[SPEAKER_02]: Welcome to the Toolshed, a podcast covering all levels of professional baseball to help give you the edge in your dynasty leagues.
[SPEAKER_02]: From the MLB draft, all the way to the show, the Toolshed podcast has you covered with rankings, player analysis, and in-depth discussion.
[SPEAKER_02]: And now, here's your host, Eric Cross.
[SPEAKER_01]: What's up everyone?
[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome into that episode of the toolshed podcast brought to you by Rotabauer.
[SPEAKER_01]: This is episode 458.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for joining us.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm your host, Eric Cross.
[SPEAKER_01]: Enjoying me is my co-host, Mr. Toby Schillman.
[SPEAKER_01]: Toby, first off, how's it going?
[SPEAKER_01]: Second off.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think we jinxed white length for last episode.
[SPEAKER_01]: Talking about how we need to say healthy and right back on the I.L.
[SPEAKER_01]: but the how are you sir?
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm doing great other than white length for being back on the I.L.
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I'm doing, I'm doing pretty solid.
[SPEAKER_00]: We've got a fun episode today, a lot of fun, young prospects to talk about.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm excited, but I think you're absolutely right.
[SPEAKER_00]: I really do think we jinxed it because I happened like the next day or like a couple days or head after, uh, it sucks to see, but other than that, I'm doing good.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's funny, because I think this one's a hamstring strain, right?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, so I was, yes, sure.
[SPEAKER_01]: I was just going to walk around and work and think of my hamstrings or the herd egg.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm like, am I having like sympathy pains here for white length?
[SPEAKER_01]: Like my hamstring was all like tightening up for whatever reason.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, yeah, it's, he cannot catch a break.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I can't quit him, but this is getting pretty frustrating.
[SPEAKER_01]: But, yeah.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like you said, we are talking some fun prospects today, though, you know, with the second half of the season, kind of kicking off over the last handful of days, forget we talk about some prospects that we're looking to buy in Dynasty leagues heading into the second half of the season.
[SPEAKER_01]: And this could be for a variety of reasons, whether it be
[SPEAKER_01]: just a guy that's on the rise, a guy that we think is a good value, maybe a buy low, you know, could be a variety of reasons, but just 12 guys that we like a good bit to increase their value here in the second half of the season.
[SPEAKER_01]: But before we get into those, the usual housekeeping,
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[SPEAKER_01]: All right, so 12 names here, and we just realized that 11 of them are hitters.
[SPEAKER_01]: We didn't really plan that.
[SPEAKER_01]: We just threw each through six names on the sheet, but there are 11 hitters.
[SPEAKER_01]: And, you know, we have a handful of Dodgers here, including the first name that Toby will kick us off with, who do you got Toby?
[SPEAKER_00]: So I went with a short stop prospect that a lot of people were calling to be a top 100 prospect preseason and I've a feeling that he's going to be a consensus top 100 by the end of the year.
[SPEAKER_00]: If not already, it's Emile Morales.
[SPEAKER_00]: A bat that shows a lot of raw power, Eric,
[SPEAKER_00]: Showed a lot of that power in low way, both last year and going into this year, earned himself a promotion up to high A.
[SPEAKER_00]: Had a bit of growing pain since then, but you know, the raw power has just serious.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he showed it, like I already said, in low A and he's also flashed that in high A as well.
[SPEAKER_00]: 13 homers in 67 games got the strikeout rate under 27 percent slashing 282 352 and 518 to a 114 WRC plus between both low and high A, a hit tool bit of a question mark obviously with that type of pop.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's going to bring you some swing and miss.
[SPEAKER_00]: Contact rates aren't terrible though, still hovering over 70%.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I mean, this is just a big polar bat.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I know you and I both like that when it comes to power hitting prospects.
[SPEAKER_00]: So a ceiling when it comes to hitting home runs at the highest level is going to be pretty high up there.
[SPEAKER_00]: I think this is a bat that can project 30 plus home runs every year, you know, everything gets put together.
[SPEAKER_00]: But I'd like to see, you know, how that kind of translates to every level, not just Abel.
[SPEAKER_00]: We'll see how that power translates to double and triple as well.
[SPEAKER_00]: But the first guy that I have a big name that you should be buying into in a dynasty league here, it's just 19 years old.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I'm also a pretty big Emil Morales guy, not you know, reason why we outside the power, I feel like he's still a bit undervalued right now simply because, you know, there's so many other big names in this Dodger system where everyone focuses on, you know, a couple of the pitchers, obviously all the outfielders that have been, you know, pretty hyped up for the last year, year and a half or even longer now.
[SPEAKER_01]: So
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, if you can make consistent contact, that power is just really, really impressive for someone his age.
[SPEAKER_01]: And he's already got 13 homeruns this year in 67 games as a 19 year old between low A and high A and hasn't really looked faced by that promotion, the high A, 7 homeruns already at that level.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I love the power here.
