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00:00But George, we're trying to evaluate Ronald Acuna in 2025.
00:03It is a complicated situation.
00:05He is slated to miss probably all of April.
00:09We expect to get him back sometime in May.
00:10He's only 27 years old and only one year removed
00:14from a 40-70 season where he hit 330.
00:18That's pretty good.
00:19That is a player that is going to make a massive impact.
00:21Now, currently his ADP is somewhere around
00:25the 27th player off the board.
00:27So you're looking potentially at a third-round investment
00:30in most leagues in Acuna.
00:33April is April.
00:34It's a very bountiful time on the waiver wire.
00:37I'm willing to draft Ronald Acuna for a couple reasons.
00:39Number one, there's going to be outfielders
00:42that slip through the cracks that people go,
00:43oh, look, who's this guy that just popped up out of nowhere?
00:46He's playing right field for this team
00:47that I can stick in that outfield spot for a couple weeks.
00:50Maybe I catch lightning in a bottle
00:52and then I drop them or put them on the bench
00:54when Ronald Acuna is healthy.
00:56The last time we saw Ronald Acuna return
00:58from this ACL tear, everybody talked about,
01:01well, you got to watch him.
01:03He's not going to steal bases anymore.
01:04Well, that wasn't the case.
01:06In 119 games in 2022 when he returned,
01:09he stole 29 bases in those 119 games.
01:12It was actually the power that lagged behind.
01:14He only had 15 home runs and keep in mind,
01:17this was before the rules change in Major League Baseball.
01:21They made it easier to steal bases.
01:23So George, I'm going to ask you right here,
01:27third round, Ronald Acuna is on the board.
01:29You know what kind of impact he can make.
01:31If he can give you five months,
01:32is he worth a top 30 pick overall?
01:35I say yes, what say you?
01:38Hell no, not even close.
01:41All right, there's no way I'm spending a third round pick
01:44on Ronald Acuna.
01:46Hey, he's not, he's going to miss a month.
01:47And I mean, I can make all the jokes you want here.
01:51You're smelling the daisies here.
01:52You're smoking the good stuff.
01:54I mean, cause you're assuming he comes back
01:56and he's Ronald Acuna.
01:57All right, and we don't know that.
01:58And by the way, he's quoted as saying,
02:00I'm not going to run as much this year.
02:02I mean, he's quoted as saying that.
02:04So there's no way I'm taking him.
02:05Listen, I hope he does.
02:07All right, I really hope he comes back here.
02:08Now I'll feel, I'll talk about a redraft league,
02:11by the way, and a keeper league or a dynasty league,
02:13completely different question here.
02:14Then I'm taking Acuna.
02:15But in a redraft league, I already said it.
02:17I am very, I'm a very conservative drafter.
02:20All right, I get worried, you know, with later picks.
02:22Now you want to talk about one of my premium picks?
02:24You want me to take a player who's,
02:25I already know he's going to be out.
02:26I have no idea he's going to be that player he used to be
02:29for a month, once he comes in, two months.
02:31What if he gets off to a slow start?
02:32What if he gets hurt again?
02:33And he's telling the truth about not running.
02:35And honestly, I'm the first person to tell you,
02:37I don't know if he's telling the truth.
02:38What he says in February may not be what he means in April.
02:40You know, we'll see.
02:42But I do think, I don't think he'll run as much.
02:44I don't think the Braves are going to run as much.
02:45All right, hit the ball.
02:47All right, be at that print at the top of the lineup here.
02:49And I think they want to be completely healthy
02:51as they get going for the playoffs here.
02:52I think the Braves know they're more than likely
02:54making the playoffs no matter what they do here.
02:56So no, I am not.
02:58There's too many good players on the board
03:00that I'm going to stare at and go,
03:02oh, he's missing six weeks, but I should take him over him.
03:04It's not going to happen.