Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - The Mariners' Draft Plans, Top Trade Chips, and More w/ Joe Doyle

Episode Date: June 27, 2023

Joe Doyle of Future Stars Series and Over-Slot: The MLB Draft Podcast joins the show to discuss LSU's run in the College World Series, who the Mariners could take with their three top-30 draft picks, which mid-round sleepers to keep an eye on, the rise of Michael Arroyo, and a whole lot more.Be sure to follow or subscribe to Locked On Mariners wherever you prefer your podcasts! For questions and other inquiries, email: [e-mail] the show on Twitter: @LO_Mariners | @danegnzlz | @CPat11Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!eBay MotorsFor parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit. eBay Motors dot com. Let’s ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONMLB for $20 off your first purchase.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Don’t miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Coming up on the Locked-on Mariners podcast, Joe Doyle tells us who the Mariners are looking at in the 20-23 MLB draft, who the team's biggest trade chips are heading into the deadline and a whole lot more. Let's get into 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 Tuesday, June 27th, 2023. This is Tiding Gonzalez for the Locked-on Mariners podcast here. Thank you so much for making us your first.

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free seven-day trial to check out the show. The link as well as their social accounts is in the description of this episode. Now, the MLB draft is admittedly kind of a blind spot for me and to a lesser degree Colby as well. So we decided to stop fooling around and get an expert on the matter on the show today. Joe Doyle. I asked Joe about what Seattle might do with its three top 30 draft picks

who some mid-round sleepers are, who the team's top trade chips are and a whole lot more. Here's what he had to say. I'm here now with Joe Doyle, a future stars series on the host of the Overslot podcast on Patreon, Joe. Thanks for taking the time. How's it going? I'm good, man. Good to be back on. How are you? Yeah, that's great to have you back on. I'm doing great. Thanks for asking. I've got a lot I want to ask you about with the Mariners, of course. But I want to first ask you about last night.

LSU went in the national title. Obviously, LSU has two guys who could possibly go number one in the draft next month. But what did you think about their title run? And where do you think that program stacks up, historically speaking? Boy, in terms of just upper tier draft prospects, I don't know if you can find a better program in the history of the sport. I'm sure I would be proven wrong if someone did the, someone did the research.

But, you know, the thing that really stands out for me with that LSU team is they're going to lose a lot of talent and they have so much of it returning. They have so, like they've got two, three, maybe four first round picks that are coming back for 2024 and you, you better believe they're going to be involved in the transfer portal. So a truly enjoyable college baseball playoffs with the amount of talent that was able to filter its way in to that tournament. And I think culminating with, you know, the three top players in college baseball in the World Series was just a real treat.

The other night you were talking a lot about the number one pick. You know, we got Dylan Cruz. We got Paul Skeens. You've even talked a lot about Max Clark. What's your feel on what the pirates are going to do right now? Well, whatever they choose, I don't think it's going to be full slot. Listen, the MLB draft is a, it's an exercise in money. It always is.

And it's not about being cheap. It's about being flexible with the amount of talent that you can pull in. And I just don't think with the amount of talent that's at the top of this draft, it would be smart, frankly, for any team to pay anyone full freight. So I think it's going to be some sort of negotiating four players against each other, Cruz, Langford, Skeens, and Clark. And whoever they feel is the best combination of both talent and savings is probably going to be that pick. We haven't heard anything about Langford yet.

but I do tend to think that with the College World Series behind us, and he wasn't at the Combine, I have a feeling we're going to at least get some helium toward a, Wyatt Langford for $8.5 million at number one. Could it happen? I think those days are approaching. You mentioned the Combine. You were at the Combine, right?

Just for the last day, yeah. Last day. Was there anyone that stood out to you on that last day? Honestly, I was only in Chase Field for about an hour and a half. Most of my time down there was spent meeting with people in the industry, making introductions and networking. But just seeing Michael Graziano in person, he's six-foot-six outfielder. I mean, you kind of get these kids, and they are kids just like standing next to one another. And you realize like some of these guys are not, they're not human.

