10 Team Head-To-Head Mock Draft (Ep. 954)

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Couldn't be more excited. It's emojis and then opening day for baseball for me, so I was pumped about it for sure.

It's good combination. It's a good combination. And speaking of opening Day, Joe Rico with opening Dave comes getting closer and closer to Guy's going in the eye and it looks like the pitchers are ramping up, they continue to step backwards.

I did a draft Tuesday night and I took Jerry Jones as my SP four. So I need the season to start and I need another draft here to kind of cleanse my palatee after that, because I'm gonna be dropping my SP four on the first FAB run this Sunday, so I definitely need another draft to clear mind.

I need to know where have the The big talk of the town here around Fantasy Pros was your Roki Sazaki rank. Absolutely shocked at the show that we did, so I got to hear we did this on discord. I told Piece of p about it. Where have you settled on Roki Sazaki?

Twenty seven?

Still pretty high?

Too high for your program? Pretty high.

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By the way, thanks, Hey, thanks for having me on your show, Joe. I'm really happy. This is a great show.

Welcome to Joe and Friends here, everybody, Joe, He's a p and Friends never.

Lets you know Ward nominated show that you only solely put together. So thanks for having me just be a little, tiny baby part of it. I pick five because it was the best pick that had some separation between you guys. Not that I'm necessarily in love with it, but I have talked about loving this area because in a perfect world, I'm gonna get Ellie de la Cruz. This is not a perfect world, so I won't get Ellie dey la Cruz, but I get a choice between Judge, Jusi Ramirez and Ellie.

I mean, it's nice to be treated as a guest. You know what I mean, Like I mean, it means I treat you better than I would normally treat you, I would think. So Bobby Wood goes one show, he goes to Aaron Judge goes three, Jose Ramirez at four, Ellie de Lacruz to the Welsh at five. So Bogman, you're at eight. So when you're drafted from the eight spot in a ten team league, again, calculus changes a little bit. When they're in these shallower leagues. You really

Say his name, just say his name. Who you're gonna take, You're gonna beat around the bush, Just say who you're taking. We know who you're taking.

I'm taking corporate Carol. Everybody knows. But I answer the question, but also, uh, I'm not I'll take pitching at the end of the round, not in not even at eight, So end of the round I'll do it. I won't do it here. I like a pitcher to fall back to me in this spot. They never do, so I just this this part, this part of the draft to me, has been the most challenging. So since it's a mock,

You have a really you have a really good shot at a picture. We saw pocket Aces go in a twelve team mock draft we did. I don't think Rico is going to be a crazy person like that, as he's not, So you are going to actually you are officially going to get one of those pictures if you want it, Boggs.

If you want them. So Ellie goes to Welsh at one O five, one O six to one Soto, then Kyle Tucker at win O seven, Corbyn Carroll at one O eight to bog bogmin Why Carol over Gunnar Henderson just had a curiosity because.

Gunner Henderson has the oblique going into the season and Corbyn Carroll doesn't. I mean that's pretty simple.

Matt Okay Fernando Tattis Junior at the turn to Joe Rico along with hometown hero of Vlad Guerrero Junior, Joey. When you heard yesterday the you know, the GM talking about we're hopeful we get an extension done. Did did you buy that at all? On the Vlatty News.

He's totally full of it. I don't believe a word he says. I hope he's right, but I'm not taking him at face value anymore. They do not serve the benefit of the doubt. But I think Vladdie going into a contract year, I think he's I think he's going to have a massive season, like I have him predicted for American League MVP. I think he's going to just go for forty bombs hit three twenty and just blow up and then get a massive contract.

Probably from Uncle Steve. Joe.

You guys are probably gonna kind of me, But I'll take him this year in the contract here when he's got all these people talking about him, and he's doing interviews talking about maybe going to the Yankees, and I feel like this is a year for him to just blow up.

And then Tatis is the other pick. He's been a little bit.

Disappointing the last couple of years, but I feel like there's still a thirty thirty bat there potentially.

Oh I do too.

I mean, yesterday did strike out on three pitchers against Adrian Houser. I watch that happen in real time. Mooki Betts goes at two two Bogman, You took Paul Skeens instead of school Bawl. So what made you do that? Just out of curiosity?

I mean they're both, They're both kind of a coin flip here. I feel like Skeens just has more upside than any pitcher in baseball. So with all of them being so volatile, give me the guy with the most upside.

Okay, So after that upside of Skiens, Lindor goes next to Juwbaka, Frankie takes Julio Welsh, you ended up taking to Reschooble. How do you feel about that?

Should? Pretty solid about it. I don't do this often. I do tend to take a third round pitcher in Garrett Croche a lot. But you know, in the ten team, the player pool is it's a lot more accessible having elite, elite players at certain positions to sacrifice getting high end hitters is okay to me. So to be able to get like a theoretical number one overall pitcher at two, there's just still a great playerpool that's about to come

Is elite is a word?

Elite neis?

Yes?

I think it's the word. Yeah, I should know this. I went to journalism school. I should know this.

I was good. That's why I asked you. I figured, well, I asked the journalism school guy. If eliteis is a word, you should be right on that, yes or no.