[SPEAKER_01]: Hopefully he can at least add some some steel
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to stick right there and go with another power hitting an infield prospect for this Dodgers organization.
[SPEAKER_01]: Again, they're more than just the Altfield guys.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, those are the elite guys, but you know, guys like Morales and Harlan, Chase Harlan, who will be starting with here, are really joining the fray as well, huge, huge prop power from Chase Harlan.
[SPEAKER_01]: He was a third-ground pick,
[SPEAKER_01]: back in 2020, 24 and had a, you know, okay year last year, only nine home runs in 68 games, but it hit 269 with a 357 OBP, but this year is really taken this game to the next level.
[SPEAKER_01]: 12 home runs in 62 games between low A and high A. I had two home regained just a few days ago
[SPEAKER_01]: and 290 plate appearances.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a 153 WRC plus, but what's really impressive here, not only the huge, huge power, but he's making a little bit more because it's a contact this year.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, it's not going to above average contact rate or anything like that.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's around the 72%, 73%, but with his level of power, if you can just keep that contact rate in north of 70%, I think that'd be absolutely fine, because you add in a pretty good approach to that as well, 13.5% walk rate, just a 19% K rate.
[SPEAKER_01]: This year pretty good, you know, walk right and carry last year as well, but both have gotten a little bit better.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's going to be a bat first guy in terms of his fantasy value because he does not bring any speed element to the table.
[SPEAKER_01]: Zero steals this year.
[SPEAKER_01]: Dowd is ever good for more than a rogue steel here and there.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, the power could legit be a 30 35 home or bad to with a good OPP.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think he can be at least like a 252 60 caliber hitter.
[SPEAKER_01]: Given the context skill it's that he does have along with the immense quality of contact, that he brings to the table.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, Harlan's a guy that had a massive rise up my rankings inside my top 50 now overall.
[SPEAKER_01]: So he's a guy.
[SPEAKER_01]: I just just went out and got him in the
[SPEAKER_01]: you know, be at a pretty penny to get him.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm I'm I put my money on my mouth is and trying to get Harlan everywhere I can obviously now he's not got that you can go pick up in many leagues right now but I'd be looking to trade for him because I still don't think the price tag is probably as high as it should be.
[SPEAKER_01]: So Chase Harlan is my first name here so we got two Dodgers already
[SPEAKER_01]: on the board here and got a couple more Dodgers a little later in the show, but we'll now go outside of the Dodgers org, but another really exciting short set prospect here for Toby second pick.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so I've been having this guy just this name just keeps coming up for me and Eric I love switching short stop prospects.
[SPEAKER_00]: I feel like everybody does.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, what's not to like about a switch header 20 year old filming Celestin is my next pick here out of the Mariners system.
[SPEAKER_00]: This might cost me a little bit more than it should have in previous years, but this year, I mean, he's been so good for high a 11 homer 17 stolen bases and 68 games walk great north of 12% strikeout rate under 20.
[SPEAKER_00]: Sitting three 18 right now and he has a 140 WRC plus I mean the the profile here is just awesome was Celeste and I mean makes really good decisions swinging in zone tends to not really be able to limit as much swing and miss but it's not a grieges.
[SPEAKER_00]: Let me some strikeouts very well like I already mentioned flashes a bit of pop to finally hit the double digit homework for the first time and he did it in just one half of a season which I think is a great sign to see.
[SPEAKER_00]: And in terms of his contact numbers, you know, we're veering closer towards the 80% mark than we have in years past.
[SPEAKER_00]: The swing strike percentage has not been agreed just like I already mentioned.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's still kind of hovered around that 11 to 12% mark.
[SPEAKER_00]: And he's shown that he's becoming more aggressive over time, which just shows that he's becoming more comfortable as well.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I'd expect that, you know, as he matures more into the system, this is a bat to continue to monitor.
[SPEAKER_00]: And if you like switch hitting,
[SPEAKER_00]: Shortstop prospects that are young, projectable, I think this is your guy, and you know, you should go out and get them.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's like that.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's a pretty, I wouldn't say easy 2020 guy, but definitely could be a 2020 guy in the future.
[SPEAKER_00]: She shows more power.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, no, I absolutely agree with that and you got to wonder if that speed does take out a little bit if he feels out, you know, it gets a little more bulk on the frame, but I think there's still enough athleticism there, even if that does happen, like that is the case, he's still going to be like a 15, 20 steel guy with, you know, with 20 plus home runs as well and got it, another guy that's showing a pretty solid approach.
[SPEAKER_01]: This year as well improved walk rate and care from last year.
[SPEAKER_01]: Really good to see.
[SPEAKER_01]: I love seeing just like incremental improvements in, you know, contact rates and approach metrics, stuff like that.
[SPEAKER_01]: And, you know, so us and is absolutely checked off those two boxes.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, see I don't always seem to have a pretty fun system.
[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, you know, Kate Anderson and Ryan Sloan kind of lead the way, but
[SPEAKER_01]: You're made to graduate at Cole Emerson, or he's about to graduate, I think, with the next week or two here.
