Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Seattle Mariners 2026 Preseason Farm System Re-Rank: Prospects 20-11

Episode Date: February 12, 2026

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Prospect Week continues as we make our way down from number 20 to number 11 in the Marra's Farm System. Coming up, Colby, hit it. You are Locked-on Mariners, your daily Seattle Mariners podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Ahoy, Sailors, it is Thursday, February 12, 2026. You're listening to the Lockdown Marys podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network. My name is Tiding Gonzalez, and I'm joined as always by McCos Colby Patnode.

We're two lifelong Maris fans who've been covering the team for over half a decade. And today, our preseason re-rank of the Maris Farm System continues with prospects 20 through 11. Now, if you didn't watch or listen to yesterday's episode, which odds are you probably didn't because not a lot of you do. Go do that now. Then come back here when you're done. We greatly appreciate you watching that episode or listening to it on podcast platforms. Actually, I think it did fine on podcast platforms, but YouTube. Not so much.

Anywho, Robinson Ortiz is our first prospect that we're talking about here. Coming in at number 20, 26-year-old left-handed pitcher who the Mariners acquired from the Dodgers earlier this winter via trade. Comes in at number 16 on Colby's list, number 19 on my list. What do you think about Ortiz, Coy? Low three-quarters arm slot, just like the Mariners like, four-seem, two-seam slider. He dominated at High A, dominated at AA, got jumped all the way to AAA in one year. And he struggled in the PCL, and that's not too uncommon. The stuff is okay, but a lot of the value comes from the deception, particularly against

left-handed hitters. I think he'll be fine against Dryde's, but you definitely prefer him facing left-handed, left-handed bats. And so you're kind of looking for that pocket of lefties that come up in the lineup. There's some swing and miss in the four seam. There's some swing and miss in the slider, but not a ton, so to speak. It's interesting to see where he ultimately lands. Again, he's a lefty that the Mariners acquired.

That's interesting. It worked out very well with Gabe Spire, who didn't have too dissimilar of a profile. And they're hoping it works out with Jose Ferrer. And there's a little bit of Ferreir in Ortiz. But obviously, you know, those guys have proven big leaguers now. And Ortiz is 26 years old and yet to make his big league debut. So it's a little, you know, difficult to rank him any higher than we did. But I wouldn't say he's more than a middle guy to me, but he's not a high leverage arm yet.

I don't think he's going to be one. So I think I'd classify him as like mid leverage plus type of dude. But we'll see. We'll see how the mayors want to attack us. Do they have a tweak they want to make with him? Is there a, you know, a location or a pitch mix change they want to make with him? Maybe and maybe that unlocks something that's a little, that's there a little bit more. I like him fine.

I think he's going to be a major league reliever. I think he'll probably be a solid one. I just don't think he has the ceiling to be anybody that you're super excited about. We'll probably see him at some point this year, especially if Spire or Ferrer get hurt. He's probably the first guy up in that instance. But yeah, there are some traits here that are interesting. And the Mariners, you know, have done more with less in the past. And Ortiz's Major League Ready.

And I think he can provide some value this year. So as a middle plus type of reliever, I think there's some value here. And again, the Mariners Farm System, not a great spot after you get past like the top 10 to 12. Coming in at number 19 is Lucas Kelly, 22 year old, right-handed reliever who the mayor has drafted this past year. Comes in at number 21 on Colby's list, number 18 on my list. And he was number 18 the last time we did this. So we threw around the name Paul Sewellb when talking about Lucas Kelly, but Paul Seawald with more Velo, right? This is a guy that has touched 98, 99 in college.

More so sits in the mid-90s, though. But it's a very similar-ish delivery to Paul Seawald. The question with Kelly is what's going to be the second pitch? There's a slider. There's that changeup that he showed. What's that second pitch going to be? But the fastball is great. 70 great fastball.