They're not built like the other players on the field. So he really stood out. We got a question in our mailbag yesterday from Josh asking what the mayor. will emphasize in this draft. So I'll ask you the same thing. What do you think Scott Hunter, Jerry DePoto, and crew will specifically want to come away from this draft with when it's all said and done? It's a good question.

I tend to think that Seattle is going to go the route that they've gone every single draft. And that's to, I know it's a cliche answer and it doesn't answer much, but they're going to try to walk away with the most amount of talent they possibly can with the picks that they have. Scott Hunter and Jerry DePoto have never struck me as the type of guys that are going to drag a player down and overpay. him at 22 and nor do I think they're going to seriously overpay anyone at 29 or 30.

So I think if you're Scott Hunter and Jerry Depoto, you want to walk away with, you know, with those four top 60 picks with probably four guys that are going to slot inside of your top 12 prospects in the organization. In terms of an emphasis, they are going to continue to stay up the middle of the field. High school short stops and pitching would be my guess. In your latest mock draft on Future Star Series, you have the mayor's going to prep that twice with Colt Emerson at 22, Walker Martin at 29, and then a college bat with Brock Wilkin at 30. So, you know, tell us a bit about those guys, why you like them for Seattle, and who are some other names you've heard at those spots?

Yeah, Col Emerson is just an 80-grade human being. First of all, he's going to fit a lot of draft models. He's barely 18 years old. A little bit like Cole Young, but with more impact in the bat, can really hit. I would say he was the second best high school hiter in the entire country last year by numbers. standards behind just Aiden Miller, probably shifts to third base where he's going to be plenty suitable and plenty powerful enough to play that position. And just, you know, kind of one of those happy go lucky, humble, Koyong types, just kind

of gentle and soft spoken. Brock Wilkin is just a man among boys. I mean, I think he's a little bit too passive at the plate and he's a really big body. So there are questions as to whether or not he's going to play third base. He's a better defender than what Tyler Locklear was at this time last year. So I would give him a better chance of actually staying. third base. And then I'm trying to remember the third guy I mocked at 29. Who was that? Walker Martin. Walker Martin's a freak. Yeah. I'll just leave it at that. 6-5,

205, 208 pounds. I've heard comps of Michael Saunders and I think it's fair. Play shortstop now, plays a little bit of third base. I think he led the entire country and home runs. Granted, it was in Colorado, so he didn't see some of the pitching that the guys in Texas and Florida and some of those states did. But just a physical freak could end up in center field. can really run, has a lot of power. And I think that's, you know, if you're calling Emerson, the safer play, high floor, high ceiling play,

and you're calling Wilkin, the college bat that should move pretty quick, Walker Martin would be that, okay, this guy's the outlier, you know, unicorn. More for my conversation with Joe Doyle in just a moment, but first a reminder, this episode of the Lockdown Mariners podcast is brought to you by eBay Motors.

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the Series XM via the SXM app. All right, let's get back into my conversation. with Joe. Another guy that Colby and I have talked about a lot on our Patreon show is Bryce Matthews, who you have going one pick ahead of the Martin pick to the Astros in your mark, in your mock, rather. You did mention Matthews for the Mariners, though, in your write-up for number 29. What do you think about that fit? You know, I think if I'm being honest, I think Matthews is probably the pipe dream at 57 for the team. And the reason I say that is he's kind of the, he's the rare college hitter with a kind of a low floor. Like he doesn't have fantastic bat to ball skills,

but just one of those guys that's incredibly twitchy, plays a really fantastic shortstop, can play anywhere on the field, no doubt about it, he could play anywhere on the diamond, but isn't as proven a college bat as some of the other guys. And so I think when you're drafting a college player in the first round, you especially Seattle would want that peace of mind. You know, this guy's going to produce. He's going to be a big leaguer. And I'm not sure Bryce Matthews has shown the safety of going at 29. Now, if he's there at 57, which I don't think he will be.

I think it's a slam dunk pick. But man, like talk about like the twitchy hips, the explosive hands of like mooky bets. Obviously not the performer of mooky bets, but some of the same movement patterns. That's kind of the athlete that you dream on and you kind of hope it all clicks. I also am really intrigued by his teammate Max Anderson. What do you think about Anderson compared to someone like Brock Wilkin? Yeah, so I personally think Max Anderson is the third most complete polished hitter in this class, behind Wyatt Langford and behind Dylan Cruz.