[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, Lizara Montez, you know, Celeste and a lot of fun, you know, Johnny Fermalau, a lot of fun hitting prospects in the system as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I like Celeste and a good bit.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to go with, uh, back from the Cub system, and another pretty good system there with the Chicago Cubs.
[SPEAKER_01]: Let's just say a hard soren.
[SPEAKER_01]: I got that was a 6th round pick, 181st overall selection in the last summer's draft and this is why you know something I've said for a long long time especially like what we looking like FYPD rankings don't let the draft slot dictate how you think about that player.
[SPEAKER_01]: And we've seen plenty of guys go under slot that probably are more like, you know, third, fourth rod talents that go like late first, early second.
[SPEAKER_01]: And then we see guys that have a lot of upside, but they're a little bit improvement, you know, high school guys generally, that kind of fall to, you know, the third, fourth, fifth, sixth round and this absolutely breakout in the heart soreness.
[SPEAKER_01]: an example of that.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'd say pay more attention to the signing bonuses than the draft slot.
[SPEAKER_01]: If you want to look at anything, I'm not saying to go off of that either, but I think the signing bonus tells you a lot more than where these guys were actually picked and he was given a $2 million signing bonus out of Orange Lutheran High School, which is a very very good high school that's had a lot of good drafties over the last decade or longer.
[SPEAKER_01]: and heartsorn didn't debut last year, they put him right in low aid this year.
[SPEAKER_01]: He did very well and then got the high A and is absolutely taken off.
[SPEAKER_01]: Overall he's got 14 bombs in 69 games, 211-407-534 slash line, and since he got the high A 30 games, 9 bombs, 315-385-630 slash line,
[SPEAKER_01]: Actually, I put out a tweet about five days or so ago and maybe it's changed a little bit since then, but at the time on June 25th, there was only two prospects under age 20 to have an OBP over 400, a slugging percentage over 500 and a K rate under 20% with having at least 200 player prints as the season.
[SPEAKER_01]: And one was Chase Harlan who I just talked about, and the other one was Josiah Hartzhorn, a very tall, predictable frame, he's been playing some corner out, feel a little bit of first base as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: And this is far from an all or nothing slugger.
[SPEAKER_01]: Even though he's got pretty good raw power, and I think some projection to add even more power down the road.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's also showing a real good approach the season 15 percent walk rate 17 and a half percent strike a rate and he's at a above average context skills as well K rate just I mean that should be contact rate around 80 percent swing strike rate around or eight percent on the dot so
[SPEAKER_01]: not swinging missing too often, he's drawing walks, keeping the key right and check, and still getting to that power, you know, good, pull rate, good air rate as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, and he's, you know, got some speed, too.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think he's going to be a burner, but maybe you've got to give it your five to ten steals of top of all that power, and probably at least an average in a good OPP as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: Still a couple years away, I mean, he just turned 19 back in February, so he's playing the entire 20, 26 season as a 19 year old, but you know, really, really exciting.
[SPEAKER_01]: I already have him in my top 50.
[SPEAKER_01]: He was another guy that had a huge jump in my my recent top 500 update.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I expect that rise to only continue.
[SPEAKER_01]: Like it wouldn't surprise me if both Harlan and Heart Sworn are top 20 top 25 guys by the end of the season.
[SPEAKER_01]: So two of my biggest dynasty, you know, go get them guys right now.
[SPEAKER_01]: So Josiah Heart Sworn is my second guy over to Toby and he's going to my Boston Red Sox with a really exciting kind of pop-up guy recently.
[SPEAKER_01]: So we got here Toby.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I love how you described that as a pop-up guy, but it's exactly what he did this year.
[SPEAKER_00]: Planned 32 games in the complex, Franklin, Primera finally will be making his affiliated baseball debut in the low-A, not sure the date, but I know it's coming up as I just saw the news break on Twitter this afternoon.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is about that always showed a pretty solid approach, keeping the K-R8 under 10% and the DSL last year.
[SPEAKER_00]: Maintain that in those 32 games in the complex at a 9.7% rate.
[SPEAKER_00]: repaired it with a 427 549 and 718 slash line in 202 WRC plus power just exploded.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean eight homers in just a for 30 games is pretty incredible and there's really no room for improvement there anymore.
[SPEAKER_00]: He's now going to get a real test of affiliated baseball, really consistent swing and missed numbers, again consistent contact rates as well last year, over 82% in the DSL comes state side maintains that over 82% contact rate, well being just slightly more aggressive and everything else with the profile, I mean it looks pretty sound other than the fact that he chases a little bit.
[SPEAKER_00]: which you kind of expect out of a teenager still, but he makes some pretty good swing decisions as a knack for pull in the baseball and the air keeps it off the ground.
[SPEAKER_00]: As decent 90th percentile Vs as well, this is a bet that I think you got to watch and if you know you are in a dynasty league.
