15 Rookies To Target in 2026 Fantasy Baseball Drafts (Ep. 1141)

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Speaker 1 (00:05):
What's going on.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Everybody. Welcome into Fantasy pros. This is the Fantasy Baseball Podcast,
and it feels so good to be back here on
the airways with you guys. I'm your host, Joel Rico,
joined by Chris Welsh. Today we are going to be
breaking down some rookies that you should be targeting in
your twenty twenty six Fantasy Baseball drafts.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
We're getting going already.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
The World Series has not even concluded, but we had
a show last week Welsh and Joe were breaking down
some dynasty movers. Today we're talking rookies. Chris, it's great
to be back on the mic with you.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Man. This is a great time of year for me.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
You see, I got the Blue Jays jersey on one
went away from the World Series, which could happen. By
the time you're hearing this, it could have happened. So
I'm living a good life right now.

Speaker 3 (00:41):
My friend likely is going to Yeah, you guys can
be heroes in Canada and the US by taking down
the Dodgers.

Speaker 4 (00:47):
Yeah, but it's good to do this. Man.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
We are in the full throes of starting the process
of the Fantasy Baseball Talk for the twenty twenty six
season from Dynasty to Rookies. We did an episode this
last year where these are going to be the rookies
at least. We're going to start with the rookies that
we think can impact twenty twenty six, whether that's players
that are going to break camp or players are going

(01:10):
to be up pretty soon, and then we're going to
have a list of names that are big time prospects
that I don't think are going to be close to
breaking camp, but we'll see if they can come up
by the All Star breaker. So so this is just
going to be a fully dedicated episode to the rookies
that you guys mightn't want it, might want to invest in.
And it is a pretty interesting year in twenty twenty five,
from the disappointment guys who broke camp like Dylan Cruz

(01:33):
and yeah, you guess you could say, like Jason Dominguez,
to the players that were absolute surprises, from Drake Baldwin
to Cad Horton to the shlew of guys at the end,
even Bubba Chandler, who he screamed about for four months,
who was horrible in the minors and then he came
out and he balled out, not a guy. The last
caveat I want to throw out here Joe that we're

(01:53):
going to talk about, because the one little caveat to
this episode is these are non debuted prospects that we're
going to see, So this is not going to count
guys that are going to be prospect eligible who had
made the major So Bubba Chandler will not count. We're
not going to talk about him in this episode because
he should be there. So non debuted top rookies that
we are going to target in twenty twenty.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
Six, make sure you guys are subscribing to the channel
doing all that great stuff we are going to be
pumping out content here over the next several months. Welsh
and I are going to be together in person next
week doing an in person podcast and doing a couple
of fun little content things in Arizona. So make sure
you guys are subscribed and doing all of that great
stuff wells. Before we get into the list here, I'm

(02:33):
going to throw you a slight curve ball just because
the topic is rookies. We saw Trey Savage have this
ridiculous start yesterday, and I know we're talking non debuted guys,
but I can't help myself here. Does that really shoot
him up draft boards for you Dynasty rankings? He's still
rookie eligible for twenty twenty six. That twelve strikeout, seven
inning beauty of a start yesterday. Are people going to

(02:54):
overreact to that? Or is he the real thing in
your eyes?

Speaker 3 (02:57):
I don't know if it's an overreact. You know, it's
actually funny out here in the Arizona Fall League. I'm
talking to some guys and there happens to be like
one guy who had some major league experience, and it's
Nacho Alvarez, and we were talking about the World Series
and we're talking about a couple of guys and he
had talked about there's some picture out here that had
this really like aggressive side like submarine arm angle, and

(03:17):
he was talking about how tough it was.

Speaker 4 (03:19):
And then I'm sitting there with him and.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
Brandon Winnaker as a prospect with the Twins, and the
World Series comes up, and I look at Nacho and
I go, let me ask you something.

Speaker 4 (03:27):
Is the submarine.

Speaker 3 (03:28):
Tougher or is a guy like trey Ya Savage who
comes from a complete over the top with that splitter
tougher And he looked and he thought about it for
a second. He went, you know, it's all tough. He's like,
I'm not sure that I could pinpoint which one is
more difficult. But the only reason I'm throwing that out is, like,
you know, you talk about sometimes these weird arm angles,
even as straight over the top, can be really deceiving

(03:49):
for a hitter, and he's got such an interesting arsenal
that was already a part of his I don't know,
stigma or lore going into you know, the season. We
talked about them on leading off, like, hey, Treya Savage
is a guy they might bring up at the end
of the year, and it ended up being for a
playoff run. So kind of tying this all back in
is that, like, I don't really think there's necessarily an

(04:11):
overreaction because like that was the most dominant rookie performance
we've ever seen in the World Series. He's been an
absolute stud and just answered every single call in the playoffs.
But the rookies at the end of the season, those
are the guys that are going to get these big boosts.
Nolan McClain's another one of those that I don't think
exhausted his prospect eligibility. We're going to go in next
year with Treya Savage, Nolan McClain, and Bubba Chandler as

(04:35):
three prospects that are going to be rookie eligible for
next year and all had phenomenal ends to the season.
So like, yes, the overreaction is small sample sizes. But
if anything, I would say Treya Savage has probably met
the biggest call because he's been put in the most
aggressive situations. Now, if any of them become like top

(04:55):
twenty pitching prospects in fantasy, that's probably a little too
much because you know you're gonna look at theoretical like
inning limits and stuff like that. But no, I think, like,
you know, we've seen this before. We've seen guys make
their debuts in the playoffs, and you know we've seen
some big success. I don't think we're going to have
a big overreaction. I think this is the biggest school.
You know, the AFL is kind of like a little

(05:16):
tutoring ground before a Major League baseball Trey's Savage is
having the ultimate class. This is a master's class that
he's having and he's going to be deserved. Really, the
only thing is going to be what's the order next
year of the pitching prospects that are still rookies. Is
it going to be a Savage at the top, Puvid
Chandler's stuff is the biggest. Nolan McClain might be the
nastiest of all of them. So it's just a really

(05:38):
good class. I don't think it's too overrated. But he
has absolutely skyrocketed his value for twenty twenty six.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
It was. It was amazing to watch. You know.

Speaker 2 (05:46):
There's been all the talk if he started in single
A and all this stuff. He's making fifty seven grand
this year, folks, fifty seven thousand dollars. There's a very
good chance, if you're listening to this, you are making
more money than Trey Savage made this year. It's just amazing.
I can't help myself with the Blue Jays, but we'll
move on.

