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00:00But here are some of the leaders from scoring from last season.
00:03You're just never going to catch me taking a closer high ever.
00:07Helsey is back with St. Louis again.
00:09He's at the top as well as Josh Hader.
00:10Presley now out of the mix completely.
00:12By the way, Presley, the Cubs closer going into this season.
00:16So we should probably make sure that we keep an eye on him.
00:20Colin Ray.
00:21How did he score?
00:21So what did I miss?
00:23How did Colin Ray score so high?
00:24He started a bunch of games.
00:26Yeah.
00:26Yeah, can't use him.
00:28Class A is back at the top.
00:29Kirby Yates signs with the Dodgers.
00:32Is he going to get saves?
00:34He's got Phillips and some other guys there too.
00:36Mason Miller's a fantastic player and I think a great option there.
00:42Mitch Spence from the Athletics also.
00:45Erceg, we should mention too, had a big year for the Angels.
00:47Nick Martinez on Cincinnati, a starter, reliever.
00:50Iglesias, Suarez.
00:53Look, it's a tough position to pick.
00:55I mean, think about this, George.
00:57Last year, one of the most saves in the league, I believe,
01:00was Finnegan on Washington.
01:02Is he on a team, Sam?
01:04Did he sign with anybody?
01:05Or is he still not on a team?
01:06No, I think he's a free agent.
01:08I think he's still a free agent.
01:0930-something saves?
01:10This is just the toughest position.
01:12I mean, we talk about Katcher being tough.
01:1438 saves for Finnegan.
01:16He's got no team.
01:18So, you know, far be it from me to try to predict the top.
01:21I guess, for those people who believe in the elite tiers,
01:25it's healthy, it's hater, it's class A.
01:29You know, Cleveland also has, I forget his name, the setup guy
01:33for Cleveland's also fantastic, too.
01:34He had a big year as well.
01:37It's, you're looking at it now, and this list is scary.
01:41It's sort of like, you know, the list of those couple positions
01:44we talked about, second base, first base.
01:46If you don't get one of the first couple, you might as well
01:48wait forever.
01:49And some people do that anyway, right?
01:50They don't believe in drafting early pitches anywhere near
01:53early.
01:54It's too volatile a position, you know, back when you did
01:56a lot of writing here with Daly Roto, I used to write the
01:59closer report, and my first column, which would come out
02:02right about now, would always, the first paragraph would say
02:05of over 30 close, I'm going to list here right now, half
02:08won't have the job by all-star break.
02:10For whatever reason, poor performance, you know, it's just
02:13every year.
02:13It's a, it's a volatile position.
02:15You're just better off waiting here.
02:17Sure.
02:17I'd love to have class A.
02:18Devin Williams, hater, Diaz, Helsley, Miller.
02:22Maybe I put a Glacius of Atlanta in here.
02:24I don't think he's a great closer there, but he's going
02:26to be the guy in there.
02:27Bautista, what do we feel about him?
02:29He was played two years ago.
02:31I like him.
02:31I would take a, I would, I would go down that road.
02:34I would probably get, make sure I get Cano too, but I would
02:38go down that road.
02:39Yes, I mean, that's, I think it'd be a must here.
02:42And by the way, from the Dodgers, they said that, I think
02:44it was Tannis Scott's gonna get first shot in April, and then,
02:47but they have too many guys there.
02:48Yates is not gonna be forgotten about it.
02:50If Tannis Scott slips up at all, Yates is gonna get his
02:53options as well.
02:54What do we think about Alexis Diaz?
02:56I'm in on the Reds again.
02:57I think they're gonna, I think they have a good shot here.
02:59How about Edwin?
02:59Wild card run here.
03:02Edwin Diaz?
03:02I didn't hear, I'm sorry.
03:06He would be in my, my top five, I think.
03:09I think I'll go back to the well there.
03:12But, but Mason Miller's numbers were incredible, man.
03:15Like it, how did Oakland come up with like three guys on
03:18the back end of that bullpen last year with him and Erceg?
03:20It's crazy.
03:23What a, it's a good bullpen.
03:25And once again, we, we don't know about the bullpen, we'd
03:27say that, but I think it's gonna be more of a pitcher's
03:29park than a hitter's park there.
03:30So I, I think we're gonna hear about Miller all year long
03:33too, Craig.
03:33All we're gonna hear about him is about being traded to
03:35another team.
03:36Because everyone's gonna want to be interested.
03:37I'm thinking Oakland's going to, you know, figure out
03:39by the time we're good, he'll be up in his free agent years
03:42and, you know, and we don't want to spend money on him.
03:44So maybe we'll hear that all season.
03:46But it doesn't matter because if he goes to a new team,
03:48he'll be a closer there.
03:49All right, he is that good.
03:50Love Miller.
03:51And by the way, even if he stays with Oakland, Oakland's
03:53not a terrible team.
03:54He'll probably, if he stays with Oakland and they use him
03:57as a regular closer, he'll get 30 plus saves.