Exploring American League Rookie of the Year Favorites

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00:00So, let's have these conversations about the American League Rookie of the Year.

00:05Baseball is becoming a young man's game.

00:06I mentioned Jason Dominguez for the Yankees, he's plus 300, Roman Anthony, plus 550, Jackson

00:12Jones, plus 700, Jacob Wilson, plus 900.

00:17Let's start this conversation.

00:18We've been pretty good in this market these last couple of years, too.

00:21We gave you Jackson Merrill last year, the year before, we gave you the duo bet, Gunnar

00:26Henderson, Corbin Carroll, together.

00:29We crushed that, and people forget, at one point, Gunnar Henderson looked like a guy

00:33who was going to get sent down to the minor leagues, he was struggling so hard.

00:36And then, second half happened, and boom, that switch flipped.

00:39So, the trick here is to spread it around a little bit, and then watch and see which

00:43seeds that you've planted grow.

00:45Jason Dominguez has a really good opportunity to get out of the gate early for this award,

00:49and run away with it, because he's going to get every day at-bats from the jump.

00:53That's important.

00:54You don't know when the arrival of these other guys is going to happen.

00:57That being said, we've seen guys at the top of this list many times over the years, not

01:01get anywhere close to this award, too.

01:03Gavin Lux comes to mind, just off the top of my head, where I remember when he was at

01:07the top of this, and not even close to sniffing this award.

01:09So, it's trickier, because you just don't know the path of where guys are going to go,

01:14in terms of their development.

01:15Jackson Holliday was the chalk last year in the American League.

01:18How did that work out?

01:20Not well.

01:21Not well.

01:22Anthony Volpe, another guy, a couple years ago, people were chasing, and understandably

01:25why.

01:27Sometimes those Yankee prospects get a little overrated.

01:29I like Jason Dominguez.

01:30I think he's a really good player.

01:31I think he could be a guy that does win this award, and 3-1 is a pretty good odds for him.

01:36We just had Jeff Ponce on the show from Baseball America on Fantasy Pro's MLB YouTube channel,

01:42and Jeff is about as good as it gets in the prospect world, right?

01:45That's what he does for a living, and he came in and gave us some names of what he thought

01:49we really should look for, and guys making fantasy impact, and that means impact in this

01:53award, too.

01:54So, the one that he gave me at the top of his list was a Red Sox, but it wasn't Roman

01:59Anthony.

02:00It was actually Christian Campbell, and a big reason was his versatility, that if Christian

02:04Campbell hits, they're just going to find ways to get him in the lineup, because he

02:08can play infield spots.

02:09He can play second.

02:10He can play short.

02:11He can play center.

02:12He can play left.

02:13Like, he could play this kid wherever, whereas Roman Anthony is a little bit more locked

02:17into that position situation, so Campbell at plus 1,000 is where I want to start.

02:22To me, he's the most intriguing guy there.

02:24The favor of Jason Dominguez, again, as an investment, makes sense to me, but it's really

02:28the long shot of Christian Campbell I want to watch out for.

02:31Kobe Mayo, very intriguing player.

02:33Still has a lot of hit and miss.

02:35If I want to go even deeper, Kumar Rocker, I don't love as a starting pitcher.

02:40I would wait on this and watch it, because I think it's going to fall out of this plus

02:441,600 range, but at some point, if they move him to the bullpen, and Kumar Rocker becomes

02:50a closer, and none of these other guys really emerge, this guy has Lee Smith type of potential,

02:55and that's a name from the 80s and 90s you might remember of a guy that was just a big

02:59dude throwing hard, and he just attacks home plate, right?

03:05Everything's just coming at you at one time.

03:07It's a lot.

03:08He's a big guy, just like Lee Smith was, and it's very intimidating at bat.

03:12If he ends up as the closer, you could see the way Mason Miller was at the top for this

03:16award for many months.

03:17You could see Kumar Rocker doing that, too, but for right now, give me Dominguez and Campbell.

03:21That's where I want to go to.

03:23Jobe is exciting and interesting.

03:24I just don't know.

03:25Again, I kind of lean towards the position players here.

03:27Matt, who stands out to you for American League Rookie of the Year, potentially?

03:31Well, first, let me tip my cap.

03:33Great stuff, as always, from you.

03:34Really insightful and informative.

03:37I'm going to get in on the Oakland bandwagon.

03:39I think they're going to be fun.

03:40I think Jacob Wilson's going to be a big part of that, plus 900.

03:43It's just a fun way to be a part of this A's team this year.

03:47We documented earlier the differences playing in the New Park, playing to packed houses,

03:51just being really...

03:52And they're a good team, too, and there's a lot to that team.

03:56My long shot is also coming from the American League.

03:59Should he break camp?

04:00It's with the Guardians.

04:01It's Chase DeLauder.

04:02He's plus 3,000.

04:03This is a lefty bat, plays the outfield, drafted in the first round of 2022, I believe, but

04:08I really think there's an influx of young guys coming to Cleveland that are really going

04:11to help.

04:12Jose Ramirez.

04:13Also keep an eye on Travis Bizzano.

04:14He's in double A, but plays second base, drafted in the first round, I think, of last

04:18year.

04:19These are some long shots.

04:20Because a team like Cleveland is there, there's going to be more eyes on it.

04:23Joe often talks about these smaller market teams or teams that play out on the West Coast.

04:27More people should know Jose Ramirez's greatness, and if that trickles down to being aware of

04:31some of these young rookies, that's a good way to make some money, Joe.

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