Elateness miss elitnistniss.

That's where you might be pushing it a little bit with the elite.

I think, yeah, that might be a little too much elite. Bryce Harper goes at two oh seven to show May then we have Alvarez going next at two eight Jackson Tiro to a nine. At the turn, I was contemplating, you know, the Freddie Freeman health I feel like, just really worried, like the end of last year at the beginning of this year too. I'm sure he'll be fine. This was a point that he got, take Freddy Freeman. But it's not it's head to head roto category. So I want guys to do everything.

Uh.

And Zach Wheeler was very tempting. He did go right after I made my two selections, but instead I went when Jared Duran and Jackson Merrill two outfielders. They give you power, give you speed, give you everything, give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire, and I'm very happy. There you go. So I love these first three picks. To me, this is a super annoying team to deal with in a shallow rodo head to head format. Zach Wheeler goes at three oh two, Trey

Now what a horrible pick, cold, tell Marte with thirty five home and high batting average and runs and RBI. Now I think this is what we're talking about, Like it's there's a great third round value. I've never gotten to tell Marte before, so you know, I can kind of bounce around between hitting and pitching. Speaking of Homer, just real quick. Looking at the chat, Laker had asked about a lot of Corbyn Carroll stuff. He I dont

Right now, Frankie takes Jess Chisman three six, Garrett Crochet off the board of three seven. I was wondering if you're gonna go scooball crochet and try to like, you know, a little bit of a show off there.

I might have, well, not now, but I doubt now. I was thinking about it.

Well, I knew it wasn't making it back to you, Freddie Freeman to Scott Bogman. So where I was afraid, Scott bog is courageous. So Freddy Freeman. Look, first base in any depth of league isn't as deep as it used to be. Box, I know you're on the clock. I'll let you pick. Then we'll come back to here. Two trusted Venom at Jose Ao two A three h nine and then Joe Rico at the turnold and Gilbert three ten and four a one man in Machado. So you got Vlad at first, Machado at third. You got your

Yeah. I like the bass.

I've got a little bit of speed, although that's probably something I need a little bit later on. But I've got a nice base of power and batting average, which I think is very hard to come across later in the draft. I also got an ace that I can rely on for probably close to two hundred innings again, so very much liking the start. But I'm worried a little bit about the speed. But in a ten team league, I don't really need to worry so much.

That's right. We do have two RP spots to fill as well in this one, So Michael Harris to trusted Vendom, who's autogantically get an F for me. Raphael Deveres to Scott Bogman, So Bogman for a guy who's worried, you know, worries about injury. Guys, Devor is not exactly one hundred percent. Also having some you know, be some unhappiness settling in there too. You maybe, you know, Papa gummy into his breakfast to see if maybe he starts feeling better about.

This move to DH eventually listen, uh, if I'm sitting here in the fourth round and Devers is available to me, And by the way, he played one hundred and thirty eight games last year, so it's not like you missed a big chunk of the season or anything. And you know, Freddie Freeman, I think he's gonna be fine by the time real opening day rolls around. So let's let's go. I love these guys falling. This is a perfect draft

Yeah, that's that's pretty good, all right, Matt Olsen at four oh four, Pete Alonzo four oh five. Welsh, you took Ronald of Cooney at four h six. You absolute hit you all these shows we keep doing, you freaking hypocrite. How dare you take giving me crap on all these shows? Or has my good logic finally seeped into your dense brain finally that Ronda Cooney is a good pick here.

Hah, your logic has not seeped in whatsoever. But we're a team. I'm on the clock, though, so let me all right, So gohead you pick.

I'll come back to you and let you find an excuse for a while. You took Rondakutia and you can get me crap about why I do made I made no, no, no. Now now you have to wait. The guests to have to wait. If you were really the host of the show, you can talk Ozzy Alby's at four oh seven, Corey Seeger four o waight, Chris Sale at four o nine. I was gonna go Sale Reagan's instead, I had to settle for Reagans and Blake Snell. I'll do that in

So, like I've I've been kind of anti ronald'cunya in a lot of spots, but we're playing in a ten team and that was my whole thing with Rea School earlier is in a ten team, we've got the ability to just rebalance out this roster more than any other thing. And that's also why you know, you've heard a lot of people say like, well in a ten team, this is this in a you know, a twelve or fifteen, the values are different. Man, I can I can redo this?

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He's gonna spend time on the iel, and you're taking You're taking Jacob de Gram. I know he's your two, but come.

On, yes, he's my two to Paul Schemes. By the way, and you didn't get to see a Rico squirm like I did right when I did pick Jacob. You know what to pick, Sjo Rico is.

The best thing that could happen to you in this draft is that he takes Jacob to Graham.

I'm I'm on an island with de Gram. I I think he's fine. Like, I don't even care if they're gonna limit him, Like if they're gonna go five or six innings starts, Let's say he makes twenty five starts. That's factoring in like even a month off. That's one hundred and fifty innings twenty five by five. I think he's so potentially a PSIM.

Would value those innings just out of curious. I'm gonna look at see.

What, So that's better than taking on the last time he pitched, Joe.

