[SPEAKER_05]: Hello, everybody.

[SPEAKER_05]: AJ Cooper, Carlos Coulouse, I've been bad learned.

[SPEAKER_05]: The baseball America hot sheet show, and I just got to be honest, this is one where we're gonna try to cram about three hours into 30 minutes, because the reality of it is, this is our time of year.

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[SPEAKER_05]: So let's go to our personal.

[SPEAKER_05]: me me twenty rounds are done the draft is in the books and I'm just going to let the draft experts here kind of run with this so Carlos I feel like that it's fair to say it was as expected at the top and then let's get wild and it got a lot wilder when you got down into the back of the top ten and then especially when you got beyond it but what like overarching thoughts

[SPEAKER_05]: you know, understand, you know, kind of about the 2020s extract that kind of is a theme of the draft.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think the overall theme of this draft for me has kind of become teams pursuing contact hitters at the top.

[SPEAKER_01]: Beyond Rochalowski, Gradie Emerson, Von Lackey, going one, two, three, where they belong, where we had them ranked.

[SPEAKER_01]: We had Rochilowski and Grady Emerson ID a year ago at this time as the clear top players in their respective classes, Rochilowski, on the college side and overall in this class, Grady Emerson, as the leader in his high school class for three or four years, Ben, I'm pretty sure it was.

[SPEAKER_01]: They held serve throughout the spring and really proved that they were the top players in this class and were rewarded for that with the first and second overall picks.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think as we worked

[SPEAKER_01]: Some of the hitters who went maybe a little bit higher than we thought they would go went higher because of their contact skills, some of the hitters who slid a little bit.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think slid because of the swing and miss questions that they come with in their profile.

[SPEAKER_01]: So that was kind of the through line of this year's draft for me.

[SPEAKER_01]: It really felt like the first year where clearly a lot of teams were coveting and prioritizing bad to ball skills for hitters.

[SPEAKER_01]: And I think it was also the most hitter heavy draft we've had at the

[SPEAKER_01]: the most, most pics in a draft with just one picture off the board Jackson Flora, the only picture at the top of this draft until we got down to Gio Rojas at 16 overall.

[SPEAKER_01]: So if you fund things to chat about at the top and I'm sure we can go in any number of directions you guys want to go from there.

[SPEAKER_05]: As well as been the same question, what stood out to you most?

[SPEAKER_05]: What surprised you most about, you know, or what was the theme of this draft to you?

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I agree with what a lot of what Carlos said.

[SPEAKER_00]: Also, just the challenge of site for teams that want to sign high school players being able to sign the players that they want.

[SPEAKER_00]: There's a lot of really good high school players in this class that are going to end up playing college baseball because they had.

[SPEAKER_00]: I don't even want to say high asking prices is reasonable asking prices, but you just get to a certain point in the draft after three or four rounds where a team just can only fit so many players into their bonus pool, given the allotments that they have, and that at that point they just kind of shift the shift gears toward college players who are less expensive, more signable.

[SPEAKER_00]: So I think if you're looking at the draft, it's like, oh, the team's really value these college players.

[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know that's actually

[SPEAKER_00]: the case.

[SPEAKER_00]: It's just there are a lot easier for teams to sign after a certain point.

[SPEAKER_05]: Carlos, along that, even by the back of the top 10, we started to see some picks that I would say were a little bit of different than how our rankings had them lined up.

[SPEAKER_05]: Is that shocking or is that more of a reflection of how there was more ambiguity about the rankings about that second

[SPEAKER_01]: I actually think the only, like, real surprise name was Zion Rose inside the first 10.

[SPEAKER_01]: Every other name in that range, Jackson Flora's in our top tier, Derek Curiel was in that next tier, Eric with junior in the top tier, Drew Burris, AJ Groscia, Tyler Bell, rounding out the top 10.

[SPEAKER_01]: Like none of those names are off the board names and even Zion Rose.

[SPEAKER_01]: So I do think if we want to talk about like why he went this high, I think he is the most surprising name based on our rankings.

[SPEAKER_01]: But what we had even heard whispers of him potentially going in a good spot, and I was saying I'm not sure how much of this you guys heard before I got cut off.