Yeah. Like that's what it is. It's a fastball that's plus. It plays way up in the zone. It throws 98 miles an hour. Probably is going to touch triple digits with another year of development here. And it's a pretty good slider. I mean, it's not a 70 slider.

It's probably like a 55 slider. But it's a 70 fastball with 55 slider. It's, you know, on here what I'll call the screw you. fastball on the Patreon. I call it something else. And that's like one of my favorite pitches. It's just that here's the fastball, I bet you can't hit it. And they usually can't.

He hides the ball pretty well. Like you said, it's very similar to Seawald where he kind of throws across his body as a true side armor. And when you do that and the ball doesn't dip, right? It rises or it looks like it rises. That's something that's very difficult to catch up on. It's pretty unique. Not a lot of guys can do that.

There's a real chance he starts to hear. in AA Arkansas. He pitched for Everett at the end of last year. But, you know, we typically don't look at, you know, previous year draftees as pile-armed guys. But Kelly is. He is in that pile. He wasn't acquired this winter. But he is in that pile.

And he might be the best of them. Like he probably has the highest ceiling. It's just, hey, let's see him do it at a higher level a little bit. Let's see him pitch in double A, make sure that that's not too big of a step for him. And if it's not, then he could jump straight to the big. league at some point this year. I would not be shocked at all if he was thrown some high leverage innings for you at some point in 2026. Like the ceiling is significantly higher than somebody like Ortiz. We just have to make sure we know what the floor is and we're not quite there yet. The sample

sizes isn't quite big enough for me to push him, you know, into the top 15. But he very well could be there in, you know, like a month and a half, two months down in AA. So it's a big time fastball. It's that, you know, it's that velocity, but it's also the deception. And it's the arm angle and he hides the ball really well. That's all going to play very well at Team Mobile Park. As long as he throws enough strikes, and as long as he gets enough value out of that slider, he's going to be a seventh inning guy at least,

and he might end up being a closer type of guy very soon. Like, is he better than Munoz? No, but like, you know, he would be another high leverage arm the merrish could add to the back end of their bullpen, and that could happen as soon as the summer, I think. So there's not a ton of guys to be super excited about, you know, at the stage of our of our countdown. Kelly's one of them.

It's just he's a reliever only. So there's only so much hype you can actually get around a reliever. But Kelly is is very good. And like I said, give him a month or two in Arkansas. He could be top 15 in the system easy. All right. We will get into the rest of our list in just a moment. But first a reminder, this episode of the Lockdown Maris podcast is brought to you by TurboTex.

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before the season begins. Brock Rodden Utility Infielder 25 years old Comes in at number 20 on Colby's list Number 16 on my list Was number 24 the last time we did this list So a pretty substantial jump here for Brock Rodden Who could be on the major league club

At some point in 2026 He's good defender You know he was a minor league gold glove winner When he was healthy last Plus at second base Probably can fake it at shortstop Probably would be fine at third although the arm is kind of average.

It's better than Ryan Bliss, but like, you know, wouldn't be shocked at all. We see him get some reps out in the Cactus League and the outfield either. Like, there is some versatility here. He's a good base runner. He's a smart base runner. He steals bags without being, you know, an absolute burner. So he's very savvy base runner, a good defender.

He's got some pop, you know, before this last year, he drew quite a few walks. But he really has kind of sold out to be like a, power. I'm going to try and max out my power, but he's only 5, 6, 5, 7. Like, he's really not that big of a dude. So there's only so much power he can actually tap into. So we'll see where he ultimately lands in terms of does he want to be more of a, you know, slap the ball around type of guy and shoot the gaps or does he want to try and get to the pole side as much as he can? But yeah, I mean, it's very similar profile to Jose Cabiero, who was in the minors for a long time, got his shot as an older minor leaguer, and just kind of found a way to contribute by playing

short and second and third stealing some bags giving you a good at bad he's got more pop than caviero cabiero is much more likely to get on base though that's the tradeoff uh so yeah it's not too dissimilar from past mariner's successes like mose cabbiero and leo ribos like it's a very similar profile to those guys it's just some plate discipline or well some swing and miss i should say well that's that's what i was going to say is that he does need to improve upon the plate discipline because he does chase a fair amount uh he's also you know, got some issues missing on pitches inside the zone, specifically catching up to V-Lo.

