00:00Rounding out the top dozen, Tyler Soderstrom, another player I would gladly take.
00:04I like that team. I like that lineup.
00:06And I guess with regards to what you're saying with Kurtz playing in that ballpark,
00:09Soderstrom plays in the same ballpark as well.
00:11And then Sal Perez has eligibility, but I'd pass because the same reason I'd pass on Freddie Freeman.
00:18Moving on to the next tier here, we have Michael Bush, Yandy Diaz, Christian Walker.
00:24I expect a bounce back year from him.
00:26And Alec Burleson from the St. Louis Cardinals.
00:28There's going to have to be someone that's going to have to do something on that team.
00:31And I think Burleson might be that guy.
00:33Let me stop there, Joe.
00:34Michael Bush, Yandy Diaz, a great ball player.
00:37Christian Walker, Alec Burleson.
00:39If you were forced to pick one, and we can talk about where their ADPs lie, whom would it be?
00:47Look, there's a big drop off.
00:48It's Michael Bush, and then all of a sudden you drop into the 140, 170, 80 range with the other
00:52guys.
00:53I would take Michael Bush there.
00:54To me, there is a line that I would draw in the sand because this is another one, too.
00:57A player who's entering his prime years.
00:59He's 28, turning 29.
01:01These are the prime years of Michael Bush.
01:02And you look at what he did last year.
01:0334 homers, drove in 90 runs, hit 262.
01:06He's really solid in a team that just added Alex Bregman to it.
01:10I think if you are in a spot in a draft where first base gets away from you somehow, like
01:14you're at the turns and you just miss out on a couple runs, Michael Bush is a guy you could
01:18end up in a pretty good spot.
01:19But if you're doing well at first base, you need a corner guy.
01:23I think Michael Bush is also one that you could really look for and like what you get out of
01:27him.
01:27Torkelson coming in at 17.
01:29Then Wilson Contreras, now with the Boston Red Sox.
01:32We'll see how that transition goes.
01:33Akimoto, Murakami, two of the imports from Japan back to back.
01:37Matt, do you have any desire for either of these guys in the landing spots of Toronto or Chicago with
01:43the White Sox here?
01:44I know Murakami was a player, too.
01:45Some power, but some questions about some other ability to make consistent contact.
01:51It's funny you should ask because Okamoto and Murakami respectively kind of round out the bottom.
01:56After Murakami, we get into the ADP of 200 and further.
01:59And in early mock drafts and early rankings, I wasn't paying attention to either one of them.
02:04But now more so Okamoto than Murakami because of the lineup.
02:08Okamoto is starting to intrigue me.
02:10We talked about Toronto in an earlier segment.
02:12They also added Jesus Sanchez.
02:13When you look at the Blue Jays lineup, everyone can hit.
02:16Teams won't be able to pitch around them.
02:17So whatever Okamoto can do, he'll have the opportunity to do it.
02:21But from Murakami, and the White Sox put in a bidet for him.
02:25And we could talk about that in the break if you'd rather or on social media.
02:28That's classy.
02:29From 200 down.
02:31That's how you know if I've made it.
02:32That's how you know if I've made it.
02:34If you walk into my house and I've got one of those fancy Japanese toilets that opens up and makes
02:38music and does the bidet system and the whole thing,
02:42they'll be signed if I win the lottery.
02:43My wife wants one.
02:45Then it's Jonathan Aranda.
02:47Again, I think that the Rays are always good.
02:49Sal Stewart, Spencer Steer, Ernie Clement.
02:51Ernie Clement at 244 is a nice one.
02:53Joe, take us to the break with your thoughts.
02:56Sal Stewart.
02:57I want to circle him.
02:58I know Tito Francona is very excited about him.
03:00And, look, I know Suarez came in, so all of a sudden it looks like, oh, my God, is there
03:03anywhere for Sal Stewart to play?
03:04He's getting squeezed.
03:05He'll find a spot for Sal Stewart even if it's DH.
03:08He'll find a spot.
03:08He'll find it.
03:08He'll find it.
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