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This time, 8 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,120 Kenji and I are going to go through some of the newsworthy events of the week around the league. 9 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:56,080 We got some fun comments from Travis Hunter, Shohei's back playing, Cody Bellinger's doing 10 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,840 well for the Yankees, Basaio's doing great for the O's, I already called him out, 11 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,640 Snake Peak, and then the Red Sox top prospects continue to pop. That's what we're going to be 12 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:09,200 talking about here today. First and foremost though, Kenji, happy Saturday. We're recording 13 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,640 this on a Friday, but happy Saturday to all the wonderful people listening, whenever you're 14 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:20,000 listening really. But how you doing? I'm great. Happy to be home. Just got home a couple minutes 15 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,160 ago. Interesting fact, kind of TMI, I went the entire day without deodorant today and I was fine. 16 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,560 I forgot to put it on this morning. I came home before work, forgot it again. But luckily we're 17 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:37,680 in that perfect season where it's not too hot, it's not too cold. I haven't broken a sweat in 18 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:43,360 months it seems like. You are a special human, you know that? No, I think you're a special, 19 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,680 I think you just sweat more than most people. Hey man, we're not airing me out out here. What 20 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:55,120 the heck? What did this turn into? Anyway, but you know I'm at that time of the night where I'm like, 21 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:59,040 do I put it on or do I not put it on? You know, it's like I made it this far, might as well see 22 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:04,480 where I can go. Did you know Matthew McConaughey doesn't wear deodorant? No way. What does he use? 23 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:12,240 It's just natural odors, baby. That's crazy. He either has the Japanese gene where you don't sweat 24 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:18,800 as often or he just dumps himself with cologne. But poor wife after a long day. He's on set in 25 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:27,840 like the desert. Oh my gosh. No thank you. Yeah. But let's get into some baseball. What's going on? 26 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,720 Hold on, I'm fact checking my deodorant take on McConaughey. Oh, he wants to make sure 27 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,440 Matthew McConaughey doesn't come on. Yes, he doesn't wear deodorant because he doesn't think 28 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,760 it's necessary and prefers his natural scent. Anyway, this is not a Matthew McConaughey deodorant 29 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,680 pod. What a guy. What a guy. We're talking baseball, but we're going to start with a little 30 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:48,640 football actually because Travis Hunter, the NFL combine has kicked off. They're doing PR and press 31 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:55,360 conferences and Travis Hunter was asked about Shohei Otani and if playing wide receiver and corner 32 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,800 in the National Football League is comparable or better than hitting and pitching in Major League 33 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:07,360 Baseball. And he believes, I don't have the editing wherewithal to cut in the clip, the audio clip, 34 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:13,040 but he said that he thinks what he does is more impressive basically that he playing wide receiver 35 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:20,400 in corner is more impressive than hitting and pitching. So I 100% disagree with his statement, 36 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:27,280 completely wrong. I'm curious, I mean, you're a big Shohei fan guy. Where do you stand on this? 37 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:38,880 I mean, it's crazy. I mean, it's like, I understand that athletes believe that they are like the best 38 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,520 athlete in the world, even though you clearly aren't sometimes. I mean, every NFL player is like, 39 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,760 oh yeah, who's the number one player in the NFL? Me, me, me. I'm like, well, I hate to break it, 40 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:54,080 say it ain't you. Okay. That can only be one number one. I know. And you have a conversation 41 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:59,120 about MLB and these contracts, how everybody's just getting paid. Like it doesn't, you don't 42 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:05,200 deserve to be paid to be the top paid player in your position. If you suck, like Trevor Lawrence, 43 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,520 right? I think he still is the highest paid player or quarterback or Justin Herbert is. I'm like, 44 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,520 you're telling me that you can, with a straight face, look at your general manager in the entire 45 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:21,040 world and say, Hey, I haven't won a Superbowl or really made the playoffs or done anything in the 46 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:26,560 playoffs, but I deserve to make more money than Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, 47 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:32,240 and Joe Burrow. Just not a football. You know that there's just people are so delusional when it 48 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,640 comes to themselves. Like I love the conference, but you gotta have a reality check and Travis 49 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:41,520 Hunter. I'm sorry, but you can have a reality check here. Um, you can't hit a ball. I guarantee 50 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:46,640 you, if I saw you with the bat, you would look like every guy that says baseball is the easiest 51 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:52,480 sport. All you do is you hit a ball and run around in a circle. That's not a real athlete right there. 