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[SPEAKER_00]: Hello, everybody.

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[SPEAKER_00]: JJ Cooper.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Carlos Klaus, a bin babler in the baseball America hot sheet show.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Welcome to the hot sheet.

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[SPEAKER_04]: And today, we are finally, I will say, if someone who, as a group who covers the draft pretty much year round, we are finally less than two weeks away from the MLB draft.

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[SPEAKER_04]: It is getting here.

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[SPEAKER_04]: It is nearing here.

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[SPEAKER_04]: We just wrapped up the MLB draft combine.

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[SPEAKER_04]: The draft is coming up all star weekend.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Not that far away now, finally.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Carlos just kind of lay out for us like there are some changes this year.

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[SPEAKER_04]: If you're a more casual draft fan for one, you know, it will not be, it'll be light outside when the, uh, when the picture we made as opposed to what has been true in in other years.

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[SPEAKER_04]: But just kind of lay out like there are a little bit of a, uh, a few little differences this year often.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, for all the team employees who were just used to a nocturnal schedule and working the draft is certainly nocturnal the past few years, but we're starting at 1 p.m. 130.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think it's when the draft will actually take place Eastern time on Saturday this year.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It's a two day draft like it was a year ago, but it is going to be odd when the draft is finished

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[SPEAKER_02]: we'll actually be able to get food at a decent hour and hopefully be a little bit more lucid in sharp for our post day one coverage.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So hopefully from a coverage perspective that is a benefit.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But it's an unusual time this year compared to previous drafts.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm very excited to see what's going to happen.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Like you said, we've been covering this draft class for multiple years now.

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[SPEAKER_02]: It feels like with the mid July draft date that everyone is just always champion at the bit to get this thing rolling.

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[SPEAKER_02]: See who actually goes where we have a mock draft earlier this week that's kind of giving you our current projection and picture.

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[SPEAKER_02]: of the first round and then I also had a piece today just kind of going over some of the draft buzz we're hearing as we start to approach draft day.

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[SPEAKER_02]: This is the time when a lot of rumors start to come out players get a bunch of buzz whether that's because of combine performances, whether that's because teams are flipping on the models and players really look good when teams are able to put the full picture together even sometimes interviews in person at the combine can really boost

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[SPEAKER_02]: And we're excited to get you guys ready for draft.

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[SPEAKER_02]: They hear at Baseball America.

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[SPEAKER_04]: I've already seen questions and comments coming in.

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[SPEAKER_04]: We love those.

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[SPEAKER_04]: He'd lead those on our YouTube channel and we will get to those later in the show.

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[SPEAKER_04]: But Ben, I mean, there's a lot of hay in the barn at this point, like obviously the high school seasons are done.

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[SPEAKER_04]: The college season are done.

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[SPEAKER_04]: But there are still a lot of things going on, including some high school players going to like the draft league and things like this.

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[SPEAKER_04]: How much do you think is at this point,

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[SPEAKER_04]: How much of it is done and it's just a matter of lining up signability and how much of it you think is that there's still are these deep discussions of who do you actually want to take.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Having most of it is done at this point.

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[SPEAKER_00]: There's probably still some players who are going to be doing private workouts for clubs, but a lot of those private workouts have already gone on at this point.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Um, like you said, there are some players playing in, whether it's the draft league, Apple action league, um, others high school players playing in some summer collegiate leagues and, and some draft eligible college guys who are playing in college leagues right now, too.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So teams are still keeping tabs on those guys.

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[SPEAKER_00]: They're also just realistically looking ahead to next year, right?

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[SPEAKER_00]: Like,

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[SPEAKER_00]: there's a lot of teams that are just outgoing and there are a lot of scouts who are out scouting players for 2027 for the high school players are in the caper with watching Team USA right now with the collegiate national team.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think a lot for this class is already baked in at this point and it's a lot about lining up teams lining up their boards negotiating with agents trying to really are ready negotiate deals or see where players are at in terms of their signability.

