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Speaker 1: It is me Joey p That of course is the

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Speaker 1: Welsh and we are going to look ahead to the

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Speaker 1: future of Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 2: That's right. The Futures Game was this weekend.

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Speaker 1: The MLB Draft was this weekend, and for all the

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Speaker 1: people who love prospects, like the Welsh, this is pretty

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Speaker 1: much Christmas time. So we're going to open up the

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Speaker 1: presence that each organization seems to have under their own

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Speaker 1: respective Christmas trees, and we are going to see where

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Speaker 1: these guys fit, how long it's going to take for

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Speaker 1: them to make an impact in the big leagues. And Welsh,

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Speaker 1: I think we have to start here with the MLB Draft.

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Speaker 1: The number one pick, I think was kind of a

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Speaker 1: foregone conclusion we talked about on Leading Off Live last week.

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Speaker 2: I know there was a little bit of buzz.

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Speaker 1: That it might change, but I feel like that happens

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Speaker 1: every year and then we come back to normal. So

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Speaker 1: let's walk through the first here, and no, the guy

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Speaker 1: at the top was indeed Travis Bozana, who is the

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Speaker 1: guy that we thought should have been the number one

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Speaker 1: overall pick two.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and there was thought that he was not going

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Speaker 4: So, Joe, if you want to put.

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Speaker 3: Up that board here, we've got the first ten picks here.

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Speaker 3: The betting odds changed hours before the draft, and JJ

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Speaker 3: Weatherhold was the minus money place. You actually got plus

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Speaker 3: money on Travis Bazana because the thought was Cleveland might not.

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Speaker 4: Want to do the price tag.

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Speaker 3: But our first round ended up Travis Bazana at one,

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Speaker 3: Chase Burns at two, Charlie Condon fell to three, Nick

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Speaker 3: at five, Kansas City got Jack kagleon JJ Weatherhold at seven,

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Speaker 3: Christian Moore went to the Angels, Connor Griffin the High

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Speaker 3: School Bat went nine to Pittsburgh, and sever King went

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Speaker 3: a JJ Weatherhold maybe going over Bazana, but Cleveland did

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Speaker 3: the right thing. Charlie Condon falling to Colorad is like

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Speaker 3: a dream come true for fantasy. We'll talk about that.

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Speaker 3: Later the big power bat fell a little bit. Oakland

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Speaker 3: shocked us by taking Nick kirk We also found out

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Speaker 3: Oakland said after the fact Joe that Nick Kirks was

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Speaker 3: the number one player on their board in the spring

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Speaker 3: and still was, so they got their number one overall player.

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Speaker 3: And I'd say the other really interesting one besides Weatherhold

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Speaker 3: which no one expected him going out to the top five,

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Speaker 3: but he was announced as a two way player. Was

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Speaker 3: probably not probably not gonna mean too much. I don't

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Speaker 3: think he's I don't know if it really pitched. But

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Speaker 3: I had said this on the CBS broadcast. The Giants

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Speaker 3: I used the Giants's reference when I was on because

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Speaker 3: the Giants took Ridgid Crawford and Bryce Eldridge, both two

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Speaker 3: way players, both players they let or in theory, were

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Speaker 3: gonna let pitch and then they cut it and they say, Reggie,

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Speaker 3: you're now a pitcher, Bryce you're now a hitter. The

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Speaker 3: difference is Kaglion is a college player, maybe a little

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Speaker 4: Maybe they'll feel it.

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Speaker 3: But there actually were quite a few surprises in that

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Speaker 4: But the best thing.

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Speaker 3: About it was it was just good that Travis Bozana

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Speaker 3: did end up the best player ended up going one.

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Speaker 3: There was no haircuts and money shaving and anything like that.

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Speaker 3: He went number one, And we're going to talk about

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Speaker 3: him here in a little bit on my first year

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Speaker 4: Of first year player drafts where they slot.

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Speaker 1: Christian Moore went at eight to the Angels than the

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Speaker 1: Pirates took Connor Griffin at nine and sever King at

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Speaker 1: He was the number two player on my board of

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Speaker 1: but Kaglion was number two. And the fact that they

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Speaker 4: The the You know.

