WEBVTT - Prospects You Need in 2024 (EP. 754) 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.680 Chulcome in, everybody to Fantasy Pros. This is the Fantasy 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:12.000 Baseball Podcast. It is me, Joey b Joe Pisapia, that 0:00:12.160 --> 0:00:14.440 of course is the Welsh and it's you, and we're 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:17.360 hanging out today talking about the prospects that you need 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:20.959 you must have your twenty twenty four leagues. And I 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:22.920 know we've already talked about a few prospects, so we're 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:25.480 gonna touch on some of the big ones that everybody's 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:27.440 gonna be talking about, but we're gonna do a deeper 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:29.840 dive in some other guys at Welsh is really excited 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.000 about for twenty twenty four. 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How powerful and what 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:57.000 you can do. 0:01:57.040 --> 0:01:57.400 You wand know. 0:01:57.440 --> 0:01:59.600 One cool thing I was doing today, I clicked on 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.320 I don't do a ton of auction leagues. Auctions are 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:04.560 the bane of my existence because of how long they take. 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.360 But you know what I love about auction stuff is 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.040 the calculators because you can go and you can check 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:13.760 actual pricing. I was in the salary cap estimator I 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:15.600 think that we have. I think that's the title of it. 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.119 It's a salary cap value calculator. And I was going 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:21.240 in and I was changing all the different formats, fifteen 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.640 adding positions, watching the dollars change, and sometimes it's a 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.919 really good barometer just to talk about actual values, even 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:29.839 if you're not in salary cap leagues. If you want 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:33.400 to see the worth of players based on projections to money, 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:36.200 I do that all the time. There's some great spaces 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:38.440 that have done that in the past, and we do 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:40.880 that here, So go and check that out amongst all 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:42.680 the great tools here at Fantasy Pros. 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:44.520 Now, speaking of great tools, Welsh and I are going 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:46.359 to talk some prospects. Now. That's right, because we're the 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.920 two biggest tools around these parts. So let's talk about it. 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:50.840 We'll talk about the obvious guys, the guys that we 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:52.560 already kind of touched on the last show. So if 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:54.560 you miss that, I go back and watch and listen 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.040 to it. Wyatt Langford obviously a big one too. You know, 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.800 the Texas Rangers right now kind of an embarrassment of riches. 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:02.760 They win the World Series. You know, a couple of 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:04.959 years ago, they're overpaying for some guys, some contracts a 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.000 lot of us were rolling our eyes about, but turned 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.800 out to be the right situation. And clearly things are 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:11.919 going well and they've already got a good young pipeline 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:16.320 of players. Jackson Churio, the young infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers, 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:19.360 who is very exciting. They've already extended him in Milwaukee. 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.160 We touched on him too. We expect him to break 0:03:22.200 --> 0:03:23.800 with the club. I want to say he's going to 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.000 still be less than twenty by the time that would 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.440 happen in spring. I believe I gotta check the birthday. 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:30.000 Yeah, I think actually I think I just looked at 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:32.080 the other day. I actually think it's March eleventh that 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:33.920 he knew it was a round there. I feel like 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:35.760 he wouldn't he'll turn twenty for the season. 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:38.720 Still can't drink, but we won't tell if Jackson has 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.200 a you know, a champagne to celebrate that contract, because 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:43.120 goodness knows, Welsh and I would have at least a 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:46.040 bottle or two. Evan Carter also another piece for that 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:48.920 Rangers team that's very exciting, and Junior Camenaro a piece 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:50.400 that you know, we think is going to get a 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:53.160 lot of opportunity this year in Tampa. Now, Kemonaro is 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:55.320 my guy. I think he's the guy they can step in. 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.320 The need is going to be there. I think he's 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.440 going to come in right away be very productive. I 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:01.040 don't want to think there's gonna be too much pressure 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.000 on Turio is spectacular, but again, he is very young, 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:05.880 and there's a lot of pressure when you're that guy 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:07.760 and you come up at that age. It's going back 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.000 to the days of Alex Rodriguez right in Seattle where 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:11.760 he comes up and he's twenty years old, and you 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:13.360 know the pressure that was on him, and he had 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:16.040 a lot of star power around him. I don't know 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.240 if he's got that same kind of situation in Milwaukee 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.800 that a Rod had in Seattle. We can talk about that. 