Fantasy Baseball Today - Live Roto Mock Draft Part 2! Rounds 13-23 Picks & Team Recaps (2/29 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: February 29, 2024

We continue on with our live 12-team Roto mock draft. We're breaking down rounds 13-23, covering each of our picks and strategy. After the draft is over, we quickly recapped each our teams! Fantasy Baseball Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday Get awesome Fantasy Baseball Today merch here: http://bit.ly/3y8dUqi Follow FBT on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fbtpod?_t=8WyMkPdKOJ1&_r=1 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/ 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 lead. Well, fantasy! Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. Welcome back into Fantasy Baseball Today, part two of our live 12-team Rotow Mockdraft, and we are into round 13, where Luis Arise was the first pick, followed by Pete Fairbanks.

Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. Definitely was not thinking about taking Pete Fairbanks myself. I do not have a closer yet, and my top four pitchers are for Amber Valdez, Jesus, Lizardo, Zach Eflin, Bailey Ober. It's not typically how I build it. I think it's pretty good.

I got three of my top 30. These are just not the three of my top 30. I usually wind up getting. I think it's fine. Obviously, again, happy to get Billy Ober. You might be a little light on strikeouts. That's the only thing. But I think it's a good balance of ratio guys, for sure.

After Luis Arise, P. Fairbanks, Bryce Miller, and here we are in round 13. Kind of regret taking Will Smith because there are catchers here that I like. There's a reliever drop-off looming, too. There is a reliever drop-off looming. I think we're at the reliever drop-off, frankly. Hellsley's still there.

I think that's the one-one. Or great one left. Tanner Scott. I don't love it. I'm going to just go ahead and I need a third outfielder. I'm going to go ahead and take Ian Hap. Not sexy by any means. He's just going to kind of chipping multiple things.

Yeah, he is a good looking guy. 20 homers, 10 steals, solid counting stats. He's going to hit around 250. Again, he's kind of like a high floor pick. He's not going to blow you away in any categories. I needed a third outfielder. So he's kind of the cutoff for me, where I like to have three outfielder's by this point in the draft.

Maybe I'll regret it, see who comes back to me in terms of the closers. But yeah, I did want to grab Ian Hap. And Scott, you are up in round 13. After you make your pick, we can run through your team and see what it looks like. Okay. I think Chris gave me the idea to go ahead and take Dan Svanson here as my middle infielder because he's going to give me runs an RBI, healthy home run total, a useful steals total,

not that I really need them, but it will be double-edged steel. You got to compete. And, you know, just less risky than like Nolan Gorman and Brandon Lau. Some value picks that I like at middle infield, but I don't know,

Swanson's lasted too long, and I feel like there are a lot of pitchers out there I like still. So I didn't, I don't feel the need to add to that group so much. felt like I needed another Batmore my outfield I already got four of them so I don't have to settle for like an Ian Hap type which is great

Whoa! Whoa! Shots fine Listen you didn't sound thrilled about to pick yourself Jeez! So I don't have to settle for the Ian Hapson. Look, I would say I think Ian Hap and Swanson they're probably going to provide very similar Stinson. Very similar production, yeah. Yeah, so take that, Scott.

Swanson does it more reliably than Hap. Hap did it last year. I'll give you that. Two years in a row, he's been solid. Anyway, I was going to prop up your Swanson pick before you made fun of my pick. But Swanson's ADP on Fantasy Pro is 124.4. So you got him about two rounds past his ADP.

I do think that is a good value at this point. Shoot. Uh-oh. All right, both Mitch Keller and Merrill Kelly went since that pick. I was hoping to get one of them the next time around. Gosh. Ah, nobody's cooperating. No, they are not because I wanted Eloy Jimenez later in this draft

and he went as well. This is not a good round. Anyway, let's catch people up. I took Ian Hap, Scott took Swanson, Mitch Keller, Eloy Jimenez, Christian Encarnacion Strand, Merrill Kelly, Evan Phillips, and Chris, you took Jaron Duran. So there is some risk, I understand.

He's coming back from the toe surgery. They delayed his start to camp. It does add a little bit of an element of risk. But man, if he's hitting lead off and everything kind of works out, 15 plus homers, 30 steals. I could see it for Darren DeRan. His numbers out of the leadoff spot.

It was only 36 games. They were pretty bonkers. He hit like 290. I'm not expecting that. But I think it was like 25 runs in 36 games. It was like a 20 homer 50 steel pace. It's for a guy who had playing time concerns last season, that would be pretty huge if he actually got to bat lead off.

Mm-hmm. Yeah, and it sounds like that will be the case. I believe earlier in camp, Alex Cora didn't specify that would happen, but he kind of hinted at it, that he wants Jared Duran to be the leadoff hitter for the Red Sox. At the turn, it was Jordan Montgomery and Reese Hoskins, and then Chris, you took Brian Hayes, Wilson Contrars. I wanted Reese Hoskins. Yeah.

Some good hitter values at this point, too, because, like, I took Will Smith around pick 90. Wilson Contreras just went at pick 159. I like Will Smith. I like Wilson Contreras at pick 159 a lot better. Then what, pick 90? Around 90. I think 90 or 95, something like that. I don't know.

I think Will Smith's run an RBI production is going to be... It should be. A higher order of magnitude. I think he did fine. I think he did well. He should be pleased. Yeah. He's trying to make up for it for, for,

making foot of my Ian hat pick. I appreciate that. I am just an honest analyst. I have no biased for or against you, Frank. If anything, it's for you, though. All right. I appreciate that. After Will Sinketranes,

Chas McCormick, Christian Javier, and Kodi Senga, 162nd overall. If I hadn't taken Verlander the previous round, I would have taken Senga there. Yeah, I was going to take Senga, too. Because Mitch Keller and Meryl Kelly

already went since my last pick. So it's like, it was one of those turns, since I took, who was it, I took Danesby Swanson with my last pick because it's like, oh, there's all these starting pitchers I like. Oh, there's all these slugging first basement I like, Hoskins and Christian and Carnassian Strand. I can let the back half of the draft narrow down that group for me

so that I don't have to feel like I'm reaching for one, but it didn't happen. They just took all of them. They just took the whole group of players I was considering. And now I could take a middle infielder I like because they didn't take them. those. A bunch of jerks.

