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Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome into the cycle. I am Ryan Warmley,

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Speaker 1: joined as always by Mike Mayor and Mayor assuming this

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Speaker 1: s guts out when we think it's going to Today

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Speaker 1: is opening Day. We are recording this a day early,

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Speaker 1: so it is not for us, but for the people listening,

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Speaker 1: it is the greatest day of the year. This is

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Speaker 1: like Christmas for baseball fans. It is absolutely in my

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Speaker 1: top three days on the calendar. There's just a romanticism

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Speaker 1: with spring baseball opening Day, just having it back in

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Speaker 1: your lives, the pageantry. I just I love it and

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Speaker 1: I am so so so excited for the season to

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Speaker 2: You're tossing it to me. You didn't really you didn't

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Speaker 2: really ask me anything there.

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Speaker 1: I kind of thought we had had enough of a

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Speaker 1: chemistry at this point that you can feel free to

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Speaker 1: jump in without needing a question. I'm not an interviewing you.

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Speaker 2: Well, It's funny because the whole time you were talking,

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Speaker 2: I made sure to keep like straight, clear eye contact

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Speaker 2: on you. Because last week someone in the YouTube comments

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Speaker 2: said that, like you are always great at like bringing

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Speaker 2: the energy with like the intro, whereas like I'm looking around,

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Speaker 2: I'm like, first off, I'm looking at my monitors, make

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Speaker 2: it sure I'm prepared. But this time I made sure

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Speaker 1: We were on audio only last year, so you're still

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Speaker 1: getting used to some of the camera stuff, not that

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Speaker 1: you haven't been on camera before, but I did it

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Speaker 1: a bit more than you last season, so probably just

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Speaker 1: getting used to. I'm kind of with you, though, I

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Speaker 1: prefer to just kind of look off to my second

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Speaker 1: like that. But no, I mean again, I think we've

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Speaker 1: been doing the show long enough that you can feel

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Speaker 1: free to jump in without a question every time. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: No, I'm excited. I'm ready for the show like this.

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Speaker 2: I like this topic, the key questions we're gonna talk

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Speaker 2: about today. I haven't done a show like that before,

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Speaker 2: but I've obviously watched you do it a bunch. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Baseball's here. It's something that we're gonna be able to

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Speaker 2: do every day. Watch baseball every day for the foreseeable future.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's funny, like by the time you get to

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Speaker 1: the end of the season, it's not that I want

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Speaker 1: the season to be over, Like, get busy with football,

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Speaker 1: like obviously, when my team is good, when the Oriols

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Speaker 1: are in the playoffs, I'm really caring about that. But

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Speaker 1: it is easy to feel like I mean, it's a grind.

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Speaker 1: It really is like getting through the fantasy baseball season

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Speaker 1: and the baseball season in general. So you kind of

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Speaker 1: get that early fall feeling of like, Okay, I'm willing

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Speaker 1: What do you hit? Like basically January, it's like I

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Speaker 1: like waiting for it. So for it to finally be

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Speaker 1: here is finally very exciting. We are talking key questions today.

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Speaker 1: This is one of my favorite formats that we do

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Speaker 1: on the football side. We do kind of a season

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Speaker 1: long Key Questions preview at the beginning of the football season,

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Speaker 1: and we do a weekly Key Questions show with myself,

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Speaker 1: Fits and Debro and that's one of my favorite shows

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Speaker 1: to do every week during the season. And so I

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Speaker 1: kind of pitched the idea to John, our producer of Hey,

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Speaker 1: if the format translates well over here. I was talking

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Speaker 1: found it easier to come up with key questions on

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Speaker 1: many questions you can ask are built around context and like, oh,

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Speaker 1: asking each other here Prior to the twenty twenty five season.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready to kick it off?

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Speaker 2: I'm ready. Let's go.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's dive in number one. I kind of

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Speaker 1: felt like we had to start with Shoheio Tani just

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Speaker 1: coming off a fifty to fifty season. I almost wonder

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Speaker 1: if it's not talked about enough, like he's clearly one

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Speaker 1: Everybody knows that he's the best player in baseball. But

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Speaker 1: you think about Otani this year? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I was thinking the same thing when I was when

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Speaker 2: I think the biggest question here is something we've been

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Speaker 2: everyone's like, all right, they had this loaded roster, they're

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Speaker 2: what to expect from Otani because last year he was

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Speaker 2: What they're gonna do because they're just so loaded. Can

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Speaker 2: we've never seen a player do what he did last year,

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Speaker 2: so how do we predict what's going to happen this year.

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Speaker 2: We've never seen someone go fifty to fifty, so you

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Speaker 2: when you've seen when you see a player do something

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Speaker 2: it's never been done before. How do you project the

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Speaker 1: He has done crazy stuff before, obviously, Like it's it's

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Speaker 1: not like this is his first amazing power speed combo year.

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Speaker 1: He said two different forty twenty seasons in the past

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Speaker 1: do you think we see even maybe even more regression

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Speaker 1: But do you think he could fall even shorter to

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Speaker 1: need to make history with that fifty stolen bases again,

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Speaker 1: so why risk the injury? All that stuff. But it's

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Speaker 1: hard for me to imagine he falls so far off

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Speaker 1: maybe you feel differently.

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Speaker 2: No, I think I think his ceiling is so immense

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Speaker 2: him for like forty thirty something, which is still an

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Speaker 2: incredible season. You know, it's not fifty four to fifty nine,

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Speaker 1: It would be the best season for any other player

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, oh, and it came with a three ten

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Speaker 1: The top of all again, by the way, I was

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Speaker 1: gonna say two, Like we talked about the Dodgers, almost

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Speaker 1: as a negative because maybe he gets extra rest, but

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Speaker 1: like because of that lineup, he had one hundred and

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Speaker 1: thirty runs and one hundred and thirty RBI two those

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Speaker 1: batting average, right, like a true five category player in

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Speaker 2: Know, especially the RBI hitting where he is in the lineup.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean again, we don't need to tell

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Speaker 1: anybody that show out Tony's good. Everybody listening knows. But

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Speaker 1: I think it's an interesting question to see what we see,

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Speaker 1: even from a real life baseball perspective, what does the

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Speaker 1: follow up look like to one of these singularly great

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Speaker 1: seasons in Major League Baseball history. You know we're gonna

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Speaker 1: find out. I would say I'm taking the under on

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Speaker 1: his seven hundred thirty one played appearances, right, that's what

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Speaker 1: he had last year. I think it's really I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't see any world where he reaches that number. Again,

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Speaker 1: I doubt he gets to seven hundred this year, but

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Speaker 1: if he's still in.

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Speaker 2: And then the real wild card is the pitching, and

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Speaker 1: question number three. Kind of along those lines of the pictures.

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Speaker 1: Is there any chance we get more two hundred plus

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Speaker 1: But I just bring that up to say, like, you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, do you have the list up? Did you see

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Speaker 1: I don't have a habit, I can get it.