So, you know, that obviously is going to be a massive problem for him at the majors if he doesn't do something about it. But again, everywhere that he's gone, he's hit, right? You know, that's hard to ignore, even with the high strikeout rates that he's posted specifically in double A. Before he got to double A, it was the strikeout rates were fine. He was walking a good amount. The strikeout rates were around like 18 to 20 percent.

And then you got to AA and that balloon to like 27% in his first year there. And then, you know, in his 37 games in AA this past year, it was like 30%. So, you know, that obviously is a pretty big concern because that number typically doesn't go down when you get to the majors. But again, it's, it's, you know, a switch hitting profile with, you know, pretty good defense. Can play multiple spots on the diamond. Maybe, you know, we'll see if they want to also throw them in the outfield, like you mentioned. and he's an interesting dude that I think could factor in here for the Marries at some point in 2022. 26.

All right. Coming in at number 17 is one of the Mariners' newest additions to their farm system from the January 15th international signing period. Gregory P.O. outfielder, 17 years old, comes into number 14 on Colby's list. Number 21 on my list, obviously he wasn't ranked the last time we did this because he was just added to the organization less than a month ago. This is one of those guys that it's going to take some time. You're going to have to be patient with him. But, you know, center field is a possibility you could stick out there.

He's not bad by any means. You know, he's good size. He's still got some projectability left too. He's still growing. Again, he's 16, 17 years old. Like, he's still growing, you know, both in height and he's putting on good weight. So we'll have to see where he lands on the athletic spectrum. But there's good size here.

pretty good bat speed like plus bat speed is what I've heard which leads some to think that he's going to hit for a lot of power but like most 16 17 years old the patience isn't there the plate discipline isn't there like he's swinging like he's hacking and he's trying to do damage so it's kind of a unique profile here where it's like look you're going to have to be patient you're going to have to wait I don't think this is a guy who's going to pop up in three years and we're be like oh is he is he on his way to double a no no he's not he's probably going to need a couple cracks at the DSL, but there is a high ceiling here as a guy who could play some center field and could it for a legitimate power. And that is interesting in this system in particular.

That's worthy of being ranked pretty high because, again, there is not much of a middle class here. But you have a chance to stay up the middle and you have one plus offensive attribute. You're probably going to wind up on a list like this. And so PO, I like fine, not as much as the other guy we're going to talk about in a minute. a couple minutes. But yeah, it's the ability to stay in center field. It's the projectability left on his frame. And it is the plus bat speed and the plus raw power. That makes them a really interesting prospect.

Coming in number 16 is another 20, 25 drafty of the Mariners. It's the left-handed pitcher Mason Peters, 22 years old. It comes in a number 18 on Colby's list, number 15 on mine. It was 19th the last time we did this list. so a little bit of a jump for Mason Peters who still hasn't thrown a professional pitch yet but who doesn't love a great lefty curveball you know that's my favorite pitch

yeah like my favorite generic pitch is just a big loopy left-handed curveball the Barry Zito curveball obviously he spins that thing too yes it very good spin rates again nobody throws a Barry Zito curveball anymore like not that good Peters is like a

an imitation of that pitch where it's, it's pretty similar profile, except, you know, he's small. Like he's like 5 foot, 11, 6 foot, like 170 pounds. Like he's a small guy, which, you know, may or may not prevent him from being in the rotation. I think the Mariners are going to keep him in the rotation to start this year. Because there's actually, you know, some pretty decent stuff here.