He's got a fantastic track record with the numbers, both against breaking balls, both against big velo against pitches in the zone and making contact on pitches out of the zone. He is a bit of a boxy kid, like it's probably going to be third. third base. And I don't think he's going to be the most powerful guy in the world, but you kind of dream on a kid that hits, you know, maybe 275 with 18 home runs and, and plays a fringy third base. So not a ton of like dynamic upside in terms of the athlete and where he could play on the field, but the kid can really, really hit. We haven't talked a lot about pitchers here. And that's obviously for, for a good reason. This isn't a good draft class

for pitchers. But if maybe the Mariners go against the, go against the grain here, and draft a pitcher high, who are some guys to maybe keep an eye on? Well, I think if they draft a pitcher high in the first round, it's going to be a high schooler. I would have to imagine it's going to be someone like an Alex Clemmy, someone that's really young that throws really hard, that you just, you know, they don't grow on trees types.

Maybe a Liam Peterson or a Josh Knoth, those types of guys. I think Seattle probably enters the college pitching market closer to the third round. There's a chance that, you know, they fall in love with a guy like Jackson Baumeister in the second round. But I don't see it. I think the third, fourth, and fifth round is where you kind of start seeing Seattle, dip their toes into that market. Guys that make sense, I think Alonzo Treadwell at UCLA, you know, he's a six foot seven inch 230 pounder that absolutely pounds the strike zone. It's a buttery operation. Doesn't walk anybody. He's got a three pitch mix. I don't think it's

enormous upside. But when you're talking about a six foot seven inch righty with prospect pedigree. Maybe they think that they can unlock something in there and have him throwing 94, 95, 96 in due time. There's a bunch of other guys in that range that I think makes sense for the team. Seth Keener out of Wake Forest, I think is a really interesting player. Andrew Walters out of Miami is a really interesting player. But I don't think for the casual draft fan, you're going to hear a college pitcher called until the third round. But I could be wrong. So I saw you tweet maybe a week, maybe two weeks ago that there just really isn't a unicorn of a pitcher in this draft class like a Bryce

Miller, right? Is Clemy probably the closest guy to that? That has a chance to start, yes. Like the unicorn in this draft is Andrew Walters, the closer out of Miami. It's the low slot. It's the riding fastball. It's the up to 99 with the big slider.

He doesn't really have a third pitch and there's some command issues there. But honestly, if I were Seattle and he was there in the third round, I would draft him and just see if you can start. him. It's really, really unique stuff. I'll tell you another name to keep an eye on that I think Seattle would be interested in. A kid by the name of Jake Peppers, he's a right-handed pitcher out of Jacksonville State. He does have that low release, not as much carry on the fastball, but another mid-80s slider, kind of what you've seen with Bryce Miller and Brian Wu. The interesting thing with

Peppers is it's been above average carry for most of the year at Jacksonville State, but he's gotten on to the Cape now and it's been just enormous plus carry. And I think, some of that goes back to his academy training before he got on the Cape. So that would be a name, maybe a sleeper name in the third or fourth round, third or fourth round that Jake Pepper's Jacksonville State to keep an eye on. You already talked about this a little bit and you already kind of answered the question that I'm going to ask, but I do want to dive a little bit deeper into this because I do think that it's a really interesting element for the Mariners this year because they have such a rare and unique opportunity with all that extra bonus pool money that they're getting from Picks,

29 and 30. First, you know, with getting the two prep bats in your mock, what would that cost them? And then how likely do you think in general is it that they get at least a little bit aggressive with their money in the first round or later on? So I think you could take any one of those high schoolers in the first round for slot. I think Colt Emerson would be full slot, Alex Clemmy, full slot. I think most of the guys that you would hear in the first round, first round would be full slot. You know, if Aiden Miller were to fall down to 22 for some reason,