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Speaker 3: The interesting thing too, is there's a part of me

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Speaker 4: So they both have big power bats, but they both

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Speaker 3: But when you look at Caglione, his negatives thirty eight

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Speaker 3: So all this is to say he has a men's

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Speaker 3: that kind of fares. It's just a great destination. He's

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Speaker 4: It really is like a really good spot.

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 1: Next up we have the second round, picks eleven through twenty,

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Speaker 1: So Welsh walk us through here.

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 3: Detroit took Bryce Rayner at eleven. Boston they got a

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Speaker 3: huge value in Braden Montgomery. James Tibbs went to San Francisco,

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Speaker 3: Keim Smith fourteen to Chicago. Jerangelo his last name always

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Speaker 3: kills me. He's an ambidextrous pitcher Seattle, it's Sinjata. I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna totally screw it up. But Jerangelo, we're gonna get

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Speaker 1: But I have watched the ambidextrous pitcher. I saw the

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Speaker 3: Well also that they will let him do this, like

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Speaker 3: that's the thought is they're going to let him do that.

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Speaker 3: Finishing up sixteen PJ Moorlando Braylan Payne went seventeen to Milwaukee,

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Speaker 3: I thought could have gone ahead at Connor Griffin. I

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Speaker 3: while watching my stuff, you always love these confirmations. I'm

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Speaker 3: watching and I'm going, boy, this has Corey Seeger feels

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Speaker 3: The other one, Brandon Montgomery falling to twelve, was really

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Speaker 3: So that was a storyline. And the other storyline was

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Speaker 3: that middle part where Miami and then the Brewers both

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Speaker 3: Moorlando, but PJ Moorlando I did not think he'd be

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Speaker 1: If you want to know why the Marlins are always

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Speaker 1: It's just I understand they come a little cheaper, but

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Speaker 1: You have to wait for the development longer. There's so

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Speaker 1: It's been a Marlins thing for ages now and they

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Speaker 1: keep on doing it. Let's look at twenty They did

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Speaker 1: well in their last bit, all right, but like it's

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Speaker 1: through thirty. Here start with Culpeper. Here for the Minnesota

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Speaker 3: One, Yeah, twenty one, Kaln Culpepper College shortstop Vance Honeycutt

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Speaker 3: at twenty Sive ben Hess to the Yankees at twenty six. Right,

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Speaker 3: so Cash was twenty five, ben Hes twenty six, Dante

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Speaker 3: out the first round. The storylines here there were a

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Speaker 3: didn't like that. I don't really care about the catchers here.

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Speaker 3: What I will tell you is cam Keimminitty is maybe

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Speaker 3: the steal of the draft, falling down to twenty four.

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Speaker 4: I was shocked that he did.

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Speaker 3: I pinpointed that as maybe the best pick in the

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Speaker 3: because Cam Kimminitty nine to zero in high school, they

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Speaker 3: And I will tell you a guy that did not

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Speaker 1: All right, So landing spot matters, Talent matters, A lot

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Speaker 1: But we're gonna get in dynasty leagues and keeper leagues

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Speaker 1: I don't see it. I understand the stats are there.

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Speaker 1: Caglione is my two, and Connon to me is farther

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and just on sever King, like he's pretty close

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Speaker 1: But see, that's why I liked him, because I saw

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Speaker 3: So the actual big conversation, I know you're not as

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Speaker 3: It's just hard to not go on. Travis Bazana, I

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Speaker 3: Ninety six average exit velocity. That's an elite number. Only

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Speaker 4: Elite, elite spot. It is literally the best destination.

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Speaker 1: He's like Bizana with what more speed less power? Is

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Speaker 1: player for sure, and I think he could be a

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Speaker 1: great rotal player also.

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Speaker 2: I really like him all right.

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Speaker 1: Six through ten, who stands out to you the most

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Speaker 1: on this list. Maybe it's because you think they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have a quick path, or because of the landing spot.

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Speaker 4: Potentially it's great, just real quick nuggets, you know. Brad Montgomery.

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Speaker 3: There are some contact issues as I mentioned, but huge

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Speaker 3: power and Boston is a great landing spot. He was

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Speaker 3: outside the top ten. I love personally Bryce Rayner. I

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Speaker 3: probably will have him higher than a lot. It was

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Speaker 3: a pitcher even in high school, and the transition has

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Speaker 3: been new, but there's just I think there's so much

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Speaker 3: power and upside to unlock. Nick Kurtz is a safe play.