I know the last time he pitched with twenty nineteen, So that's the last time he pitched. And you know what, Look it is now twenty twenty five. I've had it with all this Jacob de Grom apologist nonsense. It's crazy to me. It's a penman league. He's my second picture.

Every picture has injury risk, Joe, every single one.

D Grom has every single injury risk. He is the worst about this.

But everybody hurts.

He's my number two. I just want to reiterate that he is my my number two pitcher, and I will take one hundred and twenty Jacob de gram innings over one hundred and fifty of all of those guys that you just mentioned.

Yeah, so it probably is. You'll have to get three seasons. Jacob Grama gets one hundred and twenty. Maybe a risk I'm willing to take in it. I'm just I'm just breaking your chops. But it's again a point counterpoint you decide in your dress would you like better a manual? Class A five h nine. Devin Williams did, Joe Alrico so Eurico. Your your pivot was just to not take a starting picture at all. You took a reliever in

So?

I wanted Clausay and Lawrence Butler and then when you pause the draft, something got messed up and it gave me Shoorber instead of Lawrence Butler.

But I'll take it like that's my fault.

That's yeah, I'm blaming it on you. It's your fault, but I'm I'm taking it like that.

And then I took Lawrence Butler also, but.

It's honestly like Schoreber.

Yeah, so Bogwin just has the team that I want here essentially, but Sharber is still gonna give me forty plus homers like I didn't really need the power considering the bill I have. But now I just can sit back and kind of relax. In terms of home runs, I'm tied for first and projected home runs, so I'm pretty fine with that, and then getting a lockdown closer, like there's gonna be a run here at some point.

I want him time.

Okay, there you go. So Lawrence Butler Bogwin. Now I love Lawrence Butler. So now we're friends again. I think he's got upside for a thirty thirty season. What do you think?

Yeah? I mean it was ever since the All Star break last year. Right he went into the Ulcar break, he hit three bombs and coming out of that just started mashing. And hopefully that can continue into this season and he can be an All Star again. He was absolutely outstanding last year.

Okay, after Butler, Michael King goes to Chewi, Frankie takes to Oscar. Welsh is on the clonk with Brent Rooker, So I'll let him take his seventh round pick. Mason Miller at six h seven, cj Abrams six oh eight, Yamamoto at six point nine, and then I went ahead and took my corners. This is this is the perfect storm. This is my tear drop off. There were two third basemen. I still liked Ken and Arrow and Vientos, and then there was one first baseman. I still love this, Josh Nailer.

I'm okay, well, Rooker, I'm very happy about it. I'm trying to take Rooker everywhere I can. I want to go for massive power. I was thinking about double down, doubling down on more really really big power, but I pivoted just because I only have Schooble. I like logan Web to get a bunch of innings. He's not exactly

So the one thing Welsh likes, it's a good enabler. That's what he wants. He wants to get enabled there. All right, let's continue on here with the rest of the picks. After Welsh, a selection of Logan Web. Marcus Simeon at seven oh six, I gotta tell you, I thought that was a lock there, Welsh, I'm surprised. Another other shock. Oh that's right, you aread a Marte. That's right. Who cares you play him at the middle infield spot? You just be a jerk.

I want to find Joe Rico is a bad person. Yeah, not a good person, And I don't think he should be on this show anymore because he's purposely trying to hurt me and I don't think it's great.

No more guests.

Here's one from Watkins. Here I have Naylor and Walker. Hope Walker stays healthy with a rooker on top. Well, that's your private life, so you tell me whatever that's all about. All right, Let's go to Bogman's pick. Marcelo Zuna at seven eight, very good one. There he's on the clock from the eighth round. George Kirby at seven o nine, and then the afore mentioned hated Joe Alrico, Spencer Schwellenbach, and Tyler Glass. Now that this is how

Grown to love dwell and Bach Well. It's just part of the reason why probably doing shows with him all draft season. I love him. I love Schwellenbach. I think he's a top twenty pitch of this season. And this is the kind of format where you take a chance on a Glass now when it's a ten team league, when their replacement values high in deeper formats, he's probably your SP two, maybe even some people have MSP one,

So gimme Glass now all day.

Giving him Glass now, boys and girls, all right, So after Glass now goes, you have Stephen Kwan off the board, who improved his power last year. So the whole segment on that, it was very interesting how he did that. Scott Bogman, you got a closer here, Russell Iglesias, So Ozuna and Iglesias go into Atlanta for two.

Picks here, Box, Yeah, I mean the big Bear just gives you such a boost, right, with all the power numbers and the batting average was high last year, so Uhlkozuna where I got him there? And then I just you know, the closers are gonna start going even in a ten man league, They're gonna fly off the board pretty quick here. So I wanted to get one of the elite ones. And I think the Braves are gonna win a bunch of games this year, so Iglesias should have a ton of saves.

