Analyzing 2024 AL Rookie of the Year Contenders and Predictions

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00:00Uh, the American league rookie of the year, still Matt, you got minus money on Louie's

00:08heel.

00:09And this is another one that bothers me.

00:10I don't think a Bray with plus five 50 is really in this mix yet.

00:14Uh, Mason Miller plus five 50 has been great.

00:16Now Mason Miller, if he gets traded to a national league team, that would really crush things.

00:20You know, if a nationally team ends up taking it.

00:23But my concern with heel is this is that we're already creeping closer and closer to that

00:29innings high for him, which was 96, a couple of years ago.

00:33It's been a while since he hit that this 2019, just want to remind everybody, right?

00:36A couple of years ago.

00:37Uh, and, uh, I think you're looking at heel here and you're thinking to yourself, Oh,

00:44how much longer can we have here for him?

00:46When Cole comes back, does he go and become a three inning starter at triple a to save

00:49him for September?

00:52If that happens and Wyatt Langford gets hot, like Wyatt Langford is still a really big

00:56time talented guy.

00:58He's starting to hit the ball hard with authority lately in the month of June.

01:01He's plus 3,500.

01:02I know I have been, you know, talking about this heel thing here and I've been very negative

01:07about it.

01:08And it's not that I don't like the player.

01:10I love the player, but I'm trying to be realistic about the player and like being practical.

01:16Again, you're looking at that innings total here, 96 back in 2019, the innings total since

01:21then 83, uh, 79.

01:25He is at 80 right now.

01:28He's 80 right now, Matt.

01:30How much longer can we push this before something happens to him?

01:33So I'm looking at Langford.

01:34I'm saying there's an interesting long shot.

01:36Do you think I'm crazy?

01:37Or do you think this is Gunnar Henderson 2.0?

01:39Well, with regards to it being Langford, maybe, but the idea that you have is understanding

01:45what these young pitchers are capable of and where their limit is and being able to pivot.

01:50That to me is the right answer.