Fantasy Baseball Today - Live H2H Points Draft Part 1! Early-Mid Round Picks & Strategy (3/31 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: March 31, 2022

What's the setup for today's H2H points league (2:10)? ... Let's jump into the first round that started with Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Gerrit Cole (4:10). ... On to the third and fourth rounds where Pete Alonso went ahead of Matt Olson (13:55). ... Kris Bryant finally goes off the board in the middle of the fifth round (25:14). ... Francisco Lindor lasted until round seven and then Fernando Tatis went in round eight (38:46). ... The profit pocket starts to go beginning with the ninth round (49:40). 'Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/ For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. Got a fantasy question? Email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com. Get ready to win your league. Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. Welcome into another live draft edition of Fantasy Baseball Today. Frank Stamphill joined by Scott White and Chris Towers here for our final 12-team head-to-head points draft of the offseason. And this one, we're playing out.

our two listener leagues and should be a ton of fun. Now, I did not plan this. I randomly generated the draft order last night. Chris and Scott are drafting back to back at pick seven and eight. So I'm hoping this causes quite a bit of controversy tonight. What's going on, Scott? Are you ready? There is going to be no shortage of controversy this draft.

And I don't think it'll have so much to do with Chris and I picking back to back. Because the thing about these podcast listeners leagues that's especially been true, past few years is they end up mimicking all the things we've told them to do. So, like, we're totally out of our comfort zone because all of our habits are, you know, the rugs pulled out from under us. We're ending up with a bunch of players we never draft usually. And it's just, the whole thing's just very uncomfortable. So I hope it's entertaining, but it's, yeah, it's going to be stressful.

Yeah, the thing about the podcast, Listeners League is the people who are in the league listen to the podcast. That's crazy. Yeah. I hope we got a bunch of know-it-alls who think we're full of it and just want to do their own thing. That's my preferred scenario. People who hate us. I actually really think Ryan Mouncastle is a great pick this year. So I hope someone listening here winds up drafted him. Chris, how you doing, bud? Good. He's good. All right. Let me set this thing up. Let's get the show on the road. Let's let me set this up before we get started here. Again, this is a 12-to-head-to-to-point have 21 rounds standard head to head points scoring on CBS.

One point for each of a walk, single run scored RBI hit by pitch. Two points for a double, three for a triple, four for a home run, two points for a stolen base, minus half a point for hitter strikeouts and minus one for caught stealing. On the pitcher side, three points per inning, half a point for pitcher strikeouts, seven points for a win, seven points for a save, three for a quality start, minus five for a loss, minus one for each. of a walk-aloud hit earned run or a hit batter.

We also have the standard head-to-head points lineup on CBS, one of each infield position, three outfielers, one utility bat, five starting pitchers, two relief pitchers,

five bench spots, and three IL spots, the participants in tonight's draft. Kevin Richardson, Nick Waterbury, Garrett Hoff, Scott Wolfe, two Scott W should be a lot of fun.

If I could just interject real quick, you see the chat in the lower right-hand corner of the draft room. You notice how names are displayed, first name, last initial. Scott Wolf and Scott W. look exactly the same. Scott Wolf has so much power over me right now.

It's unbelievable because everybody who sees Scott W. There is going to think it's me. It's probably not because I'm here talking, doing a podcast. It's probably Scott Wolf. So I just want to clarify that up front in case this guy goes, you know, totally bonkers on me. It's not me. It's a different Scott W. That's what they all say.

That's what they all say. Other participants, Joel Woods, Jamie Campbell, Mary Wilkes, Elliot Freeman, Ante, Joreson, and of course, Scott, Chris, and myself. I'm drafting second overall, Chris is seventh,

and Scott is eighth. All right, I think we're good to go. God, I know you have commission eligibility. So do I. But... Well, I'm in a Scott W. Sandwich.

Let's do it. Oh, a Scott W. W. Sandwich. Very nice. All right, the draft is started up here. And for those listening on the podcast side of things, we're gonna break this down into two different parts, a two-part podcast, so hour one and hour two,

so be on the lookout for the second part of this podcast as well. Juan Soto goes first overall, as I expected, and listening to the rankings thus far. And I'm gonna go ahead and select Vladimir Guerrero. I am not going to wind up with the profit pocket unless they are one of my utility batters. Normally in this format, I take a pitcher in the first round.

This is the first time. I haven't done it in a while, but I'm just going to go ahead and take the hitter who scored, rather the player who scored the most points in this format last year, more than any other hitter, more than any other pitcher,

and I select Vladimir Guerrero. Third overall is Garrett Cole. And we are... We're moving along here. And Garrett Cole should be by far the number one starting pitcher in this format. You know, Corbyn Burns, you can make a case on a perning basis

in a Roto League, but the innings gathers. between him and Garrett Cole should still be pretty significant. Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if they're close, Chris, on a per game basis, but overall points I think

will definitely favor Garrett Cole this season. After Garrett Cole went, Jose Ramirez, fourth overall, Trey Turner, fifth overall, and then Bryce Harper, and Chris, you are on the clock, the meat of the Scott sandwich. Mmm, delicious.

And I'm gonna go with Mike Trout. You've got to do it, right? He's in this format, I think he's arguably the best player on a per game basis. If it's not him, it's, you know, Juan Soto. And there are concerns about Mike Trout's ability to stay healthy. But, you know, when you're picking seventh overall, you get a crack at a guy who could be the best player. I think you have to take it.

Yeah, especially, again, like you said, in this format, the OBP is fantastic. The OPS is going to be awesome. Just stay on the field. I have Mike Trout as a top six player in this format as well. And Scott, you are on the clock. overall are we going with a starting pitcher or hitter? Don't think he's going with a starting pitcher. You don't think so? I think he might. I think so. I didn't expect to go with the starting pitcher because I thought others would reach in and grab starting pitchers ahead of me here at being a head-to-head points leagues. More than one pitcher would go in the first seven picks, right? But I think Trout was the last hitter I was looking to take in this range. I think I'm actually going Max Scherzer who's somebody already already in round one I'm having to do something. thing I have yet to do in any other draft

mock or otherwise, which is take Max Scherzer. You know, he averaged fewer than six innings per start last season. You were mentioning Garrett Cole over Corbin Burns. I mean, Max Scherzer, we know he's a workhorse, and he's, yeah, I'm not worried about that. I think he's going to be, unless this is the year he falls off, which could happen anytime, for any pitcher, frankly, older otherwise. Max Scherzer should be great.