52 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:58,320 You know, I hate those kids in high school and yeah, I think it'll be interesting to see how 53 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,400 listen, we stopped doing the NFL show because we didn't enjoy it as much. We don't like the NFL as 54 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,720 much as we like baseball, but I will be curious to see how we adjust because let's be really 55 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:11,520 honest. Shohei does it at the top level of his sport. Travis Hunter did it at the top level of 56 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:18,480 the big 12, which is arguably the third best conference in college football. And so I think, 57 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:23,680 yeah, cool. He won the Heisman. Like he won the bullet in the cough, but like he hasn't done it 58 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:29,200 with the pros. Like snaps played is until you're going out there and you're trying to cover, you 59 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:36,640 know, Devontae Adams or CD lamb or, I mean, Jamar chase. And then you got going out and then go and 60 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:42,400 then exactly. And then going and scoring on Patrick Surtan or something. Exactly. Until you go out and 61 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:46,000 do that. Then I got nothing else to say because Shohei can Homer off the best. He can strike out 62 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,000 the best. That's like what makes him as good as he is. The equivalent would be, I think is Travis 63 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:55,600 Hunter playing the entire game, going up against, we'll say Justin Jefferson, holding him to zero 64 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:01,040 catches and zero yards and interception on one-on-one coverage against him. Then going out 65 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:06,800 and going up what let's say 15 for 200 against Pat Surtan with three touchdowns. That's equivalent 66 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:11,760 to what Shohei does when he pitches and hits in the same night. I reported that game two years ago 67 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:16,320 against the tigers, two or three home runs and a complete game shot up. It was the tigers, but 68 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:22,400 he's the man, but he's doing that. So it's a crazy, again, how happy you have confidence in 69 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:27,920 yourself, but let's have a reality check. Now people, you guys aren't as important or as amazing 70 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:32,080 as you think you are. The only person that can say that is the most humble human in the world, 71 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:38,160 and his name is Shohei Otani. So believe that. Speaking of Shohei being humble, his first at bat, 72 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,800 which actually just happened about 20 minutes ago, 20, 30 minutes ago, he's playing his first spring 73 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,920 training game leading off against Yusei Kikuchi and the Angels. And of course he Homers. Of course 74 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:52,080 he Homers. A three-two count, high fastball. Yeah, Homers into the bullpen in left field. Of course 75 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:57,760 he does. He's the man. He's the dude. He went 50-50 last year for a second. He's the guy who's 76 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,920 the first player to ever do it. He's going to be back pitching in a couple of months. He's just, 77 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:08,720 he's the man. He's the man. So I'm curious, when did you, I would assume that you think he's 78 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:14,720 probably the best baseball player of all time. 100%. At what point, because you've been watching, 79 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,320 because you've been watching baseball before you even came into the league. At what point of 80 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:24,960 watching him, did you, did you go like, oh my gosh, he is actually the best baseball player to 81 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:32,480 ever live? That's a good question. I mean, this might, I mean, I don't know if there's one moment 82 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:38,720 where I was like, definitively this is like, he, he's the greatest. But watching what he did, 83 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,560 even that year that he got Tommy John, what he did with the Angels trying to fight with, you know, 84 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,880 an injured injury prone Mike Trout to make the playoffs. They ended up not selling him at the 85 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:53,040 deadline and then he got hurt shortly thereafter. But like just what he does day in, day out, like 86 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:58,640 you just get him. I mean, you had him in fantasy a couple of years ago and you get to, and that was 87 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:03,120 crazy. Cause when I'm playing you, you just show, he's either pitching or he's hitting every night 88 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:07,440 and he's always doing something good. If he's, if he's hitting, he's getting extra base hits. 89 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,760 He's stealing bags. If he's pitching, he's going like six innings and two earned runs. Like he's 90 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:16,880 doing like giving you a quality start and really quality at bats every time. It's unbelievable. 