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Speaker 1: Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is the

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Baseball Podcast. It is me, Joey p Joep Zapia

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Speaker 1: with me is the Welsh, and today we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun. I know we've talked to a

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Speaker 1: lot of big stars and big players with very high ADPs,

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Speaker 1: but we're gonna talk about the opposite today. That's right.

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Speaker 1: These are the hidden gems, the sleepers, if you will,

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Speaker 1: some of the guys that are going way too far

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Speaker 1: at ADP that we think are real gems that you

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Speaker 1: should be looking for drafting. And remember, if these picks

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Speaker 1: don't work out, you can always cut them for somebody else.

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Speaker 1: But every single year, Welsh, we know this, We've been

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Speaker 1: doing this forever. You draft some guys late, they end

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Speaker 1: up winning you leagues, being huge contributors, or even just

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Speaker 1: being contributors for a while where they can help you

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Speaker 1: out while somebody's recovering from injury or some other issues

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Speaker 1: going on. And that is a huge difference maker in

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Speaker 1: your fantasy baseball life. So I think it's really important

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Speaker 1: this might be the most important show you all year

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Speaker 1: to identify some of these guys going outside of the

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Speaker 1: one seventies all the way to eight hundred. That's right,

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Speaker 1: I've got put somebody eight hundred ADP. I think it's

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Speaker 1: going to change over the weeks ahead, but right now

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Speaker 1: that's where the kids ends ADP is on this one

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Speaker 1: guy Welsh, How important are these hidden gems that we're

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Speaker 1: going to discuss today for everybody's Fantasy Baseball livelihood?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you mentioned it. These are these can

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Speaker 2: be league winners. This is these are the guys that

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Speaker 2: attribute to that adage of like you don't win your

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Speaker 2: draft in the first round or the second round, it's

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Speaker 2: because you're finding great deals of guys that are going

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Speaker 2: to completely completely have big returns off of where you've

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Speaker 2: gotten them. And I mean, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 2: we can't have every single player have positive returns, but

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Speaker 2: you want to have as many as possible, and sometimes

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Speaker 2: do you just look and you're just like, why is

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Speaker 2: this guy still down there? One of the things we

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Speaker 2: do do here is we're using an aggregate ADP here

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Speaker 2: in Fantasy pros, which is using multiple sites different average

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Speaker 2: draft position, so you know, sometimes it could be one

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Speaker 2: site that drags a player down, but you know, we'll

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Speaker 2: also be honest a lot of people are going to

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Speaker 2: look at ADP's here, but there are tons of instance

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Speaker 2: as well, instances where you're looking and you're like, well,

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Speaker 2: this guy's average ADP on Fantasy Pros is this, and

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Speaker 2: it's even worse onto of the big major sites that

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Speaker 2: of these gems on these ADP deals.

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Speaker 1: wanted to kick things off with a pitcher at one

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so this is the only guy that's inside the

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Speaker 2: going to throw back out here. The highest of these

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Speaker 2: I think on fantasy value, he had some significant innings

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Speaker 2: This is a higher ish name, but he's still not

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Speaker 1: Still, all right. I'm an overachiever, So I started in

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Speaker 1: And the first one I want to draft is Bubba Chandler,

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Speaker 1: Let's go back to another guy here, number two fifteen.

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Speaker 1: If you like steels, well you'll like this next guy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Victor Roebliss. He's been on some of you. Chris

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Speaker 2: find them later. How about post two hundred thirty to

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Speaker 2: able to come back again. Victor Robliss a prime position

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Speaker 2: of this Mariners lineup, had a really great run with them.

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Speaker 2: There's a potential for ten forty this season, and the

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Speaker 2: spring hasn't been anything to write home about. It's kind

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Speaker 2: of like, you know, two hundred, I think some of

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Speaker 2: out like, hey, if I'm the biggest thing that you've done,

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Speaker 2: and Victor Roblos is the table setter for that. So

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Speaker 2: post two hundred, a forty plus stolen base guy that

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Speaker 2: can hit for average score runs, Yeah, maybe he's going

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Speaker 2: I mean there's your close to three high end categories.

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Speaker 2: I think he's a smashing deal. And I've seen him

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Speaker 2: sixty seventy spots higher. I think he is a prime

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Speaker 2: I mean, we saw Luis Garcia with the Nationals get

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Speaker 2: enough yet. And I really think he could warrant being

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Speaker 1: Well, Stolen bases are easier to combine now with the

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Speaker 1: rules changes, But if you're in a draft and steels

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Speaker 1: for Robless without a doubt, just kind of fill that

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Speaker 1: void a little bit and make up some ground. Next

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Speaker 1: on my list at three zero five currently Luis Severino

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Speaker 1: of now the Athletics the Sacramento Athletics. Are we even

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Speaker 1: calling them the Sacramento Athletics, I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I think like the Athletics, you see they're gonna wear

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Speaker 2: a Las Vegas patch on their Why the Sacramento they're

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Speaker 2: gonna wear a Las Vegas patch on their jersey?

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Speaker 1: Is it a nicotine patch or just like, yeah it

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Speaker 1: is lot after going.

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Speaker 2: To Vegas, it does seem like it should be.

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Speaker 1: Louis Severino last year had a really solid season. The

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Speaker 1: thirty one year old found himself again in New York,

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Speaker 1: but not for the Yankees, for the Mets. He threw

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Speaker 2: if it is you know, probably sometime this summer. Okay,

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Speaker 2: Gavin Williams, you know he's going to be in the

431
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Speaker 2: rotation and if it works out, it's super beneficial and

432
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Speaker 2: you're happy. And if it doesn't, then you cut him

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Speaker 2: and you can move on to some other type of streaming.

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Speaker 2: You know, give him some time to see if it

435
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Speaker 2: works out, but if it doesn't, you can go and stream.

