10-Team Head-to-Head Mock Draft (Ep. 628)

Let's mock it up and talk to the pros. Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. It's time to get our mock draft on. It is b Joey Pa Joe pie Zapia and today we're going to have a ten team head to head roto categories mock live just for you, as we promised. All week and next week we've got some amazing things going on too, because we've got four hours of Fantasy Baseball goodness, because it's time for Fantasy Fast. So if you haven't already, make sure you subscribe to

I guess yeah, you said we have two guests. Wait, am I a guest?

Joe?

You're I still treat you well? So you're a guest like de Bro I mean to him because you know I see him all the time you I still treat like a guest because you know, I don't know why you don't treat me that great.

Joe, Now, i'll give yourself that much credit.

You treat me that great, well, I'll treat our guests then our real guest. You're like a pseudo guest. But I mean John Legaza from the Athletic. You can follo him on the Twitter machine at John Legaza. John feels like one of my Italian cousins all the time who just comes over for draft season. And John, I know you are crazy this time of year. We appreciate you coming on. So how many mock drafts have you done this year?

Well? Right, why mock when you could burn actual money? Right?

Yeah, here you go.

If I always live in six gears, So yeah, I'm definitely ready. I have my drafts done. Is now in the triple digits.

Easily, let's go. Let's go. So again, just to lay it out for everybody, it's ten teams, proto categories, and we have our listeners joining us from our discord which you can join as well. It's free fantasybros dot Com slash chat, So go join our discord. You're looking for leagues if you're looking for people to just talk baseball with, it's where we pull out of these guests that come on the show with us to do these mock drafts. So seven of our listeners are going to join us today.

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All right, So I'm gonna make this easy. We'll start the draft here and kick things off. Everybody knows where I'm gonna go here, And yes, the draft wizard is probably gonna yell at me. It's gonna tell me take Aaron Judge and I'm not going to. It's gonna tell me to take Ron Dakunya and I'm not going to. It might even tell me to take Trey Turner and I'm not going to because everybody knows I'm gonna take Julio because Julio, to me, is the best power speed combination.

He actually threw me off a little bit because generally it's one of those two players when I'm all the we up top. For me, it's usually format dependent. Five by five is usually Acunya for the steals. Though the more I look into Judge, he led the universe in everything last year. But since are of the steals, I think I'm gonna go Acuna, because man, it's funny. If you love Julio.

Against make your pick there you go.

I think, yeah, I got I have a Kunya. I think he's the strongest pop for forty forty. As much as I like Julio, I just think I think Acuna is what we want Julio to be in twenty four months or twelve months, so I mean they're both great. You really can't lose.

And shout out to all of our peanuts and Crackerjacks who are watching the live stream and who are participating in the draft today a reminder, we've got thirty second clock, so this is gonna move, so keep your cues filled at all times. Make your pick then you could talk about it. Don't get past over because then who knows what grade you're gonna get. Aaron Judge goes to mister Buster over at one o three. Another one of our face everts here who always enjoys interacting with us, with

I went with the Jose Ramirez and funny enough, if you check out NFBC March first on for Draft Champions, there are actually only three players that went number one overall, which I think is surprising. Aaron Judge, Ronald Decunya, and a guy that had passed on Trey Turner. Those are the only three players since March first, and all draft

Joe, I gotta tell you, if I was at one oh four, I'd be taking Jose Ramirez as well. I even thought about taking him at one oh one because I feel like I agree one hundred percent in the shorter format, you might have a little bit of ease here with the outfield. Now, we do have four outfielders and two utility spots in this draft too, so you are going a little deeper to offset the fact that

Yeah, of course, of course I do one because we sort of greatly impact him in August. Right again, he's on the shortest list for best hitters in the universe, and it totally hampered him throughout August. My issue is that it's something that we're supposed to get better with rest, that didn't need surgery, and he just had three months of rest to four months of rest and he wasn't able to pick up a bat yet Now it's oh okay, he could swing. Now, what did that eight days really

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Well, I really wanted Freddy Freeman, but I'm not do I want to do this. You know what, We're gonna do this in a shorter format. I'm gonna knock in Garrett Cole here. Boba Schett is who I was thinking about. Freddy Freeman I was dreaming about. I usually don't take two round starting pitchers, but again, we're in a ten team. I feel like I have a little bit more flexibility. I like some of the first basement on the board.

Yeah, well, I would have taken tattoos. He went and then after mister Busser took him, the other guy, Mike, you went to John Pete Alonzo. Let's talk about him, John, Will I make my picks.

Yeah, I think the Pete Alonzo pick is as much about the acuon you pick. Had I gone with Judge and the pure power, I might have gone with someone with more speed, maybe like up a shut But given you know I had the balance right at least I hope, but a Coon you, I think I could go with more pure power in Alonzo. Now, man, you know there's so many different ways to go. I think I'm gonna go with Jacob de Gram light and I'm gonna go

But well, I'll tell you what will, I'll tell you what Spencer Strider. You know people asking me the question they've seen me on other mock drafts where I take him as my number one SP. I have no problem with Spencer Strider as a number one SP. I'd rather have him than de Gram at this point in their respective careers. And you make a great point, this is a player on a per inning basis that's giving you

Yeah, that's actually why Pete Alonzo was heavy on my short list in that second round, but I thought I could not get him to get Paul gold Schmid to come back, so That's why I pivoted. My short list was Alonzo Tatis, Bishett and Garrett Cole. But now I'm gonna walk out of the first three rounds with one of the top first basemen, one of the top third basemen,

There he goes. So Goldie goes to Welsh with three oh five. Then Kelly Kirby takes Francisco Lindor three to oh, excuse me, three or four. Welsh gets Goldschmid three oh five, Francisco Lindoor three zero six, Nolan Aronado goes to Johnny Quest, then Jay takes Sandy al Contra here to be talking about a Randyo Rose Arena great power speed combination outfielder at three to oho, eight to floor. Then Al Tuve goes to the mail man at three zero nine. At

I'm looking at and I'm looking at a certain player that might happen. Just letting everybody know my Randy Rose Arena was the guy that I really wanted though, and that kind of bummed me out that he went there. I thought I could maybe sneak him back because the one thing I've been pounding the table about is outfield and haven't taken one again ten team. But there's a couple really good value players and one is of a risk.