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Speaker 1: two were when I was looking at the list. Who's third?

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Speaker 2: So it's Logan Gilbert, Seth Lugo, Logan Web and then.

436
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Speaker 1: Zach Willier that's right, Yeah, yeah, and.

437
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Speaker 2: Then Aeronela, two Phillies, Eron I had one hundred and

438
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Speaker 2: nine nine and the third.

439
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Close. But all right, let's go to a question

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Speaker 1: number four. This is an interesting one, and I want

441
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Speaker 1: to be clear that I recognized there were rookies who

442
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Speaker 1: were good last year, but it was it felt anecdotally

443
00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,840
Speaker 1: like a bit of a down year for top hitting prospects,

444
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Speaker 1: especially making their debuts. Jackson Holliday was obviously kind of

445
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Speaker 1: the most prevalent one in my world, with him really

446
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Speaker 1: really struggling, despiting the number one overall prospect in baseball.

447
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Speaker 1: But it wasn't just him, the Rangers outfielders. But like

448
00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,119
Speaker 1: I thought Evan Carter was gonna be awesome, he was terrible.

449
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Speaker 1: I thought, why A Langford was gonna be awesome? He

450
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Speaker 1: had he had moments, but certainly did not live up

451
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Speaker 1: to some of that prospect helium that he had during

452
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Speaker 1: draft season. You know, Junior Camonaro didn't light the world

453
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Speaker 1: and fire when he was there. Again, a guy like

454
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Speaker 1: Jackson Surio too, Like he kind of fit the spill

455
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Speaker 1: for the first two months of the season and then

456
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Speaker 1: he looked really good in the second half of the year,

457
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Speaker 1: but it was a long adjustment period for him. So

458
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Speaker 1: I'm wondering if you think twenty twenty five as a

459
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Speaker 1: rookie class will buck that trend of Hey, when a

460
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Speaker 1: guy gets called up, maybe you don't just want to

461
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Speaker 1: pick him up in like, spend all your fab and

462
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Speaker 1: immediately throw them into the starting lineup, because that did

463
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Speaker 1: not work out for a lot of the biggest names

464
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Speaker 1: in the prospect world last year.

465
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you can expand it more than just

466
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Speaker 2: last year. I'm not recalling specific names, but this has

467
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Speaker 2: been a trend in like the last few years, at

468
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Speaker 2: least with just what we're seeing with pitching, With the

469
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Speaker 2: advances we're seeing and pitching, hitting is slower.

470
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Speaker 1: To Jordan Walker a couple of years ago, Francisco Alvarez

471
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Speaker 1: hasn't really lit the world on fire. I was just

472
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Speaker 1: just looking at MLB pipeline to Yeah, spencertoricalsin Riley Green

473
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Speaker 1: had a bit of a slow start, So yeah, I mean,

474
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Speaker 1: it's you're right, It's not just last.

475
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Speaker 2: Year Kellenic as someone who's just never lived up to

476
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Speaker 2: the billing. It just seems like the jump from the

477
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Speaker 2: upper miners into the major leagues, the pitching is just

478
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Speaker 2: at a different level, and that hitters who are just

479
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Speaker 2: tearing the cover off the ball in the miners are

480
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Speaker 2: getting up to the major leagues and struggling because it's

481
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Speaker 2: just at a different level. With the pitching development that

482
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Speaker 2: we're seeing, and just how hard it is to hit

483
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Speaker 2: in today's game with increase, increased tunneling, increased movement and

484
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Speaker 2: spin rates and all that stuff. It just seems like

485
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Speaker 2: I read a really interesting article on the Red Sox

486
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Speaker 2: and they're Big three prospects of how they're like training

487
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Speaker 2: their prospects to hit and they use a machine that

488
00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,920
Speaker 2: just like mimics exact pitches from pitchers around the league,

489
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Speaker 2: with like velocity and spin rates and movement. And that

490
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Speaker 2: feels like what these hitters, these young hitters are going

491
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Speaker 2: to have to do to prepare themselves for that upper level.

492
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Speaker 2: But I think, you know, I put a bunch of

493
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Speaker 2: names in the sheet of just like players I was

494
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Speaker 2: thinking of who you know we're going to see as

495
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Speaker 2: rookies this year or you know, young player young hitters

496
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Speaker 2: this year who kind of have a mix of different

497
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Speaker 2: hitting profiles that we're probably gonna see them up and downs,

498
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Speaker 2: like Cam Smith, Christian Kawford, Jackson Holliday again like what

499
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Speaker 2: you know, how does his adjustment look, Dylan Cruz, Jason Domingez,

500
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Speaker 2: Jacob Wilson, Matt Shaw, and then like on a lower tier,

501
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Speaker 2: not a lower tier, but like players who probably aren't

502
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Speaker 2: going to debut right in April, but we could see

503
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Speaker 2: in May and June, Roman, Anthony, Kobe Mayo, Marcela Meyer.

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Speaker 2: It'll be interesting because there are a lot of like

505
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Speaker 2: really exciting hitting prospects. But like you said, we've seen

506
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Speaker 2: a lot of young hitters come up and struggle, and

507
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Speaker 2: I think we're probably gonna see that happen again.

508
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Speaker 1: Uh so at the risk is sounded like an idiot.

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Speaker 1: One of those names you mentioned, who is Christian Crawford

510
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Speaker 1: or did you mean Christian Emily?

511
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Speaker 2: Yeah, wrong name. I don't know why I wrote Crawford,

512
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Speaker 2: which is funny as a Red Sox fan, I got

513
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Speaker 2: that wrong too.

514
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Speaker 1: I was like, maybe it's some prospect I hadn't heard

515
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Speaker 1: of that, like, well Sha had mentioned you once, or

516
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna let out my Okay.

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Speaker 2: I wrote it in the sheet wrong last night and

518
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Speaker 2: then just read it like Ron Burgundy without even thinking

519
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Speaker 2: about it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean so, I guess what I would ask

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Speaker 1: you is this, would you go into this year knowing

522
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Speaker 1: what this has looked like in recent years? Would you

523
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Speaker 1: go in saying, I mean, Matt Shaw is somebody that

524
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Speaker 1: I'm in on this year at cost? Like would you

525
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Speaker 1: go in saying I'm still interested in investing these guys

526
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Speaker 1: and I'm not going to hold the struggles of recent

527
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Speaker 1: classes against them. Or would you go into this year saying,

528
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Speaker 1: rather than invest in these timesrookies again, I'm going to

529
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Speaker 1: invest in the guys who didn't do it last year,

530
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Speaker 1: but who now have adjusted cam and Arrow. Evan Carter's

531
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Speaker 1: going really late. Why at Langford is later than he

532
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Speaker 1: was last year? Would you invest in those guys instead

533
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Speaker 1: saying well, now they've gotten that adjustment period out of

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Speaker 1: the way.

