WEBVTT - Spring Training's Top 12 Biggest Winners and Losers: Jordan Walker's Explosive Upside! (Ep. 635) 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:04.880 Spring cleaning, Let's talk to the pros. Welcome in everybody 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:08.000 to fantasy pros. This is the Fantasy Baseball Podcast. Is 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:10.720 me Joey p Joe Pizipia, And today we are ever 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:14.880 so close to opening Day and leading off, which starts 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:19.959 on Wednesday this week twelve thirty pm Eastern Live. You 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:23.280 can watch myself and my good friend the Welsh talking baseball, 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:27.880 talking fantasy, talking wagering, talking DFS, talking baseball period having 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:31.480 a good time every single weekday twelve thirty Eastern where 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:33.159 you kick off the day before opening day because we 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:35.440 just can't get enough baseball. But before we get to 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:40.680 opening day, training camps are ending. We have people packing 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:44.000 up their things. Some are being DFAD, other people are 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:46.159 getting the call to the big leagues. And we're going 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.040 to talk about some of the spring training winners and 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:52.720 losers here and Welsh, it is a peculiar part of 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.040 time here because this is when you see guys who 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:57.880 are not making the team getting cut, very sad, but 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.760 you also see dreams coming true. You may moments like 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:04.039 Jordan Walker making the team, Anthony Volby making the team, 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:08.000 and oh it's a really really heartfelt, feel good baseball moments. 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:09.800 There was actually one you want to know what, They're 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:11.959 all really cool. I love those videos, by the way, 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.600 I must be just a sucker for those, like those 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:17.960 gotcha cam videos of these guys making the team. Today 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:20.440 as we're recording this on Monday, the latest one to 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:23.120 drop was Bryce Terrang with the Milwaukee Brows made it 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:25.479 and there was something really cool about that one because 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:27.959 they really were trying to get him. They were just like, well, 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:31.440 we're going to option you to Colorado and then he like, 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:33.720 he didn't process it, and it's a really cool thing. 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.440 It's a weird time for me too, Joe, because out 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:38.720 here in Arizona, you know, I've been going to camps 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:42.160 for six weeks. I've been out almost every single day, 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.959 going out watching players, seeing progression and stuff like that, 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:46.480 and it's kind of coming to an end, though, I 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:48.960 will tell you I is able to go and check 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.880 out the padres and get to see Juan Soto, who 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:53.560 looks like he's going to be good for the season. 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:55.520 And that's part of it as well. You're seeing dreams 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:59.120 get crushed, dreams appear and materialize, and then you're also 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.200 seeing players. We have a little bit of panic on 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:02.880 for the last couple of days of what could be 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:05.520 drafts if you have one right before the season starts, 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:07.680 and you could maybe feel a little bit better about one. 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.960 Soto actually playing and starting after he played a big 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:14.440 old rehab assignment game today and Joe Musgrove pitched as well, 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:15.880 and he looked very pretty good. 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.600 I thought that Joe Musgrove overreaction was so crazy. I 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:20.280 was like, guys, it's a toe. He'll be okay in 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:22.320 a couple of weeks. Like stop dropping him in drafts. 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:23.959 I saw him going a fifth round, six round of 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:25.600 another draft a deep league. Was like, what do you do? 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:27.919 He's going later than that? He you know what? 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:31.000 And today he pitched about five and he was talking 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:32.840 in the there's like the dugout right there, and I 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:34.239 got to hear in the dugout he was talking about 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.280 a new pitch grip on his change up that he 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:39.359 was using, and he was in a mood, like a 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:40.200 great mood. 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:41.520 He was able to go deep. 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.680 And they're talking about one potential misstart. I don't know, man, 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:47.680 after the start he just had, I wouldn't even discount 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:50.760 the possibility that he doesn't even miss that one. But yeah, 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:53.040 huge discount, and that's kind of the thing that happens. 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:55.480 There are players that you know, the worries and the 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.720 fears are going out and we get to take advantage of. 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:01.320 Joe Musgrove was like a huge advantage taken of in 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.040 some of the drafts I had most recently. 