To make that decision.

I think I'm gonna pivot. Yeah, I think I'm gonna pivot to a position player and I'll tell you when we get there who it is. And then I think fifth round, I might be looking at sp So that's my tentative plan right now, the strategy as.

We lay it out. So yes, Marcus Simeon goes after sers Aer at four oh three, four oh four, Jacob de Grom, and then Kyle Schwarbert four oh five. Killy Kirby's on the clock at four oh six. So hopefully she'll stick it to you, because that's typically what Kelly does. She's very smart. Yeah, she's gonna probably take the person you want. She took Matt Olsen, so certainly somebody on my queue. First base is rough. Make sure you get your first basement. So Welsh, where do you go next?

She left a couple people on the board. This is actually a pretty tough decision. Man, I don't know how there's someone I want. I'm curious at how long I can let slide if it's going to be possible. But we're gonna do this. I think this is a pretty decent slide. This is a roto, This isn't a points I'm gonna snap up Michael Harris here at thirty seven

And so obviously you have confidence that Michael Harris can repea an incredible rookie performance because it was incredible. I don't want to say it came out of nowhere, but certainly exceeded expectations.

Yeah, I'm worried about the walk numbers. I think you should be, because I think that leaves him a little bit like less versatile if he struggles. But he put up big power speed numbers. He's gonna hit at the top of one of the best offensive lineups in baseball. So those things aren't in question. It's just when you don't walk a whole bunch, you're taking a little bit off the table for yourself if you go through big struggles, and he really didn't last year, So that is the

Okay, after that mister buster took Verlander, who I was putting on taking. Did not happen, John, you took Jazz Chisholm. So let's talk about him at four h nine. Certainly a player with enormous upside, but maybe more downside than people realize. What do you envision for him in twenty twenty three in terms of ups and downs? Oh?

Man, a roll across the ride, which is so exciting. Man, give me all the blue hair. It comes out to formats. You know, I play enough formats and do enough drafts that sometimes if you're a little too strict, like I am, high stakes a reno from time to time. Joey, you clipped me, Man.

Just such a dirt such a d just to stop your analysis, John, jo cause.

The drafts so you can hurt back me.

Such a draft specifically, Shane McClanahan was everything I wanted on the planet.

What a dirt bag? Well, I mean, this is the plus of doing a shorter, more shallow league is you know, when you're at the turn, you can double up. I'm going to resume things here. I want to make sure you got your shots in on me. But yes, after chishom went, I did take Woodroff and McClanahan, much to the chagrin of the boys. Edwin Diaz was also in my realm, but Welsh knows that's more of a Welsh pick, less of a Joey p pick. I kind of stay

In my younger years, I would have never made a pick like that, and I wish Sugar Shane fell, But I would say this, even in shallow leagues, getting six hundred and north of that six twenty five, six fifty quality plate appearances from a catcher is still a way to differentiate yourself and create separation from the field. It is true catcher does kind of become a glove, and I do think it's even deeper than it's been in past years. That said, I don't think the field has

Mclann you know, look great today. I was watching just before we came on the show with Justin Verlander. He was absolutely yeah healthy just now of if you guys caught that at all. I think he struck out six guys at one point out of the seven batters he faced. I mean, I know it's you know, not always facing the top tier guys, but best shape of your life. Justin Vernlander, I think actually is just watching him pitch right now, he looks fantastic. So I wanted him you

Yeah, and that was the guy I was thinking about even in the previous round, just because I wanted to shore up and get him. But gonna you know, one of the most shifted players really low Babbitt last year. All things gonna work in his favor. A team that definitely has some offensive support that is led by him. He is just one of those guys I'm trying to get on every single team. And one of the things I like about this build, though there's a little bit

Speaking of guys to do everything, five oh five, Cedric Mullens goes to Kelly Kirby. Of course, you know, the smartest person in the room most days, especially any room that Mike Mayer's in. Ah See, Mayor's not even here, and I still got to dig in Mike Mahyer. I love you Mike. Guys. By the way, Mike just had another a child, a young daughter, So congratulations there, may and daddy of two now, which means he's gonna have a hard time keeping up with all the fantasy leagues

I know this is what I was gonna do. Coming back on hundred thousand percent. I was taking Corbyn Carroll coming back.

So and then dance our show sixh one, so Chalmer making up for lost time here going with all the current and former Diamondbacks on that roster. Then Christian Haave are right out of my que and onto the Mailman's team at six zh two, Julio Urias at six 'zh three. Another guy from the Joey PQ Ozzie Albi's at six oh four. It is always tough to go against our p nuts and crackerjacks. This team is prepared at all times. It's a great crew over here, and we want you

What do you got a lot of pieces of my queue here? Ozzy Albis was at the top, Julio Urius was the next. I also have Kevin Gousman, but I am gonna jump into this. You said I like to have more consistent closers and Josh haters still on the board in the sixth round. Is just a great deal. So I'm gonna get my first closer, even though I only have one sp I just see a lot of depth because remember it's ten teams, there's so much more depth.

Yeah, it's true unless somebody you know goes and keeps taking two pictures at a clip at the turn.

Yeah, some monster says so.

George Springer goes at six o eight, Jiohnny boy takes Lowi's Castillo at six poh nine. John, Let's talk about this starting picture and your expectations for him in twenty three.

Yeah, that big pitching kind of blob that everyone was so in love with because it was going so late is now like you know the Creep Show movie, it's creeping near the end of the wait there, you know what I mean, jump up and grabbles and where a guy like Javier might have fallen to me three weeks ago, or a month ago that's now gone. So Castillo to me really represents the last of the kind of aces.

Make your next pick here, gonna give you time to think about it. And the great thing is when you have the Draft Wizard and you have the premium tools of Fantasy pros, it tells you those things like, hey, the guy picking a half, he doesn't have a picture yet, so you might want to take one now, and you probably loop around and take Jazz Chisholm. Those kind of insights are exactly the kind of software that we have here. Again,

I love, I actually absolutely love Alex Bragman. I wonder if it's a narrative thing with the whole cheating thing he's he's been great. He's been great and even gone through some injuries. And again, I think something you speak about a lot. We kind of bang guys for not being gamers, for missing games, and then if they play, we don't get one hundred percent. We're not happy with that either. So I think Bregman is infinitely talented. It's

That wasned I Budaly got pissed because I got sniped on him.

