WEBVTT - 519 | Checking in on the Top 10 Prospects in MLB + Notable Promotions 0:00:01.720 --> 0:00:08.280 And he swags to high understand that. 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:19.799 Deep just center field, and it's gone, Wow, his first 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:23.880 big league swing is gonna be a gland slam, a 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:25.439 home line swing. 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:33.479 Good time to look to them. So welcome back to 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:35.960 the Call Up, your go to podcast on the future 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:37.200 stars of Major League Baseball. 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:38.960 You got arm Light and Jack. 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:41.360 McMullen, and we're gonna talk about the top ten prospects 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:43.600 in baseball right now. And we're not going to just 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:46.320 do the here's ten, here's nine, and do a breakdown 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:47.839 of them, because we talked about it. 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:49.960 We've broke down the top one hundred update. 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:53.199 Enough, but we kind of figured, hey, we are just 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:55.640 checking in on some of the top top dogs in 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:58.160 the minor leagues and how's the season going for them, 0:00:58.360 --> 0:00:59.920 what are the chances that they get promoted? 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:01.800 Where are they at in their development? 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:03.880 And I felt like that would be a very fun 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:07.000 conversation with the ten names that we have at the top, 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:10.679 especially because number ten is pitching like the best minor 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:13.000 league arm I can remember in a long time, and 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:14.840 then his organ made as number five. 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:18.680 Number four is on a heater after for his standards 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:19.360 a slow start. 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:21.600 Number two is having some ebbs and flows in the 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:23.840 big leagues, but showing some really good things, Like there's 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:27.000 so many fun things to dive into with these players, 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.960 so I figured, why not dive into some storylines and 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:34.440 talk about the top ten prospects overall for us in baseball. 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:36.600 One hundred percent. We got a couple of promotions as 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:38.119 well that I know you want to hit on off 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:41.000 the top. The o'gillan got the promotion, I saw Chase Harlan, 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.319 the Dodgers got promoted as well, So we can talk 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:46.680 about some of those other promotions. But excited to do 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:49.360 a different look at the top ten because with the 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:51.600 mid season update, you never want to do like and 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.760 at seven Max Clark. This guy's a really good defender 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.200 and there's more power every time you check in, like 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:00.520 it's just a rinse and repeat conversation. So excited to 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:02.200 take that new lens. But you want to start with 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:02.880 the promotions. 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:05.240 Yes, let's start with theo Man. 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:09.280 You talked about him a week or two ago about like, 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:11.200 is this a guy that could be you. 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.440 Know, minor league player of the year. Conversation. Now Eric 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:15.239 Hartman may have something to say about that. 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:18.080 Dude, He's already got it in the bag I am. 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:22.880 I I agree, unless I do think level matters some too. 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.320 If Fiogillen keeps doing what he's doing at double and 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.079 Hartman's at High A longer, it'll be an interesting conversation. 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:32.440 But point being, Fio Gillen's, you know, a serious contender 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:36.040 for this, and I really do feel like beyond that. 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.280 This is the test now, not the test to like, 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:41.880 will Theo Gillen be a good big leaguer? This is 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.880 the test of, like, will Theo Gillen stay on track 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:48.720 to be potentially the next top prospect in baseball or 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.480 potentially at least a top five prospect. I already think 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.440 with the way he's playing since our update, you can 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:56.160 start to make the case that our number nineteen prospect 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:58.760 is really closer to like our number ten prospects. A 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.200 couple of graduations as well help that, But I think 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:04.000 he's weak frogs already a couple of the guys ahead 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.680 of him, and I just I look at what he's 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:10.840 doing from a power speed, improved defense conversation. 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:12.440 Yes, we saw it at High A. 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:16.280 Now if Fio's doing that in the Southern League and 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.160 we're seeing the same things there, I think that's where 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:23.240 the prospect hype and the excitement around him kicks into 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:26.120 overdrive because there was just some like, Okay, well. 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:27.280 He's swinging miss a little bit too much. 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:29.280 I think that's maybe the one that and injuries are 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:31.120 like the one little nitpicks that you're like just kind 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:31.800 of waiting. 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:34.680 To maybe put that to bed a little bit. 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.720 Being able to perform in the Southern League puts swing 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:42.360 and miss concerns to bed pretty quickly relative to where 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.200 they would be at High A. You know, if you're 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:46.240 striking down around twenty three twenty five percent of the time. 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:51.160 Yeah, I mean, freak athlete obviously, And it's really fun 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:53.840 to see what this climb could possibly look like for him. 