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[SPEAKER_00]: Everybody, JJ Cooper Josh Norse, Incundal, based on America Prospect, podcast, back for another week.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And we're got a fun one this week, as we try to do most weeks, every week, I would say we try to have fun.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But we are gonna look at drafting the best.

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[SPEAKER_00]: position groups, the organizations that have the best position prospect groups today.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We'll explain it more detail later, but basically we're looking at, so who has the best catchers out there in the minor leagues?

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[SPEAKER_00]: Who has the best middle-infielders, corner-infielders, outfielders, right-handers, left-handers, left-handers, we're going to go all through all that.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But first, you guys have been on the road.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You guys have been seeing prospects.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Ian, you got to see the double-A debut of one of the better pitching prospects in both the best pitching prospect in the minors from the Philly's organization.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And one of the ones who's probably had kind of more the standout years of far of all pitching prospects.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You got to see gauge wood.

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[SPEAKER_00]: What stood out from your travels over the past week?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it was a really, really good week.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Beyond gauge, we'll have got the Anthony science.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And for the first time in the regular season, got to see Sever King played Triple A.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You got to see more Franklin Ares.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, I was a prospect filled week like we are.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Like we love here at Baseball America, but Gagewood was really interesting because he was someone obviously wasn't that familiar with beyond watching him on TV with the College World Series last year when he obviously had that standout performance starting in no hitter with 19 strikeouts.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And now you look a year later and he's making his double-aid debut to show how quickly those college pictures can move through the miners.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And he was pretty impressive, you know, it was he's clearly on a very strict pitch count.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He only work three innings and given how many innings he threw in college.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's he's to see why they're kind of being very careful with the energy.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Because he didn't throw very many.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think you have a staff on that.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Has never, I don't think he's ever top 50 innings in a season in his college career.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, there's not a lot of runway here.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, so the fillings are clearly being very careful.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So you only threw three innings, but fastball look good, you know, really good riding life from that lower lease bite, sat in the mid 90s.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Mixed in a slider was really good, 80, 486 miles an hour.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Got a bunch of whiffs on that.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It was basically fastball slider, which I guess was Bemo coming out of college to more or less a two pitch guy.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Mixed in an occasional curveball and like a kind of a split change.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But he was very good limited hard contact.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He had one bad pitch, the entire rowding.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And it was actually not really that bad of pitch.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It was above the belt.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He just Arias did what he's been doing and he hit it out to straightaway center field.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So other than that, though, he was really impressive.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And he looks like someone that the way the fillies are treating him, I wouldn't be surprised at all if we see pitching, if they're in contention, out at their bullpen at some point this year.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And Josh, you tried to see Seth Hernandez make his hi-A debut.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Unfortunately, it was really wet that day.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And they pushed it back, but that didn't keep you from going out and seeing prospects as well.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, it would have been as high a home debut.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And the home they did start against Thursday shore.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He wouldn't start against Thursday shore and did very well.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And then he got pushed back and got whacked around a little bit by Winston Salem, but I got to see a whole lot of tarp.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But I did see two games of Nashville at Durham and Nashville has Luis Laura Cooper-Prat and Jet Williams and they were all pretty good.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They all showcased the little bits of things that they can do, they played defense, they tightly hitting,

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[SPEAKER_01]: These good contact, you know, Jet Williams showed that, you know, he could be a pest or he could, you know, dial it up for some power.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He almost had a home run.

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[SPEAKER_01]: If you looked at it from the side, it looked like a home run, but Homer Bush took it away and saved, I believe, a couple runs for Starter Brody Hopkins.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, it was a really fun couple days there.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It's all a couple people I knew.

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[SPEAKER_01]: talk there, you're off for nine innings.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So it was not, not Seth Hernandez, which I'll probably see Thursday if the weather's better, but it was a fun couple days.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But so what we're going to do today is inspire by a piece that Ian wrote, you can check out at baseballamerica.com.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Ian wrote it last week as we're recording this, which was looking at the best position groups, prospect groups by organization across the minor leagues.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And we're going to steal that today and do a draft to that.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Now the rules are pretty simple, right?

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[SPEAKER_00]: We're being reasonably liberal, but at the same time,

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[SPEAKER_00]: within reason as far as position groups, right?

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[SPEAKER_00]: So a player who is playing semi regularly a position, count can count for that group.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You can say, I'm picking this guy, partly for this guy, but it has to be someone who's playing there.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You can't say, I think this guy's going to be a first spaceman someday, but he's catching now, or he's an outfielder and say, he's now going to be part of my corner in field group.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It has to be someone who's actually doing that.

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[SPEAKER_00]: The other rules pretty basic, each of us to make a little tougher, each of us can only pick an organization wants.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So if I pick the Rockies for catching, I can't pick the Rockies again.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Ian can Josh can for a different group, not for the catchers, but I can't.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So you want to be a little strategic with this as well, that if you think a group is better at a different group, you may not want to pick him for the other group.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And the other one is

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[SPEAKER_00]: each of us, each group can only be picked once for each group.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So we're going to go in the word of catchers, corner in field, middle in field, outfielders, right handers and left handers.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We'll start it off with catchers and Ian.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It's only fitting since it was your idea and you wrote the piece.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You get first pick.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So who are you picking at catcher?