Well, let's talk about it.

Welsh outfielder demand would move. I'm curious what you guys think. I had Derek Hardy in my show, and I had him kind of doing the dip, duck and dodge a little bit. People now with the human door, well, people like Derek orders of magnitude smarter than I am. Clearly right. Obviously they're using three year average still for park factors and stuff now I'm not saying more data is worse

I mean, I'm as high as it gets on Julio. Welsh has always been a big Julio guy, and Ti Oscar somebody that Welsh does one. You could have taken a walk. I know, right, can't take any higher than I did.

You.

Darvish, Well, she ended up with with somebody on my queue, So let's talk about you, Darvish, and we'll recap the other picks here at seven oh four.

Yeah, I was an absolute snipe. I thought I was locked in to get tay Oscar. He was the best offensive player I had left on the board to get some more outfield. I did need pitching, and I need to focus more on pitching. So that ended up probably being a saving grace if we're really being honest about it. I love everything Taoscar is, but you, Darvish, we're looking at again. If I'm going to invest early on in like Eric Cole, I want to make sure that I'm

Well, we're coming back to you in a second, so let's keep going with these picks. Seven oh five Max Free than Starling Marte, who was under my consideration, seven oh six, seven oh seven, Jordan Romano, then Devin Williams, Brian Reynolds, and Tim Anderson to end the seventh. To start the eighth round, Adleie Rutchman, Jose and Brow, Zach Gallon, Ryan Press, Tommy Edmund, Framber Valdez. It was a few picks before me unable to get him. So Welsh, where are you going next?

Well, it was him, It was Framber Valdez. I mean, my god, just to you don't want Yeah, no, he was I was snap taking him. But that one, that one hurt. That one definitely hurt. So you know what we're gonna do seconds, Yeah, I'm gonna talk one of my utel spots with one of my favorite players to take a gamble on. I'm gonna take O'Neill Cruz. Even though I got a short stop, big power, big speed, I want to make sure I'm locking in those stolen bases. I can put him at middle infield or util here.

Now, all right. So Cruz goes to Welsh. Mister buster on the clock just selects wander Franco, which pisses me right the hell off. So way to go, mister Buster. Good job as usual, you are right on time. Tyron Neil goes to John and then it's up to me again, Andre Samenez, I've been wanting, almost took him in the

You know, again, it's always format dependent, keeping an eye on the outfield and the scarcity, sticking with players that I think can really move the needle. Right ten team formats is not the time to pick the vanilla ice cream right that you seem that in the deeper leaks, it's the truth you want. We want the players that can absolutely move the needle. We've seen hints of godlike power from O'Neil, really up there with the very top of the board, and he's shown some speed. We think

That's my answer. Just lift more weight obviously, that's what I do, even lift Joe Breton.

Do you even fantasy baseball?

Brett h Carlos Rodango's to mister buster there. So all the nice things I said about you, you're already in a definitely it's an interesting value there, Welsh. Do you think at nine oh three you take the flyer on Rodin here?

Nope?

Uh early just a tad.

Yeah, No, I'm not touching that. I don't hate it or anything like that, but I'm not doing that. He's been like the top lift on here. But the injury puts some serious no you know, like I've I've had multiple conversations with people about this. Redon really put a wet blanket on Like the injury concerns. He's like, listen to this October or you know, playoff run or whatever. Like I'm playing, I'm pitching, but we want to be good the whole season. So that's something to feel good about.

Taking him specifically is a little bit more of a question.

Yeah, he's also coping of these issues, So no, thanks.

All right. So after Rodan, you took Gunner Henderson Welsh at nine oh four. Great selection there. We're very high on this player. I've investments on him for Rookie of the Year in the American League. So, Welsh, what do you think about Gunner Henderson here at nine oh three?

Yeah, listen, I hope people like fully understand too. When you're at ten, obviously, full on team construction is important, but you have so much more of an ability to just take the best available players. And especially in our roster construction, we got two U two, We had the corner, we got the middle.

Yes.

Have I had shortstop filled when I took Oneil Cruz yes? Did I have third base locked in with Ramirez?

Yes?

But why not take the best available players, take it off the board, shore up both of those as really good spots. Plus there's flexibility. It's a no brainer because I also see a very big tier of pitchers, believers and starters that are out there that I felt no need to reach on any of them. So again, I think I'm putting together a crazy offense. My pitching is going to be the big key on how the system ends up liking it all.

Right, So we'll see if the system approves or not. Rice the Olglesias goes to Kelly Kirby at nine oh five, then Xander Gobar Sai, Johnny Bogarci, Johnny Quest nine oh six. Your Boy Byron Bucksner last year's boy anyway nine oh seven. I was even sorry to think about, Wow, he's slipping pretty much. I might even take a shot on it. Nate Low nine oh eight, Willia Domas another one of

I almost have no choice but to get some exposure because I was off of him. I draft so much throughout the entire year that I wasn't on him when he showed up the spring training and hit a home run. I have to be cognizant of the fact that a former MVP might be healthy in Coors, right, we just can't. You just can't hand wave that away. You just can't do that. And I've been very reticentive course hitters and what it does to them on the road. God like

Yeah, all right, let's continue on looking at the picks here that have gone through after Pascalentino and Chris Bryant, Dansby Swanson full very far here ten o two, South Pereza teno three, Correa at ten o four. That's the thing about the shallow league. You are going to get some incredible discounts. Guys just get pushed a little further depending on when the runs are that happened for which team. Uh then Clayton Kershaw at ten o five. Kelly's up next.

I'm Kelly is pissing me off and we did so I'm going to burn the Tiara. I hope she knows that the Tirra is gone. You have ruined it. She is making me mad. I'm gonna go with the next best because I wanted Felix. I'm gonna go with Ryan Helsley. I'm gonna take him off the board, big flamethrowing pitcher. Looks like he's got the gig questions Diegoes, you know, playing in WBC looking pretty good as well. But it seems like Helsey's got the spotline. So I'm gonna get

All right, So after you took Hellesley, then we had Louis Evarino, one of my guys at ten oh eight. We'll talk about John's picking a second, because we're gonna go back to back. He took ken Lee Jansen, who was on my board. I'm gonna take Joe Muscrove, where I can't believe is still there. Ooh wee. I'm excited about that. Yeah, and then it's a matter of, oh my god, you just gave me a Joe Musgrove, Alec Manoa, Shane McClanahan, Brandon Woodriff pitching staff.