I love Scott on tilt. That's great. All right. So after Kodai Seng, Tyro Estrada goes, and Scott, you're up. Well, I don't love taking catchers. Even in a two catcher league. I'm fine scraping the bottom of the barrel. But because everybody took all the players I was interested in at all the other positions

that I could still stand. fill out. I'm going to take a catcher. I'm going to take Cal Raleigh, who plays so much that he gives you a bigger RBI and run total than the average catcher and very likely to lead the position in home runs, which I could use more of than stolen bases. Not that I think I have a home run problem, really, but I definitely don't have a stolen base problem. So if I'm leaning one way or the other, it's for home runs. So Cal Raleigh at 164, that's the pick. All right. Well, I am debating, taking my second catcher. Do I want to do that?

I don't, hmm, I'm looking at my team. I need corner, I need outfielders. I only have four starting pitchers. I have Ian Hap. Don't forget. I hope Ian Hap's going to have a monster year. You guys watch. I think I need some pop.

So what I want to do, and this is kind of unconventional, but I'm going to go ahead and take, Nolan Gorman. He's someone I like a lot. It's going to fill my utility spot a little bit earlier, but I need some pop. He's one of the last guys I see available that's going to

maybe give 30 plus home runs. So we talked about him on the second base preview. I wrote him up in Breakouts 2.0. He technically broke out already last year. He's just not really being treated that way. I'm absolutely adding him to my Breakouts 2.0, which I think comes out next week. And

yeah, I was literally in the process of dragging him into my queue as, and then he just disappeared. Well, that makes me feel better about the pick, so let's go. All the stat cast data, by the way, everything supports that Nolan Gorman is a legitimate slugger. Really good against lefties. Yeah, he was good against lefties last year.

It's a really small sample. I think it was 86 plate appearances. So he's got to do it again, but I also don't think the Cardinals have that luxury of a bunch of great bench bats that they could afford to bench Nolan Gorman against lefty. So I think he's going to play every day, which obviously. should help with the counting stats. After Gorman goes, one of the players I love, Brian, who goes off the board.

Here, round 14 at pick 166, followed by Lars Neupar. Somebody also, I like. Maybe I don't love, but I liked him last year. I like him again. Don't forget about Lars Neupar. I think I need some pitching. That's what I'm looking at next.

I don't know if it's going to be a starter, if it's going to be a closer. It's not going to be you, Darvish, because he just went. That's the end of round 14. Made his spring debut just the other day. And so far, so good. I know it was only two winnings,

but he had a couple strikeouts. He got hit around a little bit, I think, but it was like five singles and two doubles or something. Darvish, I think he only gave up like two or three hits over two innings. I remember, okay. But his price is definitely rising. He's one of the bigger risers since the start of February. Yeah.

Just he's healthy. It's the biggest thing. I think similarly to Riley Green, Chris with both of those guys, Darvish and Riley Green. And I said this when we did our position previews. I just wanted to see those guys healthy in camp, right? And now that people are starting to see that, I think we're starting

to see them move up draft boards a little bit. And maybe rightfully so. We are kicking off round 15 here. And how about a reminder to sign up for the FBT newsletter? If you haven't already, CBSports.com

slash newsletters, you click on that FBT logo, you punch in your email address, and it's as easy as that. It's free. Chris does a great job with it. If you are watching us on YouTube, I was going to say scan the QR code. I don't have it up because the draft board is up instead.

So don't do that. Go to cbsports.com slash newsletters. The first pick of round 15 is James Outman, a little power and speed, lower batting average, followed by Ryan Pepio. Ah. And then T.J. Friedel,

who I wrote up in, bust 1.0. His ADP is typically around 150. We're 20 picks past that, about two rounds. So look, there comes a point where every player is a quote unquote value. And that might be the case here with T.J. Friedel as well.

So remember how we talked about Ryan Helsie like three rounds ago? I'm just going to go ahead and I'm going to go ahead and take him as... That's a phenomenal value. As my first closer. And you know what? He's not somebody that I like to target. I worry that

he missed time with a forearm injury last year. He throws so hard. His first spring outing, his fastball velocity was down three miles per hour. Everyone was losing their minds. Well, he pitched today on Wednesday, and the velocity was back up. He averaged 98 miles per hour on his fastball.

Not exactly where it was last year, but I think what happened the other day is, okay, his first spring outing, and he's just slowly getting built up. There's injury risk, there's no doubt, but if he stays healthy, Ryan Helsley could provide 90, 100 strikeouts, 25 to 30 saves. So at this point, pick 172.

I think that's fine. And Scott, you are back up. Yeah, I think I might take a closer here, but I might not. I might take a bit of a rotation stabilizer here since, as you pointed out, there's some injury risk with my top four starters. I'm going to take Jose Berrios. I love it. High floor play.

should still give me about 180 strikeout. So it's not like he's a negative for that. ERA and WIP are going to be middling, but at this stage of the draft, middling, particularly if you have concerns that some of your pitchers aren't going to be available. I think middling is perfectly acceptable. And just kind of a stabilizing pick.

After you took Jose Brillos, Salvador Perez, I pick 174. Again, I think that is a great value. You called it, Chris. Earlier in this draft, and relievers, those turned out to just be the values consistently throughout. So good for those who took advantage. After Salvador Perez, Hunter Brown, Bo Neller, Tommy Edmund, and Stephen Kwan.

And I believe, well, Chris, you were back up. You are no longer up because you took Shota Imanaga, who I was thinking about taking. So great. Yeah, go ahead. I was going to comment on the Stephen Kwan pick, but I have to research that a little bit. go ahead. Chris? Do you want to talk about your pick, Chris?

Yeah, I look, there's definitely risk with Shotei Amanaga. He's a extreme fly ball pitcher. His fly ball rate last season or his home run rate last season in Japan was like 1.1 per 9, which doesn't sound that bad. It's 0.7 is the average in Japan. So if you applied how much worse than average he was in home runs per 9 to the majorly average, he would have been like 1.5. It's a legitimate red flag in his game,

but he also might be a Kodai Senga-esque source of strikeouts. You know, he might get to 190 and 160 innings. He's got that kind of upside. So I think he's super talented. And with the floor that I've established, I was willing

to take that risk. And this worked out perfectly. I was getting very anxious the like five picks before mine, because I wanted these two guys. That got them. Ah, for the hashtag brand baby. Byron Buxton at pick 182.

