WEBVTT - 10 Must-Have Prospects in 2025 Fantasy Baseball Drafts (Ep. 920) 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:09.119 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is the 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:12.240 Fantasy Baseball Podcast. It is me, Joey p joep Zapia. 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:14.560 With me is the Welsh and today we're gonna be 0:00:14.560 --> 0:00:16.800 doing something really fun. We're looking at the top ten 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:21.040 must have prospects for your teams at twenty twenty five. 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:23.560 And Welsh is a bit of a prospect guru himself. 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:25.279 You can check out all his prospect write ups in 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:27.120 the Black Book. But we decided to go a little 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:29.319 bit deeper on the show today. That's right, bringing a 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:32.480 real professional not like well, we got Jeff Ponce from 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.760 Baseball America joining us today. Jeff, we are so excited 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:39.040 to have you on the program talking prospects and trying 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:41.040 to find out some players are gonna be helpful to 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:43.400 us in twenty twenty five. I know you guys are 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:47.080 a little bit more towards the dynasty long term prospect stuff, 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:49.720 but we appreciate you changing gears a little bit with 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:52.839 us today joining us on the program. Make sure you 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:57.760 follow him at Jeff Ponce po NTSBA and Baseball America 0:00:57.760 --> 0:00:59.280 has got a lot of fun stuff going on. Let's 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:02.040 talk about that, and let's talk about you getting excited 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:03.440 for spring training and baseball starting. 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:04.000 Yeah. 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:06.160 Absolutely want to just thank you guys for for having 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:07.959 me on the show. I've played in leagues with with 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:10.039 Joe over the years, played in tel Wars with you 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:11.679 for a couple of years when. 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:13.480 I was still in the Heads Ahead. 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:15.400 Now I moved to an online draft so I don't 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:17.880 have to travel to New York drop like a g. 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:20.000 You know I would. 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.319 It was like the most expensive, like three days of 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.399 like my my calendar year. But because of spring training 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:27.760 and the way my calendar is, the weekend that they're 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:30.520 there when the Spring breakout games happened and I got 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:32.720 to be down and then Florida for the Spring breakout games, 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:34.040 are going to be with a good friend of Welsh, 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:36.040 a mutual friend of ours, friend Dan. 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:38.440 I was invited to this just like a content house. 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:43.000 By the way, it's a prospect. There's a prospect content house. 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:44.280 It's it's like a mansion. 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:48.360 It was the worst reality show, No, I'm reality show 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:48.880 you've ever seen. 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:50.600 Oh, it would just all be sitting there talking about 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:51.840 We're like, well, Travis Bozano is. 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:53.840 Like seventy on this point. 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:55.800 I a pretty sure, but it's like it's like a mansion 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.320 that doesn't belong to us. But yeah, no, you've been. 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:00.240 You're killing it, Jeff, and we've we've you know, you 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:01.920 and I go back a long time, and I know 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.280 we're not as handsome as like, it's not like you know, 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.080 Scott Broun and Krantz and stuff and everything like that. 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:08.280 You've been on foul terrace. 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:09.560 For yourself, Welsh. I'm a handsome a right. 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.959 Well, yeah, Bron's got me covered. But if people don't know. Also, 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:13.480 you know, you've been doing your great work at Baseball 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.000 America but also been on foul territory, which has been 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:17.000 pretty great for you as well. 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.320 Jeff. Yeah, right, we're gonna last. 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.120 We're gonna start here with the obvious guy at the 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:25.480 top of the list. So spoiler alert, everybody. Roki Sazaki 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:27.000 from the Dodgers is gonna be the first guy we 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:31.040 talked about. There will be some more, let's say, legitimate 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.560 ish prospects we're gonna really break down, but we gotta 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.200 start with Rokye Sazaki because he is a Dodger, much 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:38.920 less a grin of pretty much everybody in baseball at 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:40.919 this stage, and he is a guy that certainly has 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:44.400 a lot of upside. Last year ten and five of 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.079 two three five ERA, over one hundred eleven innings in 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:49.800 the Japanese League, one hundred and twenty nine strikeouts, thirty 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:53.120 two walks. This is a player that the upside at 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.000 just twenty three years of age is going to be huge. 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.320 And now because he's a Dodger. That's my biggest fear too, 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:03.040 is the the inflation rate. And again that's a that's 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.240 a really tricky word here when you're talking about the Dodgers, 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:08.360 but the inflation rate of Roki now being a Dodger, 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:10.040 I'm sure it was gonna push him up draft for us. 