91 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:21,520 And the way other players talk about him is unbelievable. It's just larger than life. Like 92 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:27,120 these guys are already the best at what they do. And then somebody who's also the best at what they 93 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:33,120 do, but at both things. I mean, it's, it's crazy. It's crazy. He's worth every penny of that 700 94 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:40,800 million and more. Yeah, he does. What he's getting. Yeah, he does. Double. I think in like 10 years, 95 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:47,200 we'll look back on that deal and we'll go, wow, how was that? Yeah. Yeah, that's true. I, uh, 96 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,760 I just thought, sorry to keep going show. You're okay. So amazing. But you know, people like to 97 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:56,560 say like Babe Ruth, like compare them to Babe Ruth. Um, but just imagine if show, hey, Oh, Tony 98 00:08:56,560 --> 00:09:02,000 played when Babe Ruth played, he would have probably, he probably would have hit for 600 99 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:09,520 average, a hundred home runs, a hundred stolen bases, and probably would have had a zero ERA 100 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:15,280 against them. I mean, it's great that you like, you know, we like to put these past baseball 101 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:19,520 players on these greatest baseball players of all time. You get Pete Rose, you got Babe Ruth, 102 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,080 and you got a bunch of other players that I've never watched or cared about, but you just can't 103 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,560 do that anymore. Or show it like he is so significantly better than anybody that I've 104 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:34,000 ever watched. And I think anybody's watched and he does it the right way. That's what I love about 105 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:40,320 show. Hey, is he, he has every right in the world to act like who's a really, like a, like a, like 106 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:46,080 a Sanders, you know, who was a Dion. Yeah. Dion, but Dion's kind of, I don't know, but a big mouth, 107 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:51,520 like a Tyree kill. Um, anybody who just thinks that they're the shiz the whole time. Tim Anderson, 108 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:58,720 a couple years ago. Yeah, but he doesn't, right? He is the most humble. He plays baseball the right 109 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:05,920 way. He, he plays hard. He cares for his teammates, his teammates love him and he shows emotion when 110 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:10,720 it matters. Um, he's just the model baseball player. Like he's just, he is your kid to be, 111 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:16,400 he's the best player of all time. And I have no shame in saying that, uh, he's the best player 112 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:23,040 speaking of the Dodgers. Yes. And they're amazing Japanese talent. Roki Sasaki is going to throw on 113 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:29,040 Tuesday. Oh, really? We're going to get him in some game action Tuesday. He, I don't know who 114 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:33,360 they played Tuesday, but he got shelled in a couple of BP sessions against the white socks from what 115 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:39,520 we saw. Kyle Teal took that boy up top. You said you saw another prospect take him up top. Yes. 116 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:46,000 Roki, I think will be a really exceptional big league player. I think his rookie year will, 117 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,320 there will be some growing pains as with everybody. We saw Yamamoto last year to different 118 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:55,840 baseball, different hitters, but he's got the stuff to be successful. I am excited to watch him pitch 119 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:02,480 on Tuesday. Any other takes you got on Roki Sasaki? I mean, people in the comments section 120 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:07,440 are freaking out like, Oh, I'm so glad we didn't get in. This guy sucks. I'm like, guys, chill out. 121 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:12,000 Okay. Chill out. Okay. I guarantee you every single, but everybody's just butthurt that the 122 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:20,080 Dodgers got him. Um, but he, he's 23 years old. He throws a hundred miles an hour and he has a split 123 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:27,440 finger that is gross. And he's going to the best team with probably one of the best coaching staffs 124 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:32,880 ever assembled. Really? I mean, they do such a good job. Their pitching staff is so good. Um, 125 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,160 and yeah, I, we said it from the beginning that the first year is going to be hard. Um, 126 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:42,880 Yamamoto struggled his first couple of games. I mean, in Korea, he got demolished. I mean, 127 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:50,000 that was the worst way