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[SPEAKER_00]: And by the way, if you have the the story at baseball america.com up, for the one for Ian picks first, maybe you might have a little sneak peek who he's going to pick.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I'm a little disappointed actually to have the first pick here, because I think this is one of the deeper position groups in terms of there's multiple teams that I think you could make the case for.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Whereas, some of the other spots, I think it gets a little thinner.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But yeah, with catchers, I think I'm going to have to go with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Cardinals, obviously, headline by a reneal Rodriguez, number one prospect in their system.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's well within our top 30 right now, and he's off to a very good

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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, there's a lot of offensive upside there and what makes the cartonels so unique is they compliment him with a pair of guys who are even higher in the minors, both aren't triple A who at, you know, worst case of like backup catchers and maybe especially with someone like Jimmy Crooks, there might even be, you know, friends regular upside there, but yeah, Jimmy Crooks and Leandro Bernal they're the number six and number seven prospects in the system both are close to big league ready.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, there's not a lot of systems where you're going to have three catchers who probably can be in the big leagues in the next year or two.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And that's what the Cardinals have.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, if you look in it and I think a good way to think about it is if you look at the top 30s and you look at the adjusted grades here.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The Cardinals have three catchers with a 40 or higher adjusted grade.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And they're the only organization in baseball who can say that.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So they were, well, it was pretty easy pick.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It was, uh,

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[SPEAKER_02]: The other two or some other options were just as good that I'm guessing you guys are going to go to here So that's why I was a little disappointed that this is the one I had to pick first I will say this is one worse like if you said I was picking fourth Yeah, it's only three of us.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I'd still be okay.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So Josh you get the second pick those.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So who are you thinking?

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[SPEAKER_01]: I had had the first pick.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I would not have taken the cardinals.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I would have gone with the Padres because they have Ethan Salis and you don't.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I think he's the best catching prospect in the sport all around.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He's clearly come back from what Alden last year and has looked excellent.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He's one of.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He's not the youngest player in

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[SPEAKER_01]: the taxes and then double lay anymore.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But he's a teenager.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I think he turns 20 soon.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I think I'm looked first.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But he's hitting.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He's catching.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He's throwing.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He's savvy.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He's everything we thought he would be a couple years ago before a lot of things kind of derailed him.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They're the way they've hired their managers.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They've kind of targeted his development at that level.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's working really well.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I wrote an article last week.

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[SPEAKER_01]: suggesting that he has an outside shot of being the number one prospect in baseball at some point next year.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I think Kizu's mod A, you know, holds serve unless he does get the service time in 130 fast whatever this year.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But if it's anybody else, I think he has a chance to to ascend that high again.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll take him and all the other captures in that organization.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But as long as I get

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[SPEAKER_00]: So that's I'm kind of glad to be honest that you went that way very logical and I agree with you.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You're getting the best prospect.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So Yay, but at the same time, I'll take the raise and I'll feel very good about taking the raise because I'm getting guys who are limitably a little further away, but I'm getting most notably I'm getting Cooper.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm getting a Kaden Bodine.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm getting Nathan Fluelling.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, you're throwing in some other guys who I would say

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[SPEAKER_00]: Ian's done doing the race now.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I've done the race.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I will say with the race that they are a team where it's like, you're like, well, that guy's not even on the top 30.

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[SPEAKER_00]: No, it's something where with the with the race not being on the top 30, but Dominic Keegan is on the top 30 want to take make sure before I said that, but Dominic Keegan who's in AAA on the top 30.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Those are the big names I would say for them.

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[SPEAKER_00]: There's a couple of other guys, Kenny Piper, has always been kind of a guy who's always on the Dept chart.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So a lot of guys like that, but I would say that I feel really good about especially flowing in Bowdoin.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Bowdoin is the not gonna strike out contact oriented really good defender.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Flung's a guy who's got all kinds of ceiling.

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[SPEAKER_00]: He's been a much faster study, I would say, for a teenage high school catcher from Canada to be as good as he has been so quickly, really good athletic in position.

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[SPEAKER_00]: That's one where I feel really good about.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And I think that we all three could be honest feel really good about that because I will pose one more question before we move on,

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[SPEAKER_00]: Do you all feel like, I feel like that catcher is one of the positions.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Middle-infields are always going to be loaded because players start out of short stops.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Catcher can kind of wax and wane, and I feel like catching prospects right now are in a pretty decent shape, especially with Salas's kind of return to health and prominence.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But what do you guys think?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I agree with you there like the fact that we had three good position groups to choose from is kind of nuts to me and you know, I chose a what is essentially a one man to show and you guys I will say hi Harvey.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that's why I said the word essentially.

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[SPEAKER_01]: but if you know if I'm if it's a concert I'm paying money to see the the name on the marty but you guys had three guys legitimately at all those positions and that's pretty good and you know we didn't talk about you know Malcolm Moore with Texas has gone through a bit of a resurgence lately he's figured something out and you know I think the other night he had three bombs and he threw out three runners with sub one nine pop times.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So there's he's he's jumping back onto the map and once we update our stuff again he'll probably go up there and I'll see him this week because Obsidian is going to be who faces Seth Hernandez and the fighting greens burrows in a pretty loaded series when you think about low key loaded so Yeah, I mean, I think that that's a loaded one now.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We're going to jump to what I would say is the least loaded one most difficult one, which is not surprising, but after this quick break, we're going to draft our corner infield groups.