Honestly, might be the best power hitter left. Or might have been the best power hitter left before I took him. Obviously, on a per game basis, I think him and Stan are clearly the two best power hitters left. And I think Byron Buxton's a legitimate 30 home run threat, even if he only plays 110 games. He would have to play 110 games to do that. something he does not do ever. But he's healthy right now.

Well, he is. And that's good. Christopher Morel, who went right after him. I was going to say, there's a case for him being the best power hitter left. So was Mitch Garver. Mitch Garver going right after Christopher Morrell. I was hoping Mitch Garver would come back to me the next time around.

I did want to comment on a couple picks that other people made. That Stephen Kwan pick, I wondered if that was for Ryan McLaughlin. and I wondered how his, if he felt like he needed to make up ground in batting average. And his first two picks were Aaron Judge and Matt Olson, two players who could give him a good batting average, but it wouldn't be surprising to see them hit in the 260 range either. Probably more like average. I think that makes sense.

And then at the end, R.J. White went with a pair of closers. Clay Holmes and Tanner Scott, of course, could value because all the closers have been good values. And he already had Devin Williams. So he is taking advantage of the discounts to just dominate the category, which I think at this point, there's, you can't. Any reason you might have for taking a closer is probably justified. Yes, indeed. So after Christopher Merell and Mitch Garver, Eduardo Rodriguez, Brandon Nimmo, Starling Marte,

there you go, back-to-back Mets outfielders. And Scott, you are. back on the clock. I will say this before I throw it to you. I think I messed up again. Oh. I should have taken... You're good at that.

I should have taken him. I should have taken him, man. I need a strikeout on my team, and then as soon as I passed on him... That was the biggest concern when I added him to my cue, was getting past you. And you know what?

Look at the closers that are still here. I mean, look, Hellsley could turn out to be fine, but if I got I'm gonna'eminaaga last round and then I got Kimbril now as my first closer, that would have been fine. You won't get Kimbril now

because I'm taking. Kimbril. All right, that makes me feel a little bit better, but gosh. I do like me some Imanaga. So that's a great pick, Chris, and I'm a little sad that I didn't make it myself. As you mentioned with my pitching staff, I do think I need a little bit of strikeout upside. I've got Framber Valdez, Zach Eflin, Jesus Lazardo, Bailey Ober. I think ratio should be okay. I've been making a lot of picks lately on the behalf of Scott White. Okay, that's what I thought you were going to do. I need a little strike. got upside here, so I'm going to go ahead and take Nicky Pee, baby.

I had just added him to my cue as well. Nick Povetta. He was at the top of my queue after I took my second closer, Kimbril. Based on the build, I didn't have to prioritize Povetta as high because I had a lot of strikeout pitchers already. But I would have taken another. I would have taken another if he lasted one more round. I was scared you were going to take him, guys.

Thank you for taking Craig Fittiers. Kimberl. That made me feel a little bit better. So works out, get some strikeouts on the pitching staff there. And right after that, Jared Kelnick at Pick 190, who will be an everyday player for the Braves this year. They confirmed that, not looking at a platoon. He's just got free reign. Let it go. So hopefully the Braves can help Kelnick. Get it and forget it. Yeah. Hopefully they help Kelnick figured out the way that they have with some of their other hitters. I wanted to talk about this earlier, but there was just so much going on. Michael Harris,

this is another one of my spring overreactions. So far, the guy looks awesome. And there was already a lot that I liked about him. We spoke about that on our outfield preview. He improved in all the ways we wanted to see last year against lefties, lowered the ground ball rate, improved the plate discipline, hits the ball hard, he's fast,

he's in a great lineup. Now it looks like he's going to bat sixth. I know you just wrote your all-fomo team, Chris. Michael Harris is on my all-fomo team right now because I don't have any of them and that needs to change in the month of March. Yeah, I mean, he played primarily 9th. He batted primarily 9th last year

and if you just, a useful way to think about it is every lineup spot is usually worth around 18 to 20 played appearances over the course of the season. That may not sound like much, but the move from 9th to 6th, that might represent like a 10% increase in his production across the board.

Just in terms of playing time, let alone more guys on base, better hitters behind, or I guess not better hitters behind him, but certainly get more opportunities for RBI. And so if you think he's a 75, 75 guy, all of a sudden, he's probably an 82 to 85 RBI and run guy.

And he probably steals a couple extra bases. So it really a 10% increase across the board and counting stats, that would legitimately matter. Mm-hmm. After Jared Kelnick, Jamer Candelario, I think another great pick at this point. At the turn, Doc Eisenhower took Charlie Morton and Kerry Carpenter. I just wrote him up in Breakouts 2.0. Yeah.

I know he's been dealing. I cute him up as my fifth outfielder. I think he's dealing with a hamstring right now, but he's been progressing. I think he's going to get into game soon. So there's no. Handstring, shmamm string. Yeah, you don't need those things. And then after that, Kyle Harrison, who is starting to grow on me a little bit as well.

And Nate Lowe, I am on the clock. I have three outfielders. What else do I need? I need a second catcher at some point. Corner. I think I'm going to do something that Chris is not going to like. I think. Let's see.

Let's see. On the edge of my seat. Yep, I'm going to go ahead and, I'm going to go ahead. take Tyler O'Neill as my fourth outfielder. He gives me a little power and speed, assuming that he can stay healthy. Love the move to the Boston Red Sox, entering a contract year.

Fenway just seems like Taylor made for Tyler O'Neill. So obviously need him to stay on the field, but if he does, I think we can get 25 homers, 10 plus steals. Kind of fits with what my team needed as well. So happy to get him. And Scott, you are up in round 17. So I have a few options I'm considering here. starting pitchers.

I only have two pitcher spots. So I'm inclined to wait there. By ADP, this guy has fallen a lot. It's a corner infielder. And I'm looking at how many teams still need corner infielders. And I'm looking at the corner infielder's left. And that's feeling like a scarcity right now. So I'm going to go ahead and take Alec Bohm,

who should be a nice source of batting average in RBI at this point in the draft, without being a bad source in home runs and runs. And I think part of the reason that corner infield scarcity has emerged is because guys like Nate Lowe and, and, oh, Jamer Candelario, I think you took Cabrine Hayes recently, Chris, or was that a few rounds ago? Yep. A few rounds ago?

It was the last turn, I believe. Okay, yeah. So, yeah, I would have preferred Hayes to Bome. Boam feels more like a floor pick, but I don't like a, There's like one other corner infielder who I think I'd be satisfied slotting into my starting spot there, and I didn't want to miss out. No name dropping. Okay. I am one of those teams that needs a corner infielers.