So, yeah, he's my pick. I just realized that I am the outcast here by having Corbin Burns ranked higher than Max Scherzer in this format. So I see the argument. Like, you know, Scherzer's done it for so long. He's much more proven. I get it.

But, man, Corbyn Burns was just so awesome. It's the panics. Yep. But look, if Burns could get up to 180, then, yeah, I think he'll be in the discussion for, you know, he'll be a top three starting pitcher. I think if he can get to that threshold. All right, after you took Scherzer,

we see Freddie Freeman. Corbyn Burns and Walker Bueller. All right, so those starting pitchers starting to go off the board. And as we've mentioned many times this off season, the past, honestly, past couple of years, whenever talking about head-to-head points leagues,

you typically see starting pitching pushed up the draft board in this format because reliable starting pitching, elite starting pitching, just has the potential to score so many points. And it's a shallow hitting lineup that you could find really strong players on the waiver wire as well.

So, yeah, Yes, pitching will go relatively early in this draft. And there you go. We see it at the turn as well, where Mookiee Betts and Brandon Woodruff go off the board. And we are into round two. So we had one, two, three, four starting pitchers go in the first round. And so far too here in the second round. Brandon Woodruff and Jacob de Grom.

All right. Yeah. So I think, and we haven't. Obviously we've drafted a lot more for category scoring than point scoring because we have to account for roto and head-to-head categories when, you know, point scoring, you're just talking about a head-to-head league usually. So it just, you know, we haven't drafted as much for this scoring format. But I think you're seeing here like a clear tier among hitters in this particular format where you don't have to extend yourself for stolen bases so much.

So you're not going to put Otani up with that group. You're not going to put Bichette up with that group. Not going to put Kyle Tucker up with that group. and, you know, basically once Harper and Trout went, we see this run on the high-end arms that I think makes sense and that fortunately I had to kick off as uncomfortable as it was. Scott, you are back up on the clock. So after Jacob de Grom went 14th overall, Raphael Devers,

and Shane Beaver. I know, Scott, you probably would have loved to get yourself some Rafi Devers. So what are we doing instead? Yeah, actually, if I hadn't gone Max Scherzer in round one, Devers would have been to pick at eighth overall. Oh, all right. Like I said, Otani's not part of this group in a head-to-head points league. I'll take Bichette.

I'll take Bo Bichette. That seems like a pretty easy one at this point, especially having already taken a starting pitcher, especially since my top tier just got depleted. That starting pitcher with Shane Bieber going off the board. You're right, I would have preferred to have Devers, but Bichette, you know, he gets downgraded in this format because the plate discipline is suspect,

but he's still going to be super productive. Yeah, he was still awesome last year, 3.5 fantasy points per game in this format. Whatever he lacks in terms of walks and even plate discipline, he will make up in home runs, total bases, scoring a bunch of runs and RBI. And Chris, you are on the clock here, 18th overall. Your first pick was Mike Trout.

What do we got next? Yeah, I mean, Shohei Otani is my number one player on the board. He's utility only. Angel stack? Well, I'm going to do it. Yeah, Mike Trout, Shohei Otani. Let's get the top of the Angels lineup locked in. Look, I don't love locking in a utility-only player this early in a head-to-head points league, the shallow format.

And only three outfield spots especially makes it really hard to lock up that utility spot. But, you know, for all the talk about Shohia Tani not being quite as valuable in this format, he was still a 570 point player. So it's not, you know, you can you can't, you can't say that he wasn't good in this format. He was excellent in this format. that's comparable to what the top remaining pitchers were. You know, Zach Wheeler was actually more in the 580 to 590 point range. Julio Urius was 560. So I think, like, yeah, we don't expect Otani to be as good as he was last season. But I think there's still a gap between him and the other hitters, unless you, you know,

really believe in Marcus Simeon, which I don't. I believe in Shohei Otani more. So Otani, still the right pick there for me. All right. And Chris, you know I would never do anything to embarrass you. you hear on the podcast, but do you remember last year in this very league? You drafted Shohei Otani, but you traded him to me. Do you remember what you traded him to me for?

Probably something that wasn't as good as Shoahatani, I would guess. Yeah, it was Kesten Hiera. Sure. Sure, that sounds like a thing. Some dumb idiot would have done. I just remembered it off the top of my head because I know you drafted him in this format last year as well. And I think you might have either had too many pitchers

or too many utility bats or something. You know, this is the thing. Why? Why did you have to do that? Why did you have to do that? Who is that? Who are you? This is not good. Nick Waterbury, why would you select Sandy Alcantra and steal him from me?

He's a podcast listeners, Frank. Go ahead, Chris. You can... They listen. Explain yourself. Oh, no, I was just going to say, I'm better at drafting than managing, I guess. All right. First tilt session of the draft here. I really just planned on.

You know, just let Sandy make it to me in round two. Do I want to take an outfielder? Do I want to double tap starting pitcher? That's a real bummer, man. This is not great. You know what? I'm going to go a starting pitcher, but it's not nearly as fun.

But it's all good. Sorry, Frank. I wanted a cunea. Well, it's our. right, man. I'll forgive you this once. I took Zach Wheeler, 23rd overall, was debating a few different players. Yeah. Wheeler was 110 points better than Sandy Alcounter last season in this format. That's, that's about three points per start. That's pretty significant. You know, I kind of think like 500 is the very, very good mark in this format. 550 is probably the elite. Um, and Alcantra didn't

hit 500 last season and 33 starts for, for what it's worth. I mean, wins and losses play a big part of that. And, you know, he was only, what, eight for 13 in wins and losses last season? We expect that to be better, even if the Marlins are bad. But that's not an insignificant factor. All right. At the turn, I've got to talk.

You know, I'm trying to figure out what to do here and figure this out at the same time. All right, so I took Zach Wheeler, then at the turn, Luis Robert and Lucas Gilito. The double white socks tap there. I don't often draft to Leo Rius or Aaron Nolo. and I don't think that I'm going to either here. So I'm going to select Yerdon Alvarez.

And he was the one that I was really looking at with the previous pick. I love Luis Robert as well. I think he gets downgraded a little bit in this format because I think he's still going to strike out probably a quarter of the time. Yardon Alvarez, it just would not surprise me if he puts up some kind of crazy season like what Vlad just did last year.