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.720 But the question is how much of a turn can 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.560 he be in your opinion as a prospect getting thrust 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:19.040 into that rotation. The change in terms of, you know, 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:20.760 what it is to pitch every fifth day for the 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:22.320 amount of days he's going to have to pitch as 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:24.000 opposed to in Japan the amount of innings you gonna 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.640 have to go. You saw Yamamoto misstarts in the beginning 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:28.280 of last year have a rocky beginning to the season. 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:30.880 So what does the Roki Sazaki twenty twenty five look 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:31.360 like for you? 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:33.360 Yeah, and I think, you know, we can look at 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:37.440 the Dodgers' rotation now and probably assume with Otani backthrowing, 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.320 though he's not going to throw in that first series, 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:42.440 they're probably going to go to like a six man rotation. 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:46.200 So I think he's probably going to be on somewhat. 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.800 Of like a college Japanese sort of style schedule, will 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:52.440 probably only pitch once a week, which obviously does have 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.640 its limitations in fantasy. You know, if you're in head 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:59.360 to head points leagues like I am, getting that two step, 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:02.440 you know is really a huge difference maker. You want 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:04.600 to have as many two start pitchers as you possibly 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:07.320 can every week in my league at least, and. 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:08.320 It makes a huge difference. 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.760 So I think that's one area that you can probably 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:14.520 immediately point to and say, all right, like, his innings 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.560 are probably going to be a little bit more limited 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:19.480 than the other guys that he might be priced around. 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:24.800 I think for redraft, I could see him potentially being overpriced. 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.040 I think when you're buying more in a dynasty setting, 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:30.200 you're looking at the long term investment. You're looking at, Hey, 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:31.880 what's this guy going to be in four or five 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.680 six years? What he is as a trade asset. It's 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:36.760 just sort of a different approach in terms of how 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.839 you make that valuation. Now, in terms of the guy 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:41.880 that's going to come over, I think it's very similar 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:45.440 just from like a nuts and bolts perspective to the 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:47.680 picture that shoe hey Otani was when he first came 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:49.840 over in twenty seventeen. What do I mean by that 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:55.800 hard forcing fastball probably has some spin efficiency issues in 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:59.200 terms of like, he's not a huge ride guy. A 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:01.560 lot of his six sas and his bat missing ability 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:03.680 with that is because he sits in the upper registers. 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:07.159 When Roki Sasaki is right. You know, last year his 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:08.840 velocity he had ticked down a little bit. But when 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.560 this guy is right, like he had been in twenty 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.159 two when he was set in the world on fire 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:16.520 and had those back to back near perfect games, he 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.640 was sitting ninety nine to one hundred and one miles 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:20.640 per hour on his four seen fastballs. He was really 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:23.200 blowing it by guys, we know that velocity at that 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:27.279 level really buys you, you know, a lot of leeway 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.800 in terms of where you locate, in terms of how 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:33.720 it moves. You know, he's not a guy who has 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.080 great feel for spin. I would call out that as 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:38.520 probably the biggest question mark I have is does he 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:41.599 have a major league quality breaking ball. He's spinning his 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:45.680 slider somewhere around two thousand RPMs, which is really, really low. 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:48.200 I assume that's something that the Dodgers are probably going 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.080 to put some work into. They're going to try to 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.279 figure out. As this was part of the homework assignment 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:55.160 for teams at sigin Roki figure out why his velocity 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.600 dropped and how he can get back there. He understands 0:05:57.839 --> 0:05:59.560 that when he throws his breaking ball hard, when he 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:01.040 throws his we're seeing basketball hard. 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:02.400 Everything plays off of that. 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:05.640 He does have a world class splitter, and we've seen 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.160 how splitters are. 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:08.920 Playing at the major league level right now. 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.240 I would say the biggest difference between the player that 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:13.839 I thought Paul Skeins was when he was drafted and 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:15.800 the guy that we got in the major leagues was 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:18.400 that splinker. When he added that pitch, he added an 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:21.840 eighty sort of off speed breaking ball, which is so unique. 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:25.960 Roki has that kind of It's almost like a cut 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:27.960 splitter in terms of how it moves. 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.159 It can move glove side, it can move onside. 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.800 So there's some sort of like almost like the ghost 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:35.120 split with Senga that you sort of can't predict where 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:37.039 it's going to land, which really puts a lot of 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:39.840 pressure on batters. So I think, like you look at 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:41.440 him and you're like, he's this great off speed pitch. 