to wake up at 3 AM to watch Yamamoto not even make it the first inning or the 128 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,240 second inning. And then he comes home in his first, I think his season opener at a really hard time, 129 00:11:54,240 --> 00:12:00,880 but then he did a great job after that. You know, he, I don't know if he's worth the contract yet, 130 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,640 but he's going to be, I think, cause he's going to get better. And Sasaki is the same way, 131 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:10,240 but he's just younger. And I think he has more potential just because of the velocity that he 132 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:16,480 has. You can do more when you have more velocity. Yeah. People can freak out and he's not going to 133 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:21,760 be some amazing pitcher this year. I think he'll be all right, but I mean, give him two, three years. 134 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,600 I mean, he's got all this stuff to be successful. Their mouths are going to be dropping when he 135 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:31,440 gets in his prime. Watch out. Yeah. So it'll be fun to watch him throw Tuesday. We're going to shift 136 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:36,080 from the Dodgers to the other biggest brand in baseball, the New York Yankees. Uh, they got some 137 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:41,040 bad news today. Uh, Luis heal to get an MRI on his right shoulder. He's has some discomfort. 138 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:46,800 It's a good thing they didn't trade Marcus Stroman. So, uh, the, the talk in campus Stroman's kind of 139 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,320 the odd man out. They didn't know where he was going to fit. They were shopping them around, 140 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,800 but now immediately a few weeks in, you get maybe an injury to heal that would keep him out an 141 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,640 extended amount of time. I'm not going to speculate. I don't want to say anything. Hopefully he's 142 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:03,440 totally fine. It just needs a few days off and he's back in a few days. Uh, but worst case scenario, 143 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:08,160 he's out for a month or two. Uh, that's why you keep a guy like Marcus Stroman around. So Luis 144 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:15,600 Hill coming off rookie of the year, Colton Couser got snubbed. He's, he's an exceptional pitcher and 145 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,920 the Yankees could really benefit from him sticking around, but they also have the luxuries 146 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:25,200 of other talents in that rotation to hold them over for the time being. Yeah. I know that they 147 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:31,200 got Clark Schmidt. I think he, I don't think he's going to be ready for the, for the beginning of 148 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:35,520 the season. Um, I think he's got some, some injury. I can't remember what it was. So that 149 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:40,160 it's kind of unfortunate. They got two pitchers, um, who are going to be sidelined to begin with, 150 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:46,720 but yeah, the Stroman thing really works out. Um, cause he's come out and said, um, I'm not, 151 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,960 I'm not, I'm not a bullpen guy. I'm a starting pitcher and he's really expensive. And I still 152 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:56,400 think if they have a chance to trade him, get rid of him. Um, but you need him for that. 153 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,760 This is why you have to give you any, he's going to give you any innings. And honestly, 154 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:04,480 it's not the worst thing for heel. Obviously last week had an innings limit. They were kind of 155 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:10,400 worried and kind of tailed off and they, they really, um, what put a restriction on him. 156 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,640 Yeah. He starts off a couple months late. I don't think that's the worst thing for them. It's like 157 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:20,000 the Stanton thing. It's like, you want these guys to be there at the end of the year. Yep. 158 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,400 The Yankees team really is good enough to, I think, get through first couple of months without 159 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:29,120 Stanton, heel or even Clark Schmidt. They'll figure it out. Cause they went, they, they did just fine 160 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:33,760 without Gary Cole last year. Yep. So a hundred percent. I'm not too worried. Um, just unfortunate 161 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:39,680 cause he is an awesome pitcher and an awesome talent, but, uh, hope it's nothing too serious. 162 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:43,600 Hopefully it's nothing too serious on the brighter side for the Yankees, Cody Bellinger, 163 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:48,800 Homer, uh, in the game tonight against the Toronto blue Jays. That's a good sign. They need Bellinger. 164 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:53,280 I don't think he's going to be able to replicate what Soto gave him exactly, but I mean, if he's, 165 00:14:53,280 --> 00:15:00,160 if Soto is, I mean, sorry, if Bellinger is what, like half of what Soto gave him, like, like what? 166 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:06,320 20 bombs, like 60 ribbies, 70 ribbies behind judge, wherever, like if he gives him that, 167 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,280 what is, what does Bellinger have to do for the Yankees to be successful? 