Just like elite four category contributor, and especially in this format, We're not talking about categories, but his plate discipline is strong. He's going to hit a lot of home runs. He's going to get on base, and the counting stats are going to be fantastic in that Astros lineup. So I don't typically have just one starting pitcher through three rounds of a head-to-head points league, but that's where we're at. I've got Zach Wheeler, Yerdon Alvarez, and Vladimir Carrero, Jr. And 27th overall, Pete Alonzo.

All right. That's probably before Olson. Yeah, it's earlier than we're used to. Yeah, it's fine. I think there's more, I don't know, Alonzo obviously reduced to strikeouts quite a bit last year, too, not to the extent Olson did. But I think the distinction between them is,

I put Olson a little further ahead of Alonzo in points than I do in Roto where they're closer to identical. But it's not, you know, I can't gripe about it too much. Alonzo going ahead. All right, after Alonzo goes 27th overall, Julio Arias, Ozzie Albies. Matt Olson and Chris, you're back on the, o'clock. You have two hitters thus far. You have

Mike Trout and Shohei Otani. Yeah. Yep. That's a tough spot to be in because I think the top end of pitchers are mostly gone. I'm actually starting to talk myself out of Aaron Nola. He was someone I was higher on than the consensus, but

man, that Philly's defense could be really, really bad. So it's just a little difficult to get too excited about him. So now I'm trying to figure out, do I want to go against my gut, which would be to just go away from starting pitcher. Do I want to reach for what I think is the top of the next tier at starting pitcher? Do I want to make Scott upset? There's a lot of different ways I could go here. I am going to grab a starting pitcher so Scott can have Salvador Perez if he wants him. That's my rule, baby. You knew. You knew. I was going to ask, what's my rule, Chris? What's my rule, Frank? Here we are late in round three. Salvador Perez is on the board. Doesn't matter the format. Doesn't matter the build. I have go. going on.

You're going to take Salvador Perez. I'm taking him. Yes. The biggest advantage you can get in any position and the advantage is mine

in a league that I care about. For what it's worth in this format, he's only broken 400 points once in his career. It was 504 last season. So, you know, if he regresses,

the skill set is not super conducive to this skill, to this format. It's like, it's not hard to. Don't try to undermine my pick, Chris. Well, no, I'm just saying it's not hard to imagine a world in which Will Smith plays the same number of, if Will Smith played the same number of games of Salvador Perez,

it's not hard to imagine a world in which Will Smith outscores. The problem there is Will Smith's probably going to play 30 fewer games at most. Yeah. I mean, the thing is, do you buy the breakout from Salvador Perez two years ago or not? Because two years ago when it happened, obviously 60 game season, he's not breaking 500 points. So, you know, did it happen? Was it legit? I say it was.

Yeah, he was on pace for like 540 in that season, over 160. And like catchers aren't supposed to break 500 points, right? Like a 400 point catcher probably goes in round three. Chris selected Robbie Ray again. Scott selected Salvador Perez. And then we see Aaron Judge, George Springer, and Austin Riley off the board there. Chris, I thought you might have thought about taking George Springer, But you just don't want to fill up your outfield spots too early.

He really is fantastic in this format, though. I would have been perfectly happy to take him in the next round. And in fact, that's what my hope was that I would be able to take him, because in a league where we're not playing against people who listen to our podcast regularly, he probably makes it to the fourth round. But yeah, he should be phenomenal in this format. The counting stats at the top of that lineup should be ridiculous. He's got good play discipline.

Yeah, George Springer was on pace for about 560 points last year. season. All right. And then Aranola goes to finish out round three. And Marcus Semyon starts us off here, round four, 37th overall. I've recently added Aranola to my Bust 2.0 article as well. And I probably should not care about spring training at all. He's allowed five home runs already in spring training. Last year, he allowed the highest home run per nine of his career, more fly balls than ever before. There's just so much inconsistency year over year with Aaronnola. He's got a fantastic, curveball. Fastball's not good. Change up comes and goes.

I don't know. The defense now behind him is not great. It's a tough division to pitch in. It's just, I don't know. You're flowering. I hear it. I hear it in your voice. It's cracking. Yeah. Breaking. The defense is just, it could be a real problem. I mean, that's

that's a, that's not a nothing concern. This is a team that added two of the worst defensive outfielders who were on the free agent market. Those guys are going to, you know, Kyle Schwerver and Nick Pestiaz are going to hit a bunch of home runs, but that could be a... That one's going to be a D.H. For what it's worth. Sure, but this was already a team that was...

But this was already a team that was starting at D.H. You know, somewhere in Alec Bone. Yeah. And they may not be this year. Yeah. It just, there's not, there are not a lot of good defensive players on that team. There aren't a lot of good, there aren't a lot of passable defensive players on that team. I feel like it's, look, the Phillies had the worst. defense last year. So just law of averages, it's hard to imagine them being worse than the worst. But they did get worse. On paper, they did, yeah. In terms of the players that's exactly the

same as who they were. Who was their left fielder last year? Because it's really just left field that's changed, right? Andrew McCutcheon. Was he left field? I guess that's probably better. I believe so. Yeah. So that's one position. But they may upgrade at third base if they start with Bryson Stott instead of Alec Boehm. I got to make a pick, by the way. Yeah, let me catch people up, Scott, and then you can think about who you want to select. Marcus Semyon was the start of this round. And then Corey Seeger, Cedric Mullins, and Kevin Gosman.

And now, Scott, you're back up. You have Max Scher, Bobachette, and Salvador Perez. So there's been a little bit of a run on pitching here. And, oh boy, I'm going to have to make this decision fast. Okay, I'm not going to overthink it. I'm going to take Charlie Morton. There's no way I'm getting Charlie Morton for a discount with this group. It's the most type player on this podcast, probably.