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:42.760 He's got velocity. 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:45.839 He has an organization behind him that can probably get 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:49.440 him to sort of rip off a harder, you know, 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.640 maybe more dynamic breaking ball that's really sort of the 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.000 low hanging fruit. He is a bit more of a 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.400 project than Yamamoto was. Yamamoto was, you know, a three 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.320 time more or less cy young winner over there in 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:02.520 terms of what the equivalency is for that award. 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.440 What a smaller frame, right, you're talking about Roki Sazaki, 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:07.599 guy who six's two, you know, as oppos Yamamoto. I 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:09.520 think the size that was a big question about him 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:10.160 coming to the MLP. 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:12.760 Yeah, And I think the thing with Yamamoto is, you know, 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.800 he does some things that are kind of unusual from 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.280 the sense that you know, he can sort of pronate 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:20.480 on the four seam and ride it a little bit, 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:22.880 but he can also really get the RPMs up on 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:26.880 that breaking ball and you know, we've moved away from 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:30.400 like just raw spin, but when you're evaluating a guy 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:32.560 at like a base level of what does this guy 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:36.720 have the capacity to become, looking at that ability to 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:40.000 generate spin is sort of like a natural ability that 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.400 you can then sort of develop into other pitch. 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:44.280 Shapes I think. 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.520 I mean it's something that I think, like two years 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:48.600 down the road, we may look at it and say 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.520 he's throwing an eighty seven mile per hour sweeper like 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.720 Otani ad it right, Like, there are some things that 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.720 this guy can do to sort of develop his pitch. 0:07:58.520 --> 0:07:59.440 Mix a little bit more. 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:03.440 I think what Japanese development, particularly on the pitching side, 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:07.120 does really well is they developed guys that compete in 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:12.080 the zone, strike throwers, really good movers, and like fluid mechanics. 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:16.040 They're not as deep into the pitch sort of development 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.680 game as we are over here. And I think we've 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:20.720 seen this with a lot of these Japanese pitchers that 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.360 come over is that with the right sort of coaching, 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:26.320 they can add sort of that next gear. They can 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:28.320 add a sinker and sort of different pitches that they 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.280 didn't need to have in Japan sort of navigate these 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:35.000 tougher lineups, because you know, the top end of Japanese 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:37.320 players I think is pretty comparable at this point to 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:39.640 the top end of American players. But when you start 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:41.520 to look at the depth of each of those rosters, 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:43.360 that's what the signature difference is. 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.520 And you know, I'll throw in just real quick because 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:47.760 you did the big breakdown which was super important about 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:50.360 Roki Suzaki. But I think, in my take here is 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:52.760 the number one guy. Like this is clear that some 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:54.839 people wuld argue even in the prospect game, if you're 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:56.800 looking long term, he would be the number one guy. 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.680 A lot of it is built around proximity and the stuff. 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.080 But when you come back to redraft, yes he's the 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:04.480 number one guy. He's gonna be the number one guy 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.920 by virtue of ADPs. But my problem was is exactly 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.520 the word you said. You said project, and I still 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:13.120 believe there might be some project in there. He lost 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:17.000 a couple miles per hour from the WBC into last year. 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:20.000 The sliders you mentioned is a little bit questionable. They've 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:23.360 got a gajillion arms. Kershaka had still come out from 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:27.240 the clouds here, and the benefit of what they're going 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.160 to want and when to throw him out is in question, 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.080 so I've been throwing out I'm not even sure there's 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:33.400 a guarantee until they tell us that he is in 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.400 the rotation to start the year. I don't think it 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:37.240 would be out of character for them to say, we 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:38.800 got some stuff we want to work on to get 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.280 him right. I'm not saying that's a guarantee, but I'm 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:45.280 not as interested in the adp current ADPs of a 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:48.040 guy like Roki Sazaki with some things that I think 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.960 still need to kind of adjust. It's the best organization. 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.480 But last thing I'll throw out here is what we 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:55.760 are learning, which I do think is important for people, 0:09:55.920 --> 0:10:00.840 is the old school two hundred innings and eighty innings 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.439 and stuff. That's just the markers move down, Like you 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:06.520 can get a SP three out of a guy that 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:08.080 has one hundred and twenty or one hundred and thirty 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.360 innings this year, and that's where Rookie is projected in 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.280 one hundred and twenty one hundred and thirty range on 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.480 a six man rotation. All of that's great, but if 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:17.960 his cost was outside the top forty, I'd be in. 