[SPEAKER_01]: But Jacob Lombard to me is maybe the most surprising in terms of where he went.

[SPEAKER_01]: We had him ranked number five overall.

[SPEAKER_01]: He goes 14 to the marlins, but I think to Ben's point, once we start seeing some of the signing numbers for these players, it is going to start to make a lot more sense.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think with baseball's draft, you really do have to emphasize,

[SPEAKER_01]: It's not a hard slotting system.

[SPEAKER_01]: These players are not always going in the order of talent directly and we will get a lot more context and understanding of how these teams really prioritize the talent and lined up the talent once we get those signing bonus figures.

[SPEAKER_05]: So then you talked about this.

[SPEAKER_05]: This was a, you know, we see kind of the balance between college and high school switch kind of balls from round and round in this.

[SPEAKER_05]: We did see, I think, some examples where we solved teams take a college guy first, but it really was, in some cases, to pay a high school guy later on.

[SPEAKER_05]: The braves, I think, did that to some extent.

[SPEAKER_05]: The red sucks clearly did that.

[SPEAKER_05]: You're kind of our high school expert who kind of watches that class for years in the lead up.

[SPEAKER_05]: Who are a couple of the ones that kind of stood out to you as far as teams may be pushing a guy down as far as like Carlos just explained, graph pick wise, but not where they're going to go value wise or not where they're going to go bonus wise.

[SPEAKER_00]: Well, I really like what the Braves did overall with their draft.

[SPEAKER_00]: They took AJ Grascia at 9th overall.

[SPEAKER_00]: I valued him as a top 10 overall pick.

[SPEAKER_00]: I even like him more and I'm maybe in the minority in this group, but I like him even more than Drew Burris, who's another college outfielder who won ahead of him in the draft.

[SPEAKER_00]: So I really like him in terms of the hitting ability, the swing decisions, the contact skills, just the overall track record that he's produced over three years.

[SPEAKER_00]: in the ACC and then we'll see what again.

[SPEAKER_00]: We'll see what the bonus ends up being to they save money under a slot.

[SPEAKER_00]: I'm presuming with our teamwork and or Carter back they did because they got a lot of good high school arms in the rest of this class and that's that's a strength.

[SPEAKER_00]: of this class, especially on the high school size, a lot of really good high school pitching to choose from.

[SPEAKER_00]: They got Caden McCarthy from Vermont, who's been foreign with triple digits, super young for the class, a reclass from the 2027 class, good pitchability, a lot of good tailing life on his change up.

[SPEAKER_00]: Jensen Hirschkorn was totally dominant last summer.

[SPEAKER_00]: He's

[SPEAKER_00]: Like six foot seven right hand a picture a good body control for that size.

[SPEAKER_00]: Really good stuff Cold Dennis another young right-handed picture from this class pop up guy This brings been up to I think 96.

[SPEAKER_00]: 97 Tyson Girl Calsky big arm from Wisconsin Jack Brenner a really good picture that they got out of Wisconsin in the seventh round I just I really like the high school players

[SPEAKER_00]: that the braids were able to really load up on in this class and not just be so high school heavy after taking AJ Grossia, especially an encarter back right after him from the college side with the first couple picks.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, the more we saw the Braves draft unfold, I feel like it was becoming more and more of a B.A.

[SPEAKER_01]: in-house favorite.

[SPEAKER_01]: And I do think the Braves targeted this draft and hit its strengths and they also seemed to target their own player development strengths.

[SPEAKER_01]: We've seen over the years, Carter Beck has this really fascinating multi-sport high end athleticism background.

[SPEAKER_01]: So while I would expect that pick to be a bit of a money saver, I like to pick on talent as well, just generally when you look at the other collection

[SPEAKER_01]: of high school players they got and I would assume you're going to see them save money early which the brave routinely do pay these high school players in the middle rounds big over slot deals and then you also see how they're trying to make the savings and the money work in this draft when they went college senior and rounds eight nine and ten I would expect big savings at those picks even in the 11th round they took a big shot on a player like Ryan Barker who was an up arrow really project full speedy contact oriented hitter in the 11th round

[SPEAKER_01]: The Braves have been one of the more impressive teams and recent years in terms of getting value out of high school players later in the draft, and I think they took a lot of really exciting upside plays in this year's class, and to Uncle Ted's comment, I always appreciate Uncle Ted in the chats, one of our regular watchers.