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[SPEAKER_04]: So Carlos, like you said, mock draft 5.0 is out.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Rochalowski, once again, is our number one player in that draft, Rochalowski, the white socks.

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[SPEAKER_04]: But the key thing there that you make a point of is is that this was the closest you came to changing that.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Could you kind of explain that a little bit further?

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[SPEAKER_04]: Like, what was the kind of what are you hearing and kind of how close was the decision of who you were going to expect them to go at one?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I guess my conversations with people when talking about, we're trying to figure out what's gonna happen up top at one.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Grady G. Emerson's name was just more in the mix than in previous conversations.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Most people that I've talked to expect it to be one of Rock Chalaski or Grady Emerson,

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[SPEAKER_02]: Ultimately, the reason I didn't put Great Emerson's name there is like I mentioned in the right up.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't want to force a player there just to shake things up.

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[SPEAKER_02]: If I think that Rock is more likely to be the pick, he's going to be the player that I put there and at the end of the day, that's just kind of where I got back to.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I attempted to put some draft percentages on here just to indicate maybe even

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[SPEAKER_02]: not the likelihood of those players because I do think it's it's impossible to put accurate percentages on whose most likely to go where but I almost thought of it as like okay how surprise would I be if this player was taken and so for me I think it's more likely that not than rock chalaski isn't a more pick I think the most likely second option not named rock chalaski is gradie Emerson I think Von Lackey isn't play here I also feel like Von Lackey is less in play

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[SPEAKER_02]: In this iteration of the mock, then I did maybe in our previous iteration.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I've just heard so much rock and grady at the top.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And I also put a 1% Jacob Blombard slash the field because I do think putting 100% odds on three players is probably more more confidence than I want to indicate in a mock draft purpose.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But that's kind of why rock is still here.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think he's the best player in the class.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think his tool set.

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[SPEAKER_02]: and skill and performance weren't him being the first overall pick, I do expect him to be the first overall pick as we stand today.

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[SPEAKER_04]: With with Grady Emerson, as you know, like you said, you're hearing his name more.

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[SPEAKER_04]: The other part of this is we had a if you enjoyed this, you should check out it YouTube channel also based on America.com.

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[SPEAKER_04]: We had the kind of the case for number one looking at all three of these players.

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[SPEAKER_04]: And one of the things that does stand out with that is this

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[SPEAKER_04]: Teams are, and the research backs up, there's a reason for teams to be very enticed by the high school shortstop demographic, right?

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[SPEAKER_04]: And Brady Emerson's bat kind of, it does make it an interesting argument.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Does it not?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, makes it tremendously captivating argument.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think we all here believe the Great Emerson is the best pure hitter in this class.

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[SPEAKER_02]: If you believe that to be the case, if you think Great Emerson is a potential 70-grade hitter, if you think he's the sort of prospect who could become a JJ weatherhold or Kevin McGonagall sort of hitter, I think the decision to take Great Emerson would make a ton of sense.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I do think there is this disconnect in viewing Great Emerson versus Rock Chalowski

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[SPEAKER_02]: I hear a lot about maybe Brady Emerson having the sort of tool set and upside of a Bobby with Junior or Connor Griffin.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think sometimes we can simplify the draft to say, oh, college player equals higher floor safer player, high school player equals higher ceiling, bigger tool set.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I actually think Rochilowski's tool set is even more exciting.

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[SPEAKER_02]: than gradie Emerson.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And that's part of the reason why he's been the wire to wire number one prospect in the classroom.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, I think if you're if you're making a case for gradie Emerson, I think it is primarily centered on his pure hitting ability and the fact that this secondary tool set well not elite is still rock solid.

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[SPEAKER_02]: You still feel confident about getting a competent MLB shortstop and complete the position of the solid level.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think he's the same defender that Rock Chalaski was at the same time.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Or is today, I think you have to project more on getting to the sort of power that you could get with a Rock Chalaski or a Vaughan Lacky today.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Maybe speed is the element you could say.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Great Emerson does have over Rock Chalaski.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think that's going to be more part of his game than either the other two college players who seem to be in consideration for this pick.