The fastball is 92 to 93 usually, but he can touch 95, 96 with a four seamer at the top of the zone. pretty decent change up from what I've heard. Like it's a usable third pitch, a usable change up, which will help against the righties. But it's that big, you know,

126 curveball that he has that he spins the, you know what out of. And it's that pitch paired with the fastball at the top of the zone coming from, you know, a smaller stature that can really eat guys up. And so he's going to have an opportunity to start. I like that. He's going to throw enough strikes.

I think, again, the size, the durability, those are legitimate concerns. He's not a, you know, 17-year-old kid. He's 22 years old. He went to college and he's kind of tapped out physically. So I don't know if he can start. If he does, you know, I don't know there's enough basketball value. I don't know if the changeup is good enough that he would actually be able to be anything more than kind of a number five type of guy.

But you put him in the bullpen. He reminds me of Tim Collins. You guys don't remember who that is. He was lefty for the Kansas City Royals for their World Series teams who threw, you know, 96 miles an hour with a wicked curveball. I think that's a possibility here. So left-handed 12-6 curveball, I'm in. He's going to be in my top 30 somewhere. And again, when you kind of factor in where the Mariners are at in their farm system.

And also, Peters is a pretty nice prospect. I mean, I think if the Marys had a better middle class, Peters would still be in our top 30. He just probably wouldn't be in the top half of it. But he's an interesting prospect. And man, can he spend the baseball? So that is an interesting guy to watch. I assume he'll be in Everett to start the year. That would be my guess.

But maybe Modesto, but I'm thinking probably Everett. Inland Empire. We got to get used to that. I mean, justice for Modesto is all I'm saying. Nuts forever. Go nuts. And you're listening to the Locktime Maritist podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.

As always, if you want to hear from me and Colby even more and help support the show, we have a Patreon. It's called Control the Zone. on there we talk the mariners we talked to sea hawks all that good stuff for more information go to patreon dot com forward slash control the zone link in the description of this episode we are ranking prospects 20 through 11 in the mayor's farm system coming in at number 15 is another newcomer for the mariner's another reliever they added via trade this winter Alex hoppy right-handed pitcher he is 27 years old it is not often that we put a 27 year old in our process

prospect list, but we'll get to the reason why we're doing this in a second. Comes into number 15 on your list, Colby, number 17 on mine. Obviously, it wasn't ranked the last time we did this. Again, there's a reason that we're making an exception here for a 27-year-old on this list. Now, I'll admit, the fact that Hoppe is so much different from every other member of the Mariners bullpen may have factored into my ranking here because he is much more straight over the top. He's much higher arm slot than anybody else. And more importantly, it's a power cutter and a slider.

And what's interesting about those two pitches is that they have very similar horizontal movement to each other. But the slider is about three to four miles slower and it drops late. So the two pitches look like each other. They tunnel very well together. But the slider is slower and it has a late vertical drop to it. And the cutter just kind of stays on plane. You know, the cutter's 92 to 93.

The slider's 88 to 89. The fastball. average 98 last year. Like it's a power pitching profile. The problem with Hoppe, you know, as it is with most guys who are 27 and have never been to the big leagues, is consistency. Yeah. Command and control, right? Like, because he's going to probably max out at 45 control and maybe 40 command, like he's probably only going to be a seventh inning guy.

Just tough to trust the guy if you don't know when he's going to lose it and he's not going to throw strikes. but this is a power profile from a unique arm slot that has two pitches that tunnel very well together and look like the same pitch until the last minute. It's almost like a change up in a fastball between the cutter and the slider. So it's a very interesting profile. The Mariners obviously really like this guy too because they went out and they traded for him. They didn't wait until, you know, see if they could get them in the Rule 5. They gave up a guy that ranked 20th on our last loss.

