Fantasy Baseball Today - FBT Express - UNDER THE RADAR Prospects in Dynasty Leagues! (9/11 Fantasy Baseball podcast)

Starting point is 00:00:00 Let's take a look at six under the radar prospects for those in Dynasty Leagues. Up next on Fantasy Baseball Today Express. Welcome in to FBT Express on Thursday, September 11th. I am Frank Stamble, joined by Scott White. And let's take a look at six under the radar prospects for those in Dynasty Leagues. Scott, I'm just going to tee up and let you go because I don't know much about these names. You're going to educate me. You're going to educate everybody else.

Starting point is 00:00:26 And first up, we have Ty Johnson, a pitcher on the race. Yeah, that's the idea. I can play in a bunch of deep, or a handful of deep dynasty leagues. And these are guys I'm looking at. Ty Johnson of the Rays, actually, he nearly made this list last year because he showed, showed such improvement after coming over from the Cubs in the ESAC Paredes deal. Remember when ESOc Perid is with the Cubs came from the Rays. Ty Johnson was one of those who went the other way. The Rays made some changes to his delivery to improve.

Starting point is 00:01:00 is control. He's got like a low right-handed slot and great extension on it. It's given him an 18% swinging strike rate in the minors this year. Ty Johnson looking very good. Next up we have Kemp Alderman from Chris's Miami Marlins and outfielder. So Kemp Alderman is somebody who has popped up really recently here. He has had a 2020 season in the minors. But I only took notice of him once he got to AAA, and I could look at that stat cast data that became available at that point. He's already hit a ball there as hard as 114.4 miles per hour. So this is big boy power for Kemp Alderman,

Starting point is 00:01:48 the sort of outlier skill that would allow a right-handed hitting corner man to potentially make it to the majors and be a starting caliber outfielder for, fantasy. I don't know if the 20 steals, if that's something we can expect to continue for Kemp Alderman. He's not like naturally fast, but he's at least shown some inclination to run in the minors. And like I said, the power's legit. Next up, we have Johnny King, who is a pitcher in the Blue Jays organization, 19 years old, a third round pick in last year's draft. Tons of strikeouts here. So many strikeouts. In fact, no minor leaguer with as many innings as Johnny

Starting point is 00:02:29 King this year has better than his 15.3 K per 9, a strikeout rate, a K per 9 rate that high, of course, points to serious upside. Now, if you watch a video of Johnny King, like, he puts everything he has into every throw, very high effort. And the control's bad. Like, it's, it's something that's going to have to improve for him to go anywhere. But he would hardly be the first bat missing left-hander to make serious strides in that area as he climbs the minor league ladder and he's only 19. He just turned 19 in fact.

Starting point is 00:03:09 So he's got time to figure it out. The upside for Johnny King, very impressive though. All right, let's take a quick break. We'll be back right after this. Welcome back in FBT Express. We're taking a look at six under the radar prospects for those who play in Dynasty Leagues. And next up we have Joshua Baez

Starting point is 00:03:26 an outfielder in the Cardinals organization, 53 steals in the miners this year and comes with a little punch as well. Yeah, I'm kind of surprised given how high up the ladder he is that he hasn't gotten more attention in prospect circles, certainly in dynasty circles

Starting point is 00:03:45 because of that power speed combo you're talking about. But Joshua Baez wasn't, like I can understand why he didn't get much attention coming into the year. The strikeout rate was exorbitant in the minor leagues way too high.

Starting point is 00:03:57 But he made it change to his stance more upright at the plate. And the strikeout rate is more than respectable now. It's been 21% both at AA. I can't remember exactly what two levels he's at. But the two levels he's been at, it's been at 21%. It's not a problem anymore, the strikeout rate for Joshua Baez. He looks kind of like a right-handed version of Cody Bellinger standing at the plate,

Starting point is 00:04:22 and he has the pole air rate to match. So he's parking a lot of balls in the left field bleachers. and then that inclination to run that he shows. He's not especially fast, but he relishes the opportunity to steal bases. I think that's something that's going to carry over to the majors. And I think Joshua Byos, now that he has the strikeouts under control, is a significant asset. Next up we have Zach Cole, who is an outfielder in the Astros organization, a little bit older here, 25 years old, but someone who also has a little bit of power and speed.

Starting point is 00:04:54 Oh, he's got more than a little bit. In fact, he's been, this is, I guess he's kind of a late bloomer because, yes, he is on the older side for a prospect, but there's been a big jump in his exit velocities this year. To the point, he now looks like a premier power hitter. In fact, baseball America in a couple of places has compared Zach Cole to Spencer Jones in terms of the power and the little bit of speed he can offer and the strikeout rate. That's the downside to that comparison. because Zach Cole is pushing a 35% rate between his two stops this year. But when you dig deeper into the plate discipline numbers, at least since he's gone to AAA,

Starting point is 00:05:36 which is a small sample, but it's where we can find this data. The strikeouts seem like less an issue of him just missing hitable pitches than him being way too passive. So he doesn't swing it much of anything out of the zone. He doesn't go chasing, and he makes contact on a high percentage of the pitches in the zone. So it seems like an approach issue for Zach Cole,

Starting point is 00:05:56 all the strikeouts and I think that's something he can work with a little more. It gives me some hope that those tools he has, those considerable tools, that they will amount to something, hopefully for Zach Cole. And the last name on the list here is David Davalillo, who is a pitcher in the Rangers organization. He's actually put up great numbers two years in a row here. Yeah, so it is a 230 ERA between high A and AA, 230 ERA, 230 ERA, 230 ERA.91 whip 10.5 k per 9

Starting point is 00:06:29 a swinging strike rate verging on 14%. A lot to like there for David Davalillo. Now he doesn't have like a lot of eye-popping pitches. The pure arsenal isn't that impressive. He's got a good splitter. It's really more of a pitchability thing. And he has, he does a lot. to throw off hitters timing.

Starting point is 00:06:56 He does a lot of like varying his delivery and doing a lot of like wiggling out there before different pitches. Honestly, the whole thing watching David Davalillo pitch, it reminds me of Johnny Quedo. I was just going to say Johnny Quaid. Yeah, it's a lot of the same tricks and even the delivery looks similar.

Starting point is 00:07:14 He looks kind of like a Johnny Quedo clone. So I don't know that the upside is sky high, but I think he's very interesting. and I think he could be a nice rotation piece for the Rangers, potentially as soon as next year. And that last name again is Davalillo. It's spelled D-A-V-A-L-L-O for those searching for him in Dynasty Leagues. These are only six names.

Starting point is 00:07:41 Scott actually has an article coming out with 16 names. So 10 additional ones, if you want to check that out. Again, some deeper names to add in your Dynasty Leagues. For more extensive fantasy baseball coverage, listen to our full-length podcast, fantasy baseball today on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else podcasts are found. Thanks for listening to Fantasy Baseball Today Express, and we will be back again tomorrow. Bye-bye. On podcasts.

Fantasy Baseball Today - FBT Express - UNDER THE RADAR Prospects in Dynasty Leagues! (9/11 Fantasy Baseball podcast)

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