168 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:14,320 What belly has to do. Um, like end of year stat line, what does belly stat line look like? And 169 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:19,920 you're like, okay, the Yankees had a good year. 25 homers, if belly can get 25, I had like what? 170 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:28,880 250. I think like 270. Okay. That's a really good year. 72, 25 homers, 80 RBIs I think is the 171 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,640 minimum, especially where he's going to hit in the lineup. I think he's going to hit cleanup or, 172 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,960 or third behind judge five, six within that range. Yeah. 173 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:44,000 Um, and you know, heck maybe in 2015 stolen bases, cause he's got speed. Um, but really what he 174 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:49,920 really needs to do is bring defense to that team. He, they really need a hitting center fielder. 175 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:55,280 They love judging, right? Although he wants to play center. He said, um, he's better in center 176 00:15:55,280 --> 00:16:02,000 field than judges. So I'll drop. That's true. That's good. But he's got more range than judge 177 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:06,800 does and he's a great defender out there. And then he's got a lot of, a lot of, a lot of 178 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:11,120 defense. And the Yankees have really changed their defense. Um, and they brought in so much 179 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:15,680 athleticism compared to what they were last year. Yeah. They should pitch really well this year 180 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,040 because they've got an upgraded defense and they've got a good staff. They should. The defense is 181 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:24,800 actually really good. Um, so I'm excited for them. Yeah. You, do you think belly or Goldie will have 182 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:30,320 a bigger impact for them? Ballinger. Really? Goldie's a 38 year old stop gap first baseman. 183 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:35,360 So they can get Murakami or Vlad next year. Paul Goldschmidt, I'm telling you right now, 184 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:40,560 in fantasy, I'm drafting them. I'm out on Goldschmidt. I'm out on Goldschmidt. 185 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:48,480 If he hits four in that lineup, the RBIs. Staying, staying in the AL East, uh, the Red Sox, 186 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:53,040 their top prospects continue to pop. Marcelo Myers having a great camp. Roman Anthony's having a great 187 00:16:53,040 --> 00:17:00,880 camp. Those two guys killing it. They just have a litany of great prospects and it's a, it's, 188 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,640 yeah, it's an embarrassment of riches. They've got so many great players. They don't know where 189 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:09,200 to put them. I've got Marcelo Meyer and a dynasty league. I know Roman Anthony is the number one 190 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:14,480 prospect in the game, I believe. And they just, they got dudes, they have dudes all over the place. 191 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:22,480 They just have dudes. It's a, Red Sox are a scary team for years to come. I will say Jeff Pass and 192 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:27,840 kind of hurt my feelings because he wrote that the Red Sox top three prospects is the best, 193 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:33,120 like top three prospect trio, like this generation or this decade or something. And I was like, 194 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:42,000 really dude? Do you not see? Jackson. Okay. No, Jackson's the number one prospect. Hold on. No, 195 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:46,000 no, no. You're not about to piss me off. Jackson's the number one prospect. Like, 196 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,680 but they're not prospects altogether though. Is he saying that this is the greatest 197 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:56,480 like combination of prospects, three prospects all at once or? I don't know. They were, 198 00:17:56,480 --> 00:18:00,560 they all had them in the system at the same time. The O's did. They all did. Like the three that 199 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:05,920 Boston has is like right now in the farm system, they have the three like best prospect. I could 200 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,400 listen to that argument. You've had them kind of spaced out is what I'm saying. They always did 201 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,320 have three top prospects for three years in a row. They had three number ones, three seasons. 202 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:20,480 Adley, Gunnar, Jackson, three years straight. And this, and that, that's a great pivot. Thank you 203 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:27,120 so much for that great pivot point, Kenji. Samuel Besayo, who was on here last week yapping about 204 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:33,120 how good he's going to be. And then he comes out here a couple of days ago and he hits a 500 foot 205 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:40,640 homer in Florida, over the scoreboard. It was in Gar, it was, it was against some random pitcher 206 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:48,000 for, I believe Toronto, but absolutely crushes one over the scoreboard. They were doing calculations 207 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:54,080 on Google maps to find out how far he hit that ball. He hit it to the outfield on the backfield 208 00:18:54,080 --> 00:19:00,960 behind the stadium. That's how far he hit that baseball. So I was on here. I