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:56.640 Do you think this is his final stop this year? 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.200 I mean, we've got some time to see a positive impression. 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:01.480 We're talking at the end of June right now, he's 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.960 got three more months to work with in minor league baseball. 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.400 I wouldn't be surprised if we see that the classic 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:10.240 like Double A season's over, let's go get you some 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.480 more games in Triple A because that season is still 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.080 going and he plays a full games. 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:17.160 Yeah, that's what I would imagine, because look, this is 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:17.880 going to be a test. 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:20.040 Like I wouldn't be surprised if there's a little bit 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:21.480 of a bump in the road. I also wouldn't be 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:23.360 surprised to be torches hit. We're talking about a guy 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:27.080 then fifty seven games, three forty two with four forty 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:29.240 nine five eighty nine slash line, a one sixty six 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:31.760 WRC plus twelve homers, twenty eight bags. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:36.120 It's it's crazy stuff, but twenty four percent k rate could. 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:38.520 Balloon to twenty eight twenty nine kind of quickly, just 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:40.600 because it's a Southern league. I don't think it will 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:42.760 with him with everything that I've seen, But at the 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:44.960 same time, like it is a big leap, this is 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:48.000 an exciting challenge for a twenty. 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:51.880 Year old here to really be able to prove like, hey, 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:53.880 I am one of the best all. 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.200 Around prospects in Major League Baseball, and I'm excited to 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:57.719 see more from the glove there as well. 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.159 And that's why the other reason why I think going 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:01.120 to want to get him a lot of reps. 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:03.160 And remember he only played seventy three games last year 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.400 at dealing with a calf injury and maybe some other 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:06.120 minor ailments. 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:08.880 So he's already coast to last year's total. 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:10.440 And I'm sure they'd love to get him as many 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:12.000 reps as possible this season. 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:15.280 I'm really excited about what DOUBLEA could look like with him. 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:18.080 Two other promotions that I want to hit on before 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.160 we get to the top ten here, Chase Harlan gets 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.880 the bump up to Higa Great Lakes from the Dodgers. 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.520 Chase Harlan spent the first couple of months with the 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:32.040 Ontario Tower Buzzers, not the Rancho Cupamonga Quakes. The Ontario 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:36.680 Tower Buzzers now age nineteen season for Chase Harland this year. 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.120 Harlan the third round pick in twenty four out of 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:42.560 high school in Pennsylvania by the Dodgers. But Harlan after 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:45.560 sixty eight games last year the complex in Rancho had 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.960 an eight hundred ops this year in fifty seven games 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:52.479 with Loway Ontario hitting three point thirty with ten homers, 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.600 forty six driven in walking nearly as much as he's punching, 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.920 and an ops over one thousand and ten to oh nine. 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:01.600 What have you made a Harlan season? And why do 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:03.719 you think it can continue? With great legs? 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.960 Uh, this guy's got some legit legit power, man, And 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.560 I don't even know if it's getting enough notoriety right now. 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:13.280 And maybe that's partly partly because he's been, you know, 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.440 kind of buried relative to the other prospects in this system, 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:20.280 Like Chase, Harlan's not one of the first eight, maybe nine, 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:24.200 maybe ten names that you're discussing in this Dodger system. Harlan, 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:28.880 at nineteen years old, has reached one hundred north of 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:31.520 one hundred and fifteen miles per hour on three different 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:34.640 occasions this year, one fifteen point six on a single, 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.200 one fifteen point three on a homer, and one fifteen 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:38.640 point two on a double. 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:42.279 That's craziness, man, Like, that's nuts. 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:46.680 We're talking about I think fifteen batted balls one ten 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:49.960 and above, and they're all it's not like straight into 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:50.360 the ground. 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:51.880 These are all in the air like these. 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:56.200 Are all extra base hits, homers or line drive singles, 0:06:56.839 --> 0:07:00.320 that kind of power. And it's not coming with you know, 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.520 a sixty two percent contact, right it's a seventy two 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:03.520 percent contact right now? 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:04.640 Is he a plus hit or no? 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:07.960 But if he's even fringy, I mean that that's seventy 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:10.200 raw power right there without a doubt. I mean, you 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.320 can make the case that there's room for even more, 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:17.040 and he's finding waft consistently and the approach has been good. 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.560 I think this is another player where it's like, okay, 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:23.280 clearly huge bat speed, huge power, physical guy that was 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.840 banged up last year and built on what he's been 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.320 able to learn last year, and just also I think 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:31.480 just getting healthy but now against high a arms, you know, 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.440 just just a little bit more whipt creep in as well. 