All right, Let's move on here to some of the other picks here. Welsh is a good one here, love this one. Alex Bregman goes eight o four to eight oh five Santander, and then Luis Robert to the Welsh at eighth six. Robert could be a league winner. I've been talking about this for a while. I know we

Yeah, and I need to make sure I'm back up outfield, just a tiny bit more with a kunya, and I got a lot aboutting average. I've got Kotel, I've got a Kunya. I've got Langford Rooker. If he can, you know, get into a similar range of where he was last year, Ellie could maybe go either way so I can boost up a tiny bit of the batting average. Concerns that might go with Luis Robert. But he fits my bill absolutely perfectly, So that's why I jumped down it.

Brian Reynolds eight oh seven to show may one player takes hells Ley than Brenton Doyle goes to Michael. I took Riley Greed at eight oh ten. I love me some Riley green Man. I think he is on the precipice of really having a different level season. But last year, one hundred and thirty seven games, twenty four homers scored eighty plus runs, drove in seventy four at four steals, two sixty patting average. I think there's another level in

Yeah, I know I would have been I had actually been thinking about him a tiny bit earlier. But yeah, I've said I think Andris Munios has got the potential to be a top five closer this year, especially if that kick change up starts to play any little extra role into his arsenal. But you got pitchers that are gonna put him in the spot. You just need an

Well, look, Batista one hundred and ten strikeouts in twenty twenty three, just sixty one innings. That's a very exciting prospect, you know, opening Day's data is still uncertain for him, and we'll see how that goes. So do you think that Welsh Batista is a guy that you will see in April?

Yeah, I think it already looks like that's going to be the case. But they're not going to like let him pitch back to backs. He's not going to get every save opportunity, and I kind of think that could continue for a little while. So yeah, no, I think they're going to throw him out in April, but I just am not sure about the you know, the I don't know if he hits thirty saves this year, so I think he comes at a little bit high of a cost.

Okay, next on the draft board, after Welsh's selection of Andres Munio's Bryce Miller ten or Biby Bob mean, you take Jordan Westburg as the you know, year's gone on here so far in spring you see Kobe Meyo sent down. That's good for Westburg's value and coming off of a productive season, do you think he can repeat what he did last year in one hundred and seven games over a full one hundred and fifty.

Something, I hope, So, you know, and he is hitting very well in spring. He's not driving in a bunch, but he is hitting three oh eight. So I think that's a pretty strong start, looking good, and I really need a second basement, and it really starts to fall off here, so wanted to get one in Westbrook. Was still available to me.

Christian Walker at nine o nine, and then at the turn another closer to Joe Rico, Joan Duran and then we have Boba Schett here on the bounce back another one too. It's just on the the big Instagram account of the Blue Jays chatting with the buddy of mine over there. He's a big fan of our show, by the way, So Dan, if you're listening, shout out to Dan. And we were talking about this lineup, and I'm very positive about Bobachet's bounce back potential. I think last year

Yeah, I'm not beating the Homer allegations having Guerrero and Bashett on this team.

No, not at all. But I'm waiting for you to take Dave Steve with your nuts.

Yet.

The thing that I really like early trend in Spring is that he's pulling the ball quite a bit more than he has throughout his career. For this career, he's been about thirty percent in Spring, forty five percent of the time he's pulling the ball. Definitely a good sign for his power. And I don't like to pay for saves on the way, so I took you on to ram with the other pick. I have both my reliever spots locked down and then I don't have to worry about it anymore.

But yeah, Boba Shad, I love Bowl this year.

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Good at this? Maybe they should make you a host someday. Joe, do you see Julio Driguez bouncing back of the season? Well, I mean it was a pretty decent season. Just slow start again. And can Roy s Lewis ever stay healthy? I'll take that one for you. The answer is no, No, we can't. But Joe Rico, what are your thoughts on Julio this year?

I like Julio a lot.

I like him more as like an early second rounder as opposed to a first round pick. But there's so many nice pairings you can make at the end of the first round. He gives you like a twenty five twenty five floor. You can take him with a Vladdie or an Alvarez or any really anybody at that end of the first round. And I really like the pairings you can get out of him when he is going in the first round. I think it's a little bit too rich. There's some drafts re ends up at eight

Okay, let's get another question in here too. This is from the Big Dance. Thoughts of the Brave signing for Dugo that just went down recently. We're just talking about that, right Welsh the Verdugo signing. Profar Kealen Egg, Brian Dela Cruz, A cou youa coming back sooner than later? Outfield getting crowded, well, Big Dance, I mean it depends on your idea of crowded. Because Jared Kelnick is not good at baseball, and I'm tired of constantly hearing how this is the year where

Today he kind of forgot a key player. Michael Harris. I know, Joe, you won't think any point in your life.

So far, looked Profar looked terrific. Yesterday had a great hit. I'm not worried about the wrist at all. Uh, I'm not worried about Michael Harris. He's fine and Akuni will be back. I think this is just definitely because I think they realize that Kellennick is no good Welsh. What do you think?