Probably the best pitching staff as put together so far.

Well, the problem is I need a little bit more power, a little bit more offense. So I'm gonna go ahead and take Anthony Santande because I think the powers for real. He's legit there. And that outfield, I don't care if it's a ten team league. At eight team league, outfield is rough. You gotta have a plan for it. Kenley Anson and Taylor Ward with the two picks that you made John, So let's talk about those before we get to Welsh's next.

Yeah, I needed a closer as much as I love to churn and punt it back. Jansen, for whatever reason, if it's the pitchclock narrative that I don't think even matters, He's got to be one of the leaders. Probabilistically for forty saves. Boston has been known to use an exclusive closer, and he just gave him, you know, the bag to close games for them. So I think Jansen is a fantastic pick, and diagnostically he's still very strong. Vello is good,

Look the Angels are sinker swim Johnny for me, like, yeah, to be really good or they're gonna be selling off Otani. And you know early Johol.

Overnight what like like over ninety or under seventy five wins right, like either.

I thought you were gonna go with George Kirby because I almost took another pitcher too, but I needed more offense.

Have to strike. I'm really worried about the strike.

Fair it's fair. Well, you know there's another pitching run here because Kirby goes at eleven oh reda buster. Then you took Logan Web Welsh. You took him over Logan Gilbert, which again that's that's a choice that you you know, that's still where you have those close.

Yeah, I think they're h Logan Web just a tiny bit higher. Logan Gilbert, I love the edition.

And Blake Snell, your boy just went at eleven o nine. Oh man, I want to play for Welsh so bad man happening, man dang man.

My favorite all time was being in the backfields and someone was like, hey, Blake, Blake. He's like, man, I can't stop. I gotta get hydrated. It was like the most naturally funny thing I've ever heard in my life. He is one of the low key funniest people just in how he reacts to people.

We got to get him on the show. We got to get Blake Snell on the show. He's not doing anything four days a week. He's not doing anything just once a week, all right, So Logan Web, let's talk about him for a second. Here, Steady presence one of these guys that I feel like gets under appreciate it every single year, but you can really count on, which I think is great.

Yeah.

One thing I'm a little bit worried about we were talking about this over the last week, is you know a lot of people are banking on the Arizona Diamondbacks being a better team, and that would come at the expense of maybe the Dodgers and the Giants. So I'm a little bit worried about them getting hit up. But they just put together these boring teams with these great pitching staffs. Logan Webb is a floor pitcher for sure. Like I could have tried to go a little bit upside,

All right, let's continue to recap some of these picks here, because they're flying off the board. Nessa Cortes goes eleven o five and eleven oh six, Reese Hoskins, Tristan McKenzie, Christian Yelich, Blake Snail, oh Man eleven two, excuse me,

Well, I'm just looking for some outfield depth. I've done a very poor job of what I usually want to do in developing my outfield, and this is like the thing I tell people to make sure you don't do ten man, I get a little bit more flexibility. I think McCarthy's going to regress quite a bit, and I you know, I've said it for my said I think Corbyn Carroll is gonna outsteal them. But McCarthy does have

Yeah, it's definitely a good pick there. Then Glaber Torres goes. You took one of my guys, JD. Martinez. We're gonna talk about that in the second. I just took Camillo d'val. I got to make my second pick here really quick as well, So might as well look for some fun and some upside, right, I mean, you know me, I'd rather make sure, I get my guys, So I'm gonna go ahead and get Andres Munios. I don't care if it's a reach alert. I really don't care. I just

Due, JD just underproduced. Man, you had a better than twelve percents. Phenomenal. This is the player we've always wanted. The problem. He again, he just ran. He didn't rant run hot on the battle on the barreled balls, forty nine barrels. He only had sixteen home runs thirty three percent barrel home run rate. Totally unsustainable. He's also going to the you know, I mean, it's not a very reclamation project. He's fine. The Dodgers are the best analytically

I agree, and I think it's because it's the DH thing too. You know, this is the thing I never understood would always be aggressive with guys like you know, David Ortiz back in the day, Like, well, I don't like because he closes with the das Clods. It up Clodes, it up with what thirty five home runs.

With his VP award, with his MVP award.

Yeah, Like, it's just so stupid. I always hate it when people would say things like that, if you've got a great hitter there, it's Nelson Cruz, another guy always every year, and the older he got, the more people, you know, disregarded him. And it was just a stupid thing to happen. Mister Buster took Nick Cassianos, who I thought real long and hard about, but I decided to go and get both of my closers here, Max Munsey

You happy, Yeah, I mean I needed a second basement, a little bit flexibility. His XBA, his bat average stunk. His XBA was better than that, but it was still relatively low on the year. But this is a guy that I'm going to play for the bounce back. I'm going to play the multi position eligibility. I also wanted Homers, you know, the more that I was looking at you know, you want to pay attention to your roster construction, taking a look at you know, having like a Jake McCarthy

Okay, so Wilson Contreras goes at thirteen oh five and CJ. Crohn at thirteen oh six. Stephen Kwan who we talked about for at thirteen oh seven at a certain point, again you'll you'll take him for the steals in the batting average and hope that he gives you anything close to the home run total. Again, I'm at Rosario, I think a huge value at thirteen oh eight, Welsh, wouldn't you agree here? Like that's a player that might have be getting the between the eligibility flexibility that he gives you,

Yes? I agree with that. I don't know if I would like claim at one point thirty in a ten man league that he's like a value an interesting thing that happened here, But I think he's a great piece. I think he's a great piece to your road team. An interesting thing that did happen here that I feel like I'm seeing a little bit more so he went above Jeremy Paigne. Jeremy Penia is still on the board.