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:34.520 I don't think so. 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.920 And I think he's he's really kind of figured growing, 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:40.840 growing into his body physically, but also kind of figuring 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.280 out who he is as a hitter. It's there's a 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:46.000 field to airpool, but because of the bat speed he generates, 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:47.600 he can just clip balls that carry out. 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:47.920 The other way. 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:51.040 This guy could be a monster if the hit tool 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:53.680 doesn't like degrade, you know at these higher levels, which 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:55.640 I don't think it will because for how powerful he 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.200 is at such a young age, he's not that stiff. 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:02.880 So this is another really fun up arrow prospect with 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:06.920 top one hundred type of upside very quickly. There's not 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:09.320 a lot of guys at the lower levels at one fifteen. 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.000 Several times already this year. 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.160 Only other guy that we want to talk about that 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.320 is outside the top ten before we get into the 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.280 top ten and how they are doing Merrick Houston and Minnesota. 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.160 Houston officially got a bump up to double A Wichita 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:25.440 from High A Cedar Rapids. Mark Houston last year right 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:29.520 sixteenth overall pick by Minnesota in twenty five and twenty 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:32.760 four games. He struggled in pro ball. It was twelve 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.079 games at four Myers, twelve games in Cedar Rapids, but 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:38.040 off a ten to fifty five ops at Wake in 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.079 his draft year in twenty five so far this year 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:44.319 in fifty six games in High A, hitting three twenty five, 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.800 just five homers, but twenty four for twenty six in 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:49.320 the stolen based department, getting on base at a clip 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:52.920 over four hundred and an eight seventy ops for Mark Houston, 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.079 and now he gets to go up to double A. 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:59.920 Do you foresee maybe some growing pains for Marik Houston. 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.400 I think those were kind of last year, you know. 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:07.679 I think there's a lot of improvement this year in 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:09.000 the areas that you'd want to see. 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:09.200 Right. 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.199 This is like a whiz of a defender at shortstop, 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:15.120 which is why he was always so valuable, despite the 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.280 fact that coming out of the draft there was questions 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.000 of like, you know, is this like twenty like maybe 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:21.360 thirty at best grade power? 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:23.880 Is this going to be somebody that hits a lot 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:24.719 of homers for you know? 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:27.360 But I felt like that at points the quality of 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.280 contact was so light that you're like, he's just going 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.120 to kind of get frustrated with the balls even he 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.360 hits well in the gap, just dying and maybe not 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:36.640 being able to sneak balls through as much and whatever 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:38.400 it may be. Like, I think we saw a little 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.719 bit of that even in the brief pro debut. But 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.440 this year, man, I think it's been a lot better 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.319 across the board. He continues to look like that fantastic 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:49.079 defender that he is at shortstop, and he's giving you 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:51.240 value on the base pats as well, twenty four for 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:54.480 twenty six, and the stolen base department is as efficient 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:55.040 as they come. 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:56.560 But average EXI velocity. 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:58.520 I know we're working with a small sample last year, 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.319 but up three miles per and even from the college numbers, 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:03.120 I think there's some better specs on the bat of 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:06.319 ball data. A hard hit rate up sixteen percent and 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:08.719 he's pulling the ball in the air more consistently. He 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.280 doesn't need to be much more than you know, close 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:13.640 to an average league. He could be a ninety five 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:15.760 WRC plus and have a long career because of the 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.120 defense and the speed. But if he's a one oh 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.920 five WRC plus, he's going to be a multi one 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.200 shorts oot for a long time. So this is another 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.719 player where it's like, okay, college bat with polished back 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:27.719 to ball. I just want to see what double A 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.280 looks like for you, because if you can maintain that 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:32.880 you know, advanced bat to ball, then you're going to 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:35.760 be on that high floor, you know, crash course to 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:37.520 be able to impact the major leagues. 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:39.080 That's the last thing we're waiting on those. 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:41.920 Can you just maintain those really solid bat to ball 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.360 specs and the improved quality of contact at double A 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:46.280 being that you are a college bat. 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.319 Yeah, all right, let's pivot into the top ten here, 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:53.079 and let's talk about the best arm for the Arkansas 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:56.000 Travelers at double A for the Seattle Mariners, And for 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.760 your money, you just said it maybe the best arm 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:00.800 in minor league baseball that you've seen in a long time. 