There's a lot who do. It's crazy. Yeah. Let's see, after you took Alec Bohm, which I think is another great pick at this point. He, I believe, made his spring debut on Wednesday, had two hits, including a home run. So off and running is Alec Bohm. after he went, Willie Adamas, Nathan Avaldi, Jack Swinsky. Interesting.

Masataka Yoshita, I think, is a pretty good value at this point. Gives you a good batting average and solid counting stats in the middle of that lineup. Chris, you're on deck. Any thoughts? Any ideas? I'm trying to figure out whether it's time to take another reliever or not. and that's the thing that I'm really working through right now. Two or do you have one right now?

I only have one right now. I have Camilla DeVall. So I still have four pitcher spots left to fill. We've got, I think, seven rounds left. So I'm going to pull the trigger on a guy that nobody seems to want, but I don't really have that many concerns about him. I'm going to take Kenley Janssen, who he's been, As far as I can tell, he's mostly just been throwing off flat ground as he comes back from that lad injury. I don't think Kenley Jansen really needs a lot of time to get ready for the season.

I wouldn't imagine. He's still been a really good closer. Trade rumors, I don't really worry about it because I can't imagine Kenley Janssen's getting traded somewhere where he's not the closer. So I think that's a great value. Obviously, every closer has been a great value in this draft. You know what I've thought about, Chris? And this is just pure speculation on my part. I haven't seen it anywhere.

Wouldn't a Dodgers reunion make some sense? Yeah, I think that's been, I don't think it's been rumored, but I've definitely seen it suggested that that would make sense. If they want to, I mean, I think they just dumped a decent amount of money with Manny Margot's contract. So they might, yeah, maybe. They might be gearing up.

That is a place where if Kenley went there, though, I know he has the history. Evan Phillips has been really good. I don't know if he would be the closer. I... Maybe this is not accurate, but Kenley Jansen has never not been a closer, basically since he became one. I don't think there's been like a three-week stretch in Kenley Jansen's career

since he became the closer where he wasn't. So that's the one where I just, I have a hard time seeing him putting on a good face as a non-closer, I guess. All right, let's hit a quick break. And when we return, we'll catch you up on the end of round 17. and Chris's latest pick, we'll do that right after this. Welcome back in Fantasy Baseball today,

our live 12-team Roto Mockdraft, and we are into round 18. We left off, Chris took Kenley Jansen. Now this is fun. RJ last turn double-tapped closer, and then this turn, he double-tapped catcher. So to get his two starting catchers

at the 17-18 turn and them being Logan O'Hoppy and Gabriel Moreno, that feels pretty good. I kind of like that for him. After that, Chris, you took Nestor Cortez, Brandon Fott, Kyle Braddish. So a little bit of a pitcher run here. And Nestor Cortez made his spring debut just the other day.

He gave up some hits. I think he gave up a couple runs. But what was encouraging Chris was that the velocity was back up, coming off the shoulder injury. I think it's encouraging to see that for Nestor Cortez. Yeah, I mean, he's a guy where velocity's not the huge concern that it would be because he's already a fairly soft tosser. And I think he's more about the deceptiveness of the pitch and the arm angle that he throws it from.

So, you know, you want to see him get through Spring Healthy and make sure that his mechanics are okay. But he was so good basically for two and a half years before he got hurt that I'm pretty confident that he's going to be good as long as he's healthy. Obviously, there are significant concerns. But just on a pure talent level, I think it's an obvious discount here. It's just, can he stay healthy? Is the big question. Yeah, and that is definitely a fair concern coming back from a shoulder injury. Obviously, no joke there for starting pitchers.

After Kyle Braddish, Edward Julian, Tristan McKenzie, and another, I think, pretty good catcher value. Caber Ruiz at pick 2.11. Scott, you are up? What are we thinking? Well, there are two, I've said before, there are 17 catchers that I feel like I would be satisfied with as my starter in a one catcher league. We are down to two of those in a two catcher league. I already have one catcher Cal Raleigh. I'm going to go ahead and take a second here in Jonah Heim, who I think, I was down on him early in draft prep season because he overperformed his expect. The stack has page isn't

that impressive, but he plays every day in a top five lineup. And even with the amount of time he missed to injury last year, he had 95 RBI. I don't know that he's going to have 95 RBI. I don't know he's going to have 95 RBI again. That's a, that's a tall order. But if he gets 80, he's so far ahead of the catcher back in RBI. And I think it's highly plausible in that lineup. I've come around to Jonah Heim. Not that he's a top end catcher, but I find that I'm preferring him to,

I don't know, to like Logan O'Hoppy when I didn't, that was. wasn't so much the case at the start of draft prep season. I just think there's a higher floor there with Heim. And you helped make my pick, Scott, because I was debating between a few different positions, and I agree. I think after Jonah Heim, there was one left, in my opinion, Luis Camp

Usano before we kind of see that tier drop. So I went ahead and took Camp Usano. I noticed a couple of teams after me here at the beginning of the draft. Did not have a second catcher yet, so I wanted to get Luis Camp Usano. That's exactly what I did. The only thing I'll say about

him is I saw a few clips of him in spring already. He's got this weird batting stance thing going on. I don't know. I've got a look at clips from last year. He's got this Tony Batista. He holds them. Wide open. If I'm aging myself there.

So weird. Oh gosh. It was kind of weird. So he basically stands straight onto the pitcher. He's like holding the bat up in front of his face like, uh, I don't know. don't know. Like the way Idris Elba's character and Thor holds that sword, you know? And, um,

and then he, you know, turns in as the pitcher comes into the plate, exactly like Tony Bottista. I did look at his stance last year. It might be slightly more exaggerated this year, but it was basically the same stance last year. And obviously he performed well. He was a great hitter throughout his minor league career. So I don't know that that's a red flag, but it is interesting for Luis Camposano. So something to watch, I guess, and hopefully it doesn't get any worse than it is right now. After Luis Camusano, Mason Miller, who we're hoping, is the A's closer or one of them. I did see a quote that kind of put some cold water on that, at least right away.