[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if I would agree with them, such thing as pitching prospects.

[SPEAKER_01]: Seth Hernandez, he looked pretty good at the future's game.

[SPEAKER_01]: We just saw him year ago.

[SPEAKER_01]: So you gotta take pitching prospects if you actually want to have arms at some point.

[SPEAKER_05]: So I did want to ask you, when we talk about the most surprising pick of the first round, I think there's a pretty obvious answer with the red socks and what they did.

[SPEAKER_05]: Carlos explained the red socks draft and kind of how it was pretty unusual.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think this is probably the single most surprising pick of the first round again because we kind of had some

[SPEAKER_01]: some understanding of the Zion Rose had a chance to go a little bit higher.

[SPEAKER_01]: So Jake Schaffner being the pick at number 20 for the red sauce.

[SPEAKER_01]: We had him ranked near the 70 to 100 range on our board.

[SPEAKER_01]: We viewed him as more of a third round talent.

[SPEAKER_01]: The red talks take him in the first and again.

[SPEAKER_01]: like our conversation with with the Braves.

[SPEAKER_01]: They're probably going to save money here.

[SPEAKER_01]: They had some big high school plays that they took later on on the second day, Martin Shalar and the ninth round is a really interesting one, Jason Mataginski and the third round.

[SPEAKER_01]: Those are toolsy high school players with upside who are going to cost a little bit of money.

[SPEAKER_01]: I would say though, whereas the Braves are saving potentially, I mean, we don't know exactly with what they did across yet.

[SPEAKER_01]: I don't believe that bonus is out yet.

[SPEAKER_01]: But I just feel like Garcia on talent fit in the range where he was selected.

[SPEAKER_01]: Jake Schaffner I do feel like there was a range where he could have gone and made more sense, but I actually think Owen Hall Another North Carolina player they took in the second round is a better prospect.

[SPEAKER_01]: We had him ranked higher He would have even made more sense to me in the first round.

[SPEAKER_01]: So just a little bit unusual with

[SPEAKER_01]: how the red socks did their draft this year.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think sometimes you see teams taking players who are a little bit surprising if they're bored kind of blows up in front of them, a few players that they're really in on.

[SPEAKER_01]: go one after another.

[SPEAKER_01]: And so you may be have to pivot to more of a backup option because you maybe you don't have the signability dialed with some of the other best players available on your board.

[SPEAKER_01]: That potentially could have happened with the Red Sox, but a lot of this draft is going to rest on Jake Shaffner, either being better than we expect him to be, or really hitting on one or both of Matt Aginski and Martin Shalar.

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[SPEAKER_05]: We are back and we are loaded with questions.

[SPEAKER_05]: So let's just try and jump straight into them, teeing up first, the question about the pirates.

[SPEAKER_05]: Question asked, pirates really leaned heavily into upside-thousand last three drafts, not saying their draft won't pan out, but the safe high floor approach is a bit of a head scripture

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I really love this pirate chapter.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think if I was to pick one class that I'm most excited about, it probably would be the pirates now granted.

[SPEAKER_01]: A lot of that has to do with fan favorite Derek Curry, eloquent fifth overall.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think me and Ben both had kind of our college outfield guys going a good spot, so that was fun to see.

[SPEAKER_01]: But even beyond that, to me, this pirate strap really looks like a no-nonsense straight up talent play.

[SPEAKER_01]: And if you don't think that,

[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe that's the the most high upside profiles.

[SPEAKER_01]: I could understand that if you've like fallen in love with that sort of profile guys like Derek Curiel It in a Reweez in the second round Chris Rembert at 51 and with their supplemental pick Jason to caro in the third round like none of those guys screen like super high upside super toolsy, but I think all of them make a ton of sense on talent where they're at I think

[SPEAKER_01]: Curial is maybe one of the best pure hitters in the class.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think Adrian Ruiz at 44 is great value as one of the better defensive shore subs in the class with offensive tools as well.

