WEBVTT - Episode 383 - MLB Draft Recap 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.920 Episode three eighty three. 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:07.960 We are recapping the Pirates twenty twenty six MLB Draft class. 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:10.799 This is the Bucco Banter Podcast, brought to you by 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:13.320 the Just Baseball Media Network. 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:15.680 Cue the music. I feel one O one. 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:17.360 You see a couple of me in My Taste with 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:20.200 me and my lemonade because I let the way taste 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:22.759 Ben seas at the Pirates and he let me run 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:23.200 the base. 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:23.520 Yeah. 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:25.759 My time is like my money because I can't afford 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:28.639 to waste. Uh yee is alloyer take my date to 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.400 my dates or to stick by the plate syndic case 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:34.760 peptic case from my race at my pace, Claric Grass. 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:35.160 That is snake. 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.519 Welcome back to another episode of Bucko Bander. This is 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:44.120 an exclusive special episode if you will, because this is 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:47.440 not on the normal schedule. But there's some things happening 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.800 this past week. Jay and I went ham on the 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:53.960 draft coverage and we're gonna talk about it today. 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:56.960 But first, Jay, how are you doing? Dude? 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.360 I'm great because Derek Curle is I fits through pirate 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:01.840 or are you getting here? In a second, I've really 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:03.400 started to cover around on that pick. 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:03.720 Scott. 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:05.679 I'm excited to talk about this with you today. We 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:08.280 spent we spent a lot of time prepping for this 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.480 and then covering the draft itself. So let's talk about man. 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:15.240 Yeah, my, I think my fingers have finally recovered. We 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:18.440 were on phone yesterday for like hours, like just tweeting 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:21.480 out every pick, like pulling up the scouting reports, like 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.200 putting out our thoughts, thoughts that we already had written 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:27.080 out in our on our boards on some of these picks. 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:29.720 And uh, you know, I You're a god to get 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:31.040 that draft coverage anywhere else. 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:31.360 Guys. 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.880 I think this was This was pretty extensive and I 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:36.679 had a lot of fun doing. I'm already looking forward 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:38.720 to twenty twenty seven class, which we're already going to 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:41.360 start talking about here, probably in the next couple of weeks. 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.160 But I want to talk about the overall theme of 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.840 this draft, Jay, because this is the first draft that 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:51.640 Kevin Graves led after the couple of years of Justin 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:54.840 Horowitz saw some of the best draft classes in Pirate's 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:55.760 recent history. 0:01:57.360 --> 0:01:58.840 I could even remove the word recent. 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:03.160 I think brought back Seth Hernandez, he brought back Connor Griffin. 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:06.880 Franchise corner stones is what they're looking like at this point. Right, 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:11.800 Connor Griffin already secured the long term bag. But this 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:15.360 was a college heavy draft, a college pitcher heavy draft. 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:19.080 Out of the twenty one picks, fourteen of them were pictures. 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:21.720 Twelve of them were college pitchers, and not just any 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.399 college pitcher, A lot of them were college aces from 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:28.440 premier college programs. Right, we had Tyler Faye from Alabama. 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:34.320 We had Liam O'Leary from Saint John's. They went against 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.799 each other in a super regional. This year, we had 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:41.120 Jason DeCaro from UNC. We're gonna get into him, lots 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:45.440 to like about him, Grant Govell from USC. We also 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.680 had Rowan Leto from San Diego States. 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:52.640 A lot of very interesting names here, especially on the 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:53.320 college front. 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.720 Is that what like, obviously that's what you saw too, 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:58.560 but like, what are your thoughts on the whole approach 0:02:58.600 --> 0:02:59.920 to going college pitcher heavy. 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:02.079 So I'll be honest with you, I used to hate 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.120 this approach, Like in twenty twenty three, whenever they went 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.760 all in on pictures. Basically except for like Mitch Jeb 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:10.160 we don't have to talk about that part of the draft, 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:13.800 but whenever they went all in on on pictures, it 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:15.680 scared me a little bit, just because you know, you 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:17.480 started and you saw this issue with the Pirates in 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:18.960 the off season where that you start to look at 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:20.639 the depth start in the organization. It's like, Okay, you 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.480 got all these arms, but you have no bats coming 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:24.919 to help you, like at all, like none, And that's 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.680 something that can get scary quickly. But at the same time, Scott, 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:29.440 this is what the Pirates have done so well at 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:31.160 developing within the last few years. If you go back 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:32.800 and look at that twenty twenty three class, it was 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:36.000 Christian Curtis, it was Paul Skins, it was all kinds 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.120 of other people that are a lot more interesting as well. 