It was more like, we want him ready for two to three innings. We're not just going to throw him in the closers roll right away. unfortunately I still think he's a fine pick but more probably for a bent spot or a 15 team league that was not a great turn so

the same players queued up oh gosh I do not have a second closer and I passed on a few of them well that's what happens when you let Albert Alzale go like 80 picks past his ADP you had a lot

A lot of chances to draft. He had so many chances. I did. I don't think you can't complain about it. No, it is my fault. I messed up again. That seems to be a theme of today's mock draft. You suck again.

Well, let me think about what I want to do. Can one of you guys talk about all the picks that just went? Well, J.D. Martinez was the other one I was groaning about because we had that debate a couple rounds ago. Ah, is Byron Buckston the best power hitter left? Scott, can you pause the draft and restart the clock? Please, I'm sorry. Maybe it's...

Might be J.D. Martinez. It was obviously J.D. Martinez. It was on his 162 game pace last year was 466 home runs. And he doesn't have a team yet, so he's another one sliding because of that, also sliding from his DH-only status. I had my D.H. spot open. And I was just crossing my fingers. People would continue to overlook him because, you know, I felt the catcher need was more urgent.

I felt the corner infield need was more urgent. But just from a pure statistical level, J.D. Martinez would have been the preference there, for sure. There were, I think, five awesome picks in a row just now before Frank, who took Aaron Savali and ended the run. Yeah. Oh, come on. I have Savali high in my queue for a while.

No, but Jake Holland took Junghulie, who I think sounds like he's going to bat lead off, play center field every day for the Giants. I think he could be a very, very good source of batting average and runs at the top of that lineup. Then Colt Keith, who I'm surprised there's not more hype around. He's going to be on the opening day roster. He's a highly ranked prospect who performed well at the highest levels of the miners, doesn't really have a ton of red flags.

Just such a killer. Tough park and he doesn't run. And he doesn't produce particularly high end exit velocities either for. for his production, as productive as he was in the minors. So I just think it's a bad combination. Sure. But you're still talking 216 for a very talented young player. It's bad.

Albert Alzale, I think just phenomenal value at 217. Jose Alvarado right after him, great value as well. I thought that was a very good run of picks. Yeah, it really was. And obviously crushed me because I did want a second closer there. I took Aaron Savoy. Why didn't you take LeClerc? Why is everybody so afraid of Jose LeClerc?

I don't get it. Well, there is competition there. I mean, David Robertson has closing experience. You know, it's funny. This is an aggregation grate because in the same article, the aggregators were citing where Bruce Boci was saying there's a bit of a closer competition. Within that same write-up from the Rangers beat writer,

what was the exact sentence for LeClerc? I don't have the exact sentence written down, but within that same story, it said, LeClerc will likely close a lot of games this year. But is that just a beatwriter writing that, like, speculating? Well, the whole thing was a beat writer writing it.

And just the aggregators picked one part to focus on. There were quotes from Bruce Bochie, where he would not name a closer. I mean, he said that he wants one to emerge, but those were actual quotes. But he's, yeah, he said there will be one. I mean, it's what of the, what, it's 80, 20, it's probably going to be LaClerc? I mean, there's a chance it's not, but it's not like David Robertson is, you know, Josh Hater.

No, no, he is not, but I think they gave him a decent amount of money for a one-year deal, too. So it's not like he's getting paid nothing. He, they gave him, well, one year, five million. It's not great. It's less than I thought. Actually, no, one year, 11.5 million. That would change things. 11 million.

That kind of sounds like a guy who could be a closer. So it's actually a two-year deal, 10 million this year with a $1.5 million buyout for next year and a $7 million mutual option. So it's one year at least 11.5 million. Okay. Well, also that dude has made. That's money, man. If that mutual option gets picked up, David Robertson will clear $100 million for his career. Shout out to David Robertson.

Isn't that bonkers? That is wild. Way to go, David Robertson. Maybe, look, it very well could turn out to be Jose LaClerc. I would put the odds at a lot less than 80, 20, personally. I mean, clearly, but I don't, I have yet to see a justification for that that makes sense to me. given how, given the way Bruce Bochy himself handled LeClerc in the playoffs last year. Like he was his most trusted reliever, even with Aroldus Chapman on the roster.

And he came through. That he did. They won the World Series. Will he come through again this year? We shall see. After Jose LeClerc, Taylor Ward, Anthony Rizzo, J.P. Crawford, Robert Suarez, who, you know, Yuki Matsui is dealing with a back injury right now. So hopefully he's all right. And just when I say that,

Yuki Matsui goes off the board. After Robert Suarez, there was Parker Meadows. Chris, just phenomenal pick. Trevor Story, pick 227. I mean,

I am internally kicking myself for digging Andres Jimenez whenever I did because, I mean, if you told me I could get Trevor Story past 200, that's awesome. Yeah,

I'm pretty happy with it. I got him crossed out. I wonder, I thought he was gone already. It's funny. I wonder why I did that. He is gone. to Chris Towers.

Maybe I meant to cross off Thairo Estrada, I don't know. Yeah. Well, he was drafted a long time ago. Yes, he was. I crossed him off. After Trevor Story, Braxton, Garrett,

and Nick Ladolo at the 1920 turn, Chris took Yusei Kikuchi, his boy, followed by Yuki Matsui, Justin Turner, Shane Baaz, Carlos Correa,

Isok Paratus, and Scott, you were up, you let out a groan. I don't know which player that was for. Yeah, for them all.

they all not for no it was for I just got snipped with Isok Perettis you know when I said I needed a corner infielder and there were only two options I liked left I actually needed a first basement

still at this point that's how distracting this draft is so I still need a corner infielder and Issoc Perettis was the last one I would have felt satisfied having as my starter I'm going to take a bat here because I still need two total

I need three total actually but I'm going to take the one I think is the best left, Brandon Lowe, for my utility spot. Yep. And that means it's up to me. I need a corner. I need an outfielder. I need two relievers.

There's none of those left, so might as well just wait. Let's see. What does first base look like? Not the best. Third base. Not the best. Have you made all your picks? Did you get skipped somewhere?

Me? I'm just razzing you. You're crapping on my team, aren't you? I'm gonna go ahead and take Ryan Malkassel. I think my team needs a little bit more pop. He obviously has great stat-cast metrics, but unfortunately... Pray for a trade.

Right-handed hitter in Camden Yards, so probably going to be kind of capped at around 25 home runs, but I do think that's achievable. I agree, Chris. I think he would be a great trade game. It would be the best case scenario for everyone, right? Like, they got so many guys.

that we're waiting for playing time. You know, Heston Kirstadt needs playing time. Let's get a Ryan Mountcastle to, I don't know, Miami. The White Sox. Oh, yeah, White Sox would be great. Why not? I was just trying to be selfish. Yeah, but that actually does make a lot of sense, Chris.