I definitely was not hoping to get him at the end of the fourth round, but I knew it was a pipe dream anyway. You know, again, drafting against the listeners. You guys love them too. And that brings us to Chris, who also has two hitters and one pitcher. Robbie Ray, who you selected in the previous round. What are we doing here? Chris, are we looking at another pitcher or?

hitter. Are there any hitters that stand out for you? Not necessarily a ton of hitters who stand out for me at this point. But I don't know if I want one of the pitchers in this range. It's kind of no man's land for me. So I'm just going to take my top rank player, which is Andrew Bogart's, and just move on. And except that I'm probably going to get 500-ish points from him. And, you know, hopefully that'll be enough. you know that you could have just selected

you know 21 year old Zander Bogarts instead and Wander Franco Chris Um yeah Zander Bogartz didn't hit for much power early in his career either That's fair That's probably about what he was at 21 Oh come on

FW IW Wander Franco Franco averaged 3.32 points per game last year Zander Bogartz averaged 3.12 I would have taken Bogart's first but I'm just, I'm just putting it out there. Yeah, I mean, Bogart's had a weird RBI season last year.

Like, he was in this really good lineup and he only had 169 runs plus RBI. I don't think I expect that to be the same again. And he had 227 combined of those in 2019. He wasn't quite as good. But I think Zander Bogartz is going to be better than he was last season. All right. Let's see what has happened since Scott selected Charlie Morton. Chris, you selected Zander Bogartz, Max Fried,

and then Josh Hater goes 44th overall. And I don't mean to. I'm not going to pick on anyone's picks, obviously, here, but we've got to talk about the strategy side of things. And Scott, this is typically earlier than we're used to seeing a legit relief pitcher closer type go in a head-to-head points league. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, we think they go too soon in Roto leagues where they tend to go in round three or four.

the first two Hater and Hendricks in points leagues I think it's even less justifiable because you're not there are other options for the relief pitchers

spots first of all every team can only have two so nobody's going to get three or four there's just two RP spots for everybody you can include a relief pitcher

eligible starting pitchers like Ranger Suarez and Louis Severino so that you know smaller group that needs to be drafted and a bigger number to select from. And plus, the advantages that Hater gives you in the ratio stats for as minimal as they are in

Roto, they're almost, I'm not going to say they're entirely irrelevant in points leagues, but much more of the pitcher's production comes from just how often he gets a safe. Yep. After Josh Hater went, we see Logan Webb, Jose Berrios, and then I selected Justin Verlander, 47 overall. It's very early. I thought about it. It's very early. I thought about taking Justin Verlander with my last pick. I decided not to, but I thought about it. Strongly considered. And yeah, so I recently, just last night, I moved him up to SP 15 in the ranks. Sounds completely aggressive, maybe even borderline egregious for a 39 year old coming back from Tommy John surgery. But he's looked like himself all of spring training. And this is something that we mentioned early in the off season, that if he looks like himself, He's going to rocket up draft boards, and rightfully so. Look, my first two starting pitchers are Zach Wheeler and Justin Verlander. You know, two months into the season, I might have like two arms combined from my starting pitchers.

But, you know, look, if they're both healthy, they both should be standouts in this format. So I moved Verlander just up behind Charlie Morton, 14th and 15th, respectively, as starting pitchers in my ranks. And I feel good about it. So I nab him as my SP2. and then at the turn we see Lance Lynn and Frankie Montas to kick off round five. I selected Wander Franco and then Alex Bregman goes. So I have three hitters thus far, Vladimir Guerrero, Wander Franco, and Yerdon Alvarez to go along with two starting pitchers,

Zach Wheeler and Justin Verlander. Yeah, the way I feel that Justin Verlanner at this point is like, the only questions he could have answered at this point he's answered. Does he look like himself? Whether that means he's going to make it through a whole, whole season is completely unknowable, but I'm not sure his risk is that much higher than the other starting pitchers in that range. I mean, they're starting pitchers. Their risk of injury is high to begin with. So, yeah, it's hard to come up with like a really strong case against

moving him, you know, significantly higher at this point. After I selected Wander Franco, Alex Bregman, Teasca Hernana's great value on Teosker. 52nd overall, Freddie Peralta, Nick Cassian somebody I thought about as well. I really came into this draft thinking I wanted to get players that I haven't wound up with in any other drafts and players that I really like.

And so far, outside of Sandy, I've been able to do that. So Nick Cassianos was one of those players I was considering as well for that reason. Chris, you are back up. It is round five, and you have 13 seconds left to pick. Here comes the money.

That means you're muted, Chris. I was just saying I'm really struggling over and over and over again. So you weren't really missing out on anything. And then I hit the wrong button. I meant to hit your Joey Gallo song. I hit my Shane O'Mac music. But I did think I like the pick you made. Yeah, I think it's a fantastic pick.

Chris Bryant, 55th overall. And I believe I'll pull up his ADP over the past two weeks at the NFBC, but I believe it's inside of the top 60 picks. Like this is right around where he's going. prior to 2019 and even 2019, like he got to 490 points in 147 games. I think you just give him 500. He was consistently that kind of player before that.

Last season he didn't quite get there, but with Corse Field 427 and 144 games, I think you can just like, even if he's just the guy he was last year but playing all his games at course field, I think you can probably feel pretty good about him being that kind of, you know, very, very good hitter in this format. The ADP for Chris Brian at last two weeks,

57.6. So this is right about where he goes. All right, Scott, you selected Jose Altuve. Let's check in on your team here and see what you got going on. I believe you have three hitters and two pitchers. Yes. I do. I do. So I'd rather have the two hitters and three pitchers, but, you know, there was, people went pretty heavy on pitchers in rounds three and four. So that, that happens. If Freddie Peralta had made it to me, I might have had a tough decision if Chris hadn't taken Chris Bryant. I might have had a tough decision there. But Jose Al-Tuvae was actually the hitter I was considering when I eventually went Charlie Morton in round four. I love Jose Al-Tuve, especially in this format. Last year, the top two second baseman in terms of points per game,

Trey Turner, of course, 3.74, Marcus Simi, in a historic season for a second baseman, 3.66. Jose Al-Tuvia was right there, 3.60. He was well ahead of Ozzy Albiz, 3.45. and, well, he was ahead of Ozzie, obviously. He was well ahead of, like, the rest in that tier, Catellmartre, Brandon Lau, with Maryfield. So I think his lack of strikeouts, obviously,

scoring a ton of runs. You're the top of the Astros lineup. You know, he's the candidate to be right there with the very top second basement. After Hotel Tuve, Nolan Aranato, Joe Musgrove, and Paul Gulchman. I think it's great value on Goldschmidt as well. I don't see a huge difference between him and Olson and Alonzo.