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[SPEAKER_00]: and we're back to draft corner infielders.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And this one, let's just be honest, this one's gonna be a little bit tougher when I set in the intro that you can use players who aren't necessarily full time there right now.

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[SPEAKER_00]: That's important.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would say in this group.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would say that much more so than probably almost any of the other groupings, we're again, we're not being too liberal here.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You have to be talking about players who are playing that position, but you'll see some here where you're like, that guy's a short stop.

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[SPEAKER_00]: No, he's playing a short stop in third base.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We're claiming him that I will also say, let's be reasonable about this, right?

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[SPEAKER_00]: Like,

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[SPEAKER_00]: Hey, Zeus, but I believe has played a game at third base or two in his career like we're not he's a short stop.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Let's not, you know, let's not go crazy on this.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So we have that kind of covered, but I do or you can bite back on that one.

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[SPEAKER_01]: and they have other short stops who are better.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I just mentioned one of them, like if you get Cooper Pratt and Hayes is my day to the big leagues, I can tell you, Cooper Pratt's by short stop.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't disagree with you, but I will say, I'm gonna take the brewers with the first pick for this, but I will say Hayes is still, I would love to claim him, but I mean, he is primarily a short stop now, but I don't even need him to be honest to have a representative and legitimate grouping here.

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[SPEAKER_00]: This is not as loaded as in other positions.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And you could probably say that there's for someone for others, because I already took the rays.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'll just spell that out there.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think that they're going to get taken here too.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I can't take them.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So the key things here, I would say, is you have the brew crew bashers

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[SPEAKER_00]: Almost all of whom may end up at first base androfisher is a third baseman.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if that's the position he's going to play long term, but he's obviously a key part of this.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You've got Blake Burke, who has, you know, really kind of got on a power tier.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You've got Luke Adams, who is Mr. HPP and Mr. O BP because of that.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You've also got guys like Brock Wilkins, and again, that is without kind of really stretching it to go to the jet Williams of the world was played some third To going to the Jesus Medais who will probably touch space on and other positions, but I still feel even with trying to be

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[SPEAKER_00]: kind and rewind.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I will try to, you know, doing that.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I still feel very good about this brewer's group, which has, I would say, more probably plausible big leaders than in Quarren field than almost any team out there.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So that's my pick, which kicks it back to Josh, who gets to pick second on all of these.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I will take the raise who, you know, you already, you know, blew your chance to take more raise.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But I get Cooper Fleming.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I get Tate and Gray.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I get Xavier Isaac.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And frankly, I just wanted to get Tate and Gray.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I love Tate and Gray.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Even though he, you know, did not follow through to his commitment to Oregon, I, I won't hold that against him.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I saw him some point at April.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And love that swing and love the power potential.

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[SPEAKER_01]: uh... corner infield you might play right field but you know uh... where were there a scout point out to me that it was kind of freezing that day or coldish for this time here here was certainly you know eans level of freezing but he's wearing you know short sleeves cut off yet and i will boy who did not care

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[SPEAKER_01]: I love everything about him and I think he's got that kind of power that the cliche is it'll play in every park including Yellowstone and I think that really he really made an impression on me I've been kind of pushing for him to be on this top 100.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I think you'll get there at some point this year especially with I think we lose four guys the graduation this week so

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[SPEAKER_00]: And I will know also with that, you also get Cooper Fleming, another really good thing to have.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, you mentioned, I'm saying, you mentioned these, but I'm talking about them too, Fleming.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And also Xavier Isaac who has big time power, just man, that he's going to have to make some changes.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But the contact rate is gone in the wrong direction.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It looked like at one point, he was going to be hit over a power.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It's very much power over hit now.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But there is some real power there.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Okay, Ian, you get to pick third in this spot.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I will slap the pick.

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[SPEAKER_02]: This is a tricky one.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I will say JJ, first off, you do get jab Williams.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Jab Williams has, I was surprised when I was doing this process.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He has 36 games at third base this year and only I scored.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Stop.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So.

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[SPEAKER_02]: That the brewers are very good choice there, but the reason I didn't use the marical is the same reason you couldn't take the raise because they have another That might be picking the first next and I know which way you're doing.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, so this is a little bit of a predicament because I want what if the raise were my choice in the article and

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now I've obviously not able to choose them.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I will be taking the Cleveland Guardians using the exact same logic that Josh did with catcher.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They have Ralph Evelasquez who is the best first space prospect left in a true first space prospect left in the minors.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now that Bryce Elgerj, I believe is graduated or is he about to graduate?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, about to graduate, he will be when he's graduates.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's off to really good start in Triple A.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's huge power.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, it's there there's not a lot else with the guardians at the corner, but I think Ralphy Velaskas alone is good enough for the exercise and he's close to the big leagues and I think that combination makes them a really appealing target for this.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think you can hit he's got power and yeah, I just think that he's someone who he's 20 years old and triple a performing.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And there's a lot to like there.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think the guardians are in really good shape with him and you know moving down the list.

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[SPEAKER_02]: There's maybe some other guys that might end up at first base or playing a little bit.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They don't have any true first basement or third basement on the in their top 30.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think JJ, you could probably speak to is there anyone else, uh, I would say like no, no, I would say that you absolutely can claim I know that Nolan shoe bar is listed as an out filter there, but Nolan shoe bar is playing more first base than outfield, and I would say that that's probably his long-term home.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So Nolan shoe bar, I would say, who has big power as your other one.