But that's what everybody. They just see it so deep and so deep. But then at the end of the day, all of a sudden it's off the board. He go oops, I missed it. A little run here too, so sale goes. Then Nico Sander goes two of my fishs speaking of whoops, I missed it. There goes my first basement. The two options I had it was Ryan Moultcastle and Andrew Vaughn. While they went back to back. So obviously somebody was watching my must have videos for twenty twenty three on

I know exactly who I want and she didn't do it. Okay, So the last round, I almost took him. I'm surprised that Nicolodolo's still out here, especially like having Kirby go. I think inside the top one hundred, Hunter Green went right outside of it and thirty picks later. I know it's a rookie, but I trust Lodolo stuff more than a trust Hunter Green. Forty six percent and with percentage on the curve ball is absurd and ridiculous. This is a guy that is going to put up big fantasy

All right, So very static. Duran, by the way, another pitcher too. I am very between Doran and Munios. Those are two guys. I'm just gonna be aggressive, like I just I'd rather be aggressive. Mister Buster is gonna make me real aggressive because he took the guy that I wanted. He just took Lucas de Alido right from under me. We're gonna fight, mister. Oh look at this and Johnny boy takes Jordan Walker. All right, talk about Jordan Walker.

Man. It's real. He's the perfect player for the shrunken format. We're really going for it. All if a player like Jordan Walker was named the starting whatever, left field or I don't think it could be third base with Ornado, but let's you say starting player. Even if they're gould work him into dhro times he's going like six rounds sooner than he would. You know, sometimes you gotta be careful. People tell you to be careful, to be weary of helium. You have to a point. I mean, Chris Paddock in

The region eyes because you're going to.

Get it, particularly on their particularly at the turn, you know.

All right, So while you make your next pick, I'll talk about mine. For me, I almost doubled up at starting pitching again took Joe Ryan too, but instead I decided to take Jeffrey Springs, giving me a little bit RP sp eligibility there. I like that gives me a little flexibility if Munjo's isn't necessarily closing to start in April, which again I think it's a matter of time. You took Estrata, who is interesting because we just spoke about

Yeah, I think he's a victim of a couple narratives. One that San Francisco doesn't play people every day. That may be true if you only play a single position, which he doesn't, and you get you get three position eligibility here, but generally at least two. The other knock I've heard is on the power, and this is something I've really focused on this offseason, and it's pull power and lifting the ball in the air. So I know you don't look at estrata and think hulking power, and

All right, let's go to the next one here. We've also got some questions here in the chat we'll try to get to in a second. We recap these picks. First. After I took Jeffrey Springs, I don't know if that made Welsh happy, you're saying.

I was about to say, like, hey, Joe's what's four minus five?

Five?

What's four minus five?

John?

Count down the fingers.

One negative one, Anthony Rizzo those player I was actually contemplating because first base, man, it doesn't at ten team league first base is still bad. Newt Bar goes to Welsh. No surprise there. So let's talk about your selection there. Yeah.

Well, I mean, I'm just not getting stuff to come back to me, and you can't rely on AVPs. You got to get your guys and stuff. I really thought I would have a shot with Springs as well. If I go into any draft, everyone should know at this point what are two players that I want. I want Jeffrey Springs and I want Large new Bar on my team. I only had two outfielders this entire time. I was planning around Lars Newbar who I believe. I was actually

Oh I got to reach on movie things. It ain't who cares. We've got some questions here too. This is from Mason who asked us how big of an advantge basically is Mookie Bets at second base eligibility on ESPN. I think it's a huge one. You know me, Welsh, I'm not a big Mookie Bets guy where he's going right now, but at second base eligibility it changes the dynamic.

Just I don't Javier everywhere?

He's Xavier everywhere. I agree, we hit that.

Almost right, almost right.

Really, I'm actually surprised you said that Javier over a fourteenth They're essentially the same round.

Uh, you know, I'm not a big jazz guy. I know. I took him here for you take closives. He's got the explosives. Javier I think has the goods to win the SI, you know.

And always I don't like jazz as a music particularly. I lived with his jazz musician in college. He was very talented, but I just he went from being interested in jazz music and like, oh this is really good to hating life and wanting to jump off.

And he tells you'd be like Joe, don't drink coffee, you should drink green tea.

Actually know that's all he drank was coffee all day long. Okay, Yeah, that's ironically all I drink is green tea in the morning. So I'm the soft one who did it. There you go, all right, so somebody screwed Johnny boy, let's get back to the picks. Yeah, that we could take some of your questions after new bar Chapman, Charlie Morton, Hunter un for a rowdy t lez Ty France. Nice value there fifteen oh nine. He's just a good player, Josh Bell. So now I've got no one to play first base.

You know I'm gonna do this. I know the oblique is an issue, but it's a I can have bench depth. I'm gonna take sae as Zuki, who comes in as a fourth outfielder. He was lining up to be an outfielder three easy for me, top one, inside the top one hundred before the oblique, which I'm worried about causing problems, but it happened early spring, so you got an entire

Four, all right, And Andre Kirk goes to mister Buster. So that's good, so I'm not mad at him anymore. So Hazel's Lozardo goes to John, which is again a player in my cue. We'll talk about him in a second. I'm gonna go ahead and take one of our you know, first, I'm gonna take what the draft wizard tells me to. I'm gonna I'm gonna listen to the draft wizard. I'm gonna take Brandon Nimo here as the top lift again gives me a little bit of everything like that, and

Yeah? And it looks uh Lozarro looks phenomenal right now. I don't know how many in's we're gonna get. And if you held the gun to my head, I probably.

I would have taken it. If you didn't take him there, John, I had him.

I'm probably not going over one thirty. Yeah, Joe, you and I are so aligned. That's how I think that's how you win these leagues, right, I think I say, win him, go for the explosives. Miles Mikolas will be there if you need him. Boring five in guys without strikeouts, I just don't feel that's how you move the needle in ten teen leagues. And Jonathan India, I think he's gonna be okay, but he gets my favorite boost in old baseball. Great American Bullpark people, I just I don't

What I was gonna It has nothing to do with anything except the fact that the roster was terrible last year.

But the ball, but the total, the total runs were still there. So it's like, oh, the rate was there, and if they just get the players, Great America Bullpark was responsible for the most home runs regardless of having a bottom barrel offense carrying half of that number. Everybody's just so good in Great America Bullpark. I think that's Colorado. You know, if you're streaming, look for games in Cincinnati.