Uh say that that? Yeah, No, I don't think kell Nick is any good I don't. I don't think whatsoever that he's that good of a player. Alex Radugo, they gave him minor it was actually this weird thing where they gave him like this minor league one option. It's a major league deal, but he can go down to the minors so he can kind of do his spring training. He can come up and he's going to be able to be the fourth outfielder for them long term or if kun is going to miss some time. I don't

And that's why Donnie signed up for Twitch, just to be here with us every day, cousin don Each show Donnie shooting straight with Donnie Seed the other Knight. If you want to watch some fun stories about our youth, go watch that podcast on YouTube. But yes, I don't need a snack. I actually just ate. So you think it was the blood sugar situation, it's not. I'm just I'm I've had it with certain players. I'm over the Royce Lewis's, I'm over the Jacob de Grams. I'm just

Remember what I said earlier, I said taking logan web enables me to get a little wow. It'd be a wild and crazy guy, and that's what I wanted to do. Get Strider McLanahan. I want massive, massive upside, and you know what, We're gonna go one more round Cuz suck at Bogman Zach Gallon for my nice sp and I'm building core big innings eaters with some huge upside for maybe the greatest rotation of any ten team Fantasy Baseball league ever created.

And not a bad offense like I haven't done it despite offense, because you've got the value of akunya. I mean to be honest, I don't love going as heavy starting pitching, but this is the sweet spot. You've definitely hit it there After McClanahan goes Sonny Xavier Edwards Boggan, you took Tovar. Let's talk about Castillo and Tovar your last two picks.

Yeah, I mean Castillo. I just I had to back up my Jacob de Grom pick right, and even a little bit with Paul Skeins pick. So Castillo fell. He came in a great value. I thought that one was very, very good, so loved backing him up there.

And then was.

Who's the other pick we're talking about here? Sorry? It was Castillo and the next Tovar. Tovar was another guy that just kept falling and falling and falling and falling. In the eleventh round, I don't have a starting shortstop. I thought he just represented kind of a tear break and value, so I went ahead and snapped him up right.

There's an interesting question in here, Joe, whenever you wanted to get to Todd's question, whenever you're ready for it, because this is a really good question to tackle as far as a de Gram versus Strider thing.

Does it coon you have that negative a cl this one from Todd.

No, no, he does have negative as one.

At what point would we rank Strider ahead of de Gram? Now that's my answer right now.

Have you done it right now? Have you done that in your ranks?

I did update my ranks yesterday. I want to say that is true. I will double check them right now, but I want to say that is true for me anyway.

Now, you put Strider over to Grom?

Why not?

I love it? No, I mean I necessarily just Strider might have more innings at the end of the day.

It's just a gram is healthy, more innings younger one's thirty six. The other is you know one s Pitcher for the Braves, another strong organization that.

You you better hope that Jacob de Grom does not make it two one hundred innings.

Here's the question of being concerned about it.

Ready, Okay, Joel Rico, do you have Roki Sazaki over Jacob de Grom. That's what we need to know. No, you guys give over Strider.

No, Strider's ahead of Rochy good Man?

Good Man?

All right?

De Gram? I have at thirty four and I spend it so yea dang it. I love it like as if I'm not a met fan who has constantly watched the saga of Jacob de Gram's in a ability to get on a mound for more than two times at a clip in the last five years before he left. I mean, come on, man, I love him. He's great. He is one of the great pitchers to ever grace our presence. But as a fantasy investment, as a number two starter, I just can't get there in any league.

Yeah, That's what I'm trying to do at this point. That's the main goal.

When I hop on a mock draft, take well for players, just get way it's well and bock. Just take all of Welch's guys. But I love Justin Steele. I did a short video on the channel the other day.

Check it out.

I'm talking about why he is a great middle round stabilizer in rotations. It's undervalued, you just super undervalue. And Chris Sanchez, he has been maybe the most impressive pitch or throat spring training this year. So I love that pairing on the turn. They're not going to come back to me most likely, so lock them down there, and my pitching is nearly complete, nearly.

Complete my pitching, all right. So after Sanchez, Royce Lewis at twelve oh two, so Venom really just does not care. Tristan Cassis to Bogman. Then we have Sandy al Contra at twelve oh four to Chewy. Nice pick there, Ryan Walker, Zach Gallon to the Welsh Mason Winn sal Perez, Vini Pesquentino. Then I took Brian wu at twelve ten and Randy Rose rain on the bounce back, another guy with twenty twenty situation there, and hopefully the batting average gets back

I messed up, though, because I one hundred percent should have taken Mike Trout and I didn't cue him up. And I know we could have rant two point zero from you about Mike Trout. I one thousand percent would have taken him, should have taken him. So I was kicking myself there. But Matt Chapman, I need you know, I need a third baseman. It's really solid power. I've

There you go. Let's say I took a blue Jay. Just so you know, Joe Rico, just I want you to I want you to know ahead of time, you know, before you start looking firm in the queue. All right. So after Randy Rosa, Rainer Diaz, Rawleig Cruiz, Matt Chapman and Welsh Mike Trout to Frankie Luis Arise to Chewy and then Bogmin, you took Ian half. Pretty good value there, hitting towards the top of this Cubs lineup yet again.

