913 | MLB Mock Draft 3.0: A New Number One Overall Pick

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[SPEAKER_03]: First bet offer today. [SPEAKER_02]: Brings it to the end. [SPEAKER_03]: Friday, July eleventh here on the just baseball show. [SPEAKER_03]: I am Peter Apple and I am joined by on the clock co-host Jared Perkins to go over mock draft three point. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, I don't know if you could tell watching on YouTube folks. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm smiling from ear to ear for one [SPEAKER_03]: Jared is a Brainiacke.

[SPEAKER_03]: He's about to walk us through the entirety of the first round, but there's no arm jack to put it. [SPEAKER_03]: It's all of my questions that I can't wait. [SPEAKER_03]: And it's all brought to us by the Sportsbook Board in Vegas. [SPEAKER_03]: Android and use promo code, just baseball. [SPEAKER_03]: Why first bet offer up to fifteen hundred dollars back in bonus bets if you're first wager loses.

[SPEAKER_03]: But remember, gambling problem call or text one at hundred gambler must be twenty-one years or older terms and conditions apply. [SPEAKER_03]: Jared, I want to get straight into it because I want to spend this entire time just geeking over the mock draft. [SPEAKER_03]: So my first question for you is, compare the strength [SPEAKER_03]: of this first round compared to previous years, because from what I've seen, it's loaded with lefties, loaded with high school short stops.

[SPEAKER_03]: It seems like there's a lot of talent, but it doesn't seem as top heavy as other drafts. [SPEAKER_03]: Am I reading that right? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, it's, it's nowhere near top heavy as like the twenty twenty four and the twenty twenty three draft. [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, you look at last year what Nick Kurtz is in the big leagues, uh, the Chase Burns is in the big leagues. [SPEAKER_00]: Jack Haigleon is in the big leagues.

[SPEAKER_00]: Like these guys were quick risers and Cam Smith another one. [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think you're going to get those type of guys outside of like Kate Anderson who are going to quickly rise through the minor leagues and just be in the big leagues next year. [SPEAKER_00]: So I think your strength at the top is much weaker than it has been before. [SPEAKER_00]: Like, you have the Arcade Anderson one, you have your Ava Arcade, your Seth Hernandez.

[SPEAKER_00]: Then after that, it's kind of a big drop off from there. [SPEAKER_00]: And it's not a very deep class. [SPEAKER_00]: The college bats aren't great. [SPEAKER_00]: They're college arms, or you're looking at a prep short stop. [SPEAKER_00]: Like you said, I was like the top. [SPEAKER_03]: I just want to piggyback on that question real quick. [SPEAKER_03]: Do you think that this could be a draft that has more chaos?

[SPEAKER_03]: Maybe in other years because there's not that same consensus so you can see teams maybe reaching for guys that we may not think should be first rounders, but their models do like is this one of the more chaotic drafts in over the past couple of seasons.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think like Tyler and I were talking about what we're doing the mock the other day like it is impossible to mock this draft because you're here and everything from everybody and no one seems to have a consensus on what they're wanted to talk about.

[SPEAKER_00]: I've heard from some front office people there basically like yeah anybody that we thought would not be on the board we're keeping them on the board because we think they might still fall to us and you look at the Orioles who just made that trade recently and now they have like nineteen million dollars a bonus pool money to just deal with [SPEAKER_00]: Like, they get to kind of control the draft board all the way from the bottom half of the draft.

[SPEAKER_00]: So, like, these teams are going to look for opportunities to pay guys down. [SPEAKER_00]: The Royals are another team. [SPEAKER_00]: Like, that's a team that has twenty-three and twenty-eight because of the Bobby Witt Jr. [SPEAKER_00]: pick. [SPEAKER_00]: They could pay a guy down to come into that slot at twenty-three. [SPEAKER_00]: So, I think you're going to let's see a lot of bonus pool manipulation throughout this entire draft. [SPEAKER_03]: I cannot wait.

[SPEAKER_03]: And another fun question that I have for you. [SPEAKER_03]: I see that there are some top high schoolers. [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, and it's draft, right? [SPEAKER_03]: And, you know, we've talked a lot about all the short stops and all the pictures. [SPEAKER_03]: And there are two guys from Corona high school who may potentially both go in the top ten of the straps.

[SPEAKER_03]: So my question to you is, is the twenty twenty five Corona high school squad, the best high school baseball team of all time? [SPEAKER_00]: It is insane that you have like Seth Hernandez and Billy Carlson at the top and then you have Brady Apple who's like a top sixty prospect. [SPEAKER_00]: I think that Ethan Binghamen and two is also another prospect out of Corona High School like so they're absolutely loaded.

[SPEAKER_00]: I know Tyler is seeing him quite a few times this year and he's just like this is stupid talent like for a high school team and Corona High School hasn't always been like that all of a sudden they've just kind of loaded up and it's just like due to after dude coming out of that high school. [SPEAKER_03]: So I guess the question store means like, from your time covering high school baseball, have you ever seen a team this talented? [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think so.

[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I haven't covered high school. [SPEAKER_00]: So that long, but for as long as I've covered it, I mean, this is this is fun, man. [SPEAKER_00]: You don't have like two top five picks basically in the MLB draft coming out of the same high school. [SPEAKER_00]: Like, that's just nuts. [SPEAKER_03]: absolutely nuts. [SPEAKER_03]: So who is one player that is not mocked in your first thirty two picks that you think could be the big sleeper of this draft.

[SPEAKER_03]: Maybe a team at the end reaches for them and you're looking at this guy being like whoever gets him outside of the first round is getting a really good player. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, the guy that I'm looking at, this is a guy that we had on the clock podcast at Indiana's corporate Dickerson. [SPEAKER_00]: He comes in on number forty six on our board. [SPEAKER_00]: Man, like this guy has skyrocketed up draft boards.

[SPEAKER_00]: He was kind of a nobody and coming to the draft really struggled when he was at Louisville prior to coming to Indiana. [SPEAKER_00]: I just couldn't find his footing. [SPEAKER_00]: Goes to Indiana, just figures out how to be a hitter. [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he's [SPEAKER_00]: had tons of EVs over one time. [SPEAKER_00]: I think he's had a max EV of one, seventeen this year. [SPEAKER_00]: Like he's a premiums place premium center field defense and the bat just plays.

[SPEAKER_00]: There's some swing in this there to the profile. [SPEAKER_00]: But man, like we had them on the, like I said on the clock and like eighty grade makeup.

[SPEAKER_00]: like this is a guy who just knows his game and knows how he's trying to get better and like those are kind of guys you want like they have the tools they have the underlying data that kind of backs it up and people are kind of overlooking because he played it in Indiana and that he's a college guy who this is a first year he's poorly started to perform and he's a guy that someone could snag in a cop round or early second round that could really pop off

[SPEAKER_03]: So before we get into the thirty two picks right we're going to pick by pick Jared's going to talk about why that team is a good fit for this player maybe some recent draft trends and just some top line stuff about each individual player if you were looking for a deeper dive both arm and Jared's co-host Tyler on the on the clock podcast [SPEAKER_03]: do such a great job draft season. [SPEAKER_03]: They'll be there in Atlanta, college baseball.

[SPEAKER_03]: We've talked about you guys plenty of times. [SPEAKER_03]: They did a bunch of player profiles. [SPEAKER_03]: So if you want deeper analysis into each individual draft prospect, make sure to go check out that episode of the call up. [SPEAKER_03]: But in this one, [SPEAKER_03]: It's more top line stuff. [SPEAKER_03]: So I guess a top line question for you is, what has been the biggest change between mock draft two point O to three point O?

[SPEAKER_03]: Because this is the third edition. [SPEAKER_03]: And obviously, I can't wait to get into the difference of the number one overall pick. [SPEAKER_03]: But is there anything else that jumped out at you? [SPEAKER_03]: How it's changed from mock draft two point O to three point O? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, I don't know if like a ton has changed from lock two to three, like it's still just kind of chaos and I was trying to figure out what the best fits are.

[SPEAKER_00]: When we got into three, we've heard some more insights from like different scouts from office people and that's kind of [SPEAKER_00]: change some of the order but you just don't know like what's smoke and what's actually like these this team's really on a guy so I think the biggest thing is probably take the white socks from taking another lefty picture I think we had a medley him Doyle last time and then we have them taking a prep shortstop some of the

[SPEAKER_00]: Some of the rumors around the white socks that they actually might take a prep short stop in this draft. [SPEAKER_00]: So that's kind of one of the big changes, but nothing's like really like stuck out. [SPEAKER_00]: It's not like last year where you're like, okay, the big number one guy could change like, bizarre.

[SPEAKER_00]: All of a sudden came out rumored that the Guardians were going to take him number one and you had like all these big names in the class that you were excited about. [SPEAKER_00]: I feel like you're like, okay, you kind of know who the top three guys are and it's going to be one of those three.

[SPEAKER_00]: Nats go Kate Anderson then it's going to be like Liam Doyle basically going the angels but if the Nats go holiday then like Kate Anderson's going to the angels right so it's like I'm sorry I said Matt holiday Ethan holiday but yeah so I think it's going to be like the the Nats are going to really control kind of how things fall behind them depending on which route they try to take but that's kind of the big thing

[SPEAKER_03]: and the interesting firing of their general manager and their manager. [SPEAKER_03]: How will that affect their draft room? [SPEAKER_03]: Maybe nothing. [SPEAKER_03]: Maybe a ton. [SPEAKER_03]: We will see. [SPEAKER_03]: So we're going to go through picks thirty two all the way down to one. [SPEAKER_03]: But before we do a quick reminder, the best way to support the just baseball show is to rate and review Spotify, Apple podcast five stars.