All right, as we continue to go through here, after Jonathan India, mister Buster selects Pablo Lopez. Well, she took Jordan Montgomery. Let's talk about what you think he can contribute to the Cardinal rotation this year, because you look pretty good when he came over from the Yanks.

Yeah, the change was huge, and it's probably no prize with the Cardinals way and the success that they find. Both the Hilsey Kaintana kind of have the same thing. But this is I think a great win situation, and that is something outside of Nickolodolo. My rotation has been built around teams that put their pitchers in best positions to win. Guys that go de Logan Web. Maybe it's a little bit an inferior team with the Giants, but he goes deep into games. Garrett Cole Darvish, that's an

Hans Moleman took it. I believe from the Simpsons we have going after Montgomery, Jeff McNeil, then Sean Murphy, Cronenworth Singer. There it is Bryce Harper seventeen or nine. Finally the ADP started the fall. Remember the early drafts where the ADP for Harper was still like, I don't know, like a fourth round.

I was like, what are people do.

They not realize what's going honey, or what's happening? After that, that's fine, seventeen oh nine. You want to take a shot on Bryce Harper in a ten team league. I got no issue with that, especially I'm more apt to take a shot on Harper in the more shallow leagues because it's easier to replace. For those first three months, you can find some money off the waiver wire. We gets hot for a month or two. Fairbanks goes at seventeen to ten, then Riley Green, David Bednar at eighteen

Well done, buddy, Well this was my last one. I love William Contreres because he's also one of these guys this team can implement as a DH. This is what a lot of what he did with the Braves last year, just big, big power that he can put up. He had that crazy stretch of home runs. This is a twenty plus home run catcher and he was the last of this tier. There's still one more catch I like, and Tyler Stevenson and then it changes, and I just

Deep all Seawalled goes next at eighteen oh eight, then Alexis Diaz goes after that to John. I took Katel Martyn and Alec Baum, So I took care of my middle and corner spots there with back to back picks, and honestly, I'm pretty happy with that. Like those are two guys that I feel like I kind of know what I'm getting and there's a small hint of possibility that they actually perform much better than projections and expectations.

These are both guys. Actually, you gotta be careful with ADP. ADP A lot of times is generalized. These are players on the move. So if you're looking at the Macro ADP, you're not gonna end up with these players. Daz. I don't know. I guess people just don't think the Reds will win a lot of games, which I don't know if I necessarily disagree, but I would also think that a lot of those wins are gonna be very close, and he seems like the exclusive closer. I don't people

Yeah, I'm one hundred percent with you on read debt mes. I think it's a great value there. Daniel Bard at nineteen oh three. Drew Rasmussen goes to you Welsh at nineteen oh four.

Your thoughts, yep, getting you didn't let me have Jeffrey Springs. This is another one of those guys that you know, moved out of any type of like shortened inning situation. The Ray's moving solely away from that really great stuff. I know a lot of the industry, many in the industry actually like Drew Resmusen more than him. I'm actually shocked that he fell so far, because as far as adp goes, Rassmussen and Springs are almost like a one to two punch there within two or three sp spots

Picks massa props there for our boy Johnny Quest punting saves zero so far in the saves there for Johnny Quest. Good job there. Don't take no crap off nobody. You know, you don't need saves. You'll find saves eventually. It's fine. After Rasmussen goes, then Kelly ended up taking Ryan McMahon Andrew Heaney Welsh. It's a guy that you've been talking of quite a bit on the show. So I don't know if you have any remorse about that one.

Yeah, goodwill Jacob mcgramas I call him Goodwill Nick Dracob, So not your faultupset about that.

Brandon Drury, Grayson, Rodriguez Hoave or Bye is at nineteen oh nine than Joey Manessa's at nineteen ten. To start the twentieth round here, then you have Ben attendee Verdugo looking through here. You know, still a fair amount of talent on the board at this point in time. Tovar goes out of my cue. I almost took him last round. He was my next selection. Tovar somebody that I'm very high on. Welsh, So that be somebody that people are more aggressive on too, and drafts even shallower ones.

Yeah, I think so. I mean the stolen based power potential. Obviously, hitting in cores in general is going to help out. But he's a higher contact player that really found his his power, you know, his power spot, and I think you can look at like a low key fifteen to fifteen season. There's a little bit of concerns before when it was like Brenda Rodgers and Ray mcmahbon. That's gone with the injury. Ezekiel Tovar has got this spot locked in.

Rocky's have been weird for many years now, weird ever since the Daniel Murphy signing. It was like, Hey, we've got a bunch of guys coming up who plays second and first base, Let's go sign Daniel Murphy to.

Aw Garrett Hampson is gonna be our future, but we need Daniel Murphy, right.

Yeah, we need Danyl Murphy. God ever since then, I just I don't know what they think they're doing. Luis Garcia goes, then Hendricks goes, Cabrera goes, then twenty seven the well shure up next.

Oh, I don't love all the players. I'm gonna do something a little bit different. I don't think the system is gonna love it. But I was just talking about this justin Mason yesterday. We're almost in the two hundreds. We're gonna do a buyback on Cody Bellinger. I mean at the cost return here is so ridiculously cheap at this point, I also have an injury with Suzuki right now to fill projections aren't the worst outside of batting

Want you to have all the Cody Bellinger, all of it. It's all yours Welsh Luis Arise at twenty eight. But it was a good speech. I really enjoyed it. John makes a great pick here with Hunter Brown at twenty oh nine. I love this pick here. I am up next for my two picks, So I'm gonna gohe and take another closer because I need some help there. And then I'm gonna take some more steals here with wit Meryfield and Welsh can make fun of my speech about I.

Don't hate him as much as I was earlier in the year. He seems a lot more comfortable, but I still am not. Like that's what I don't stop my game plan to be.

I don't need him have two hundred hits. All I need him to do is steal me twenty something bags and hit two sixty. You do that at this value, I'm a very happy man. So I took jose Leclerk too, because he's got a job. I need more saves Yoshidah at twenty one oh two. So John, you took Brown and Yoshida. Let's talk about the guys, especially Brown, because that's a player that I think is going to get a lot more run this year. It's kind of similar

Yeah. I would even speak to both of these picks. The next one I made was Yoshida. Both of them talent plus opportunity plus strong contextual environment plus a good draft price, so they're easy for me. People have reached for Brown. That helium seems to have settled a bit. I don't know, it's weird. Not much seems to have changed. I've heard short people like Wells talking about maybe some control issues, but his price has wildly swung so when

John Gray Go's next, followed by CODEI Senga to Welsh so Wels. This ADP for Senga continues to be way too low, and again I couldn't even pull him up on the sheet there and even have them up there because still the consensus is still way too low. I gotta start using my chi sheet every time I got so many things going on here. I'm clicking stuff, I'm moving back and forth and taking questions. Sometimes it hurts my draft. And you just scumped me there, Good.