So I need you to get on the phone with Peter Bendix and make that happen, right? Let's do it. I mean, they did listen to me about Tim Anderson. I've got some pull. You do have some organizational pull. after I took Ryan Malcastle, Emmett Sheehan, who has been slowed because of general body soreness.

I don't think it's anything too concerning. But based on Walker Bueller, likely to start the year on the IEL, if Sheehan is healthy and ready to go, I do think he's going to be in the Dodgers' rotation to start the year. After he goes, John Carlos Stanton, sorry, Chris.

I already got Bucks, then. I can't do both. Why not? It'd be unfair to the rest of the league. Yeah, you don't want to, dominate everybody. Well, there goes another closer, Alex Lang, or at least we think.

I saw he got rocked today. Not that it matters, spring, but... He will be the closer at the start of the year unless he turns up hurt or something. Now, whether he'll stay the closer, I think is very much in question, which is why I rank him behind Jose LeClerc, Yuki Matsui,

Mason Miller, guys who are less certain of being the closer. And there are other names in that bullpen, too. That's what adds to the fire there with the Tigers is that Jason Foley has pitched well. I think Will Vest has some strikeout upside. I've talked about Shelby Miller as a really deep, speculative closer this year as well.

When they signed him, they kind of talked about that he has the, to play up in the back end of the bullpen. So we'll see. I think there's a chance for some other names there in the Tigers bullpen. After Alex Lang, we're into round 21, Will Smith. That's a missed opportunity, another one.

I could have had both Will Smiths. That's fun. That would have been great. Brendan Donovan, Jorge Polanco. And I'm back up. I did see a name that kind of interests me. He's dealing with a shoulder thing right now, so I don't love that.

but I'm going to take Robert Stevenson, who if he's healthy, I think he's the best reliever in their bullpen. They just gave him a huge contract. Three years, $33 million. And Carlos Estevez don't want to overreact. It's one spring outing. His fastball velocity was down three miles per hour on Wednesday. For what it's worth, he had the same thing last spring.

And I think he got crushed in the spread. I think he had like a 12 ERA or something last spring. He was so bad. spring, and then he went out and had 31 saves. So this might not matter at all for Estevez. And look, to their credit, even after signing Stevenson, they've said Estabez is the closer. So we'll see how long it lasts, but. He will be the closer.

Ron Washington was clear about that. And there were some reasons why he may have struggled. He wasn't entirely healthy in the second half. He made the All-Star team, right? Did Carlos Estevez? He was pretty good in the first half. But the history. with control. I mean, obviously, his history, much of it was in Colorado. You give him a pass for that. But the control history is not great. And Robert Stevenson was arguably the most dominant reliever in all of baseball after joining the raise last year. So I do think between the two, Stevenson's the one to target. In the long run, he'll have more saves than Estevez. But it's not a certainty. It's not a certainty.

No, it is not. But at this point, there are very few. If any certainty. It's a fine pick. I don't give me wrong. I'm just saying you can't take it to the bank. That's all. After all my bad picks, I would hope I get a few good ones in there.

Ah, and there you go, Chris. You went ahead and took Estavis. Yeah, why not? Okay. Maybe I would have taken him and just had both on my team, but it's all right. That is my favorite reasoning.

Why not? After Robert Stevenson, Scott took Sal Freelich, who's been getting some games in at third base. That's kind of interesting. interesting. Christopher Sanchez, Jonathan India, Alex Kirloff, Ryan McMahon, Austin Wells, Chris took Carlos Estevez, and then at the turn, Brandon Drury and Dalton Varsho. I think fine picks. Drury has middle and corner. He's probably one of the safer bets left to give you a 25-ish home

runs. And Dalton Varsho, a little power and speed, but going to come with a low batting average. And Chris, you took Max Kepler, who I know you wrote on. in Sleepers 1.0. Stackass data was awesome last year. He kind of looks like he figured something out and yeah, traded some contact for power. He was always someone who pulled the ball in the air a ton and made up for middling quality of contact metrics by maximizing his launch angle and and pull angle and all that. Last year, he was still doing all that, but he also had by far the best quality of contact metrics of his career, even more than that. You get like a third. 34 homer season back in 2018 or 2019.

But it was, yeah, the quality of contact metrics were by far the best of his career. And I, for the most part, buy it, especially when it's, you know, my second to last pick for a guy that I think legitimately does have 30 Homer upside at Max Kepler. After Kepler, Griffin Canning, who I've come around a little bit as well. I think some sneaky strike out upside with him. Tyler Stevenson, Chris Paddock, Gary Sanchez, Lucas Gialito, and Scott, your second to last pick. Who is it going to be? Well, I want to comment on that Lucas Gialito, getting a 200 strikeout guy this late. I mean, I understand the downside risk.

We all do. But they've worked to fix this slider. They thought he needed to throw it harder, and he's been doing that this spring. That may be a fix. I mean, he was able to get strikeouts even without that fix. I don't think he's a total loss cause, is Lucas G. Alito. But I'm going to take a man who's replacing him in the White Sox rotation, somebody I try to get every draft, Eric Fetty, to round out my pitching staff.

I did want to comment a little on my last pick, though, the previous one, Salfreelik, because I don't think it's something we've talked about much. You mentioned Frankie's getting some action at third base this spring. Also, second base is on the slate for him. and the Brewers don't have a starter at either of those positions. And they could fill out an outfield without Sal Freelich. I think it's possible he winds up being a starter on the infield for the Brewers rather than in the outfield.

Or more realistically, he'd be a super utility player who played every day bouncing between the infield and the outfield sort of like Spencer Steer last year. So that's some handy versatility. In addition to potentially being a batting average and steel specialist late, is Sal Freelick. I'm thinking he's a pretty good sleeper. Yeah, I like that call a lot on Sal Freelick as well. I think what happens next for the Brewers

is if he starts somewhere on the infield, or even if he just bounces around it, it's probably bad news for Joey Ortiz and or Tyler Black, right, Scott? I'm going to guess Tyler Black begins the year in the minors. before they acquired Ortiz there was some talk about how they wanted him to win a job but then since then we have this news

about Freelick moving to the infield at least part time and they acquired Ortiz my guess is Ortiz plays most days Bryce Terang maybe is on the roster as a reserve maybe

not and Tyler Black in the miners but Sal Freelick and Joseph Ortiz Joseph that's always listed in our database Joey Ortiz Those two would occupy an infield spot for the Brewers more days than not. If I had to project that here on February 29th, that's what I'd do. Whenever I hear somebody call somebody named Joe or Joey by the name Joseph, it sounds like they're in trouble.