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.360 But of these four, which is the guy that you 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:25.760 can see yourself having the most shares of, depending upon 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:28.760 ADP or depending upon what you think really is worth 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.559 the premium, or maybe the guy that has the best 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:33.479 path to playing the most time. 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.520 So this elite tier, and you kind of mentioned at 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:38.080 the top, I just want to point out again this 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:40.279 is not really even in our group of the prospects 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.000 you have to have, because you should already have these guys. 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.920 So these are the most obvious of targets. Now I'll 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:49.240 tell you this. I have Wyatt Langford higher than anybody here, 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:52.400 but I would say Langford is in the bottom two 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:56.160 of sustain of like feeling comfortable that you're going to 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:58.880 have him on opening day at this moment. Evan Carter's 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.120 the safest we know. He has a spot. Guy was 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.960 hitting three in the World Series. He's locked into a 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:06.840 roster spot. You can draft him and know Churio with 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:09.560 the contract, leads us to believe he's going to be 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.680 able to play the whole season. What you love about 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:13.560 those two, by the way, are the stolen bases. I 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:16.919 have questions about Carter's power. I'm probably actually least interested 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:18.559 in Carter even though he's safe. 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.000 That's you know, it's funny. I'm least interested in him too. 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:22.919 Why are you least interested just out of curiousity? 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:25.839 Well, I mean, I don't love the lefty bat. I 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:27.280 know a lot of people are making a big thing 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.960 about it, but I believe between the miners and the majors, 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:33.200 he had one extra base hit against lefties the entire year. 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.599 Struggled even in the majors against lefties, So if you 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:39.359 get into splits, that's a question. Plus, he is the 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:42.720 lowest power projection of any of these players, so he's 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.680 at the bottom. Churio is the most electric of all 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.039 those and he has this contract to get him in there. 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:50.120 He's actually going number one of all these players in 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:54.200 current redraft NFBC leagues, But Wyatt Langford is my guy. 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:57.120 We'll also saying Camonaro. Cannaro is the best value of 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:00.680 every single player that's two hundred. Yeah, well, but he 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.760 has the least. He has the least probability at this moment, 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.520 even though there's kind of open spots, this team has 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:09.960 to move Estock Parides. If they move estoc Parides jump 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:12.520 quickly on Junior Camenero. But right now there's no path. 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:14.320 So we'll go back to why that's happening, which is 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:15.400 why I want to be ahead of the curve and 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:16.920 take him in the early drafts or were the best 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.680 ball drafts were talking to. And you know, Cherio is 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:21.240 going to be probably the most expensive of these guys, 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.520 obviously and rightfully, so I think we can all agree 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.960 on that. But it's funny because you mentioned that Carter's 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:27.599 the guy for you that you also struggle with. To me, 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.040 it's the frame. I'm just concerned that he golds up 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:31.840 over a long season. I think he's got a long 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.040 way to go in terms of growing into the size 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:34.960 and the body type. 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:37.080 But what's so tough about that is two of these 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.040 obvious guys play on the same team then, so you've 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:42.039 got Carter and Wyatt Langford. So for all intentsive purposes, 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.560 I've talked about this Wyatt length. They're going to give 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:46.520 why at Langford the opportunity he got all the way 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:48.960 up to Triple A. He was in legit discussions for 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:52.120 a playoff run. There was legit discussions when I was 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.040 actually at that game at the World Cherias when Adully 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:56.760 Scarcia got hurt, there was discussions about putting him on 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.000 the active roster when it happened. They're going to give 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:02.560 him a shot. This team could do some if there's 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:04.560 a weird split issue, there could be a platoon and 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:06.520 these guys could maybe hurt each other. But I think 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:08.960 that DH spot is open for Langford. They can put 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.880 him in the outfield. He's got a good ADP. I 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:13.920 want to be invested in him. I have him higher 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:16.800 than any guy on my redraft ranks this year, So 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:19.560 Langford I want to be in the most business of 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:22.560 Camonaro is the best value. So both of those guys 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:24.080 are gonna end up on a lot of teams. I 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.400 have not been able to pull the trigger on Surreio 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:27.960 just yet or Evan Carter. 