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[SPEAKER_00]: That actually leads me to want to bring up something else.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We are drafting, but we also had to prepare for this.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't want to leave useful stuff on the table.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So I wanted to make sure I had at least four groups.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would say, for at least for the picks for most groups, just so that I was looking at them.

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[SPEAKER_00]: OK, corner in field, if you said, well, who are the other teams that you could consider?

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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll throw these out to you all and see if you all looked at them.

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[SPEAKER_00]: The Dodgers, because with the Dodgers,

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[SPEAKER_00]: Abil Morales, I think you could consider, like, he's a quaint, he's a quaint, he's a quaint.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And he's probably that's where he's gonna end up.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think that I don't think any of us would argue that point.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So that's a really premium prospect.

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[SPEAKER_00]: James Tibs is as much a first baseman as he is an outfielder.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So that's another one.

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[SPEAKER_00]: The other one I looked at was the white socks.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Caleb Bonnerner, I think you could very much say, I'm claiming him for third base, you could.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Say, Colby Shelton is a third basement, although I don't think his arm really works as well there as it does a second, but that would be another one.

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[SPEAKER_00]: That is much at first base for them, but that would be another team that stood out and I did want to bring up also at Ketcher.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would say the guardians were another one that really stood out at Ketcher, not the, they have Cooper Engel who's in AAA, they have Jacob Kozart, they have Cody Hoff who's now just joined their 30, so that was another one if you have three, you know, a fringe of the top hundred prospect in Cooper Engel, some good defenders out there as well who are in the upper level of the miners.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Any other teams stood out for you guys on Ketcher or Corner and Field,

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[SPEAKER_02]: for quarter-infield, I considered the cubs.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Pedro Ramirez is playing a lot of third base in the minors, and then moving a little down, you got Jonathan Long, you've got Cole Mathis, you know, a couple interesting guys there.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think that they just didn't have, like, I like Pedro Ramirez, but not sure.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's kind of a weird profile.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think his values, but it's gonna be more if he's up the middle.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But yeah, I think the cubs were there and I think just an overall part of this exercise that I thought was interesting was just how few true top 100 over, you know, elite prospects we have right now on the corners, like when I did them when I did them went through it, there were two played primarily first base, it was Bryce Alicerage and then Ralphie Velazquez and then this one, this is really surprised me there were only four players in the top 100 and I don't know if it's changed, I don't know if anyone's graduated since I wrote the article, but

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[SPEAKER_02]: There are only four players who have played the majority of their games at third base this year on the top 100.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Caleb Bonham, our Jet Williams, Pedro Miras, New York State of your Nions.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And so, I think it just really does show how much teams are prior, you know, how much a priority there is on up the middle players and how much third base is going to get populated by tries to order short stops, or second base, or usually short stops, you can't play that position.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It really does stand out.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Okay, so rolling on to what is probably the least dispensal of all these picks, Ian gets the first pick for middle-end filters.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And Ian, tell us why you're picking the brewers.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yes, this was the easiest, probably selection in the draft considering where I'm picking.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The brewers have the top prospect in baseball.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They also have Luis Pena who back in the great to see him back in the ACL right now Playing he ranks just inside the top.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I believe he's in the yep, he's 30th right now, and then they have Cooper Pratt Who Josh obviously talked about a little earlier who's ranked 49 so they have three middle-infield prospects in the top 50 of the baseball America top 100

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[SPEAKER_02]: The only organization who can say that, they are also the only organization who's top three prospects are all middle and fielders.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So, and for the fun part about the brewers is it doesn't stop there.

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[SPEAKER_02]: We look a little further down.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They have Diego Frontato, who's one of their top international signings this year.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They have Brady Eble, who, when I wrote this, off to, I said, the underlying data has been a lot better than his surface stats have been decayed and what he did do.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He ended up, I think he was named Carolina League Player the week, or excuse me, yeah, Carolina League Week.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And he's on the Hatchi this week.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So, uh, starting to translate some of that underlying data into on-field performance.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So, I think the Brewers, this was really easy.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They have a very, very deep group.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And headlined by the number one prospect in baseball.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, we've talked enough about how he's who's modding on here, but he's just such a talented player that him alone is probably enough to carry this group, but to also get those other players, especially Luis Payne and Cooper Pratt, just made them the slam dunk number one pick, which, but unknowingly, this is probably one of the, again, where you don't want the number one pick, because there are so many great options for this spot.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I will say I have no idea which way Josh is going to go on this.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like it's going to be one of two teams probably and I think I'm going to take whichever one he doesn't but Josh, who are you taking with the second pick at Bittalenfield?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Well I'll say again, if I had the number one spot, I wasn't taking the brewers.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I will A cause I think I already took

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[SPEAKER_01]: The project it is.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, I was going to take the Giants.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I will take you Swar Gonzalez and I will take Luis Hernandez every day of the week in twice on Sundays.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I picked Joe Swar as my choice for your 2027 number one overall prospect.

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[SPEAKER_01]: You need to stay healthy to do that.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But and some other guys probably need to graduate.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But I think he has a chance to be there at some point.