Joseph, get over here. What are you doing? After Scott took Eric Fetty, I took Kyle Finnegan, yuck, as my third closer, Jason Dominguez, Andrew Abbott, Mackenzie Gore. And here we are the final round. but let's take a quick break and we'll talk about it right after this. Welcome back in the final round

of our 12 team Rodomach and here we are Alejandro Kirk Ryan Jeffers and Garrett Mitchell the first three picks of round 23 to your point Scott about South Freelick if he plays in the infield

that opens up more time for Garrett Mitchell who a lot of people had as a sleeper this time last year Yep very sneaky speed upside there so I do I do like that. Joey Weimer. Joey Weimer struggled as a rookie, but I think there's power speed upside there still. Yeah. So you can understand why the Brewers would do it if Sal Freelick proves capable of handling it.

And I am going to round up my team. I need a fifth outfielder. This is someone I've talked about who I think has a little power and speed, like a 15-15 projection is what I would expect. Leoti Tavares with the Texas Rangers. He is a great defender, so I don't worry about the playing time. I think they want that defense in center field. obviously they're trying to figure out how to get Wyatt Langford in there as well. But assuming Leotie Tavares doesn't just fall flat on his face and he stays on the team,

I think he can go 15-15 with a not harmful batting average, somewhere in the 250 to 260 range. Scott, you were up with your last pick? So I kind of screwed up corner infield because I forgot I hadn't filled first base yet, but that gives me an opportunity to do something I want, I always want to do and never have an opportunity to do just because the spot's always filled. I'm going to take Michael Bush here, who I've loved for years,

ever since the Dodgers drafted him. And he's already pencil. He goes so late. Nobody wants him. I feel like he had more interest last year when he probably wasn't going to make the Dodgers opening day roster than this year when he's probably in the Cubs opening day lineup.

So it's, yeah, in theory, I'd like to draft Michael Bush everywhere. It really works out for me to take him, though. Yeah, I did a deep sleeper's friend. every team for tomorrow's FBT newsletter. So that's Thursday morning. And he qualifies. I did the ADP outside of the top 350,

but he's like 400 right now. He's basically not being drafted in most leagues. Yeah. After Michael Bush, Jose Ibrahim, who's another one. I mean, the last round of the draft, I know he was a disappointment last year,

but if he's betting fifth for the Astros, still going to be lots of RBI opportunity there for him. After that, Jay Lang Learieh, Brian Abraeu, Reese Olson, D.L. Hall. And Chris, you just took your second catcher. Yes. And Scott, I don't know if this guy made your post-type sleepers column that you wrote last week or two weeks ago. But I feel like we're writing off Tyler Soder Strom a little too early. He was a much Ballyhooed prospect this time a year ago.

He is one of those catchers who will likely play a lot at DH. or possibly first base. He is becoming, if I'm waiting on that second catcher, he's kind of becoming my go-to there. And the last pick of the draft, Mr. Irrelevant, not so irrelevant.

Very relevant at all. This is a great pick. And I think we all just kind of slept on it here. And Jackson Merrill, who, as the days go by, looks increasingly likely to be on the Padres opening day roster. Still lots of spring left,

but so far so good. And it would be as an outfielder. So he'd pick up eligibility at that deep position to go along with his natural shortstop eligibility, which is great. I moved him up in the rankings quite a bit. I don't know why he didn't cross my raider. I guess Jeremy Payne. No, I haven't been ahead of Jeremy Payne. I don't know what happened.

But yeah, I feel like Jackson Merrill should not have been Mr. Irrelevant. So a good pick there by RJ White to end the draft. Yeah, should not be going that much. later than the other Jackson. I mean, Jackson Holiday should be going ahead of him, but we're talking about a, what, it ended up being a 150 pick difference between the two of them? Should be more like a 50 pick difference, I would say. All right, let's quickly just run through our teams, give a quick thought on them, and we'll go in a reverse order of the way we drafted. So we will start with Chris's team,

who obviously went with the pocket aces to start the draft with Garrett Cole and Spencer Strider. But let's quickly talk about your offense here, Chris. William, Contreras and Tyler Soder Strom a catcher. You've got Yandy Diaz, Bryson Stott, Gunner Henderson, Bobauch, Trevor Story, and Cabrion Hayes in your infield. Christian Yelich, Max Kepler, Kyle Schwerber, Brian Reynolds, Jaron Duran in the outfield, and Byron Buxton is your utility bat. Do you want to talk about your offense or read off the pitchers too?

And then we'll talk about everything. Well, I mean, you already mentioned that I paid up for Spencer Shrider and Garrett Cole in the first two rounds. And while it's obviously probably not the best offense in the league, I think it came together okay. You know, I think I was able to balance the five categories. If anything, I'm probably weakest at RBI and runs. I thought it was just the opposite, actually.

Okay. I thought there seemed to be a home run and stolen base shortage because you get the first two rounds for hitters. But you actually did a good job of keeping pace with runs at RBI. I mean, Yandi Diaz, not going to get you a ton of homers, but batting lead off for the race should be good runs in RBI. Christian Yelich is kind of in the same boat there. Brian Reynolds kind of in the same boat.

Bobichette kind of in the same boat. So I think you did a good job targeting players who are going to be safe sources in those counting stats, but you just couldn't make up for the home run and stolen base upside that you missed out on early. which isn't to say you're going to be last in home runs and stolen bases. I mean, for stolen bases,

the Trevor story pick, the discount you got there. Could be real nice. I think I'm in better shape and stolen bases than I am at home runs probably. I'm probably closer to middle of the pack and stolen bases. In terms of projections,

I'm probably a little further behind on home runs. And so I do need my optimism around Byron Buxton and Max Kepler. to come to fruition and our shared optimism around Kibryan Hayes. Like that, that, you know, Yandi Diaz avoiding a step back in power. Tyler Soderstrom emerging as a 20 homer guy, which, you know, he's done pretty much every year in the minors, but obviously last year in the majors was very, very poor. So I had to take some swings, but I think overall I'm pretty happy with the way it came out.

in that I obviously didn't make an ideal investment at the hitting positions early. Let's talk about the pitching staff. You started your team with Spencer Shrider and Garrett Cole. You got Justin Verlander as your third starting pitcher followed by Shota Imanaga. You got Nestor Cortez. You say Cacucci. And then your closers, you've got Camilo Duval, Kenley Jansson, and Carlos Estevez. So obviously you got the two anchors.