[SPEAKER_03]: And if you are enjoying this on YouTube, make sure to hit that subscribe button, the like button, and comment anything you want about mock draft. [SPEAKER_03]: three point. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, any questions as well. [SPEAKER_03]: And I'm sure Jared will get into that comment section and answer as many as he can. [SPEAKER_03]: We'll start with number thirty two. [SPEAKER_03]: And I love the first sentence in the mock again, which you can find on just baseball.com.

[SPEAKER_03]: The aforementioned Brewers creativity here it is. [SPEAKER_03]: So who do you got with the Brewers taking with the thirty second overall pick? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so we picked we mocked it in Foski to them. [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, you look at the burgers in their past history. [SPEAKER_00]: It's like they just do weird things like they took Raylon pain and this at seventeen last year. [SPEAKER_00]: I remember both Tyler and I were on our live stream. [SPEAKER_00]: We're like, what?

[SPEAKER_00]: Why are they doing that? [SPEAKER_00]: That guy's like a forty fifty type guy. [SPEAKER_00]: But he's produced since he's gone to the brewer's farm system. [SPEAKER_00]: And then they go and pay up a bunch of guys like Bryce Mekage, I think was one of them and they bring in like these high profile arms. [SPEAKER_00]: They save so much money with paying, they were able to go and like really load up on the prep class.

[SPEAKER_00]: So we put Jaden Foski in there because this is a guy that's kind of an underrated prep rat bat that doesn't get enough love. [SPEAKER_00]: And he's a guy that would fit really well in this farm system. [SPEAKER_00]: And so that's kind of why we won with Jaden because we're like, hey, they're going to get creative and this is like the perfect creativity pick. [SPEAKER_03]: I love it.

[SPEAKER_03]: Let's move to number thirty one with the Baltimore Orioles and they you have them taken of the time bad out of the University of Tennessee one of my favorites to watch them show one of yours in college baseball this season.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, this is kind of a typical Orioles pick right guy with power who gets on base and I got under Fisher does that he's got a better hit tool than like most power hitters do but there's been rumors that like the oras love the the high floor Tennessee guys. [SPEAKER_00]: I think that's Gavin [SPEAKER_00]: Gavin Kielin, Andrew Fisher, Dean Kerley, right? [SPEAKER_00]: And so those are the names you probably want to look there.

[SPEAKER_00]: And Fisher would be perfect in this spot, especially if you look at the Orils picks that we kind of mock above. [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe they save some money with Fisher here at thirty one and then they can pay like nine, so it would be the pick up above that. [SPEAKER_00]: So really like Fisher here for the Orils. [SPEAKER_03]: I am curious to with Fisher just because I know him a little bit more than some of the other players in this draft.

[SPEAKER_03]: I'm surprised he's going so low just because I feel and you even wrote it in the article that he's one of the highest four bats in the draft. [SPEAKER_03]: just because he's locked it on first base and it's so contingent on the hit tool. [SPEAKER_03]: That's why he might slide a little bit later because there is a lack of elite college bats and I felt like he was one of them, especially last season and throughout his career in college.

[SPEAKER_03]: I'm just a little bit surprised that he's down here at thirty one. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think the biggest thing for him is like you said lack of position. [SPEAKER_00]: So right, he probably lamb locked at first base and that's kind of where some of your concerns are. [SPEAKER_00]: If for as much power as he has, like the exit wheels don't always jump off at the board or anything. [SPEAKER_00]: So I think there's some concern.

[SPEAKER_00]: They're like, how much will the power play at the next level? [SPEAKER_00]: Like, it is loud power when he's able to get into it, but at some times you're like, he hit a ball, four hundred plus feet and it's only like one oh five EV. [SPEAKER_00]: So it's like, [SPEAKER_00]: you're kind of wondering how much more like you can kind of build into some of that power like it's definitely legit but it's this question of like how sustainable is it's not like J. Slavio that type power.

[SPEAKER_03]: That makes sense so we're moving on to pick number thirty and it's the Orioles again so it makes sense that they're trying to load up with some money here but this time you have them going down the high school route. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, this is like us basically nines. [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's like fifteen on our board. [SPEAKER_00]: We were thinking if they save some money, they're going to pull down a guy like Xavier and then again, high OVP, legit power right in the orals.

[SPEAKER_00]: Uh, we force we didn't mock a picture to the orals because like they're not going to take a picture. [SPEAKER_00]: Watch. [SPEAKER_03]: They're going to. [SPEAKER_00]: They just have never taken a picture in the first round recently. [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think. [SPEAKER_00]: No, it's all been bats. [SPEAKER_03]: Do you think that's because they truly just value bats at this part of the draft?

[SPEAKER_03]: Or do you think that just it so happens to be a coincidence that their best player available based on their models or their scouts opinion is that it just has been bats or if you heard it's like they're taking a bat. [SPEAKER_00]: I think they've always kind of preferred those mature offensive profiles, and they've developed them well, right?

[SPEAKER_00]: You think about all their top prospects in the top thirty, it's mostly been bat, besides Grayson Rodriguez throughout the past year. [SPEAKER_00]: So it's like, that's kind of their MO, and they do a really good job at it, and just often we're like, oh, they'll always should trade for pitching, but they don't often do that. [SPEAKER_00]: But I mean, that's, that's just kind of the way they've done it, and it's worked.

[SPEAKER_00]: And it's a process that's worked for them, and I really like nine, so then I think that's a guy like they would really develop very well. [SPEAKER_03]: love it. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's move on to pick number twenty nine to get another high schooler and I love the first sentence of this article. [SPEAKER_03]: We let Arizona draft a slade called well-clone and we are not sorry for it. [SPEAKER_03]: What do you mean by that?

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, I think like Tyler had mentioned in the mock, there's been some links to Slater to Brown at a team to their Zona. [SPEAKER_00]: It's just kind of the guy they like, in terms of like the really, really safe hit tool doesn't have a ton of power, kind of undersized. [SPEAKER_00]: They hope that they can, you can grow and kind of develop a little bit more. [SPEAKER_00]: It may be fine to average power at best, but like Slater's a really good player.

[SPEAKER_00]: And like he's just kind of a guy who's scrappy. [SPEAKER_00]: just hits the crap out of all has high contact rates fast like that's kind of theirs on the diabetx mentality. [SPEAKER_03]: Does he remind you of a clone of their entire current outfield right now? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: It's not actually their current outfield, but I'm just thinking about Jake McCarthy, Alec Thomas and Corbin Carroll.

[SPEAKER_03]: Do you think it's like just another one of those were put in the domed back system? [SPEAKER_00]: It's almost like they got a Corbin Carol and he developed into that power. [SPEAKER_00]: And they're like, okay, let's see how many of the Corbin Carol's. [SPEAKER_00]: We can find and hopefully one of them pans out.

[SPEAKER_00]: Because like, it's funny too, because if you look at Tyler's draft rankings, his first sentence is like, Slade called a little sticking on the first round of the twenty-four draft. [SPEAKER_00]: And he's just been cloned by Slader to run. [SPEAKER_00]: So it's like, they're basically the same player. [SPEAKER_00]: And it's just to me, that die-in-vax player probably hoping that one of these guys will develop into power.

[SPEAKER_00]: And then next thing you know, they do have another Corbin Carol. [SPEAKER_03]: And that's why I love the way you guys do mock drafts because I feel like, and you know, maybe I'm biased because I love you guys, but I do feel that you have some of the best feel of any other baseball media company that's putting out mock drafts.

[SPEAKER_03]: Like, those types of things where you're just like, [SPEAKER_03]: Okay, maybe he might go there, but he's the perfect fit because of this, this and this and their history of doing it. [SPEAKER_03]: So I feel like your guys' feel is really, really strong. [SPEAKER_03]: And that moves us into number twenty eight. [SPEAKER_03]: Again, which I feel like is another feel pick from you guys, knowing that the boils could use some outfield help.

[SPEAKER_03]: So who do you got going to twenty eight? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so he blocked Ethan Conrad to them. [SPEAKER_00]: Royals, as you watch that outfield now, it's probably one of the worst hitting outfields in the entire Major League baseball, and there's no one in the mirror leagues coming up next. [SPEAKER_00]: Conrad's a guy who has slipped in the first round. [SPEAKER_00]: He was just on a tear for Wake Forest before he got hurt.

[SPEAKER_00]: And there's some questions whether he will even come down and fall the twenty eight, but if it seems going to be able to pull Conrad to twenty eight, it's going to be the Royals because they have that extra pool money. [SPEAKER_00]: And if they love a guy like Ethan Conrad, they're definitely going to be able to try to pull him down. [SPEAKER_00]: He's just such a dynamic hitter from the left side of the dish and he hits for power speed.

[SPEAKER_00]: are sorry, hits for power and average and he has a ton of speed as well. [SPEAKER_00]: So it's like this is the kind of guy, like if you are looking for an outfield, there could potentially be a quick rise or through the minor leagues just because of the hit tool and just the ability to kind of be an already polished guy, like Ethan Conrad's that guy. [SPEAKER_03]: Another pick going through the first round at number twenty seven that I feel like is such a perfect fit.

[SPEAKER_03]: When I when I went audit you guys released the mock draft I clicked it and I was scrolling through it. [SPEAKER_03]: I was like. [SPEAKER_03]: All right, we just were at the college world series and we got to see plenty of caden boat with coastal Carolina just one of the best defensive catchers. [SPEAKER_03]: I feel like we've seen in college baseball in a pretty long time. [SPEAKER_03]: The bat though. [SPEAKER_03]: That's the question here.

[SPEAKER_03]: which is why he's such a good fit with the Guardian. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: That's a thing with Kedom Bodai. [SPEAKER_00]: It's like, you're one of the best organizations at developing pictures. [SPEAKER_00]: Why not have a guy who's like the best at catching pictures, right? [SPEAKER_00]: He's such a, I mean, who knows, like, if they go to automated strike zones, like Kedom Bodai's value, what does that mean for that?