Yeah. I me Ian Hap had been at the top of this suggested board for like four rounds. Yeah, and you see the percentage going up from like eleven percent, twenty two percent, fifty six percent, and when I took him it was at ninety nine percent, Like you can't pass his value up. And I agreed. So I thought that was a good deal for Ian Hat, not a guy generally take. And Tristan Cossas I just thought was

Him nice and healthy. Wilson Contreras goes next, and then at thirteen tens Ander Bowguards Bryce Terrang to Joe Rico, Joe Rico, you're on the clock here, so I'll let you make your pick. Bogs coming back to you after Spencer Steer goes at fourteen oh two to ten Or Scott off the board for you. So the alleged closer of the Dodgers. That's pretty good opportunity to have.

Yeah, and I don't think you have to say alleged. He got the first save, so I think he's their closer. So I think we're all good there. And you didn't you definitely you know you're too busy hosting. You missed the exasperated look on the Welsh's face when I took Tanner Scott. He was very unha.

That was one hundred percent where I was going with that pick. That one, that one hurt. I had to pivot to Robert Suarez, who I'm not that big on, but last of the closers.

Last of the closers. There you go, all right, after you have Tenor Scott, Joe, let's go back to your picks here. Bogarts and Bryce Terrang at the turn, so filling in that middle infield right now.

Yeah, Bogarts is a steady categories player. He's going to give you fifteen seventeen homers, double digit steals, a decent batting average, good lineup.

Bryce Terrang. I don't usually take Bryce Terrang.

I don't particularly like him very much, but he fit the build I needed speed. I took too many power bats. I needed to kind of compensate for that and the projected stolen bases. I went from tenth to fifth with just that one pick, so I did compensate for some of the early power with Bryce Terrang.

I don't field the need to overcompensate. Joe, You're plenty, You're enough. I want you to know you're enough. Christian such A fourteen oh four, than Jake Berger fourteen oh five. The Welsh took Robert Swarez at fourteen oh six, then Alec Bohm, Jack Flaherty, Will Smith. I took Jeff Hoffman and CODEI Senga at my turn, and then at the beginning of the fifteenth round, after Senga Atoly Scarcia, Carls Rodan Jeremy pania Is hoping he would make it back

Suarez again was a pivot. I'm not the biggest Robert Swarez fan. I think the job could be a little bit in question. I wanted Tanner Scott, but I wanted to get one more of those closers, and he was kind of a tear drop off. Pete Crow again with the outfield, like I kind of screwed up with the trout side. I just liked the idea of high batting average, big stolen bases with Pete Crow, he's a fourth outfielder here. If we were playing on Yahoo Briton, Rooker would qualify

Just now Anthony Volpia fifteen oh six. Then Jason Dominguez. At fifteen oh seven, Brandon fought the Scott Bogman loving the font Josh Lowe. At fifteen oh nine, Joor Rico takes Lloyd Mosby and Kelly Gruber. That comes back around to Ronaldo Lopez and Andre Semenez. No, Joe Rico took Loris Guriel and Jerks and Profar. So let's talk about Guriel and Profar here again. I looked healthy to me yesterday, so I'm back in Joe.

Oh, you're killing me. That was fantastic.

I'm just happy you're you're I thought you'd be too young for the Kelly Gruber reference.

But no, I'm a Toronto story in here. I'm a Blue okay, sorry story in there, but I needed a couple of outfielders. Guriel you get the Toronto Arizona connection. He's just very solid, like he's just a steady Eddy kind of guy. Good batting, average, decent power, great lineup, and same thing with Profar. I mean, I'm not as optimistic as I am with Guryel because I don't know if it's a little bit one year wonder stuff with Profar, but I trust him at the top of that Braves lineup.

Maybe the risk complicates things a little bit, but like.

You said earlier, he was back yesterday, he had a good game, so I'm not as worried about that as I would have been, although I do wonder with the Verdugo signing to touch back on that, like, do you think that part of the signing of Verdugo is that they're a little bit worried about the health of profaru.

Be got Kuna to be Frank, I think I think the thing.

I think it's more of an indictment on Kelnick. I just I can't get past that.

Sorry, well, I think that that indictment then is built around having depth for a team that has had traditionally had like injuries in the outfield, and that Jared Keelnick after they got Brian Da la Cruz is just not enough. So yeah, I guess you could circle it back around to be like, yeah, it is, it's some something about Kelnick.

It's one of my favorite Disney movies, Injuries in the Outfield. Love that one. This is from the geek missed out on Cam Smith, like any of these options second base and outfield, biggest need Horwitz, curse Dad Rice Drury Men's Ardo. I have utility filled with Rooker. Manzardo is the most intriguing of any of these bats. To me, Joe Rico, what are your thoughts here Manzardo? I would probably go

But I do really like Manzardo. I think in September he seemed to figure things out. Went through some personal stuff the year before that I think kind of hampered his performance. So I don't think I'm alone there, Joe. I think you're also a pretty big manzart Okay, right, I.

Am the manchild I think is finally ready. Yeah, so there you go. Welsh, you're in on Manzarto too.

Right, Well, I interviewed him and I've spent time with him in two different occasions. We're very good friends as a matter of about his life. But yeah, no, I'm not really into him.

They spent a lot of time at the Phoenix Chilies together. It was really fun. All right, let's get to more of the draftis I'm on the clock, So Welsh, why don't you take some of these some of these other picks that are going on. Where we left off at Joe Rico at pick. See, if you were a host, you'd know Jerrickson Profar is where we left off with the regions.

