WEBVTT - Leading Off March 31st, 2025 (Ep. 961) 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:10.720 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is Leading 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.760 Off Live as B Joey, p Joe Pi, Zipia. And 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:17.000 you wanted the intro, you got the intro today. We 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:18.880 got to bring it back and fix it around though, 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:21.400 but we didn't want to not play it just for fun, 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:24.320 because well we like to have fun around these places. 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:26.520 We're here on our Twitch, Twitch dot tv slash Fantasy 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:30.720 Pros Live every single day noon Eastern time. Join us there. 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:33.400 I saw our subs just blew up over the weekend, 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:36.040 which I love to see. And only did that blow up, 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:38.680 but also the Yankee Bats blew up. We're gonna talk 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:41.640 about that. 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Do you feel the love? 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:15.200 Because I feel it. 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:18.600 I do feel the love. Yeah, a little conjointed there. 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.120 We got to like watch it physically for everybody, but 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:24.520 on that little video there, But yes, we all time 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:29.039 record episode of leading off. On the second episode. It 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:30.880 was funny because it wasn't the first one too. The 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.479 first one was like, okay, very good, it's. 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:36.119 Too busy complaining about MLBtv networking that day. 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.240 Yeah, I love it. Well, guess what, it's Panic Monday, 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:41.440 and we've got lots of other things to complain about, 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:45.080 from the utensils they use on the field to the 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:47.760 players that you're putting in your fantasy lineups. We've got 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:50.000 all the panic and all of the chaos that you 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:50.920 could possibly handle. 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:53.360 All right, let's jump right into it. Also, shout out 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.360 to Trill first time on Twitch. That's we love to see. 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.480 We love seeing that. Awesome. All right, So let's jump 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.760 in with two feet here because we've got the Yankees. 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:06.680 We got to talk about this incredible weekend for the Yankees. 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:08.600 They are on pace. By the way, this is not 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:10.840 made up, you know, normally I like to be a 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.640 little hyperbolic for comedy's sake here on the show. They're 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:15.720 on pace for eight hundred and ten home runs on 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:19.480 the season right now, four home runs, including three straight 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:21.920 in the first, hitting twenty runs against Milwaukee on Saturday. 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:23.560 I was watching as it was cleaning up the house, 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:26.160 and I thought that like something was on a loop 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.400 or they were showing like because I was going in 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.880 and out, like, what is another home run? Another home run? 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.640 Is the MLBtv messing up again? Are they just in 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:34.880 the same play? No? 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:38.720 Maybe maybe that was part of it. But the interesting 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:42.240 thing was the torpedo bats became a bit of a 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.200 question mark. Now Anthony Volpi, who I've had multiple home 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.280 runs recently, he's using a jazz Chisholm who is on 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.560 fires using it. He was three for four with two homers. 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:54.440 His exit velocity, by the way, Welsh around ninety last year. 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:56.480 This year it's at one oh five. I looked into 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:58.000 that because I wanted to see what's going on now. 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:02.400 These bats early, they are not illegal, they are legal. 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:06.080 They were made by some Mit folks. Some of the 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:08.720 bats from other teams made by some Kennedy College. I 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.880 can only assume. But basically what they're doing is they're 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:15.600 moving the barrel a little bit and focusing on where 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:18.480 certain hitters tend to make more of their contact. Not 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:20.720 everybody has great barrel rates, So basically, if you don't 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.320 have a good barrel rate, that's okay, we'll just move 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:25.919 the barrel for you. Some other teams, I think Junior 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:27.959 camp and Arrow said he's got one, a couple other teams. 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:30.000 Reee Hoskins I saw, he said, I just ordered a 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:33.320 dozen after this weekend, So we'll see what goes on there. 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:35.480 We actually have a picture of case you didn't see 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:37.160 what it looks like. Oh, here's a picture of what 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:39.160 the bat looks like right now. So there you go. 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:41.360 So that kind of looks like that a little bit. 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:45.680 You know, it's not very noticeable. Welsh' that's the big part. 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:47.160 I want to I think I bought one of these 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:50.280 from my kid at a game one time. That's a 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:50.680 good look. 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:50.960 Yeah. 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:54.920 No, there's a little bit more barrel, not a ton, guys, 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:58.840 But that's a big old bat, you know. Fun fact too, 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:01.560 by the way, this bat has actually been around since 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.800 last year. Drake Baldwin talked about using one of these 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:08.040 in the AFL, So this is not like the newest thing. 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:11.760 But I usually everybody hates it and everyone's like MLB, 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.120 he's got to look into it. I think it's great. 