[SPEAKER_00]: I wouldn't imagine a lot of people have this guy on their radar unless everyone in league is just like a prospect sicko.
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't think this is a guy that a lot of
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, for free, even if you could just pick them up, I'm not sure if people even have this guy roster at this point in the year.
[SPEAKER_00]: So before he makes his low-A debut, could be a good get.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, this has been a lot of hype in the last, you know, four or five weeks or so on premiere, just how dominant he was in the complex, you know, having basically double as many walks of strikeouts or nearly as many, you know, double as walks of strikeouts, carry under 10%, hitting 427, you know, 178, Slug 202, WRC plus all the numbers.
[SPEAKER_01]: are just really, really good.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, this guy that wasn't really, you know, he wasn't a big international signing.
[SPEAKER_01]: He got that most people didn't even know about, you know, until this year.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, yeah, he maybe he's been scooped up in like deeper dietency leagues.
[SPEAKER_01]: We're like, you know, 400 plus prospects are rostered, but for the most part, you know, if you're only rostering two, through the end of prospects, he probably still out there.
[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe he's been added by,
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, a prospect savvy manager, but you know, a lot of the like here with Premiere.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I like this pick.
[SPEAKER_01]: Good bit here.
[SPEAKER_01]: Especially as a Red Sox fan.
[SPEAKER_01]: Really excited to see what he can do.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, once he gets into, you know, full season ball here.
[SPEAKER_01]: It'll be nice to all tests for him for sure.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to go with the one picture in this episode and back to the Dodgers.
[SPEAKER_01]: We have the next two coming up, are both Dodgers.
[SPEAKER_01]: So here are the other two.
[SPEAKER_01]: So a third of our 12 prospects for talking about tonight are from the Dodgers.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm going with Christians as wait, uh, uh, who just made his double-aid debut.
[SPEAKER_01]: And the other day, tossing five shutout innings with nine straightouts.
[SPEAKER_01]: That makes his overall season line a 352 ERA 0.89 with 35.9% strikeout rate 5.8% walk rate and a 190 batting average against.
[SPEAKER_01]: And in similar fashion to the stats I kind of rambled off, you know, a little while ago, I love just like looking at combinations of stats to see what players pop up.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I did that recently with his way to, or with a couple of stats that made him pop off with another very, very good name with him as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: So it was only two pitching prospects this season, the minor leagues, 50 plus innings minimum.
[SPEAKER_01]: have a K minus BB rate of at least 30% a batting average of guns under 200 and a whip under one.
[SPEAKER_01]: Keeda Anderson was one and says wait was the other.
[SPEAKER_01]: That's a pretty good player to be with on a list.
[SPEAKER_01]: You got it's having, you know, one of the best minor league pitches season we've seen in a long time and says wait does right there with him as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, the array, you know, mid threes,
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, he had a blow-up outing that really kind of pushed that up.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, that's why you might only earrays.
[SPEAKER_01]: You got to take with the greatest saw.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, look at that whip.
[SPEAKER_01]: Look at the bag image against K-rate, walk rate.
[SPEAKER_01]: All of that is really, really good with his weight.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, above average, probably even plus
[SPEAKER_01]: come in and control, you know, good, you know, two pitch mix here, fast ball and change up, you know, slider had some questions coming into the year.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's looked a little better.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's still kind of a work in progress, but it looks to be better than it was last season.
[SPEAKER_01]: So hopefully he can continue to develop, you know,
[SPEAKER_01]: that breaker or if he adds a different pitch here to give him a third legit weapon to attack hitters with, but in fact, he's already so advanced, very high floor, and the ability to strike guys out, hitters the chase, limit the walks, you know, a lot of good here in the profile of his weight and so another guy that feels like he's still, I mean, the hype is starting to get up there now,
[SPEAKER_01]: This is a guy that I was still at the target right now because I think he's only going to keep rising up rankings here and gaining more and more hype throughout the rest of the season to put the point where I already have him pushing my top 10 pitching prospects right now.
[SPEAKER_01]: a pitching prospect in the game.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, uh, very high ends as a way to, uh, so he's one of my, you know, top pitching projects I'm looking to go out and get everywhere right now.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, Christians as wait is my third guy here.
[SPEAKER_01]: So the first six three cap, email Morales, Chase Harlin, Thorn and Celestine, Josiah Hartzhorn, Brinkle Primera, and Christian as a
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, this was a fun one for me to take because I feel like for the most part, at least until this point in the show, I picked guys that have had pretty well rounded seasons and this guy's really just hit a ton of homers and it was a diamond in the rough for the Dodgers a few years ago, an undracted for agent.
[SPEAKER_00]: and Easton Shelton and he's making a name for himself right now in low-A 20-years-old came into this season the career high 7 homers back in 2025 now has 22 homers already this season in just 66 games K-Rate is inflated over 35% he still managed to get on base at a 377 clip has been hitting for a 281 average and posted a 614 slog in that stretch for a 137 WRC plus
[SPEAKER_00]: 68 RBI's in 66 games, I mean, he's been a big impact to bat that won't hit the ball on the ground very often at all struggles with the strikeouts like I said and with that comes a good amount of chase and a lot of with he's really got to work on that at least, but I mean, 22 homers after hitting a previous career high of seven.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, that catches my eye at least being the fact that he is six foot four to 125 pounds.