They gave up like a pretty decent prospect to get them. And when the Mariners do things like that, I pay attention because I think they've earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to these type of guys. Although that's waning a little bit in the last couple of years, you know, not as good of a record as they had at the beginning. But they gave up assets to get this guy and he's got some really interesting power stuff. I'm interested. And Hoppe's maybe at the top of the list of the power arms that the Mariners want to see. Like if I had to guess, I think Hoppe is probably the guy that the Mariners have like as the ninth guy in their bullpen. like if we need to call somebody up we're calling up hobby but we'll see how it works out for him but

the power stuff the over the top arm angle the two tunneling pitches that work off off of each perfectly the swing and miss rates there's a lot to like here it's just can he throw strikes which who knows i mean even if he doesn't he got a lot of guys to chase yeah and uh and down a touch really good. Yeah, so, you know, sometimes even missing the strikes on works out pretty well for him. But yeah, you know, he's got to throw more strikes with more consistency. That's just what it comes down to. That's what it comes down to, you know, that's what it comes down to with all of these live arms that we've talked about over however many years we've been covering the Marys at this point. From the Gerson-Bautistas

to the, who's the, who's together. Tiago Vieira. Thank you. That's exactly who I was thinking of. You know, all those guys, right? just it's one of those things where it's like you never know when this guy's going to walk a dude on four pitches and then he's going to try and sneak one down the middle to get back in the zone and all of a sudden you've given up two runs and the game's changed and that is why your profile is you know that's why you haven't been in the big leagues when you're 27 years old and you have this type of stuff all right coming in at number 14 is tony mcgras a 24 year old right-handed pitcher comes in a number 17 on colby's list number 14 on mine he was 17 the last time we did this so a little bit of a bump for teddy mcraw who seems to be fingers crossed finally healthy can he throw a full season without any interruptions in professional

ball that's the big thing here and this is kind of his last chance to make it happen to I really want to like Teddy McGraw a lot more than I do it's just like I'm not falling for this again like stuff wise Teddy McGraw is one of the better arms in the Mariners system

like yeah and that's why he still ranks as highly as he does for us Yeah, that's what it is, man. It's all about the health with Teddy McRaw because if he could stay healthy, you'd be 95 to 98 with a plus change up with a plus slider. Now, I mean, good size too. Not an incredible athlete on the field, but he repeats the delivery, okay. Now, I don't know this is because of the injury or, you know, what have you.

But command control, been a bit iffy at times this year. He didn't walk guys last year, which is good, but doesn't really hit his spots. all that often. And that just speaks to the stuff that he has is that he can get away with it because his stuff is so much better than whoever he's facing has ever seen before. But that's going to change this year. He's going to have to throw more strikes. I don't know if that's because of the injuries. He had a Tommy John. He had the brace thing in his elbow. And then last year was what the shoulder? He had a flexor thing. Yeah. So like it's it's all in the elbow. And it's just, man, if I thought this guy could start. Like if I legitimately thought this guy could be a starter, he would be just stuff

wise. He would have been right there with Sanger. And so, but we're three years in now. He's never stayed healthy. He's probably going to the bullpen just because I don't think he gets, his body can handle the rotation right now. But the stuff is really good. It's really good three pitch mix. And I wish he could stay healthy. I mean, heck, if he did stay healthy, he probably would be in the majors already. Like he's very polished and all that. but the injuries have just, you know, worn down his durability. They may have taken a bite out of his control and his command, but I'm willing to dream one more time on Teddy McGraw. But after that, it's like I just, I can't do this anymore.

So this is a big year, big year for him. He's got to take a leap. Yeah, this year, I wouldn't say, just to go back to what I said earlier, like, I wouldn't say that this is his last chance just to make the majors, but it's definitely his last chance to prove like he can start. Yeah. This is a massive, massive year for him in that regard. So hopefully you can do it. Hopefully you can stay on the mound. All right.

Coming in at number 13 is another recent international free agent signing of the mayor is. It's Juan Rejo, 17-year-old outfielder. Comes into number 13 on both of our lists. Dude rakes. Like he absolutely rakes. And, you know, it's always been an advanced approach. He understands a strike zone. He uses the whole field.