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[SPEAKER_04]: You're coming back to the hit tool and the confidence you have in the hit tool if you want to take great first As we said also the MLB draft combine just wrapped up out in Phoenix, Arizona We had several people out there, but but then I feel like that is the combine has become kind of like the high school players Event in a lot of ways.

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[SPEAKER_04]: There are some college players to speak, but you're not going to see rock Chalowski taking swings out there or a Von Lacky or anything like that

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[SPEAKER_04]: But we did see guys like Rocco, Manascalco, Jack Beck, Dominic, Santa Relli, Taj Marchant.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Like we did see some of the high school players really kind of stand out there.

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[SPEAKER_04]: This is kind of the part that you focus on for us.

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[SPEAKER_04]: You've seen these guys for years.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Rocco in particular seemed like someone who really kind of does, you know, kind of jumped out.

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[SPEAKER_04]: What is it like on some of those players that teens are seeing now or that, you know, we've kind of seen kind of developing as we head towards the draft?

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think for the high school players, you're looking at a lot of, you're trying to get a lot of the more the measurable stuff from the combine that you're not getting when you're going to, you know, just an ordinary high school game right and teams are doing private workouts with a lot of these players so they're getting the information that they're.

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[SPEAKER_00]: wanting to get in those environments too.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But you're getting a lot of that, whether it's exit velocity data or pitch measurements that you're looking for as a club, more so than like, okay, what does his swing look like?

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[SPEAKER_00]: How does he feel at ground balls?

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[SPEAKER_00]: Like, yeah, Aden Ruiz took a great.

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[SPEAKER_00]: infield, okay, fine, like we're not getting any new information from that, whereas a lot of the measurable stuff, you're getting and you're probably getting up a lot more updated and measurables on those guys compared to maybe the last time you took a lot of those measurements might have been last summer or last fall.

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[SPEAKER_04]: I say that Ben is one who does a good job of making sure that we update our heights and weights all through because it is notable, especially with the high school kids.

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[SPEAKER_04]: It's like, oh, that guy's two inches taller than he was the last time we entered this.

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[SPEAKER_04]: This guy's 10, 15 pounds, it does change.

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[SPEAKER_04]: But Carlos, the other thing I did want to hit on the combine is for everything going on on the field is the most important part of it kind of the interviews and all that are often going on at the same time off the field with team.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think that definitely can be the case.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Teams really want to feel confident that the makeup and the personality of the players they're drafting and spending a lot of money on, they feel comfortable about how the player is going to handle transitioning from either a college baseball environment or a high school environment to pro ball.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Because I think it is a pretty significant shift.

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[SPEAKER_02]: In just lifestyle and knowing that the player is going to be able to handle that mentally, I think is really important, getting a better understanding of what the player expects to happen in player development, how they view their own game, how adaptable they are, how willing or unwilling they might be to receive coaching.

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[SPEAKER_02]: All of that is going to be super useful when teams try to figure out what their player development plan is going to be for a player.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Even if it's not to say, hey, are we in or are we out on this player's personality?

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think just in terms of like figuring out how you're going to work with this player and coach this player.

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[SPEAKER_02]: team should have already done a lot of work figuring out this stuff with their area, scouts doing a lot of the groundwork at this level going back to last winter.

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[SPEAKER_02]: That's when a lot of that starts in earnest for these players in this class, the in-home visits, but I do think having some of your higher up decision makers getting to a room and talk to the players is massively useful and we hear every year there are players who maybe inch their draft stock up or maybe inch their draft stock down based on how they handle those interviews.

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[SPEAKER_04]: One of the things that's subject of the draft Intel piece Carlos has today, we've been talking all year all spring.

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[SPEAKER_04]: I feel like about who is the number two pitching prospect on the college side in this year's draft class.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Carlos, is that kind of changing?