Oh my god, we're so far okay, so Jerson Profar, Rainaldo Lopez, Andre Jimenez. We had Robbie Ray, Tyla, Trevor McGill, not Tyler mcguill. And then it just moved up on me. Kevin Gossman, I took set Lugo, Casiana's Shane she Lengealiers, Joe Pisapia, You took Ryan Pepio and Esach Parades. Would you like to break down why you love Ryan Pepio so much and you take him in every single draft?

Well, three to one strikeout walk ratio. That that makes me feel pretty good. I like that one. I like when smart people like Youosaras have good things to say about a young pitcher, and I think he's locked into this rotation five man, six men. I don't care. I want Pepio this year. It's gonna help me with my ratios, and I think he's gonna get double digit wins.

So to me.

That's a pretty good value. And right now he is my Was he my last start? Yes, he was my second to last start, because I end up taking Ivaldi too to kind of make that rotation. So all I got left is the U till as well. But thanks there, and he's our paridi Is look man, Parrett is steady corner guy Astros. I expect more power this year. Colton Kowser goes next than Enio swore as Lane Thomas, the Welsh Tooks, Paul Goldschmidt. If you can't have a current diamondback,

That's what you always said, That's what it's. It's actually my motto. I have a tattooed Hey, look at that. Shout out to Frozen Animated Emoji for the follow appreciative brother.

There you go, Zach Eflin at seventeen oh six, Michael Tolli at seventeen oh seven, Taylor Ward to Scott Bogman, then carry Carpenter Yondi Diaz to Joe Rico and then the catcher breakdown. Austin Well is another one of Welsh his favorites. So Welsh out of the catcher market here on Austin Wells. Unfortunately, Joe Rico strikes again.

Yeah, well I got Jjo Romuto, So Ramuto Austin Well's went before j t Romuto, which is a little surprising. So I just snapped him up actually with just a pick. But I do love that Austin Wells.

See, I'm concerned about real Muto's agent drop off like the bog but I feel like there's been a lot of decline to real Muto. What are your thoughts on him?

Bring Yeah, I mean, I I don't know that there's been so much decline in skill. It's just been the playing time has gone a little bit, and they've talked about Yeah, I mean it gets everybody, and they've talked about resting him a little bit more so. Yeah, it's not my favorite pick, but I.

Got him around two hundred. That's the only thing. Their evolution shout out evolution. But I got him at all, like one eighties. That's the latest I've ever gotten him, and it was between like him and Gabrielle Moreno, so that.

That's probably a tear break. Yeah, I think I think you got you got inside that tier and the rest of these catchers are kind of the same at this point, so I will be waiting till the last round for Mike.

Ki, Okay Lozardo. I'm sorry, Austin Wells. Then erseg Kakuchi to Scott bogmin so Taylor Ward, and you say, Kakuchi left to Cacuchi coming off a fantastic you know season two hundred and six strikeouts career high for him, the ERA was above four. Obviously, they moved to the Angels as an ideal. But you know what, I look at the Angels lineup and I think if they stay healthy, they actually, uh could be better than people realized with Netto and Renifo and and who knows whatever we get

Yeah, we're not gonna call them good, right.

No, competitive, they could be competitive.

Sure, that's exactly. And uh, you know, I do have risk in Jacob de Gram. That's so getting some innings guys like Castillo, Kakucci and Brandon Fott, I think is a good strategy after taking that risk a little bit early. But I'm really liking the way my pitching staff is shaping up.

Uh, it's a good looking pitchings that we're gonna review the rosters in just a second here, because we're almost home, if you can believe it already. So after Kakuchi, Jordan Romano, Frankie takes Logan a hoppy, Chris Welsh takes Gavin Williams. Ooh, you savvy, savvy man. You Bednar goes, then Brendon Nemo

Super sniped on that jung hoolee pick.

By the way, are you not worried about the jung hoo lee back situation.

No, he's already been cleared. Mri was fine, he'll be.

Okay, okay. Pavetta looked sharp yesterday too. I was watching some of that start last night. Temmy Edmund at nineteen oh nine leading the league at home runs, Tommy Edman just want to point that out, HAZs Lozardo at nineteen ten to Joe Rico and Jonathan India Arico. Look last couple of picks here for you, Lizardo India, then Rasmussen

I like a lot of these picks, but honestly, my favorite pick might be Drew Rasmussen in the bunch. I've been looking at him a lot recently. I don't really care if he starts in the rotation because I think

Okay, next up here after let's run through these picks because we're almost home. After India, Shane Boz and then Bagman took Tyler O'Neil, Tyler Stevenson, zach Neto Roblesz to Welsh Showm takes Brandon Woodriff love that pick there, Nico

Eighty five out of one? Hundred B solid B, solid B.

Scott Bogman, you must have gotten a good grade because you're number two.

A minus ninety two. Yeah, a minus.

Look at you? And where's the Welsh? Oh, Welsh is below me? Welsh? What'd you get for a grade?

