00:00And I specifically want to start with Walcott if we can because we all love your work and
00:20that's why we wanted to go with you and everybody has Sebastian Walcott, you know, like 20 give
00:24or take whatever. And you specifically mentioned in your capsule he is underrated. For people
00:30who haven't read the article, please go do. You can check him out at The Athletic. But
00:34for people haven't seen it yet, can you kind of give an idea of why you think he's underrated?
00:40I'm not entirely sure other than maybe he, you know, maybe people don't realize just
00:46what he did, how young he was for his level. He was 18 in high A last year, one of only
00:52two players anywhere in the minors, sorry, three players in all of the minors to do that.
00:57And after a slow start, he started raking there and they moved him up to double A and
01:01he continued to perform. He outperformed the other two 18 year olds who were starting at
01:07those advanced levels. And he's barely begun to scratch the surface of who he can be as
01:12a player. Like when I talk to people inside the industry, it's pretty consistent. Like
01:17Walcott's a superstar. Like originally when I started sending out iterations of this list,
01:22I didn't have the top 10 ranked. They just kind of had them in groups and tiers and everyone
01:27said, Oh no, we'll move Walcott up. Like what should Walcott be? One, two, three. I don't
01:32know who's got him at 20. I'm not criticizing anyone else's list, but I think that where
01:36I have him is very much in line with where major league front offices have him. They
01:40see an absolute superstar who's going to get to the majors probably when he's 20. I mean,
01:45he could even get there when he's still 19 and it's power. It's probably going to be good
01:49defensive third. If he has to go to the outfield, it'll be good defense there. It's an advanced
01:53approach. It's great makeup. What is, what does he not do that would make you question
01:59putting him? Let's say, look, someone has him five instead of two. I'm not going to argue that.
02:03But he's clearly one of the very, very best prospects in baseball.
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