[SPEAKER_00]: to make a jump in that power.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, it's a little too much for me to ignore.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is another guy that I feel like you could probably get for hopefully a pretty cheap price in the Dynasty League.
[SPEAKER_00]: There's a lot of holes right now in the profile, but the ceiling of what we're seeing with the power, I think, is too much to not at least entertain a little bit.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, he's a guy that's, uh, I came across his name.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's named Popton, uh, I think it was something to do with, like, home run leaders or extra base hits or something like that in my release, because, you know, he ranks very highly and basically everything to do with, with power and extra base hits right now.
[SPEAKER_01]: We either that strike out right a bit concerning.
[SPEAKER_01]: Do you think Toby do you think he's kind of been selling out for power a little bit?
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, on one hand he is walking twice as often as he did last year.
[SPEAKER_01]: So that's at least a little bit, you know, positive there.
[SPEAKER_01]: But do you think he can get that carried under control?
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if he can get it under control necessarily.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, historically looking at what he's done, it doesn't look like that's something that he's going to trend towards.
[SPEAKER_00]: But I mean, if you're selling out for power and you're hitting 22 homers in a half of a season, I mean, I'm kind of okay with that.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like if he's going to continue to sell out with the power and get over 40 homeruns, I know it's probably not going to translate too well to the harder levels of the minor leagues,
[SPEAKER_00]: If he could get 30 bonds before promotion, I mean, that's still something that I at least think about entertaining.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and it's one of those situations where like, you know, what if he just gets that carry down like 30% gets the contact rate to like 66, 67% I mean he said he's got some work to be done, but yeah, that power output right now pretty fun to to see with East and Shelton.
[SPEAKER_01]: And my next guy here, a very, very different profile, completely obscenes of the profile spectrum here.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm going to the Guardians or here with Uniker Kakaraz, who has been, you know, really, really good this year.
[SPEAKER_01]: But is it getting a lot of,
[SPEAKER_01]: hype right now.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I have a top 100 right now.
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think that's kind of like a universal thing as of yets, but really good seasons of far in low A, 42 games, 194 player appearances, eight home runs, six steels, a 325, 418, 546 slash line, more walks and strike out.
[SPEAKER_01]: See, it's got 12 and a half percent walk rate.
[SPEAKER_01]: in a 10.3% strikeout rate, I mean, he was fine last year hit 270, 379 OPP, but only four home runs in 70 games.
[SPEAKER_01]: So it's nice to see him kind of tap into that raw power, a little bit more, you know, power speed blend, even, you know, looking better this year still isn't, I don't think going to be like a massive part.
[SPEAKER_01]: of his profile long term, could he be like a 15 to 20 homer guy with 15 to 20 steals?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, he's kind of around average in both the power speed departments.
[SPEAKER_01]: And who knows, maybe he ends up taking up to being above average power.
[SPEAKER_01]: I could, I could, I could see that, you know, if he adds a little bit more strength over the next couple of years, he's still 18, he'll be 19 in mid August.
[SPEAKER_01]: So he's still very young.
[SPEAKER_01]: But what I love about Cochorus's profile on top of having a phenomenal approach, he just puts the bat on the ball.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, this guy can get on base.
[SPEAKER_01]: He does not strike out much at all.
[SPEAKER_01]: Only a 5.3% swing the strike rate.
[SPEAKER_01]: Contact rate this year has ticked up and he was around the 83, 84% last year.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's now up to that 87, 88% range.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's not only has he been kind of tapping into that power a little bit more.
[SPEAKER_01]: contact the do so.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's actually, you know, improved his contact and intriguing.
[SPEAKER_01]: He missing less often than he did last year.
[SPEAKER_01]: And it was even an issue last year.
[SPEAKER_01]: This I got to that's had more walks than strikeouts in two straight seasons.
[SPEAKER_01]: He actually has the same exact walker this year as last year 12.4% dropped that K rate from 12.1 to 10.3.
[SPEAKER_01]: So he was already very good in these areas.
[SPEAKER_01]: this season.
[SPEAKER_01]: So this guy that's got a really high floor for his age given the hit tool here given the blend of contact and approach and you know even if he's only you know 15 plus 15 plus tip of guy if he's given you you know high average high OPP
[SPEAKER_01]: got that could probably hit into the top of the odors.
[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe you got this could be a lot of run scored as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's hard to speculate on that.
[SPEAKER_01]: But he is a guy that does look like he could be like a number one, number two hitter in a lineup for this Cleveland team in a few years.
[SPEAKER_01]: So he's a guy that I think the price tag and the hype is only going to continue to grow over the next year or two.