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[SPEAKER_01]: if he's not laughed by Louise Hernandez, you know, he skipped over the DSL.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I've heard a couple people say he might be better, you know, maybe a slightly lower ceiling but higher floor and he's crushing right now in the AC also the point where like I'm going to be there in a couple of weeks I'm getting nervous.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He's not going to be there.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I love those guys.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I love Gavin Keelen who looked weighty looks way better than he did last year when I saw him in San Jose, I am missing.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, Johnny level, who is potter 18.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, raking in the Cal league.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Number one prospect last year in the Arizona complex league.

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[SPEAKER_01]: They've got a lot of guys, yeah, they're all far away, but I, and they're probably not.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It's kind of like a verbal preview a little later.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I got their all going to wind up in San Francisco, but they make for really good future giants or future trade assets, because it's, it's really a good way to go through life.

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[SPEAKER_01]: If you have a lot of talent in middle and field, there's a system and they sure do.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So that when when when when you guys said this is loaded, by the way, you should also check out Josh did right last week pick out five guys who could be nimble in prospects last week definitely check that out at baseball american calm.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm picking third.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And I don't know if I'd taken them first, but I wouldn't least have considered the Washington Nationals group first.

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[SPEAKER_00]: because of volume, right?

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[SPEAKER_00]: Like, I have no question that Haisus Meday is a better prospect than anyone I've got on the national list.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I have no question that the job, I would rather have Joss Whark as always and I would like like Luis Hernandez more than any nationals for stuff prospect.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But,

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[SPEAKER_00]: What I do get in return is I get all the short stop prospects.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I get Eli Willets, I get Ronnie Cruz, I get Sever King, I get Devin Fitzgerald.

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[SPEAKER_00]: That right there, that's like, okay, I get four guys who are premium prospects.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And then you go down and you've got toy James and you've got Luke Dickerson and you've got M.L.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Feliz.

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[SPEAKER_00]: There's

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[SPEAKER_00]: There are so many short stop prospects in this organization.

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[SPEAKER_00]: They're not all going to play when this is middle infield, right?

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[SPEAKER_00]: Devon Fitzgerald is not going to play short stop in the big leagues, but he can be a second baseman and that's a middle infielder.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And some of these guys are going to end up probably moving to other positions eventually just because you could only play one player at short stop at any one time.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But these are most of these guys we're talking about are legitimately shortstop or at least like they're not like what are that what is that guy doing it shortstop guys especially guys like will it to should play shortstop all the way through and

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[SPEAKER_00]: It's just that the volume of shortstop prospects here is such a middle-infield prospects, is such that you feel really good that this is kind of like saying, I'll take the field because there's just so many prospects here that you kind of envision

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[SPEAKER_00]: that one, two, or even three of them may end up working out in some way.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And I know Josh got to see David Fitzgerald relatively recently.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think Ronnie Cruz has been really banged up lately.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I know him is good lately, but we saw him really good early in the year before that before his promotion.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And then Eli Willis is the number one pick in the draft last year.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Again, just a position where you can feel.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like pretty good about, but I do want to throw it out for both of you

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[SPEAKER_00]: where there are any other groups that stood out to you as, you know, I mean,

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[SPEAKER_00]: This one's a little tougher from that standpoint because these guys were so good.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll throw the A's out there largely because they have Leo de Vries, who's the number two prospect in the game.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And they have some other guys too, but Joshua Carrot, a gardener, is a, you know, potential utility in filter this year.

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[SPEAKER_00]: There's some other guys, but if you get the number two prospect in the game, you do pretty well.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Any other groupings that really kind of stood out in your orgs that stood out to you guys?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, I was going to say the A's because of the same play I did with capture with you get Leo de Vries and anything else to come with him, but the Yankees also to, you know, George Lombard is their number one overall prospect and he's doing his his yearly

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[SPEAKER_01]: I, he hasn't played all year nagging, hamstring and tree or whatever.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I still think he's going to be a monster, you know, I, I,

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[SPEAKER_01]: tried to call my shot before the season saying, hey, I positioned Kill Beach where I did in the top 100, because I think he's one day going to lap George Lombard.

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[SPEAKER_01]: That looks less likely right now, because Lombard has a bit of a head start.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But I think there's, if you hack into all 30 teams, rankings of the Yankees top 30 prospects or how deep they go, you would find Dax Kill the pretty high on some of them, or at number one on some of them.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So that, yeah, that's definitely those are ones that stand out and do things that is good to highlight that the I got in keys and the old same deal with the Red Sox.

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[SPEAKER_01]: You take the Red Sox, you get French marries.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and you get You will incest with us and we got the Dorian Soto.

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[SPEAKER_01]: What did you say Ben?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Where you got about?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Henry Godbout, you get a lot of guys there.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So that's one that could have been in the mix too.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It's shocking every year, I've been at BA 13 years, which JJ says, that's nothing.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But every four or five years, we have this bounty of middle and fielders.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's kind of by design teams, select four, middle and fielders.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So this group is gonna be the most fun.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Okay.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I get the first pick here.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I did not arrange it this way, but I would say that this is the easiest.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would say that you all basically could have me checked in, you know, for psychological examination.

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[SPEAKER_00]: If I didn't take the Dodgers here, the Dodgers have.

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[SPEAKER_00]: four top 50 prospects in the game as way to Paula, it was our contiro, Mike's wrote it to see her hope.

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[SPEAKER_00]: All of those are top 50 prospects that does not count Charles Davelin.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll be very solid year that does not count Kendall George, that does not count James Tibbs.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You could go down the list, but

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[SPEAKER_00]: This is, I mean, again, this one's easy.