Speaker 1 (06:02):
That will be the old.

Speaker 3 (06:03):
We got a little bit of a draft signing bonus
that I'll want to point that out. He makes a
couple more bucks with what he got from the draft.

Speaker 1 (06:10):
But to your point, yeah, no, it's uh. I'm just giddy.

Speaker 2 (06:14):
I'm just really giddy thinking about having him wearing our colors,
wearing our jerseys for the next six seven, hopefully fifteen
years at this point. But let's get into the meat
and potatoes. We are gonna be talking about those non
debuted prospects, and we're gonna start with Kevin McGonagall, the
Tigers shortstop prospect who put together a phenomenal year in
the minors across both levels of a ball and double A.
Nineteen homers, ten stolen bases in a three ZHO five average.

(06:37):
If there's anything I love in a player profile, it's
a guy who walks more than he strikes out fifteen
percent walk rate, eleven percent strikeout rate, one E two
WRC plus.

Speaker 1 (06:45):
He was phenomenal.

Speaker 2 (06:47):
Is there any chance that we see Kevin McGonagall start
the year with the Tigers? Now there's the whole Trey
Sweeney conundrum there, potentially, What do you think is going
to happen here?

Speaker 1 (06:56):
Welsh?

Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, so, uh, he's not only like one of the
top prospect in baseball in some places he's number one.
I've got him at number two. He's out here in
the Arizona Fall League right now. I have seen him extensively,
and like, I think, there's a multitude of reasons why
things are pointing in the direction that this is probably
of the non debuted prospects, he is probably set up

(07:18):
have the best probability to be able to crack an
opening day roster spot. If not, it be really early
phenomenal year. As you mentioned hit, you know, three hit
a three four line, over three hundred average, over four
hundred OBP. He's got incredible contact skills. He's come out
here in the Arizona Fall League. He's hit as we're
recording this three sixty mid four hundred OBP, six hundred

(07:40):
slug really taken fire. He's walking a bunch, but he's
also playing third base, so he's shortstop and third base,
and I think that's key because this team wants to
see the flexibility that they have in him, because they've
got holes. Is Javeyby is really going to be the shortstop?
I think they have like Colt Keith lined as the
third baseman. I think at the end of the day,
you're going to have some like what is it Kerry

(08:01):
Carpenter in Torkalsen splitting between who the DH is Cole
can go to first, and then you know, dealing with McKinstry.
McGonagall almost got a call prior to the season call
up and he's had a phenomenal AFL. He's a leader,
he's playing multiple positions. I would put his percentages right
now of the list we're gonna do at about sixty
five percent. There's actually one of his teammates who's out

(08:23):
here I think might also potentially kind of you know.

Speaker 4 (08:28):
Like shoot at that.

Speaker 3 (08:29):
But I think you know, mcgonagall's a star. He's a
super super advanced prospect. I don't know where the power
is gonna end up being. He's got more of a
doubles approach. He can absolutely crush baseballs. It kind of
has there's a little reminder to me of like what
Corbyn Carroll is. He doesn't have the stolen base acumen.
He definitely steals bases, but the doubles contact and maybe physicality.

(08:51):
He reminds me a lot of Corbyn Carroll in that sense.
I think he's going to be like a teens to
twenty homer guy, a teens to twenty stolen base guy,
but he could hit high in the lineup, and I
think he's got a high probability to be up with
the Tigers early. So this is a rookie that you're
going to want to invest in in drafts, and the
bigger question is going to be where does he end
up going.

Speaker 4 (09:09):
The roster already kind of speaks to us that he
could be up very very soon.

Speaker 3 (09:15):
So like if things were to stick where it is
where it's like, you know, he's got to beat out
you know, they can move hobbyer Buys back to the outfield.
I would say McGonagall is shouldn't be too far out
of a top one hundred prospect if you want to
build on a full season of him. If he is
given the job very early on in drafts, I think
McGonagall is going to be a guy that pushes inside

(09:35):
the top one hundred simply because this is a potential
five tool player. So really love Kevin McGonagall. The third
base stuff really creates extra flexibility, and to me is
saying that, a he's going to have a shot at
opening Day, and if not, it's probably going to be
within a month or two. So he's going to be
worth drafting. And also, you know he's one of the
top prospects in baseball.

Speaker 2 (09:54):
Hey, he just doesn't profile as somebody who's really going
to hurt you anywhere. You know, it might not be
a massive boon in power like you're talking about. But
even if you're getting twenty homers ten steals hitting for
a solid average, the Tigers are a decent lineups as well.
The last couple of years they've improved quite a bit.

Speaker 3 (10:10):
So And to note, you know, nineteen homers, he did
do that in around like three hundred and thirty something
at bats, So you give him over a full season.
He's got two homers out here in the AFL, So
if you want to stack stuff up, he's probably near
four hundred of bats with twenty one homers. It really
does kind of reek of what Corbyn Carroll as a
hitter is.

Speaker 4 (10:28):
I don't want to confuse that.

Speaker 3 (10:29):
I want you to think Corbin Carroll is going to
be this, or Ken mcgonagall's going to be a sixty
stolen base dada da, No, he's gonna have. He's gonna
be like in the twenties. You know, he's definitely trying
to steal bases when he's out there, but he's not aggressive.
He actually might look his ceiling might be like what
Carol was this year, you know, where Carroll just barely
got over thirty hits for a good average. McGonagall might
have a better propensity for average, but I think he

(10:50):
has that same batting approach. I'd love to see his
bat speed numbers like Corbin Carroll, so that's kind of
the same realm I think he could live in. And
I think he's gonna to be a one to three hitter.
I think he could lead off out here in the
Fall League. He's done a lot of two so I
think that's like a prime spot that Tigers might end
up having him and being a number A two hole hitter,

(11:11):
So be on the lookout for that. He's a very
special prospect. Looks like one of the best guys out here,
but that extra flexibility positionally with the already great offense,
it's screaming at us that he's going to be you know,
It's like Nick Kurts. You know, Nick Kurtz had a huge,
big push and he was out here in the Fall League.
I think these top guys who meet that call like
this was the last answer they needed. And Kevin mcgonagall's

(11:32):
done that. So he's going to be at the tippy
top of non debut prospects. They are going to be
worth drafting in twenty twenty six.