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Speaker 2: That's why these deals become even bigger is because of

437
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Speaker 2: the shots that you can take. And Gavin Williams actually

438
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Speaker 2: might be a player that makes it more palatable to

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Speaker 2: take a shot on abubb a Chandler because I do

440
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Speaker 2: think there's more staying power with a guy like Gavin Williams.

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Speaker 2: And this Spring has been phenomenal, but these are the

442
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Speaker 2: type of guys hitting on these might enable you to

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Speaker 2: hold on to even abubb a Chandler. So just a

444
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Speaker 2: little bit more again, he is the Spring sensation. He

445
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Speaker 2: is moving way up though, so pay attention to the

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Speaker 2: costs because they are rising like crazy on Gavin Williams.

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Speaker 1: All right, I'm going to jump ahead to a name

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Speaker 1: on my list who's going further in ADP than some

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Speaker 1: In this segment, we're gonna bring on Max Meyer of

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Speaker 1: the Miami Marlins. Now, Meyer is a guy a couple

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Speaker 1: of years ago, I know Welsh was very high on.

460
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Speaker 1: My good friend Craig Mish kept telling me, man, this

461
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Speaker 1: kid's electric. He is going to be a big time

462
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Speaker 1: pitcher in the major leagues. Then injuries and then mismanagement.

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Speaker 1: It's been incredibly challenging to watch Max Meyer get bumped

464
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Speaker 1: back and forth last year between the major leagues and

465
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Speaker 1: the minor leagues, and all for the sake of what

466
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Speaker 1: saving his innings, his innings for what the playoffs that

467
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Speaker 1: the Marlins were never going to make. I don't understand this,

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Speaker 1: and I'm going to basically write off all of last

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Speaker 1: year for him because I want to hug him like

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Speaker 1: in goodwill hunting and say it's not your fault Max Meyer.

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Speaker 1: It's just not It was a terrible situation they put

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Speaker 1: him in, and then they were limiting him in the

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Speaker 1: minor leagues with how many pitches he was gonna throw

474
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Speaker 1: in certain things. Just let him have a regular season

475
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Speaker 1: and cut him off at one hundred innings, and that's

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Speaker 1: what you wanted to do. But pitchers are creatures of habit,

477
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Speaker 1: and that's the big challenge when you have a young pitcher.

478
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Speaker 1: They're trying to develop confidence. They're trying to get themselves

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Speaker 1: in a good spot here where they feel like they're

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Speaker 1: ready for the major leagues. And when you're not giving

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Speaker 1: him enough exposure to fail, you're basically putting them in

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Speaker 1: a failure position to begin with. So I know the

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Speaker 1: Marlins aren't going to be a good team, but Max

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Speaker 1: Meyer so far has had a very good spring. The

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Speaker 1: velocity looks really strong. I don't see a situation where

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Speaker 1: he's not in the rotation this time around, after all

487
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Speaker 1: the nonsense and containment last year. So the challenge for

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Speaker 1: the Marlins will be again when do they cap him

489
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Speaker 1: in terms of innings? And for fantasy managers, how big

490
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Speaker 1: of an investment do you make? Luckily, right now, the

491
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Speaker 1: adp is at three seventy two, so Welsh, you don't

492
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Speaker 1: have to make a very big investment on him to

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Speaker 1: find out if he's any good and the strikeout potential

494
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Speaker 1: is there for him. So even if the latter part

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Speaker 1: of the season doesn't look good, the first half could

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Speaker 1: be very good. But the challenge will be what does

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Speaker 1: he look like after the All Star break? How much

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Speaker 1: can he give you in a second half. That's the

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Speaker 1: challenge the Marlins will face this year with Meyer. And remember,

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Speaker 1: com Slash challengers to learn more. Welsh, let's get back

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Speaker 1: to your list here, and this is my favorite guy

506
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Speaker 1: on your list at two fifty nine. I've been drafting

507
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Speaker 1: this guy everywhere. He is hitting third, I believe in

508
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Speaker 1: the lineup this year, hitting in between Williadomas and hitting

509
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Speaker 1: after an in front of Matt Chapman. It's a great

510
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Speaker 1: spot in the lineup. He's got batting average, he's got

511
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Speaker 1: a little speed, a little pop last year didn't work

512
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Speaker 1: for jung Houley, but I am buying back in big

513
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Speaker 1: time on the cheap this year. And it looks like

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Speaker 1: you are too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you nailed it outside the top two point fifty.

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Speaker 2: The hitting three is huge. I think that's a huge

517
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Speaker 2: placement in this But I don't want to say it's everything,

518
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Speaker 2: because that can also change. He might just hit on

519
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Speaker 2: strong side. He might be hitting three. Sometimes they might

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Speaker 2: move him up. We also know that just where you

521
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Speaker 2: are in the lineup isn't like a guarantee for the

522
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Speaker 2: entirety of seasons. Guys are going to move around. But

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Speaker 2: what it opens up for a guy like jung Ulee

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Speaker 2: is he already he had the It's not quite the

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Speaker 2: Luisa rise or anything like that, but maybe Jacob wilsony

526
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Speaker 2: with a little bit more speed potential. But you have

527
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Speaker 2: this like, oh, this might be a points league's guy

528
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Speaker 2: where you know he doesn't strike out, he gets on base,

529
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Speaker 2: but he doesn't really contribute a whole lot in the

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Speaker 2: counting stats market. If you are hitting three, you really

531
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Speaker 2: got a potential to play a bigger role in that.

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Speaker 2: We're also seeing a little bit of that power. I

533
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Speaker 2: mean so far this spring, we've already seen three extra

534
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Speaker 2: base hits, which is positive. He's hitting three forty three,

535
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Speaker 2: he's walking more than he's striking out so far this spring,

536
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Speaker 2: and he's just got to stay healthy. So you know,

537
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Speaker 2: this could end up being like he hits ten homers

538
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Speaker 2: steals twelve bases, but maybe he has eighty run and

539
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Speaker 2: ADRBI or maybe the runs go up higher if he

540
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Speaker 2: moves around in the lineup. At the end of the day,

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Speaker 2: he's just hit. The ADP is super low for a

542
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Speaker 2: guy that's going to be incredibly high in the lineup.