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:05.280 And Terrang probably a guy too you want to pick 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:06.919 up in those leads where he needs steals because he 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.040 might be somebody who can contribute there. And of course 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:10.519 you know, we didn't talk about it yet, but Reese 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.680 Hoskins injury obviously a huge blow to the Phillies. We 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:15.200 did get into it a lot on the show I 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:17.120 just did recorded with Matt Striker though, So if you 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:20.480 want to see that, it's on our Betting Pros YouTube channels. 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.040 Also on our MLB channel as well if you haven't subscribed, 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:27.040 already subscribed to both. But again, Fantasy Pros MLB that's 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:29.680 the place to be. We're leading off every single day. 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:31.320 But we got into the Hoskins stuff and the Philly 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.400 stuff a lot on that video features video for MLB 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.280 for wagering, but a lot of good Phillies talk on 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:38.440 there too about that go ahead we. 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:39.840 Wash oh, I wanted to check out that video. I 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:41.520 wanted to see it some future stuff because I have to. 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:43.320 I do have. I don't do as much. 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:45.880 You are like the futures bet guy. Him Joe is 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:47.960 like the master of futures bets. I'm a big d 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:51.560 season guy. But I have two actually technically have three 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.560 futures bets on Rookie of the Years and I have 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:57.400 one n L on Corman Carroll, and I've got Yoshida 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.720 and Volpe which I took before Bay got on the 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:02.360 roster for Ale Rookie of the Year. 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:03.440 So I'm feeling good about that. 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.840 But I cannot believe that we're getting set for all 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:08.800 of this, and I cannot believe that the season is 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.160 about to start. And I'm also excited to get into 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:13.240 all of this my friends, and I can't believe. That's 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.280 what I was gonna say, is that leading off is 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:15.880 starting in a. 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.200 Couple of days. We're going back to the live shows 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.360 that we live show that we do have. Everybody checks 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:21.920 it out. That's what You're all part. 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.080 Of the show. Like everybody watches it live, you're all there. 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:25.800 You're part of the show. You start to you know, 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:27.760 you ask us questions, if you have funny comments. We 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.000 put them on the show live. Sure you know we 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:31.840 are the We are the People show when it comes 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:34.800 to baseball, and we made baseball fun. People forgot there's 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:36.720 must be fun. The rules changes are going to bring 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:38.200 it back. It's gonna be fun again. So we're going 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:39.960 to have a blast. But let's talk about some people 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.440 really having a blast. Let's talk about the Spring Training winners. Welsh, 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:45.000 who is number one on your list? 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.640 Well, this is funny because you got to the list 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:49.800 before me, and you definitely. 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.080 Make the sheets, so in all fairness, yeah, you're going 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:52.479 to get to. 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:53.039 Them before me. 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.240 You have one on there that actually two that jump 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:59.159 out immediately, but I was surprised at one that you 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:01.920 did not throw in. Who I think is the biggest 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.640 winner of spring Training. In fact, he owns spring Training. 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.400 It's Jared Killmick with the Seattle Parners. I can't believe 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:13.360 that he didn't make your list. Kelnick was just borderline 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.360 into obscurity, kind of like where Joey Dell is. Unfortunately, 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.280 Joey Deell primarily what happens in late March, he gets 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:21.240 optioned to Triple A and I kind of felt like 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:23.400 that was what was going on with Kelnick seemed lost. 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.160 We found out in this offseason he was finally letting 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.320 people into his brain trust. He was going to finally 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:30.839 let people speak to him and go to drive line. 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:32.520 And that's such a weird thing to think that this 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:36.159 wasn't happening before, especially with all the struggles. Well, guess what, 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.640 it seems to be materializing because he had a phenomenal 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:43.400 spring hit three sixty in spring an almost four hundred 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:46.719 OVP and over eleven hundred ops. He had four homers, 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.000 three stolen bases, which I think is huge. When we're 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.080 sitting here and talking about who are the guys that 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:54.560 are going to benefit A guy like Jared Keelnick is 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.479 a man on a mission and there's a little bit 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:58.240 of an advantage, and he's not going to hit high 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:01.000 in the lineup. I think Jared kel if he's hitting 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.400 and he's out there, he's going to steal twenty plus bases. 