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[SPEAKER_00]: This one is one where I think that there is a dramatic difference between picking one and picking two or three.

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[SPEAKER_00]: That one's easy.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Josh, I think you've got a little bit tougher task.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Who would you pick for the outfield?

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[SPEAKER_01]: I think here I'll probably go with the pirates because I want Edward Florentino and I will take my chances with the password as well.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And all the other outfielders that come in that group, if you want to

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[SPEAKER_01]: maybe put Tony Blanco in there as Merlin Valdez, but Edward Florntino is the attraction in this group, and I will gladly add him to my bounty of prospects.

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[SPEAKER_00]: That's what I was gonna say, you're taking, again, there's an interesting balance here to do between taking the premium prospect and taking more depth.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think the approach of taking the more premium prospect makes sense largely most of the time, well done.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Okay, what about you Ian?

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[SPEAKER_02]: go back to the race because I've not used them yet and take the race outfield group led by a premium prospect, Theo Gillan, and I think he's been one of the biggest rises this year, just I think Josh is the same thing talking to scouts, like he's we haven't, I think 32 in 30s right now.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He probably should be higher than that, maybe even inside.

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[SPEAKER_00]: He's going to be higher than that soon.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, he probably should be inside the top 20 now because this is a guy that everything we've been kind of waiting for.

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[SPEAKER_02]: with him is happening.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's coming to fruition.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's hitting for power, but he's not trading contact to get there.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And you know, he can play play center fields, arms kind of the question mark, but the glove is good.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's going to hit for power.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's going to hit for average.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He can run like there's just a ton of like there.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And then beyond him, the race don't really have an elite second option, though.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think there's a non zero chance as Josh talked about early that taking great could eventually get a little time in the outfield and maybe end up there,

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[SPEAKER_02]: Um, but even you are telling, yeah, yes, well, that's what I was going to go to be on him, though the volume you get with Jacob belt and who someone who stock is definitely down right now, but we'll see what he looks like when he comes back from injury after working with the raise on kind of some swing changes, which is what's going on right now with him.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And you also get eight in Smith who just came back from injury slated at Brun who is yet to debut after they acquired it from the Orioles in the off season.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Austin Overn, who was in the hot sheet recently, has had a really, really good month of me showing some kind of some really good gains with his impact ability to go along with the solid secondary skills with the speed and the defense.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So just the volume of prospects, the race, provide for the outfield is really impressive and then you also have an anchor like Theo Gillin to really headline the group.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I think they were, I was very happy to get them where I did with the third pick in the outfield round.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So I felt like that this is where there are fewer options.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think the twins definitely stand out as another option.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But the problem with the twins is that you're drafting injured guys.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Because you're all right now.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You're talking about Walker Jenkins who ran into a wall and you're talking about a manorad regas who had a hand surgery, which unfortunately, that's been kind of a long running issue for him.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Gabriel Gonzalez, who's, I think, just came up recently.

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[SPEAKER_00]: There are some other guys as well.

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[SPEAKER_00]: That's kind of what's carrying it there.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Any other organizations that really stood out as far as outfield prospect, I looked at the white socks a little bit.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It's not as loaded there.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But Brad Montgomery is obviously a good guy to start with, but I would not probably have really considered them to be honest.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But the mats have AJ Uing, but again, I don't think, now that Carson Benges is no longer eligible.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But any other teams that really jumped out to you guys,

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[SPEAKER_02]: I was going to say the mats, I think that, you know, Ryan Clifford still playing sound outfield, then you also get Nick Morabito, who just was called up Eli Serrano, another interesting guy.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But yeah, I think it was, it was interesting just going through, there aren't, there weren't as many good outfield prospects or teams with multiple get outfield prospects as I was expecting.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's just, I think further distill illustrates how much the talent is consolidated right now in the middle and field.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And because you will see a lot of these middle and fielders will up.

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[SPEAKER_02]: you know, some of them will end up in the outfield too.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So, um, but yeah, I think I think that's was one.

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[SPEAKER_01]: One that comes to mind just perusing our handbook here, uh, Cleveland.

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[SPEAKER_01]: You get, and I will always have a soft spot for Jason Chorio who looks like he's bouncing a little bit.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Um, you get.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Uh, where am I looking here?

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[SPEAKER_00]: Uniperca cereals, you get.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Yep, uniperca cereals.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It's like Robert Arias, who is one of the biggest risers this season.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And I would gladly take him in the group as well.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Um, yeah, those three are pretty interesting to me.

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[SPEAKER_01]: You still get Jay's lobby alert.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Um, Travis, our chase the water doesn't count anymore, but Cleo Watson.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Khalid, yeah, you can keep Khalil Watson.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But I'll take the other guys gladly.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think one more that it's probably about a year too soon, but if I do this article again next year, I do wonder if the braves are gonna be in contention for the outfield spot.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You've got Eric Hartman, who's one of the biggest risers this year.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Then beyond that, I like some of their secondary guys, like Diego Chornez was someone I think Josh, you highlighted as one of the top of Florida Conplex League prospects.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He just recently started his season after a little delay.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You've got Connor Essinburg who was someone they they drafted got an overslaught bonus who's had some injuries but showed some promise moving a little down own carry Isaiah Drake couple of guys to have a really good seasons carries obviously out with injury right now, but he was looking very scouts really good feedback on him and then

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[SPEAKER_02]: So they've got a pretty interesting crew that I think is a year away from being in contention for this list, but someone I would just definitely flag to watch.