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:17.600 I think like good like I love innovation, you know what, 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:21.240 Like of all the sports, there's no more innovation in 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.640 any other sport than baseball. Whether it is willing to 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:27.640 change the base paths fake in pretend you're not changing 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:31.080 the baseballs at every moment and seems and allowing the 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:32.800 bat and all it is is like I guess there's 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:36.599 a certain amount of wood if you will, and they're 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.440 just moving some of the wood from the top end 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.159 of the barrel. And it's really it's super smart. If 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.240 we're gonna sit there and be high analytical. It is 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:49.800 utilizing the highest contact point of a hitter and just 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:54.120 putting the barrel there. If that's legal, Go down everybody 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.920 for doing it. I'm all for it, but careful what 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.200 you wish for, because we are going to have a 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:03.440 whole new version of fly ball. I know multip people 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:05.279 have talked about it. Home run a flyball ratio is 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:08.960 up like it's never been before. You want to you 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.359 want to try to get pitchers to stop throwing one 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:13.960 hundred and blowing out their arms and get back to pitching. 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:16.640 I don't think making the home run and barrel rate 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:19.160 even higher is going to help to any of that. 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.719 I am fascinated to see if Baseball tries to counteract 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:26.400 it with pretending to another seam issue in there. But hey, man, 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.880 I'm for this thing. Not every player is using it. Ironically, 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:32.159 you pick Judge and he's one that's not using it, 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:33.760 but a lot are. 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.320 And you know what, Look it's fine. I mean technology, 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:39.880 it just seemed to come out of nowhere, but apparently 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:41.440 it did not. It was just on the down low. 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:43.719 And I think you're going to see a lot of 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:45.839 copycat people. It's a copycat league, and it's a league 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.640 that's looking for offense, and the league that always is 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:50.800 going to make it difficult for pitchers. So get ready 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.360 because some of these pictures eras might start flying to 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:55.719 the other thing. I will point out the Brewers' pitchers 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:59.080 were awful. They they were familiar with Cortes. They lit 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.400 it was awful. Lot of the well, no, some of 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:03.080 the other ones were too. But they also I want 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:05.760 to say the velocity of the pitches they hit out 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:08.160 were all between eighty five and ninety two. So when 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:11.000 you're throwing batting practice up there, it doesn't matter you 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:12.960 know what kind of bat, using a fun go bat, 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.159 it doesn't matter. Balls are gonna go out. So that's 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.000 the main headline. Will monitor this. It's something to keep 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.320 in mind in your Yankee Stadium two when you're looking 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:22.520 at home run profser guys now like Chisholm and Volpi 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:26.880 and whoever else is on here because different bat, smaller ballpark, 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.160 you know, lesser opponent, a lot of possible things. There 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:34.839 A sigh of relief Jose Ramirez, everybody, including me yours truly. 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.039 I just drafted him in our fantasy pros league and 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.520 then immediately sprained right wrist. But good news, he was 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:43.400 just day to day. All the imaging came back clean, 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.800 so you can breathe. Everybody, hos your mirror is okay. 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:47.800 He might even play today. I haven't seen the lineups yet, 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:50.720 but my guess is he doesn't play today, but we'll 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.000 get him at some point this week. Jacob de Gram 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:56.720 was back five innings, six k's, two walks, no runs. 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:59.440 The velocity was sitting between eighty six. Excuse me ninety 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.000 six and ninety eight Welsh. What did you make of 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:03.800 the Jacob de Grom start yesterday? 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:07.279 Yeah, I liked it. It was really interesting because early 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:09.760 on he really didn't get any strikeouts. If you were 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:13.120 playing a strikeout prop, I didn't. He had no strikeouts 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:14.800 in the first inning, and I think he ended the 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.080 second with one or two or something like that. And 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.160 part of that was in the first three innings. I 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:23.120 believe Lance Brasdowski had mentioned this that he started throwing 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:25.280 the change up, and he threw the change up in 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.680 the first three innings a whole bunch, and it worked 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:31.280 pretty well. That ended up having a fifteen percent usage. 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:35.200 That change up had a sixty percent with rate, which 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:39.400 led to later in the game fastball slider going ballistic. 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:43.840 He went primary slider in this one forty percent slider 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:48.080 had a fifty percent with rate. Fastball did not get 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:49.640 a bunch of whiffs, did not get a bunch of 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.920 called strikes, but he essentially used the fastball to just 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.840 set up that change up and specifically that slider. That 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:59.720 slider was absolutely dominant. I thought it was a fantastic start. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.960 He was super efficient. It took seventy something pitches for 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.200 him to get through five, and I wonder if it's 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.200 going to be something to track, if you know, maybe 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:10.920 using a change up earlier on incounts is going to 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:14.400 set him up to later big strikeouts in the betting 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.640 market watch for maybe his strikeouts to come back down. 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.200 But I thought it was massively encouraging for Jacob de 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:22.320 Grom here in the health and just everything. And I 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.440 don't know, I know you're like not super into Jacob 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:28.760 de Grom, but the outing just screamed positivity, and some 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.840 of the pitch mixed change was also something really interesting 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.280 to monitor instead of him just trying to throw, you know, 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:37.640 just try to throw one hundred at every point. You know, 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.360 he doesn't need to necessarily do that. He hit ninety eight, 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:42.320 but he sat ninety six in this start. 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.760 Yeah, I'm gonna look positive, of course, don't don't mistaken 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.280 I'm rooting for Jacob de Grom. I like Jacob de Grom. 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:50.800 I just didn't want to pay the calls for Jacob 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:52.600 de Grom because I thought it was a terrible investment. 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:57.320 And I'll stick by that. It's April tomorrow, so we'll 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:58.880 see how it goes. Time. 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.760 One thing on like so Mayor. Mayor brings up a 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.000 really interesting point. He goes da Graham's change up looked 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:06.360 off to me. It was sailing and staying up in 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:08.880 the zone. But he was good anyway. But part of 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:13.640 it was like his change like no Pun intended. He 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:16.679 was throwing a change up more early on in the 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:21.600 game that was setting up this later slider and fastball setup. 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:23.920 It's gonna be interesting to see to your point. You know, 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:25.280 if he's throwing more of a change up that he's 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:29.360 uncomfortable with, you could see some iffiness in early starts. 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:32.240 But also this could be the setup for just big strikeouts. 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:33.960 We might be we might be in store for like 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.160 a really interesting good Jacob de Gram's season. But we're 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.360 gonna have to watch that change up usage. 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:39.719 And he got a questions. You could drop me and 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:41.360 we'll try to get to some question today too. Would 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:43.920 you drop Nimo for Shaw or a bray you? Nimo 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:45.719 felt me in the draft and he took and I 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:49.160 took him just on principle, I would not drop Nimo 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.319 for a bray You. For sure Shaw is interesting. It 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:53.439 depends on your roster construction, but I'd rather have. 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:59.479 Nimo man it's close. I am big forty one percent yesterday, 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.880 will you or Bray who's ownership was across I don't 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.240 remember if it's just ESPN or Yahoo. We track on 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.120 Fantasy pros some of the things. It's all for the sites. 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.880 But regardless on I know like some people are gonna 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:13.120 be like, well, were Brutal was not available. Willie Bravey 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:15.760 is available under fifty percent of leagues. You got to 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:18.040 pick him up like him and mckinzigre with the two 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:21.439 players that yeah, well okay, but not even while he's hot, 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:24.280 like great bat speed, good power, He's healthy, and I 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.480 think that's what's super underrated about him. I might consider 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:29.600 shot for him if I really needed some outfield help. 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:31.719 I think you might be shocked and surprised at how 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.360 close those two guys are. I'm not dropping Nemo, but 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.439 I'm very very pro will you or Brady if you 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:37.160 can findure. 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:39.600 Think Bray you here's the footsteps of Roman Anthony. That's 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:43.480 what I think personally, Nucking wants to know. Speaking of panic, 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.600 someone dropped Totlia. Would you drop Cees or Garrett Mitchell 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:48.400 for him? Here's your guy, Welsh? What do you do? 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:53.120 Ooh? I don't think I could drop Cees right now. 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:54.720 I think he's starting to lock in. I think he 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.360 was hitting four yesterday right behind Ellie, which you really 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:01.080 want to see. But I would be okay with Garrett Mitchell, 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.320 like I I like Garrett Mitchell and stuff. He's at 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.160 the end of the draft. I think totally is going 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:07.240 to start to get going. I've obviously been pro him, 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:08.320 so I would be cool with that. 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:12.000 All right, let's move on. Spencer Swellenbach very good yesterday. 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:13.760 It's funny. Roby Ray was very good yesterday and the 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.760 things just kind of unraveled. Was he perfect? I think 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.960 the first five innings and then you know, things went bad. 