was, I was harping 209 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:05,760 and yapping about how good he's going to be. They also have another great prospect and I love it. 210 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:12,320 I love it. He could be up this year. You think so? He could, he could be up this year. 211 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:20,480 Do you want that? I don't know, man. How, I think like it was a couple of times ago, 212 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:26,960 how he could actually fit into your lineup with Adley being there. I think he'll be up next year 213 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:31,360 for sure. I like Gary Sanchez and he's had a good camp. So I don't know, unless something were to 214 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:36,080 happen to Gary or Adley, I don't think he would come up, but definitely like next season. I think 215 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:41,760 he's up. He'd be a 21 year old rookie and I don't know what you do because he's the kind of guy you 216 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,920 have to play him every day. I don't know where you put him, but he can swing it with the best of him. 217 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:53,360 So I love to see it. I shouted him out on the show, stoked to see Besayo do his thing 218 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,080 and keep having a great camp. They love him. He's a great framer. He knows the strikes on. 219 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:03,040 He's been good with the ABS system so far. He's won a bunch of challenges. He's the man. I'm all 220 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:07,680 in on Besayo, but of course I was going to be because I'm wearing an O's hat. I'm from Baltimore. 221 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:14,160 So a little biased, a little, a little biased, but it's okay cause he, he is very talented. 222 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:22,400 And that Homer, wow. He's a freak. Dude is yoked for 20 years old. He's swole. Yeah. These, these, 223 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:27,120 these kids these days don't look the same as they used to when we were kids. No, not at all. They're 224 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:32,560 feeding them something different. You know, you feel old when I look around and I'm like, I'm 23. 225 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:39,440 We're both 23 and you look at them and you're like, that kid's like Gunnar Henderson's 23. 226 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:45,760 Bobby Woods, 23. And you're like, Oh my God. I know. And you're like, hold on. I, 227 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:52,400 I was going to my office job and Bobby Woods going to camp and cash in checks for hundreds of millions 228 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:58,640 of dollars. So it's a, it makes you evaluate what spot you're at in life. Yeah. I mean, 229 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:02,560 I've said to you many times before, if I made that kind of money, we wouldn't be doing the show. 230 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:10,480 So, you would be the show. Yeah. I would hope people would talk about us, but that's, 231 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,440 that's kind of the newsworthy points. That's what I had from the week. I wanted to keep it short 232 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,600 for the people. Didn't want to give them anything too crazy to listen to on a Saturday. We know you 233 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,760 got a lot of things to do. You got wives to hang out with or husbands to hang out with. If you're, 234 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:29,360 if you're a woman listening, which would be a shocker, you have family to be with friends to 235 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:35,360 be with things to do parties to go to workouts to get done lawns to mow. If you're in a warm climate. 236 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:41,360 Yeah. You got a lot of stuff to do. So keeping it short today, Kenji, I got, I got, I know you, 237 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:45,360 you have a question, so I'm going to let you random question for you. And I tee you up for this 238 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:53,520 question. Here you go. Go ahead. Okay. Okay. Who, uh, I want you to give me a, a sneaky MVP candidate 239 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:59,440 that's never been considered as an MVP candidate before, but a guy who's probably not going to win 240 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:06,800 it, but it all goes well. You could potentially see winning MVP. So you're a sneaky dark horse 241 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:15,200 MVP candidate for the year. That isn't your usual name. That's a good question from either league. 242 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,520 It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter either league. Just, just go on. We're just going to put it up, 243 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:24,240 put that name out there as someone to watch out for who you think has potential to become an MVP 244 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:35,040 player. Well, I can't pick anybody in the national league because the guy named Ohtani plays in it. 245 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,800 So I got to go with the American league. That's true. Well, I mean, he can be in the consideration 246 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:43,840 for MVP. Doesn't mean he has to win it. The first two names that came to mind were, uh, Fernando 247 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:48,400 Tatis, but he's kind of like a front runner guy. Hasn't he won MVP before? I don't think he has. 248 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:55,040 And then