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.280 And I was just talking to you about this before 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:44.240 we started recording. I feel like that team is, especially 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:47.000 the Pirates view starting pictures is less of a question mark, 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:50.400 especially out of college, just because like you kind of 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:52.440 know what the transition looks like. They're the stuff is 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:54.800 what you're searching for, and the stuff is what you 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:56.800 could fall back and bet on as opposed to a 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.760 hitter that's playing in a weaker conference or somebody like 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:04.480 and Lebron who struggles against sec sec hitting. The transition 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:06.360 give you a little bit harder and a lot more 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:08.560 question marks in that it's just a lot more quantifiable 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:10.080 to go for college pitching. 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.920 I think, yeah, absolutely, Like you said, you know what 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:15.720 you're getting, right, And these are guys that have competed 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:17.720 at the highest level at the college ranks, Guys that 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:21.520 could probably go pitch in Greensboro right now and feel 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:23.479 pretty comfortable. We've talked to some of these guys like, 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.960 what's the what's the adjustment, Like, it's like a It's 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.279 wasn't much different for playing in the SEC. 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.280 Right, it's a launching pad. Yeah, yeah, except for it's 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:32.200 a launching pad. Right. 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:35.719 So another topic I want to cover here too, before 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.359 we get into each pick. There's two guys that I 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.599 think as of right now, are probably not going to sign, 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:44.279 one being the eighteenth round pick, Malachi Washington, which was 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:47.080 one of the best high school bats in the class. 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:50.320 There was a couple of these guys who went in 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:51.000 the eighteenth round. 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.920 Dominic Santarelli went to the Mariors in the eighteenth as 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:56.760 well at a park few high school decorated high school 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:57.640 program in Georgia. 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:00.800 He's committed to L s Elis. 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:02.680 He's going to have a crazy class and we know 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:06.919 that they have just a huge pool of nil money, 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:11.120 more than most college baseball programs, so pulling him away 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:11.760 will be difficult. 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:12.160 We did. 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:14.599 There was an example brought up today and we mentioned 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:16.400 it discussing this. 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:17.200 Prep for the draft. 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:20.720 Britain Bishop was eleventh round pick a few years back 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:24.120 who posted he was going to Arkansas, who made it 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.120 very clear he was going there. In the last minute 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:29.640 signed due to the deal that they gave him. So 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:31.640 there's still a possibility that you could pull a guy 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:33.680 like this away. I'm a betting man. I would bet 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:35.920 all my money that it does not happen. And then 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:38.760 there's Andrew Duncan, nineteenth round pick the next round, a 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:41.200 guy that is probably one of the better bath theball 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:44.720 skills in college baseball the past year. Has you know, 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:48.960 elite center field or plus speed from Wright State out 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.680 of the Horizon League. Is committed to play at Tennessee. 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.440 Is a fiance that went to Tennessee. I think he's 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:57.960 very much so looking to go there. I think he 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.120 was even announced today that he is playing attending Tennessee. 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.520 So I think that's even a more for sure thing 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:05.039 than Malachi Washington. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:07.720 Yeah, definitely, which is a huge bummer. Honest. I mean, 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:09.719 Washington was always a long shot, but you never know. 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.120 There are some later round guys who do sign most 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:15.480 notably wasn't as late, but Cooper Pratt was originally supposed 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:17.520 to be like a second rounder and he fell. Milwaukee 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:19.359 Brewers took a shot there and threw some money at 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.160 him and landed him in the same class. George Walco too, 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:24.760 who some people listening to this one and I'll be 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:27.000 super familiar with. But it is a lanky, big time 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.120 power guy that Scott. You've got some friends that are 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:33.200 very familiar with He's working with them. Yeah, with George Walco. 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.039 So there always is the chance, for sure. But if 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:37.840 you're if you're a Pirates fan, I just wouldn't get 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.000 my hopes up here. Maybe actually I would get my 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.200 hopes up that maybe this is kind of a we 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:43.960 just want to get our name in your ear when 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:46.120 whenever we have a chance to select you again in 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:46.560 the future. 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.920 So yeah, absolutely, get familiarity with the organization the people 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:51.400 running it. 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:54.280 But let's let's start off here, Jay, because. 