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Speaker 2: He is a massively patient player. He doesn't strike out,

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Speaker 2: which should keep him at the time of the lineup

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Speaker 2: as long as he keeps getting on base, which he

546
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Speaker 2: walks a decent amount. So there's a lot positive for

547
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Speaker 2: Jung Houlee four twenty five OBP so far this spring

548
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Speaker 2: as well. That middle of the owner. It's kind of

549
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Speaker 2: like Lord of Skuriel. But to be frank, there might

550
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Speaker 2: be more upside with Jung Hooley as far as where

551
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Speaker 2: his batting average can go, and this applies also for

552
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Speaker 2: points leagues. He moves way up there, but Junghulee's ADP

553
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Speaker 2: feeling like it might be criminally low.

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Speaker 1: I would say it is, and I because I play

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Speaker 1: in a lot of points leagues, I have a lot

556
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Speaker 1: of Junghu Lee interests this year. And I will tell

557
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Speaker 1: you this as well, I love the spot in the lineup.

558
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Speaker 1: So this ceiling is limited for him, Like, he's not

559
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Speaker 1: a guy that's gonna, you know, be winning MVPs or

560
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Speaker 1: anything close to that. Now, A floor is very strong

561
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Speaker 1: in five categories, especially where he's hitting in that batting

562
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Speaker 1: order specifically. That's what I really like. You know, he's

563
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Speaker 1: gonna get runs and RBIs and he's going to have

564
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Speaker 1: soul and bases and some batting average like and it

565
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Speaker 1: seems like a really likable guy too. It's just everybody

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Speaker 1: in the clubhouse likes him too, and he's just like

567
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Speaker 1: a a guy you want to root for, which is nice.

568
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Speaker 1: And Jung Hu Lee again, criminally low, I think that

569
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Speaker 1: might be the best way to put it. Also criminally low.

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Speaker 1: How about a fourth starter on the Atlanta Braves Grant

571
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Speaker 1: Holmes at three thirty five. I don't quite understand why

572
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Speaker 1: this is so low. I'm trying to wrap my mind

573
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Speaker 1: around it. Now. I know in the minor leagues he

574
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Speaker 1: struggled with Walks a little bit. You saw that, you know,

575
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Speaker 1: walk pernin somewhere on the three and a half ish range,

576
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Speaker 1: give or take, last year was lower than two. So

577
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Speaker 1: that was a big jump. So was that the evolution

578
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Speaker 1: of Grant Holmes and finding something new with the major

579
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Speaker 1: league group there or maybe this was just a bit

580
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Speaker 1: of luck. So even if there is regression, Welsh, I

581
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Speaker 1: feel like Grant Holmes, when you look at what he

582
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Speaker 1: did last year, is a player that you could certainly

583
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Speaker 1: buy in on in this ADP. Two start weeks on

584
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Speaker 1: a good team, Eventually you get a Kunya back. Eventually,

585
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,120
Speaker 1: you know, this rotation gets Strider back. But I don't

586
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Speaker 1: think he gets bumped from this rotation necessarily either. I

587
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Speaker 1: think Holmes defined himself last year in the rotation looked

588
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Speaker 1: very solid, was very consistent. You look at the x F,

589
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,119
Speaker 1: the XCRA, all the deeper stats, they're all right in

590
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Speaker 1: line with the era. So I'm buying in on Grant

591
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Speaker 1: Holmes on the cheap, and I don't know why this

592
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,879
Speaker 1: ADP is struggling to find ground personally. Back to your list.

593
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Speaker 1: Here another guy who's getting converted from the bullpen to

594
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Speaker 1: the rotation. Another one of my favorite targets. Welsh took

595
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Speaker 1: another one from me. It's Clay Holmes of the New

596
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Speaker 1: York Mets. We mentioned about Sevarino in the turnaround for

597
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 1: him and I the turnaround for him. So far, so

598
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Speaker 1: good for Clay Holmes. I keep calling him Derek Lowe

599
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Speaker 1: with more strikeouts. That to me is what Clay Holmes

600
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Speaker 1: can be. And they're gonna need him too in this rotation.

601
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Speaker 1: So what's appealing to you about this ADP When it

602
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Speaker 1: comes to Clay.

603
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Speaker 2: HOLMESY are second straight homes. That's right, it's very Michael

604
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Speaker 2: king Ish to me. I mean, this is this is

605
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,359
Speaker 2: theoretically this would be the Michael King of this season,

606
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Speaker 2: a reliever who is going to be making that starter transition.

607
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:54,879
Speaker 2: So I mean the first question is going to be

608
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Speaker 2: about what the innings can be. But I think Michael

609
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,359
Speaker 2: King is another good barrier. This is also a veteran

610
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Speaker 2: pitcher making this move. He's had multiple sixty plus inning seasons,

611
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Speaker 2: so is it outlandish that he could push to one fifty?

612
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Speaker 2: I don't think so. The arsenal will be really interesting

613
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Speaker 2: to watch. You've got sinker, primary sinker, which is part

614
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,480
Speaker 2: of the low part. You were talking about the two

615
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 2: sliders that he throws. He throws it's kind of it

616
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 2: looks like bullety slider that's got just that lower trajectory,

617
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:24,919
Speaker 2: and then he throws this sweeper, and the sweeper is

618
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Speaker 2: the thing that really opens up the possibility of this

619
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Speaker 2: being like a Michael King transition. Even though his case

620
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Speaker 2: went down year over year twenty seven to twenty five percent,

621
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Speaker 2: the sweeper and slider both had a thirty eight percent

622
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Speaker 2: or higher with percentage. They're big strikeout pitches and he's

623
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Speaker 2: going to be stretching this out over the season. And

624
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Speaker 2: we've also seen really great results so far this spring

625
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 2: pulling this up. As far as his spring stats go,

626
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 2: he has had nine point two innings so far, pitched,

627
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Speaker 2: giving up zero earned runs. He struck out thirteen, walked four,

628
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 2: had a point six to two whip. He's also not

629
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Speaker 2: giving up any hits. That's not going to carry completely

630
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Speaker 2: into the season. But you know, if that sweeper does

631
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 2: what Michael Kings was doing out there, you might start

632
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 2: looking at like a real strikeout guy. And if you

633
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 2: get five percent walk rates, six percent walk rates, let's

634
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 2: say last year he had eight percent. So even if

635
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,800
Speaker 2: you go into sevens, but he get that twenty five

636
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 2: to twenty seven percent K percentage over a full season. Listen,

637
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 2: it's not going to be Michael King, but I think

638
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 2: that could be top thirty five, top forty overall sp

639
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Speaker 2: for a guy.