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Speaker 2: I think it's a mix. I am investing a lot

536
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Speaker 2: in camp Smith just because he was going really late

537
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Speaker 2: and he's really exciting, and just like the news coming

538
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Speaker 2: out of Astro's camp is just like how excited they

539
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Speaker 2: are about him, and so it's hard not to get

540
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Speaker 2: excited with those reports. Also, and like I just said,

541
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Speaker 2: you know, he's he's gonna play the outfield for the Astros,

542
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Speaker 2: it sounds like, but he's coming up as a third

543
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,840
Speaker 2: base and Story's third base eligible really shallow position. Same thing

544
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Speaker 2: with Matt Shaw. I'm in on both Shaw and camp Smith.

545
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Speaker 2: And obviously we've talked about Jason Tamenez. You know, I'm

546
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Speaker 2: excited about him a lot this year too, So it

547
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Speaker 2: does seem like I'm more interested in those younger guys.

548
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Speaker 2: I'm not really trying to invest in Evan Carter this season.

549
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Speaker 2: I don't have any shares Jackson Holliday. I've said before,

550
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Speaker 2: I think we're still a year away from him, you know,

551
00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,919
Speaker 2: being really valuable in fantasy, but that could also just

552
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,320
Speaker 2: be recency biased. But like, it's kind of like you

553
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,359
Speaker 2: you like Cam Smith and Matt Shaw. They're like the

554
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:12,679
Speaker 2: shiny new toy, like Jackson Holliday Junior Camenaro. You know,

555
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Speaker 2: I kind of like saw some things I didn't like,

556
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Speaker 2: and it's hard to get that taste out of my mouth.

557
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Speaker 1: Let's got a question number five here? Will we get

558
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Speaker 1: one last ride from a hopefully healthy Mike Trout? I

559
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Speaker 1: think anybody who's listening to the cycle this year knows

560
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Speaker 1: how you feel about it. But I felt like he

561
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Speaker 1: was such a talking point for us. We had to

562
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Speaker 1: include a bond heer so we can go quick on

563
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Speaker 1: this one because we all know your opinion. But will

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Speaker 1: we get one last ride from Mike Trout?

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Speaker 2: Yes? And it's funny in our draft. You know, I

566
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Speaker 2: talked a couple of weeks ago about how, you know,

567
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Speaker 2: doing more and more of these drafts, I've been so

568
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Speaker 2: in on Mike Trout, I should probably not draft him

569
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Speaker 2: as much as I have been, or at least, like,

570
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Speaker 2: you know, start to diversify my portfolio a little bit.

571
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Speaker 2: And I just drafted him again this weekend. So like

572
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Speaker 2: if and when he goes down, I'll be going down

573
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Speaker 2: to you.

574
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Speaker 1: And I did two different tour cap drafts together this weekend.

575
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Speaker 1: How did you feel about those teams coming out of it?

576
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 2: Mixed? You know. In the one draft we did on Sunday,

577
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Speaker 2: you know, I took over an orphaned dynasty team and

578
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,240
Speaker 2: it's it's a project, and you know, like I told you,

579
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Speaker 2: it's a twelve step program that I'm that I'm putting

580
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,840
Speaker 2: that team through. I am their higher power, and you

581
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 2: know we're gonna we've hit rock bottom and we are

582
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Speaker 2: now going to you know, try to build this up

583
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Speaker 2: into the best version of ourselves. So I took it.

584
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Speaker 2: You know, I tried to acquire assets in that league.

585
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Speaker 2: You know, young players, young controllable players or veterans that

586
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,280
Speaker 2: can you know, either keep me a float for a

587
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Speaker 2: little while or that I'll be able to flip at

588
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Speaker 2: the deadline, and then the other.

589
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Speaker 1: Worth noting Worth noting for that league quickly that it's

590
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Speaker 1: not a true dynasty. There's no like first year player draft,

591
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Speaker 1: so there's no incentive to lose. It's just you want

592
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Speaker 1: to have affordable, controllable assets that you can then have

593
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 1: more money to spend with in next year. It's more

594
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Speaker 1: like a really deep keeper than a true dynasty, so

595
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Speaker 1: from that perspective, you have no incentive to lose.

596
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's very much like a hybrid keeper dynasty league.

597
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Speaker 2: Like you said, really more of like a deep keeper

598
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 2: league with you know, salaries, with.

599
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Speaker 1: Some prospects spots.

600
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Speaker 2: And then the other league we're in is you know,

601
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Speaker 2: it's it's kind of redraft focused, but it is also

602
00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,880
Speaker 2: you know, it's a short term keeper league. I felt

603
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,199
Speaker 2: good about that team coming out of the draft, but

604
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Speaker 2: then like the next day we got the Mookie Bets

605
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Speaker 2: news where like he's still really sick. Because at first

606
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,399
Speaker 2: it came out it was like, oh, he got a

607
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 2: stomach bug. He lost a bunch of weight, and I

608
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 2: was like, he'll be fine, and then like the day

609
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,560
Speaker 2: after our auction, it was like, oh, he's still sick

610
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,719
Speaker 2: and he lost another eight pounds and I was like, okay,

611
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,440
Speaker 2: this is not good. Like he still can't keep food down.

612
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 2: It's been like almost two weeks now. This is not

613
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:33,920
Speaker 2: a great scenario.

614
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that is. I'm in your position in that league.

615
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,320
Speaker 1: We're kind of reversed where I took over the orphan.

616
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 1: It's just like a shallow keeper league. There's only five spots,

617
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,239
Speaker 1: so it's less less of a total tear down then

618
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Speaker 1: it would be in the league you join in of mine.

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Speaker 1: But we'll be we'll be having fun in a couple

620
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Speaker 1: of leagues together this year, so we'll be, uh, we'll

621
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Speaker 1: be talking about that throughout the season.

622
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Speaker 2: And you took Byron back in that league, so you

623
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Speaker 2: get to enjoy that experience.

624
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Speaker 1: I did. I didn't really want to, but it was

625
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,440
Speaker 1: I just got kind of fell into it and needed

626
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Speaker 1: to moutfield or help and he was cheap obviously. So

627
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Speaker 1: with that, let's get into Microsoft's Chasing Challenges. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: this week's Chasing Challenge is brought to you by Microsoft.

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Speaker 1: we spotlight athletes or teams that are currently undergoing a challenge,

635
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Speaker 1: what this means from a fantasy or betting standpoint, and

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Speaker 1: challenge you're facing, Microsoft empowers you with the experience to

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Speaker 1: say bring it on. This week, we're discussing the challenge

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Speaker 1: faced by Mike Trout coming back from another injury plagued season.

640
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 1: Trout was the best player of the last decade, one

641
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,639
Speaker 1: of the best baseball players of all time, but the

642
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,360
Speaker 1: second half of his career has been riddled with injuries.