You waited a little bit. but then, you know, still wound up with some upside guys too. Imanaga and Nessar Cortez later on. I think the pitching staff is great. Yeah, I feel very, very good about the ratios. I think the counting stats are a little bit of a question, but obviously 500 strikeouts between Garrett Cole and Spencer Strider will go a long way to paper over any flaws there.

And I think, obviously, given the sacrifices I had to make at hitter, I can't say that going strider Cole was the ideal strategy from the number 11 spot, but it's doable. You can definitely make it work. And honestly, it might have worked even better if I had just gone for more of the boring, maybe not great ratios types, but with, you know, decent projectable volume guys. I do wonder if I would feel better about it if I had. I don't know, Jose Brrios probably went around Shoda Imenaga.

Would I feel better if I had that? Maybe. But all in all, I think it was a valiant and viable experiment. I wouldn't hate playing this team out, honestly. All right, let's slide over to Scott's team. He was drafting fifth overall in this one. And we'll start with the hitters. And at catcher, Jonah Heim and Cal Raleigh in the infield, Alec Bohm, Jose Altuve, Jake Berger, Francisco Lindor,

Dansby Swanson, and Michael Bush in the outfield, Cody Bellinger, Josh Lowe, Corbyn Carroll, Jack Centurio, and Sal Freelich, Brandon Lau at Utility. And then your pitchers, Scott, you took Terrick Scoubel, I believe it was in the fourth round as your SP1, and then you loaded up on a bunch of strikeout upside. You got Blake Snell, Chris Sale, Carlos Rodon,

Jose Barrios as a stabilizer. you got Eric Fetty, your boy, the wandering eye, and your closers, Paul Seawald, Craig Kimbrel, and Jose LeClerc. Yeah. I like it. I think, I wish my, you know, having Alec Bohm at first base and Michael Bush at Corner Infield, I think you look at my starting lineup. And it's like, okay, well, you could have done better there. But I feel like I'm so strong everywhere else. And it's not like, look, Bome's going to, Bones of muscle.

star player in this format. I like Bush's upside. It may not work out, but it may work out. I certainly have enough speed. I pretty confident I have enough power because about the only guy who isn't projected for

20 to 25 home runs at least 25 home runs in my mind. The only one who's not going to give me that is South Freelik. So yeah, I think I have plenty of hitting. And the pitching, there are some injury risks there, but I shouldn't struggle to keep up in strike.

Even if that top four misses some starts, scoble, scubel, Snell, Sail, and Rodon, a bunch of S's there. Even if they miss some starts, I'll be very high in strikeouts, I feel confident saying. And so whether I compete in ERA,

and especially WIP, I think WIP is a little more worrisome than ERA. It depends on, you know, if there is effective, as we think they can be. And I don't necessarily need all of them to be as effective as there can be a bust among that group of four. But yeah, I think it's a high upside staff.

And that's what I'm looking for in this globy world we're living in, is to give myself a chance of excelling in the most predictable category strikeouts. And if you do that, you're probably going to have a good amount of upside in ERA and WIPP, too. And I got plenty of saves there, three closers in mind, mine. Leclerc, okay, you could argue whether he's a closer, but he's the third one. So, yeah, I like how this team came out.

Usually we save the best for last, but let's take a look at this train wreck that I put together. And the catchers, Will Smith and Luis Camp Usano in the infield Josh Naylor, Ozzie Albies, Raphael Devers, Zander Bogarts, Andres Jimenez, and Ryan Mountcastle in the outfield Michael,

Michael Moogie Betts, that would be his name, Tyler O'Neill, Ian Hap, Lioti Tavares, Randy Arosurana, and Nolan Gorman as my utility bat. And then on the pitching side, I've got Framber Valdez as my SP1. I took him in round five. So I started this draft with four hitters. Then I took Lazardo as my SP2. I've got Zach Eflin, Bailey Ober, Aaron Savali, Nick Pavetta,

and, you know, the closers need some work. There's no doubt about that. Ryan Helsley, Robert Stevenson, and Kyle Finnegan. If you have to have a weakness Yeah Closer's the one to do it I think the offense actually came together pretty well

I don't know I'm looking at it now Obviously it's kind of hard to track everything While it's going on but I don't really see a particularly weak player At any of the starting spots Maybe I'm a little light on speed Yeah Maybe

There's it's it's you have like five guys or four guys who could give you between 15 to 20 steals and if they fall short of that if a couple of them fall short of that you might be in some trouble

I'm thinking like Ozzy Albiz and Randy Rosa Rana yeah Jimenez is good Jimenez Jimenez might give you 50 the way he performed in the second half so that would help a lot if he exceeds expectations by that much

that's Andros Jimenez by the way I kind of like the way that I worked together. Obviously, it started the draft with four bats, so I would hope the offense looks pretty good. Maybe should have prioritized speed a little bit more. I know C.J. Abrams lasted a little bit longer, so should have been paying attention to someone like him. The pitching staff, this is typically what I target three starting pitchers in my top 30 rankings. Then I wait a little bit, and then I jump back in, and I think I did a fine job with that. Again, the closers. Some work needs to be done, but I kind of like the way that it turned out.

Let us know. What do you think? In the YouTube comments, Drop a comment, let us know who you think dominated the draft. You are projected to win. Is that true? I just did the math. You are projected to win. Are you messing with me or? No, I'm not at all.

Oh, did we get, oh, we just got a draft recap. My draft grade was a D. You are projected to dominate the hitting stats. There's some conflicting information. You are projected to finish fourth or better in every hitting category. Okay. And that carries you most of the way. How did you do that math?

I got Excel, baby. All right. Well, thanks, Chris. What projections were you using? CBS projections. All right. So that's the easiest one to go with. Yeah, let's do that.

Yeah, sure. CBS. I'm surprised you didn't it because I think the Byron Bucksdon projection is 39 homers. That one's going to have to be scaled down a bit. That one boosted me up. That is a lot of home runs. All right.

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