[SPEAKER_01]: Chris Rembert, same thing, really high confidence in his hitting ability.

[SPEAKER_01]: I like the fact that the pirates took a lot of hitters that have contact ability at chance to play out the mental positions, even injured jiles in the fourth round.

[SPEAKER_01]: I like that pick as well.

[SPEAKER_01]: You keep going down.

[SPEAKER_01]: And if you look at the pirate draft and in connection with the B.A.

[SPEAKER_01]: 500, which is how we're viewing the talent of this class, I think they got a ton of value here looking at the 14th round to mark this right out Carter from Canada.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think that's an interesting upside play.

[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe if you want to look at a projection player, Grant Govelle and the 16th round, if they get him signed, I think this is just a really, really deep class.

[SPEAKER_01]: And I think at a certain point if you're the pirate, you need to fill out

[SPEAKER_01]: a roster with reliable everyday starting types.

[SPEAKER_01]: And if you've got a Connor Griffin, I think a Derek Curiel is a great fit to add to that lineup.

[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm just a big fan of this class.

[SPEAKER_05]: Okay, next question, if I believe it's about a certain UCLA player.

[SPEAKER_05]: Okay, Cal Randall, SP conversion question.

[SPEAKER_05]: If not, is he closing for the cardinals by June 27th?

[SPEAKER_05]: I'll take that

[SPEAKER_05]: that never moved that fast.

[SPEAKER_05]: You know, it's every year we talk about, oh, this is the fast mover.

[SPEAKER_05]: It's really, very rarely a guy who's that fast in the year, but Carlos, Cal Randall, do you think he could be a starter?

[SPEAKER_05]: Is that a pure reliever?

[SPEAKER_01]: No, he is not made a single start in his college career.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think this is a straight reliever.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think he has maybe the best fastball in the class.

[SPEAKER_01]: We put an 80 on it.

[SPEAKER_01]: Metricly, it's outstanding performance wise.

[SPEAKER_01]: It's outstanding.

[SPEAKER_01]: Everything beyond the fastball.

[SPEAKER_01]: There are real questions.

[SPEAKER_01]: There is questions about the depth.

[SPEAKER_01]: To his arsenal, there are questions about the strike throwing.

[SPEAKER_01]: Basically, every single scout we talk to this spring,

[SPEAKER_01]: Think that Cal Randall is a peer reliever.

[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think that makes this pick any less exciting.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think this is a range where you take players like that, but I would be pretty shocked if he got a significant run time as a starter at the next level, and I'd be even more shocked if he actually paned out as a starter.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think he is destined to pitch as a reliever with a high usage fastball, and we'll see what else he can figure out beyond that.

[SPEAKER_05]: Next up, we have a question about

[SPEAKER_05]: on the day one day too.

[SPEAKER_05]: Question is, are you hearing in rumors on top eight round picks not signing Carlos?

[SPEAKER_05]: I will keep going back to you then I'm back.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I don't know if Ben has heard anything.

[SPEAKER_01]: I haven't heard anything now.

[SPEAKER_01]: I feel like some years we do hear whispers of like, hey,

[SPEAKER_01]: This player, it sounds like this team drafted them blind.

[SPEAKER_01]: Do you think they're going to be able to get it done?

[SPEAKER_01]: We'll hear some whispers of like agents trying to figure out like what the expected bonuses are for players in that pool.

[SPEAKER_01]: Like when Angel Survantace didn't sign immediately, we started hearing like, oh, the pirates might have taken him without a deal lined up.

[SPEAKER_01]: Like, not sure if they're going to get this one done.

[SPEAKER_01]: We've not heard any, or I've not heard any, I should say right now.

[SPEAKER_01]: So at this point, I'm kind of expecting the teams.

[SPEAKER_01]: to have done their homework and I will just reiterate like until we hear otherwise anyone who's drafted in the first 10 rounds we're going to assume that they're signing it to 98.5 percent sign right in the bonus pool era for players in the top 10 rounds.