643
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,560
Speaker 1: Those injuries have robed Trout and his fantasy managers have

644
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,520
Speaker 1: lots of greatness, and it looked like he might be

645
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 1: back last April when he hit ten home runs was

646
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 1: running the bases even more than he had in recent years.

647
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Speaker 1: How can he overcome his latest health setback and become

648
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Speaker 1: a league winner again. Maybe moving off center field will

649
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Speaker 1: help him focus on the bat, or maybe he'll turn

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Speaker 1: back the clock and find himself healthy once more. If

651
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Speaker 1: he does, he'll be one of the best values in

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Speaker 1: drafts this spring. That's it for this week's chasing challenges.

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Speaker 1: learn more. Let's got a question number six here. Stolen

659
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 1: bases are up across the league after recent rules changes,

660
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 1: as everybody knows. Even still on an individual level, Ronaldalcunya

661
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,560
Speaker 1: is the only player to hit seventy stolen bases in

662
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,640
Speaker 1: a season in at least the last fifteen years. Actually

663
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Speaker 1: I think it is exactly fifteen years. I think fifteen

664
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: years ago. Elsbury was the last person to do it.

665
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 1: But it's been fifteen years, so a decade and a

666
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 1: half since any player besides the Cunas hit seventy stolen

667
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 1: bases in the season. There are lots of candidates this year,

668
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: I feel like, more than I have felt like in

669
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 1: recent years, where I look at them and say they

670
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: could top that number. Do you think anybody will hit

671
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: that number this year? Or will continue to be more

672
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: of a raising of the floor stolen bases less so

673
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 1: than this high end ceiling I do.

674
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 2: I think we're going to see, you know, continue to

675
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 2: see the trend of more players running and teams letting

676
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 2: you know not that like teams are moving away from analytics,

677
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 2: but it seems like more and more teams are because

678
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 2: of the new rules changes, and you know, now they

679
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 2: have another year of data of like stolen bases and

680
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 2: how they turn into runs and success rates and all

681
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,760
Speaker 2: that stuff, So the analytics are changing a little bit.

682
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 2: I think teams are going to let players run, and

683
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,000
Speaker 2: I think we have some interesting candidates who could potentially

684
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 2: steal seventy bases. Otani is obviously one. Like we said before,

685
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 2: I don't know if he's going to run as much,

686
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 2: if they're going to let him run as much, But

687
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 2: it also wouldn't surprise me if he's like, you know what,

688
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go steal seventy bases this year, because he's

689
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 2: the kind of player who I think he can just

690
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 2: decide to do something. He's like, you know what, I'm

691
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 2: going to hit fifty home runs this year, and like

692
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 2: he will just because he's that good. So I think

693
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,360
Speaker 2: if he, like if he if he goes out there

694
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 2: and has a goal of seventy bases, I think he'll

695
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 2: do it. I said in a much earlier episode of

696
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,280
Speaker 2: the cycle that I think Ellie de la Cruz could

697
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 2: go wild on the bass Pats you know, even more,

698
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,239
Speaker 2: and he could still seventy bases because I think one

699
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 2: of my bold predictions is that he's going to combine

700
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 2: for one hundred home runs a solid bases with the

701
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 2: potential for seventy there. Bryce terrang is someone who has

702
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 2: a lot of speed. I don't know that he'll get

703
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 2: there because I have some some hitting concerns about him,

704
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 2: and you know, if he's going to stay in the

705
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 2: lineup every day, even though he's a really good defender

706
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 2: to Victor Roblos is someone I wrote down as a

707
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 2: potential as you know, potential just because we saw that

708
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 2: really strong second half with the Mariners. He's still thirty

709
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,800
Speaker 2: four bases last year. Twenty six of those came in

710
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 2: the second half. Yeah, twenty six of those games in

711
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 2: the second half when he also batted like over three hundred.

712
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 2: So with the full season with the Mariners leading off,

713
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,360
Speaker 2: can he get there? And then the other name, you know,

714
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:57,959
Speaker 2: I think there's some questions of like, you know, his

715
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 2: hit tool too, but like Victor Scott, Victor Scott one

716
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:02,840
Speaker 2: year in the minor stole over ninety so like who's

717
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 2: to say if he's in the lineup every day, he

718
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 2: can't do it too well.

719
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 1: You didn't even mention the guy from my both predictions,

720
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: Chandler Simpson, who will need to be getting playing time

721
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 1: at the big league level for that to happen, but

722
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 1: probably the fastest guy in baseball, so if he ever

723
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,480
Speaker 1: gets a chance, I think he could steal a lot

724
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: more than seventy in this season. Truthfully, he had what

725
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 1: like ninety something one hundred something in the miners last year,

726
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 1: like you know, as much speed as anybody, And I

727
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 1: think I think Xavier Edwards is another one that you know,

728
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: we liked in draft season that, like seventy is probably

729
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: too far, but if he has a strong season from

730
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: what we saw last year, if he takes a small

731
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 1: step forward, I think he could. I think he could

732
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,600
Speaker 1: do a lot more there as well. He's less likely

733
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: some of the other names you mentioned, but I just

734
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 1: wanted to throw him out there as a guy that

735
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: I really like in that regard. But yeah, to me,

736
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 1: like Victor Robless is my favorite one, just in terms

737
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: of where he's going in drafts and what we saw

738
00:31:58,120 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 1: in the second half of last year, I am buying

739
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 1: in that it was a legitimate breakout and the fit

740
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: and Seattle's great, They're not doesn't seem to be worried

741
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: about that hit by pitch on the wrist or hand

742
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 1: or whatever it was a couple days ago. So I'm

743
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: all in on Roebliss as a source of steels and

744
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 1: like I seventy, maybe he doesn't get, but I'm like

745
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 1: thinking he's going to get at least fifty. Honestly, I'm

746
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 1: really in on Robless. This here I mentioned Acunya kind

747
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 1: of speaking of him. For our next question here, I

748
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 1: want to ask about both Brave Stars coming off of injury,

749
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: because we have both Ronald Acunya and also Spencer Stryder.

750
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: This was sp one last year, like with a bullet,

751
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 1: This was you know, the with a one oh one

752
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,160
Speaker 1: last year with a bullet. Will they reclaim their purchase

753
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 1: the top their respective positions by the end of the season.

754
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: Obviously throughout the course of the year, if they're not

755
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 1: starting at the big league level, that's going to be

756
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,280
Speaker 1: really difficult. But by the end of the season, will

757
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 1: it seem like they're kind of back to being those

758
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: guys or do you think it will maybe take a

759
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: little more time? And thinking of Acunya, especially, he wasn't

760
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 1: the Mega Elite Player of the Year after the last

761
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,959
Speaker 1: time he had the ACL injury, he was still, you know,

762
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 1: a very quality fantasy player to have in your roster,

763
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: but it wasn't Ronald Acunya. So I'm wondering for both

764
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: him and Stryder, what you think will see out of

765
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 1: them this season.