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.320 All right, let's jump to the list. Now the other 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.240 guys that you're gonna have to have at some point 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.280 or maybe even draft, depending on the depth of your league, 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.360 and we're an start with Baltimore Orioles, who are going 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:38.440 to be embarrassment of riches when it comes to young players. 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.960 Jackson Holliday yet another one. Now Welsh I described him, 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.120 you know, in my opinion, he's a left handed version 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:47.200 of Craig Bigio. Spreads the ball, round, makes good contact 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:49.480 all over the place. We'll see if the power you 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:51.240 know develops. Last year, this is a guy who went 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.240 from A to High A to Double A all the 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.240 way Triple A. Only played eighteen games in Triple A. 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.360 Hitch just two sixty seven, but he's still that three 0:07:57.480 --> 0:08:00.000 ninety six obps. So the on base skills are still there. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:01.760 The guy takes a ton of walks. He's got really 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:04.760 good pitch recognition skills. Obviously, you know the pedigree of 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:06.840 being the son of a may form major leaguer. So 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.360 Jackson Holliday, your thoughts and how aggressive people should be 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.080 on him in twenty four So this. 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:13.080 Is the one I want to be hyper aggressive on, 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.760 but I'm I'm playing it a little bit cautious right now. 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.160 If you go to roster resource as we are doing 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:21.440 this video, he is currently set up as their shortstop, 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:25.240 but we don't have any confirmation. If Jackson Holiday is 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.640 confirmed that he is the starting shortstop for the season, 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.960 I think he's a top one hundred guid to draft 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.400 in redraft leagues because, like, this is one of the 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.200 things I like about Langford. Of all those guys we 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:38.520 talked about, you know, kemn Arrow doesn't have the stolen bases, 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.679 but big power Churio. I worry there might be some 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:45.000 off speed struggles as far as like maybe getting going 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:48.240 through some ups and downs. Langford has got this floor 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.959 with his OBP. That's what Jackson Holiday does. Jackson Hollidy 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.400 had over one hundred walks in the minor leagues this 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.720 past year. Absolutely hits the ball hard, he can run. 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.840 I think he could be closer to like an Oh 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.319 Bobby Witt type of guy. Like I think he is 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.120 a twenty homer is not even in question for me. 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:08.439 I think the guy can steal thirty to forty bases. 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.520 He walks a decent amount, doesn't strike out a lot, 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:14.680 makes great contact. If he is anointed the guy, he 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:18.199 will be drafted inside the top one hundred. I guarantee 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:20.360 it come draft time. Right now, you can get him 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:22.840 late because there's a little bit of a question mark. 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.920 He's around that Camonaro range, but people feel more comfortable 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:27.800 that camon Aro is going to be able to start sooner. 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:30.160 So that's why I think the prospects that you have 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:33.440 to have the true top ten list here. Jackson Holiday 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:36.480 is one that you should be drafting in your league's 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.520 post two hundred every single time, just off of the 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:41.959 shoot that he does do it. If he doesn't right 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:44.800 off the gates, it still might be within the first month. 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:47.480 And I think he presents such a good floor. This 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:49.320 is exactly the type of prospect that you want to 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.040 invest in in in redraft league, you know. I mean 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:53.920 I love him in Dynasty as well, that's not even question. 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.760 He's my number one prospect. But redraft this is the guy, 0:09:57.120 --> 0:09:59.559 great young player. You're a little more bullish on the 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:01.080 power than I am. I don't know if it's gonna 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.040 translate right away. I think it's gonna take a little 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:03.560 bit more time. 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.360 Next guy on our list is nuelve Marte, who is 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:08.880 a player that you know if you've been following or 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:10.720 eve been playing Dynacay baseball for a while. I miss 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:12.480 the guy that I drafted. I think four years ago 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.000 when he was probably still a teenager when he was 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.840 with Seattle. And what I love most about Marte at 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.000 this juncture too, when you watch the tape on him, 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:23.920 is he's really done a good job of staying balanced, 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:27.480 staying back, he waits on that ball, and he really 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:29.840 is using you know, that leverage that he gets with 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:31.720 his legs and that balance that he's had in his swing. 