640
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Speaker 1: Michael Walka, and he's going outside a useful and.

641
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Speaker 2: He's going outside the top two fifty. And guess what,

642
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 2: the Mets desperately need his innings with their injuries, and

643
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 2: they can push that. So Clay Holmes is kind of

644
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 2: a must draft guide, especially to see if early on

645
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 2: this transition works out. But I'd also point out remember

646
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 2: how rough it was for Michael King at the beginning

647
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,120
Speaker 2: of the season. He did face the Dodgers last year,

648
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 2: so maybe you want to hold on a little bit.

649
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 2: But Clay Holmes is like a Muss draft guy.

650
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, a little rough start to the year for King,

651
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: but after that, I think we can all agree it

652
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,719
Speaker 1: worked out pretty well. Louis Angelecunya at three forty four

653
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 1: is my next pick here. Acunya last year a solid

654
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 1: year when he came up with the Mets. They only

655
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 1: played fourteen games there, but one hundred and thirty one

656
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 1: games of Triple A seven homers, forty steals, he only

657
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: had two sixty, So he'd like to see a little

658
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: bit more contact, a little bit more on bass skills.

659
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 1: But in the Arizona Fall League he tore the cover

660
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: off the ball three thirty seven batting average. He had

661
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 1: nine to fourteen ops in the AFL. Now the downside

662
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: right now with Acunya is he's not having a good

663
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 1: spring so far. He kind of needs to turn things

664
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: on here if he's going to force any Mets hands. However,

665
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 1: Jeff McNeil is always hurt to me. Jeff McNeil is

666
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 1: a bench player at this station in his career. He

667
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 1: is not an everyday player. I don't think he offers

668
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 1: you enough. Acunya has some pop, has definitely some speed.

669
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 1: He's a better defender, he's a more athletic player, younger player,

670
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 1: and the Mets are continuing to look like they're trying

671
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: to get younger and younger, and I think Acunia might

672
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 1: be part of that. Now watch carefully because Brett Baty

673
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 1: played some second base the other day too, So who

674
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 1: knows what things are moving around there and what could

675
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: be happening somebody else besides Jeff McNeil is gonna play

676
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: more games at second base than Jeff McNeil this year.

677
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: I'm telling you it's gonna happen. It's gonna come to fruition. So,

678
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,920
Speaker 1: whether it's Akunya, whether it's Beaty in a transition there,

679
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 1: who knows. Maybe Ronnie Maurisio could be somebody. But right

680
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: now Akunya is still at the top of my list.

681
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,560
Speaker 1: Let's see what he does in the next weeks ahead

682
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: in spring training before he gets sent down. But regardless,

683
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: long term, somebody else is taking that job. I think

684
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five. Next on the list of the Welsh,

685
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 1: it's a pitcher who's coming over from Japan for the

686
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 1: Baltimore Orioles. Now this guy's going outside the top three hundred,

687
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 1: A lot of unknowns and a guy who had some

688
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 1: I don't say down years, but seemed like he was

689
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 1: leveling off in Japan. Then last year had a terrific season.

690
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 1: Can that carry over for him in twenty twenty five

691
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 1: and we're talking about Sigano.

692
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, Tomo Yuki Sigano is feels like the last big pitch.

693
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 2: I'm I mean, they got what Eflyn and Sagano, it

694
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 2: feels like right now, because Grayson Rodriguez is dealing with

695
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 2: some inflammation and maybe they'll get some positive news. But

696
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,240
Speaker 2: you're talking about a pitcher that a team is going

697
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,719
Speaker 2: to have to ride the innings on all season. But

698
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 2: you're also pushing with this guy that has had an

699
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 2: absolutely phenomenal spring. He's coming off of a start where

700
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 2: he just pitched three innings, gave up no hits, no walks,

701
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 2: struck out five, and through all nineteen pitches for nineteen

702
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,959
Speaker 2: strikes as well. This spring, he's put up just some

703
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 2: monster numbers. This is before that last start, so I

704
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,240
Speaker 2: believe he's now over no this was his last start.

705
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 2: He's got seven innings, seven strikeouts, two walks, four hits

706
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 2: so far this spring, and all we're looking for his opportunities.

707
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,960
Speaker 2: This is a veteran who can push a bunch of innings.

708
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 2: He's had some really good strikeouts success early on. He's

709
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 2: not getting hit early on. We're looking for any type

710
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 2: of translation, and the Orioles need him absolutely desperately with

711
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 2: the deal Grayson Rodriguez, so maybe this strikeout potential is

712
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,200
Speaker 2: going to carry over into the regular season. This is

713
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 2: my first guy outside the top three hundred. I'm not sure,

714
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,479
Speaker 2: there's a ton of Post, a ton of Post three

715
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 2: hundred pitchers that are gonna pitch from day one that

716
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 2: you were gonna get like one hundred and fifty probably

717
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 2: easy innings with this strikeout potential. Again, if it carries over,

718
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 2: it's free. It's absolutely free. With Sigano, I'm trying to

719
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,720
Speaker 2: take him everywhere I can. I think he's also pushing

720
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 2: up a little bit, as you know, Grayson coming down,

721
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 2: gonna push him in the lineup and maybe gonna get

722
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 2: more starts. But I really love the strikeout potential. I

723
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 2: love the spring start, and I'm gonna bank a little

724
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 2: bit on this spring carrying over into the season for Sagana.

