WEBVTT - The Need for Speed: 5 High-Upside Base Stealers to Boost Your Team

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<v Speaker 1>What's up, Friendoza. Welcome back to Fantasy Pros the Baseball Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm your friend Chris Welsh the Welsh. You can find

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<v Speaker 1>me on Twitter at is it the Welsh and today

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<v Speaker 1>in this special episode, we're talking about the five high

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<v Speaker 1>upside base Steelers heading into the season. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of room to think about what that can be. Am

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<v Speaker 1>I saying the top five leading bass Steelers?

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<v Speaker 2>No? Not necessarily.

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<v Speaker 1>Am I saying the top five base Steelers at the

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<v Speaker 1>top of your draft?

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<v Speaker 2>No? Not necessarily.

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<v Speaker 1>The upside when you're taking the players already in the

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<v Speaker 1>first round might be kind of built in. So we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna look around all different spaces of the fantasy baseball spectrum,

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<v Speaker 1>some inside the top one hundred with further upside growth,

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<v Speaker 1>and some deeper. I've got five high upside base Steelers.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're looking at twenty plus on all of

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<v Speaker 1>these players, and maybe pushing thirty. So you're gonna wanna

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<v Speaker 1>lock in. But before you do start implementing some of

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<v Speaker 1>my friends, I've got a need for some speed. One

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<v Speaker 1>question that has kind of inserted into this entire thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and something to think about overall, is how baseball is

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<v Speaker 1>going to change as far as the base dealing goes

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<v Speaker 1>with an advantage that teams have. The base paths are

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<v Speaker 1>now about two two and a half inches on each side,

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<v Speaker 1>closer pitchers can't throw over as many times anymore, and

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<v Speaker 1>overall shifts have changed. So what is this going to

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<v Speaker 1>do baseball season? Advantage for base stealing managers do? Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>more guys are gonna run, Maybe the elite guys are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna run more, so you might see an overall uptick

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<v Speaker 1>in stolen bases in general, but that doesn't mean you're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to want to focus. And these are players

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<v Speaker 1>that I think even as the tides rise, they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be the ones that look the biggest because these

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<v Speaker 1>are some of the most impressive players. And coming in

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<v Speaker 1>at number five, I'm gonna tell you about the highest

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<v Speaker 1>player on this list.

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<v Speaker 2>Jazz Chisholm. I know this is the top fifty guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Where's the upside? Well, Jazz is coming off of a

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<v Speaker 1>year where he only still twelve bases because he played

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<v Speaker 1>only sixty games in twenty twenty one. Though he's still

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three bases in one hundred and twenty four games.

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<v Speaker 1>He was out pacing that marker this past year before

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<v Speaker 1>he got hurt so much so as well, you'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to see him get caught less. But he attempted thirty

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<v Speaker 1>one stolen bases in one hundred and twenty four games.

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<v Speaker 1>You can play around with basic math, essentially every fourth

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<v Speaker 1>game he attempted to steal a base, which if you're

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<v Speaker 1>on the right side of it, that could be two

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<v Speaker 1>stolen base attempts in a given week, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>big deal if you're playing in head to head. The

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<v Speaker 1>past year where he only played sixty games, he had

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen attempts, so.

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<v Speaker 2>That was going up. Again.

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<v Speaker 1>The stolen based numbers looked like they were going up.

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<v Speaker 1>The attempts were going up before he got hurt. Plus,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna tag on some more power than probably anybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>Another thing working in the favor, Derek Carti's the bat X,

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<v Speaker 1>which was the number one singular projection system, has him

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<v Speaker 1>as the third highest stolen based projection in all of

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<v Speaker 1>baseball in twenty twenty three, and that's in only one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and thirty two games.

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<v Speaker 2>The mind can wander.

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<v Speaker 1>My friends Jazz Chisholm, even though he's a top fifty player,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of upside on his return, and he

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<v Speaker 1>might be one of the few twenty five to twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five guys on the Earth coming in at number four.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna go way further down the list, but we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna stay relatively at the same position. Actually, one of

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite players that I watched early on in his career,

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<v Speaker 1>and this will only be really truly his sophomore season.