I think he would be a really exciting pick for the team. That's a guy that had top 10 upside and then just broke his Hammett bone this year. And he wasn't able to hit for much of the year, but he's impressed in private workouts. So if they were to stretch their budget, you know, I'm not sure what player it would, it would require them to overpay. You know, maybe a Blake Mitchell requires a little bit more money than what you can pay at 22 if he's there. But I think most of the guys that you're hearing about they want a sign. And so Colt Emerson, Colin Hauke, Walker Martin, Sammy Stoffer, maybe, all those guys would be even slot. There's a couple, maybe a Bryce Eldridge would cost a couple hundred thousand dollars over slot to get on campus. But for the most

part, I don't think they'd have to stretch their budget unless they actively voluntarily tried to drag someone down. Gotcha. Gotcha. You mentioned a little while ago, you know, a lot of pitchers, but overall any mid-round sleepers you think could land with Seattle and heard any rumblings about guys that they might like in that range. You know, the two guys that really stand out, the one that I have my eyes on is Alejandro Rosario out of Miami. We're talking about a kid that was on campus for three years with the Hurricanes. I don't know if he posted an ERA under seven.

It was, he got beat up. Fantastic change up. I've tweeted about him before if you want to go look up the tweets, but fantastic changeup, fantastic slider, and a sinking fastball that just got absolutely annihilated, like 95 to 98. So I think he's the perfect guy that you bring into the organization, take the Matt Brash approach and say,

we're done throwing this fastball. It's a bad fastball. Stop throwing it. Stop it. Start throwing the change up. Start throwing the slider. We'll get guys out at the top of the zone with the sinker toward the, toward the one and two, oh and two counts.

that's a name in the fourth round though that I would be circling maybe the third round Alejandro Rosario probably not a starter but could be in the bullpen next year. Before we move on here, I want to ask you just in general, like outside of what's going on with the Mariners, outside of what's going on with the number one pick, is there a player out there or just a storyline in general that you're really interested to see play out in the draft? That's a good question. I think the one that I'm most interested in is is Hurston Waldrop. There's two of them.

So Hurston Waldrop is a guy that every pitching analyst will say, this guy's stuff is unbelievable. Like, why is he getting hit as hard as he's getting hit? I want, and he didn't have a good college world series either. Yeah, I think he pitched two innings. I wonder if he can sneak into like the top 12 or if he actually falls out of like the top 20. And then the other one is Jacob Wilson. You know, Jacob Wilson has been a guy that's been slammed on the boards, you know, in the top 10 throughout the year.

As we get here closer to the draft, everyone's saying, I don't know if this guy can hit the ball very hard and make enough impact to outweigh some of these other guys that are on the board. So I think at this time of the year, I'm not really looking for the guys that are going to jump way up the board, but more like who are going to be the guys that are going to be available later in the draft that nobody really expected. You're listening to the Lockdown Marriss podcast. Joe Doyle is here with us talking about the MLB. be draft. Joe, I actually want to switch gears and ask you a bit about this Mariner's Farm before I let you go. If this team ends up buying something at the deadline, which I think that they're going to do, even if they're still pretty much in the same situation that they are right now, who do you think are their most valuable trade chips?

Good question. Their most valuable trade chips. I mean, right now, I would say there's nobody with a higher stock than Michael Royo. He's in Modesta right now. I want to ask you about him later on, yeah. Sure, yeah. I mean, I would think that if you're really looking to go get a chip, a controllable multi-year guy, Michael Arroyo is going to be a pretty high ask for a lot of teams. And that's not including the, you know, the Brian Wu's and, you know, the top three guys. But I think Michael Arroyo is a guy that really stands out. I think there are going to be teams that are really interested in Lazaro Montez. He's been pretty good this year. And then if you really wanted a couple of deep cuts, Carlos Jimenez, as the center fielder. I don't even think he's, in Modesto yet and Darren Bowen in Modesto. Those two guys have a lot of helium right now and I think those are going to be popular

asks. So you mentioned a Royal. He's been just a hell of a lot of fun to watch down in Modesto right now. You know, we knew going into this that it was an advanced hit tool, but to see him doing what he's doing at 18 years old is just so incredibly impressive. You know, what's been your overall assessment of him so far? Wow. Like, it's been wow.

