Rosarina and Carlos Rodan.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: What is what we're talking about here is the announcers
Speaker 1: on the back end here. It tells you the steals.
Speaker 1: It tells you, Hey, if I had taken Corbin Carrol,
Speaker 1: I would have been X number of spots higher. And
Speaker 1: these are the things that you can really start to
Speaker 1: hone your draft strategy. And that's why you were using
Speaker 1: Draft Wizard here for all these drafts. Uh, Halio o' ramos,
Speaker 1: Chanel and Connor Wong were all steals for me, Kelly.
Speaker 1: Since you're the big winner here, I mean, why are
Speaker 1: we talking about you should be talking about your draft here?
Speaker 1: Looking back at your roster, do you feel like you
Speaker 1: came away with a team that you feel good about
Speaker 1: for twenty twenty five?
Speaker 3: I mean it says you know, with my stack, you'll
Speaker 3: be training for Minnesota with your Carlos Carreo, Willie Castro
Speaker 3: and Matt Walner stack, to which I say, really, you
Speaker 3: think I'm gonna cheer for that.
Speaker 2: That's so exciting.
Speaker 3: Yeah, however, I did like my tip. I liked my
Speaker 3: drafts more than anyone else, and it said I'd be
Speaker 3: in the top five and five different things, So I mean,
Speaker 3: I'll take it. I drafted to some players that I
Speaker 3: obviously don't love, but in a fifteen team, I think
Speaker 3: everyone gets to the point where they have to. But
Speaker 3: I really like I like stacked. How I stack my outfield,
Speaker 3: and like you said, Michael King as an sp one
Speaker 3: is pretty I'm fine with that.
Speaker 1: So yeah, the outfield of Taptiste Junior, Duran, Brent Rooker,
Speaker 1: Riley Green, Lane Thomas pretty darn good. The infield Nailor Bogarts,
Speaker 1: Mason Win, Max Munsey, Soderstrom, and the pitching staff here
Speaker 1: Michael King, Yamamoto, Iglesias, Walker, Schwellenbach, Robbie, Ray, Gore Bayo.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a good group here from my roster
Speaker 1: here here, Connor Wong, Vlattie, Matt McClean, Lindor Josh Young,
Speaker 1: Brenton Doyle. Then you've got Brian Reynolds, a Rosa Reina, Hilio,
Speaker 1: Ramos Mullens, Nolan Chanal and then Dylan Ces, Blake Snell, Fairbanks, Joyce,
Speaker 1: Max Fried, rodn A little bit of risk here, springs Woodriff,
Speaker 1: a little upside, little risk. We'll see what happens there,
Speaker 1: Cold Keith, Trevor McGill, Cortes, Boyd, Eurie Perez Winker. Let's
Speaker 1: go through the Joa Rico team here building for the
Speaker 1: year twenty twenty eight, just like the Blue Jays, Tyler Stevenson,
Speaker 1: Ryan Mountcastle, Glaber Torres, Bobby Wit Junior, Austin Riley, Jackson, Merrill, Wyatt,
Speaker 1: Line Cruz, Low, Lars newpar Manzardo, and then the pitching staff,
Speaker 1: Ober McClanahan, Devin Williams, Dron Sasaki, Eflyn Paveta, Clark Schmidt,
Speaker 1: nuelve Marte. You know, for me this roster is we're
Speaker 1: looking through it. Joe. What stands out is you know
Speaker 1: you took the risk on Sazaki, but then you backed
Speaker 1: it up there with McClanahan, who could end up as
Speaker 1: your sp one.
Speaker 4: He could have end up as my sp one, or
Speaker 4: he could end up back on the shelf. That is
Speaker 4: the risk I've taken here. If I'm gonna go back
Speaker 4: and look at it through the twenty twenty vision. I
Speaker 4: would probably not have waited as long on pitching. I
Speaker 4: think Welsh just kind of screwed me up with taking Crochet,
Speaker 4: and then I didn't want to reach too far under Graham,
Speaker 4: and then it just kind of messed me up. So
Speaker 4: that is another thing that people should know, Like Welsh
Speaker 4: knows me, so he knew I was gonna take. So
Speaker 4: know the people in your draft room because there are
Speaker 4: certain pockets where if I don't take this guy here,
Speaker 4: he's gonna be gone, et cetera. So just another thing
Speaker 4: to keep in mind. But yeah, I think I waited
Speaker 4: a little bit too long on pitching, even though the
Speaker 4: scores were pretty good on the pitching side, I probably
Speaker 4: shouldn't have waited as long as I did, all.
Speaker 1: Right, and well, Sean Murphy, Christian Walker, First, Garcia, Elie
Speaker 1: Dela Cruz, rap Field, Devers, James Wood. That's a good
Speaker 1: grouping there, Lawrence Butler, Jock Peterson, Parker Meadows, Kerry Carpenter,
Speaker 1: Trevor Story, and then Garrick Rochet is your ace, Joe,
Speaker 1: Ryan Classe, Bedner, Alcontra, Jared Jones, Burndon, Fott, Walker, Bueller.
Speaker 1: This is a big upside pitching staff here, welshnes.
Speaker 2: Haters just a bunch of haters. It's a good team.
Speaker 2: I like your construction. I think there's some there's some
Speaker 2: question marks in here, but like I love my infield.
Speaker 2: I love my infield. I think my outfield is going
Speaker 2: to end up working. Am I pitching staff. Maybe there's
Speaker 2: some questions, but again it's it's big upside. I think
Speaker 2: there's stream ability. But again, like I'm gonna hit waivers
Speaker 2: in here, Galla haters is a good team.
Speaker 1: Well, it's officially baseball season. Welsh is unhappy, Kelly Kirby's
Speaker 1: beating us, and Joe Rico is still in his darkness retreat.
Speaker 4: So what do you do the light Joe come in?
Speaker 1: What do you think those of you watching on the
Speaker 1: YouTube comment below, which one of us has the best team?
Speaker 1: That's what we want to hear from you. Was it
Speaker 1: a Rico? Was it Welsh?
Speaker 3: Was it me?
Speaker 1: Was it Kelly Kirby? Like the Draft Wizard says, and
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