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:20.400 It's not. It's inside the top thirty. So I'm a 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:21.480 little bit thirty six. 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.080 It's thirty six, and the names around there, Hunter Brown, 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:29.640 Spencer Schwellenbach, Joe Ryan, Carls Rodan, even a guy that 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:31.719 you know. Sometimes I'm vere iffy on I think I 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.000 would rather have Carlos Rodon just for twenty twenty five. 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.480 But if you're in keeper league's obviously a very different scenario. 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:39.320 But in just redraft alone, thirty six is aggressive. 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:42.320 December January eighty piece. By the way, on NFBC, I 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:44.439 think Szaki was going inside the top thirty I just 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:45.439 want to throw out so like. 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:47.320 Yeah, and this isn't have a yemma modo. Last year too, 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.640 it went from being reasonable to super aggressive right away, 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:54.000 and that's when I was out. Let's talk about another 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:58.400 guy or traditional route, Christian Campbell, Boston Red Sox. First 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:01.120 little guy plays the in field, plays the out field. Jeff, 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:03.320 you think that there's a chance this guy could even 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.679 break with the club and that would be a huge win. 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:09.800 Campbell last year made the rocket ship climb a ball 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:11.959 or high a I should say double a tria A 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:16.120 combined one hundred and fifteen games, twenty homer, seventy seven RBI, stole, 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.120 twenty four bags, hit three point thirty with a nine 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.080 to ninety seven ops. I mean the numbers are all there, 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.839 so certainly the rocket ship has taken flight. Does it 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:25.600 land in Boston in April? 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:26.560 I think it does. 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:29.520 They came out yesterday and said that he's going to 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:31.960 compete for a job in spring. They don't have to 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:35.160 make a statement like that this early. I think you 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:36.840 look at the players that are on the roster. I 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:39.360 think David Hamilton is a better utility player for them. 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:41.520 He can get exposed if he plays too much defense 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.760 at any position, particularly in the infield over a long stretch. 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.160 You also have to sort of deal with, you know, 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:53.720 potentially some some you know, maintenance. I think with Trevor's story, 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.520 just hoping that he can get back to a point 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.360 that maybe he can play one hundred and forty one 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.880 hundred and fifty games. And I think, you know, you 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:05.200 take a look at what Campbell did. This was a 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:08.240 guy that was drafted in the fourth round, was considered 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.160 kind of an afterthought in that draft. 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:12.720 At college, you know, really. 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:15.840 Was more of a Colin Simpson Victor Scott kind of 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:16.160 a hitter. 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:17.640 He was a guy that went the other way. He 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:18.920 put the ball in play. 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.600 He used his speed, you know, in quality defense to 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:24.400 sort of make an impact. He was not a home 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.280 run hitter. The team saw some things in him. They 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:28.960 saw the fact that he had a big six', three 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:29.800 really athletic. 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:31.040 Frame you. 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:34.160 KNOW i had the privilege of being around That worcester 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.559 clubhouse over the last couple of series of the year 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:39.480 and got to Know christian And, anthony you Know Roman 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:42.760 anthony pretty well And Kyle teel and just the work 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.800 ethic on On campbell was just kind of a different 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:47.440 a different. ANIMAL i, mean this is a guy that 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.280 went out and would take extra ground balls and extra 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.160 infield practice at third, base at, shortstop at second, base 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.200 would go and take balls in the outfield and then 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:59.440 come back in and. Hit the changes that they made 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.880 with his batpath were very, minimal but it unlocked a 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.480 ton of bat. Speed it unlocked a ton of power 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:11.840 that he didn't previously. Have the underlying contact quality metrics 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:13.640 like x wobecon he had one of the highest x 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:16.600 wobacons in all. Baseball that's a metric that comes from. 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:20.240 Teams from my, reporting it's not publicly, available but that 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:22.520 number puts him in the top ten in terms of contact. 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.880 Quality so it's looking at launch, angles it's looking at you, 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.439 know how hard the ball was, hit what field the 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:30.640 ball was hit, to in terms of you know what's 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.800 when this guy makes, contact how often is this, ball 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:35.560 what kind of you, know wOBA is this guy going 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:36.360 to have on balls and? 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:38.319 Play he just really. 