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00:00Act of both Ellie DeLaCruz and Bobby Witt.
00:02I mean, you can make the case.
00:03It's pick two, pick one, pick three.
00:05I mean, both of those guys are right at the top.
00:07Ellie was a monster last year for fantasy purposes
00:11with all the home runs and all the stolen bases.
00:13Gunnar Henderson became a superstar last year.
00:16He's number two.
00:17Willie Adamas is moving over from Milwaukee
00:19to San Francisco.
00:20I'd probably move him a lot down based on that.
00:22And then Bobby Witt Jr.
00:24I guess there's some debate.
00:25Is Otani the number one overall pick in the draft?
00:27Is Bobby Witt the number one overall pick in the draft?
00:29It depends on your format, how you can use Otani.
00:31And if you can't use him in the way you want,
00:33you're probably taking Witt.
00:35Ezekiel Tovar, who really became a superstar last year
00:39for the Colorado Rockies.
00:40So we love that.
00:42And yeah, I mean, I probably can keep going here
00:45a little bit more.
00:46Lindor, Cruz, Neto, Volpe, Rafaela
00:50qualifies at so many positions.
00:51That's why he's valuable there.
00:52But I'll stop there at those 10.
00:55You know, I don't think you can go wrong, by the way,
00:57with a lot of these names here.
00:59I'm very high on Tovar, too.
01:00Playing in Colorado doesn't mean they're going to win.
01:03But he's in a great environment.
01:04He's not blocked by anybody, either.
01:06There's no, like, some silly veteran
01:08that the Rockies have brought in this year to play over.
01:10They're young guys, so that's good.
01:12And you know, I don't think that we've seen the best of O'Neal
01:14Cruz, too.
01:15Like, O'Neal Cruz has had these months
01:17where he's looked like the best fantasy player on the planet
01:20and then drops off, too, if he could ever get
01:22his stuff more consistent.
01:24So this list is phenomenal.
01:25You've got to have somebody good here.
01:28Yeah, this might be, like I said,
01:29if you ever chose me to shortstop
01:31in your second baseman there, you
01:33might want to choose second base because shortstop
01:35is definitely deeper here.
01:37You said we start with Bobby Witt,
01:39who's probably no worse than your third overall pick.
01:43Most of the mock drafts I've done so far.
01:47I mean, Otani is still going number one.
01:50He's not going to steal as many bases as he did last year,
01:52but he's still going number one, judge two,
01:54and then Witt is three.
01:55I think Witt over judge don't really have an issue with it.
01:57I think judge gets a little of an edge there,
01:59A, because of the power, and B, because outfield.
02:02We generally start at least four,
02:03a lot of leagues, five of these guys.
02:05So that might be why judge gets the advantage there.
02:07Witt's there.
02:08You mentioned all the other players.
02:09It's deep.
02:10I'll wait.
02:11I mean, listen.
02:12Do I want, you know, someone like, you know, come here.
02:14You've got to have a good one on this list, man.
02:17I mean, this is a good list.
02:19I mean, you know, by the way, there's
02:21one name that's not even on here.
02:22He missed, I think, 40 games last year or so,
02:24and he was the number one fantasy pick last year,
02:26Trey Turner.
02:28Like, Trey Turner is, you know, if he doesn't miss,
02:32if he doesn't miss 40 games, he's 30-30.
02:35He's, I don't know where.
02:37We don't even have him on this list,
02:39and he gets hurt a lot as well, but he's also a top,
02:42you know, this is, I think, a lot of these,
02:45Why, well, why are you, but here's what I don't understand.
02:48Sorry to cut you off.
02:49Why are you saying wait, though?
02:50Like, don't you want to have, like,
02:52don't you have to secure yourself one of,
02:54like, by the way, if you're playing roto leagues,
02:56like, why not take two of these guys,
02:58one at short, one at middle infield?
03:00I mean, this is the, this is the strongest.
03:02You're going to eat at second base or first base.
03:06Maybe both.
03:07Maybe not, though.
03:08It depends on your strategy.
03:09You can win at shortstop.
03:11At least I'm looking at you guys.
03:13O'Neal Cruz is listed at the 14th best shortstop,
03:15which is nuts, by the way.
03:16I'll take O'Neal Cruz as my starting shortstop,
03:18and if that allows me to get Matt Olsen at first base,
03:21if that allows me to get, you know,
03:23I guess second base is a little tougher,
03:25but Marcus Semien at second base,
03:26I think I'd rather have that than get,
03:28you know, Bobby Witt at shortstop,
03:30and then all of a sudden I'm down to
03:32Pat Gattino at first base.
03:33I'm down to, you know, Arias at second base.
03:36It comes down to how you look at it,
03:38how your strategy is.
03:39To me, shortstop is deep.
03:40I don't mind waiting and getting a good
03:42but not great shortstop
03:44if it allows me to get much better second baseman
03:47and end to a first baseman.
03:49Okay, so the second part of this list,
03:51I mean, to your point, like C.J. Abrams,
03:53if he was my starting shortstop to start the season,
03:55I'd be happy with it, too.
03:56I know he had, you know,
03:58some serious issues with the team last year,
04:00but at least from, look,
04:02I don't know what to believe with reports,
04:04but it all smiles and it seems,
04:05I mean, to me, he is a superstar also,
04:08so I don't want to dismiss that.
04:10Swanson had a big time down year last year.
04:13Willie Castro had a big time up year.
04:15Peña from his rookie year was down to the next.
04:17There's Turner, who we mentioned.
04:19I, by the way, would bump Turner
04:22way up there on Trey Turner.
04:25Paul DeYoung, who's not signed,
04:27who, if I'm not mistaken,
04:29did DeYoung get, he got traded at the end of last year?
04:32Was it Toronto?
04:34I can't recall, but either way,
04:35he was fantastic when he got traded
04:38and he kind of resurrected his career a little bit.
04:40Corey Seager was hurt for a lot of the year.
04:42Mason Wynn, Josh Smith, Jose Caballero.
04:46You got to be careful with those guys from Tampa Bay.
04:47You don't know how much they're going to play,
04:49so yeah, I mean, I guess to your point,
04:51it's pretty deep and I don't see a lot of drop off
04:53from those first 10 to the Turners
04:56and maybe Peña has a bounce back season too.
04:59You mentioned Corey Seager.
05:00I think that's a good call by you too.
05:01Mason Wynn, second year could be better as well,
05:04but I want to make sure I get a good one here.
05:07Who do you like, by the way, from the bounce back list here?
05:09From Swanson, show that again, Sam.
05:12From Swanson and Seager,
05:15I guess those would be bounce back candidates, right?
05:19I mean, I like Seager a lot.
05:21I do, but he gets hurt an awful lot as well.
05:24I think Texas as a whole is going to have a bounce back season,
05:27you know, where they can maybe even win that division,
05:28make the playoffs here.
05:29But Seager would be the guy,
05:30if we're going to include him as a bounce back, sure,
05:33but he's that guy,
05:34cranks me in the back of my head, 130 games,
05:38you know, I'm not getting 150.
05:39I'm not getting anywhere near 160.
05:41He's going to, I want a guy who needs that one day a week off,
05:44you know, to manage his body, you know,
05:47and the man swings hard, by the way.
05:48He's not getting cheated on his swings at all here,
05:50but Corey Seager, the guy I would take a shot at,
05:53as far as a bounce back season.