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<v Speaker 2>It's cj Abrams.

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<v Speaker 1>Cj Abrams on the Fantasy he Pro's ADP, which you

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<v Speaker 1>can go and check out. It's got all the major

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<v Speaker 1>sites on it has an eightyp currently that's sitting.

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<v Speaker 2>At two point fifty three.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a starting shortstop for Washington. There's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>room to grow and a lot of upside. Projection systems

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<v Speaker 1>have him around nineteen anywhere from sixteen to nineteen stolen bases,

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<v Speaker 1>which is pretty dang good.

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<v Speaker 2>But cj.

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<v Speaker 1>Abrams one of the fastest guys in the league. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>of all baseball players.

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<v Speaker 2>Had the twentieth technically tied.

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<v Speaker 1>For twentieth, which really would end up putting him around

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<v Speaker 1>like the eighth because there's many players that were tied,

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<v Speaker 1>but he comes in at twentieth as the fastest sprint

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<v Speaker 1>speed to ninety feet tag on top of it. In

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty two, between his time in TRIPAA with Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>San Diego and the major leagues, he stole twenty one bases,

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<v Speaker 1>which was just under one hundred and thirty games played.

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<v Speaker 1>His numbers have come down, but he had an elite

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<v Speaker 1>sprint speed when he was a rookie. He's only going

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<v Speaker 1>to be twenty two years old.

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<v Speaker 2>This year.

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<v Speaker 1>They've got a manufacture runs. He might be hitting at

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<v Speaker 1>the top of the lineup and this is how he's

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<v Speaker 1>going to impact the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Though no projection has him.

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<v Speaker 1>Over twenty I think there's twenty five plus in CJ

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<v Speaker 1>Abrams game this year, and you're getting in post two

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<v Speaker 1>point fifty. That, my friends, is upside. Coming in at

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<v Speaker 1>number three is actually the guy the furthest down this list.

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<v Speaker 1>If you look on Fantasy pros, he's got a five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred ADP because across all the sites he doesn't even register.

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<v Speaker 1>He only registers on a couple. Those are around the

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<v Speaker 1>three hundreds. And we're talking about a starting outfielder in

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<v Speaker 1>Tampa Bay.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Jose Siri.

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<v Speaker 1>Jose Siri in a one hundred and four games last year

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<v Speaker 1>had fourteen stolen bases. Every projection system bat X ATC

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to look at an aggregate, has him

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<v Speaker 1>for more seventeen on ATC. As a matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 1>we go back over to that ninety foot sprint speed

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<v Speaker 1>Jose Siri. Though he comes in at quote number twenty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>he's tied with CJ Abrams three point eight two seconds.

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<v Speaker 1>He is fast and he is cheap. He's got to

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<v Speaker 1>get on base. His strikeout numbers are a little too high,

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<v Speaker 1>but he seems to have that locked up and is

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<v Speaker 1>one of the cheapest sources of stolen bases you can

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<v Speaker 1>find out there. So even if it only steals fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>when it's free, there's upside there.

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<v Speaker 2>Number two is.

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<v Speaker 1>My favorite, and if you know me, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna say. It's Corbyn Carroll. This is another top

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred player ADP of eighty three according to Fantasy Pros,

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<v Speaker 1>but we've seen him go higher in some spots.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the fastest.

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<v Speaker 1>Player in Major League Baseball. As a matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 1>when you go through the sprint speed to ninety feet,

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<v Speaker 1>you see point zero one differences at every corner except

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<v Speaker 1>from number one to number two, where there is point

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<v Speaker 1>zero eight. It is the single biggest gap of any

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<v Speaker 1>player going next to each other in all of baseball

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<v Speaker 1>is Corbyn Carroll. It's point three sixty six, which is

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<v Speaker 1>number one in all of baseball. He stole bases in

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<v Speaker 1>the minors. Carrol between his time in Double A TRIPAA

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<v Speaker 1>and the majors in twenty twenty two, still thirty three bases.