766
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 2: Well, let's hope that they both are because I drafted

767
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 2: both of them in our draft this weekend. So I'm

768
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 2: gonna have to tread water in April and hope I

769
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 2: can get into May and with them both coming back.

770
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 2: The really encouraging thing about Spencer Striders we saw him

771
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 2: debut in the spring and he looked really good. Velocity

772
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 2: was down like a tick or two, but he still

773
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 2: just struck everybody out and looked like Spencer Strider. So

774
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 2: that's really exciting that he's like just getting back on

775
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,959
Speaker 2: the mound and already kind of looks like it like

776
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 2: his old self. So that's really exciting that we could

777
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 2: he might only missed a couple weeks before before he's

778
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 2: backing the lineup. It sounds like Acunya won't be back

779
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 2: until some point in May. He's already talked about not

780
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 2: running as much, which you know, is not something you

781
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 2: want to hear as a fantasy manager. But also you know,

782
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 2: he's a guy who has now torn to acls, so

783
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 2: maybe that's I mean, they was kind of like a

784
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 2: freak injury. So it's kind of it's I kind of

785
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 2: put this out there when that quote kind of first

786
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 2: came out of like it only takes one stolen base,

787
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 2: you know, one play to tear your ACL, So who's

788
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 2: to say, like you would tear your ACL on your

789
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 2: sixtieth stolen base versus your twelfth. So it's kind of

790
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,800
Speaker 2: like a weird strategy of like I'm not going to

791
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 2: I'm still gonna run, but like not as much, especially

792
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 2: because when he towards ACL, it wasn't even really like

793
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 2: a pure stolen base. It was like such a freak

794
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 2: kind of accident. So we'll see if that who's true.

795
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 2: He really doesn't run as much, but you know that's

796
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 2: something where you know, if he's not hitting as many

797
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 2: home runs and not running as often, he wouldn't be

798
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 2: the old Akunya. But I do still think he's going

799
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 2: to be really really good, but you know, remains to

800
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 2: be seen if he's going to be like the or

801
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,320
Speaker 2: one of the best like hitters in baseball.

802
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: So we have a question coming up later kind of

803
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 1: about guys who might leap into the first round next year.

804
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: I want to kind of frame this along those same lines.

805
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: I'll put it to you like this, where will these

806
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 1: guys be drafted in twenty twenty six? Again, not what

807
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: will they finish this year, because they're going to miss

808
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: some time, But by the end of the year we

809
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 1: will be talking these guys as will Acuna be back

810
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,439
Speaker 1: to like maybe if not the consensus number one pick,

811
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: a top five pick again, or will the running will

812
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 1: be you know, enough down that we don't view him

813
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: in that light anymore. Will Stryder be back at SP

814
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: one or will Schemes and Scooble hold them off, or

815
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 1: will he not even be close if he struggles? Like

816
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,359
Speaker 1: what do you kind of expect for twenty twenty six

817
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 1: rankings for these two?

818
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 2: I think it's more likely. I think if Acunya comes

819
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 2: back and looks like Akunya, he could be back, and

820
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 2: he should be back in the first round next year.

821
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:32,880
Speaker 2: I don't think he's going to take over back as

822
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,719
Speaker 2: like one on one, unless like something crazy happens at

823
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 2: the top of the you know, the top five or

824
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 2: all five of those guys get hurt or disappointed, just

825
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 2: because even if he comes out and looks really good,

826
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 2: we're still going to have those two torn acls in

827
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 2: the back of our mind of like, you know, you're

828
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 2: it's hard to go one on one with a guy

829
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 2: without injury history. I do think it's more likely that Stryder,

830
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 2: maybe not more likely that is back in the first round,

831
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 2: but then he's back in that skeen schooble tier of

832
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,360
Speaker 2: like you know, maybe a top three, just because he already,

833
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 2: like I said here, it came back the already looked

834
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 2: really good. And with pictures, there's always kind of you know,

835
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 2: it's like every picture has injury concerns at this point.

836
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,960
Speaker 2: And so if we're like another year removed from his

837
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 2: injury and he doesn't have any setbacks, it's a little

838
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 2: bit easier to kind of like put that in the

839
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,320
Speaker 2: back of your mind as opposed to know a hitter

840
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 2: with you know, with akunys acls, you.

841
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,400
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848
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Speaker 1: All right, just three questions left here, mayor this one.

849
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,240
Speaker 1: I'm kind of throwing you a bone with the Red Sox.

850
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 1: Just how good will Garrett Crochet be in Boston with

851
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,360
Speaker 1: a presumed full workload? And this isn't just to me

852
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 1: letting you talk about the Red Sox. I do think

853
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: it's really interesting because I think everybody knows how good

854
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 1: he is when he's pitching, and everybody knows that we're

855
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:07,239
Speaker 1: expecting a step forward in the workload this year. We

856
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 1: haven't seen him take a step forward like this in workload,

857
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,760
Speaker 1: like obviously, like it wasn't just last year, the year before,

858
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 1: doesn't have a lot of innings to his name. Like

859
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: there is a small part of me that is a

860
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: little like in the back of my mind not saying like, oh,

861
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,320
Speaker 1: he's definitely going to get hurt, but I'm like, listen,

862
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 1: he combined for sixty six innings the last three years

863
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: because obviously didn't pitch in twenty twenty two, Like that's

864
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: it was already a huge before last year. Did to

865
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 1: get to one hundred and forty six, getting that even

866
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,359
Speaker 1: higher kind of concerns me. You know, the strikeouts will

867
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: be there. I wonder what the era will look like

868
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: even with this great season last year three fifty eight.

869
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 1: So that's kind of a lot of preamble. But what

870
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 1: do you have to make of him kind of taking

871
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: that step forward?

872
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I think that, you know, like you said,

873
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 2: the most important part of your question is presumed full workload,

874
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 2: because if we're getting a full workload, I think we're seeing,

875
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 2: you know, a sty young level season from him. It's

876
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,880
Speaker 2: just a matter of what's the workload look like and

877
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,399
Speaker 2: does he stay healthy? Because if he does, I think

878
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 2: it's gonna be really, really good. I guess I'll take

879
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,280
Speaker 2: the l last year because we talked about Garic Crochet

880
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,240
Speaker 2: a lot last year, and I was I was concerned

881
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 2: all year, like what's the workload look like? You know,

882
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:12,839
Speaker 2: he threw twelve innings the year before, Like how many

883
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 2: innings are we going to get? And the fact that

884
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,399
Speaker 2: we got one forty six it's pretty wild. But we've

885
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,279
Speaker 2: also never seen him have a second season, you know,

886
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 2: after a workload like that, Like like a full one

887
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 2: forty six after twelve is a pretty big jump. So

888
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:25,800
Speaker 2: it's it's it would seem really simple to be like