Shows you do, I gotta say, like, I was just kind of sitting in staring at it, and I have had him for the last three rounds and.

It's just you should go three rounds ago.

Yeah, he should have gone a long time ago. So that's why I just pulled the triggers. And he's a bench starting pitcher right now. Again like a little bit of weirdness with guys like maybe Nicko Lodolo, even though I got a deal on him. Sanka's an incredible bench starting pitcher to have on potential alone, and I'm not basing my entire rotation off of him, So I'm happy.

All right. I'm going to throw through the rest of these here. We should everyone get your cues ready. We're gonna go ahead and wrap this up here. After Senga, then Scott Barlow, Dominguez Cassis goes nice election there by j full Metal. Then we have Oscar Gonzalez, Tony Gonsolin, cal Rawley, the aforementioned, and Justin Turner. Lord is Guriel at twenty two h two whilsh that's a guy you've been talking about latent drafts you take a shot on, but not on your team.

That's what I have, That's what I ought about, gonna take it well. John broke my heart earlier because I took the Bellinger pick with the intention of backing him up with Yoshida, like having complete opposites of having the batting average a kind of cure that a little bit, plus the run totals. And then when I didn't get him, I was like, Okay, I'm gonna go with Lordis. Didn't

But you did. I'm gonna go ahead take Trey Mancini. Give me a little bit of depth there at the corner spot. And you know it's a matter of do I want to take some more steals here or do I want to take some more power. I think we can go ahead. I'm really low on power still, so I'm gonna take Joah Peterson here. Him and Confordoh, they're both still on there. But I got the value picking the thumbs up. So that's a good thing. So let's

Drafting everybody that's broken my heart in the past. Let's goal dialing up all the ex girlfriends.

Man, it's three relationship is John, I think I think it might be se might have to go ya, Yeah, that is.

I'm I'm digging through the Facebook dms right now looking for ex girlfriends who listen. Jared Kelnick, I think we all have seen it. I think we all know. And it's funny because it's so polarizing. You have the people who are certain the breakout is coming. You have people who are certain he's gonna fall flat in his face. I don't know, but I do know if we get a that explosion is gonna be awesome. Right. We've seen just such dynamic ability for him, power and speed. He

You know, I was very high on him last year, and I was of all the l's that I took last year, that one did hurt me a lot because I saw this guy just being the dude and it just and it did not materials last year. I know, sometimes lefties get off their mechanics and things happened. So maybe he bounces back. Mondasey goes to mister Busters. Speaking of bounce backs, then you took Lang here, Alex Lang

Yeah, I mean, you're at a spot where I already had two closers, and I've actually been projected to be, I think, at the top of the overall closing market. But I looked at the rest of the closers and I don't see a lot of gigs that make any sense. And there's only two really that I can look at and say like, oh yeah, that guy has a job except Alex Lang, who's looked really good this spring and is going to be the closer for Detroit. How many

Okay, continuing on with the rest of the picks here, after Welsh makes a selection of Langlan, Seth Brown, Rendn, Micholas, Josh you on. Nice selection there, Then we have Merle Kelly. Then C. J. Abrams was also on my list. He is off now twenty four oh one, Horoy Lopez Evan Phillips are the Dodgers at twenty four to oh two, john Is Phillips the closer. Is it just said and done for you?

I don't know, but I had him queued up right after a Lexis Dias because I'm just going to stay on brand, and that is the ceiling pick. If if you get the the definitive Dodgers closer, that is a windfall profit. I think even where he's going, I think it's a neutral pick. He's highly skilled, so you're not risking ratios. I believe at the very least he's in line for, you know, a share of the sieves. How it's gonna pan out, I don't know, But at that again,

Okay, then kimberl dj Lemayhew, Boy, how the mighty have fallen? Dj La Mayhew in the twenty fourth round. Remember a couple years ago when people want him in the third Danny Jansen at twenty four or five. Jesse Winker another good pick there at twenty four oh six. Well you're up at twenty four oh seven. What you got?

I was actually gonna take Winker there. Surprise surprise, Kelly Snipe. No big surprise by anybody that Kelly did that. I am gonna go with one of my favorite pictures to get He just threw a side session the other day. Jacob to Ground got all the room. But Nate Eovaldi Nadiovaldi has been pumping the v low. They have a sneaky, sneaky rotation with a lot of run support me and you know have been Eno sars have been talking about him. He's actually one of his favorite kind of middle round

Opening day, Okay, continuing on after he evolding mister buster on the clock selects Jose Burrios, John, you're up next to twenty four oh nine.

Okay, Well, but I think, yeah, I got my cue all side. I was looking at former met How about Michael Confordo? Who again, right, we've had it almost sounds like Chris Bryan a bit. The talent and the plate approach has never really been in question. It's just if we get him healthy. When we get him healthy. He also started dropping nukes in spring training. Not to overreact to spring training stuff. I've mentioned a couple of times.

I took Tyler Molly and Garrett Whitlock there to my pitchers there. Yeah. Well, in Conforido you know, I was struggling him or you know Jock Peterson the same thing. We always say, well you take Jock Peterson or a confordo or a round later. My thing is just about, you know, when it comes to Conforido, how much of that layoff affect him? You know, how much is not playing for a whole year. Does it take him a month this day of two months to get back into

I actually think we're gonna get like an sp three finished, so I think he might be like a top forty to fifty starter, which you kinda is not like, oh my god, I'm gonna go to Spencer Stride at twenty twenty three. Not the case. But when you're SP nine or twelve for this man, you know, somebody on the bench has the ability to finish inside the top fifty. That's like the most boring way to win a fantasy league, to get a guy that gets the ball every five days.

Good for them.

And then the wall the bullpark is positive.

Ye yeah, ballpark and positive.