[SPEAKER_00]: But like, he is one of the best pitch framers in all of the nation. [SPEAKER_00]: Like, I would even put him up there with some of the tops, probably a major league baseball. [SPEAKER_00]: He's just so good at it. [SPEAKER_00]: And [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, the bad the hit tool is fantastic. [SPEAKER_00]: Like he's going to be a quick riser because of the hit tool. [SPEAKER_00]: You're just wondering how much power is actually going to tap into.

[SPEAKER_03]: So that leads me into my next question. [SPEAKER_03]: And you actually got me interested in this now. [SPEAKER_03]: Do you think teams are preparing for potentially some some sort of ABS system because it was announced? [SPEAKER_03]: It's gonna be in the ulcer game. [SPEAKER_03]: Which probably means it's getting close. [SPEAKER_03]: And me personally, I'm pro-ABS. [SPEAKER_03]: I don't want full Robo-Ups. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm not that garbage.

[SPEAKER_03]: I don't want to take out yelling at it on fire. [SPEAKER_03]: I like that. [SPEAKER_03]: But if we could change some of those close calls and you have the ability to challenge like stealing second or any of these certain things, like I'm pro that. [SPEAKER_03]: So I'm pro-ABS. [SPEAKER_03]: But I'm sure Caden Bodyn is not pro-ABS. [SPEAKER_03]: So do you think that Bodyn has the potential? [SPEAKER_03]: Again, this is all conjecture like we are just guessing or maybe you're not.

[SPEAKER_03]: I'm guessing. [SPEAKER_03]: The Bowdine could fall just because team say, all right, what's the best part of Caden Bowdine? [SPEAKER_03]: We like that tool, but it's his ability to frame pitches. [SPEAKER_03]: He's obviously a great blocker.

[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: You know, he's got a great pop time in all of that, but the reason Bowdine continues to go viral is he's stealing strikes similar to Patrick Bailey, but with ABS, if your ability to steal strikes gets lessened, [SPEAKER_03]: Is he truly a first rounder? [SPEAKER_03]: I'm curious what your thoughts are on that. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, that's that's a hard part.

[SPEAKER_00]: I think we had a tough time putting them in the first round even with the framing ability just because it's like it's a catcher who's not going to hit for a ton of power. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that's going to come be a question in the future of like what's the value in catchers, right? [SPEAKER_00]: That's going to change completely as if they do move into the ABS system. [SPEAKER_00]: If you are going to just focus on catchers who are just like

[SPEAKER_00]: the thumpers like a loop Stevenson or something in this draft North Carolina like the guy doesn't have the best hit to a buddy hits for a ton of power and he still catches decently behind a play in terms of blocking and throwing so like our those guys all of a sudden going to become the value no problem maybe you'll see that in free agency too and people are looking for catchers like how much is like the Austin hedges value any more of a guy who can't hit but he can catch really well

[SPEAKER_03]: That'll be really interesting to watch on draft A. Keep an eye on these catchers. [SPEAKER_03]: Other teams going to do. [SPEAKER_03]: And when they eventually do get picked, is it the offensive? [SPEAKER_03]: Catchers or is it the defensive catchers? [SPEAKER_03]: That'll be fun to watch. [SPEAKER_03]: Philadelphia Phillies here coming in at twenty six. [SPEAKER_03]: I feel like you guys just kind of mocked them best player available. [SPEAKER_03]: Is that true?

[SPEAKER_00]: So the fillings we actually had them doing under slot like they did last year. [SPEAKER_00]: So like they took Dante nori last year and then paid up Griffin Berkel there for the pick after that. [SPEAKER_00]: Like Griffin's like a really really good prospect. [SPEAKER_00]: And that's what they we kind of did here with Ryan Mitchell. [SPEAKER_00]: So Mitchell's a guy who comes in not even in our top fifty, but he's an athletic player with a ton of projection.

[SPEAKER_00]: Like that's a guy you might take there that you could definitely underscore and then save some money later on. [SPEAKER_03]: interesting. [SPEAKER_03]: All right. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's move over to twenty five of the San Diego Padres, a kid out of I. M. G. Academy, and you even wrote another year another rep. [SPEAKER_03]: It sure seems like that streak will continue. [SPEAKER_03]: I guess the Padres have a rich history of going prep.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, they've always, I think it's killing Lindsay went to the Dodgers, but they went another prep last year, and then they've just CJ Abrams was a prep. [SPEAKER_00]: They've just kind of always went down the Kenzie Gore, like this is, they've just always taken the prep player.

[SPEAKER_00]: And they're in a kind of a weird situation where they have pick twenty five, and then I don't think they pick until the second or third round, because they lost their second round pick, I think, or something like that.

[SPEAKER_00]: So they're going to be in a weird spot where, [SPEAKER_00]: they don't have a ton of money to play with and like Sean Gamble's maybe the best outfield prospect at a high school in this class and like miles will take that and then just hope that you get something like they could really cut under slot here and try to save money for later on but given they don't have a ton of picks it's almost like why would you do that [SPEAKER_03]: So I've kind of an outside the box question.

[SPEAKER_03]: It isn't exactly have to do with the draft and more has to do with general managers. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm fully aware that when it comes to a draft room, emphasis on the room, there are plenty of scouts. [SPEAKER_03]: They all have their models and the GM might make the last decision in order to make the pick. [SPEAKER_03]: But what we like to talk about here on the just baseball show is some of the best GMs.

[SPEAKER_03]: And when we talk about AJ Preller, Arum is a big proponent of him as a scout. [SPEAKER_03]: So curious. [SPEAKER_03]: even watching, covering the draft for a very long time. [SPEAKER_03]: Who are some of the best GMs as scouts? [SPEAKER_03]: Like, as Prellet would Prellet be number one, or if you notice that other GMs, you feel do a better job at scouting. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think Pruller's really good at it.

[SPEAKER_00]: The only not really other real jam that I know a ton about is JJ Piccolo from the Royals, and I don't know if he's necessarily a scout, but he puts guys like Brian Bridges around her more very good scouts, and that's why their entire draft has changed completely. [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know, I'd have to go like a dive deep into that a little bit more. [SPEAKER_03]: There and have something to think about. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's move on to number twenty four.

[SPEAKER_03]: The Detroit Tigers, you said they could go a multitude of different directions. [SPEAKER_03]: How did you land on Daniel Pierce the short stop out of Mill Creek High School? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: So I think this is one where we're thinking that they might be able to buy it down one of the prep short stops to spend some money. [SPEAKER_00]: But I don't know. [SPEAKER_00]: They have another pick. [SPEAKER_00]: I think I'm forty four.

[SPEAKER_00]: Let me double check this to make sure that's right. [SPEAKER_00]: But I think they're [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, they're twenty four thirty four and sixty two. [SPEAKER_00]: So they have some money to spend because they have that compact thirty four. [SPEAKER_00]: So they could potentially buy down one of the short stops. [SPEAKER_00]: Just because they've always like to kind of develop. [SPEAKER_00]: I think last year they went with Bryce Rainer as well.

[SPEAKER_00]: So like they kind of like that mold of like a prep short stuff that you can kind of build on. [SPEAKER_00]: And that might give a chance to really take a guy like Daniel Pierce here who's like insanely good on defense. [SPEAKER_00]: Really good athlete with a lot of projection as well. [SPEAKER_03]: love to see it. [SPEAKER_03]: We'll move on to number twenty three, and I think you're excited for this pick as a Royal's guy yourself.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: So when you guys were mocking, did you cheat a little bit and just take your favorite guy in the class, regardless of the money, just like I want this guy or did you, were you a little bit more professional? [SPEAKER_03]: I couldn't do it. [SPEAKER_03]: But were you a little bit more professional? [SPEAKER_03]: You'd be like, you know what? [SPEAKER_03]: This is actually the best fit for the Royal's or a little bit above.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think this is like more of a fit and based on what we're hearing. [SPEAKER_00]: It's it seems like the royals do love Hammond, but I think a lot of teams love Hammond, so I don't know if he actually makes it to twenty three, especially now the Orioles got a ton of money to spend with pick nine team, like if they love Hammond, they're definitely going to get Josh Hammond here.

[SPEAKER_03]: Why are why are so many teams enamored with the third base, the two-way kid out of Wesley and Christian Academy?

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, this is a kid who came in as a pitcher and it's like, no, I want to play every day and then focus solely on [SPEAKER_00]: hitting and he's just absolutely right and the bad speed is incredible like there were they we had a minus a two a guy to start now he's just definitely position player like he's the it has caught up to the arms I think he was like ninety six off the bump on the mound as well and it's just like

[SPEAKER_00]: any great makeup like you can watch our MLB draft combine interview that Connor donor did and it's like every question that kid answered you think he's like thirty five years old and he's just like loves baseball has a great mindset great physicality like ton of projection on this kid the arm strength is good enough to stick at third base he could get some more

[SPEAKER_00]: He needs to improve the defense a little bit, but he has an opportunity to stick out shortstop in the future if needed. [SPEAKER_00]: And it's just like, it's just one of those premium bats as a prep that you're like, okay, if he's doing this like one year focusing on hitting, like, what's he going to do if he continues to do that? [SPEAKER_03]: Absolutely.

[SPEAKER_03]: Let's move on to spot number twenty two with the Atlanta Braves taking a righty out of the university of Alabama. [SPEAKER_03]: You think Riley Quick fits the Braves draft profile well. [SPEAKER_03]: Why? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, this is just a guy who has a strong track or other good performance in the SEC. [SPEAKER_00]: He's a strike thrower. [SPEAKER_00]: He's physical on the mound.

[SPEAKER_00]: And it's just really, really impressive what he's done this year after coming back from injury. [SPEAKER_00]: I think he missed all most of last year with Tommy John surgery or all last year and took him a while to find the command again and ever since he did it, he just dominated the SEC.