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Speaker 3: Twenty eight percent walk percentage in college, which is just

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Speaker 3: absolutely absurd, does not strike out, So this is a

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Speaker 3: This is a phenomenal border like baseline player, but I

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Speaker 3: think the upside is down. I personally freaking love Christian Moore.

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Speaker 3: You were talking about that offensive upside. Seeing some of

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Speaker 3: the updon in him hit for the cycle thirty plus homers.

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Speaker 4: Makes it ton of contact.

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Speaker 3: I think he could be super sneaky and Connor Griffin

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Speaker 3: by many was seen as the top high school bat.

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Speaker 3: There are some questions about how impactful his contact and

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Speaker 3: power is going to be, but the kids will eighty

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Speaker 3: seven bases in high school this past year, which is

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Speaker 3: absolutely absurd. So again, there's a lot of upside, but

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Speaker 3: I don't view him in the same vein as the

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Speaker 3: last high school guys like Max Clark and Walker Jenkins.

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Speaker 3: Would rank well above both Rainer.

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Speaker 4: And Connor Griffin.

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Speaker 2: I agree.

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Speaker 3: It's not a bad top ten, and there are some

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Speaker 3: names that are just falling out. One people are going

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Speaker 3: to know I didn't mention Hagen Smith. Some view him

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Speaker 3: in the same vein as Chase Burns. I have them

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Speaker 3: a little bit more separated. Slade Caldwell is another one

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Speaker 3: of those players. There's quite a few more. I am

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Speaker 3: constructing all of it, but this is the very very

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Speaker 3: early post draft. That's the top ten for first year

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Speaker 3: player drafts for some of you sikos that are drafted

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Speaker 3: like this week.

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Speaker 4: For your first year player in Dynasty. Yeah, those are

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Speaker 4: for the sickos.

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Speaker 1: Haigen Smith, to me, I think he's ended up being

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Speaker 1: a high end closer. I know people don't want to

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Speaker 1: hear that. I just think that's what he's going to do,

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Speaker 1: and that's okay. But if I'm the White Sox, like

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Speaker 1: that's not where I want to live in my draft

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Speaker 1: right now, with the way my roster is constructed at

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Speaker 1: the major league level, I want to get more position players.

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Speaker 1: So I thought that was a swing and miss for them.

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Speaker 1: Even though I like Haigan, I just don't think he

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Speaker 1: suits well for them, And I think the pirates with

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Speaker 1: the way that these Jones and schemes have come along,

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Speaker 1: I think that the fact that they went with the

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Speaker 1: high school kid was a mistake. I wanted somebody else

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Speaker 1: is going to contribute soon, and to me, he's more

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Speaker 1: of a project guy.

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Speaker 4: That's just my I might not be wrong about that.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Brad Montgomery would have made sense, but they

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Speaker 3: got White Sandford a little bit later, who I really like.

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Speaker 3: I thought Pittsburgh did a good job on hagen Smith

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Speaker 3: real quick. To your point, he's kind of a two

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Speaker 3: pitch pitcher. It's fastball slider. He actually looks like he

501
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Speaker 3: throws like Strider. But I don't know if the velos

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Speaker 3: will stick quite as much. But Lance Brastowski did a

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Speaker 3: really good breakdown too. And one interesting thing is how

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Speaker 3: hagen Smith relied on in zone missed contact and how

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Speaker 3: that's gonna work at the major league level because you're

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Speaker 3: gonna have a lot less guys miss inside the zone,

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Speaker 3: and when you're a primary fastball sider guy, we'll see

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Speaker 3: how it goes. But the interesting thing to think about

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Speaker 3: though on that is that they took Hagen's Smith the

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Speaker 3: White Sox did, and maybe that was the move that

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Speaker 3: makes him feel that bit more comfortable trading Garrett Crochet

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Speaker 3: at the trade deadline now, and maybe they can make

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Speaker 3: that a hitting package that they end up getting with

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Speaker 3: whatever team, whether it's the Yankees or whoever comes calling,

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Speaker 3: that they get a hitting side package built around that

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Speaker 3: because Hagen Smith they view as a future number one

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Speaker 3: to go with like Drew Thorpe and Hire Ariarity.