Now.

Jo Jack Flaherty goes at twenty five oh three, then rojast At Welsh at twenty five toh four, so no surprise there. As we wrap up these final rounds here of the draft, TJ. Friedo at twenty five oh five. Finn again, Shagura, let's talk about Rojas here. Welsh is an easy one here, I think, right, just a good everyday player.

Yep, he's gonna be. He's been essentially the every day third baseman for this team. There's a little bit of adjustment with Longoria and they're trying to figure out their outfield because Alec Thomas has also looked really good. But Rojas was a twenty plus stolen based guy. There's some pop in his bat and he has the potential to hit closer in the top of the lineup, especially righty versus lefty type of stuff. So two thirties, I think

Bit okay, continuing on here, I after Rojas, I said Friedel Finnegan, Segura, jameson tie on Oscar Colas twenty five oh nine, a guy we just talked about the other day, and the prospects on the way up. Jorge Matteo at twenty five ten, then Louis Urius at twenty six oh one. So we were in the final rounds year and we'll see who won the draft. I can assure you right now I did not win the draft. I'm telling you right now. It never happens. I never win the draft.

For me, it's will that's Okay.

Look, get your guys. Yeah, last year they told me I was justin Jefferson every time I took him first overall, and that worked out pretty well. Will Smith a catcher for me, Jose Miranda and Andre Semenez at second Bobash had its short. I have Austin Riley, Alec Bohm, Katel, Marte, Julio Rodriguez, Eloya, Menez, Santander, Nimo Whitt, Mauryfield, Peterson, the pitching staff, McClanahan, Woodrift. Then I have Springs, Manoa, Muskrove, Peralta,

I think that doggle hunt. I don't think it's gonna hunt in projections, but I think it'll have That's the thing.

I know. It's not gonna hunt projections. I can tell you that right now.

Yeah, it's not gonna All right, I'm gonna this is a boring I need again.

Projections are good. It's a good way to gauge. But at the end of the day, if projections were always perfect, then there would we wouldn't be playing this game, would we.

Yeah. And by the way, I have no idea how mine's going to finish out because my pitching I am pretty high in pitching. I have one category and hitting on the best and the rest are at the bottom. So this is gonna be one of those Ricky Bobby, I'm gonna predict right now, like I'm gonna finish like fourth, fifth or fourth in this well.

I took Colton Wong and Cruise here to finish up. Welsh. Let's look at your team here and get a sense of what's going on with your roster. Uh, you have Let's see again, Kelly Kirby doesn't win. Who knows you have? Contreras, a catcher, William that is gold Schmidt, Munsey, Cory Sieger, getting all the all the old Dodgers back together, Jose Ramirez, Gunner, Henderson, O'Neil Cruz, then Michael Harris, McCarthy, say, as Uzuka and Newbar you're right, it is, you know, a little tough

It's hard to follow my own but even.

In ten teams, Oh, it's there. No, it's not, uh, Cody Bellinger, Rojas. Then you have Garrett Cole U Darvish. I mean that's a pretty good start with Hayter, Hellsley, Logan Webb, Nick Lodolo, Jordan Montgomery and Drumrasmisen. The bench is Eovaldi, Hayes, Senga Vargas, Dela Cruz and Lang. Look, I think this is a pretty good roster here. I certainly like the way you attack the infield very well. But how do you feel about it?

Yeah, No, I'm pretty happy with this. I mean, there's a lot of my targets before say I got hurt. I really wanted to say, as Azuki, I got a little bit of risk. You know, Bellinger and O'Neil Cruz are a lot of risk. I have so much good offensive support. I'm projected number one in stolen bases here, which I think gives me a really good bottom line. I think the pitching staff I got closers. I really dig There's just that there's a few holes in a ten team that maybe you don't have. But I think

All right, let's get to Johnny boys team as we close things out here for the last couple of picks. So John your Rosser, Real Muto, Alonzo chisholm Estrada, Alex Bregman third, then Jordan Walker, the Leap of Faith, India, Acunya, O'Neill, Ward, hap Martinez, Confordo, Spencer, Strider, Castillo, Kenlly Jans and Alexis Diaz, Robbie Ray Lozardo, Redebt, Meurs, Hunter Brown. This definitely has

I'm seeing seventy five out of one hundred, so I guess I barely passed. Hopefully I'll be a laughable out. Hopefully my wife will let me go out this weekend and play well.

Not if you keep checking those d ms before the.

Yeah, definitely stay away from the Facebook deams. You know what this is? This is how we would want to feel coming out of it. Again, we don't know what's gonna happen. This team has all the strikeout potential you could possibly ask for, with batting average, with pop, with speed, with balance and home runs. This you know this team is as strong as I can feel about one coming out of a draft. I'm usually not the type to say I nail the draft. I'm normally already thinking about

Well, I finished right above you. I got a B That was an eighty three for me, and I'm fine. I usually get a B B plus on this because I am too aggressive on my certain players. But the winners of this draft here number three J Full Medal, K Schomer C. S Chomer seven six seven to ninety four, and the mailman brought it home and delivered the number one spot. Congratulations to the mailman. Hey, Welsh, Kelly beat you, but not by much eighty seven to eighty five.

I know I finished above you, guys, but Kelly's finished right above here.

This is a Proba Matters Welsh hot take here right from the draft software itself. Joe Pi's a p at Fantasy pros, liked my draft more than any other expert.

Hey, you know who liked my draft more?

Mike Mayor and Scott Pianowski liked my draft and they never liked my drafts ariel Cohne hated it, by the way. But I'm just glad that finally I got the respect of Mike Mayor after all these years.

Mine was Todd d Clark, Andy Barrons really liked mine. I got Scott White. But you know who's the third most like Kelly Kirby. Kelly never likes Kelly loves my draft. So I'll take.

The win, all right, John, who liked your draft more than anybody else on that experts tab on the expert opinions and you get any anybody who was positive with you or negative that you want.

To I don't. I don't know. There's much going on that's like many of it.

It's not judging me opinions right at the.

Time, I just clicked on it. I can get I can give it for him. Yeah, fred Zinki loved.

Everything.

Yeah, he's very well. He's also very risky, right.

Also, Dalton Delle Don Jeff Bogas Nick hated yours the most, though, so watch.

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