[SPEAKER_00]: Alabama kind of [SPEAKER_00]: Baby had him a little bit because they just wanted to kind of slow play him back, but then by the end of the area, he's thrown five, six innings and everything looked good. [SPEAKER_00]: It's like, ninety, six, ninety, eight and just really, really good off speed. [SPEAKER_00]: And it's like the time to kind of guide that the Braves would love. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I'm thinking about guys that the braves would love.

[SPEAKER_03]: And I remember I don't think it was last year, I might have been the year before you correct me on that. [SPEAKER_03]: But when they drafted herston walldrup, like that felt like what the braves normally like to do with this part of the draft. [SPEAKER_03]: So I am curious even for Braves fans listening, compare walldrup to Riley Quick, both his prospects. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think Quicks got more better command. [SPEAKER_00]: He lives in the zone a lot more.

[SPEAKER_00]: I think Waldrup had a pretty high walk rates to when he started in the miners. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, but the stuff is disgusting. [SPEAKER_00]: That's what like really helped him. [SPEAKER_00]: I think Riley Quicks got probably not the same level stuff that Waldrup does pretty good stuff, but the command and the ability to just kind of live in the strike zone is really, really good.

[SPEAKER_03]: And next up for the Houston Astros, you have them taking a picture from the University of Arkansas who just put out one of the best performances in college baseball history that is right handed pitcher gauge would again out of Arkansas. [SPEAKER_03]: And you said in the article that the Astros are a bit of a wild card here. [SPEAKER_03]: So why did you land on gauge would go into the Astros?

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so I think we just heard some rumors that they're interested in gauge wood. [SPEAKER_00]: So that's kind of why we put them in that spot. [SPEAKER_00]: As you can kind of see in the mock draft, there's some questions about shoulder impingement and some injuries that were just not sure what teams are feeling on that.

[SPEAKER_00]: I think he's like in the mid-forties on our board, but after that performance in the college world series, he really got bumped up and there's good chance that he's going to be a first round or just given the stuff. [SPEAKER_00]: But it's like, [SPEAKER_00]: fastball, it's been up to ninety seven, that sits ninety four to ninety six. [SPEAKER_00]: He's missing bats at a twenty eight percent clip in twenty twenty four at Arkansas, like this keeps good.

[SPEAKER_00]: And it's just like a guy that might fit with the Astros. [SPEAKER_03]: So we're talking the back end of the first round with on the clocks, Jared Perkins. [SPEAKER_03]: So my next question for you before we move into twenty nineteen and then we're going to go all the way to number one, who is someone that we've talked about so far that you love the most? [SPEAKER_03]: Like who is your favorite? [SPEAKER_03]: Overall, I don't worry about the money.

[SPEAKER_03]: Don't worry about any of that. [SPEAKER_03]: Who is your favorite draft prospect that we've talked about so far? [SPEAKER_00]: Ender Fisher easily. [SPEAKER_00]: I saw that guy at the SEC tournament and he was an absolute psycho. [SPEAKER_00]: Like he warming up in the batter box. [SPEAKER_00]: It's like bumping in the music, like hitting himself in the head with a bat, just like getting himself psyched up.

[SPEAKER_00]: Like that's a psychopath you want on your baseball team because he's an absolute competitor. [SPEAKER_03]: Did you see my smile once you said that because that's my fate like that is one of my favorite bats of the draft when I saw what I'm like what's going on? [SPEAKER_03]: I understand he's stuck at first base and he's not like a great first basement either. [SPEAKER_03]: You're really just betting on the stick, but Jared, I want to bet on the stick.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and the personality you got to love it. [SPEAKER_03]: I know, I want a dog like that. [SPEAKER_03]: So if you Oreos can grab them at thirty one, I think that's they're going to crush this draft, especially if they can save some money in between. [SPEAKER_03]: So before we get into twenty-thru-ten, and then of course, ten-thru-one of first break. [SPEAKER_03]: Okay, let's dive right back into the mock draft. [SPEAKER_03]: And number twenty, the brewers are on the clock.

[SPEAKER_03]: And you got them taking shortstop, Maric Houston from Wake Forest. [SPEAKER_03]: And again, you said the brewers love to get creative with their draft strategies. [SPEAKER_03]: Why do you see them going with the shortstop out of Wake? [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, this is just a safe floor guy, right? [SPEAKER_00]: Like this is this is a guy that is going to play a lead shortstop gold glove type shortstop.

[SPEAKER_00]: Like he's probably the best defender at shortstop and all college baseball, just an incredible human being and also just the bad the hit tools there man. [SPEAKER_00]: Like the power is not there. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, what about the power? [SPEAKER_03]: Like do you think because, you know, I've watched him play there's [SPEAKER_03]: It's going to be hard for him to even get to forty grade power, but it's not outside of the possibility that he could go win a gold glove.

[SPEAKER_03]: But he can kind of hit it all. [SPEAKER_03]: He's going to be valuable in major league baseball. [SPEAKER_03]: The question is, can he hit it all? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, yeah, I mean, he's going to hit forever, but the power's just like, you look at the EVs. [SPEAKER_00]: They just haven't been great throughout his entire career. [SPEAKER_00]: Any plays at the couch, which is Wake Forest's home field. [SPEAKER_00]: It's like a trampoline, I think Tyler calls it.

[SPEAKER_00]: Everything just flies out of there. [SPEAKER_00]: So like, he hit a home runs this year and everybody's like, oh, he's tapping more into the power. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm like, you know, he hit like three, twenty and then he went over the fence. [SPEAKER_03]: That's what I'm saying. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: We'll see, but it feels like the brewers, right?

[SPEAKER_03]: If you were to go somewhere, I thought that's kind of why you mocked him because is there a sense of you want him to go to an organization like that so we can unlock the best of his abilities? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and I think about like the short stops that the Milwaukee Brewers have had in the past, you think of like Orlando, RCA, they had LC to sesco bar. [SPEAKER_00]: Like those are guys that are really, really good fielders can kind of hit for average.

[SPEAKER_03]: We can show your office right now. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: So it's just like one of those guys that kind of fits that mold. [SPEAKER_03]: make sense. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's move over to spot number nineteen, pick number nineteen. [SPEAKER_03]: Baltimore oils are on the clock again. [SPEAKER_03]: And you have them taken. [SPEAKER_03]: J. Slavio let out of Texas name and this player is fascinating because.

[SPEAKER_03]: earlier on, like probably before the college baseball season started, he was potentially going one one. [SPEAKER_03]: And it almost felt like when I read about him, it was, oh, yeah, that he's definitely going one one. [SPEAKER_03]: Not just he might. [SPEAKER_03]: This is the best player in college baseball and will be the number one overall pick. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, but this season he was kind of disappointing, but you still have him as a definitive first rounder.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think the overall tool said it's hard. [SPEAKER_00]: Like, you think about the power. [SPEAKER_00]: There's probably only one other guy that had similar power. [SPEAKER_00]: And I was like, Jack Hagley owned last year, right? [SPEAKER_00]: And so like, that's hard to teach. [SPEAKER_00]: And then you look at that. [SPEAKER_00]: And you're going to take that in the first round. [SPEAKER_00]: And yeah, he had down here this year.

[SPEAKER_00]: But he still hit six eight home runs on entire college career. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: He had an incredible year last year. [SPEAKER_00]: And it's just like, [SPEAKER_00]: This year, I think it was a combination of two things.

[SPEAKER_00]: I want I think draft pressure got to him and you heard that from a lot of the Texas A&M guys and then I think two Texas A&M struggled and so all those guys were pressing not for the draft but were pressing trying to win games for Texas A&M. [SPEAKER_00]: Like that team was ranked preseason number one and they didn't even make the tournament.

[SPEAKER_00]: So I think they were dealing with all that and having those underlying things and this is [SPEAKER_00]: a guy I think of not that there's similar profiles but Mike Sorota was a guy who struggled at Northeastern and he was a top ten prospect going into the preseason in twenty twenty four. [SPEAKER_00]: Struggle completely. [SPEAKER_00]: Dodgers tonight are sorry the red snipe him later in the draft. [SPEAKER_00]: Now he's just absolutely rafing with the Dodgers.

[SPEAKER_00]: No draft pressure none of those like things happening in the background so that could be chase as well. [SPEAKER_03]: So let me read between the lines a little bit. [SPEAKER_03]: It feels like you're higher on chase than marketers. [SPEAKER_03]: Is that fair?

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think we want to say we have him in the top twenty range still so we're probably I think most people have dropped him down to like that twenty twenty five range and so we're kind of in the similar space but the reason we think he still first rounders just because the the tool said no, but I'm not I'm not talking about we I'm not talking about you and Tyler here. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm talking about inside Jared's brain put him as the general manager right now or you

[SPEAKER_00]: personally higher on Jay Slaviel at the market or you're not like with Tyler the one that convinced you I still think I am I like I mean I watched him out the SEC tournament broke his hand comes out and goes like three for four with the only RBI's for the team like that's a guy that you want like everything he said during his press conferences interviews is like I'm doing it because I want to win like that's a mentality you want your team [SPEAKER_03]: I love it.

[SPEAKER_03]: Let's go to pick number eighteen Arizona Diamondbacks are back on the clock and you have them taking out field of Brendan's summer hell out of the university of Arizona. [SPEAKER_03]: I got to be honest with you. [SPEAKER_03]: We've texted about him before. [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, we have. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm not the biggest fan. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, the biggest fan. [SPEAKER_00]: Your college, uh, slater to pronounce. [SPEAKER_03]: It's just like, what is he?