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:06.440 This year he had eighteen hits in fifty eight bats 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:09.160 and hitting over three hundred while minimizing some of the 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:12.600 strikeouts is one of the biggest wins. And guess what, 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.080 as much as everybody is sitting here being like. 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.720 It's spring training. It's spring training. It's buying in. 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.880 People are buying in, and his ADP is rising because 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.680 this might actually happen. So you want to talk about 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.760 spring beneficiaries and spring risers. You didn't put him on here. 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.880 I think he is the number one player. It's Jared Keelnick. 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:32.720 Listen, man. I got my first share of Kalnick in 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.560 my home league this year. It's a person keeper fifteen 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:37.680 team league, and I got him for eight bucks, and 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:39.559 I just I want to see, Like, for eight bucks, 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:43.120 I'm like, you know what, that return could be massive. 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.520 Maybe he becomes that guy that he was always supposed 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:46.800 to be, it's great. And if it doesn't, the eight 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:47.760 box doesn't going to kill me. 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:49.560 And there's not really anybody holding him back next so 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:50.599 they got it. 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:53.440 I mean, maybe we can argue Kelnick's been the guy 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:55.240 holding Kelnick back at the end of the day. Maybe 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.919 maybe no question listening and opening up the brain trust 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:00.479 or whatever the hell was like maybe this the thing, 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:04.720 but this is it, Like this is kind of you know, 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:06.360 you know what, or get off the pot for him. 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:08.280 But it was a very encouraging spring. Then the guy 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:10.040 looked great. I watched him the f bats too that 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.160 he took. He looked comfortable. Now it's just a matter 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:13.680 of just bringing that over and look when they send 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:15.040 it back down last year in Triple A. You pointed 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:17.840 it out on the show the other day, he looked great, 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:21.000 like there was no reason not to be excited about 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:24.800 the potential of Kealennick finally realizing his potential. The number 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.800 one guy for me is Anthony Volpi, which it's funny. 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.600 Sunday morning, I was all with Matter Trecker on Sports 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:32.280 Square and we were talking about the Rookie of the 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:34.320 Year odds, and I said, look, it's plus eight hundred 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.280 for him right now, Like, go get this because if 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.360 he gets the call and he gets called up there, 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.600 it's probably going to move very rapidly where that number 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.000 is not going to be there anymore. So if you 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.119 like him, you go ahead. You take him at that number, 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:48.560 and you hope for the best that he does get 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:50.800 a lot of play. He's gonna hit ninth. By the way, 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:54.280 that eight hundred moved to plus six fifty overnight, So yeah. 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:55.480 DK, it was seven. 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.680 I got him at seven fifty like a week or 0:07:57.760 --> 0:07:59.760 so ago, and it's up to five hundred. 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:02.600 Right now, So it's even over there. Where was the 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:04.240 Where were those good adds you just got? 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:06.680 Uh, those are over on FanDuel right now. But again, 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:08.240 we want to see the consensus. You go to betting 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.640 pros dot com for the consensus. But I mean, if 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:13.800 you are looking at you know right now where things 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.840 stand here for Anthony Volpie after spring. In spring he 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.760 had three home runs, he had five stolen bases, he 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:21.600 had three to zho two with a four thirteen OVP 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:24.480 of six to twenty three slugging and a ten thirty 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:29.880 six ops. Spring training doesn't mean a lot. But what 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:33.000 I saw out of OPI and DOUBLEA what I see 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:35.880 the Yankees moving towards, which is a younger product, which is, 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:37.840 you know, the more you have these young kids on 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:41.160 these you know, smaller contracts, the more you can afford 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.560 to go out there and be the Yankees again and 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:46.600 start signing big free agents again. You know, they spend 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:48.240 a lot of money on Aaron Judge. They got a 0:08:48.240 --> 0:08:49.760 lot of money in Garrett Cole and they got to 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.600 offset that. And I don't know how long Donaldson is 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:54.680 for this team. I really don't like. At the end 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:56.840 of the day, I could see him getting moved on 0:08:56.920 --> 0:09:00.599 from But the fact that they recognize at Volpe's that 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:02.079 energy spark they need. I think it's going to be 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:03.560 a good thing for that team too. I think they 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:05.559 kind of need a little of that. I don't expect 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:07.559 him to stick in the nine hole very long. If 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:10.080 he hits, he is going to move up that order 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.559 very quickly. So to me, Volpi's put himself in a 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:15.120 great position there. 