Speaker 2 (11:39):
Let's move on to JJ Weatherhold to shortstop prospect in
the Cardinals system. He had a very solid year across
single A, double A and triple A one hundred and
nine games, seventeen homers, twenty three steals, and he hit
over three hundred with a one to fifty two WRC plus. Well,
where do you see him landing in this Cardinals hierarchy,
especially because Mason Winn was of disappointing. Is there any

(12:01):
chance that Weatherhol could play a different position, or perhaps
Win could play a different position next year to fit
them both in.

Speaker 4 (12:06):
Yeah, I don't.

Speaker 3 (12:07):
I don't know if they'd ever moved went off of
another position, just because like, defensively he's so solid and
you know, offensively that's where the struggle is. But Weatherhol
definitely could move around. And one of the biggest things
that worked well for him is he got up to
triple A. So Weatherhold has some similar traits in my
mind to Kevin McGonagall, and I don't I hate to
do it again, but it's like, this is the other
guy that has like Corbyn Carroll miss to me, and

(12:28):
that's I think that to me a little bit. It's
probably like those sub five foot eleven batters that have
really really good batspeed, and that's what Weatherhold has. He's
like a offensive whiz batting average across three levels since
twenty twenty four, has never hit under two ninety five,
which has been really great. He had seventeen homers this
year in just under five hundred play appearances, twenty three
stolen bases.

Speaker 4 (12:49):
You love all that type of stuff.

Speaker 3 (12:51):
You know, probably closer to like a fifteen to twenty
five guy in the majors. You know, maybe it can
go up or down. There's solid bat speed, good offensive
pro and again, like McGonagall, the batting average for him
being like a high end like one or two hitter
in a lineup really speaks to it. What you love
even more, though, is this is a guy that doesn't
strike out. Mcgonagall's shown some strikeout stuff out here in

(13:13):
the Arizona Fall League under fifteen percent for a Jji
Weatherhold at every single stop in the miners, he has
had a double digit walk rate. He's never struck out
more than fifteen percent while never hitting under two ninety five.
Those are phenomenal numbers. He's flown up the system and
we get some Triple A data or some stat cast
data because he got to triple A. Eighty percent contact

(13:35):
rate at triple A we love, but even more forty
eight percent hard hit rate for this guy attached to
a ninety one and a half average exit velocity and
he gets a ball in the air, it's around a
twelve degree launch angle. There is a really interesting profile
in him for a guy that is already a triple A,
that had already amassed all the played appearances, and what
were the Cardinals missing all season on offense? He is

(13:58):
going to get an opportunity now. I have him slightly
lower than McGonagall, just simply because, like I think there's
more options for the Cardinals to play around with, But
I think it's a fifty to fifty chance very early
on here. It's tough to say exactly where we should
be taking a lot of these guys. I say McGonagall
even now should probably be stared at as a player

(14:19):
that's going a little bit outside the top one hundred,
and then you know, if if they're like he's got
the job, then I think he'll move up into like
the seventies. Weatherhold is probably I have not looked at
a single bit of ADP data from whatever amount of
drafts that have even happened at this point, which is
probably null and void. I would think JJ weatherhold, you
got to pay attention to outside the top one fifty

(14:39):
because of the offensive profile with the Cardinals if he
does come up early. So he's a guy that I'm
going to be targeting, you know, like McGonagall, they're still
in base. There's power, it's five tools, very very much
into JJ Weatherhold.

Speaker 1 (14:52):
Yeah, I think a lot of the ADP.

Speaker 2 (14:54):
I know the NFBC where I play a lot, they
will flip over after the World Series, and there's been
a couple of drafts the time we are recording together.

Speaker 1 (15:01):
Next week, I'm.

Speaker 2 (15:03):
Sure on that episode will sprinkle in some of the
new ADP data.

Speaker 1 (15:06):
We love it.

Speaker 2 (15:06):
As soon as there's ADP data, I usually spend a
couple hours going through it because that's why we're so why.

Speaker 1 (15:11):
We do this.

Speaker 2 (15:12):
Let's talk about somebody from down Under, Travis Bazana, who
was the number one pick a couple of years ago
in the draft. I don't know necessarily if Cleveland would
make that pick again just seeing some of the other
guys that have gone after him, but still Bazana has
put together a fairly solid minor league track record over
the last couple of years, mostly in twenty twenty five,
get a one thirty six WRC plus nine homers twelve steals,

(15:36):
albeit with kind of a low batting average at two
forty five, but nearly a four hundred on base percentage. Here, Chris,
what do you think they are going to do with Bazanna?
I'd like to see him on the opening day? Rostered,
Not sure it's gonna happen.

Speaker 1 (15:47):
What say you?

Speaker 4 (15:48):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (15:48):
So this is my number three here. I am higher
on Travis Bazana than you know. There's quite a few people,
I think in the industry, but we thought we were
going to see him in there as in a fall league,
as the finishing school. It's the term that they use
a finishing school for him, but I think they were
comfortable with it. He did have a lot of injuries.
I got him out here in the Ears in a
complex league, but he was able to get back up

(16:11):
and ended up having twenty six games at Triple A.
Where you know, to your point, a reason why he
might not make the opening day roster and why I
put him also at fifty to fifty like JJ weatherhold,
is that you know there were some struggles. His K
percentage is probably where they didn't want it to be.
His batting average didn't shine, but he's a high on
base guy. He had a twenty four percent walk rate

(16:32):
in twenty six games at Triple A.

Speaker 4 (16:34):
It's ridiculous.

Speaker 3 (16:35):
He has got an extreme pull heavy approach. So of
all the three guys here that we've talked about so far,
and you know we have like all these middle infielders,
he's kind of smaller middle infielder guys. Bizang it to me,
has the most potential power impact, even though if you
look at the numbers, he's got the least amount of
homers of all of these guys. But I'm talking an

(16:56):
extreme pull heavy approach for a guy that he struggles
a little bit with. This is something I don't love.
Edward Julian did this. I hate when these guys and
I hope he gets out of this where they become
super passive to start at bats and then they become
super aggressive on so it's like you know, the bats
on the shoulder, they're not Cavin Bigio.

Speaker 4 (17:15):
Used to do it, Edward Julian used to do it.

Speaker 3 (17:17):
They would just like let pitches come in, but be
passive and then all of a sudden, it's a three
to two count and they're just hardcore swing and it
doesn't work. Bazana is not quite like that because he
has more aggressive accounts, but he has a true understanding
of the zone. I think injuries took a lot from
the season, but it is loud tools. This guy, of
these three players is going to have the biggest EV numbers.