the fact that I think one of the things that is most surprising to me isn't actually the bat. It's that the team thinks high enough of Michael Arroyo to move Cole Young to second base on occasion to keep him getting reps at the six. I think that speaks volumes toward the team at least thinking he has an outside shot of playing that position, at least in a part-time role. And that's really surprising to me. I always kind of felt like he was going to hit. I didn't think he was going to hit like this, nor did I think he was going to hit like this,

nor did I think he was going to hit for this much power stateside in full season ball. But the whole package has been at 18 years old has been more impressive than what Gabriel Gonzalez did last year. And yeah, I mean, this organization has a lot of very, very talented young hitters in that 18 to 20 year old age bracket right now. And a royal frankly might be the best of the bunch. Do you think Everett could be a possibility for him

before the year is over. I know it sounds aggressive, but he also looks maybe too good for low A right now. I look at it this way. I mean, if Seattle goes into this draft and they draft a middle infielder, specifically a college middle infielder in the first five rounds, you've got to make space for him. Now, obviously, everyone's going to say, well, Cole Young is definitely moving up to Everett. And I think that would probably be what makes the most sense. And moving an 18-year-old like Arroyo up to play the middle infield at Everett at this. age with the amount of at-bats he has in Modesto probably unlikely. But I mean, sheesh, like, if he hits like this for the next six weeks,

I don't know how you can't give him a cup of coffee at the end of the year just to expose him to every. Right, right. Because I think it would be safe to assume that he's going to start the year there, assuming he's still with the organization, like next year. I would think so. I mean, as long as he doesn't have a hiccup the rest of the way, he's got what? We got July.

He's got nine, ten more weeks of Modesto. So he could play his way into Everett for opening day next year. So you mentioned Jimenez. You mentioned Bowen, who, of course, we had on the show last week. Wonderful chat with him. A great kid and been enjoying what I've seen out of him so far. Are there any other, you know, Marys prospects that might be flying under the radar right now that have raised their stock this year?

Well, Brandon Schaefer is looking like the steel of the 2022 draft. The fact that he is still starting is really, pretty impressive. I'm interested to see what Brandon Schaefer is going to look like as he moves up the ladder because this stuff isn't overwhelming, but it's a really weird look. And I think he's the type of guy that just carves out like an eight year career at the next level with three pitches, a slider, a change up and a fastball. He'd probably be the guy that that really stands out for me. Besides that, if you go down the, if you go down the list a little bit, I know it's a guy that we've talked about for a couple years now, but Dylan Wilson looks like he's put on a lot of good weight.

Curveballs added a little bit of velocity. And I think he has actually switched him and Jeter Martinez. I think both of them have started throwing a four seam fastball with more conviction. Jeter Martinez as an amateur was all sinker, all two seamer. And the clips that I've seen, I haven't seen any data, but the clips that I've seen sure seem to suggest that Martinez is throwing that 93 to 94 mile an hour fastball with carry through the zone. And I think that really changes kind of his outlook. So both of those two kids have had great early returns.

I think the last time we had you on the show, you actually mentioned Jeter Martinez because I think it was right before he signed or maybe right after he signed. I remember you being pretty intrigued by him, but to hear that, that's something. So definitely want to keep an eye on him. Jonathan Claisse has put up some big numbers this year, but I was still surprised to see him make the futures game. What have you thought about his year so far? I was surprised to see him make the futures game too. I think baseball is really playing into the fact that Jonathan Classe. is a real just a 90 grade human being everyone likes him within the organization he's one of the

hardest workers in the organization he's putting up uh bugs bunny like baseball card numbers i mean as you dive into the swing decisions and you dive into the strikeouts there's obviously some pretty considerable warts that he's going to have to get over should he want to carve out a full-time role but at worst i mean at worst he looks like a fourth outfielder probably more of a corner guy the raw power is real. The speed is real. I have a hard time right now. I'm not going to Barry Class A, of course, but I have a hard

time seeing him carve out a full-time role as he's currently constructed. I mean, he's not too much different than Taylor Tramelli. He's just six inches smaller. But the tool set is kind of the same. So we'll see. He's very young. I will say the clock is ticking because he's already on the 40 man