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:33.319 He's got a little bit of a leg kick now too, 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.440 which is something that he's added. You didn't quite have 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.400 that when he was younger, twite to the extent that 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:38.800 he's got it now. So you're seeing a little bit 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:40.319 more power and I think that's why you're seeing some 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:42.360 of these balls jump up there with Marte. But I 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:44.600 guess the big question with Marte is where does he 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:48.000 play at this point too? Right? It's such a logjam there. 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:50.920 What is your answer to that question? Because I think 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:52.800 that's something we all look at and we're all trying 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:53.640 to figure out the answer. 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:56.680 Yeah, well, I think the question is third base. So okay, 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.200 I think some people could probably be like, hey, this 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.720 guy belongs in that little elite tier. 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.800 You talk, where does na Strando if he goes to third. 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:07.120 I guess that's the big question, right. 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.240 Well, I don't think in karnassion Strand is a third 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.720 base option for this team. I think that is out. 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.600 I don't think defensively they've liked him there. He is 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.800 a first base guy, so I think you know you 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:19.400 getting and they've already moved Steer to the outfield. So 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:23.160 I think the roster construction at this time is Ellie 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:27.280 at short, McClain is at second, and Noelvie is at third, 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:30.120 with Strand at first, Steers in the outfield, and it 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.400 could move around. Here's the problem and why we put 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:34.600 him in this tier and I have Jackson Holiday above him. 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.240 Is there still is a question mark because this team 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.560 is so talented. They could have McClain be short. Ellie, 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.079 they've talked about playing some third, and they still have 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.080 Jonathan India. Jonathan India could be playing some second base, 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:50.080 so there's a possibility that Noelvie starts in the minors. 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:53.720 I also think the upside in my mind is bigger 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:55.840 with Jackson Holiday, and that's why I have him as 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.640 the number one guy to own. There's some question marks here, 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:02.120 but Listen is fantastic in his pro debut, hit the 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.440 ball hard, six dolen bases in a little over one 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:06.319 hundred at bats, he had three homers, he hit over 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:09.600 three hundred. I don't think they're gonna push him off, 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.440 but he costs a lot more than guys like Camonaro 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:16.000 and Jackson Holiday. But he's still prospect eligible. There still 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:19.240 is a very viable path for him to break camp 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:22.800 with the team. And categorically, if he does what he 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.120 did last year and it translates back over, Okay, I'll 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:27.520 be wrong. He should have been the number one guy 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:29.400 that he's probably a twenty thirty guy. 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:30.960 Well, I'll be honest, I don't care if he breaks 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:32.839 or not. He's playing more than one hundred games for 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:34.920 the Reds this year. There's no way I think they 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:38.640 can keep that. So if anything, you might get a discount. 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.920 In April or March, I should say on this guy, 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:42.560 if they say, well, we're gonna give a little bit 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:44.320 more time, maybe we're gonna try some other things. First 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:46.680 teams love to do that, and then may first rolls around. 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.199 Next thing, you know, the guy's back, So take advantage 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:51.320 if that should happen with Marte, because I'm telling you, 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:54.680 watching the evolution of this kid who really came on 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:56.960 strong in this Seattle organization and then got traded there 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:58.800 and then watching what he did this year and again 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:01.200 when you watch the tape on him, very impressive. The 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:05.000 balance in that guy as a hitter is really impressive, 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:06.920 and he's the power is legit. I want to get 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.160 him in that ballpark as soon as possible. Let's go 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:13.080 to the manchild, Kyle Manzardo, who was once a Tampa 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:17.560 Bay prospect now with the Cleveland Guardians. Manzardo is interesting 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:20.480 because he's got what I call the coil swing Welsh, 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:22.760 which is something that you know, there's different versions of this. 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.280 You see these guys with that front side where they'll 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.040 turn that front heel inward kind of you know, trying 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:29.520 to stay back, trying to stay back as much. Again, 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:31.280 it's something the Pooholes used to do. But then you 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:33.400 have some other guys that really coil and the left 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:35.520 handed guy that he reminds me of when he really coils. 