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[SPEAKER_02]: There's a lot of upside and a group.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So you've backed up a little bit here and just say, yeah, Khalil Watson is doing better than I remember at least last time.

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[SPEAKER_00]: That's a cool, pretty good, yeah.

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[SPEAKER_01]: He's been pretty good, you know, so the guardians have done a good job kind of reviving that prospect status, but I'm really drafting to get Robert Arias and Jason Chorium.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But it's a team that you're not even taking.

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[SPEAKER_00]: These are our other considerations.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But we have picked up all the bumper crops of position players that he is in the barn.

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[SPEAKER_00]: When we get back from this break, we will draft pictures.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So we're back to draft the pitching prospects.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We're dividing this not into starters and relievers because that would be a terrible way to do this because,

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[SPEAKER_00]: minor league relievers, not exactly a fertile ground that you really want to spend your time on.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But, uh, right handers and left handers, very different, very much more loaded crops.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Ian, you get the first pick here.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Um, I will note just as you.

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[SPEAKER_00]: catch everyone up.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I will put up the full results at the end of this on the YouTube channel side of this.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But you have taken the Cardinals Guardians Brewers and Dodgers.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So those are no longer considerations for you.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Josh has taken Padre's Race Giants Pirates.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So nope.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Pirates and Saffronandas for you and the right hand of pictures.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And I have taken raise viewers, nationals, and sorry, I took Dodgers, you took raise, you took raise, so Dodgers is still an option for you.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I took raise, viewers, nationals Dodgers.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So, and you took Cardinals, Guardians, viewers, raise again.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Okay, so you get to pick right handers, who are you taking?

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[SPEAKER_02]: I am going to be taking the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And this is a Saffronandas driven pick.

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[SPEAKER_02]: has I think Josh you talked about that he has a chance to be the number one prospect in all baseball at some point next year.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think the talent is that good.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think that

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[SPEAKER_02]: He alone is just he's just a special talent and the chance to grab him and then whatever else I can get is just gravy, you know, this is then throwing every everything is going to be in his court here.

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[SPEAKER_00]: That's of course.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And these are these are it is gravy.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It is not like other like you're not talking about some good mashed potatoes here.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You're not talking about, you know, like I whipped up a nice risotto to go on this side of the steak.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It's definitely in this now.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It is, but I think that's how special he is.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, recently pro TIA is Josh said, you know, he one good star, one bad star, we'll see what he does this week, but, you know, just talking to scouts, just the how glowing they are when they talk about him just really stands out more so than I think you hear about any other right hand, a pitching prospect in baseball.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And I will say, you know, it's not a great group, but there's some intriguing guys after that too.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Obviously, you've got Antoine Kelly.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You've got Wilbur Doe Tell, who's pitching really well in the big leagues right now is a reliever.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You've got Levi Sterling, Hayesoo's Travier, so we'll be being a little down further.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So there's a lot of volatility with the guys that just listed, but still there's some upside, but this is Seth Hernandez and T. Alone is enough for me to make that mine up choice with for the right-handed pitching portion of the straff.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Okay.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So Josh, higher itself the board, but you weren't going to be able to pick them anywhere.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Who are you taking me at?

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[SPEAKER_00]: Right handed picture.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I haven't picked the brewers yet.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Have I?

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[SPEAKER_01]: you have not.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, then I'm going to because they are the best pitching developers in the sport and I'm going to trust that they are going to bring me a Bountiful harvest year after year and for a couple of days more I get Logan Henderson, so that's pretty good And under the on real wire here dressed still prospect eligible absolutely and you know, I'm looking at their 30 from the book Not a whole lot of standouts behind him.

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[SPEAKER_00]: He's been up and down this year right in bull cheese

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[SPEAKER_01]: There's been up and down this year, and a lot of up and down this year, but I trust these guys to get them to up this year.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I just know that they are going to be, they are the premier molder of pitching talent in this work, and I'm going to trust that they will take what they have and get them absolute most out of it.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So this is where I am in trouble, and I'll just lay out why I am in trouble.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would say, this is kind of kind of cover the next teams right away.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would say the logical choices I would look at here are the raise and the nationals.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Those teams are not available to me because I've already picked both of those.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would love to have the raise, I'd say a very deep group.

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[SPEAKER_00]: not an option.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So, with that being the case, and I am kind of scrambling here because I did not, I was, I'm going to go, I'm going to go with the Yankees.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And it's really because I'm getting, I'm getting, I'm a Rodriguez, I'm getting Carlos agraron hay and there are other arms as well, but that is I'm getting a pair of top hundred prospects and I also know that I was not planning to take the Yankees in left-handed pictures, so I'm not really blocking anything there.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would say also you've got Ben Hess, you got Bryce Cunningham, you got that

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[SPEAKER_00]: Sean Lyon has been a, you know, very good this year in double night.

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[SPEAKER_00]: There are other arms as well, but I'm getting a pair of top hundred prospects.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And so that's

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[SPEAKER_00]: For not being able to pick my first two choices that I would like to take, I would say that the raise and that are both teams that are kind of interesting there, at least for a variety of guys.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Other teams that you all would have considered.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I'd say the Cardinals is one.