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:42.520 Slugs he is excellent at keeping a really tighty, zone 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:46.480 doesn't swing and miss in the. Zone the underlying metrics 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:49.120 got better at every single. Level the production got better 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.120 at every single. Level that shows me. Aptitude AND i 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:57.240 think that that's sort of like the, unwritten under discussed 0:13:57.320 --> 0:14:01.360 characteristic of prospects is these guys that are, elite they 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:04.480 get better at each. Stage is they're perfected with better, 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:07.560 coaching better, opportunities better. EQUIPMENT i, mean in The Worcester, 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.600 clubhouse they don't even take. It TOOK vp on field 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.560 once a week because they have a traject machine in 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:16.640 the bowels of The Worcester. Stadium so he's going in 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:18.640 there and he's Facing Garrett cole every single. 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:22.080 Day you, know it just puts you into a different 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:22.600 AND i think. 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.600 The place that The Red sox are at with hitting 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.520 development right, now they're really turning up the. Cranks guys 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:30.600 are coming out much better hitters than we had expected 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:33.840 them to. Be you put all this, together they need 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:36.440 right handed power in that. Lineup they need a guy 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.400 that is dynamic and can play and be versatile over the. 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:43.400 Field campbell really fits that for, him and it also 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:47.320 puts them into consideration for A ppi pick if he 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:50.400 does hit and he does succeed and he ends up 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:51.720 in the top three of The rookie of The year 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:53.600 voting or wins THE Al rookie of The, year, which 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.480 by the, way Once asaki signed in THE, nl the 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:57.480 path is a little bit. 0:14:57.520 --> 0:15:00.200 More the path is. Easier, yeah it might be for 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:00.960 internally in his own. 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:02.320 TIME i just did a short on. This if you 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.240 guys follow us on some of the, SOCIALS i just 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:05.720 did a short on, this you. Know AND i want 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:07.440 to throw in, too BECAUSE i think when someone when 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:09.800 you Hear Christian campbell on, here you guys are, like, 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:12.120 hey what About Roman. ANTHONY i want to point out 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:13.720 this specific. 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:14.400 Pick this Is. 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.760 Jeff jeff Had Christian campbell also A Red sox. Guy here, 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:20.560 too Has Christian campbell Over Roman Anthony from That redraft, 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.520 standpoint as your number one, guy you Had Christian. Campbell 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:26.080 WHEN i asked you for this list Over Rokie sazaki 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:27.840 and the THING i want to point out too With, 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:32.760 CAMPBELL i actually am more enamored With campbell Than anthony 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:35.840 because of the hitter that he is. Now anthony has 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.520 some you want to call it louder, tools maybe a 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.680 louder bat or a potential louder, Bat BUT i love 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.800 the quality of contact with a guy Like. Campbell he 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.160 had a twenty twenty season he hit over three. Hundred 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:47.880 two of the three levels he hit over three. Hundred 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:50.680 he hits lefties and righties both really. Well there's A 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.960 Mookie Betts neiss to him where you look at maybe 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.640 the size of futility the, yeah well you also look 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:57.560 at the size. 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.560 And the quick. Hands but he generates power like when 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:01.680 he hits as it's funny they kind of pop off the. 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.360 Bat we Watch Roman Anthony hill, running he drives the. 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:07.720 Ball When i'm watching the video Of, campbell it's like 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:09.880 he swings and he hits the ball so hard it 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:11.360 pops up in the air and it goes out and 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.440 it's a very different home run path that you see 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:16.920 out of most. Guys and it's because of the bat 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:18.920 speed that he generates with the hands being so. Quick 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:19.200 that's the. 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:21.440 Thing it really, stucks AND i Think campbell has the 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:25.080 potential to put up A Jackson churio type of season 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.000 where there can be some, slows some, goes and then 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:29.960 all of a sudden it really pops with that great 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:32.280 quality of contact at the, end where maybe he's not 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.840 even the most physically. Imposing, Again anthony is just like 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.640 big power bat that people feel, like, hey this could 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.240 be thirty plus. Homerunpower but don't be surprised If campbell's 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:42.360 there all, year kind of goes through the up and. 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.600 Downs you've talked about him coming through the. ADVERSITY i 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:47.000 really love. This i've Moved campbell up more and more and. 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.200 More he was probably the highest rising guy for most 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:51.760 people that rank prospects last, season SO i think this 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.680 is super. Sneaky we will talk About Roman anthony, here 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:57.240 But Christian campbell going in kind of this tier one of. 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.080 Prospects for redraft. 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.520 Trying to get your draft, on use The Draft wizard. 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.920 Again the expert rankings are. 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