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:22.040 Waiver Wire. As you were saying, by the way, make 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:23.760 sure you follow us on social media. Just put out 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:27.560 a Waiverwire video. Two of guys even still floating around 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.280 there after waivers have run, you might be able to 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:32.080 pick up a bray you forty one percent rostered Lozardo, 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:33.760 who had a huge day. We'll talk more about that 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.079 later in the show. Jeffrey Springs, remember I kept talking 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:39.000 about Jeffrey Springs towards the end of the era. Well, 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.839 guess what thirty one percent rostered Manzarto another one of 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:44.800 Joeyp's guys. He's gotten off to a good star torkleson 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:48.959 two twenty seven percent, so lots of good there, Rookie 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:51.120 lookie time getting caught up on some of the rookies, 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:55.120 the good and the bad. Christian Campbell hot start, good 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:58.400 egg of velocities, first home run, also deep into talks 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:00.559 for an extension. So you know, the socks have not 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:03.240 pulled any punches here. They know exactly what they think 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.640 of Christian Gamble. They want to lock him up. They 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.199 don't want a similar situation where like Mookie Bets two 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:09.320 point out again where they. 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:10.679 Just this is what you do, but this is what 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:12.679 you do with these young guys. You get them locked up. 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:15.120 The Divecks just did it with Brandon Fott, is what 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:18.760 you do. Really interesting about Christian Campbell outside of some 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:21.360 of the success And I told you guys, I have 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:23.760 two al Rookie of the Year bets. I did that 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:25.839 last I got twenty five to one on cam Smith, 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.280 which is super fun. But before that I got seven 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:31.480 and a half to one on Christian Campbell. Christian Campbell 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:36.880 is putting up really high like top ten bat speed numbers, 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.640 in Major League Baseball and also putting a big hard 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:41.560 hit numbers. I think he had like a one to twelve. 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:43.640 His average EV is low, but it's two. This is 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:45.319 early in the season, but he's already put up like 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.960 a one to twelve max EV. So big hard hit 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.800 which you really love to see. Incredible bat speed which 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:53.560 is working through. That's something we're going to talk about 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:57.960 Devers that's ticking down. There's some underlying elements that just 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.600 make me feel really really great about Chris Campbell and 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.640 seeing those two things click with some of the success. 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.240 Christian Campbell, I think, is in a really really good 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:07.360 spot right now, is going to continue moving up that lineup. 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.200 Be weezy. How we feeling about Dylan Cruz Funny you 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:12.520 should mention him, but weezy because he's next on our 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:16.880 list to talk about over eleven eight strikeouts? Is panic 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:19.840 setting in on this first Monday of the MLB season. 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:24.760 Yeah, I had questions about it yesterday. He is getting 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:28.240 eaten up. There's you know, righty's, he's going down to 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:32.280 eight lefties. I think he moved up. Sliders are killing him. 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:35.920 I think righty's are killing him right now. Someone asks, 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:37.760 like how much how many more strikeouts can he have 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:41.320 before he's sent down. I do think there's a Jackson 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:44.200 Holiday potential in him. If it gets bad, there's the 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:46.880 potential for, like, you know, two weeks from now. If 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.000 it continues like this, maybe they do send him down. 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.440 I tend to think not. And obviously it's three games. 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:54.600 Let's like let him adjust and stuff as a rookie. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:57.160 But there is some panic, guys, and I would start 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:58.960 putting him on the bench for a little bit because 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:01.439 right handed hitters are absolutely destroying him. 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:03.640 Well, right in pitchers, or certainly our pitchers. 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:04.840 I'm sorry, you know what. 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:08.480 He Anthony Volpi's back, but that's not the only young 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:11.400 guys we're gonna talk about today. Because everybody's favorite segment 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:16.360 is back. It's time for prospecting with the Welsh. That's right, 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.760 We're gonna be prospecting mine in the minor leagues. Let's 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.760 try to find us some prospects we won't be adding 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:27.400 to our rosters. Let's start off with Kyle Teal, who 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:31.200 has been red hot here to start the year. Kyle 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:34.080 Teal part of the Garret Crochet trade coming over from 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.560 the Boston Red Sox, so a huge part of that 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:39.120 deal is basically the the part, but you know, the 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.720 main piece, And interesting enough, I still can't believe that 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:44.920 they got Garret Crochet and didn't have to move Anthony 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:47.760 Campbell or may or any of those other guys they 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.680 asked us for Mike Mayor. I said yes, Wels said no, 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:53.240 and they ended up not taking him. So what are 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.680 you gonna do? At the end of the day, Kyle 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:57.800 Teal off to a good start. The power certainly there 0:14:57.800 --> 0:14:59.160 for this left handed bat. 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.160 So Teal's really interesting to throw in here when we're 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.840 talking about it early in the season. Triple A has started. 