the next one called me crazy. Michael Harris, money Mike. Really? Like he's got, 249 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,640 he's got the talent to be really successful. I mean, maybe not MVP, but he's got, he's got a 250 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:05,440 lot of talent. Uh, that's not my actual answer though. I'm thinking out loud. It's hard to do 251 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:11,040 it on the spot. You know, the best way to look at it, just go to your ESPN fantasy, uh, fantasy 252 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:16,400 roster. Then you just look up, you scroll down the list until you see a player that you think, uh, 253 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:20,960 Vlad jr. He's been considered for MVP last year though. I'm saying a guy who's never, 254 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:25,360 Oh my, I never considered. Yeah. So he's literally just going to like break out. 255 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:30,960 Like the fact that Matt McClain almost wasn't the MVP voting like two years ago, I think like 10th 256 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:35,520 and MVP voting his rookie year, like stuff like that. You just, or Cattell Marte, right? Nobody 257 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:40,480 expected Cattell Marte last year to be in the MVP voting. And he was like second or third. 258 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,400 So kind of, kind of like that is what I'm saying. 259 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,960 Cause I got, I got some name that I think could really do it. 260 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:52,960 Jaren Duran. Ooh. Okay. So what does he have to do to get MVP? Cause last year was a great year. 261 00:23:53,840 --> 00:24:02,720 He was an all star outside MVP. I need like 30 bombs. Okay. I need 30 or 40 stolen bases. 262 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:08,960 I need a bunch of ribbies, probably like 90 plus. I know it'll be the top of the 263 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:13,360 order. So that's tougher. It's a tough ask and I need him to play exceptional defense. 264 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:20,640 Okay. I think if he goes 30, 30 or 30, 40 or 35, 35, then he's right in the thick of the 265 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,480 discussion. And he just hasn't been concerned. I mean, he's, he's got all the talent to be in 266 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:29,280 that discussion. He just has to put it all together for a full season. And I think he can. 267 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,680 I'll give you a answer. I ran out of what he did last year. So last year he, 268 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:41,040 he had 20 homers, 74 RBI, 34 stolen bases, hit 284, 342 OVP with a 488 slugging. 269 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:48,720 Yeah. I need, I need 30 plus homers. I need 90 ribbies and I need 40 stolen backs and I need 270 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:54,640 him to hit at least 280. So like that Marcus, Marcus Simeon, you're a couple of years ago, 271 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,760 but with stolen bases, much more homers. Okay. I love that. That's a good one. 272 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:06,000 I'm going to go Jackson Truro. Oh yeah. That's a good one. Yeah. I think he has a really good 273 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:11,520 chance. Do I actually think deep down here that he will know, but he's got all the talent. I mean, 274 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:17,680 he's projected. I've seen people project like 30, 30 for him, which is wild. He's in that category. 275 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:25,360 I mean, he can great defender freak. I mean, when MVP, you have to do more than 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 276 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:31,920 but I think he just has the talent and the potential to win an MVP. Yeah. Too bad. He 277 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:36,400 plays in a league with a guy named Ohtani. I know it's a shame. It's a shame, but, uh, 278 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,760 I don't know. What did it call him? I wouldn't be shocked if one day he won MVP, 279 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:48,800 but that's it for my question. Okay. I mean, listen, you want to hear a really crazy one? Tell 280 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:53,520 me a crazy one. I mean, I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to lie. I'm not 281 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:58,800 really crazy one. Tell me a crazy one. Lawrence Butler. Dude, you know what? I literally thought 282 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:04,560 about him right before. And I was like, there's no way Lawrence Butler can do that, but he's so 283 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:09,600 talented. He's so good. I can see it, man. I could see it. There's a crazy universe where he's an 284 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:14,880 MVP. Cause he's predicted like 2020 this year. That's the problem is. Yeah. It's just not enough. 285 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:22,080 Like if he went like 35, 35, 40, Oh my goodness. Yeah. Yeah. With a bunch of rubies and that small 286 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:28,640 park too. He could do it. That's my answer. Jaren Duran, honorable mention Lawrence Butler. Okay. 287 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:37,920 I love it. I love it. I love it even more. Well, that's it. All right. Thanks for listening, 288 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:42,880 everybody. We'll catch you guys on Tuesday. Have a wonderful, wonderful weekend. Kenji, 289 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:57,680 anything you want to leave them with? Bye.