889
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 2: already had one forty six last year. Maybe he can

890
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 2: do like one seventy this year. But like we've never

891
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,399
Speaker 2: seen him have a full workload, go through a full

892
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 2: off season, and then do it again. So how does

893
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 2: his body and his arm bounce back from that three

894
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,960
Speaker 2: fifty eighty RA last year? Expected numbers were all like

895
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 2: a run better than that, so they would expect the

896
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 2: numbers were even better and two hundred and nine strikeouts

897
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 2: and only one hundred and forty six innings. So if

898
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 2: you're telling me we were going to get like one

899
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 2: sixty one seventy innings, does he strikeout two hundred and

900
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 2: fifty guys? He might. He might be the most valuable

901
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 2: pitcher in fantasy. And the only reason he's not going

902
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 2: in that same tier with like Skins and school Bols

903
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:00,879
Speaker 2: because of the injury concern. Because the stuffies it's there

904
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 2: and you know we're seeing it in you know, I

905
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 2: know you don't care about spring training stats, but he

906
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 2: looks really really good in this in the spring thirty

907
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 2: strikeouts and fifteen innings.

908
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 1: He has been the Major League Baseball since twenty twenty.

909
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 1: The first four years of his career twenty twenty one,

910
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three, he totaled seventy three

911
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 1: innings pitched. He threw one hundred and forty six. Last year,

912
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: he literally doubled his career innings pitch total across the

913
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 1: last four seasons into last year. That like, that's a

914
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 1: red flag to me, just historically, that like worries me.

915
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 1: And if I'm overly pessimistic and I'm wrong and he

916
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: does have a healthy season, I think you're right. I

917
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 1: think twitter fifty strikeouts is like super on the table

918
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: if if he has a reasonably healthy season and you know,

919
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 1: takes another step forward and these innings pitched. But I

920
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 1: get really work like I was not drafting him anywhere

921
00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:02,760
Speaker 1: really because I was concerned and every pictures injury concerns

922
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,879
Speaker 1: And maybe I'm just talking to myself out of it,

923
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 1: but I feel like I could have a lot of

924
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:11,400
Speaker 1: FOMO with Crochet this year. But I just found myself

925
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: really worried, truthfully, like every time he came up in

926
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:18,200
Speaker 1: draft season at his ADP, I just couldn't stop staring

927
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,760
Speaker 1: at that leap in innings pitched and get worried.

928
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 2: Yeah. Despite and it's also like you talked about his

929
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 2: professional you know, his major league intings. It's not like

930
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 2: you're missing a bunch of minor league intings there too.

931
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,520
Speaker 2: There's like twelve more innings if you count minor leagues.

932
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 2: It's not like there's anything else there. Yeah, despite being

933
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,759
Speaker 2: really excited about him, I don't think I have any

934
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 2: shares for the reasons you mentioned. He's going really early.

935
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 2: He's creeping into the second round, like almost the tail

936
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 2: into first rounds in some high stakes leagues, and it's

937
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 2: hard for me to get there for all the reasons

938
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 2: we've already talked about. Even though I am really excited

939
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 2: about him as a pitcher, we'll.

940
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: See second year as a starter, knew everything, new team

941
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 1: that will be better around him, which I mean shouldn't

942
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 1: go on annoted and unmentioned like that that will help.

943
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,840
Speaker 1: I can only imagine. So I think when he's on

944
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 1: the mound, Like I have not doubted Crochet in the

945
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 1: slightest but we'll see. We'll see what happens with the workload.

946
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 1: Question number nine, speaking of crochet, are any white Sox

947
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 1: worth rostering besides Luis Robert. I'll let you answer, and

948
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:19,120
Speaker 1: then I want to pose a question to you, but

949
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 1: you can answer that question first.

950
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 2: Sure. So I looked into this last night and there

951
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 2: is one player I actually, you know, put my money

952
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,880
Speaker 2: where my mouth is. I actually added one of these

953
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,400
Speaker 2: players in a league last night, and it's Miguel Vargas,

954
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 2: who I think has some deep sleeper potential this year.

955
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,799
Speaker 2: He's a prospect I always liked with the Dodgers. He

956
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,720
Speaker 2: always kind of came up and struggled. But I also

957
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,359
Speaker 2: always had questions about how the Dodger. You know, It's

958
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 2: not like he came up with the Dodgers and they're like,

959
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 2: all right, you're playing every day and you're going to

960
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 2: be fine. It was like he came up, he played,

961
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:50,319
Speaker 2: he sat, he played, he sat, and the results weren't great.

962
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 2: You know, he has not had success at the major

963
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 2: league level, but I do think he has a really

964
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 2: promising like prospect profile and he's still just twenty five

965
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,720
Speaker 2: years old. He's going to a situation where he should

966
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 2: play every day. It looks like he's going to be

967
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,880
Speaker 2: the starting third basement potentially bat lead off for the

968
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 2: White Sox, And like we've been talking about, third base

969
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:10,640
Speaker 2: is really shallow, and I think you know there is

970
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 2: some Like I'm not saying you need to go out

971
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 2: and add him everywhere, but I'm at least rostering him

972
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:17,760
Speaker 2: for now in a couple of leagues and like seeing

973
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 2: what's there, because you know there's a potential that you

974
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 2: get some decent production out of the top of that lineup.

975
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 2: But if they give him like full run time and

976
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,080
Speaker 2: just like let him work through whatever he needs to

977
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:28,279
Speaker 2: work through the major league level, I do think there's

978
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 2: still a good hitter inside of Miguel Vargas somewhere.

979
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 1: Do you know where besides Robert the next highest White

980
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:42,879
Speaker 1: Sox player is ranked in R ECR, So.

981
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,840
Speaker 2: Are you asking me the number or the name? Not

982
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 2: that I know either one both.

983
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 1: I guess, Well, in ADP it's the same name, but

984
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 1: it's even further down we'll say where they're going, is

985
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 1: it Andrew vaugh Andrew Vaughn is the name? Can you

986
00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:04,839
Speaker 1: guess is ECR and or ADP? Uh three fifty it's Okay,

987
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,320
Speaker 1: it's a little better than that. So his ECR is

988
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 1: actually in the two sixties. Is ADP is three ZH

989
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,279
Speaker 1: six though, So there is not a single player on

990
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 1: this team besides Luis Robert, who was going inside the

991
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:16,920
Speaker 1: top three hundred picks in drafts.

992
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:17,320
Speaker 2: Wow.

993
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, just we talked about the Dodgers on one end

994
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 1: of the spectrum. White Sox are definitely on the other.

995
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,799
Speaker 1: Let's get to the last question here, and this one

996
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 1: I'm just kind of rather than posing question, I want

997
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:30,319
Speaker 1: to see you pick a couple players here. We're gonna

998
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 1: pick one player in the first round this year who

999
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 1: will be outside the top twenty five in twenty twenty six,

1000
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,960
Speaker 1: and pick one player outside the top twenty five this

1001
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: year who will be a first rounder in twenty twenty six.