And those guys went in round three, and Paul Goldschmidt just went pick 59. Yeah, I think it's less of an upside, weighing the relative upside of the three's risk, you know, because Paul Goldschmidt, he looked like he was fading. You know, he was cooked. And then he has this resurgent season last year, 34. Where did that come from?

Did you guys see, by the way, on Wednesday afternoon, the Cardinals scored 29 runs against the Washington Nationals. I only bring it up because I saw that Paul Goldschmidt had a massive game. I think he went 4-for-4, a home run and a steel, which, Scott, do you remember

what we called that last year? I don't. Oh, a sock and a shoe. For Paul Goldschmidt. Our first mention of a sock and a shoe this season has been for one, Paul Goldschmidt. At the turn. I mean, that was, you know,

about 25 runs. per majorly caliber player that the Washington Nationals currently have and they're projected infield. So, I think that's pretty good. Right. After Paul Goldsmith went

Whitmerfield to finish out round five and then Liam Hendrix, Byron Buxton, and Trevor Story, which both picks, I think, just elicited a sigh from Chris Towers.

Actually, more story than Buxton. Even though I already have a short stop, I was really hoping Story would fall a couple more spots, and I could eventually put him in that second base spot. Good idea. Yeah, because, I mean, he was consistently a 550-ish point player

prior to last season, and I don't think he'll be that good, but the counting stats should be really, really good with the Boston Red Sox. The only concern there, I guess, would be that it does look like he's going to bat in the lower half of the lineup. It's so weird, man. Like, they're projecting him to bat six. They said he is going to bat second against left-handed pitching. So I was watching the Red Sox game earlier.

They brought that up. But, I mean, men, Enrique Hernandez, find someone who loves you the way that Alex Cora loves Enrique Hernandez. Like, why is this guy, he's a fine ball player? But why does he lead off instead of Trevor's story, for example? That's the Borikwa connection, man. And, you know, this doesn't get mentioned enough when we're obsessing overline. Not just us, but everybody who analyzes these things,

obsesses over lineups at the start of the year. starting lineups change constantly for the course of the season I doubt Trevor Story's going to bat sixth all year so I wouldn't sweat it so much I was frustrated here because I just got sniped on Carlos Rodan

but okay so he wasn't going to make it to me no no chance no chance these were the last two pitchers in a tier for me Carlos Rodon was one you Darvish is the other I would rather had Rodon but I'll go Darvish here is my third starting pitcher All right, yeah, starting pitcher.

Oh, gosh, it's drying up a little bit here. All right, so Carl Sordano went 64th overall. Scott selects you, Darvish, and we are up to Chris's pick. This is 66th overall. And Chris, I believe you only have one starting pitcher to this point. I believe that is accurate, yes. Robbie Ray.

Yep, Robert Ray. And I'm not going to reach for any of the other guys who are here. So just going to keep moving on and fill up those starting spitz. pitcher spots later, which, you know, that's fine. Well, yeah,

I mean, I think it's easier to justify this year than last year. Oh, I'm really struggling, though. We've got about

10 seconds left here. All right, I'm just going to get an edge at the catcher spot and take Will Smith. Yeah. Not a bad idea. Who I...

I think it's a fine pick, yeah. Yeah, I mean, look, he needs to get better, I think, to really, like, make himself stand out

in this format, but the plate discipline's really good, and if the playing time increases and can get over 500 plate appearances, then I think you can start talking about him as a real difference maker in this format. All right, and after you selected Will Smith, Alec Manoa goes off the board. I should probably start thinking about

what I would like to do. I have three hitters and two pitchers thus far. I was kind of looking at Catelle Marte, who just went. I'm a little surprised Kristen at Tatelle Marte, because I, after taking out too,

I gave some thought to taking him as an outfielder. Marte. Yeah. I certainly considered it. He's great in this format, too. It's, you know, someone who's going to hit

for a high batting average. Even if he doesn't hit a ton of home runs, those are great play discipline. Those will be doubles. He'll walk. He'll get on base, you know, hopefully score some runs. I don't know how many in that Diamondbacks lineup,

but he is very, very good in this format. Yeah, I was kind of hoping he would get traded this year. And it's, Instead, he signs an extension. I mean, look, I get it. Hey, get your money, man. Here early on is, like, this is going to be one of those drafts

where I'm going to have to get creative at third base because after that Jose Altuve pick that I was patting myself on the back for, the last third baseman in that tier, Nolan Aeronado, went, I think with the very next pick. So Bregman, Alex Bregman, who's more of a points league specialist, went earlier in round five. Riley, of course, was already gone. And then Aeronado went at the end of round five.

So, you know, I'm in an uncomfortable spot here at third base. And I don't know if that means going for Anthony Rendon, who, you know, this is the better format for him to. Or he's been an elite player in this format before. Yes. If you trust him to bounce back, then like this is the format where you're more eager to invest in him. but I don't necessarily trust him to bounce back as the thing. So I might wait even longer for somebody like Matt Chapman. We'll see.

All right, let's catch people up after Cattell Marte, Brandon Lau, and J.T. Real Muto off the board. And I am wrestling with something right now, which I don't want to reveal until after I make both of my picks. I'd love to take Lindor, but I took Warner Franco. It's shortstop is so deep. This is what I was just talking about on yesterday's podcast. It's tough, man.

I'm going to select Jorge Polanco and as my second baseman. We did a few mock drafts this offseason where I just wound up with a dreadful second baseman and I don't want to do that. So Jorge Polanco is someone who also very good in this format, makes a lot of contact. Don't think he's going to hit as many home runs as he did last year, even if that's 25 homers, strong batting average, good plate discipline in an improving twins lineup. I'm perfectly fine, taking him at this point in the draft. What we just saw was Starling Marte goes 72nd overall.

And this is not Starling Marte's best format, but that's a really good value. He just kept falling and falling and falling and falling and falling. He probably shouldn't have as far, and I passed on him several times when he was technically the top player in my ranking. So I'm just as guilty of that as anybody. That's a really good value. This is generally not regarded as a better format, but he was so prolific as a base stealer last year. 3.77 points per game is what Starling Marte

averaged in this format last year. The only outfielder that were better were Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis, Bryce Harper, and Ronald de Cunia. Starling Marte was the fourth best outfielder in this format on a per game basis last year. So, yeah, I was kind of hoping people would be scared at that oblique injury and he could make it back to me in round seven.