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You know, you got Anthony Volpi, 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.120 which I one hundred percent would have put on here, 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:13.920 but you didn't put Jordan Walker on. 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:15.600 So why not you talk about Spring? 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:16.360 I'm a nice guy. 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:18.120 Yeah, yeah, no. I felt actually felt. 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:19.840 Like this was one of those that you purposely left 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:21.360 for me, knowing that I was going to fill it out. 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:21.600 He did. 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.000 But if you want to talk about the new era, uh, 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:27.040 it is Air Jordan if you want. Did you know, 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:31.000 by the way I say that lovingly, he actually does 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.440 a few inscriptions. He has actually have the ball right 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:37.280 up here, h Ei R Jordan. He inscribed balls with 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.880 my friend Sid Dennis Sidler. From Sid's grass you can 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:43.040 get the Air Jordan inscription. Is very cool because he 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:47.120 is next up. Jordan Walker, though he tailed off at 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:50.880 the end, is a physical, physical presence on the field. 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.000 He ended up hitting three homers, which he came out 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:56.319 of spring just banging two stolen bases. He hit two 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:59.080 seventy seven. Needs to walk a little bit more. His 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.160 strikeouts got a little bit crazy on the back end. 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.199 I will say that I do think there's a possibility 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:07.199 there's some volatility where I actually think Volpi is a 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.920 little bit safer and like where I don't worry about 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.480 Corbyn Carrol and where he is because of his floor. 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:16.120 Walker's a little bit more volatile with some of the 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:18.600 swing and miss, but he also is maybe the most 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.760 explosive of any player. And it's hard to deny that, 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.080 like what this spring did got him this gig because 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:26.880 they had all the reasons in the world to not 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:30.880 bring him up. I think forty Man construction, Dylan Carlson, 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:34.160 Alec Burlson, and just not starting the clock. They had 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.720 all the reasons to not do it. That hot start 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.320 did it. And if you watch the video when he 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.520 was added on, it was also like how he overcame 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:44.439 the adversity of his struggles with a little bit of 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.439 a shoulder injury and struggling at the back half of spring, 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:51.079 and how he maintained himself. He's the guy he benefited. 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:52.199 Is no doubt he. 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:54.920 Is one of the top spring risers that we are 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:56.320 going to be taking a looking at. And he's one 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.480 of the most exciting prospects for the twenty twenty three season. 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:03.320 And he's also So why this little tipbit here, Corbyn 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.120 Carroll's Rookie of the Year number has dropped a little 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.800 bit on some books. I might go re bet that 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:10.040 because Jordan I've. 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:11.040 Been making it move him down. 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.360 I got Corbyn Carroll plus seven hundred when it first opened. 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:17.040 I ran, I ran to the book to get that 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:17.880 better number. 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:18.120 Than I got. 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:19.800 But I bet it months and months ago. But I'm 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:22.720 gonna rebt it because Walker making the roster has literally 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.040 pushed him down a little bit. More so it's better 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:26.720 odds than I got like three weeks ago. 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:30.160 Look last year again, Verlander twenty five to one. We 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.640 got so many good things right. I'm begging to go 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:35.239 watch that show everybody and go make even small investments 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.120 like you make some some small investments. Ten bucks come 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:39.880 on a couple hundred dollars in some of these if 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.559 you do it right. So just you know, stick with us, 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:44.079 Go check that out and There'll be a lot more 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:45.840 of that along with our fantasy coverage here at MLB. 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.320 We do it all. Let's continue on here with some 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.160 of the winners from spring training. Another one for me 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:52.920 is a guy who actually did not make the team, 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:54.760 but I think opened up a lot of eyes, and 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:56.880 that's Brett Baty, third basement for the New York Mets. 