1002
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,800
Speaker 1: We've talked about some players that we think could rise

1003
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,280
Speaker 1: and fall, but some of them, like Churio for example,

1004
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 1: as a guy we've talked about a lot, he's already

1005
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 1: inside the top twenty five this year, so we have

1006
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 1: to look a little deeper for somebody to make that leap.

1007
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 1: You can go first year.

1008
00:43:57,160 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 2: So for someone I cheated, I picked two. But if

1009
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 2: we're going to go, you know, the one is easy.

1010
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 2: We alread talked about Garrett Crochet. If he has this

1011
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 2: kind of season with that full workload that we're talking about,

1012
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,840
Speaker 2: he could be a first round pick next year. So

1013
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:12,319
Speaker 2: we don't have to spend a fun time talking abou him.

1014
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 2: We've already talked about him and the potential there. But

1015
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 2: he's won on the pitching side. So I picked a

1016
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,720
Speaker 2: pitcher and a hitter. The hitter is James Wood officed

1017
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 2: Sexy Sky in the Office or whatever award. We were

1018
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,399
Speaker 2: talking about it the other way, Hottus in the Office

1019
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 2: to Ryan Howard Award hot I knew it was one

1020
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 2: of those James Wood. He's someone who I just answered

1021
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,000
Speaker 2: this in a question on Discord too. They were asking

1022
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:38,839
Speaker 2: who could have that kind of Jaron Duran one year

1023
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,359
Speaker 2: to another rise in both production and then fantasy value,

1024
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:44,960
Speaker 2: and I was like, it's probably James Wood. There's a

1025
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 2: very realistic he's just outside of the top twenty five.

1026
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:48,719
Speaker 2: I forget exactly where he was, but I know he

1027
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:52,240
Speaker 2: qualified when I was looking at this. But he's someone

1028
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 2: who you know, has all the tools and should get

1029
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 2: all the run time, and there's a very real possibility

1030
00:44:58,040 --> 00:44:59,239
Speaker 2: he's a first round pick next year.

1031
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 1: So I'm annoyed that you cheated because I picked James

1032
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:05,839
Speaker 1: Wood as my only pick as the guy to jump

1033
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: up into the first round, so you kind of stole

1034
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 1: my thunder there. Everybody knows that I like James Wood.

1035
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:12,759
Speaker 1: I've talked about him a lot. Just to mix it

1036
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 1: up from that, since you kind of stole him, I

1037
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:17,680
Speaker 1: will point out that, like, I'm not necessarily betting on

1038
00:45:17,719 --> 00:45:19,399
Speaker 1: this to happen, and he's somebody that I don't actually

1039
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:21,880
Speaker 1: haven't actually drafted that much of. But if we're just

1040
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 1: talking ceiling, I do think O'Neil Cruz is somebody who

1041
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 1: that's a possible outcome for him. He obviously has all

1042
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:29,800
Speaker 1: the talent in the world and all the athleticism in

1043
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:32,319
Speaker 1: the world. If he takes a step forward, He's ranked

1044
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 1: fortieth right now, Like it would not shock me. And

1045
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:37,279
Speaker 1: we in fact got some bold predictions when we did

1046
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:39,640
Speaker 1: that episode from some of the listeners who felt like

1047
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 1: he could be in for a really crazy power speed

1048
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 1: combo type of season. So I'll throw a cruise out there.

1049
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 1: The other obvious name is a Communia, which is too obvious,

1050
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,759
Speaker 1: so we'll kind of move past that. One did you

1051
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,239
Speaker 1: mention the guy that you think could drop out, and

1052
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:54,520
Speaker 1: did I just miss you saying.

1053
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 2: That I did not. We didn't talk about that one.

1054
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 2: I think it's Kyle Tucker. And it's not to say

1055
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:00,759
Speaker 2: I don't like Kyle Tucker. I do like Kyle Tucker.

1056
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 2: I'm trying to see how may times I can say

1057
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker within the thirty second span. I struggled with

1058
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:08,399
Speaker 2: who I thought could drop out because obviously their first

1059
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 2: round talents, they're all really good. He's going to a

1060
00:46:11,239 --> 00:46:13,560
Speaker 2: new situation. He's in a contract year. Normally that means

1061
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:16,320
Speaker 2: better production, but you know, it could also mean more pressure.

1062
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:19,400
Speaker 2: Doesn't have a lot of protection in that lineup. Just

1063
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 2: had an injury plagued twenty twenty four, so if there

1064
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 2: is any kind of injury situation in twenty twenty five,

1065
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,440
Speaker 2: now he's coming into next season with more injury concerns,

1066
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,200
Speaker 2: that can also drop you out of the first round.

1067
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:32,400
Speaker 2: But more than anything, I just think that lineup is

1068
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:34,200
Speaker 2: not great and he doesn't have a ton of protection,

1069
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 2: and so that could lead to even though I still

1070
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 2: really like him, you know there's a universe where his

1071
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 2: production really really drops off a cliff because of what's

1072
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:45,960
Speaker 2: around him, he gets pitched around, there's not a lot

1073
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 2: of people on base, and that could drop him out

1074
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:50,000
Speaker 2: of the first round next year. So it was hard

1075
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 2: to pick a name, but he's the one I went with.

1076
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 1: Well, remember so I also found it hard to pick

1077
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:57,800
Speaker 1: a name. Remember, it wasn't will they drop out of

1078
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 1: the first round, drop out of the top twenty five,

1079
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:02,399
Speaker 1: And I really did not have a lot of good

1080
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:05,959
Speaker 1: answers on this one. Maybe if Carol has another really

1081
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,360
Speaker 1: bad batting average year like he was.

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00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:10,440
Speaker 2: Carol was the name I was going to go with

1083
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 2: because of the shoulder, but it seems like he's better now.

1084
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:16,720
Speaker 2: And the reason I didn't go with him is because

1085
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 2: even if he because you mentioned this top twenty five,

1086
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,239
Speaker 2: I was, I was miss speaking. The reason I didn't

1087
00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 2: think he would drop out of the top twenty five

1088
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 2: is that even if he has kind of a down

1089
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,040
Speaker 2: year again, which he just had kind of a half

1090
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:30,359
Speaker 2: down year, I still think his stolen bases are enough

1091
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:32,399
Speaker 2: of a floor for him that he won't fall that far.