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:02.520 And I'm going to put this to the test, you 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.880 said ten minutes ago, he's pitching like the best minor 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.920 league arm I've seen in a long time. Pade Anderson, 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:11.920 the left hander and the number three overall pick by 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:15.880 the Seattle Mariners last year out of LSU. Anderson, in 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:20.079 his last five starts has not allowed a run, not 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:22.720 only an unearned run, but has not allowed a run. 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.520 It's twenty seven and two thirds scoreless over his last 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:30.120 five starts. This guy in three starts in June five 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:32.640 innings a one hit shut up ball, six and two 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:35.360 thirds a three hit shutout ball, and six innings a 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:38.280 two hit shutout ball. So so far in three starts 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:42.440 in June, opponents are six for fifty eight against him. 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:45.280 That's a one zero three batting average against. He's walked 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:48.719 one guy and punched out twenty three in seventeen and 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.719 two thirds, so that's a zero point four whip and 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.120 over his last five turns. Doing a quick tally here, 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:59.120 twenty three plus sixteen is thirty nine and he's walked 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.920 three thirty nine to three in the k to bb 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:05.600 department in his last five starts, again, no runs. Opponents 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:08.360 are hitting right around one hundred against him over this 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.360 stretch and on the year, in sixty one and two 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:14.760 thirds innings in double A across twelve starts, He's got 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.840 a one point h two ERA. Opponents are hitting one 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.360 fifty two against him. He's allowed two home runs, and 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:24.880 he has ninety punch outs to eight walks. And the 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.560 craziest thing is looking at the strikeout to walk month 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:30.520 by month for him, because it's not like he had 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.280 a weird command month and then turned it on and 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:36.719 was diabolical for two months. He's been diabolical for all 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:41.520 three months. Kate Anderson in April four starts thirty punch 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:45.360 outs in four walks. Kate Anderson in May five starts 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:49.400 thirty seven punch outs, three walks. Kate Anderson in June 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:53.200 three starts twenty three punch outs and one walk, Rinse 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:56.280 and repeat. So I'm putting it to the test. The 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:58.439 best minor league arm that we've seen in a very 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.319 long time was Paul all Schemes in his very very 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:05.040 brief sample and Schemes I believe in that six week 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:08.560 stretch in Indianapolis had a zero point nine to nine ERA. 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.559 Is that six week stretch better than what Anderson's doing? 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.400 Right now or is this Anderson more impressive because he's 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:16.240 done it for longer. 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:18.640 I think doing it for longer and I know it's 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:21.800 double A, but doing it in the Texas League there's 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:23.559 at least a case that you could get clipped a 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:26.439 couple more times, right, like just some some cheapy homers 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:29.160 and from a lot of these really good lineups that 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:31.760 he's facing the fact that he's limited damage the way 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:33.640 that he has, and he's doing it as long as 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:34.000 he has. 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.800 I feel like it's it's gotta be Anderson with what 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:38.719 he's doing right now. 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:42.800 And again, to be clear, this isn't like a Hey, Kate, 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:46.439 Anderson's going to be, you know, a ace to the 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:48.800 level that Paul Skeens is. I mean we still have 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:52.080 Ryan Sloan ranked ahead of him, and that's some more 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:54.839 you know, open ended conversation. I just think when you're 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:57.040 projecting long term, I think Ryan Sloan, you know, has 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:59.559 the potential to be you know, a front line, front 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:03.120 line SEP guy. What's allowing Anderson to do this is 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:06.200 I think the stuff is obviously really good, but he's 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:10.000 so advanced. This looks like a big league arm rehabbing. 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:15.400 But just for like ten starts. It's unbelievable because it's not. 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:19.000 In watching through his starts, it's so much fun. You 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.600 don't get a lot of minor league pitchers that can 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:25.480 go to any pitch in any count we like whenever 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.040 they want right. And he's got the four seamer, the 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.760 change up, the slider, and then the curveball, and he 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.960 will go to any of them in any count wherever 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:35.640 he wants them. 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.120 And they're all above average at worst pitches. 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:41.600 And I think that's the biggest thing is some of 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.800 the secondaries that looks above average four maybe are closer 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:48.680 to plus. Like that curveballs, it's just disgusting, just absolutely 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.360 dives off the table. But for a curveball with that 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.560 much depth, how is he so consistently landing it. His 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:58.240 field to pitch was already lauded, like everyone knew that 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:01.400 Kate Anderson had a fantastic field pitch, but just seeing 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.520 it translate so immediately to double A and I would 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:05.560 say it actually got better. 