[SPEAKER_03]: Because he's a corner outfielder and I don't think he's going to win any gold gloves by any stretch. [SPEAKER_03]: I can get play a fine right field. [SPEAKER_03]: And it's not like he has a cannon for an army as a fine arm and he's a fine defender. [SPEAKER_03]: And then he'll go to the plate. [SPEAKER_03]: Not a lot of power. [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, he doesn't strike out at all, which is amazing. [SPEAKER_03]: And he makes a lot of contact.

[SPEAKER_03]: But it's not like the contact quality is out of this world either. [SPEAKER_03]: But every single mock draft I see, including yours, am I just wrong? [SPEAKER_03]: Like, is he gonna go in the middle of the first round and I am just missing something? [SPEAKER_00]: He's definitely going in the middle of the first round. [SPEAKER_03]: I know he's gonna go in the top ten. [SPEAKER_03]: He's gonna be like, I don't get it. [SPEAKER_03]: And then you know what?

[SPEAKER_03]: He's gonna make five all star teams and I'll be like, God, I was just wrong. [SPEAKER_03]: But what am I missing? [SPEAKER_03]: Like, what am I missing? [SPEAKER_03]: Why is he a definitive in the middle of the first round? [SPEAKER_00]: It's just light and quick, that's pretty, and it's a beautiful left-hand swing. [SPEAKER_00]: That's the thing that's kind of got us all.

[SPEAKER_00]: Then he did post contact rates, like at the eighty seven percent and twenty twenty four and twenty twenty five. [SPEAKER_00]: So like it's kind of one of those things that you're hoping that he projects into more power. [SPEAKER_00]: Like you watch that swing and I'm almost like, how do you not hit for power? [SPEAKER_03]: And it will piss me off.

[SPEAKER_03]: It's like how is this not working which maybe is why he's gonna be the first round because God say yeah, it's going to eventually work with us We're gonna give him a few tweaks and then that sweet left-handed swing is gonna start producing power, but my dumb brain sees it I don't understand it. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm just like he sucks.

[SPEAKER_03]: That's that's how dumb my brain works sometimes [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, and it's like, he has the ability to stick in center, but I think you're right. [SPEAKER_00]: He could potentially move through a corner, but he's got a strong arm and could fit in right field, and he's got above average run time.

[SPEAKER_00]: So it's like a guy that he's like, it's kind of like one of those safe floors that kind of boars you, but you're like, okay, it's kind of like a nick loft in some sense where that guy was a first rounder, but he's not as probably a high ascealing a summer hill. [SPEAKER_00]: Just like does everything right, and you can't find anything to criticize his game about, but then it's like nothing sexy or flashy.

[SPEAKER_03]: I understand it's a lot of forty-five to fifty tools, but across the board he's just going to be a grinder to get his way to the banks. [SPEAKER_03]: But I'm going to hold on to this take just to see how it ages. [SPEAKER_03]: I'll burn could be bad take, but I just will stick with one. [SPEAKER_03]: Number seventeen Chicago Cubs are on the clock, and I think this is my favorite pick.

[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, the first round because obviously a lawyer was so unbelievable winner of the Golden Spikes this year, but it just feels like such a cup's pick. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, high-end college performer Ken Rake, they they've normally draft a lot of guys in this bucket that also play shortstop, which they're fine moving off the shortstop position. [SPEAKER_03]: This is just this is the cup's pick.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and I think there's been a lot of smoke on a lawyer to the cops as well. [SPEAKER_00]: I think they like him. [SPEAKER_00]: It's, you can't think he was going to spikes when he rakes. [SPEAKER_00]: He raked in the SEC. [SPEAKER_00]: And the basketball skills don't look at that if you're a comes fan. [SPEAKER_00]: It's not great. [SPEAKER_00]: The chase rate, the whip rate, don't, don't look. [SPEAKER_00]: Just hide from that.

[SPEAKER_00]: But like, it's guy who's going to stick at short. [SPEAKER_00]: He's like Mary Houston. [SPEAKER_00]: Like if Houston's the best defender, like a lawyer's probably the second best of really. [SPEAKER_03]: I think he sticks it. [SPEAKER_03]: You think he sticks it short. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think he definitely has a tools to get a short, but I guess the only question is, like, does he keep growing and, like, how physical does the frame get?

[SPEAKER_00]: That might move him to a third base. [SPEAKER_03]: Okay. [SPEAKER_03]: That makes sense. [SPEAKER_03]: I just think this is such a perfect pick. [SPEAKER_03]: Well, he, uh, am I pronouncing that correctly? [SPEAKER_03]: I always mispronounce it, even though I've watched him play maybe. [SPEAKER_00]: I believe it is what he will love. [SPEAKER_03]: What he, uh, or what he will. [SPEAKER_00]: It might be, uh, yeah.

[SPEAKER_03]: I think it's, uh, like, I hear it differently on broadcast. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: So it's one of those guys who are like, do you guys even now? [SPEAKER_03]: It gets what you have the joy. [SPEAKER_03]: Fix my pronunciation to the comment section below on YouTube. [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's go to pick number sixteen, the Minnesota twins. [SPEAKER_03]: I feel like we're starting to get into the real thick of it.

[SPEAKER_03]: Not just because we're literally in the thick of it in the middle of the first round, but now we're starting to get to some of the big time names. [SPEAKER_03]: And I'm surprised this guy has [SPEAKER_03]: Dipped as low as he has to number sixteen, Kyson with her spoon right hand to hit her out of Oklahoma to the Minnesota twins.

[SPEAKER_03]: Because the way you guys have talked about him in the past is that he might be the first second or third best arm in the class, but still it's sixteen like that's not first second or third. [SPEAKER_03]: There are plenty of pictures to go. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, so I think the way that we kind of played this out was Joe Joe Parker landed to the Blue Jays. [SPEAKER_00]: I think if Joe Joe Parker goes before the Blue Jays, the Blue Jays will take Kison with her spoon.

[SPEAKER_00]: That would be my guess. [SPEAKER_00]: I, Kison man, he's like my favorite college arm, I'm out tidicated. [SPEAKER_03]: That's what I'm saying. [SPEAKER_03]: I've heard such glowing things from him. [SPEAKER_00]: It's just I watched him at the SEC tournament. [SPEAKER_00]: It's disgusting.

[SPEAKER_00]: like at so much spin on every off speed pitch like the fastball plays rides yeah cutters nasty he's got a curve ball that he's been playing with this year that's disgusting with high spin rates that he didn't have before it's just like it's a four-page mix that's absolutely good and he lives in the strike zone good command like I don't know I think he's gonna go higher than this big [SPEAKER_03]: Interesting. [SPEAKER_00]: Sorry twins fans.

[SPEAKER_03]: Was it so I guess explained to me why like you're talking about the bludges in number eight. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, but if he doesn't go there you see him falling all the way to sixteen like explain that to me. [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's more of like the kind of way the pools are going to play. [SPEAKER_00]: Like he could go. [SPEAKER_00]: I think Brebner's just as good as Kyson and that probably why.

[SPEAKER_00]: And there's been a lot of smoke around Brebner and the athletics as well. [SPEAKER_00]: And so I just think you have the raise of love steel haul. [SPEAKER_00]: There's so much noise around steel haul to the race. [SPEAKER_00]: So it's more of like what we've been hearing from other teams. [SPEAKER_00]: And that's why with their spirit and felt down to the twins. [SPEAKER_03]: Make sense. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's go to pick number fifteen with the Boston Red Sox.

[SPEAKER_03]: First sentence, Boston lead heavily into the college side last year, and you have them going right back to it again. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, healing bits or model. [SPEAKER_00]: Like this is a guy that the, he's insane contact rates has developed a ton of power. [SPEAKER_00]: Like that was a big question for Gavin, healing coming to this draft like how much power was going to develop and he just absolutely matched. [SPEAKER_00]: He was the best hitter on Tennessee's lineup.

[SPEAKER_00]: I think. [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, Andrew Fisher was tops, but like overall like profile. [SPEAKER_03]: He was way more consistent. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, this was. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and I just think he owns the kind of guy that would fit like perfectly kind of in the Boston system. [SPEAKER_00]: And I just I can't hate the bat, man. [SPEAKER_00]: It's so good. [SPEAKER_03]: Do you think that you think it's more likely they go college hitter over college pitcher?

[SPEAKER_00]: They've been, they've leaned more towards the bats in the past. [SPEAKER_00]: So that's only the reason why, I think if you read the right up, we've talked about Kaisen with us from being an option here as well. [SPEAKER_00]: That's why I ask. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: So I think it could be possible that they could go call a jar and they took Peyton totally and I think was the comp round or second round last year.

[SPEAKER_00]: So it's not like they're hesitant to guys who have this insane data fastballs and things like that. [SPEAKER_00]: So they could potentially go that round. [SPEAKER_03]: make sense. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's move to pick number fourteen. [SPEAKER_03]: I love to always see who you have the raise taking. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, because it's always whenever the raise make a draft pick, I'm like, I should be higher on that player than I am, just automatically.

[SPEAKER_03]: No, again, it's one of my dumb brain things where I just gravitate towards the good organizations. [SPEAKER_03]: So why do you have them taking shortstop steel haul out of Hewitt Trustville High School? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think it was a similar to, they took Theo Gilm last year. [SPEAKER_00]: They love these guys that are going to stick at short stop and have upside. [SPEAKER_00]: And that's Theo Hall. [SPEAKER_00]: He's probably one of the best defenders at short stop.

[SPEAKER_00]: It has a ton of athleticism. [SPEAKER_00]: This is a guy that has taken some significant steps forward this spring as well. [SPEAKER_00]: So this is a guy that you just imagine being a Tampa Bay rain, that's just how they develop. [SPEAKER_00]: You kind of dream on what they could do to steal Hall. [SPEAKER_03]: So moving on to pick number thirteen with the San Francisco Giants. [SPEAKER_03]: You have him taking out fielder slash catcher.