(17:37):
He definitely gets the ball in the air. And we
mentioned this for the last two years on this channel.
The right field in Cleveland has become a really good
homer spot for left handed hitters because this like wind
tunnel that's going on, So like he's gonna thrive in
being able to get the ball in the air. The
batting average is a big key, but he would be
a phenomenal player for them to get up at the
top of the order right now because of his ability

(17:59):
to walk. If they feel that he has met these
check marks that they wanted, and I think they do,
and they that he has for them because he didn't
go to the Arizona Faul League, I think that would
have been something like, hey, you know you miss time.
We want you to work on this and this Nope,
gave him a break. He's going out, and I think
it's going to be for an opportunity to get up
in playing the majors, very very early on fifty to

(18:21):
fifty chance to make the opening day roster.

Speaker 4 (18:23):
I think the power potential is the best. He is
an OBP.

Speaker 3 (18:25):
Push of the three guys we've talked about. I think
he's even more valuable in OBP because he's going to
be over four hundred and if the batting average starts
a click like it did in college, where again it
was just big pull, air numbers, big hard hit. I mean,
of the three, it's not even close. He's going to
be the biggest power impact guy. So I'm a big
Travis Bozana guy. I like him a little bit more

(18:46):
than the rest of the industry. That's why I've got
him here as number three of players that we do
need to look at for the twenty twenty six season
for these rookies.

Speaker 2 (18:53):
So, even though you are a little bit higher on
consensus than him, do you think that the Guardians would
make a different selection if they could go back in time.
Would they go for a Nick Kurtz, A Chase Burns,
Cam Smith, Trey a Savage. Do you think they're happy
with that pick a year and a half later.

Speaker 3 (19:08):
Yeah, I have to go back and look, I don't remember,
but what was Bizana the number one overall?

Speaker 1 (19:14):
I'm completely number one? Yeah yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (19:17):
Yeah, okay, I just completely blanked on that. Yeah, oh yeah,
I'm looking at it right now. Twenty twenty four. Of course,
Nick Kurtz, I don't think is even a question. I mean,
that team continuously kind of struggles with, like you, wanting
big power first basemen that they just haven't quite locked into.
Maybe they're happy with Manzarta right now, no doubt. Probably
with Chase Burns, I would think as well, probably Trey

(19:39):
your Savage. I think there's always a revision is history.
But the thing that you got with Travis Bozana outside
if they got any deal, is you got like a
really advanced offensive profile that he's just been hammered by injuries,
you know, since he started, and it's really kind of
taken him back.

Speaker 4 (19:55):
So yeah, I think they would make some changes, but.

Speaker 3 (19:58):
I think there's still a big offensive profile. The thing
they need from him, though, is the need for him
to be a higher batting average guy, you know, like
that's what they want. They can't keep They can't have
a bunch of comments artist. They can't have a bunch
of two forty hitters surrounded with Jose Ramirez, like Ramirez
wants help. I think that could be another reason that
Bozona could be up early, because it's like they want
impact and they want it now, and I think they
feel confident they've got it out of him. But yeah,

(20:19):
Nick Kurtz, I think anybody would pick Nick Kurts over
Bazana right now.

Speaker 1 (20:22):
Yeah, that's fair. That's fair, guys.

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Speaker 2 (21:18):
Guys, we're going to continue on with the shortstop theme here,
moving to Philadelphia with Aiden Miller put together another really
nice year. It's kind of been a common theme. Everybody
had a very nice year, but particularly in the speed category.
He has a fifty five speed rating as a prospect,
fifty five at a fifty five speed at fifty nine
stolen bases in one hundred and sixteen games to go

(21:39):
along with fourteen homers. He hit two sixty four, a
solid sixteen percent walk rate. What's the future here for
Aiden Miller? Is he going to usurp Trey Turner and
maybe they move him somewhere else. Any insight on what
the plan is in Philadelphia?

Speaker 3 (21:52):
Welsh, Well, I wish I had really great insight. But
the thing that I think creates the path if you
want to talk about my number four rookie here to
look at is Alec Bohm. This team has been trying
to get Alec Boum off the roster, and I believe
he's a free agent after this season, so he's got
one year left under him. So does that mean that
the team just kind of rolls with it, runs it

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back and is comfortable with it, or do they finally
bite get him off the roster because there's one year
left and it opens up a spot. Whatever that spot
looks like. Could it be Bryson stop moving it over,
or could it be Aiden Miller. Aiden Miller was a
guy that many thought was going to be a.

Speaker 4 (22:26):
Third baseman into the future.

Speaker 3 (22:27):
He's kind of continued at shortstop, which has been good,
but he was scheduled to come out here in the
Arizona Fall League. He did not because of a wrist issue.

Speaker 4 (22:36):
He didn't come out.

Speaker 3 (22:37):
But a thing I want to point out which we
could have seen and I didn't get to find out.
Obviously that same team had Sebastian Walcott, who is there
to play shortstop and third base. Would we have seen
Aiden Miller playing a lot of third base out here
in the Fall League? That I think would have been
a big tell of like, oh, this is the future plan,
Like they know he can play third, he move over

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to second, but maybe he could be the guy that's
going to be the third basement. So is there a path?
It's not going to be through Trey Turner. It's probably
not through Stott. Stott still got two more years on
the contract, but it definitely could be through Alec Bohm,
and we'll have to see how aggressive they want to be.
We ended up getting a relatively full season. We didn't
get a bunch of triple A stuff from Aiden Miller.

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He only had eight games, but he finished the season
with a two sixty four average, which is solid. A
three to ninety two OVP fourteen homers beat a twenty
seven doubles, So we topped well over forty extra base hits,
which you love to see, and then an insane fifty
nine stolen bases, which, by the way, those are paired
with fifteen bases caught where he was caught stealing, so

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he had over seventy attempted base steals there. That's something
that the Phillies could end up looking at and just
going listen, this guy could be an impact at all sides. Defensively,
he's a shortstop playing third, and we like him there.
He can hit for power, he's getting on base even
if the batting average is slipping, and he could be
super aggressive, something we never really saw out of like

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a guy like Stott. So I think there's a lot
of potential there. I would put Aiden since the number
the guys we've been talking about are not only we
have not ordered this in percentages, by the way, I
know we have as an ascending or descending order of
percentages of how I think they're going to make the rosters.
This is actually more about the high end prospect impact

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that they are as well. I'd put him under fifty percent.
I put him around forty percent. But the thing to
monitor to me is if Alec Bohm gets moved Aiden
Miller's a guy that does have an opportunity to break camp.
If he doesn't break camp, I don't think it's going
to be more than twenty or thirty games in Triple A.
As long as he doesn't struggle that this Phillies team
is going to look and just say, hey, you know,
he can help us on all facets of the field

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there's an injury. I think he would be the top
guy up. The big key is he got to Triple A.
He's a menace on the base path with many many
didn't feel, and he's got a really impressive offensive skill
set that only just looks dramatically better with those stolen bases.
So I really like Aiden Miller. But I will say
that tears are changing. I actually think Weatherholt and McGonagall

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that's kind of a tier. Then there is this little
tier of Travis Bozana, and then now we're opening up
a little bit to speculative market of players that are gonna,
you know, make it to the majors early on. But
Aiden Miller is going to be a rookie. If not
for opening day, you're gonna want to pay attention to.
If the power and speed continue to go, it's very valuable.