1092
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:35,440
Speaker 1: And that's similar to Ellie too, Like I could see

1093
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: a world where at where Dala Cruz has like a

1094
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:39,880
Speaker 1: bad batting average year, maybe the power doesn't take the

1095
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:41,839
Speaker 1: step forward we think, but like, you just know he's

1096
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,400
Speaker 1: going to get fifty stolen bases and out of the

1097
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,279
Speaker 1: top twenty five is tough. So I actually do think

1098
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:47,960
Speaker 1: like I'm the one who posed this question, and then

1099
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:50,279
Speaker 1: I found myself really startling like maybe Lindora another year

1100
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 1: older the one that I really was kind of thinking like,

1101
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,120
Speaker 1: and I'm going to set aside the possibility of an

1102
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 1: injury to Atani because that you know, we've already talked

1103
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,399
Speaker 1: about that, and if any of these guys get hurt,

1104
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:01,080
Speaker 1: that's going to be like a real difference maker in

1105
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: this conversation. I thought, maybe Aaron Judge, you could squint

1106
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:08,000
Speaker 1: and make the case for like he is into his

1107
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:11,319
Speaker 1: you know, he's thirty two right now. He's had some

1108
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: injury stuff in the past that have limited some seasons.

1109
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 1: He I know, had the three twenty two batting average

1110
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,480
Speaker 1: last year, that's his career high. Every other year besides

1111
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:20,799
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, he's been more in that like two

1112
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:23,120
Speaker 1: fifty to two eighty range. So if that takes a

1113
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:26,479
Speaker 1: step back and he's more hitting like in the low

1114
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 1: thirties home runs, like I said, it really feels like

1115
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,040
Speaker 1: kind of a He's somebody that's not going to give

1116
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 1: you the stolen based floor that the other guys are,

1117
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: so if he has it down, you're on the power.

1118
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:39,439
Speaker 1: Having said that, in the last three years, he's hit

1119
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 1: what one hundred and fifty home runs, so it's not

1120
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:43,399
Speaker 1: that I can throw that to be likely. I thought

1121
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:44,920
Speaker 1: it was easier to find people to jump into the

1122
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 1: first round than people who would drop out.

1123
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,640
Speaker 2: There's kind of a dark horse one now is Mookie Betts.

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00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:53,080
Speaker 2: If this really turns into like a lost season, and

1125
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:55,120
Speaker 2: I'm not saying it will, but if if this kind

1126
00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 2: of weight, you know, because it's hard to just put

1127
00:48:57,160 --> 00:48:59,359
Speaker 2: on weight during you know, like during a Major League

1128
00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:00,319
Speaker 2: baseball season.

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00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 1: That feels to me like, oh, now he's a second

1130
00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:05,800
Speaker 1: round pick. Not now he's into the third round. Like

1131
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:08,600
Speaker 1: I feel like next year, if he's back healthy and

1132
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,120
Speaker 1: has weight again, I will be like and he falls

1133
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 1: to the second round, I will be scooping up Mookie everywhere,

1134
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 1: like just I would say yes, I feel like that.

1135
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:19,840
Speaker 2: Let's say yes, except for this, and he just missed

1136
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:23,800
Speaker 2: time last year one hundred and sixteen games, nineteen sixteen

1137
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:27,640
Speaker 2: solen bases. He's not stealing twenty thirty bases anymore, he's stealing,

1138
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:31,440
Speaker 2: like you know, he's stealing like ten, twelve, fourteen, sixteen bases. Yeah,

1139
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:35,799
Speaker 2: he'll be thirty three next year. And what if he

1140
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,960
Speaker 2: hits eighteen home runs and steals fourteen bases this year

1141
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:41,839
Speaker 2: and now he's thirty three and he dealt with some

1142
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 2: like you know, injury or weight issues. It's not out

1143
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:47,560
Speaker 2: of the realm of possibility that he's the one who

1144
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,240
Speaker 2: falls to even though I really like him as a player,

1145
00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:52,320
Speaker 2: but I think, you know, if we're just trying to project,

1146
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:55,239
Speaker 2: there's you know, he's thirty three, he's you know, power,

1147
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,920
Speaker 2: speed isn't necessario there anymore. Now he's you know, like

1148
00:49:57,920 --> 00:49:59,839
Speaker 2: it because if those numbers dip just a little bit,

1149
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:01,200
Speaker 2: now he's just another guy.

1150
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll be interesting to see. I think, like I said,

1151
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:05,920
Speaker 1: we have a lot of optimism of guys to take

1152
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:08,279
Speaker 1: leaps forward, but somebody's got to make room for him

1153
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:09,799
Speaker 1: if they are jumping in the first round. So we'll

1154
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:11,799
Speaker 1: see how that goes a year from now. Will be

1155
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 1: fun to watch throughout the season. That's gonna do it

1156
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: for our preseason stuff. I mean, like I said, this

1157
00:50:16,239 --> 00:50:19,480
Speaker 1: is dropping on opening day. So preseason is over. I

1158
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: hope everybody hit a great time following us last few weeks.

1159
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:24,680
Speaker 1: I hope everybody enjoyed, you know, everything going on with

1160
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:26,600
Speaker 1: Welsh and Joe and everything on some of the other

1161
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:29,000
Speaker 1: shows in the feed. We will be here in season.

1162
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,480
Speaker 1: Our end season show returns next week. It's gonna look

1163
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:33,200
Speaker 1: similar to how it did last year in terms of

1164
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,080
Speaker 1: the format. We have a couple of small tweaks coming

1165
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:36,640
Speaker 1: in terms of some of the segments we're talking about,

1166
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:38,760
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be largely the same kind of reacting

1167
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:41,839
Speaker 1: to the news and everything happening during the week, talking

1168
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:45,359
Speaker 1: about maybe some waivers guys, some trade options, some two

1169
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:48,279
Speaker 1: start pitchers and stuff like that. But it'll be it'll

1170
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:49,879
Speaker 1: be the show that hopefully you came to the home

1171
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:52,160
Speaker 1: level a year ago, and we're still we're always open

1172
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:54,920
Speaker 1: to ideas and if anybody has thoughts on how we

1173
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:56,879
Speaker 1: can mix it up, especially the YouTube audience we didn't

1174
00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:59,359
Speaker 1: have the show last year. Definitely drop you know those

1175
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:01,440
Speaker 1: comments in there, let us know what you think. But yeah,

1176
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:03,879
Speaker 1: we're excited to be diving into another full season here,

1177
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,960
Speaker 1: going from draft mode two in season mode, it's going

1178
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:08,399
Speaker 1: to be a full time Make sure to tune in

1179
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,840
Speaker 1: next week on the Fantasy Pros MLB YouTube channel or

1180
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,919
Speaker 1: wherever you listen to podcasts to see what we got

1181
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 1: going on. Any other final thoughts here, Mayor before we

1182
00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:16,040
Speaker 1: wrap it.

1183
00:51:16,080 --> 00:51:19,000
Speaker 2: Up, No, that's it for me, all right.

1184
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,280
Speaker 1: We'll get out here on that for Mayor. I'm Ryan Warmy.

1185
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:23,480
Speaker 1: Thank you everybody for tuning in, and we'll see you again

1186
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:26,400
Speaker 1: next week for our in season show. Thanks for listening

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00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:29,520
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