[SPEAKER_01]: So he's a guy that I'd love to
[SPEAKER_01]: get in on now because I already have a top 100 and I think that'll be a more universal thing maybe even later this season or in the 2027.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, uh, Unicred Kakaraz is my next guy here and a very sneaky good target in Diancy leagues.
[SPEAKER_01]: We got four more names here and Toby's going to a very exciting infield prospect from last year's draft class.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and I'm going back with another power hitter.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's just been too much fun watching this prospect play to not at least mention him in this episode.
[SPEAKER_00]: Astro's first round pick Xavier Nions is who I went with here.
[SPEAKER_00]: He's honestly really just impressed me overall.
[SPEAKER_00]: I thought there was going to be a lot more growing pains coming into this year, and yet he started out with a slash line of 245, 442, and 458, and 59 games with 12 homers, a walk percentage north of 24%.
[SPEAKER_00]: K-rate has been above 32% but the WRC plus overall has been 152 and one of the best in the Carolina league.
[SPEAKER_00]: He's just been.
[SPEAKER_00]: Honestly, he just blown me away with what his hit tools looked like so far.
[SPEAKER_00]: One that has not received much praise at all, really just because the raw power has.
[SPEAKER_00]: been more of the talking point with him over anything else, contact rate still over 70%.
[SPEAKER_00]: Extremely selective, which is what I really like about him is he waits for his pitch and while he does whiff a lot and
[SPEAKER_00]: He does have the problems with the strikeouts like I mentioned, he doesn't chase very often, he walks up a really good clip like I said because of it and just overall I think that's really going to improve his swing decisions over time.
[SPEAKER_00]: Doesn't make a ton of his own contact, but again, still 19 years old, I expect that to change here and get better as he progresses through the system.
[SPEAKER_00]: because I think he's going to be a guy that progresses fashion and people think through the Astro system.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, he's a fun one for sure and you know people look at like always good 31% carry, but he's not that that's the 31% carry that I'm not really concerned about because I think more of that is because he's just so passive to be right like you know you mentioned he doesn't chase that much is now like you don't he's a 9% swing strike rate which is actually a very very good mark thing because swing rate it's only 30.7% that's really low so
[SPEAKER_01]: gets himself in the too many two straight counts, then boom, you get, you know, higher carate than you probably deserve.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, back to he's already kind of putting up some some fun numbers in various areas.
[SPEAKER_01]: Now it's, it's way to this guy gets a little more aggression, like really starts hunting out those pitches to drive because, as you mentioned, that raw power really, really exciting.
[SPEAKER_01]: He can run a little bit too.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's already got 14 steals this year too.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I mean, if he starts, you know, getting
[SPEAKER_01]: watch out.
[SPEAKER_01]: This guy could really be, you know, vault is way up to being one of the the best offensive prospects in all of baseball.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, that's a very, very exciting profile here with Nions.
[SPEAKER_01]: Not a great system there in Houston right now, but Nions definitely a one of them that you should be targeting right now in your dynasty leagues for sure.
[SPEAKER_01]: My next guy here's got its only played six professional games in the TSL, but you know, got that is I think was one of the more exciting international signings from this past years class, you know, that signed about what six months ago or so, and that's a manual Luna with the Tate Lewis Cardinals.
[SPEAKER_01]: Just go, you know, just use put his name into a search on Twitter or X wherever you want to call it and you get some videos and have a swing and some game video of him.
[SPEAKER_01]: A few pictures of him back when he signed.
[SPEAKER_01]: First off, his arms.
[SPEAKER_01]: This guy is strong.
[SPEAKER_01]: He just looks very, very strong.
[SPEAKER_01]: I got that I would lose and I could still have enough above average strength.
[SPEAKER_01]: individual.
[SPEAKER_01]: I would lose in an arm wrestling contest with this guy very easily.
[SPEAKER_01]: He is very, very strong.
[SPEAKER_01]: And the swing is very exciting.
[SPEAKER_01]: I love Luna's swing.
[SPEAKER_01]: One of the videos you'll find, open face video from Redbird Farm Hands on Twitter, you know, of a backfield video here.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, very strong frame, very quick hands, swing as soon as the zone really quickly with that nice kind of slight upper cut swing path.
[SPEAKER_01]: Man, this guy is going to be an absolute power master here.
[SPEAKER_01]: And he's, you know, good athlete too.
[SPEAKER_01]: I think there could be some good speed element to his game.
[SPEAKER_01]: as well and he's already matched three homeruns in his first six games uh... three fifty three five forty two nine forty one me twenty six games but but he's already gotten three homeruns already six walks in six games i mean since it's super super small synthesized but you know already showing that huge power this is a lot to like hearing it's far too early to
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, speculate on, you know, where the hit tools get a wind up, you know, that that was a one of the questions a lot of evaluators that saw him, you know, what he, you know, before he had signed had questions with about him, but, you know, what we'll see, I mean, he's so super young here, so we'll see as he gets money game action, how that hit tool looks how the approach looks how the context skills look, but unraw.