Speaker 1 (25:20):
Clearly really phenomenal stuff.

Speaker 2 (25:22):
It almost kind of reminds me of maybe this is
not a great comp but like an Ellie Dela Cruise,
but with less swing and miss less power maybe, but
just like the twenty sixty type of potential stat line.
I don't know, give me kind of some some Eli
Dela Cruise thoughts. Although it's probably not a perfect comp there, you.

Speaker 3 (25:41):
Know, it might be it might be like and I
very carefully say this, because I don't think he has
the same back to ball like full on offensive hit tool,
but it's kind of like a Bobby Wit you know,
like Bobby Witt can steal a few more bases than
he's hitting for power.

Speaker 4 (25:57):
I just like the problem is Miller's.

Speaker 3 (25:58):
Probably never going to crack the top three or four
in an order that's going to take him away. He
struggles with batting average. You just really not that. But like,
instead of Ellie, you might look at more like what
Bobby Witt Junior has done. And if all think and again,
this is twenty one year old kids, This is a
super young kid. If all things work out, like he
definitely is going to have a lot of offensive high upside.

Speaker 2 (26:19):
All right, let's move on to Colt Emerson. Here one
more shortstop, this one into Mariners system. Had a very
solid twenty twenty five one hundred and thirty games with
exactly six hundred played appearances, sixteen homers, fourteen steals, and
he hit two eighty five with a one thirty WRC plus.
Just turned twenty years old a couple of months ago
as well. Welsh, where do you think Colt Emerson lies

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here in the Mariners future? Is he a JP Crawford replacement?
Is he going to go somewhere else on the infield?
What do you think is going to happen here?

Speaker 3 (26:47):
I think Colt Emerson is going to be the starting
second baseman.

Speaker 5 (26:52):
Now.

Speaker 3 (26:53):
The only thing that's going to take that away is
if this team decides to go out of house. I
know they've got Cole Young, that's someone they can take
a look at, but I think think it's going to
be cold Emerson.

Speaker 4 (27:01):
Emerson ended up getting.

Speaker 3 (27:02):
A spot on the Taxi squad while they were running
through the playoffs, and that was like, you know, he
could have been one of those guys like Chase de Lauder.
He was going to get his major league debut in
the playoffs. They didn't end up happening, but you know
the reason that he was there is he's a solid
defensive infielder. The offensive profile, again, this is one of
those guys. He hit two eighty five this past year,
three eighty OBP, fourteen solar bases, sixteen homers. I think

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he has the lowest offensive fantasy profile of the players
that we've talked about, but he has probably one of
the higher floors. He's going to hit for average. I
think he's a phenomenal high end in the order hitter.
He might start on the team hitting you know, maybe
seven or eight or something, but could he become the
number two guy one hundred percent without OBP and batting average.

Speaker 4 (27:45):
I just don't know.

Speaker 3 (27:45):
At the end of the day, is he going to
be more than a fifteen to fifteen guy. I think
it's a possibility. The offensive profile in Seattle, it's a
little bit discouraging at the end of the day, but
you know, he was a big doubles hitter. He had
twenty eight doubles. I think this team, I'm giving a
fifty five percent chance, so we're better than fifty to
fifty here jumping up, he's a little bit lower on

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this list because like the impact of guys like Bazana,
I think is is just a better bet. But I
do think it's a better bet for him to make
the roster because there is a clear open spot at
second base, and I would imagine camp is going to
be Cole Young versus cold Emerson, who can take this
down unless they go make some big impactful move. So
I think the most enticing part of this is and

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I think in points leagues, you know, like the lower
strikeout stuff and his ability to get on base is
going to make him obp leagues as well. I think
this is a higher probability. This is kind of like
the prospect thing proximity. You know, he is a high
probability of making a roster versus maybe even a Bazana.
But I'll take Bazana's offensive profile over him. But we're
going to give an over fifty five over fifty percent

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chance that Colt Emerson makes the opening day roster.

Speaker 2 (28:51):
Let's transition into a picture in somebody that feels like
he's been kicking around for a very, very long time.
He's still just twenty two years old. That's Andrew Painter.
Because he had to go into the knife. He missed
a couple of seasons due to Tommy John and I
gotta be honest with you, Welsh, I don't know that
he's the same guy since he's come back now, will
he eventually regain the form that we saw in twenty
twenty two.

Speaker 1 (29:10):
It's possible. He's still very young. But where do you think.

Speaker 2 (29:13):
The upside is with Andrew Painters? He's still the number
one prospect potentially. I know he's not listed as the
number one guy on a lot of sites anymore, but
could he get back there?

Speaker 3 (29:22):
So Painters pretty interesting? Could he get back there? Like definitely?
He's still young. He feels like he's like twenty five
years old because he missed all that time, But he's
still just like twenty two. He pitched a decent where
they really babied him last year, like they did not
They didn't pitch him in like the first half of
the minor league season, or they really made it low.

Speaker 4 (29:39):
But he ended up.

Speaker 3 (29:40):
Getting one hundred and eighteen innings under his belt. Unfortunately,
it's kind of an inflated era. It was five two six,
but he was around a low fours x fip so
a full run lower and then we did get some
data from at least what his stuff was looking like
in TRIPLEA, where he had around thirteen percent swinging strike rate,
which wasn't like best in the world, but we saw

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his fastball pushing almost ninety seven. He was throwing his
cutter still, which might be one of his best pitches,
which I hope to see more of. He hits that
at ninety he's got a slider at ninety seven. You know,
he had a five pitch arsenal, five pitches that he
had a double digit percentage usage. Now maybe he kind
of hones that in a little bit. I got to
see him in the Fall League about a year ago

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from right now, and he looked relatively unhittable.