I got a seventy six. It somehow hated my hitting. Ronald Acuna, Elie de la Cruz, Coutel Marte. I've I'm projected the worst hitter somehow, but number two in pitching I believe, top three in winds Era, number one in stolen bases. I believe I was top five in all the pitching categories. Yet I got a pretty pretty crappy score.

Joey, Yeah, I'm looking Mike Mayer hates my draft, So what else is new? The summary, though, I want to shout out to Michael Cerna from our discord. A hundred. That's right, an A plus for Michael. Congratulations. You're the best of the best, but the best of us according to the Draft Wizard was Scott Bogman. So Bogman, who liked your draft? Who hated it?

And?

Uh? What were some of the insights from Draft Wizard on the post draft analysis? You want to take away.

Yeah, So the the insights here were top players ranked in top three were Skeens Freeman and Raphael Devers. What if I had taken Gunner Henderson, which happened to me last night as well. My steal the drafts was til On Neil. My reach was Brandon Fott, and I was categorically good top three in saves and whips, doubles, triples,

That's right. Don't you dare give my thumb to him.

You thought my team every time I draft did.

Well, Keep taking to where you are.

Liked his team last time? Brandon Beaton Myers did not like my team. Chase Davis, Greg Smith and my boy Jesse Severe. Come on, Jesse, then like Freddie Freeman, Jacob de gram or rice yel Iglesias.

All right, let's look at the Scott Bogman squad here and just kind of recap it for you. And as you can see here on the YouTube channel, you could see all the breakdown, all the analysis. It's such an incredible tool and you can use it for salary cap leagues too. It doesn't matter whatever league you're in, it will sync up, it will work if you're an ESPN, CBS, Yahoo, it doesn't matter all the places fan tracks, it's all there.

I feel pretty damn good about it. I think this is one of the best box I've had. You know, the last one we did was a twelve teamer and I was also at the turn and I hated it. But with the ten team league, ah man, I got my home league. Fun up, I got my home league on Sunday. It's a ten team, head to head categories exactly like this.

I hope I get the turn because.

Never nothing build your confidence more than drafting a ten team. I actually I used to be very anti ten team because you know what, I think everybody should play in a ten team and you should mock some Uh, well, you can do the opposite. If you're in a ten team, you can mock a twelve and then you'll just feel really great about a ten. I think ten really helps boost the confidence of where your picks are.

Well, here's one from Todd. How would you rank Araghetti, Lodolo, Lozarto and Job. What's that ranking there?

I would rank it for assuming this is redraft, I would probably go Lozarto, Lodolo, Job, Arraghedti.

Okay, there you have it. All right, Let's get to Welsh's team and do the breakdown. Here the Welsh j t rol Muto a catcher, Paul Golchman at first base. Two old farts. There you go. That's a good way to start. Can tell Marte Elie de la Cruz all world, Ellie God a big day yesterday. Matt Chapman and Carnassillon strand labor tourres then Ronald Acunya whyat lane for Brent Rooker, Luis Robert Pike or Armstrong and Robust?

What an hour?

Worst offense?

My ass?

Give me a break?

Yeah, Like, I can't roll with that look in Carnossion, I get like the projections are going to hurt him. Goldschmid Rail Mute. I get that, But when you get to that outfield, I think it makes up for any ground every Toik Schoobol, Logan, web Zach Gallan, Spencer, Schreider, Mcclanahn, Gospin Williams. This is like the best pitching staff ever.

Moon, greatest, greatest pitching staff in history. Closers and a good outfield offense.

Yeah, what would you give this draft?

I give this one hundred and thirty five?

Bobby? What would you give your draft grade? Honest, honest draft.

Grade, one hundred and thirty six out of a.

Thank you very Joe, Rico, how about you?

What's your honest Joe? On like these two morons?

Honestly, I would say the score is pretty reflective of how I feel. It's like an eighty five. When I got an eighty five on a test as a kid. By the way, it was an A, not a B. So I'm gonna call it an A.

But I like the Caladian conversion? Is that what happens there?

Now? Are you converting? I got a seventy six.

Joe, when you guys got eighty fives on your tests? In school though. That wasn't a bee, right, Yeah it was? Yeah?

Eighty nine is a B bro Yeah, Winch Trumpelo ninety, it's a bee. I don't know what that conversion rate of Canada here we.

Got eighty to eighty five fahrenheit.

The metric is this the metric grading system? This is the metric grading system.

I was eighty five, am, It's a B plus.

RICO real quick. Frank Amerant loved mine the most. I was number three. Dalton Dell Don and Scott Bogman all loved me. Chase Davis blake Meyer both hated me. Pierre Camu just always hates me, Chris Towers and of course Joe Piezapia.

Well, let's be consistent. Are Here's my team, which I honestly I give this a B minus at least I think is a pretty good squad. I'vean Herrera catcher, Josh Naylor first, Garcia second, Bobby Wood Junior at short, Junior, camin Era at third, Parts at corner, Jackson Holiday at middle indfield. Then I've got Jared Durand, Jackson Merrill, Riley Green, Randy Rose, Raine On, Helio Ramos, Nathaniel Lowe in the

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