[SPEAKER_01]: tools alone.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, this guy is really, really exciting.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, you know, these are the types of types of guys that you should be really going after, especially the deeper the league, the more important going after these guys becomes because, you know, the upside is so large that, you know, if it works out, then bum, you look, you know, you look great.
[SPEAKER_01]: It doesn't work out who cares, you just go, you know, turn and burn, go on to the next, you know, fun, young prospect.
[SPEAKER_01]: So,
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, go after an all leagues at roster, you know, 200 plus prospects right now because the upside, you know, if it clicks for him, it's going to be really, really exciting.
[SPEAKER_01]: And you're going to see him bolt up, you know, up.
[SPEAKER_01]: Prospect rankings a ton over the next year or two here.
[SPEAKER_01]: All right.
[SPEAKER_01]: Two more names to go, you know, both hitters, Toby's going to Milwaukee for his last guy.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm surprised it took us this long to get to Milwaukee system.
[SPEAKER_00]: I would have thought that we had like at least multiple, but you know, that's what happens when you have a handful of Dodgers, I guess.
[SPEAKER_00]: I went with Braille and Payne and I feel like there's a lot of names you could go to in the brewer's system, but at 19 years old doing what he's done in high A this year was impossible for me to ignore.
[SPEAKER_00]: And known threat on the bases as well as out there in the outfield has just true plus plus speed there.
[SPEAKER_00]: And he's turned around and hit 15 homers this season already in 48 games.
[SPEAKER_00]: Slashing 288 395 92 with a 141 WRC plus Walker it has dipped a little bit.
[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm wondering if that's, you know, due to the power.
[SPEAKER_00]: But the carate's dipped also a slight bit as well.
[SPEAKER_00]: and he's also stolen 14 bases.
[SPEAKER_00]: So this is turned into a true 20 30 30 30 at its ceiling threat and if walkie can get that at the highest level, that's going to be pretty special for them there in an outfield with guys like Jackson, Chorio,
[SPEAKER_00]: And you know, maybe Garrett Mitchell down the line, we'll see how that ends up panning out, but obviously at 19 years old pain still away is away over the years.
[SPEAKER_00]: And you know, by years, I mean, just a couple, because like I said, he still a teenager contact rates of dipped swinging strike percentages and just over all swing and miss has kind of gone up, but he's become more aggressive and obviously hitting 15 homers feeling your power stroke a bit more, you're going to become more aggressive.
[SPEAKER_00]: but it's resulted in obviously more production from him.
[SPEAKER_00]: Makes good swing decisions overall, though.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, swings inside the zone at a well above average clip and shows a lot of power for it as a knack for pulling the ball in the air.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is a guy that I would really tap into if you can because the tools are all there.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's a freak athlete.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, this is a first round pick for a reason.
[SPEAKER_00]: I would really go after him if you can because I feel like he's still yet to tap into really everything that he could get to in this system and he's in the perfect system for him to keep developing into what hopefully could be a 30, 30 threat at the highest level.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, if the hit tool is there, I mean, he's going to be a really fun fantasy outfielder.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, the power speed blood in there really, really exciting.
[SPEAKER_01]: This whole entire Milwaukee system, like, you know, they've graduated some guys recently, but.
[SPEAKER_01]: even with those graduations.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they still have you got that, you know, for many people, then I know what prospect and baseball in Hazard's Monday.
[SPEAKER_01]: You got Luis Payne, you know, you got Jet Williams, Josh out of Sheski, you know, Luis Lara Andrew Fisher, you know, Marco didn't just, you know, Luke Adams, Braille and Payne, Brady Abel, it's like Blake Burrks, having a good year.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a really exciting system.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I think you got to look at them.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I don't have like, you know, every system memorized and rank in in terms of a ranking process right now, but they're going to be at least like a top three system.
[SPEAKER_01]: It's probably like them, the Dodgers and maybe Seattle or or someone like that, but you know, the system is it's been really good for really lost half decade or longer now and just really, really deep system.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm both sides but especially with the hitting so and even with all these good names in this mocker system you can make a case that pain might have at least for fantasy one of the highest ceilings I mean obviously you know mod a pain your super high but I think you can make a case that pain ceiling for fantasy given the power and speed he brings
[SPEAKER_01]: is higher than atoms, it's higher than even a fisher, because fisher doesn't really add speed.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, it's higher than jet, it's higher than Laura, it's higher than Adam's Jeski.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I like paying a lot.
[SPEAKER_01]: And if you can just get that hit tool right, he's gonna be a really, really fun prospect.
[SPEAKER_01]: So, I like Braille and Payne, it could be as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: My last name here, I'll go to my Boston Red Sox.
[SPEAKER_01]: So the second Red Sox prospect here in this episode, and I'm going Andy Asakar.