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Speaker 4: Just something to ruminate on.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's ruminate on the futures game too. Welsh

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Speaker 1: has some standouts he wanted to touch on. So Welsh walk

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Speaker 1: us through these guys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, if we're talking about prospects and we're talking about

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Speaker 3: draft there, let's talk about the futures game. Kind of

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Speaker 3: underwhelming overall. Your actual statistical standouts from the game. Cam

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Speaker 3: Collier ended up winning MVP. He had a kind of

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Speaker 3: majestic home run. His swing is looking more and more

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Speaker 3: like Raphael Devers. Just want to put out there, good

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Speaker 3: contact guy, lowering his strikeouts. He's kind of a sleeper

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Speaker 3: in that realm. Kyle Teel hit two doubles and really

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Speaker 3: might have been the sneakiest standout.

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Speaker 4: One of them was Drew Jones.

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Speaker 3: Kind of dropped one in center field, but he just

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Speaker 3: like this guy has power all fields contact again, like

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Speaker 3: you gotta love him. And Drake Baldwin ended up hitting

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Speaker 3: a homer. Kind of not on a lot of radars,

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Speaker 3: especially for fantasy, but it was an opposite field, opposite

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Speaker 3: ish field a home run, so he really showed off

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Speaker 3: the power. Those were your actual standouts, but Joe, there

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Speaker 3: were also some other players who didn't completely show out

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Speaker 3: that are worth talking about. And these guys right here,

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Speaker 3: these are my guys that you should watch from this game.

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Speaker 3: Bryce Eldridge is one of my favorite Dynasty prospects.

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Speaker 4: Didn't do anything nuts. He was one for two, he

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Speaker 4: ended up scoring a run.

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Speaker 3: But we're talking about all these big visitors, the Jack

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Speaker 3: Kaglions of the world and stuff. Bryce Eldridge was that

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Speaker 3: guy last year, the two way player who's now a hitter.

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Speaker 3: I really, I think you're like in the top fifty

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Speaker 3: in Dynasty realm for Bryce Eldridge, Roman Anthony. He wasn't

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Speaker 3: in the Futures Game. He was in the skills competition

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Speaker 3: and just an interesting anecdotal thing about his power. He

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Speaker 3: was in like sixth place going into this final round,

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Speaker 3: and the skills competition was, you know, bunting and hitting.

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Speaker 3: He ended up hitting like six straight homers and up

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Speaker 3: winning the skills competition and showed off absolute ridiculous power.

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Speaker 3: And that's what he has built around. And then a

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Speaker 3: couple of pictures I've been talking about if you listen

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Speaker 3: to me in the off season, Emiliano Toeoto pitched two

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Speaker 3: perfect frames and I don't think that had happened in

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Speaker 3: the Futures Game before. Guy going to and having perfect frames.

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Speaker 4: That was ridiculous. He is a guy that hits one

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Speaker 4: oh two.

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Speaker 3: James Triantos I talked about him with in my interview

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Speaker 3: in the off season, and Toyota's been working as a starter,

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Speaker 3: and oh my god, if he's a starter, he might

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Speaker 3: be crazy. But if he goes to relief, he's one

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Speaker 3: o two And you're met Brandon Sprout. He had this

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Speaker 3: really good, clean inning where he was touching ninety nine

569
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Speaker 3: in the Futures game and had a foul hit where

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Speaker 3: he broke the bat on the ninety nine and got

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Speaker 3: to pop out. Just very impressive. Those are all guys

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Speaker 3: that you should have maybe on your prospect radar here

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Speaker 3: that were in the futures game that weren't the actual

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Speaker 3: standouts that are going to be written about, like the

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Speaker 3: Cam Colliers and the Kyle Tels.

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Speaker 1: Nobody better than the Welsh when it comes to prospects

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Speaker 1: in my humble opinion. So luckily you get to you

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Speaker 1: here and talk and educate all of us some great conversations. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: can hit Welsh up two on exit is at the

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Speaker 1: Welsh if we have questions about these guys because he

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Speaker 1: gets talked about any of them for as long as

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Speaker 1: you need. Of course, continue to check out all of

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Speaker 1: his work at Fantasypros dot com as well. That'll do

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Speaker 1: it for us, But the story of the game goes

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Speaker 1: on for the Welsh.

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Speaker 2: I'm Joey P. We'll see you next time.

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Speaker 1: Kids.

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