725
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: There's another guy who's got not high end strikeout ability,

726
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 1: but he's gonna have a rotation spot. No, probably not

727
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 1: a lot of path to wins, but I think Ryan

728
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 1: Weathers of the Marlins at three to sixty can at

729
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 1: least be a body in your rotation at the very least. Now,

730
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,040
Speaker 1: last year, eighty six innings for the Big Club, he

731
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 1: had a three six three R. Now, the XCRA was

732
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: a little higher, the FIP was more in the four range.

733
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 1: But even so, if he lands somewhere in the low fours.

734
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 1: I think in mixed leagues, it's still a guy that

735
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 1: you can have as a streamer. You play the matchups,

736
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 1: you played the two start weeks, and there's upside for more.

737
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: Ryan Weathers is a pitcher that they have high expectations for,

738
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 1: and at some point I think this year Sandal Contra

739
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: is going to get dealt to a contender. I don't

740
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 1: think they're going to wait on that much longer, so

741
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,279
Speaker 1: rotation spot for him is going to be safe. So

742
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: I've given you not one, but two guys on the Marlins,

743
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 1: and I know the Marlins. You know it's gonna be

744
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: a tricky season for them. It's not a great lineup.

745
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,399
Speaker 1: It's not at the Revy bullpen. But when you're looking

746
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,359
Speaker 1: for bodies to make some starts, we've had some big

747
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,359
Speaker 1: pictures already dealing with injuries, Kirby. You mentioned Rodriguez. We're

748
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:44,759
Speaker 1: gonna talk about Garrett Cole at the end of the

749
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 1: show because we you know, we've we've got to talk

750
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: about it because it's a big, big piece. But you're

751
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 1: gonna need as many starter as you could possibly find,

752
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,439
Speaker 1: just like every other major league team. So take some shots,

753
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 1: and some guys that have rotation spots, both homes guys

754
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: we'm talking about Ryan Weathers, Max Meyer, guys that are

755
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 1: going to have opportunities to take the ball over fifth

756
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: day that is at least a start, and hopefully they

757
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 1: can give you some quality starts in those situations. A

758
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,879
Speaker 1: couple more guys left here on the list. This next

759
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,840
Speaker 1: one at three thirty nine, Jock Peterson. That is a

760
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: player of the Welsh Picked and that's a guy that

761
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 1: I keep looking at late in drafts for pop. He

762
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 1: plays in a good Texas Rangers lineup. I don't get

763
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 1: why this ADP is quite so low on him. Welch,

764
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: do you well.

765
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 2: I think part of it is platoon. Part of it

766
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,919
Speaker 2: is he's util lonely. I think that holds him back

767
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 2: a little bit. But I've been saying this since we've

768
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 2: started doing videos. I think Jock Peterson is criminally underrated.

769
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,440
Speaker 2: On the strong side. Last year he hit two eighty

770
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 2: one with twenty two homers with the Arizona Diamondbacks and

771
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 2: that was in like three hundred and thirty something at bats,

772
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 2: So there's kind of an argument to be like, well,

773
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,719
Speaker 2: you know, he kind of does stink versus lefties. If

774
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 2: he gets more opportunity, which has been talked about with Texas,

775
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 2: that could lower some of the potential. Yeah, but you're

776
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 2: also just looking for as many as as possible that

777
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 2: I just think even if he is a strong side

778
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 2: platoon guy, at the end of the day, he's still massively,

779
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 2: massively more valuable than where he's going right now. You

780
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 2: can get mid twenty home run potential with high batting average.

781
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 2: That's the other thing is he's not like a two

782
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 2: forty batting average. He's sticking this in two eighty one

783
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 2: on the strong side is what he put up this

784
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 2: past year. Good hard hit numbers. He's not striking out

785
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 2: to an aggressive degree. He's walking, he's getting on base.

786
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 2: And by the way, it's Texas, it's a really hit

787
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 2: or friendly environment, and they're gonna put him at three,

788
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 2: probably on the strong side, three or four. If they

789
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 2: put him at three, you've got Seeger and Simeon in front.

790
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 2: If they put him at four, just therow Langford in there.

791
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,879
Speaker 2: All three of those guys getting on base, and they're

792
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 2: on base potential for Jock Peterson RBI opportunities through the

793
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 2: roof and then hitting behind him, about Adolius Garcia Jake Berger.

794
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 2: There there's plenty of run opportunities, and if they do

795
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,359
Speaker 2: play him in the field in any capacity, that could

796
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,879
Speaker 2: open up a few other opportunities. End of the day,

797
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 2: he's absolutely free three point thirty nine. You can take

798
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 2: him at the end of every draft. I know he

799
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 2: doesn't provide you position flexibility, but I would guess he

800
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 2: is probably going to be the best util you can

801
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 2: put out there unless you had invested obviously in like

802
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 2: Otani or Ozuna or something like that. But Jack Peterson,

803
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 2: when I don't get Brent Rooker and Ozuna and Otani,

804
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 2: I have to have it at the end of every draft,

805
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 2: or if I play in a multi util type of league,

806
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 2: even more, Jack Peterson hard to find that twenty five

807
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 2: plus pop at the very end of drafts, and it's

808
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 2: really you know, for daily leagues, I think it's even

809
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 2: more valuable when you can kind of move him in

810
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 2: and out. But the Rangers might put us in a

811
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,719
Speaker 2: situation where even weekly lineup leagues, Jack Peterson is going

812
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 2: to be a play every single week.