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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, we got a little bit of a rising prospect, got Tanner Franklin, got some other guys there.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Any other teams jump up to you guys?

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[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, the Seattle Mariners, you know, I thought about them.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But again, I would get Ryan Sloan.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I would get Brock Moore.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And if the Brewers are number one pitching development organization.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I would say the Mariners are right there.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I might have said they were at some other point.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I guess this is an opinion that changes by the day.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But you can't really look, you can't really argue with what the brewers have in the big leagues right now and how they develop them can't really argue with the Mariners too.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm talking about both sides of my mouth.

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[SPEAKER_01]: But point is you wouldn't be wrong either way and if anybody's followed me this year, you know I love me some Ryan Sloan and getting him into my group would be pretty awesome.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I still want one that is one that is not who you'd expect to say, but his sneaky deep is the angels.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Um, they have Tyler Bremner at the top who's at a really good year.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Trigger Gregory Alford, uh, I think is someone who stock up, you know, he used definitely been rising.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Um, Nate's need has been kind of incredible the last couple of weeks.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And beyond that, you know, George class in, um, Dylan Jordan, Chase Shores, Walbert Uranus, who's up in the big leagues and performing right now.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Like they have a sneaky deep group and obviously they're developmental track record with pitchers, especially the way they've handled college pitching lately is not great.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But it seems like they made a turn to corner, because this is a pretty exciting crew for the angels, given kind of where their farm has been the last few years.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you mentioned seeds been incredible this month.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I guess if you like 18 innings, one run, and 17 punchouts and no walks, if that's the sort of thing you're into.

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[SPEAKER_00]: point five ERA.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I hate to bring us to a close here, but I've got to pick left handers because I've got about a 10 minutes before we go live on the hot sheet shows.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So I got to wrap one up to get to the other.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm picking first for left handers and I'm going to go with the A's gauge jump, JVR.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, that, you know, there's others as well, but that's really

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[SPEAKER_00]: Gage Jump who as we're recording this has been promoted to the big leagues had a rough first month I would say in Las Vegas and a very good second month and having a good month in Las Vegas That's a very brutal place to pitch weight in Lynn also.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think which so three of the top four prospects in the a system

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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, three of the top four, they're number two, three, and four prospects are all left handed pictures.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Can't say that really of much of any other organization.

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[SPEAKER_00]: After that, there's not another leftee and are currently updated top 30, but at the same time, that's two.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Now, that's two, that's basically three top, top hundred prospects.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So, okay, I'm happy with that.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Josh, you get to pick second.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna pull the same trick.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I pulled multiple times, and I'm gonna pick the Mariners, so I can get Kate Anderson.

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[SPEAKER_01]: And that'll round out my, I mean, I know you're crushed for time.

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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll just make it real simple.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I picked the Mariners.

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[SPEAKER_01]: I get Kate Anderson.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would, I'd that's the other one I considered because I do think that Kate Anderson is the best lefty on the board.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So I thought about it too.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But Ian, I feel like you're getting a little bit of scraps here to be honest.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I'm pretty happy with this.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm actually going to go with the twins and I get I believe he's still technically eligible.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I think I still get Connor pre-lip who's like very good in big leagues since he came up.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I also get Jason Hill, another top 100 prospect to since he's instituted a new slider has really turned the corner on the season after a slow start beyond him, Kendri Rojas, pitching really well in the big leagues in the piggyback roll right now.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And yeah, I think with those three, that's, you know, I get a really nice blend of upside and proximity.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And I think that's a really, a really good crew to round out my staff.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I will say I was being unfair there because you're really not getting this grass because I think there was a fourth team that you could that any of us could have taken and really could argue even the first pick, which is you could take the marlins with Thomas White and Robbie Stelling.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know, he's come, you know, had an elbow surgery, but that right there, no one's going to complain about that either.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So that's pretty good too, but I do hate to bring this to a close, but.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We go from one of these to another.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I've got to head off to the hot sheet shows.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So this is the baseball America Prospect podcast.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We hope you enjoyed our draft of the different position groups.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I will say I do want to put this up on screen.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So in case anyone didn't see, let me put this up.

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[SPEAKER_00]: OK, so you can see while we're doing this.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So we had the

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[SPEAKER_00]: Catcher, he took the Cardinals, Josh took the Padres, I took the Rays, we also consider the Guardians.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Corner in Fielder, he took the Guardians, Josh took the Rays, I took the Brewers, we also entered the Dodgers, White Sox, and Cubs.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Middle in Fielder's, he took the Brewers, Josh took the Giants, I took the Nationals, we also talked about the Yankees, Azen Red Sox, Outfielders, he took the Rays, Josh took the Pirates, I took the Dodgers, and

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[SPEAKER_00]: the twins, meds, guardians, and braves, right handers.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We looked at pirates with Ian, Josh took the brewers.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I took the Yankees, other options.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We consider were raised nationals, cardinals, and mariners.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And then left handers, Ian took the twins, Josh took mariners.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I took the A's, we also can serve the marlins.

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[SPEAKER_00]: And we would love to know what you think.

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[SPEAKER_00]: If there a team that we forgot about here that you think, why did you not draft my team or so and so, whatever group it is, please let us know in the comments on YouTube.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We'd love to hear them.

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[SPEAKER_00]: For Josh, for Ian, I'm JJ.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So long, everybody.