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:57.960 One the pick five of the draft first round is 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:00.680 the last time we'll be picking the top ten or 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:05.200 in the lottery. We got Derek Curiele from LSU outfielder, 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:09.159 elite bat the ball skills, doesn't swing and miss, super 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:11.680 advanced field for the barrel. A plays a really good 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.320 center field, high average, high OBP hitter. I feel like 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.720 the floor is super high. Here brings back shades of 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:20.440 Andrew ben and Tendee at Arkansas, maybe a six' three 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:24.080 version Of Stephen kwan at his best, right and a 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:27.320 guy that when we're looking at the, data the swing, 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:29.760 data maybe there's more juice in. THERE i don't know 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.120 If i'm going to say twenty five plus homers, obviously 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:35.880 but maybe there's double digit homers in there while staying 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:37.800 up the middle and hitting for high. 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.880 Average there's absolutely double digit homers in the, TANK i. 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:43.160 Think and this is somebody who quickly became like a, 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:44.840 oh that kind of seems like a little bit of 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:45.200 a reach to. 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:46.240 Me be this is a money saver. 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:49.000 Too this is one of the highest probability big leaders 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:50.320 you're going to find in the. DRAFT i think that 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:52.600 whenever comes to Drafting, scott that's what you're looking, for. 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:56.960 Right one of my, Friends, shandanahue texted me this earlier. 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:59.520 Today he, said you're not looking for you're not looking 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.840 for The All star as you're looking for the high 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:03.880 probability big. Leaders and if you're going to project out 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.160 a guy like, That curiel is probably the best best 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.160 chance you. Have AND i do want to go through 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:10.840 the data here as long as you're, Willing, scott we're 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:12.520 going to compare him to a couple of the couple 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:14.400 of the other guys in the class that we liked a, 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:17.720 lot or fifty three point six percent hard hit rate 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.080 from a guy who's not really a big slugger as 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.200 huge average exit velocity of ninety point five miles an, 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:26.360 hour zone contact rate ninety four point two. Percent there's 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:29.120 a the, elite there's are the elite contact stuff starts 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:32.880 to start to shine. Through, also his max exit velocity 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:36.360 of one fourteen point eight is very notable for somebody 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:38.720 who's not supposed to be a big time power thread 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.400 only with thirteen percent of the time in, zone by the, 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:44.680 way under six percent he whiffed last. Year and just 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:46.760 comparing that to a couple of other couple of our 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:50.840 other favorite college hitters this season BETWEEN A. J, Garcia Chris, 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.760 Occopian Andrew, burris who we thought was going to be 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:56.760 the pick very late there after The giants Took Jackson. 0:08:56.760 --> 0:09:00.080 Flora this is where he ranks in these. Areas out of, 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.920 these out of this group of, hitters zone, contact he ranks. 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.280 One hard hit rate he ranks. Second AVERAGE ev is, 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:11.040 third AND ev ninety is, third max ex and philosophy is. 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:14.120 Two he's first in with rate and first and. 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:14.600 In zone with. 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.640 Rate so for somebody who's hailed as this guy that 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.199 might not have crazy, power which is, TRUE i think 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:21.720 that there's a lot more in the tank, there especially 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:23.000 whenever you start to compare him to a couple of 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.000 those other people and you see that he's second in 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.080 MAX ev with these elite contact. Skills Oh andy plays 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.559 a seventy great defense, too with good. Speed, like this 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:33.520 is a very very very, good high probability big leaguer 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:35.559 who could be A Stephen kwan but better in the 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:36.040 big league some. 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:37.640 Day, YEAH i. 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:40.160 DO i think there might even be a higher ceiling 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:43.079 than A Stephen, kwan, Right, like, yeah it's just given 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:49.360 his frame and just the projectability there. Left but, Yeah 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.440 i'm really excited about this pick, man especially given that 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:55.760 he's about a chance to stick in center field long, 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:59.760 term or really good. Chance you, KNOW i Thought burris 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.160 was kind of your high upside play there and a 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.160 guy that a type of guy THAT i think the 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:08.240 last regime would have taken over a curial because they 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:11.200 took a lot of high upside swings and they hit. 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:13.480 Right Kyle griffin was a high upside. 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.760 Swing there was questions on the swing right, definitely and 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:20.840 it worked, out and it worked out really. Well but, 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:23.840 Yeah i'm really happy with this, pick AND i think 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.200 you've got to for sure big leaguer with the fifth pick. 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:29.280 Overall now here's where the next question comes. In it 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:31.280 is do you think they could save any money with this? 