813
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: Next guy on my list is one of my favorite values,

814
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,399
Speaker 1: and uh, I think it's just prospect fatigue. I think

815
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,360
Speaker 1: that's what it is. This is a fork in the

816
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,879
Speaker 1: road season. But he's only twenty four years old. At

817
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: three sixty three, Kyle Manzardo, who's going to be hitting

818
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 1: three and starting at first base down of the jhel

819
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,320
Speaker 1: Or is gone, and he's hitting right behind Jose Ramirez

820
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,360
Speaker 1: so far this spring, I just want to point this out.

821
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: So far, he's had twenty two at bats, two homers,

822
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 1: five rby he's hitting four to nine with a twelve

823
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:14,240
Speaker 1: thirty one ops. Now, it's just spring, but spring matters

824
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: for guys that it matters for, and it matters for

825
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 1: Kyle Manzaro because he hasn't lived up to his potential.

826
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,839
Speaker 1: He's bounced around now more than an organization. So this

827
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,839
Speaker 1: is his opportunity to lay claim to the starting first

828
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 1: base job. Run away with it. Be the guy. You

829
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,759
Speaker 1: can't be in a better spot in the lineup than

830
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,000
Speaker 1: hitting behind Jose Ramirez. Right, You're in a great spot there,

831
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: except maybe hitting in front of Jose Ramrez. That's the

832
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,320
Speaker 1: only thing you might want more. But to me Manzardo again,

833
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: maybe just a little bit more patience is what we

834
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,720
Speaker 1: need for him. I know this is a player Welsh

835
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,319
Speaker 1: from the prospect world that you've been in on for

836
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 1: a while. But it feels like everybody's forgotten about him

837
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 1: because the ADP is telling me, I love buying back in.

838
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: If it's a startup dynasty, what a great value you're

839
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: going to be getting on him. But even in a

840
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 1: redraft league, if you're looking for some help at the corners,

841
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: Kyle Manzardo can be that guy. And I think it's insane.

842
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,320
Speaker 1: With the spring he's having that the ADP hasn't risen

843
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 1: quite yet. If he stays this hot, it's going to change.

844
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: But either way, he is an incredible value in twenty

845
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:14,320
Speaker 1: twenty five. One more name on each of our lists. Welsh,

846
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,040
Speaker 1: you've gone to the four hundreds. You're in the four

847
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 1: hundred section. You're up there with Bob Yucker trying to

848
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: see the game. Let's talk about it. Who is the

849
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: guy here at four point fifty two that you've chosen?

850
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 2: Now, this is my deepest play here. It is one

851
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 2: more diamondback and it is just a representative of my

852
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 2: maybe my lack of avoiding or my I want to

853
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 2: say love, but I guess I'm just gonna say it's

854
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 2: kind of my love for really high side platoon players.

855
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 2: I think Kerry Carpenter's in play, Jack Peterson's in play,

856
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 2: and Peven Smith is in play. And I've talked a

857
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 2: lot about him. Peven is going to be the Diamondbacks

858
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 2: Jack Peterson this year. He is going to be their

859
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 2: strong side platoon for dh He also can play in

860
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 2: the outfield. He can play first base as a replacement there.

861
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 2: He provides a lot and he and I've cited it

862
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:06,200
Speaker 2: a million times, but you're looking at like high contact.

863
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 2: It was like eighty five percent contact rate with one

864
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 2: hundred one hundred fifty ev which is your top fifty

865
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 2: evs were over one hundred. It was like eight players

866
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:19,920
Speaker 2: in the league that marked that last season with one

867
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,320
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty plate appearances are above and Pevin was

868
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 2: one of those, and actually uh Randall Gritchick was the

869
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,880
Speaker 2: other one. With just monster players, All that is to

870
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:33,439
Speaker 2: say is that Peven Smith is very representative of what

871
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 2: Jock was as a platoon player, and it's why they

872
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,239
Speaker 2: didn't need to go and get some lefty platoon guy.

873
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 2: And they're going to give him a lot of regular

874
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 2: bats and his position flexibility puts him in a little

875
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:47,279
Speaker 2: bit of a better spot than what was going on

876
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 2: with Jock Peterson, and I think he can hit lefties

877
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 2: a little bit better.

878
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 1: He is free.

879
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 2: If he does what Jock Peterson did, he will be

880
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 2: a top two to two fifty overall player. Maybe some

881
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 2: of those opportunities will get taken, but I really think

882
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,360
Speaker 2: he's a guy worth monitoring or in deeper leagues. He

883
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 2: is a deal because he is in that Jock Peterson

884
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,880
Speaker 2: spot and his skill set as far as contact rates

885
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 2: hard to hit rates go mirrored Jock. And again that

886
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 2: is why they did not bring Jock back, and they

887
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:19,400
Speaker 2: weren't worried about not having a Jock like lefty platoon.

888
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 2: Gritchick will play the against left hander dh Or in

889
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 2: the outfield and Peven will be that for the strong

890
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 2: side platoons. So Pevin Smith is my final of the

891
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 2: ADP deals.

892
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: All right, my last one. The ADP is eight hundred,

893
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,799
Speaker 1: that's right, eight hundred and ten. Why because he's not

894
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,879
Speaker 1: being drafted yet, and I want to emphasize yet here.

895
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: I have to say the spring, I have fallen in

896
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 1: love with a prospect and his name is Cam Smith,

897
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: and he is tearing the cover off of the base

898
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: ball and that might be an understatement Welsh. So far

899
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:55,800
Speaker 1: thirteen at bats, two homers, seven rbi. He's at in

900
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 1: six fifteen A, seven to twenty two ovp A twelve

901
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: thirty one slugging, and we're already making that transition of

902
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,919
Speaker 1: Altuve to the outfield. That seems like that's earmarked to happen.