[SPEAKER_01]: So no I've not heard any whispers so far but maybe something will come up with a medical maybe we'll hear of a team that did pop a player blind called their bluff and it didn't pin out but I haven't heard anything so far.

[SPEAKER_05]: Then to ask you is the different kind of the different world of college baseball right now as far as NIL as far as the new eligibility, I'll come in next year and all anything you think that might affect signability for any of these players.

[SPEAKER_00]: For guys, drafts on the top 10 rounds, I don't think so, because those guys were taken already.

[SPEAKER_00]: The teams negotiate with these players before they're taking, like Carlos said, for almost every instance.

[SPEAKER_00]: So I don't think so.

[SPEAKER_00]: And maybe, you know, for guys who fell further,

[SPEAKER_00]: into the drafts, maybe, but even the guys who were taken after say like 12, 13, especially after like the 15th round, a lot of times the teams are just taking those guys as a backup plan, in case something really goes wrong with one of their earlier picks and they know those guys are probably going to school anyway.

[SPEAKER_05]: Okay, next up, I think we have an angel's question.

[SPEAKER_05]: There we go with Wozbozae-Lux influence shown in this draft, or do you think that was this was the plan for the most part for the angels, Carlos any thoughts?

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I'll just say that I had heard, I mean, we mentioned this in our mock drafts throughout the spring, I had heard the angels connected to more high school players this spring than previous year.

[SPEAKER_01]: So if the question is basically like, oh, they took a high school player finally it's clearly not someone who is on a fast track path.

[SPEAKER_01]: I would have expected, or not expected, but I would have been open to the idea that the angels do that before the change in the front office.

[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think that the angels draft strategy for years has been dictated by people in the scouting department, or the general manager definitely feels like that's been something that's dictated from the top down.

[SPEAKER_01]: So it feels like this year there was just maybe less of a,

[SPEAKER_01]: an urgency or a demand to take that sort of profile because clearly Jared Greenlinger, who I believe was the second youngest player drafted this year is not going to be a fast mover.

[SPEAKER_01]: I'm really excited by that pick from them just because it signals a shift in in who you're targeting.

[SPEAKER_01]: at the top of the draft, I like the idea of the angels may be buying into some more projection and dreaming on upside a little bit more.

[SPEAKER_01]: They did go college heavy after that, so maybe if you want some fast movers, you can get them in later rounds.

[SPEAKER_01]: But in general, I just think that teams should be taking whatever they believe is the best player available, regardless of organizational positional needs, regardless of ETA.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think it really just leads you to bad draft picks if you do that consistently in the angels.

[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think they did that this year.

[SPEAKER_05]: Okay, next up, someone wants to know about the royals.

[SPEAKER_05]: Question we have, asks the Rose Design Rose that we talked about is the talking point.

[SPEAKER_05]: But how do you grade the rest of the world stress?

[SPEAKER_05]: We don't grade them yet too early for that, but what do you think about the royals graph?

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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, the, the Zion Rose pick in particular was confusing one for me.

[SPEAKER_00]: I thought it was a, it looks Zion Rose I think is a good prospect.

[SPEAKER_00]: I, I think you can take him in the second rounds.

[SPEAKER_00]: All right, that makes sense to reach up and take him.

[SPEAKER_00]: That high, the six overall pick, kind of reminded me a little bit.

[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, they're obviously totally different players.

[SPEAKER_00]: But when the Royals drafted Frank Mazakato, as high as they did a few years back, I think that Royals is a good prospect, but to take him that high, the opportunity cost of how many other talented players were there ahead of them, doesn't break a whole lot of sense to me.

[SPEAKER_00]: And then you will get the rest of their draft.

[SPEAKER_00]: It's like, okay, well, if you're taking him and you're going to have a big,

[SPEAKER_00]: you know, overslout like really good talent coming up behind them.

[SPEAKER_00]: And it just, it seems like a fine rest of the draft, but it didn't have the rest, the, you know, the other picks in the draft coming behind, Zion rose to make up for taking guy like him, that high in the draft.

[SPEAKER_00]: So that was one of the drafts where I didn't really get it.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think a lot of what Ben said there makes sense.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think there are players like Eric with Jr. and Jacob Lombard who had been really excited to get at number six.