that kind of does put passive pressure on him making his debut because he is occupying a spot. Someone else could be taking but the tools are loud and he's a good guy he's a good good person so easy to root for yesterday during our mailbag episode we were also asked about you know maybe some other guys down in tacoma because right now i mean this team is scrambling for options you know offensively and specifically on the bench uh with how little they're using their bench right now um is there anyone in tacoma because for me i look at tocoma now and i think you're you're out of

shots to take or pretty much just about there. But is there anyone in Tacoma that you're even mildly intrigued by that someone to maybe give an opportunity at the big league level for, I don't know, a week or two? If the offense folds, let's say if there's a couple of injuries, I think Jake Shiner is probably a guy that you need to at least call and see if it works. I mean, we've seen guys with slow bats. And when I say slow bat, I don't mean that there's no power. There's power.

The swing gets going slowly. And so catching up to supreme velocity for those types of guys can be very difficult. But it's the type of guy that you really do need to kind of give a shot to, right? What is he? 26. 21st, first base, first base, third base. Like, if you need another DH or Eh, Eugenio Suarez gets hurt or Thai France gets hurt, he's probably a guy that you give a shot to.

And you just see if the, you know, you kind of take the Mike Ford approach. You see if the raw power plays at that. high at the highest level and then he's a dFA candidate at the end of the year and then the other one you know mason mccoy is a good glove he's an interesting little player i don't think he's anything that you that you write home about but certainly fills a spot if jp were to get hurt uh over an extended period of time well yeah right now you know i look at dillamore and i and this isn't you know um this isn't criticism of dillamore specifically the guy missed pretty much all of his offseason work he missed all of spring training etc etc etc i've gone over this time and time and

again on the show, but it doesn't seem like it's fair to just continue to, you know, ride him and force the situation because it just, I see him right now and I see a guy that's not capable of hitting Major League pitching right now. And so, I don't

know, I guess McCoy makes some sense there. This team, if they're going to try to make this thing work this year, they're going to have to retool that bench in a pretty substantial way, I think, but in the interim right now, because who knows who's trying to trade at the moment. I just, I don't know anyone in Tacoma really that I'm willing to take a shot

on Shiner, sure, but again, you mentioned the bad speed issues. So I just, I don't know if that's actually going to work out for you at all. I assume you're going to the futures game, right? I am. Yep. Yeah. So who outside of Harry Ford and Jonathan Classe are you excited to see? I'm pumped to see Jackson Holiday. The kid is such a freak. You know, the cool thing is because I've been doing the whole draft thing for four or five years now. And I have the running series of interviewing these players before they're drafted. I've talked to a lot of these guys before. You know, I've like seen them come up through their journey.

And so seeing them again in person and congratulating them on getting to where they're at and just seeing where their games have blossomed. I think it's really interesting to see how some of these guys have just turned themselves into premium prospects when I not necessarily thought they were going to be. So Jackson Holidays near the top of the list. Marcelo Meyer and Jordan Lawler are both really good, nice guys. So I'm excited to see both of them. But yeah, and Spencer Jones, I'd just like to see his BP. We'll see what Spencer Jones. Maybe put some off the windows.

So yeah, there's just some really cool talent that's going to be up. That's going to be fun. Are you going to, I assume you're going to the draft as well. Are you going to any of the other All-Star events? Yep. I'll be at the high school All-American game because that's kind of my bread, butter, of course. And then I'll be at the Derby.

I'll be at the All-Star game. I think I'm just going to take in the Derby and the All-Star game as a fan, but I'll be media for the other three events. Well, Joe, I want to thank you for hopping on. It's always a pleasure. Tell us what you got cooking up these next few weeks and where we can find it all. Yeah, man. So Overslot, the MLB Draft podcast over on my Patreon.

If you're interested in getting rumors and previews and maybe news that isn't being published out there on teams that are being connected to certain guys. Feel free to subscribe to that. And then, of course, you can find all my work at Future Star Series plus where I'm going to be pushing out a final top 616 board and a couple more mocks before the end of the year. Thank you again to Joe Doyle for hopping on and talking draft and Mariners Farm with us today. Again, a reminder you can catch game two of the Mariners National Series tonight on the

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