903
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 1: You sign Eesack Paradise. Why because he can play second

904
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: and he can play third, but camp Smith should be

905
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 1: playing third base. I don't want to hear about Brennan Rodgers,

906
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:17,319
Speaker 1: non Reisler invite tee. I don't care. I've watched camp

907
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 1: Smith now and I know he went fourteenth overall. He

908
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: came over that Kyle Tucker trade. I think the Astros

909
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: might have saved themselves here in an enormous way. Not

910
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: only do you move on from Alex Bregman, you move

911
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:32,440
Speaker 1: on from Tucker, but well, this organization didn't have a

912
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 1: lot of first round picks because of the scandal, Right,

913
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:38,400
Speaker 1: so how do you reinvent yourselves by making an incredible

914
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 1: trade of your best player for a camp miss guy.

915
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:43,880
Speaker 1: I'm watching cam Smith and he reminds me of a

916
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 1: bigger version of Adrian Beltray. He hits the ball so hard,

917
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:50,640
Speaker 1: so hard at his explosiveness with his hands. He attacks

918
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: the baseball and there's very few guys like that. When

919
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,719
Speaker 1: when you see them hit the baseball, it just feels

920
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 1: like they're hitting the baseball harder. I haven't looked at

921
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 1: all the exit vlos, watching with my eyeballs, and my god,

922
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 1: this guy is exciting. I think it's only a matter

923
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 1: of time. I think your last pick in every draft

924
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 1: should be this kid. I don't know if he's gonna

925
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,799
Speaker 1: start the year at the big club because despite the

926
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 1: fact that he did play some minor league baseball last year,

927
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 1: only thirty two games. You know, he had five of

928
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 1: those games at Double A. The combined slash was three thirteen,

929
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 1: three ninety six six oh nine with one thousand ops.

930
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: He's probably gonna get some playing time in Double A,

931
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 1: probably a little season thing at Triple A. But Welsh,

932
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:30,799
Speaker 1: I am telling you this kid is coming fast to

933
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 1: the major leagues and I want him on my rosters

934
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five. You're the prospect guru. Talk about

935
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 1: Cam Smith for all the people out there.

936
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's a guy. If he didn't make

937
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:42,239
Speaker 2: the roster, we'll be talking about in April in May,

938
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 2: we'll be talking about like he's got to come out.

939
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 2: An interesting take too, if the Astros really want to

940
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 2: take it to the value of you know what they're

941
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 2: getting back from the Kyle Tucker is, let Cam Smith

942
00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 2: break with the team and if he were to win

943
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 2: Rookie of the Year, they would acquire a first round

944
00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 2: pick under that. I think it's the program. So if

945
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,439
Speaker 2: you have a prospect they have to like essentially break

946
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:06,319
Speaker 2: camp or play within the first like you know, ten

947
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 2: days or whatever. They'd be advantageous to do it, especially

948
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 2: because of what they've done with the roster. They didn't

949
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 2: go and re sign Bregmann, they didn't bring somebody else

950
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 2: in Pradies can go and play second and al Tuves

951
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:20,480
Speaker 2: looks to be a left fielder now. So it feels

952
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:23,319
Speaker 2: like they've done everything they can to make it work

953
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 2: for Cam Smith, not a non roster inviting in Brandon Rodd.

954
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 1: There's clearing the path. I agree. And you know what

955
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 1: else is interesting too, You can't even bet him right

956
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:33,040
Speaker 1: now for Rookie the Year. He wasn't even on the

957
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 1: board this weekend, which I think that's going to change

958
00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:39,120
Speaker 1: very quickly. But to your point, like, what are we

959
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,359
Speaker 1: doing here, if we're the Astros, if you could drop

960
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:43,320
Speaker 1: this guy in this order, and it reminds me of

961
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:45,320
Speaker 1: whenever the Longoria kind of made that jump and it

962
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 1: kind of shocked everybody, but he proved that he just

963
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,880
Speaker 1: belonged right away, like every Longoria was ready. That's the

964
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,040
Speaker 1: last time in recent memory of you know, and that

965
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 1: was a long time ago. That was that fifteen years ago.

966
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:56,560
Speaker 1: I don't know where we're at, but that's kind of

967
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 1: I feel like where we're at with this, where some

968
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,920
Speaker 1: guys are just ready. Cam Smith's probably not going to

969
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 1: break with the club, but if he does, it wouldn't

970
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 1: shock me at all. Dude.

971
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:08,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think the biggest thing probably holding him

972
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 2: back has been strikeout issues which he had in college

973
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 2: and stuff like that. But I mean, I would say,

974
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,319
Speaker 2: if they feel that they've got that covered, this is

975
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:20,360
Speaker 2: a college bat who moved up some levels. If I know,

976
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,400
Speaker 2: it's the Angels and we laugh, But if the Angels

977
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 2: are going to consider a guy like Christian Moore coming

978
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:28,880
Speaker 2: up and breaking camp with the team, I think I

979
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 2: think more teams have to consider this with guys like

980
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,880
Speaker 2: cam Smith, just simply because of the return, the potential

981
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,239
Speaker 2: returns that you can have on it, and if it

982
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:39,879
Speaker 2: doesn't work out early on, you send him down and

983
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 2: you can still control. There's still some contract control you

984
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 2: can have if you don't bring him back up if

985
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:46,840
Speaker 2: he shows he's super not ready. But that's the battle.

986
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 2: You have the Jackson Holidays who proved to be kind

987
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:52,319
Speaker 2: of epic disasters, and then you have the guys at

988
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 2: work from day one. I'd love to see it, but

989
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:58,799
Speaker 2: if not, like what we said earlier, Winter, take Cam

990
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 2: Smith at the end of your draft. Then if he

991
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:02,399
Speaker 2: gets sent back down, then just put him on your

992
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,800
Speaker 2: watch list for when he gets pushed up to Triple A,

993
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:05,919
Speaker 2: because he'll be up this year.

994
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:09,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, last note here before we get out of town today.