Speaker 4 (30:26):
I think that the hit ability.

Speaker 3 (30:29):
And how much he got hit up this year kind
of backtracked him a bit. But there's gonna be some
opportunities in like what time Wheeler's going to miss whatever
else they decide to do, Like, there's only so much
more he's going to be in the minors. He pitched
one hundred and six innings at Triple A.

Speaker 4 (30:43):
He's going to vie for a spot, So this is
a sixty five.

Speaker 3 (30:48):
Percent that he's going to make the opening day roster
because the only thing that's going to hold him back
is there's just a glut of great guys there. There's
the risk of bullpen. I still believe in the stuff.
I think he's going to have a full season under
him because he hit that one hundred and eighteen marker.
I think he can push to probably one point fifty
in a full season. So maybe they baby him a

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little bit out. But three years ago, when he was
a twenty year old, he was vying for an opening
day roster spot with the Phillies, and then he had
the surgery, and then they babied it. We're beyond babying
right now.

Speaker 4 (31:21):
I'm not too.

Speaker 3 (31:22):
Worried about some of what the stuff looked.

Speaker 4 (31:24):
Like this year.

Speaker 3 (31:25):
I think it all got back. He's got great velo.
He'll work in the offseason. He's a really really smart guy,
and I think he can definitely be in the Phillies
rotation pending that there is availability. But I'm gonna put
it at a high percentage that Andrew Painter. The problem
here is there are so many uniquely good pitchers that
made their debut that are prospect eligible.

Speaker 4 (31:44):
I'm gonna take Tong.

Speaker 3 (31:45):
I'm gonna take Bubba, I'm gonna take McLain, I'll take
you Savage. I'm gonna take those guys over him. But
of the non debuted pitching prospects, there's really not a
ton that I think have viability to come up super
early on. There's guys that will talk about on leading
off in the coming year, you know, when it's like
May that we think could come up soon. But if
guys that really have an opportunity to come up right
around opening day, there's only a couple, and he's at

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the top.

Speaker 4 (32:08):
Of the list.

Speaker 2 (32:09):
Yeah, I want to see the strikeouts come back to
where they were. The command is the last thing, famously
that you see return after Tommy John surgery. So hopefully
next year we do see him kind of regain that form.
And I think that, you know, I think I can
speak for everybody when I say we don't need to
see Taiwan Walker anymore. He's only thirty three, but I
mean he's just fairly unexceptional. Give Painter that job. Maybe

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Wheeler isn't ready for opening Day. And the last thing
here is that Philly is not exactly a team that
has a long, long timeline Tray Turner's thirty two, Rice
Harper thirty three, Castanos thirty three, jt Real Muto, if
he's even coming back as like thirty four, they need
they need to start doing things asap to try and
get a championship ring with this core group. Who knows

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with Kyle Schwarber if he's going to come back like
this is a team that kind of they kind of
need to get things moving. Let's talk Robbie Snelling who
did get moved at the deadline. My brain is blanking
on the trade exactly, but it was Miami and San Diego, Louis.

Speaker 3 (33:10):
It was a Louis a Rise one where it was Yeah,
it was Robbie Snelling, Jacob Marcy, Graham Paully and Adam
Maser for Luis Arise.

Speaker 1 (33:20):
Not the podcast or Adam Maser the pitcher.

Speaker 4 (33:22):
Adam Mazer, Yeah, Maser, yeah, yeah, not easier.

Speaker 1 (33:25):
Yeah, that's an old joke. I apologize to that one.

Speaker 2 (33:27):
But one hundred and thirty six innings for Snelling in
the minors this year, a nine and seven record with
a two five to one eer, thirty percent strikeo rate
and a seven percent walk rate. Welsh, do you think
there's a chance that we see him on opening Day.

Speaker 3 (33:42):
Yeah, Robbie Snelling one of my favorites, personal favorite. When
he was a Padre, I got to spend a decent
amount of time with him. I think there's a lot
of people that were calling for him to come up
this past season. He had two years ago one of
the best minor league seasons. Then in the midst of
the trade, everything completely fell up heart and he looked lost.
In twenty twenty four, he ended up having an over

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five ERA X fit was around three to eight, kind
of similar to Andrew Painter. And then this past year
everything came back two five to one ERA and almost
eleven K per nine. His FIP numbers were right at
two seven. And what was the one of the biggest
denominators here was Velo Returns. He was throwing ninety two
point nine on his fastball in twenty twenty four ninety

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four point seven on average, so almost two miles an
hour essentially added back on the fastball. His slider he
kind of you know, yeah, he did up ticket it.
Actually he was the sinker, his thinker. He threw a
little bit harder, but he stopped throwing as much his
slider he threw a little bit less, but it was
two miles an hour harder.

Speaker 4 (34:42):
So he got all of his VLO back.

Speaker 3 (34:43):
He got Estella got his groove back, Snelling got his
groove back, and he got the whole thing going. He's
going to be only twenty two years old, but everything
he did this past year, like Andrew Painter, was essentially
at Triple A, or at least the second half of it.
Over sixty innings at Triple A were by the way,
I didn't even mention this in his Double A starts.
He had a three six to one ERA last year.

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In his Triple A one point twenty seven. His k
per nine went up, his walks per nine went down,
his ERA got better, he stranded more batters. He was
absolutely dominant. And Marlin's had a pretty good track record
of like what they've done in pitching development. And all
we heard this off during season was like edwarcker Berger

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could get traded, Sandal Contrac could get traded. Well, guess what,
once they make the move, Robbie Snelling is going to
be a beneficiary. I have no doubt about that, unless
they go and trade for three You know these trades
Sandal contract for like three major league ready pitching guys.
Robbie Snelling is going to be up. He was an
elite K guy. He lowered the walks. He's got a
great arsenal and just to revamp it again, it's heavy fastball,

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relatively heavy slider, and he's got a nice cutter. He
did the cutter change up thing, so like it's a
good four pitch arsenal with big strikeouts. Robbie Snelling I
think has a very good opportunity. I put Painter in
like the six d to sixty five percent range. I
think that Robbie Snelling is in the fifty to a
little bit higher. And as pitchers get traded, if you
see Cabrera and al Contrago, I think Robbie Snelling is

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going to be a guy. I think he's the sneakiest
one of this entire list. Because there's a lot of
big name prospects we've talked about. Snelling is the start
of a guy that doesn't crack a lot of top
thirties or novice people into the prospect game. They just
don't really know. Well, guess what you're in some NFBC
draft and you're in the three hundreds or something, like
that grab Robbie Snelling because he's going to get regardless,

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he's going to get significant innings this year, but he
could break camp. So I'm drafting Robbie Snelling in deeper leagues.
If it's a standard ten man league, I don't know,
you might need to wait a little bit, but I
do think he's going to get some run, and based
on what the Marlins have been doing, guys, I feel
really relatively encouraged about what he's going to be able
to do in the majors.