[SPEAKER_01]: We heard some whispers about whether or not actually the royals were going to be in a position that the angels have been in for previous years.

[SPEAKER_01]: Like, were they going to be, I don't know if I would say force.

[SPEAKER_01]: But like, I don't know if there was a lot of pressure or a desire to take a college player.

[SPEAKER_01]: with that pick specifically, but we'd heard that as a potential possibility.

[SPEAKER_01]: They go Zion rows at 30.

[SPEAKER_01]: They do get Taylor Rae, excuse me, Zion rows at six.

[SPEAKER_01]: They get Taylor Rae at 30.

[SPEAKER_01]: Taylor Rae was a player that I think could have fit in the 15 to 20 range, on talent, Jack Slitum at 56.

[SPEAKER_01]: I imagine is going to be an overslaught deal there.

[SPEAKER_01]: That's where some of the money should be expected to go.

[SPEAKER_01]: They have Dominic Batista in the fourth round.

[SPEAKER_01]: And then looking down at the ninth round,

[SPEAKER_01]: The fact that they took a college player with that tool set and the fact that came to Johnson's sled there I think is interesting, but I would imagine he's an overslot deal there as well.

[SPEAKER_01]: I do think Zion Rose is a really good player.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think he's got the contact skills athleticism.

[SPEAKER_01]: A lot of this for me will depend on like can he play center field at the next level that maybe will change his profile a little bit more, but even still I think I would rather

[SPEAKER_05]: we have more questions.

[SPEAKER_05]: We'll talk about that and we'll talk about the draft and the production of the draft right after spring.

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[SPEAKER_05]: Before we get back to some more questions, I did want to ask you, Ben, I want to continue up on this one because we were there, Carl's is on the broadcast.

[SPEAKER_05]: I was in person there.

[SPEAKER_05]: The draft, as far as you've seen, obviously, many of you stressed.

[SPEAKER_05]: But we have some hiccups this year.

[SPEAKER_05]: We had the commissioner announcing the number one pick in the draft is Rock Chaluski.

[SPEAKER_05]: We also had the set being taken down as the draft continues.

[SPEAKER_05]: Something I just can imagine the NBA or the NFL having in rounds two or around three or around, you know, for the NFL around six, but they said, oh, we're just going to dismantle this while we keep making picks.

[SPEAKER_05]: What can be improved?

[SPEAKER_05]: How does this need to get better in future years?

[SPEAKER_00]: man, where do you even start on that one?

[SPEAKER_00]: It was, I understand MLB wants to tear down the draft even more, but like maybe they could wait.

[SPEAKER_00]: until after we're through at least a couple rounds of the drafts to start physically tearing things down and having a demolition site around the draft.

[SPEAKER_00]: You're putting it on a Saturday afternoon competing with major league games.

[SPEAKER_00]: Then the second round, excuse me, then the second day of the draft is competing not only with major league games, but also with the future's game,

[SPEAKER_00]: What are we doing with this and then you have the draft on okay tune into this channel to watch the first 10 picks of the draft then change the channel after 10 picks to watch it on another channel and then flip it over to a streaming service after 40 minutes like

[SPEAKER_00]: I don't understand, this is not like the MLB's first year having a draft show, right?

[SPEAKER_00]: Why are we doing it this way?

[SPEAKER_00]: It's been better in recent years.

[SPEAKER_00]: It shouldn't be the product that they showed.

[SPEAKER_00]: It should not be at that level.

[SPEAKER_05]: But we can talk about that more, but we do want to get to more of your questions.

[SPEAKER_05]: We have a Marlin's draft question coming up next.

[SPEAKER_05]: question is, what do you think of the marlins draft of course Jacob Lumbar's the big one, but what about the picture they drafted?

[SPEAKER_05]: They took a lot of pictures.

[SPEAKER_05]: Carlos.

[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean Jacob Lumbar is kind of the headliner of this for obvious reasons, getting a number five player in the class and a member of the consensus top six that that we have potentially the biggest upside player in this class.