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.199 The coil guy of all time is Don Mattingley, who 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.600 was a smaller guy who used to get so much 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:42.960 out of his swing with that coil that he used 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:44.520 to do. He used to turn his whole body in 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.280 and all that power come from that explosiveness of that coil. 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:49.640 That's kind of what Manzardo does now. Obviously, you know, 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:52.720 we have a difference in terms of size potentially, you know, 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.160 Manzardo six feet tall, not so much with don Mattingley. 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:58.680 I don't know what his official measurements might be, but 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:00.679 I don't think Donny Baseball was six tall last time 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:04.679 I joined. So, but Manzardo interesting guy because Cleveland is 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.680 I think a team that desperately could use some help 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:10.120 here on the offensive side. He's coming off a pretty 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.280 good Fall League two seventy two, three forty five, sixty 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:15.960 five slash with a nine oh five ops. So what's 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:18.200 the future look like in twenty four for Manzarto. 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:20.440 Yeah, And I talked with Manzardo in the ouseeason. I 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.480 have an interview posted out people can find. I spent 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:23.880 a lot of time talking with him, and he's a 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:25.400 really fascinating. 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:26.360 Where can everybody find that interview? 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:28.320 Well, if you want, you can go to my Prospect 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:30.680 one podcast and you can see I did some AFL 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:34.080 player interviews and Cole Manzardo was one of those, and 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:36.240 you know I talked about he had one of the 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:40.200 farthest balls I've ever seen hit in the AFL. It 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:41.800 was like, I think it was measured around like four 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.880 to eighty or just some absurd number. He almost one 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:47.320 bounced out of the stadium, and I was talking about 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.760 just how locked in he is and his approach. I 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:52.000 had noticed guys want to pitch him low. He's absolutely 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:54.360 destroying it, but everybody was pitching at him high. And 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.360 he had said that he's completely comfortable with the lower 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.360 half of the zone, which some power hitters struggle. It's 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:03.360 actually something I noted with Spencer Torkelsen some years ago, 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:06.600 is you would see guys going off speed low, not 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.800 Cole Manzardo. It was high stuff. So he was getting 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.840 attacked higher in the zone in the AFL, and he 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:15.880 had said in the miners that the coaches said, don't 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:17.560 worry about it, because he wasn't getting pitched in the 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:19.760 upper half of the zone. What does this all mean 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:23.320 to me? What this means is the expansion of learning 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:26.320 to be an even better hitter. He's already got that 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:28.040 bottom half of the zone which a lot of power 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.960 hitters can struggle with. So now if you can come 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:33.240 in and you can attack with incredible bats, speed, the 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.160 upper parts of the zone, you can succeed. Nolan Gorman 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:37.960 is one of those guys. I think you can see 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:41.800 another Nolan Gorman like season out of Manzardo. But I 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.520 think the main question is are they going to let 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.720 him go from the shoot. He missed time last year 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:49.280 hit two thirty six in a struggle, but he still 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.120 had seventeen homers over twenty if you count the AFL 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:54.680 the extra at bats. I think he's ready. I think 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:58.040 this team should consider because they would have prospect eligibility 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.480 for the extra pick. If they do it, can go 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:02.880 play DH. You're putting a little bit of risk in. 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.280 But my point here is I think Cole Manzardo is 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:08.000 a huge power hitter that can put twenty five plus 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.480 up if he's up within the first month. And that's 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:12.240 why I put him up there so high because I 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:14.960 think defensively they like him. I think he's an advanced hitter, 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:19.160 he understands this process. He's actually pretty athletic as well. 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:20.960 And they sent two of their big prospects to the 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.200 AFL that I think both guys are going to be 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.680 potentially up this season, Manzardo and Chase a Lotter, who 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:28.640 did not make this list, but I'm very bullish on 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.000 Manzarto and do want to draft him if I miss 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:32.920 any of those big early core guys. 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:35.720 Next guy on the list is Mason Miller from the Oakland. 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:37.520 A's a guy that I know has a lot of 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.800 strikeout potential. Everybody loves the arm. Question is the durability, 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:42.600 and I think that's my big concern it comes to 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:43.880