But he's playing in games now. If Darvish wasn't there, I would, yeah, I would have taken him in round six. I agree. That was a good pick there.

Who made that pick? She should give him credit. That was, I believe. Kevin Richardson. I was just looking at Kevin's team. He's now filled up all three of his outfield spots

and where seven rounds into the draft. So he's got three outfielers, a short stop, and three starting pitchers. So, I mean, hey, if you're just taking the best values, Starling Marte was one of them

and by the way I was checking in on the Mets game earlier as well and I saw him steal a base. They're not going to let this guy run if he's still feeling the effects of this oblique, you know, he said he felt something in his rib. Look, if he's running I think the guy is healthy. So that is a fantastic pick, 70 second overall.

To start round 7, Carlos Correa went and then hit the music. Here comes the money. Here we go. Money talks. Here comes the money. I selected Shane O. Mack. Shane Mclanhan. He was my top rank starting pitcher available. He's my SP3. Probably

not his best format. I don't know how deep he's going to go into each of his starts, but I think when he pitches, he will be efficient, and he should earn wins with the Tampa Bay Rays behind him, and I needed a pitcher, so I'd take Shane O'Mac there. After I took him,

JD Martinez, Luis Castillo, Freimber Valdez, Valdez, great pick. I kind of was hoping he would make it back to me a little bit later on. And then Francisco Lindor, 78th overall. in the seventh round. You know I love it. Chris, you're up.

All right, you're ready for me to take someone I have not drafted at all this year? I am ready. Whoa! Yeah. I'm pretty sure every time you've talked about him, you said that you can't watch him pitch when he's on your team.

I know, I just can't put the TV on when he's pitching. But the potential volume that he can give you the fact that a lot of the guys in this range at starting pitcher don't cease who's who we're talking about. The fact that a lot of the guys,

in this range of starting pitcher come with injury question marks. Like, Dylan Cese, the question is innings, but if he's able to be a little more efficient, there are 180 innings, like he could be a 240 strikeout guy. Oh, yes.

So, yeah, I'm, it's a bet on a talented player when I, you know, really did need a starting pitcher. And this is why you don't necessarily love to be in a spot where you feel like you need to draft a specific type of player. Yeah. And I think that's a really good point, Chris,

and one that we haven't really hit on. much this offseason, but when you draft a balanced roster, it allows you in the middle and late rounds to be versatile and just draft whatever you want, whatever position you might need or whatever category you might need. If you take a lot of pitching early, then you're

going to find yourself, oh, I have to take hitters here, or vice versa. So, you know, when you have a balanced roster, it allows you that flexibility later on in your drafts. And it's especially tough in this format when you've got fewer lineup spots. So like, I could have taken Timander.

person, but I don't have anywhere to put them. I literally would not have a starting spot for him because I've already got a shortstop. I've already got my utility spot. So that's also, you know, one of the downfalls of taking Shohei Otani where I did, which, hey, I mean, it was a great value, right? 13, 14, 14, 15, 17th overall showy atani, even in points league, that's quite good. But it can handcuff you a little bit. I have the solution, Chris.

Just play Otani as a pitcher. There you go. All right. After you selected Dylan, we see Scott. selected Brian Reynolds, then Jonathan India, Pablo Lopez, Christian Yelich, and then Jose Ibrahim to finish out round seven. Scott

talked to me about Brian Reynolds, someone who also seems like he is built for this format. Yeah, great play discipline. Great across-the-board numbers. I think if he falls short in anything, it's home runs and you're not going to miss those as much in this format because he's going to be getting

a lot of extra base hits on the hole. so you know I'm perfectly happy with him as my number one outfielder I was also considering Pablo Lopez there as my fourth starting pitcher and he ended up going two picks later so I'm not going to get him on the bounce back

clearly but yeah I'm still happy with it no regrets no regrets no regrets like the Snickers commercial to start off round eight Trevor Rogers oof ranger Suarez 86 overall who is now

the unquestioned spark in this format. Starting pitcher with relief pitcher eligibility. Luis Severino is dealing with that arm injury right now. Ranger Suarez, he's a little bit behind. He's going to make his spring debut over the weekend. But once he returns, I think he is unquestionably the top spark available in this format. Although if you were just ranking them for like week one and two,

I might put Kopeck ahead of him. the concern isn't, is, can Kopeck be better than him? The concern is, you know, how many points is he going to score over the course of a season? Right. Yeah, as long as he's in the rotation. A little behind too. As long as Kopex's in the rotation, he should be very effective. It's just how deep is he going to go into his starts as well.

I mean, that's something that also matters quite a bit in this format. Obviously, you know, you get three points per inning pitched. So the more length you get out of your pitchers, the better it is. After Ranger Suarez, Eloi Jimenez, and Tim Anderson. So, all right, a little double tap there on the White Sox. And again, two, I think, great values. Eloy, Tim Anderson, this might not be their best format,

but like Starling Marte, maybe these guys are being pushed down a little bit too much in this draft. Scott, you were up in the eighth round. Let's take a gander at your team. I know Brian Reynolds was your previous pick. You have three starting pitchers, Scher, Morton, Darvish, and you have four hitters. Brian Reynolds, Bobauchette, Jose Altova, and Salvador Perez.

I'm not really sure what I want to do here. There's something I kind of want to do. I know exactly what it is. I do. I wonder if it's the same guy just put in my queue. Ooh, you know what? I'm at a little bit of a disadvantage here because whoever's in my queue, everyone on YouTube gets to see, so I can't really do that.

I'm taking Kyle. I'm taking Kyle. That's what I thought you were going to do. queue. That's what I thought you were going to do. That's not who was at the top of my queue. You guys want to guess who was at the top of my queue? Frank. Let's see if we, it was the same guy. No, no, no. I will say it. I will say it if you draft him because if not, I want to draft this point. Well, maybe it. Yes, that's what I was. That's who. That was who, that was who, that was who, that was who, that was who, that was who, we didn't feel like I could do it without Schwerner. We didn't mention his name. Yeah, it's Fernando Tati's. The thought process is, shaller format, replacement levels higher. So the, the time that you're spent without him is going to, potentially hurt less. Yep. And then the fact that it's a shallow format also means that when he's in there, the impact he makes on your lineup is even greater because there are fewer

lineup spots total. Very true. And the fact that it's a head-to-head points league, I mean, if you sneak into the playoffs, but you've got Fernando Tatis from, you know, week 14 on, it means you've got a free first rounder, basically. So by that point, Mike Trout. It might be week 10 on. It might not be week 14 on.