[SPEAKER_03]: I Irish out of Auburn and I totally agree with the first sentence in this article. [SPEAKER_03]: If Irish happens to fall this far, the Giants would be ecstatic. [SPEAKER_03]: And I think both of us are aligned here where he might be the best overall hitter in this class. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and I think he's going top ten. [SPEAKER_03]: Right. [SPEAKER_03]: That's why it's here is why thirteen.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and I think it's just the way the board kind of fell with the the what the rumblings that we're hearing. [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. [SPEAKER_00]: Because I we've heard Irish kind of linked to the Giants, too, but I mean, I'm sure everybody in the top ten is linked to Irish at this point. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: He's just such a he'd probably one of the best bats like outside of Avarca. [SPEAKER_00]: It's probably a higher floor that wise than Avarca.

[SPEAKER_03]: That's another question I have for you like just purely bat because I've our cat, of course, play shortstop, which is huge and Irish is probably not going to catch much [SPEAKER_00]: No, not at all. [SPEAKER_00]: He's an outfielder. [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you. [SPEAKER_03]: And he's probably a corner outfielder and not a big corner outfield. [SPEAKER_03]: You're really betting on the bat.

[SPEAKER_03]: So that's why I've our cat is most likely going to go in front of him because it's just a much more well rounded profile. [SPEAKER_03]: But in terms of just the stick is Irish the best college bat in this class. [SPEAKER_00]: I think so personally, I just, what he's done at Auburn for like the last two to three years is just insane. [SPEAKER_00]: He's break every single season.

[SPEAKER_00]: And then every slumpy has you're like, oh, is he gonna get out of it in like two days later? [SPEAKER_00]: He's like ten for eleven. [SPEAKER_00]: And he's just absolutely mashed in the baseball again. [SPEAKER_00]: Tyler had mentioned that he hits the ball on the ground too much. [SPEAKER_00]: It's just kind of the way the swing plane works.

[SPEAKER_00]: He does it about ball on the ground a little bit more than others, but [SPEAKER_00]: powers there, the average is there, the ability to get on bases there, like everything you want in a hitter from a forced standpoint is there. [SPEAKER_00]: And so you just kind of hope he sticks in the coin you played mostly outfield for Auburn this year, a couple games that catcher. [SPEAKER_00]: It's going to probably play the outfield, but it's just a guy that it's hard to pass up on that bad.

[SPEAKER_00]: No, especially in a class like this. [SPEAKER_03]: Exactly. [SPEAKER_03]: That's why I was like, I think he's sneaky top ten, but yeah, moving on to pick number twelve with the Texas Rangers. [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know much about this guy, but you know, I don't know much about any of the high school is an except of the top end guys. [SPEAKER_03]: And I think this pick is extra interesting because you even wrote in the article.

[SPEAKER_03]: This is more of a gut feel pick than anything else. [SPEAKER_03]: And some people might hear that and be like, oh, there's not as much [SPEAKER_03]: Link to this certain player, but like I said at the very beginning, I think that's where you and Tyler Shine is your feel. [SPEAKER_03]: So talk to me about the Rangers at number twelve. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so this is the pick that I think Tyler had put together. [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know how well it fits.

[SPEAKER_00]: It makes sense to have a Gavin Feene here, go to the Rangers. [SPEAKER_00]: This is one of the guys that had like one of the loudest summers, which really skyrocketed him up draft awards. [SPEAKER_00]: He had some struggles this spring, which I think after his summer we had him maybe top fifteen and then the spring we kind of bumped him down to the bottom half of the top twenty five. [SPEAKER_00]: But it's just like it's high.

[SPEAKER_00]: huge offensive upside in the future from this kid. [SPEAKER_00]: He's going to stick at third base. [SPEAKER_00]: He's got the arm strength for. [SPEAKER_00]: He's got the instincts for it. [SPEAKER_00]: He'd be great mold for Texas in their system and kind of in developing bats. [SPEAKER_00]: And so I could see him definitely kind of fitting in with this Ranger system. [SPEAKER_03]: No, I make sense. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's move to pick number eleven.

[SPEAKER_03]: The no city designation athletics are on the clock. [SPEAKER_03]: And you have them going with Tyler. [SPEAKER_03]: Where I'm now at a UC Santa Barbara right handed picture. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm interested in this because it does seem like the A's have gone college hitter early. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, notably Nick Kurtz. [SPEAKER_03]: Jacob Wilson.

[SPEAKER_03]: But this time you have them going with Bremner, is that because you have heard that the A's are enamored with Bremner, or you just feel like at this point in the draft, the A's are gonna go just best player available, and you feel that Bremner is the best available. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think we've heard that Brenner's heavily linked to the athletics. [SPEAKER_00]: And so that's part of the reason why we put him there.

[SPEAKER_00]: Use the best image major arm in the entire class. [SPEAKER_00]: So he's just a guy that you look at the change up. [SPEAKER_00]: It's disgusting. [SPEAKER_00]: Like, it's probably one of the best, maybe Seth Hernandez has a better change up, but like it is a really, really good change up.

[SPEAKER_00]: Fastball kind of took a step back this year, which some of the issues for Bremener, like he we were at him like top five at one point and just Fastball just hasn't kind of lived up to like what it didn't look like at USA collegiate last summer when Tyler saw him so [SPEAKER_00]: But there's a lot of tools. [SPEAKER_00]: It's like a four pitch mix. [SPEAKER_00]: Like you can really build on it's one of those.

[SPEAKER_00]: It's kind of like a safer college floor type picture that the so the A's have like taken the safer floor bats the picture here would make sense for them. [SPEAKER_03]: Now I get that. [SPEAKER_03]: So before we get into the top ten, our last break. [SPEAKER_03]: All right, coming in at number ten, the Chicago white socks are on the clock and I love the first sentence of this one. [SPEAKER_03]: Let the fun begin.

[SPEAKER_03]: The hot rumor right now is that the white socks are inclined overpay for a big prep pick at pick number forty four, which leaves an underslot available. [SPEAKER_03]: So you don't have necessarily the white socks. [SPEAKER_03]: Swing in for the fences using the tent overall pick, spend all their money on. [SPEAKER_03]: You think they're going to be much more strategic, so they could then jump in and draft who it number ten.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so I think Elijah saw Casey in cutting him and he was like, oh great. [SPEAKER_00]: And because it's like, it's an undershot play, right? [SPEAKER_00]: And it's just like, you're paying to get the guy at forty four. [SPEAKER_00]: Cutting him is like, he's a toolsie guy. [SPEAKER_00]: It's just like, there's not a ton of power there. [SPEAKER_00]: It's small stature, like it's pure contact over power.

[SPEAKER_00]: So you're kind of really, really hoping that something develops on the power side of the ball with him. [SPEAKER_00]: I just think if they're going to be linked to shorts up like cutting hymns like one of the only options. [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe like a Daniel Pierce or a steel haul or a couple others. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure if you're a Whitex fan you're kind of hoping for steel haul more than you are case in cutting him.

[SPEAKER_00]: But if the guy who they really want it for you for is there, like you're going to be happy with the overall class here. [SPEAKER_03]: Why are they doing this? [SPEAKER_03]: Where they're going under slot with the tenth pick in order to pay for a big prep guy at number forty four like why? [SPEAKER_00]: I think they want a guy like cruise schoolcraft. [SPEAKER_00]: It was like a big time lefty. [SPEAKER_00]: It's been up to like, ninety eight on the mound.

[SPEAKER_00]: And if you can get two guys who have high upside, you're kind of hoping that they've really developed into to the player that you're expecting to develop into. [SPEAKER_03]: Another make sense. [SPEAKER_03]: All right. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's get into pick number nine and I'm surprised. [SPEAKER_03]: I am surprised Cincinnati Reds and it's not like I don't love the fit. [SPEAKER_03]: But at the same time, the reds have been drafting pictures, drafting pictures.

[SPEAKER_03]: They've done such a good job in their current rotation as loaded with pictures. [SPEAKER_03]: And then the picture that you have them taking, I'm shocked is lasting to number nine, seven and as from Corona high school to the reds at number nine, when I was reading over this mock, that was the most surprised I was as a pick, just because it feels like the reds, at least in my opinion, and my opinion is likely going to be wrong.

[SPEAKER_03]: That's why I'm asking you that they would go after a bat here. [SPEAKER_03]: And then on top of it, I thought Seth Hernandez was going to go in the top five potentially. [SPEAKER_03]: So that's why I'm just a little bit surprised by this pick. [SPEAKER_03]: It's too fold. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think for us, we've heard a lot of rumors about the reds really loving Seth Hernandez. [SPEAKER_00]: And so that's kind of where that comes in.

[SPEAKER_00]: The question is, will they overslaught him like crazy to get him down to that? [SPEAKER_00]: Because then you're really kind of hampering yourself at pick because they don't have a pick to the second round after that. [SPEAKER_00]: It's not like they have a comp to kind of [SPEAKER_00]: help them pay up the guy like Hernandez. [SPEAKER_00]: So like if they do do this, it's like, yeah, you're going to be your second and third round.

[SPEAKER_00]: They maybe don't care about it as much and they're going to really undress lot guys there to pay a guy like Seth Hernandez. [SPEAKER_00]: So that's probably why the main reason we put them down there, they could go with a guy like Jamie Arnold here as well. [SPEAKER_00]: But I think there's a chance like Hernandez could fall there, especially with the fluidity of this draft.

[SPEAKER_03]: the blue days in the marlins really want to prep short stop like they've been saying like that bumps Hernandez down to spots and so who knows what's going to happen so again the second part of my confusion because you just mentioned they could also go Jamie Arnold yeah that's why I'm still confused like why would they go after a picture rather than a bat here is it just because they just are simply higher on guys like Hernandez and Arnold over the bats that would be available at this point

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I don't know if I have a full good answer to that, but they've just they've been good at developing arms. [SPEAKER_00]: And they kind of maybe play into their strength that they want to continue to do that. [SPEAKER_03]: You can have enough. [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, you know, I'm saying, oh, their current rotation, but teams aren't going to try these prospects for bats, those kind of things.