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[SPEAKER_04]: Is this kind of their solidifying, maybe a different name than was the case earlier this year?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I don't know about for number two, it does seem like both Lee and Peterson and Cameron Fluke have a lot of preseason gravity that's holding them in the middle of the first round despite doing with some injuries in Fluke's case that limited his time and then continue to control questions with Lee and Peterson.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think there is just a comfort level with the peer talent you're getting from those pictures in the lack of

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[SPEAKER_02]: someone else in the second tier taking a set forward.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But a player who did move up higher in the mock draft than I was anticipating and could even go higher than where we had him projected at 23 to the cubs is Mason Edwards, baseball America's college pitcher of the year after an excellent season.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think teams just seem to feel like they have a lot of comfort with this profile as they're going over his his year stacking him up of the rest of the players that you might be picking from if you want to go to this college

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[SPEAKER_02]: He does not have the typical electricity or fastball velocity that you come to expect from first round college arms.

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[SPEAKER_02]: But beyond that, he led the country and strikeouts.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's left-handed.

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[SPEAKER_02]: For all we know, he has a pretty clean medical.

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[SPEAKER_02]: There are no glaring concerns there.

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[SPEAKER_02]: his second areas are dynamite, his curve ball was a tremendously effective pitch this spring a 60% mistake with that.

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[SPEAKER_02]: The change up looks like another reliable offering and while the fastball isn't the hardest pitch in the class, it does play up because of the above average life.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Above average writing life, he's able to get on it and I think when you look at Mason Edwards and you look at the amount of innings he logged and how dominant he was, if you look at either

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's top of the of the college pitching group, wherever you look in most of those categories, and I think there's just a comfort that teams feel with that profile.

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[SPEAKER_02]: If they think they can either help him add more fastball velocity in pro ball, or if they think that his fastball has the movement characteristics to still be effective without a jump in velocity, I think he just checks a lot of boxes and teams are looking for college pitchers that they feel comfortable after guys like Jackson Floor, a camera flukely and Peterson come up the board.

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[SPEAKER_02]: If he goes in the 10 to 20 range, don't be surprised.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I even think as a potential option inside the top 10, if things get crazy, that wouldn't be shocking at this point.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Especially, again, when we see something like that, also know that sometimes the number that that player ends up signing for maybe a little different, save a little bit money to spend elsewhere.

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[SPEAKER_04]: But also there were some prep prospects, some high school prospects that you're hearing up arrows on as well, who's kind of standing out of who are you kind of hearing about with that?

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, there are some consistent fuzzy names that we're hearing a lot of, maybe after the first round.

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[SPEAKER_02]: There are always a few names who start to get a lot of helium, Dex Kilbi was a name who fit into this category.

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[SPEAKER_02]: A year ago, maybe the biggest name is Tray Evil, who is a short stop out of California.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He was part of that loaded Corona High team.

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[SPEAKER_02]: A year ago, he's the younger brother of Brady Evil.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And you guys were talking about how players can change physically very quickly in high school.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, Tray is a player who added a lot of strength.

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[SPEAKER_02]: And I think teams are more excited about the potential pop that he's going to bring to the table Offensively now.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's not the most tools he player in the world.

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[SPEAKER_02]: He's not the twitchiest player in the world But I think for a lot of the same reasons why teams liked his brother a year ago just a very polished high IQ Feel for the game pure hitting ability

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[SPEAKER_02]: probably a player who's going to run out at short stop at least to start his career and I've talked with more scout to view him as an above average or better defender at third baser second base in the long term.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Add on to all of that he's going to be 17.7 at the draft.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think there are a couple of model teams who are very high on him.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I would expect him at this stage to go somewhere in the second round and again if you went into the comp late first that shouldn't be shocking either just given the buzz we're hearing around his name.

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[SPEAKER_04]: This has become not unusual.

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[SPEAKER_04]: We're actually well-prepared for this year because last year around this time, we saw the nationals make a move.

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[SPEAKER_04]: They basically, basically, microzyles out.

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[SPEAKER_04]: They brought in an interim GM to take over right before the draft in a draft that they were picking one one.