Sure. And so, you know, by that point, My trial will be out of my lineup, so I can just put Fernandez-Tex right back in there. Fair enough. Just swap out one first rounder for another. I'm kind of wishing I'd just taking him in a stud of Schwerber now. That's exactly what I... I probably would take a Schwerber if you had.

Scott, as soon as you said, I'm thinking about doing something, I was like, yep, it's Fernando Tatees. I know. It was literally like two seconds after I dropped him in my queue. I'm not as clever as I think I am, apparently. But I still think you made a fine pick, and Kyle Swarber, who, should be very, very good in this format as well. I think it was 3.3 fantasy points per game that he averaged last year.

Yes, it was basically the same as Teoscar Hernandez. So if what Schwabber did last year was legitimate, then yeah, he should be a fixture in my lineup. If he regresses at all, you know, he might become a little fringy. We'll see. After Chris selected Fernando Tatis, we see Sean Mania and Anthony Rendon

go off the board. Third base, we've just nearly hit the wasteland area of third base. So not great right now. I should mention there are three IL spots in this league. So if you want to,

oh, that hurt. Yasmani Grandal just went, I really wanted Grandal. He is, look, someone that just excels in any type of OBP format,

but I mean, especially last year, he averaged 3.4 fantasy points per game, Grandal did. That was 0.3 better than Salvador Perez, who was amazing.

who's hit 48 home runs. I mean, that's... You know what they call him. How good Grandal was when he actually played. You know what they call him? What do they call him? Yasmani, Money, Grandal. Man, he's...

His listeners are good, man. They're crushing me. Sandy and Grandal right before my picks. It's... This isn't great. All right, so I've got to figure out what I want to do now instead. I have four hitters and three pitchers as well.

We're coming up on the end of round eight. I have one of my picks in mind. Oh, that's... Well, that was the pick that I had in mind. Clayton Kirchall goes 94th overall. You know, it probably was the best that I didn't select him, because I already got Zach Wheeler,

I got Verlander. You know, I've got some risk already. I don't know that Kirchow made the most sense, but he was my top pitcher available. So he was somebody that I was considering. And now I am on the clock, and, hmm, do I want to do that? I'm thinking

I think I want to do that yeah let's do it I mean I've already got this is a fun group of hitters I've got Vlad Jorge Polanco Wander Franco

Yerdan Alvarez it's about to get a little bit more fun as well I'm going to select Bobby Witt with the 95th overall pick here and he'll be in my

UTill spot to start the season assuming he's on the opening day roster but will earn third base eligibility and then I could just slot them in as my third basement. Oh, I even forgot. Oh, I forgot about that.

Yeah. Oh, man. Because I was thinking, I can't take him. I already have a shortstop. If he made it one more round, I was, okay, I'll just fill my utility spot with Bobby Witt, but I needed a third basement. So I'm definitely not as clever as I thought I was.

No, it's interesting because I wanted to say, and it just got the opportunity passed me by, when you took Jorge Polanco last round, and you kind of reacted like it was a little early. I wanted to say there were two players that I just moved up a tier at shortstop into that already giant tier that includes like Carlos Correa and Wander Franco and Corey Seeger and all of them. One of them was Jorge Polanco.

The other is the guy you just took Bobby Witt, who went in round five in our very last rotomoc. you know, go round five here. He probably shouldn't have gone in for round five in that other one either. But like he looks like the real deal. And there's like there's no doubt he's on the opening day roster. It doesn't even seem to be a question anymore

among Royals beat writers. All right. After I selected Bobby Witt at the turn, we see Javier Baez and Joey Votto. Ooh, the profit pocket starts to get picked at there. And then I selected somebody I have not drafted a single time. this all season. Chris Bassett, 98th overall, second pick of round 9. He's my

SP4 to go along with Verlander, Wheeler, Shane McClanhan. I felt like I needed a high floor play in my rotation. I was looking at a few other names who have some breakout potential, but I feel like Chris Bassett kind of fits what my rotation needs at this point, and he's my SP4. He goes deep into his starts as well and worry a little bit about him moving outside of Oakland, but City Field is still a really good part to pitch in.

I think he should be mostly fine this upcoming year. John Carlos Stanton goes, then Willie Adomis, and Tyler O'Neill, another one, who, Roto is his better format, but I think he was devalued too long in this draft, and he lasts to pick 101. That's Tyler O'Neill in the ninth round, and I think it is a fantastic pick.

Then Max Muncie goes. Chris, is that what caused your sigh? Yeah, my hope was to take Reese Hoskins here and then Max Muncie on the way back. So I guess maybe I wasn't going to be able to get Muncie either way, but I ended up with Hoskins, who is a really good player in this format. And if he stays healthy, should be a contender for that 500 point mark that I've been talking about. Chris, just take the profit and run, baby. Reese Hoskins there, pick 103 overall. And Max Muncie, by the way, average 3.4 fantasy points per game last year. That was the same amount as Ozzie Albies who went in the third round of this draft.

Scott, I would have been thrilled to have him as my second baseman. Scott, you were up here in round nine. What do we got? I definitely want to take a pitcher because I feel like we're about to see that position drop off again. I just wasn't sure which pitcher to take. I went with Adam Wayne, right? I went with the safest option in my 40-year-old non-strikeout guy is the safest option. But there are a lot of...

a lot of guys dealing with injuries, let's say, who I could have considered instead. And, you know, the thing is we think Wayne Wright, we think of Wayne Wright is not an upside guy, but he was top 10 in this format last year. He pitches deep. He wins a lot of games on a playoff caliber team. And hopefully he doesn't take a step back this year.

Adam Wainwright, by the way, was second in baseball last year and innings pitched per start behind only Zach Wheeler. So again, in this format, it's not flashy. He's not going to get you the strikeouts, but a great defense behind him, great division to pitch in. He's going to go up against the pirates and the Cubs quite a bit.

So as a result, I think he should be valuable once again. Yeah, he averaged like, what, five and a half strikeouts per start. It's not a huge number, but, you know, because he was pitching so deep into the games, it's not nothing. It's not, yeah. Again, like, it's a point that Scott has made all offseason for, I don't want to throw names out there.