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:58.960 And I'm not trying to be a homer here. Everybody 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.160 knows I'm the biggest self lolothing Met fan that has 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:04.320 ever been in the entire history of the universe. But 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:08.160 I think what you saw was, you know, you saw 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:10.719 the smooth left handed swing, you saw him handled major 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.559 league pitching. You saw everything you needed to see. And 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:15.800 Edward Escobar is a good player. He's a role player. 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:18.080 He's a guy that the Mets, you know, really like, 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.480 and the Met clubhouse really likes. But he's not going 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.960 to be the everyday third baseman the entire year for 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.120 the Mets. It's not going to be the case. Brett 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.520 Baty is eventually going to come in here and be 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:31.400 a thing. And I think that it's something everybody should 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.400 pay attention to because if you drafted him and he 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:36.320 saw he got sent down you're a little bummed right now, 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:38.640 I wouldn't be. I would just keep him on the bench. 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:40.680 If you absolutely have a short bench and you can't 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:43.880 handle it, I get it, you need more help streaming pitchers, whatever. 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:46.040 But if you have the ability to hold this player, 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:48.680 I would hold him because I see a place where 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:52.520 by Memorial Day he's taking over that job. I think 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:54.520 he's going to be undeniable at Triple A. I think 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:57.000 there's very little left for him to prove. I think 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:58.840 spring training goes a long way just showing that you 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.160 could hit major league pitching, and he did that. The 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:04.560 defense is something that he's worked on too. I saw 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.320 there was one Aaron throw. I was watching a game 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.320 where did miss a throw there at one point. But 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.720 other than that, the glove is pretty good, the bad 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.440 is exceptional. And the Mets need a little bit more 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.080 left handers in that lineup, and I think he goes 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.320 a long way in that sense. So Brett Beaty's a 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:20.720 guy for me that is going to be up probably 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:23.600 by June. And if you're looking for a player for 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:25.080 four months who might end up an every day job 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:27.000 at third base, which Welsh. How many times we talked 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:30.040 about how tough third base is to me, he's a 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:32.280 win kind of player. Who's next on your list here? 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.000 Your third guy for the winners in spring training? 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:38.240 Well, my final riser here. It's actually probably a. 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:41.120 Little bit questionable about how like much did he rise 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:44.840 because of the spring, But I've been talking about him 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:46.840 since day one, and Joe will attest to it. 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:48.360 I'm not new to this game. 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.960 If anything, I had to be one of the original conductors, 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:54.040 because if there are three players that I'm associated with 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:58.239 this spring, Joe, it's Corbyn Carrol Large, Nupart and Jeffrey Springs. 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.080 And I think what happened spring, which I think is 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:04.720 no pun intended this spring with Springs, is that there 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:06.920 was a lot of talk people like me talking about 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:08.840 how excited they were with the pitch mix and him 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.480 getting more. But also take a look at the results 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.480 that went along with all of this hype. Fourteen innings 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:18.560 pitch this spring, twenty four strikeouts, did not give up 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:22.080 an earned run and had a point five whip. Spring 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:25.720 stats don't matter, but when you're talking about big breakout pitchers, 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.040 guys that are ready to take the next step, like 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.280 we've been talking about, when they come out and they 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:35.480 are absolutely unhittable, dominant in spring, It's something to take 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:37.360 a look at. Plus we've seen a little bit more 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:39.960 sweeper action in his pitch mix. He's changed that up, 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:43.160 which gets the hardcore pitching guys excited. Jeffrey Springs is 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.560 a guy the projections still aren't pushing up. But I'm 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:48.000 telling you, I have thought since day one that this 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:50.760 is a guy that's got top twenty sp upside. It 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:53.240 really is just built around how much can he get 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:56.320 pushed this year? And I firmly believe he will push 0:16:56.520 --> 0:17:01.360 projection innings limit, pitched innings, pitch limit on projections this year. 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:02.880