[SPEAKER_03]: So they just want to take who they think is the best of the position that makes total sense. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's move over to number eight, Toronto Blue Jays are on the clock. [SPEAKER_03]: We've heard a lot about Jojo Parker lately, the short sub slash their basement from Purvis High School. [SPEAKER_03]: It feels like a lot of helium with him right now.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, this is a kid that I think Tyler said on our last one was what did he said that this is like the guy who's like the biggest riser and the biggest sleeper in the top ten as well. [SPEAKER_00]: I need three percent contact rates. [SPEAKER_00]: I think we had so we had Joe Doyle on he said that all spring long Joe Joe Parker swung a missed that one fastball. [SPEAKER_00]: So like this kid is absolutely hit. [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely rakes.

[SPEAKER_00]: Like the other tools don't pop off the board for you. [SPEAKER_00]: Like the power's in it's the defense is like it's fine. [SPEAKER_00]: It's good. [SPEAKER_00]: Like he's probably going to stick more as like a second basement than a short stop. [SPEAKER_00]: But man, like you can't teach a hit tool. [SPEAKER_00]: Like he has. [SPEAKER_00]: And it's just like that's the big thing for him is like it's really, really hard to teach that kind of hit tool.

[SPEAKER_03]: I'm curious just, you know, as it's got yourself, how important are high school contact rates? [SPEAKER_03]: Because at the end of the day, they're not facing elite pitching. [SPEAKER_03]: So if we're guy to make a lot of contact in high school, but that's a real sticking point for you here.

[SPEAKER_03]: I'm just wondering when you're scouting a guy like this, how do you come to the conclusion that the contact rates in high school are so good to the level that this guy is rising faster these drafts? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so I think the thing that you see too is the contact rates usually include things like the NHSI, where they're playing at the national high school, and the invitation, where they're facing off more against more of the elite competition.

[SPEAKER_00]: You'll see the guys at like, AT&U, USA, or the area code gains, where they're facing more of these like elite competition. [SPEAKER_00]: And if he's still doing, putting those kind of contact rates up in those type of areas, and you're like, okay, this kid's got a legit hit to one, I think. [SPEAKER_00]: For Jojo Parker, that's what he's been doing like everywhere he goes. [SPEAKER_00]: He's got the same contact skills. [SPEAKER_03]: That makes sense.

[SPEAKER_03]: Let's go to pick number seven. [SPEAKER_03]: The Miami Marlins are on the clock and you got them taking shortstop Billy Carlson again out of Corona high school. [SPEAKER_03]: It does seem on these next two picks like the blue jays in the Marlins. [SPEAKER_03]: You noted that in both they're both really looking at these high school prep short stops. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and it's kind of funny because Billy Carson's like the antithesis of Jojo Parker, right?

[SPEAKER_00]: It's more power, more tools, less hit tool. [SPEAKER_00]: So like for the marlins and blue jays, probably for the marlins, since they're picking before the blue jays, it's like what kind of profile do you want? [SPEAKER_00]: Do you want the safe floor? [SPEAKER_00]: And the hit tool, or do you want to go for the guy who has a more upside, but the hit tool might not develop. [SPEAKER_00]: And so Billy Carson's a guy that like the tools are insane.

[SPEAKER_00]: The hit tool has shown some improvement this spring, but it's still kind of [SPEAKER_00]: moon, like light years behind, uh, Joe Joe Parker. [SPEAKER_00]: So kind of just looking at a guy that it's like, that's a guy to dream on. [SPEAKER_00]: And if it, if the marons can develop, it has had to a little bit more like, that's going to be a stud. [SPEAKER_03]: Between those two, Joe Parker Billy Carlson, who was Jared Parken's drafting first.

[SPEAKER_00]: Jojo, I would take Jojo Parker. [SPEAKER_00]: It's just like I would hope to dream on like the swing is so good that you can see the power could potentially develop. [SPEAKER_00]: It grows in size like the hit tools already there. [SPEAKER_00]: Like if you had to play a good second base for the rest of his career, that's not like the end of the world, I would take Jojo.

[SPEAKER_03]: So moving on to pick number six, you have the pirates taking left handed pigeon, Jamie Arnold out of Florida state. [SPEAKER_03]: And I want to read the first sentence of the passage from, you know, Jamie Arnold slot. [SPEAKER_03]: And I quote, our gut field based upon recent rubblings is this, the pirates may be more inclined to pivot towards a collegiate player rather than prep. [SPEAKER_03]: Dive into that a little further. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so this is a Tyler right up.

[SPEAKER_00]: But I, they went with Connor Griffin last year, which was the prep in the high up side. [SPEAKER_03]: And that was really, yes. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that in Paul's games can't really complain, but when you have one one in Paul's games, like that's pretty easy to lock in. [SPEAKER_00]: But I mean, if a colleague Jamie Arnold falls to them, like the reason he fell kind of in rankings was just because he had a rough end of the season.

[SPEAKER_00]: But the still the upsides there, the comparisons to Chris sale based on like the way he throws the baseball. [SPEAKER_00]: I, it almost makes sense to go to Arnold if he's there for you. [SPEAKER_00]: And if that's like the rumblings are true and that they want to pivot towards a more collegiate player, like Jamie or I'll be the perfect fit. [SPEAKER_03]: Who do you think? [SPEAKER_03]: Let's say that rumor is [SPEAKER_03]: not true.

[SPEAKER_03]: I don't know what else to explain it. [SPEAKER_03]: Like let's say they're like, you know what, never mind. [SPEAKER_03]: Like we are going to go with a prep guy. [SPEAKER_03]: How do you think that messes with the draft if at all? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: I think like every team below them, like the reds, like if they took South Hernandez, the reds are like, well, great. [SPEAKER_00]: That was our main target now.

[SPEAKER_00]: And then that's where I think you see a kind of fall and the dominoes will kind of be into play. [SPEAKER_03]: That's the reason I ask because I want where does the chaos start? [SPEAKER_03]: Like does it start at six based on that rumor? [SPEAKER_03]: So if they then go, let's say they drafted another prep short stop like a Billy Carlson or a Jojo Parker, then what do the rest of the teams do? [SPEAKER_03]: How do they then adjust off of that?

[SPEAKER_03]: So I think is pick number six kind of where the chaos starts or I could see it. [SPEAKER_00]: I would love to see the angels really make chaos and just pick a prep when they've never done before in like a very long time and then just cause chaos ripple effects all the way down the board.

[SPEAKER_03]: It does seem like kind of no matter what they do, even if they go prep like that player playing in the twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-tw

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, I love Eli here to the Cardinals. [SPEAKER_00]: Cardinals are really good at developing these kind of prep short stop bats to Tyler talked about how Eli could really be a three to four wind player at the major league level. [SPEAKER_00]: It was kind of cool to see holiday and will it's kind of go at it both playing in the high school ball in Oklahoma. [SPEAKER_00]: kind of two different types of players, right?

[SPEAKER_00]: Like high power, a little bit more hit two cool concerns with Ethan Holliday where Eli Willett's is just like the super twitchy, really good contact skills, gunna stick at short stop. [SPEAKER_00]: Like this kid's really, really impressive, comes from baseball bloodlines, Reggie Willett's is dead, his brother, I think plays at Oklahoma as well. [SPEAKER_00]: Like this kid is a lot of fun and if the Cardinals get him here by they're gonna be very happy.

[SPEAKER_03]: What was the biggest change? [SPEAKER_03]: Because like I said, he was the number one overall pick and mock draft too. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, is it more to do with helium for other players just kind of overtaking him? [SPEAKER_03]: Have you heard more rumblings that it just doesn't seem like the nationals are interested in him? [SPEAKER_03]: Just I'm curious how that thought process unfolded to then go from one to five.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think it was rumors in helium. [SPEAKER_00]: So for example, like Ethan Holiday, he's just showed him that he can actually stick out shortstop now, a little bit more, which was some of the concerns, the hit tools improved a little bit.

[SPEAKER_00]: So like things like that, and Kate Anderson, of course, like Kate Anderson College World Series, SEC tournament, so on and so on, just continued to dominate over and over again, and he just saw himself skyrocketing into the top five conversation as well. [SPEAKER_00]: So I think it was more a little bit about [SPEAKER_03]: Another make sense. [SPEAKER_03]: All right, let's go to pick number four of the Colorado Rockies are on the clock and you have them taking Ethan holiday.

[SPEAKER_03]: Yes, you wrote down short stop slash their base even though you think that he could probably stick there. [SPEAKER_03]: So I was looking at Max, perhaps I was looking at his stats and I know what are high school in Oklahoma like it's not the best competition in the world. [SPEAKER_03]: Sam hit six, seventeen with sixteen of runs and thirty two games with thirty seven walks at zero strikeouts. [SPEAKER_03]: I just laughed at my screen.

[SPEAKER_03]: I was like these are legitimate video game numbers and a fit with the Rockies. [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, yeah, Matt Holiday Rockies legend like is it is it all of those things in one the Matt holiday connection, but then I also think to myself, too, I mean the Rockies. [SPEAKER_03]: They can maybe signs about, they can't sign any pictures. [SPEAKER_03]: Nobody is going to go to them.

[SPEAKER_03]: So don't you think that's in their best interest to just go with the picture or they just like, if you've been holiday falls to us. [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, you got to take Ethan, right? [SPEAKER_00]: And I just think they're the one team that's going to be willing to give even holiday stupid amount of money. [SPEAKER_00]: But I just think they between the family connection and the role like Matt Holidays played for the Colorado Rockies.