He'll go gap to gap. Pretty good exit. Velo's pretty good bat speed like way above his you know his normal the typical skill set of a 16 17 year old in terms of feel and he's gotten bigger and stronger recently and he's added more power to his game which was kind of the thing that was holding him back a little bit in some of these ranks uh and apparently there's a pretty good chance he can stick in center field he's a pretty decent runner uh maybe ultimately ends up in the right field but you know i just read like hey a guy who can hit maybe hit 20 homers, maybe 25 even, play really good corner outfield defense.

He's going to draw walks. He's going to hit for a little bit of average. It's like, hey, that's kind of like my favorite version of Mitch Hanager, 2018 Mitch Hanager. Now, again, it's going to be a little bit because he's such a young guy, but maybe not as long as it's going to take for, you know, what's his name, Pio, Rio and Pio. Rio and get those guys mixed up more than once.

Yeah, probably not going to take as long as he is because he's much more polished, you know, in the box. Probably be in the DSL this year. I could see him make his stateside debut at the beginning of next year, probably in the Arizona League to start. Yeah, extended spring training. Yeah. And then probably Modesto. But again, that's at least a year away. But, man, this kid's got the tools.

Like he is, and he's still getting bigger and stronger as well. So there's a shot. You end up with a guy who's got, you know, can hit 270, 280, and he, maybe at 25 bombs and still play, you know, a decent center field, but maybe even a plus corner outfield spot and run a little bit. Like there's a real five tool player here. If, you know, if everything develops,

well, it's just he's 17. So there might be five tools. There could be zero. We just don't know until we actually see it. But I'm much more willing to take a bet on him than I am. And I think this, we've reached the point now where like everybody we're going to talk about is interest. Like this could be a,

You know, they're like a real, real, real prospect. Yeah. These could be everyday players. These could be rotation pieces. Like we're at that point now. I think Rio kind of starts that. We're at that point with the Mariners farm system now. All right.

Coming in at number 12 is Corbyn Dickerson, another 2025 drafty of the Mariners, 22 year old outfielder. It comes in a number 12 on Colby's list, number 11 on mine. And he jumps up from number 13 the last time we did this list. my opinion really hasn't changed much, if at all, since the last time we did this. I mean, it would be kind of impossible for that to be the case since he's only played two games, a pro ball since then. But yeah, it's a really good glove, you know, potentially plus center field defense, you know, high exit velocities. It's just.

Can he hit particularly breaking balls. Yeah, it's that, it's, you know, the chases, it's missing on pitches inside the strike zone. It's all that. Right. So. Yeah. I mean, there's really not much to say. He could be Jose Siri.

You know, it's carved out a nice career for himself, but not anything you're super excited about. He could be Mike Cameron. Like, he could be a 2020 gold glove center fielder. Like, it's very much, you know, in his range of possibilities. It's just he's got to do something against breaking balls and he has to stop missing so many fastballs in the zone. There are holes in the swing, but it's plus raw power. It's plus speed. it's a plus glove, it's a plus arm.

If you can't hit, none of those things really matter. Like, that's how important the hit tool is. You can still carve out a career for yourself as a fourth, fifth outfielder. Sure. But, I mean, that's what Jose Siri's done. But to be like an impact player, he's got to hit a little bit. And we'll see how he does this year. I don't think it's a make or break year for him.

But he is a college guy. So he doesn't have as much time to kind of prove himself as, you know, prep that guys do. But there's work to be done on the swing. But, man, he's such a good athlete. that I'm willing to take a shot that he's going to learn to hit enough that he could come up and probably only hit 220 and probably have like a 300 on base. But he might hit 25 home runs and he's probably going to play.

He might be a four-win player on power and defense alone. Like that's the ceiling there. So definitely a guy to watch this summer. All right. Our last prospect of the day comes in at number 11. It's Griffin-Hugus, another 20-25 Mariners draftee, 21-year-old right-handed pitcher comes in at number 10 on Colby's list, number 12 on mine.