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[SPEAKER_04]: The angels aren't picking one one, but the angels obviously are very important draft for the angels.

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[SPEAKER_04]: The angels are picking high as they have in many years,

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[SPEAKER_04]: Ben, I kind of feel like that the Paraman Asian firing bringing in John Mosellac in an interim role is going to affect it slightly, but my sense is, I don't feel like we saw this last year, you have this entire infrastructure below that to kind of ensure that when these decisions are made, you still are, you're pretty well-prept, even with a change at the top.

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[SPEAKER_04]: But what do you think?

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think the angels are just different.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, does John Mosellic, as a consultant, do you come in and do you tell the owner what the number one problem is in the organization, which is the owner?

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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I don't think the angels previously were just drafting

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[SPEAKER_00]: college players because Perry Imanazian was saying we've got to draft only college guys like we got to get these guys.

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[SPEAKER_00]: We got to rush them up as fast as the big leagues is possible because that's the best thing for the long-term health of our organization.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think that's coming probably from.

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[SPEAKER_00]: ownership and owner of the owner is still there.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Now, maybe, maybe this is a signal that, okay, he's having a change of hard or a change of how he wants to run the organization, but maybe they go with the high school route, not necessarily taking high school players can be the best player on the board.

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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think it would be much more beneficial for the angels to open themselves up to players from both college and high school and not just entirely eliminate one segment of players with, you know, your first round pick.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, it's is something where.

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[SPEAKER_04]: We probably won't change the philosophy, as you said, we've seen year after year the angels draft someone who can move quickly.

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[SPEAKER_04]: In some cases too quickly, no one's changing well to his credit has held his own ever since he arrived as their first drum pick, who was the fastest moving first drum pick in years.

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[SPEAKER_04]: But at the same time, the flaws that he had when he reached the majors are still the flaws now and he's going to be getting expensive soon and it's like,

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[SPEAKER_04]: probably don't think so, but that is the angel's way.

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[SPEAKER_04]: We have a lot of questions.

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[SPEAKER_04]: We have a ton of good questions.

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[SPEAKER_04]: We will be getting to those.

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[SPEAKER_04]: We're going to answer as many of those.

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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm gonna love to kind of team Ben up first.

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[SPEAKER_04]: I think Carlis is done enough draft podcast with me to kind of know where I'm probably headed, but Ben, so the question is, we know Carlis may be higher on Creole than much of the industry.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Do JJ and Ben have someone in the first round mix that they do like more than the consensus?

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[SPEAKER_04]: Is there someone in that first round range that you're like, I'm a big believer that this guy's gonna end up being maybe a little better than a lot, may appreciate.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It'll give you a college guy and a high school player on the college side.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I would say AJ Grascia, I'll feel there ever, Virginia.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Just a really strong track record of hitting ever since he was a freshman, a really good swing decisions, left-handed hitter, high contact guy, track record of hitting for a power.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it's a corner outfield profile, but I think he's going to move along the lines of like a Carson bench, right, and there's some two-way history there as well.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I think he's going to get off to a really strong start as soon as he gets to the minor leagues move quickly and be a really strong pick for Whoever takes him I wouldn't even be shocked if somebody jumped up and took him within the top ten picks And the other guy in the high school side who I think is a huge X factor in this draft is Tyler Spangler high school shortstop did not play at all this season and I think just on talent

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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, ever since he was a sophomore in high school and having moved off that, but then I think after that, you know, you probably say Jacob Lombard, but Tyler Spamler is right there, I mean six foot three left handed hitting shortstop really smooth swing good actions at shortstop high contact guy really projectable power.

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[SPEAKER_00]: potential as well.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Stanford commit complicates things as well.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Usually that's Stanford commits go to Stanford, but usually Stanford is not committing or getting commitments from players who are as talented as Tyler Spangler.

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[SPEAKER_00]: So I really like Tyler Spangler.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I also really have no idea what's going to happen with him in the draft.