Speaker 2 (36:48):
Yeah, despite his age, he does seem pretty major league ready.
If you look at the play discipline data from Triple
A was a very very good, very solid stuff.

Speaker 1 (36:55):
Thirty two percent I was swinging.

Speaker 2 (36:56):
I'd like to see only a seventy seven percent zone contact,
you know, that's the average major league contact rate is
like seven or eight points.

Speaker 1 (37:05):
Ahead of that in the zone.

Speaker 2 (37:07):
So he's doing really great work in Triple A so far.

Speaker 1 (37:10):
Let's talk about a couple more.

Speaker 2 (37:11):
Guys quickly here, deep guys who we could like heading
into next season. Spencer Jones, Max Anderson, and Quinn Matthews.
Spencer Jones probably the most noteworthy name here being the
Yankee prospect that they believe is the next Aaron Judge.
I think he's closer to being the next Bobby Dollback.
What do you think about these guys as a whole Welsh?

Speaker 3 (37:29):
Yeah, So these are three more players and having a nice,
you know, clean ten prospects that we're talking about, these
are three other players that are you know, higher ish
or at least if I go down my prospect list,
that I think are all viable options. Spencer Jones is
the most obvious. Here's where I'll throw the percentages. If
he's a Yankee, it's probably thirty percent that he makes

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opening to a roster, but it's over fifty percent if
he gets traded. There's no more reason unless he I mean,
he might be a true quad A player, by the way,
but there is nothing more gained from him being in
the minors anymore. Like he did it, he got the
he started using the torpedo bat technically in all of
his badness, the dude hit over to seventy. Like the

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way we talk you anybody Sometimes me I'm a little
bit of an apologist for sin Spencer Jones. The way
people talk about Spencer Jones, you would think he hit
one seventy. No, he hit two seventy this year, but
it's one of the nastiest chase strikeout games that are
out there.

Speaker 4 (38:28):
That's just who he is.

Speaker 3 (38:29):
But it's immensely loud, tools, ridiculous power speed numbers. It's
it's like it's Elli da La Cruz. You want to
you compared Ellie with at Aid Miller. No, No, Spencer
Jones is more like a Ellie day La Cruz because
it's hit hard, it's in the air, it's loud. The
problem is Ellie started to show his ability to cut
down on strikeouts. Spencer Jones has not done that. The

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biggest thing he did this past year was go to
a lot of these hitting clinics, learn where he's hitting
the ball, and that's why they optimize using the torpedo
pat based on his contact spot. They're like, the torpedo
bat is literally where you're doing it. Well, guess what
it did create a better situation where he hit for
better average, But he's still swing and missing. So could
that be the thing he works on this year? They'd

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be awesome, but he's still making do The problem is
you're going to be able to do this at the
major league level.

Speaker 4 (39:20):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (39:20):
I don't know if that's going to work. I'm not
even sure he's viable to draft at this point. I'd
love to see some big changes, but the stats are
loud and his ability as someone to look at you
should pay attention to, regardless of like what you feel
about it, because if that strike out rate does go
under thirty percent, he could walk into a thirty thirty
season like without question. Also if he did play with

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the Yankees, that ballpark is phenomenal. So I do think
you just need to pay attention to him because he
will be up early. I'd be surprised if he's not
up by June unless he's just you know, he's going
to be what is it the next Mike Hessman. Wasn't
it like eight hundred minor league appearances, unless he's going.

Speaker 4 (39:55):
To be that.

Speaker 3 (39:55):
The other two guys that you mentioned is deeper options.
I want to throw Max Anderson out at you guys.
I think he could potentially pull poor cold water on
Kevin mcgonagal because he is out here with the Tigers.
He's working it not only second but third base. And
I'm gonna tell you this, I think Max Anderson has
the best hit tool in the Arizona Fall League that
includes Kevin mcgonagal. I think he is the best bat.

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He has a tremendous ability for the zone. He's hitting
for power. He's tied for second in the power numbers
out here. I love everything he does, and I kind
of wouldn't be shocked if they just decided to go
to Max and to Kevin McGonagall to start. But I
think he will be up early rather than later, especially
if they kind of clean house a little bit with
some of that roster. They wanted guys that hit for average,

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Well guess what. Put Max Anderson and Kevin McGonagall in
there and get off all these guys that hit two twenty.
That's the way to do it. So I think he
has a possibility. And then one last pitcher, Quinn Matthews
with the Cardinals, is someone we thought we would see
last year. I'm going to put it around fifty to
fifty because the Cardinals might clean some house. The reason
it's not guaranteed is he really fell apart in the
first half. He got it back in the second half,

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Elo came back.

Speaker 4 (41:02):
There was consistency like he.

Speaker 3 (41:04):
Was able to re establish but he was a tale
of two seasons. It's another guy that's just a little
too old to be in the minor leagues. They got
to do something with him, So I think we're going
to see him pitch some innings next year. It's just
will they be with the Cardinals, will they be with
another team? Will he be bouncing around? I'm not one
hundred percent, but in a world of these last three
of guys, like, Hey, if I'm in deeper leagues, who

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are guys that I could take some shots on? Spencer Jones'
loudest tools, Max Anderson might be the biggest, sneakiest guy
for this coming season. And Quinn Matthews is a non
debut pitching prospect that could get some early innings.

Speaker 2 (41:38):
Could we see them by the twenty twenty six All
Star Break? Our last segment today, five players that could
potentially be up and make a big impact. Conor Griffin Welsh,
Any chance we see him up by the All Star
break making an impact in Pittsburgh.

Speaker 3 (41:52):
Yeah, there's people screaming that are like, hey, guys, you
talked about ten prospects that are going to be up.
What about some of the biggest prospects in baseball? That
we did in Connor Griffin, the number one in prospect
in the land. Could we see him. I actually do
think we could see him.

Speaker 4 (42:06):
I think the probability is lower, but he did get
to double A. He's a unicorn.