[SPEAKER_00]: And the fact that if they could pay him down or like overpay him at four and finally like get a big name prospect that like everybody's going to be super excited about like Charlie Condon was a big name prospect for sure. [SPEAKER_00]: But like you could have eaten holiday just based on bloodlines in the name, but that's a lot of fun for Rocky's fans and they probably are going to get more excited and like even drafting Charlie Condon. [SPEAKER_03]: I think you're probably right.

[SPEAKER_03]: Number pick number three, the Seattle Mariners. [SPEAKER_03]: I've our cat out of Oregon state. [SPEAKER_03]: The Mariners and I quote from the article, the Mariners appear to be at a pivotal point within the top five. [SPEAKER_03]: I like that sentence. [SPEAKER_03]: Fire. [SPEAKER_03]: What do you mean by that? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so I think for them, they're really waiting on the nationalton agents inside what they're going to do.

[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: I think that's going to be that those decisions by the Nats and the angels are really going to decide what the the the Mariners do. [SPEAKER_00]: I think there's a chance that I've our cat could go to the angels instead of Liam Doyle. [SPEAKER_00]: If he doesn't like the fit, I really want to see. [SPEAKER_00]: I know we put I've our cat here. [SPEAKER_00]: I would love to see Seth Hernandez in the Mariners system.

[SPEAKER_00]: It's like the [SPEAKER_00]: match that you just want to see happen. [SPEAKER_00]: This high upside prep arm, the team that's probably the best at developing pictures. [SPEAKER_00]: Just to see Hernandez bring that arsenal to Seattle would be blessed. [SPEAKER_03]: I love that and we'll move into pick number two. [SPEAKER_03]: You got the angels taking Liam Doyle and in mock draft two point. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, Liam Doyle went tenth. [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, you're just you love that fast.

[SPEAKER_03]: Well, don't you? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, fast boss fun. [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he threw like over seventy percent of the time and no one could hit it. [SPEAKER_00]: It's just insane. [SPEAKER_00]: The problem is like you look at kind of what the angels do develop and wise with these pictures like Ryan Johnson. [SPEAKER_00]: I threw him in the big leagues like he could have developed as a starter.

[SPEAKER_00]: I just threw him in the bullpen like [SPEAKER_00]: They're going to probably do the same thing with Liam Doyle. [SPEAKER_00]: Just like have him let the fastball eat out of the bullpen, but like a team who can develop pictures like he's a third pitch away from being like legit starter every single day.

[SPEAKER_00]: So I feel like the angels would take him because of how quickly he could rise to the big leagues, but you hope that they would actually try to take the time to develop him as starter. [SPEAKER_03]: does feel like the angels like need to get catered. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, like based on the way they operate, because it feels like Kate Anderson could throw in the big leagues like right now.

[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I'm not saying he would dominate, but he's just that polished where he already has the feel of a majorly guy. [SPEAKER_03]: Maybe not as much upside as a guy like Liam Doyle because like you said, if he gets into the right organization and he is able to [SPEAKER_03]: You know, develop a third pitch, maybe even a fourth, like who knows with his ability to spin the baseball. [SPEAKER_03]: He could be the best pitcher in this draft.

[SPEAKER_03]: So for talking up side, doils the play, but if we're talking just high floor like this guy's gonna be a four starter at the very least, he can't enter some feel. [SPEAKER_03]: So I feel like if you're the angels. [SPEAKER_03]: You really hope that the nationals go with an Ethan holiday, and so that you could get Kate Anderson. [SPEAKER_03]: But then again, what am I doing trying to get in the brain of our brain, Owen company? [SPEAKER_03]: Like, I don't know what they think so.

[SPEAKER_03]: But again, angels going with Liam Doyle at number two and the number one overall pick and new number one overall pick. [SPEAKER_03]: Kate Anderson going to the Washington Nationals for a ton of money because of course he is a Boris client. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and I mean, it's we, so we talked about it in the right up where we said that catering is not a dark horse candidate for one one anymore.

[SPEAKER_00]: The key was for a bit, and after that college World Series, there was like, no, he's definitely a one one candidate. [SPEAKER_00]: And the reason we put him here is it is the only player in the draft that feels like they can make a quick rise through the big leagues. [SPEAKER_00]: are through the mire leagues. [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sorry to the big leagues.

[SPEAKER_00]: It just feels like a guy who has the entire floor and makeup and upside to be in every day starter in the big leagues and who knows what's going to happen like you said with the Washington National's front office shake up of riso gone Dave Martinez gone like will that infect their draft strategy? [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know.

[SPEAKER_00]: But I think you can make a case for a guy like Ethan Holiday or Avarket also here going here one one depending on what [SPEAKER_00]: The nation's want to do it's just going to come down to a battle of like are they prioritizing I ceiling in the guy like Ethan Holiday are they're going to prioritize a high floor guy like Kate Anderson who could help them in the next two years in the big leagues [SPEAKER_03]: Who's the pick that if the national say we need to save some money?

[SPEAKER_03]: We have spent so much money on the bullpen. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm talking about this season and it hasn't worked. [SPEAKER_03]: We brought in guys the payrolls out of whack and we're not performing. [SPEAKER_03]: So what we need to do here is we feel that this is a pretty wide open class. [SPEAKER_03]: We want to make the pick that saves the most money, but it's still the best player.

[SPEAKER_03]: I think [SPEAKER_03]: Henry Davis with the Pittsburgh Pirates that year and it feels like a similar draft to that one where it's not like, oh, this is a guaranteed number one overall pick or the draft was schemes in Max Clark and Walker Jenkins and Langford and Cruz. [SPEAKER_03]: It's not that type of draft. [SPEAKER_03]: So who would be the Henry Davis of this draft? [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think a guy like Kate Anderson or Avarket could save them some money.

[SPEAKER_00]: I saw eleven million dollars slot, right? [SPEAKER_00]: And I don't think anybody's ever gotten like eleven million dollars. [SPEAKER_00]: All right. [SPEAKER_00]: I've gotten like full slot at one. [SPEAKER_00]: But Ethan Holliday is going to cost them the most money. [SPEAKER_00]: And so like that you're definitely not going to Ethan Holliday if you're going there. [SPEAKER_03]: So question because Kate Anderson is also a Boris client and you know Boris is going to want.

[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: the sun in the stars for Kate Anderson and deservedly so I'm in Kate Anderson. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, monster. [SPEAKER_03]: So is I've arquette kind of that answer just because he's not a Boris kind or at least I don't think he is. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think I've arquette would fit perfectly in that answer because you're looking at like nine million dollars for slightly because you're projecting him to go third overall basically.

[SPEAKER_00]: So like could you save two million dollars by taking an I've arquette two three. [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know that I think that would be the play that you would have to make. [SPEAKER_03]: So I really appreciate you coming. [SPEAKER_03]: That was mock draft three point. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, I'm still smiling. [SPEAKER_03]: Jared, I could. [SPEAKER_03]: We can have made this show. [SPEAKER_03]: Tannout based on all of your analysis and all the questions that I have.

[SPEAKER_03]: But again, another reminder, go check out mock draft three point. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, on just baseball dot com written by Tyler Jennings. [SPEAKER_03]: And of course, Jared Perkins who joins me, both the host of on the clock podcast, they do such a great job. [SPEAKER_03]: And if I'm not mistaken, Tyler Jennings is going to be at the draft, right? [SPEAKER_00]: Yes. [SPEAKER_00]: He will be moods on the ground. [SPEAKER_03]: phenomenal.

[SPEAKER_03]: So we are going to have a draft correspondent over here at just baseball. [SPEAKER_03]: So make sure to go follow at on the clock one on Instagram and on Twitter with your handle again. [SPEAKER_00]: All right. [SPEAKER_00]: It's Jared CP one. [SPEAKER_03]: Jared CP one perfect. [SPEAKER_03]: So make sure to go follow both of those accounts. [SPEAKER_03]: But before you go, I have a couple of quick questions.

[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I really have like twenty more for you, but I'll limit a limit because I respect your time. [SPEAKER_03]: Who was the most upside in the entire draft? [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, that's tough. [SPEAKER_03]: I thought that would be the spot on this one. [SPEAKER_03]: I need to put you on the spot. [SPEAKER_03]: I just like who is the guy who it's like if you dream on could be the guy that got away just the ultimate stuff power tool like just highest upside.

[SPEAKER_00]: To part of me feels like Eli will it's just because of the floors kind of so safe with him and the upside is just immense with him. [SPEAKER_00]: But he grows into power and you get that guy that's like a three to four wind player. [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know how many guys in this draft are gonna be a three to four wind type player every single year.

[SPEAKER_00]: All right, so I feel like Eli will it's like if you're taking Ethan holiday over him or like Kate Anderson over him, which could be great picks. [SPEAKER_00]: I feel like Eli could surpass both of those guys. [SPEAKER_03]: And I think highest floor is paid. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_00]: Definitely highest floor. [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. [SPEAKER_03]: That makes all the sense of world.

[SPEAKER_03]: Well, Jared, I really, really appreciate you coming on and again, hopefully for audience to see the brain that Jared is working with and you'll go make sure to go follow him on social and of course the on the clock guys anything else before we say goodbye, you want to plug anything. [SPEAKER_00]: Now we've got the, so we'll have a buck, three, four point out coming out the morning of the draft. [SPEAKER_00]: And then we're going to have one last board update.

[SPEAKER_00]: I think Tyler joins through top three, fifteen, which is the first ten rounds that'll drop Saturday. [SPEAKER_00]: So we've got more draft content coming. [SPEAKER_03]: Fantastic to be on the looks for that. [SPEAKER_03]: For Jared Perkins, I am Peter Apple. [SPEAKER_03]: We will see you next week in Atlanta with that. [SPEAKER_03]: Thank you.