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[SPEAKER_04]: I'll give two also about probably quick with it.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Drew Burris is the one that I think everyone who's been listening to a draft pod knows like the Georgia Tech out filter.

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[SPEAKER_04]: He just has a very long track record of hitting.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Don't the best year this year.

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[SPEAKER_04]: The home run slips this year are a little bit worrisome, but I did think he's a very pure hitter.

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[SPEAKER_04]: We've seen this already multiple years of college at Georgia Tech.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Then on the pitching side, I'm going to go with Taylor Rape, the old miss right hander who

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[SPEAKER_04]: Really, I feel like, showed at the end of the year, I think that he would not surprise me if he goes really a little bit higher than even our rankings have him in and will be updated rankings because there's just a lot of up there over here, a lot of helium from the standpoint of just how he's performed.

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[SPEAKER_04]: He's another fasting, fascinating one.

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[SPEAKER_04]: But we don't want to just give you a first round guys.

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[SPEAKER_04]: The next question, tease us up for an even better one, which is, who are some of your personal cheeseballs?

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[SPEAKER_04]: Great, BA podcast reference, John Manuel Invention.

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[SPEAKER_04]: many, many years ago, the personal cheeseball, got it that you like more than then most.

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[SPEAKER_04]: From someone outside of the top 30, Carlos, you were left out of that last one, so we'll let you go first here.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Some of that you think outside of the top 30 is maybe a little bit underappreciated.

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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I'll go with Texas shortstop, maybe outfielder in the future, Connor Como, is a tall, projectable, left-handed hitter who just has great hitting instincts, feel for the barrel, and there's so much space on his frame to dream on the power that could be coming in the future.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I just buy into the pure hitting ability from him.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So he's a pure hitter.

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[SPEAKER_02]: I think has a chance to sneak into a pretty good range on draft day, but he's not a consensus guy.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So I just really like the hitting ingredients in the frame with him.

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[SPEAKER_02]: So Como would be my guy to point to.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I like Tray Rangle, right hand to pitcher high school pitcher out of Texas, extremely fast arm.

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[SPEAKER_00]: He's been up to 98 miles an hour, outstanding ability to spin a braking ball upwards of 3,000 and really upwards of 3,200 RPM.

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[SPEAKER_00]: If I was had a pick in the second round, I'd love to get Tray Rangle.

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[SPEAKER_00]: I also would not be surprised if he ends up kind of following that Tegan Coon's path.

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[SPEAKER_00]: ends up getting a college, ends up going to university of Texas, working with a great pitching development program there, and ends up turning himself into first-round pick in a couple years.

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[SPEAKER_04]: I have a lot of commoners saying, Jared, I'm going to go Georgia Tech twice here, but he's a good one to kind of highlight.

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[SPEAKER_04]: But I'm going to go if Owen Hall, the North Carolina Center Fielder, we saw in Omaha just kind of how impactful he can be.

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[SPEAKER_04]: The only real knock on him right now is the power.

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[SPEAKER_04]: I think that will come, but you see hitting ability, you see defense, you see an impact as far as athleticism.

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[SPEAKER_04]: Just a very well-rounded player.

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[SPEAKER_04]: And in one that, you know, if he goes in the second round, I think someone could get a nice little, a nice steel there.

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[SPEAKER_04]: I actually kind of like his profile, maybe a little bit better than his North Carolina's kind of thinner field you, but maybe like his a little bit better than some of the other senators come out in recent years out of North Carolina.

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[SPEAKER_04]: I wish we had more time to get to more questions here, but we do want to highlight also though that if you check out baseballamerica.com, July 1st, we are rolling out updated top 100 and top 30s for all 30 teams, so do check that out, yes, the drafts going on, but we're also making sure you are up to down all the players.

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[SPEAKER_04]: On the prospect side as well, so much over at baseballamerica.com, we do thank you for all the comments, all the viewers, and please do like and subscribe, click that bell so you know that

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[SPEAKER_04]: for being in Carlos, I'm JJ, so long everybody.