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<v Speaker 2>And not to mention his twenty seven homers.

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<v Speaker 1>As a guy that makes a lot of contact, he

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<v Speaker 1>is wildly underprojected on all projection.

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<v Speaker 2>Systems the Diamondbacks.

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<v Speaker 1>They had two to twenty plus base Steelers last year

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<v Speaker 1>in Josh Rojas and Jake McCarthy. I think Corbyn Carroll

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<v Speaker 1>could lead this team while he might also be leading off.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's make a bet for upside on the fastest player

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<v Speaker 1>in baseball on a team that was top five in

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<v Speaker 1>base stealing attempts in twenty twenty two, Corbyn Carroll. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of upside there. And number one on the

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<v Speaker 1>list is a player that put up an almost ridiculous number,

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<v Speaker 1>to say out loud, stolen bases in twenty twenty two

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<v Speaker 1>across the miners and a little bit in the majors.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a Storry Ruiz, who.

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<v Speaker 2>Is now with the Oakland A's who stole.

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<v Speaker 1>Eighty six bases, Yeah, eighty six bases at every I

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<v Speaker 1>mean the majors. He only played a couple games he

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<v Speaker 1>stole one base, but he stole twenty five in Triple

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<v Speaker 1>A with Milwaukee, twenty three at Triple A with San Diego,

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<v Speaker 1>and thirty seven with San Diego at Double A. Absurd

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<v Speaker 1>stolen base numbers. How about in twenty twenty one when

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<v Speaker 1>he stole thirty six twenty nineteen when he's still thirty

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<v Speaker 1>four or twenty eighteen when he stole forty nine. He

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<v Speaker 1>steals bass, friends, I think you get the point. He's

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<v Speaker 1>on an Oakland team where he's gonna hit, probably higher

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<v Speaker 1>on the lineup. Even if he doesn't. They need to

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<v Speaker 1>manufacture runs. It's atrocious.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what he is built for.

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<v Speaker 1>This team traded for him, and you, my friends, can

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<v Speaker 1>have him.

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<v Speaker 2>For past two point fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, his ADP according to Fantasy Pros is two seventy six.

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<v Speaker 1>I usually don't like to chase stolen bases as far

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<v Speaker 1>as my drafting goes. I like to be balanced. But

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<v Speaker 1>guess what you miss out? You don't miss out a story.

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<v Speaker 1>Ruiz might have the most upside in baseball. When's the

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<v Speaker 1>last time we had a good fifty to sixty stolen

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<v Speaker 1>base guy. It's been a while. There's now an advantage

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<v Speaker 1>to stealing bases on a team that needs to create runs.

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<v Speaker 1>Who traded for this player who stole eighty six the

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<v Speaker 1>year before, across.

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<v Speaker 2>The miners and in the majors.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say it's pretty safe to say the highest

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<v Speaker 1>upside stolen based player in all of baseball this year

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<v Speaker 1>is a story. Ruiz? What do you think that I

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<v Speaker 1>miss anybody. Probably I didn't say Mond to see.

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<v Speaker 2>God knows how many he plays, but he'll.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably steal a bunch. Who do you like out of

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<v Speaker 1>this list? Who are you drafting?

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<v Speaker 2>Let us know?

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<v Speaker 2>Get in on some mock drafts. Try getting some of.

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<v Speaker 1>These base dealers. See where they go, see where you

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<v Speaker 1>can get them. You could do three drafts in like

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<v Speaker 1>a half an hour, and I know you could easily

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<v Speaker 1>kill a half an hour, So go and do that today. Friends,

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for hanging out with me. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you guys enjoyed it. Find me on Twitter at

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<v Speaker 1>I will talk to you again and we will do

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<v Speaker 1>some more baseball than another episode.

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