He was 14th the last time we did this, so it gets a nice little bump, probably because of the departures of Gerangelo Sanger and Harry Ford. But Hugis, again, we're talking about establishing that middle tier of prospects in the Maris Farm system. Hugus is going to be a big part of that, 2026. Yeah. I like him, you know, pretty good size, not huge size,

but he's 6-2, about 200 pounds. Gets good athlete on the mound. Really interesting data on the fastball. It has a lot of ride, a lot of spin to it. It is, you know, good size. Gets down the mound very well for his size, like plus extension relative to his size. And it's also a low release point,

the vertical approach angle or whatever, you know, the Brian Wu thing essentially, right? The thing that makes Brian Wu's fastball so good. Griffin has it. He doesn't quite have the VLO of Wu, but it's a very similar approach. And that's why the fastball is going to have, you know, good life.

And he's going to get swing and miss on the foreseamer. And that's something that's really important. He throws, you know, throw strikes, but control well ahead of command. Right now it's not pinpoint like Wu and Kirby. It's more, you know, kind of Luis Castillo. Ascores like, yeah, he's probably not going to walk a bunch of dudes, but leave some pitches in the middle that he doesn't want to. But again, he's just now starting out.

It has a real affinity for spinning the baseball, too. Good spin rates on the fast. and two separate unique breaking balls. So, yeah, he's also been described as kind of a, you know, a tinkerer, kind of a, you know, data junkie. Like, he loves to get information on his pitches. He really likes to talk about pitch shape and all of that and attack plan. So very analytically driven, much like Brian Wu and Logan and Bryce Miller and all that. So he seems to fit in really well what the Mariners want to do.

You know, we'll have to see how it looks. haven't really gotten a look at him, but he does have an opportunity, I think, to be that next, you know, kind of real find in the middle rounds. Probably not Price Miller and Brian Wu. I mean, those are really good finds, but there is, there are some similarities between him and Miller, just the, the velo is just a little bit off, but in terms of like size and extension down the mound and all that, there's some similarities there. So I'm really interested to watch him pitch this year. I think he has an opportunity to move pretty quick. We'll just have to see the college numbers weren't great. They weren't as bad as woo.

But again, Wu is kind of the like the Trump card for everybody. Like, yeah, he didn't wasn't very good in college. So also, by the way, neither was Logan Evans. Like the Mariners have good luck with these guys. And Hugis to me just screams that profile of the, you know, big extension, low arm slot, fastball at the top of the zone, just get a ton of value off of that pitch. And they have a guy who wants to learn and he wants to get better. And there's other guys the mariners gravitate towards.

Yeah. And, you know, maybe he's not Brian Wu or Bryce Miller because that would be an unfair expectation to put on him. But I would also say, but I would also say even though that he's kind of landed in a similar range in a similar range that we would, you know, that we have ranked these, you know, the guys that I'm about to mention in the past. I would say that he's a tier above like the Brandon Garcia's, the Logan Evans is of the world. Oh, yeah. And there's definitely room for him to put even more separation between him and those guys as well. you know like i said earlier like he's a big part of establishing that middle tier it's possible that he just blows past the middle tier and he becomes one of the you know the real like 10 best dudes

in this farm system right i mean he's kind of like dickerson where it's like if he holds his spot when we do this again in five six months uh that's a great sign because it means that the younger you know more talented first second round pick guys haven't come in and pushed him down he's kind of moved up the list and then we'll move him back down as we add guys. But yeah, I'm Hugist and Dickerson or two guys. I'm very excited to watch. And I think, yeah, decent chance in the year in Arkansas. But they're probably going to start the year. I would think in Everett would be my guess. All right. Well, the top 10 will be coming your way tomorrow, but that's going to do it for our show for now. Thank you so much for joining us

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