[SPEAKER_01]: got that's in high A right now, started this season in low A, hit very well there, 2.95, 34, 5.30 slash line, 6 bombs, 7 steals and 39 games has been quite as good in high A, but I think he's holding his own as a 19 year old facing more advanced pitching than he's ever faced before in his life and a lot of these guys are
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, a couple years older than him, the 243, 321, 390, Bony, a 24% K-Rate walkerate has actually got up in high 8 to 9.8 percent, 2 bombs, 4 steals, and 24 games.
[SPEAKER_01]: So overall, 8 homeruns, 11 steals in 63 games with a 274, 336, 477, slash line.
[SPEAKER_01]: I got that has a pretty fun power speed one here.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's a very, you know, strong athletic outfielder, you know, very predictable frame.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's already out of the lot of bulk.
[SPEAKER_01]: So he look as like the engrass page or B ref page.
[SPEAKER_01]: And they have him like around the 16570 pounds.
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think he's definitely added a little bit of bulk, you know, since those.
[SPEAKER_01]: you know, where those weights and heights and weights were listed.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'd probably say just off of, you know, seeing video of him, he's part of more like 175, 180 and that's been, you know, good muscle added on there and still some some room to add more bulk to that frame and he's already starting to tap into that rock power.
[SPEAKER_01]: a little bit here.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's in the above average runner as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: And the contract skills have been been fine.
[SPEAKER_01]: They've been great.
[SPEAKER_01]: They've been bad.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's been kind of, you know, writing that low 70s percent range, both last year and this year.
[SPEAKER_01]: It keeps the key rate relatively in check.
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, definitely some some room for improvements.
[SPEAKER_01]: They are some areas to work on, but
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, the fact that he doesn't have any major concerns as of now, we're already showing a pretty fun fantasy-friendly profile.
[SPEAKER_01]: So if he continues to, you know, be a little bit more patient at the play.
[SPEAKER_01]: Even those contact rates up a little bit higher.
[SPEAKER_01]: But this could be a top 100 prospect.
[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe not this year, but maybe next year.
[SPEAKER_01]: You could see as the cars are getting some top 100 love.
[SPEAKER_01]: out of that red sock system.
[SPEAKER_01]: So pretty fun name there, and then I'm really excited about seeing probably next year in AA, I doubt he gets there this year.
[SPEAKER_01]: He's probably the highest rest of the year if I venture a guess, but I'll probably get to see some live looks of him next year.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll be a pretty fun thing for me.
[SPEAKER_01]: So
[SPEAKER_01]: Andy Azacar, my last name here, so to recap, the dozen names here, Emile Morales, Chase Harlin, Thonan Celestin, Josiah Hart-Torn, Franklin Primerna, Christians as a way to eastern Shelton, Uniker Kakar is Xavier Nans, Emmanuel Luna, Raylon Payne, and Andy Azacar.
[SPEAKER_01]: Toby, before we get out of here, if you had the pick,
[SPEAKER_01]: two of your names and maybe even my names here too but just pick two names that like these are the two that I want more than the others.
[SPEAKER_01]: Which two would you go to here?
[SPEAKER_00]: I go back to Brailing Pain for sure and in a similar type of profile almost I'd go to Xavier Nions.
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean power speed guys are honestly who I would want.
[SPEAKER_00]: I'd like to say a guy like
[SPEAKER_00]: You don't really notice futures going to look like in the Dodgers Award, if it'll be sent out, if you will stay.
[SPEAKER_00]: So I would go with the guy that I feel like is well equipped to be at the highest level with the Brewers in Braille and Pain.
[SPEAKER_00]: And then I think Xavier Nines is the guy that the Astros want at the highest level for them.
[SPEAKER_00]: So those two are my guys.
[SPEAKER_01]: Awesome.
[SPEAKER_01]: I would go with.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna go to Josiah Hart, sworn as one, I think this gives the fact that he's played both corner out field and first base.
[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe help him get to the majors a little bit quicker or at least give some more avenues to get there.
[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe he won't speed up the ETA, but I think it definitely help him.
[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe find his way into that Cubs line up a little bit earlier than maybe if he was just outfield or alone.
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll go with him for one.
[SPEAKER_01]: I kind of want to go to the fun upside guy here with Luna, Emmanuel Luna as my other.
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, we talk a lot of fun names here a lot of these guys, I mean, obviously all these guys are guys I'm targeting in general, but I think just given the fact that the price tag is very cheap right now or even free and this to huge huge upside he brings to the table.
[SPEAKER_01]: And I've seen some other people that are kind of unraving about him as well.
[SPEAKER_01]: So the hype is starting to get there even after just six games, which kind of shows you.
[SPEAKER_01]: Kind of what the potential is there with Luna.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I'll go hearts horn and Luna here.
[SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, that's a lot of fun names here 12 prospects target in dinosaur leagues in the second half for various reasons, but got a lot of fun names and that will wrap us up though.
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you to everyone for tuning in this episode.
[SPEAKER_01]: We hope you enjoyed it.
[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe you can go out and get a couple of these guys in your dinosaur leagues and we'll be back with you again later this week, but until then everyone take care.