Once they get selected, we talk more about them. But, you know, it's those pitchers that go deep into their starts. The K-per-9 isn't necessarily high, but the strikeout, the raw strikeout total, will be higher than you think because they throw as many innings as they do. After Scott selected Adam Wainwright, Dalton Varsho, C.J. Cron, more of the profit pocket.

Chris Sale, who we got good news on yesterday. Scott said he was... Was that who you made you side just now, Chris? Chris Sale? Yeah, I would have loved to have had him on the way back. It was between him and... him and Wayne Wright with that last pick. Yeah, I just didn't think that I could afford. I thought about it as well.

I just, I don't think I could afford to take another injured pitcher. I think I needed that floor play. So again, I went with Chris Bassett to finish out round nine, Jesse Winker, and then starting off round 10, Wilson Contreras, Marcel Ozuna, and Rysselli Glacius.

So I believe the third closer off the board there in round 10 now. Marcelo Zuna, you know, we haven't necessarily talked about the skill set and how much it works in this format, but he's someone who walks quite a bit as well when everything is going right.

He's going to hit home runs. And yeah, I mean, if he could stay on the field, then someone who should excel in this format as well. So really strong pick there with Marcel Ozuna. And we are into... Go ahead, Scott. Rice is the Sewell Iglesias went here with the third pick of round 10.

Emmanuel Class A is still out there. And I just... I mean, it seems like absurd value, but I just don't think they're going to be able to separate themselves enough to justify it. Like, I feel like we're running out of opportunities to fill, to like get a true fixture in those other spots in the lineup. And I, that feels like a higher priority to me.

I will point out with Ryssela Iglesias at this point in the draft in round 10. Last year, he scored 437.5 fantasy points. And I believe when I looked this up earlier, that would have ranked as a top 24 starting pitcher. Like right there on the fringe as like an SP2, that's pretty valuable to get as your closer in round 10. That's, you know, there were a lot of guys who probably made 26 starts who had more than that, you know, or who are fewer than that, but would have been higher. So, you know, it's the kind of thing where like, unless you get 40 saves, it's really hard to stand out as a, as a relief pitcher. And that it's just, it's hard. And there are no closers who are again.

heading 40 stays at this point. The league leader was Mark Malanson with 39 last season. Blake Snell was the next pick, and Scott, you're up. Yeah, I hated that Blake Snell pick because I wanted to make it myself. That was the other one. I mentioned a couple different pitchers who were dealing with injury. In Snell's case, it isn't so much as an injury. It's just a late start.

So he might miss his first turn through the rotation, but he seems on track otherwise. And, yeah, he just went after Cressail went. A few picks earlier, so I dipped into the profit pocket at first base, took Josh Bell. He is the third of that profit pocket to go off the board, which I think is five now. I think it's five deep. Oh, I'm sorry, he's actually the fourth of the profit pocket to go off the board. The only one who hasn't yet is the newest member, Luke Voigt. Yeah, it's, I don't know.

I was trying to think of some kind of reference of like a band that added somebody later on, like once they were already established, Chris, this sounds like something that you'd be great at. But before we get... He's the Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones. Yeah. Yeah. I agree.

That makes a lot of sense. After Josh Bell went, Chris, you selected Eduardo Rodriguez and Nathan of all these. So some starting pitchers going off the board here. And I know both you and I, Chris,

have Eduardo Rodriguez as a breakout this season. Yeah, we've seen him hit that 500 point mark. You know, I think innings shouldn't be much of a concern for him. He's proven to be a,

a pretty reliable source of, you know, I guess not necessarily innings in the past because he's had some efficiency issues, but that actually was less of an issue the past couple of years last season. It was mostly because of the, you know, kind of what we believe to be bad luck that he suffered through last season. So, you know, the peripherals mostly suggest he should have been a lot better. I think he's someone who the 200 strikeout mark is a pretty safe bet, 180 innings. and I think he'll be a solid option in either format. By the way, it might have been better to say like Billy Preston with the Beatles, famously referred to as the fifth beetle came in during the Let It Be sessions.

You know, maybe that makes more sense. Yeah. Maybe it does. Maybe it doesn't. I have no idea. Sky, you don't know? I don't know. After Eduardo Rodriguez, Nathan Avaldi and Tyler Malley.

So some pitchers going off the board here, and I'm up in two picks. I mean, Joe Woods and Nick Waterbury, these guys have been crushing me all drafts. Yep, I would expect nothing less. Marcus Stroman goes, someone who I do like quite a bit in points leagues. He's a lot like Adam Wainwright. He's not flashy, but he goes deep into his starts. He is pretty efficient. You know, it doesn't get a ton of strikeouts.

I don't know how many wins he's going to get with the Cubs, but I think he should get a good amount of quality starts, if nothing else. After Stroman, Jazz Chisholm goes, and I am on the board here in round 10. Okay, I am thinking about a few things that I would like to do here. That's kind of fun. All right. Do I want to do it? Man.

You do. Oh, you do, Frank. I think I want to do it, too, Scott. You never wanted to do anything more than this. I'm going to do it. I'm going to, you know, I'm going to dive in, and I'm going to take the chance. I'm Cody Bellinger, who looks absolutely lost in spring training.

I think he has something like 20 strikeouts at this point, but it's round 10 to pick 119, former MVP. He's still 26 years old. I'm just going to cross my fingers and hope for the best. I needed a second outfielder, and so Cody Bellinger is that guy to go along. with Yurdon Alvarez.

So let's see. Let's see if you can get back on track. Emmanuel Class A goes here at the end of round 10, and the first pick of round 11 is going to be Justin Turner. I'm going to make my pick, and then we will sign off of hour one, and we'll jump into hour two. I am going to, let me make sure I don't have a third basement.

I don't think I do. I don't have a third. Oh, no, I took Bobby Witt. What am I doing? Don't do it, Frank. Yeah, so I don't need that guy. I'll leave him for you, Got. All right, so that allows me. I wasn't looking at third base yet. I don't know where you were going.

I am going to select Logan Gilbert. One of the breakout starting pitchers I referred to earlier on that I consider what my last pick. So, very happy to get him here at the end of round 11. And before we talk about anything more, we're going to sign off here, part one on the podcast side. But make sure to listen in to part two as well. And we'll be back right after this. Bye-bye.