Top Prospects to Stash! Zac Veen Making Noise! (06/25 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Onietti nyt kala on neon. Miten siitä? Ja miten suullen affa niin hyvin. Onko meillä on samatkamat ja samat luvat? Ja vaapu va joa samaa veteen? Ehkä nämä kalaat marraismua. Eikä toisin päin? Mistä ne tietää kuka on toisessa paissa? Onko mä niin ilmeinen? Älä mieti liikaa. Helpomiteetti kuin sanottu. Motonens! Motonens! Tosi hyvä operattorin. Tosi hyvä kesätarjaukset. Hangi kesätarjauksista uusi puhelin, tapletti tai kulokkeet. Suntat teliä kauppaan tai osoitteeseen teliäpistefi. Hei. Mälä hän nyt oikeesti. Mä on lomalla. Where is Joshua Buyers? We'll discuss on fantasy baseball today express. What meant to empty stress on a Thursday, 25th of IAM, for example, join five scot white? And we are here to talk about prospects. We have five names that are on the periphery. These are names that are doing something of note as of late. And the five names that we have here, Tommy Tanks. That's Tommy White from the athletics organization, not to be confused with Thomas White in the Marlins organization. Luke Adams of the Brewers. We have Dmitrijo Krasanteis of the D-Backs, Alexander Frios of the Brewers, and Kaden Bodine of the race. Scott, what do we have with these five? All right, let's start with Tommy White, who even though he was just drafted in 2024 all the way up the AAA now, he is known as Tommy Tanks, but it's kind of a misnomer because he is his time in the minors has been defined more by contacting than by power. But now that he's at AAA, we have access to the stack cast data. 90.3 mile per hour average is 75th percentile, 112 mile per hour max is 87th percentile. He clearly impacts the ball well enough to be a true Tommy Tanks. It's just that so much of that is wasted on the ground, 52 percent ground ball rate, and that's been pretty steady throughout his career too. It's a problem that in theory he could correct, and maybe the upside for Tommy White here is pretty high considering. It doesn't walk much, but there is the potential for both average and power here from a third baseman, which would be pretty valuable in fantasy. I'm not saying Tommy White is like an elite prospect, but he is a prospect who I could see turning it to something for fantasy, and he's pretty close to the majors. Luke Adams is a power hitter, more of a power hitter, I would say six foot four, 233 pounds looks like a power hitter, fills out the batter's box nicely. And as a pension for pulling the ball, which is obviously a way to maximize power, he had a three-homer game Sunday that brings him up to 12 for the season. Now, part of the reason I saw fit to write about Luke Adams is because he had never hit for average in the minors, and I think that's pretty tough to overcome. It's rare you see a player who can't hit for average in the minors go on to be an impactful one in the majors. He had that seemed like it was changing for him with that three-homer game Sunday. He got that batting average up to, I believe it was over 270 at AA, where he was playing. It was AA, sorry, it was triple-like, excuse me. But then he's gone over eight since then, so now it's back down to 237. I don't know, it kind of looks like the same like it always has for Luke Adams, which is kind of strange because it's not like strikeouts are an issue. Around 20% has good power. Brewers don't really need another first baseman, but he's played third base two, so there may be a path there, but right-handed corner man who doesn't hit for average, that's going to be a tough one. Dimitri O'Crossantes. Now, he also has a tough fit defensively, a guy who's limited to the right side of the infield, primarily second base. They usually don't rate well as prospects, particularly in the lower minors, but Crossantes got into some major top 100 list prior to 2025, then a torn labor minne shoulder took him out of all those top 100 lists. And it wasn't clear if he was that great of a prospect anymore. Mr. Star of the UCR with a hamstring injury, that didn't help things, but has come back very hot. He just added on here on Wednesday, Dimitri O'Crossantes, with a double and a homer in a three-for-four performance. And so now, let me see the latest numbers. Dimitri O'Crossantes is batting 326 with a 1071 OPS. And the numbers are even better than that since he moved up to AA, which is interesting because he was having a hard time adapting to HIA last year, which even before the injury was reason he was losing value. I think Crossantes is back to being one of the top second base prospects in fantasy. Alexander Frios, you probably haven't heard of this guy. He's only 18 years old. He's in the Brewer's organization, and they have had a lot of success with these teenage signings, international signings, the Brewer's have. They're not even the most high-profile signings, but you think back to Jackson Churio, Jesus Made, Luis Pania, Luis Laura. They've all emerged just top prospect prior to their 20th birthday. Brewer's have an act for this. Alexander Frios seems to be on the same path. He's already hit a ball as hard as 117 miles per hour, which is a mark that only four major leagueers have reached this year. Again, 18 years old. He dominated the Arizona Complex League, just moved up to Loa. So, full season