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:07.600 We don't even have the rest of the minor league season, 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:11.000 but it's still we can look at stashing prospects and 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:14.400 Kyle Teal is a fascinating one two catcher leagues. I 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:16.600 think he should really pay attention to him singular. It's 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:19.880 something to watch for. He's been an absolute hitting machine 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:23.000 since he's gone down to Triple A. Going into yesterday, 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:25.880 he was already hitting over five hundred couple homers. And 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.680 what I think is most fascinating about it, and this 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:31.360 is a balance and a dance you have to do 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.920 with prospects is you've got to have the balance of 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:38.040 their talent versus the potential spot for them to play in. 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.080 We're going to talk about one of those guys here, 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:43.320 maybe the most talented prospects in the game, with wears 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:47.040 his spot. Kyle Teal, though, is in a situation that 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.840 do we really think that Corey Lee and Matt Thiss 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.560 are players that can hold him down? No, I don't 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:54.320 think so. They send him to Triple A with the 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:57.040 potential of going to the majors. I don't think they're 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.240 in a spot where you want to hold him down 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.200 for extra year. I mean, anything is possible if he struggles. 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:05.680 But I think this really big hot start, also with 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:08.720 the White Sox winning a few games, that you're only 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:10.600 a little bit more struggles out of a Matt Dice, 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.320 maybe not Corky Lee, but a Matt Dice from Kyle 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:15.680 Teal coming up. So the very very first weekend of 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.640 the Triple A season, Kyle Till really popped off. And 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:20.360 he's a player that you got to keep on your mind, 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:20.960 all right. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.320 Next up, let's talk about Bubba Chandler. Everybody's to talk 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.760 about him in the preseason. Another one of these pitching 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:29.720 prospects from Pittsburgh. So what's the four on one on Bubba. 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:32.560 So Bubba Chandler, one big thing we're going to see 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.440 is he is pitching tomorrow. He is pitching on four 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:37.840 to one. So if you guys want to start off, 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:40.080 it's not an April Fools joke. Hopefully the line is 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:42.600 also not a fool. But Bubba Chandler is going to 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:43.960 get that first start, and I think it's going to 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:47.520 be really really telling to innings. I think they might 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:50.240 build him up a tiny bit. There is a battle 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:53.000 between him and Thomas Harrington, but I will say this, 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.720 Thomas Harrington's one of the best minor league pitching prospects 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:58.920 out there as well. Harrington seemed like the short gap 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.040 they would go with him if they're in a spot 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.840 right now where we're just waiting a bit until one 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:07.199 guy comes up, and obviously the Jared Jones scare or 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:10.159 maybe it works out being good. I think Bubba Chandler, 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:12.840 when they decide to go with a main guy, is 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:16.000 going to be just an absolutely phenomenal, big fastball. They've 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:19.879 also given us the blueprint of pitching prospects coming up 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:22.760 in Jones and Paul Skeins, and if the Jared Jones 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:25.640 injury is worse than thought. I think the worst case 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.200 scenario is Bubba Chandler is up in six weeks. I 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.280 think there is a possibility that we can see him 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:32.600 at the end of this month. This is prospects to 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:35.800 stash and or monitor. It is very, very early, but 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:37.880 you got to keep. If you have a top five 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.359 list of prospects you should stash right now, Bubba Chandler 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:42.520 should be on it. And let's pay attention to that. 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:43.800 April first start. 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:45.640 Til I've moved all the way up to the top 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:48.280 of mine stashes, because I just feel like, as you 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.960 mentioned earlier, this pathway is so clear and potentially so 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:54.920 quick if he continues to hit. Let's go to another 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:58.320 prospect here. Next on our list is Nick Kurtz, Athletics 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:01.120 first baseman. Now, not much room at the inn for him, 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:03.280 But what is about Nick Kurtz? Do you wanted to 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:04.480 bring out for the people today? 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:07.520 So this is the toughest one. So man, it is 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.160 literally like guys in front are killing me here because 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.560 Nick Kurtz, this is another one of those absolutely hot 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:16.840 start in triple A. That's an aggressive assignment that they 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:19.639 decided Nick Kurts is just drafted last year. They didn't 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:22.240 go with even like the Christian more go and throw 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:24.400 him and you know, you know, put him at double 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:26.159 A or whatever. They threw him right at triple A. 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.640 Kurts has gone right in and started hitting. I mean, 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:31.879 you want to put a torpedo bat in someone's hands, 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:35.240