[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know Ben if you think he definitely is or if you would include guys like Justin LeBron or maybe you'd say Rock Jolowski still has some of the

[SPEAKER_01]: with a very small group of other players who can rival him if everything goes well.

[SPEAKER_01]: So I think he's the headliner for a reason.

[SPEAKER_01]: Ethan Klunchman, Ryan Peterson, F-52 and 71, I think those are solid picks, like neither of them get me as fired up as like the high school arms that teams like the Braves or the Rangers or the Podras took, but I think where they took,

[SPEAKER_01]: those players makes a lot of sense.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think the Wesley Robertson pick in the fourth round is interesting for a quick Twitch player, Eric Gavara, actually in the seventh round.

[SPEAKER_01]: That's a pick I really like in this class.

[SPEAKER_01]: The one that I don't quite understand is Rintaro Saki and the eighth.

[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, we were asking about Rintaro regularly throughout the spring because he came in as such a prominent name, obviously from Japan.

[SPEAKER_01]: But I don't

[SPEAKER_01]: know what sort of profile or value you're getting with Sasaki.

[SPEAKER_01]: So I would have liked maybe other shots on power in that range for players who maybe have a chance to play other defensive positions.

[SPEAKER_01]: Um, I think Fabio Bundy is a really fun name of the 11th round.

[SPEAKER_01]: So there are some players who I like throughout this draft, but for me, I'm just looking at Jacob Blombard here in hoping he can hit because if he can hit, it won't matter who else the marlins took in this class.

[SPEAKER_01]: He could be that good.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I love the Marlons getting Jacob Lumbar at 14.

[SPEAKER_00]: Um, like, great Emerson is the best high school player in this class.

[SPEAKER_00]: If I had to take another high school player after him, it would be Jacob Lumbar and Eric Booth Jr. and Jared Grinley or Trevor Conon.

[SPEAKER_00]: They went ahead of them.

[SPEAKER_00]: Those are good players too.

[SPEAKER_00]: I'd rather have Jacob Lumbar true shortstop, great defender, great instincts, great actions at the position.

[SPEAKER_00]: Great runner, explosive, bad speed, power, there is some swing and miss in there that I can

[SPEAKER_00]: In check, and I think he will, I like the way the swing works for the most part.

[SPEAKER_00]: It's not like he's a big, long swing.

[SPEAKER_00]: I think he has a good understanding of the strike zone too.

[SPEAKER_00]: I think we're going to look back at this pick within probably even the next year.

[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe we'll watch him in the future's game.

[SPEAKER_00]: Next year, which hopefully is not the same time as the draft, obviously, but and look back and say, oh, well, he probably should have gone a little bit higher than he did.

[SPEAKER_05]: So our next question is a fun one from Uncle Ted.

[SPEAKER_05]: Okay, we'll each make a prediction.

[SPEAKER_05]: Ben, who do you think from this draft makes it to the big wood first?

[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, Rochalowski's probably the easy one, right?

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.

[SPEAKER_00]: That's probably tough to have to bet against him.

[SPEAKER_00]: Normally, I would just say, whoever the angels took, that's not going to be the case this year, but I mean, I mean, Rochalowski, 2023 high school class, like we've already seen guys like, and I guess all these other college guys are for the most part, we're not saying class, but, you know, we're seeing guys like Kevin McGonagoul and Bryce Eldridge and some of these other guys who are already in the big leagues,

[SPEAKER_00]: I think had Rock Chalowski signed out of high school.

[SPEAKER_00]: Those are the chance we're already seeing him in the big leagues.

[SPEAKER_00]: I imagine the White Sosh can push him pretty quickly into the chance we might see him as soon as next year.

[SPEAKER_05]: Okay, Carlos, what about you?

[SPEAKER_01]: I think Rock Chalowski is a- Okay.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think Chalowski is a pretty no-brainer answer to be honest.

[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I don't really think Jackson Flora is a fast track pitcher.

[SPEAKER_01]: I've heard people mention him.

[SPEAKER_01]: I actually think he's going to need.

[SPEAKER_01]: a little bit of development time.