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.640 Pick because at first that was our initial, reaction and 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:35.120 the last NIGHT i was looking into a little bit 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:37.400 further and found out that he's A Scott boris, guy 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:39.440 which really started to turn me off a little bit 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.480 more to that, idea especially seeing how the rest of 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:43.200 the draft unfolded that we're going to see here in a. 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.560 SECOND i don't know that there's as many savings there 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:48.040 as we, think BUT i think there's gonna be enough 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.040 to lock down a couple other intriguing players we're gonna 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:50.480 see here in a. 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:51.880 Second, SCOTT i. 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.320 Think they could get a slight underslot. HERE i don't 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:57.280 think it's gonna be anything, significant BUT i do foresee 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:00.640 that being a, factor AND i think that to, them 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:04.160 to some other. Picks but it comes into question like 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.520 they didn't really make splashes on the prep scene right, 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:08.600 Now like they, didn't so like maybe it's. 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:10.800 Not maybe it's. Not that's WHY i say it's maybe 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:14.920 a slight. Underslot but we'll. See but the next pick 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:16.640 is going to Be Aiden ruiz. 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.440 Second roup pick pick forty, four a guy that we 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:21.560 talked about in a lot of our breakdowns here for the. 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.040 DRAFT a guy that sounded like a, pirate like he 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.240 sounded like a guy that they'd be interested. In Wyatt 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:31.000 stanford type. Pick this is a lightning fast hands in 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.800 the info with a quick, exchange above average arm strength at. 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.520 Centerfield possibly a seventy grade, glove possibly one of the 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.160 best gloves in the, draft if not the. Best he's 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:41.840 committed To vanderbilt next. Year prep guy From New. YORK 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:44.559 i think you know the hands right. Now it's more of. 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:45.079 A back to ball. 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.520 Guy hit over, power, obviously AND i think it's probably 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:50.680 gonna remain that. Way he's got a lot of physical 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.040 traits and athletic tools that could result in A Nick 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:53.800 allen type of. 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:58.960 PROFILE i think at the, floor but you. 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:02.440 KNOW i think there's there's some potential here with the, 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:06.080 bat that's some untapped. Potential what are your thoughts initial 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:07.760 thoughts on En ruiz at pick forty. 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.640 Four, Well i'll start off by saying that he was 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:11.960 one of the first guys The pirates draft that was 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.400 on our draft. Board he was a second round, target 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.120 a picked fifty, one so we just barely missed that, One. 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.240 Scott but there's a lot to like in this. Profile for. 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.199 Sure it's definitely somebody who's going to be a glove 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:24.400 OVERHIT i think you could say at this, point and 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:27.000 then especially a hit overpower. Guy but if you read 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:29.280 any of the scouting reports on, him for people that 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:31.440 have seen him and played against, him it's the teams 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.360 love him and opponents hate playing. Him that's really the 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.839 one thing that comes down to between the speed and 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.240 the hit, Profile he's just somebody that's gonna be an 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.439 annoying at bat and when he gets on, base he's 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.280 going to be a pest to keep it at first 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.240 base or second base wherever he ends. 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:46.360 Up and then in the field. 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.800 Too he's going to make a couple all star caliber 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:51.240 plays for, you AND i want to quickly mention this. 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.880 Too you AND i have talked in the lead up 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:55.600 to the draft a lot about the idea of getting 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:57.280 to two war and what that looks like for. Guys 0:12:57.320 --> 0:12:59.480 we're projecting these guys to be average big, leaders. RIGHT 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:01.840 i feel like you have a good idea where that 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.000 two war is coming from With, ruiz because even if 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:05.199 he doesn't hit in the big league s, CARD i 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:07.480 think he can he can get Some he can get 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:09.599 two war and his sleep by just being A google of. 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:10.120 Defender. 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:15.200 Yeah, ABSOLUTELY i think he gets sleep or sleepwalk into 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:15.520 that too. 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:15.840 War. 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.079 Right, yeah the question is going to be around the 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.040 bat and he's he's a little bit older for the. 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.240 Class he's nineteen years old at the time of the, 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.920 draft so he's a guy that could spend a little 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:25.480 bit of time on the. 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:27.480 Complex But i'm sure they're going to try to challenge. 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:27.880 Him and. 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:31.000 You know this IS i think this is the guy 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.640 That i'm not off based off of Anything i've. HEARD 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.080 i think this is the Guy i'm most worried about 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:39.760 in terms of, signability just because of maybe SOME i don't. 