Speaker 3 (42:12):
The one thing is they didn't send him to the
Fall League, which I kind of thought might be the
finishing side of this. I think he restarts at double A,
but if he kills the Double A, you get him
to Triple A. There's gonna be a push for the
Pirates because they don't do anything with this team. Maybe
have Jered Jones back, You've got Paul Skeins, get them
some help. Connor Griffin continues like he did last year.
I do think he could be a mid season prospect

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that could make impacts. So we don't want to draft
him in leagues early on, but we're gonna want to
put a little marker on him when we.

Speaker 4 (42:39):
Get to mid season, so he's a mid prospect. I
do think we'll see.

Speaker 2 (42:41):
Yeah, Pittsburgh is not a good drag record, at least
recently with bringing these guys up early enough for them
to make a difference, So Bastian Walcott will move on
to him. I have seen on various lists. At times,
he's been the number one prospect and fantasy lists. Thirteen homers,
thirty two steals in a two fifty five last year, Welsh,
do we see him with Texas by the All Star break?

Speaker 4 (43:00):
I'm gonna say no, we don't see him.

Speaker 3 (43:03):
Possibilities are there because Corey Seeger is perpetually hurt, but
also Sebastia Walcott is Sebastian Walcott played one game in
the Fall League, got hurt, and he's out. There's also
some volatility in like his swing and the strikeouts. He
has been playing third base, which creates some extra you know,
like ability across the field. I just kind of think
Texas is still in this big win now process. I'm

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gonna say that he's gonna be more slow rolled. So
I'm gonna go with no, he is not up by
the All.

Speaker 2 (43:32):
Star break, Okay, I think, yeah, you're probably I could
be wrong.

Speaker 1 (43:36):
He's just so young.

Speaker 2 (43:37):
I think that's the thing, right, Like he is he
still nineteen or has he turned twenty?

Speaker 1 (43:40):
Like he's just so so young. There's no for them.

Speaker 2 (43:42):
Yeah, used to really really push it. Max Clark, somebody
who's a very entertaining follow on Twitter. By the way,
had a very solid year fourteen homers, nineteen steals and
a two seventy one average in the Tiger system. Welsh,
do we see him by the All Star Break?

Speaker 4 (43:56):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (43:56):
So I'm gonna say yes, and that means I've created
The Diamondbacks had a movement it was called the Baby
Backs where they had all these guys. Can they really
afford to have all of these rookies, especially as a
team that just made the playoffs or Terry Trek Schoogle.
I don't know, but I think Max Clark is way
too good. I do think he'll probably start at Double A.
He dominates there. I would imagine by May he's up

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at triple A. So by the All Star break, can
they really keep him down? Can they have Max Anderson,
Max Clark, and Kevin McGonagall up. I don't know if
they can afford it, but I think they'll do it.
So I'm gonna say yes on Max Clark.

Speaker 2 (44:27):
Leo Davrees. Now, this is an interesting one. The trade
piece that came over for Mason Miller, the main one
he actually improved his numbers did once they came to Oakland,
and he actually jumped up from high eight to double
A one nineteen WRC plus up to one forty four.
The problem is he's born in two thousand and six.
He's only nineteen.

Speaker 1 (44:44):
Any chance we see him next year.

Speaker 3 (44:47):
I might surprise people. I'm gonna say, yes, the A's
have definitely not shied away from being aggressive sometimes in
their minor league spots. He'll play second base because Jacob
Wilson has a stranglehold on a shortstop gig.

Speaker 4 (45:02):
I don't think that's going to change.

Speaker 3 (45:03):
But I think, like the way he's progressed and he
went out and played and light him this winner, I
think there is a high probability. I mean, listen, when
he doesn't, I'm not going to be shocked whatsoever with
Leo Direes doesn't come up. He's not someone I'm targeting
unless it is a crazy big like NFC NFBC and
you're trying to get you know, some production on the
second half. But I'm going to go on a limb

(45:24):
and I'm going to say, and that might be surprising
that I say Walcott no, and DeVries yes. I just
think the A's are just not afraid to kind of
press some of that. It's high batting average I'm going
to say yes, Leo Devrees.

Speaker 2 (45:34):
One more name, Kate Anderson. Did the Mariners need another
stud pitching prospect? Well they got one anyway. Nineteen games
started last year at LSU, one hundred and nineteen innings
three eighteen ERA and the thirty seven percent strikeout right
with us only a seven percent walk right Welsh?

Speaker 1 (45:50):
Will they be aggressive with Kate Anderson?

Speaker 3 (45:53):
Yeah, I think this is a fun one. Tyler Brimner
we could have put as this as well, because he's
an Angels pitcher. He has I like he never got
to pitch and I think it was like a little
injury thing that popped up. So that's why I took
him off the list. But a lot of people, myself included,
have said, like, Kate is a guy that we you
could see theoretically break camp with this, Like it wouldn't
be shocked if this was like a crochet situation where

(46:14):
it's like they just don't spend time in the miners.
I'm gonna say that's not going to happen, and we
will not see him, but it might not be far back,
And don't be shocked if he ends up being like
this year's Chase Burns where it takes half of a season.
He's such an advanced pitcher, College World Series guy like
it takes him a little bit of a run through,
especially if they have a pitching injury or they decide

(46:34):
to move off of one of their great pieces of
their rotation. But if they run it back with their rotation,
I'm gonna say no on Kate Anderson. I think a
lot of people are going to be projecting that he's
going to be the first pitcher that's gonna come up.
I really wouldn't doubt that it's gonna happen. But if
we use the All Star break as a marker, I'll
say no on Kate Anderson.

Speaker 2 (46:52):
Oh many people are gonna dream about him pitching at
safe Go T Mobile T Mobile. I caught myself before
I completed that one. I always do that with the
old ballparks. I'm not good when they change the name.
I always call them. It's still Miller Park to me
in Milwauk.

Speaker 4 (47:04):
I'm horrific with ballpark names.

Speaker 1 (47:05):
Yeah, but guys, we will wrap it up.

Speaker 2 (47:07):
There ten prospects plus five additional ones that could be
up by mid season. Make sure you guys are liking
the video subscribing, commenting, doing all that stuff, because we
are going to be ramping things up here over the
next couple weeks and months.

Speaker 1 (47:18):
Well, she and I will be together.

Speaker 2 (47:20):
In person, sitting beside each other recording a podcast next week,
which will be in your feeds I think a couple
of days after that. But make sure you guys are subscribing,
doing all of that stuff. For Chris Welsh, I am
Joel Rico. We'll talk to you next time right here
on the Fantasy Pros Baseball Podcast.

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