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.320 And I'm sure some of that was through throwing in. 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.760 The bullpens, and you know, with with Mariners pitching coaches 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.440 and Mariners pitching development, and also just him maturing and 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:16.320 getting older as well. And I know when we talked 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.120 to the Mariners, some of the Mariners brass early in 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:21.880 spring training, they were immediately so impressed with how Boughten 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:25.560 Kate Anderson was on their you know, philosophies and their 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:28.080 approach to things. So you imagine, you know, Kate Anderson, 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.440 with his abilities, you know, just immediately buying into an 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:34.120 organization that does has done a really good job on, 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:37.880 you know, just the philosophical side and how to attack 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:39.920 hitters and all these things. And he's surrounded by all 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:43.440 of these really advanced and established big league arms, and 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:45.320 you can just see it's just it's just amazing how 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:49.320 quickly that's just seeped into his game. It's a seventy 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.080 percent strike rade on heaters, it's a sixty seven percent 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.240 strike rade on breaking balls, and it's a seventy percent 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:55.800 strike rate on the change up. 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.080 How do you game plan for this guy? If you're 0:15:59.080 --> 0:15:59.880 a minor league hitter. 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:02.960 When all of his pitchers are good, he can go 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:04.520 to any of them in any count and he will 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:07.920 go east, west, north, south, and and I just I 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:09.920 don't know what you do. He's kind of wasting his 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:12.360 time in Double A They're not gonna send him to 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:14.720 the PCL because like, why why would you do that 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:17.000 other than just unless you wanted to just have a 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:17.760 fun experiment. 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:21.840 But like, I guess he's just gonna have to wait. 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:24.560 You know, it's just one of those really unique situations, 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:27.200 and it doesn't mean that it'll immediately translate to this 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.000 level of dominance at the big league level. But again, 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.080 I can't tell you the last time I've seen opponents 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.920 and a guy's first full pro season slashing at the 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:38.240 upper miners one eight seven to two oh five over 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:40.320 this large of a sample with a forty one percent 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:43.480 strikeout rate, Opponents are hitting below one hundred against this 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:46.760 slider and he's only allowed seven extra base hits all season. 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:49.080 And that's the biggest thing I think that's gonna translate, 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:51.200 and that's that proves that this is a guy that's 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.560 just fully ready. Is you're gonna see some really good 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.000 hitters and really advanced hitters that you know, maybe have 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.240 a better approach than everybody else. And those are the 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:00.320 guys that may sneak in the doubles or the homers, whatever, 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:04.600 it's just not happening. Nobody is comfortable against him and 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.920 nobody is getting that good swing off to have those, 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.520 you know, just a couple homers and be able to 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:12.879 clip them like seven extra base hits of all the 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.200 hitters that he's faced so far. The fact that they're 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:19.080 slugging two h five, it's just crazy stuff. And it's 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.159 been really really fun to watch, and in terms of 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.679 aesthetically pleasing, you know, like pitchers to watch right now 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:26.720 in the minor leagues, I don't think there's gonna be 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:28.760 anything more fun than Kate Anderson and watching him mix 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:30.960 and match and locate for six plus innings. 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:33.760 Yeah, I'm trying to think about the Mariners' best course 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.760 of action. You have to assume that Kate Anderson, assuming health, 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:38.320 is going to be in the minor leagues for the 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:40.840 entirety of the season. Now, they would love to get 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:44.240 out of Castillo. It seems where Luis Castile could be 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:47.160 gone by the deadline, but after that you still got 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:50.880 five legit starting pitchers. So do you entertain the thought 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:53.760 of moving a guy like Kirby or a guy like 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:56.680 Bryce Miller this offseason to open up a runway for 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.720 Kate Anderson. I think the answers yes, I think they 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:02.840 fit figure out their offensive shortcomings, and then you move 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:05.840 a guy that you feel like could be a big 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:09.480 ticket trade target this offseason, Like Kirby is the one 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:11.440 that's coming to mind right now because it feels like 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:15.400 you would feel the departure of Wu or Gilbert even more. 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:18.200 And then Handcock, it feels like you're kind of playing 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.480 with house money right now. So like Kirby as he 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:23.600 gets closer to free agency, could be on the move, 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:26.159 and then Kate Anderson immediately plugs in plays and you're 0:18:26.200 --> 0:18:28.239 cooking with serious gas again next year. 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:30.439 Yeah, that's the really interesting part too. 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:32.480