995
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: Unfortunate to use for the Yankees. They will be without

996
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:14,959
Speaker 1: Garrett Cole for the year. He's having Tommy John surgery. Now,

997
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,799
Speaker 1: wel I'm leading off last year. I might have gone

998
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:21,080
Speaker 1: on the record once or twice saying that this was

999
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 1: going to end poorly for Garrett Cole. Everybody told me

1000
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:25,440
Speaker 1: I was crazy. I was crazy, and then look he

1001
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,480
Speaker 1: did finish the year they went to the World Series,

1002
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 1: all that stuff. He never looked comfortable to me. He

1003
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 1: never looked like vintage Garrett Cole. I don't think anybody shocked.

1004
00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:34,840
Speaker 1: I think this is probably why they pushed for that

1005
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: Max freed and overpaid, so they knew they had somebody else.

1006
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,320
Speaker 1: So on the weekend before this news officially broke, I

1007
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 1: already bet the Boston Red Sox to win that division,

1008
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 1: and I feel pretty good about the plus three sixty.

1009
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: I think I got ed or three fifty. It was

1010
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:52,319
Speaker 1: pretty good spot there. That's moved obviously since then. But look,

1011
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:53,839
Speaker 1: this is a huge blow of the Yankees. You lose

1012
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:57,520
Speaker 1: Juan Soto, you lose Garrett Cole in keeper leagues is

1013
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: crushing news. I think it really forces the Yankees' hand

1014
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 1: to go out there and make a move for another

1015
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 1: starter sooner than later, because Marcus Stroman and the answer

1016
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 1: he just not. So how do you recover from this?

1017
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 1: If you're the Yankees? Here are you? Are you dangerously

1018
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 1: close to losing the window of the prime Garrett Cole

1019
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 1: and Aaron Judge. Has that just been shut? Was the

1020
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 1: high point last year's World Series?

1021
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:20,239
Speaker 2: One thing I want to clean up? Has it been

1022
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 2: because he's going for a second opinion? Has that second

1023
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 2: opinion been conferred? I just wanted to point that out.

1024
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 2: He's gonna have Tommy John. The first thing has been

1025
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:31,279
Speaker 2: Tommy John. There's a second report out that's saying that

1026
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:34,239
Speaker 2: he just wants a confirmation and then if that is

1027
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,319
Speaker 2: most likely, he is going to be out for the year.

1028
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:40,719
Speaker 2: Also to mention Gean, Carlos Stanton is a disaster and

1029
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:42,480
Speaker 2: looks like he's out for the year and they've lost

1030
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:45,160
Speaker 2: Louis Heel. Louise Heel is going to be out. I

1031
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:47,280
Speaker 2: don't believe you can throw for six to eight weeks

1032
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 2: and then he'll start a throwing program. So that's been

1033
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:52,560
Speaker 2: a disaster. So yeah, back to your question.

1034
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 1: Well, the first opinion to answer yours was Jim Bowden

1035
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 1: saying that they already got news that he was recommended

1036
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:01,839
Speaker 1: the first opinion for Tommy John. So second opinions. Has

1037
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:04,120
Speaker 1: there ever been a second opinion where they didn't get it? No? No,

1038
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:04,920
Speaker 1: what's coming here?

1039
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:07,360
Speaker 2: When you're going for second opinion on Tommy John? It

1040
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 2: never ends. Well, we just wanted to clean that up

1041
00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:12,839
Speaker 2: just a tiny bit. But yeah, I think you look

1042
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 2: at like three key players out of this lineup. Are

1043
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:20,239
Speaker 2: you hurting? This isn't the Angels with Prime Judge and

1044
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:23,799
Speaker 2: Prime trout like, they're not squandering it. They're just it's

1045
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 2: getting messed up.

1046
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:24,960
Speaker 1: You know.

1047
00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:28,399
Speaker 2: They couldn't bring Sodo back, and their star pitcher ends

1048
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:30,680
Speaker 2: up having Tommy John their big young rookie of the

1049
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:33,080
Speaker 2: year stud he's injured. So it's just it is. It's

1050
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 2: unfortunate luck. I'm not one hundred percent sure they're squandering it.

1051
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:39,880
Speaker 2: Where it'll feel squandering is when they don't make any trades.

1052
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:41,239
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1053
00:48:41,239 --> 00:48:43,880
Speaker 2: Ever thing well, when they when they look at guys

1054
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:46,560
Speaker 2: like you know, Spencer Jones and they don't take any

1055
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 2: of those assets and go and make a move, you know,

1056
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 2: and go and try to trade for a Dylan c

1057
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:52,719
Speaker 2: So they don't do anything like that, that'll feel where

1058
00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 2: it's like squandered. I think the best that they're going

1059
00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 2: to do is they there's a rumor that they reached

1060
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:02,000
Speaker 2: out to JD. Martinez about the Stanton stuff, but they

1061
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 2: couldn't come to terms. There's a few guys still left

1062
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,360
Speaker 2: out there. Kyle Gibson is still out on the market.

1063
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 2: I think they're just going to put band aids on

1064
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:12,000
Speaker 2: a broken bone, and it's pretty miss.

1065
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:14,320
Speaker 1: Good news community. He's going to lock in that rotation

1066
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:16,440
Speaker 1: for a while now, for sure, with all these injuries.

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Speaker 1: But this is a tough situation here for the Yankees,

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Speaker 1: with a lot of expectations. But again, this was inevitable.

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Speaker 1: I told you it was coming. I hate sometimes I

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Speaker 1: don't like being right, but this was already do But

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Speaker 1: I do, but I don't like what I'm right about

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Speaker 1: people being hurt. I'm just trying to do public service

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Speaker 1: for the fantasy community saying it's not going to end well,

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Speaker 1: and unfortunately it did not end well. But what is

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Speaker 1: going to be great Fantasy Fest. See that transition Wednesday

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Speaker 1: right here on the channel. Make sure you join us

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Speaker 1: win yourself a John Smaltz autographed jersey. That's right, Good

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Speaker 1: time's happening, lots of baseball still to play. Hopefully we

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Speaker 1: all stay healthy this year and that'll do it for us.

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Speaker 1: But the story of the game goes on for the Welsh.

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Speaker 1: I'm Joey P. We'll see you next time. Kids.

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