[SPEAKER_01]: I wouldn't go with a guy like Von Lackey because he's a catcher.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think Brady Emerson could move quicker than people think because he's one of these elite purehitting high school players, but I wouldn't bet on the high school player.

[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I could see offensive oriented players like Chris Ecopy and maybe moving quickly.

[SPEAKER_01]: Honestly, Cal Randall, I think would be a pretty decent option if you're drafting him as a straight reliever.

[SPEAKER_01]: There are probably a couple of relievers that would qualify there, Thomas Burns out of

[SPEAKER_01]: 100 deeds could maybe be a fit to move quickly.

[SPEAKER_01]: The Yankees 35th overall pick with their first round picks.

[SPEAKER_01]: So those would be some other names beyond just the boring Rock Chalowski answer, but I do think Rock Chalowski is just one of the most and they'll be ready players and there could be good reason for the white sucks to want to move him pretty quickly.

[SPEAKER_05]: I'll generally agree with you, but I will say I'll make a prediction of Dubers, because he's an outbuilder outbuilder outbuilder as fast as almost anything.

[SPEAKER_05]: He has three years of production towards a tech, he's a good hitter, so he can do fast that way.

[SPEAKER_05]: And the A's are a team that we have seen year after year, is willing to move to players quickly.

[SPEAKER_05]: We saw Nick Kurtz obviously go almost straight to the big leagues in less than year, so Dubers is my prediction on that.

[SPEAKER_05]: JJ was tentative about the Orioles taking out that if they took to and Kevin Roberts Jr. who was an outfit or generally, there was this is the first face in the top four rounds.

[SPEAKER_05]: What are your thoughts on the draft JJ?

[SPEAKER_05]: I will say that I just think that the Orioles have seen more success when they go to other demographics than when they go out to without field, but I don't want to be the only one Carlos, what do you think about their draft and kind of how it took them?

[SPEAKER_01]: I love it.

[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they're picking seven.

[SPEAKER_01]: They get Eric with junior at that pick.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think he should have been off the board.

[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe three picks in front of where they were selecting.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think this is a more balanced offensive profile than some of the players they've taken in the past that I do think have been a little bit more risky.

[SPEAKER_01]: For me, I don't see a lot of risk in Eric with junior's profile.

[SPEAKER_01]: I know people like to throw the Mississippi High School.

[SPEAKER_01]: hitting label on him.

[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think that should really exist anymore.

[SPEAKER_01]: I think the Batteball skills are exceptional.

[SPEAKER_01]: I like Tyhead at 46 where they got him.

[SPEAKER_01]: It's kind of surprising to me how good Tyhead's context skills are for player who is hit under 300 multiple years.

[SPEAKER_01]: But the way that you hear scouts and analysts talk about his pure hitting ability is pretty impressive.

[SPEAKER_01]: He's a really good defender as well.

[SPEAKER_01]: I know Ben is probably a big fan of the fourth round pick and Kevin Roberts Jr., so maybe I'll throw it to him and let him talk more about that pick, but contact guys up top and then some big swings on tools later.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, Kevin Roberts Jr. in the fourth round, really like that pick.

[SPEAKER_00]: He's still 17 years old, dynamic, athlete, physicality, six foot, five, outfielder who can run, throw, he's got big bat speed, power is probably even more power coming again.

[SPEAKER_00]: He's still 17 years old, still more space on his frame to fill out.

[SPEAKER_00]: And even though he is a longer levered hitter, typically that comes with a lot of swing and miss.

[SPEAKER_00]: His track record on the showcase circuit of,

[SPEAKER_00]: making contact and having a very patient approach, taking his walks, knowing the strike zone is pretty, pretty good.

[SPEAKER_00]: I think a lot better than a lot of people will give him credit for.

[SPEAKER_00]: I'm not surprised, obviously, that Eric Bush Jr. went ahead of him in the draft, based on what we were hearing.

[SPEAKER_00]: I also went up his surprise if we look up 10 years down the road and Kevin Roberts Jr. ends up being the better player.

[SPEAKER_05]: So many good questions today.

[SPEAKER_05]: Thank you all for joining us on the Baseball America hot sheet show.

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[SPEAKER_05]: So long, everybody.