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:43.079 Know we're getting back to the last draft With servante's 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.240 a guy that was a highly touted prep pitcher who 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:48.640 elected to go TO ucla instead of signing with The 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:52.720 pirates in the second. Round maybe there's some just like paranoia, 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:56.880 there but he's committed A, vanderbilt a really solid program 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.280 and something they'll. Watch BUT i think this is a 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.160 guy that they could end up signing based on their other. 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:03.800 Picks IT'S ptsd for. 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:05.880 Sure back To, servantes we don't have to hide, that, 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:08.080 Yeah BUT i will say the one thing that makes 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:10.160 me feel pretty confident IS i feel like if anybody 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.040 in the draft is going to get the over or 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.679 like the savings that they have and be, overslotted it's 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:16.800 probably gonna Be. Ruiz AND i think that you even 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:20.400 saw that that attitude for them afterwards, too like they 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:21.880 kind of left themselves even a little bit of a 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.760 cushion with how many college arms that they, took because 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:26.920 you never know with a guy like, that especially After, 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.960 servantes he might cost you more than you. Think and 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:32.440 he really felt like they're one and only big time 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.280 splash aside from like one, Mediumish we're going to get 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:35.720 to you in a little. 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.120 Bit let's go to pick fifty. 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:41.200 One it was another second round, Pick Chris rembert out Of, 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:45.240 auburn a college. Bat this guy is a college performer 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.400 at THE. Sec his dad is an area scout for The, 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:50.520 pirates which was a cool. Story this is the guy's 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:52.480 a second basement through and. Through he has a chance 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:54.320 to play in left field if you in a, pinch 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:56.400 if you need him. To BUT i think that. Beat 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.200 the ball skills here are above, average and that was 0:14:58.200 --> 0:14:59.280 the theme with the college bats. 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.600 HERE i think the CLASS i. 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:04.320 Think he has a chance to grow into slightly above average, 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:10.800 power potentially as a second. Baseman you, know he's flashed 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:14.640 thumb exit velo's exceeding one to. Eleven it's nothing to sneeze, at, 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.960 obviously BUT i think this is another high floor pick 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:18.600 out of the college. 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:20.840 SCENE i think the first thing that stands out to 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.520 me is how quick the hand speed. Is, yes that 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:25.000 was one thing THAT i pointed out to you right, 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.160 away was just that the bat speed is ridiculous on this. 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:29.840 Kid and we have a, source honestly, too inside Of. 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:31.440 Auburn And i'll read you the text THAT i was 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.000 sent after this, says good player needs to clean up 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:37.760 his swing and get some. Lift but he's a contact 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.520 over power, profile fine defender will stick at second. Base 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:42.480 AND i feel like if you're looking for a high 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:45.120 probability big, layer once, again those are types of things 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:46.960 that you're looking. For if he cleans up that, Swing Pat, 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:50.080 scott that bat speed is going to PRODUCE i could 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:52.320 produce double digit homers if he just gets the right 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:55.240 blonde angle in the. Swing and he's somebody that LIKE 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.120 i think he was probably a little bit of an 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:59.720 underslot guy, there or at least an attempt at. That 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:00.960 AND i feel like that if that's the guy you're 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:02.480 going to take a shot, ON i feel like that's 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:04.600 pretty a pretty safe way to do that for. 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:04.880 Sure. 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:09.720 Yeah, ABSOLUTELY i MEAN i think it's again like this 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:11.520 is not a Draft i'm used to with the parents 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.680 taking like college performers at THE sec. Level i'm using 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.880 them taking high upside high school guys in this. Range so, 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:20.680 yeah a different, look a guy that could potentially move. 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.040 Quickly let's go on to the third, round pick. Eighty 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:24.840 we're gonna start moving through these a little bit. Quicker 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.680 Jason DeCaro out OF. Unc this is a guy who 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:29.640 was young for the. Class he's only twenty years old 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:33.360 hitting the. Draft you, know acc, arm six foot five, 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:38.320 frame works up the ninety seven features some impressive arms 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:42.200 time run with a well above average spin. Rates we'll 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:47.400 casually hold some vertical carry as. Well he's effective generating ground. 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:50.080 BALLS i think that the curve ball is his bread 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:52.640 and butter with huge spin. 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:54.440 Working off the. 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:58.600 FASTBALL i think just refining the secondaries is a huge 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.440 pinpoint for a pitcher like this out OF Unc BUT 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.560 i think he's a you, know there's a lot left 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:07.280 in the tank. 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:08.280 Here he's a master of his. 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.919