ball, again, is an 18 year old. The second game there here on Wednesday, two for five with a home run. I think Alexander Frios is going to be a name everybody knows very soon, despite his young age. And finally, we were just disputing the pronunciation of this. I can't remember where he landed. The raise catcher Frank is named. Baudine. -Baudine. Yes. So he is a 22 year old, who is still in April. It's not his fault though, cause he is killing it there. He's batting like 360. He has far more walks than strike, that's basically never striking out. And this is a great defender too. So last week we talked about ONA's a 25 year old catcher at Double A for the Cubs under-levels. What's going on there? The numbers are fantastic, but can we take it seriously? Caden Baudine, a 22 year old at High A's, kind of in the same boat, but because he stands out defensively, he's going to get his chance. It's just a question of how much his offense diminishes as he moves up the ladder. I think catchers, you know, they can get a pass for being under-leveled anyway, because so much of their focus is on the defensive side of things that sometimes it takes the offense a while to come around, but yeah, Baudine, Baudine, excuse me, looking like a real one. All right, let's take a quick break. We'll be back right after this. (upbeat music) Welcome back. Fantasy baseball today, express and let's count down the five prospects on the verge. And number five, we have a name that we've talked about a lot over the past couple of years, and that is Zach Vien of the Rockies. The problem's got, where do all these Rockies prospects fit? Yeah, yeah, that is the problem. They're surprising that they suddenly have a lot of quality hitters. Rumfield is obviously, TG Rumfield's obviously come through this year, Troy Johnston has made himself, as Joni has staying power as well. Jake McCarthy's been fine, Tyler Freeman, maybe, I don't know if he deserves much playing time as he's getting, but now Zach Vien, obviously, this is a name we've been hearing about for a while, and it's been a while since he showed up on major prospect list, even though he's a former ninth overall pick. But he came to spring training this year, talking about how he'd kind of let alcohol and marijuana rule him, and he'd given them up. He'd put on a lot of good weight, and he is just killing it right now at AAA, batting around 330 the other day, Friday, he had a 455-foot home run, the Ex of Elasticity was great, the plate discipline's great, steel's bases. Zach Vien at 24, deserving of another chance, and I think somehow some way the Rockies find a spot for him soon. - Well, hopefully they can find a spot for number four on this list, that is Charlie Connell. of the Rockies. Yeah, same as you also. How are we going to fit them in? You know, part of the problem is that players we've seen on this list recently, my five on the verge like Carson Milbrant River Ryan, Johan D. Morales, they've eliminated themselves recently with their performance and also openings for them closing up. So, yeah, we're, we're going to do for some new talent here, but yeah, it is, it is going to be a type of for Charlie Condon and Zach Dean, both Condon. Remember, it was a fixture on the five on the verge earlier this season, then had a rough patch, but he has been on fire of late last 14 games, six home runs, three triples, batting around 350, exit velocity readings are great, plate discipline's great. Yeah, at some point the Rockies are going to have to clear away for the next wave talent here, because they have an eye on the future to be sure. Number three on this list is someone who's been on this list for a while now, deservedly so. That is Luis Laura of the Brewers. And I'm a little surprised they haven't done it yet, because South Freelik has kind of fallen out of favor there as well. Yes, South Freelik has fallen out of favor, but that's a way for them to get Jake Bowers in the lineup alongside Andrew Vaughan is to slot him in the outfield. They've been doing that less than you think, but calling up another outfield with Limit their potential to do that. It also doesn't help that Luis Laura has been struggling for the most part in June, but he did just have a five hit game Tuesday. So I don't know how much we could say that anymore. Great bat to ball skills, plenty of speed, awesome defender and center field. And I'm kind of just waiting for Garrett Mitchell to slow down, because I don't know that he has much staying power. I think Laura would be a boon for the Brewers. And he's already signed to a long trip deal. Number two on this list is probably the most dominant pitcher in minor league baseball this year. That is Kate Anderson of the Mariners. I think they have to at some point in the second half, just see what he could do at the Major League level. Scott, because he might be one of their two or three best pitchers, they need to find that out before the postseason. They do obviously no spot for him. The Mariners already have six pitchers for five spots. So they've adopted this novel piggyback approach where everyone takes a turn being kind of a bulk reliever instead of a true starter. So they're having to get creative because they already have so much pitching depth. And then you're trying to add Kate Anderson to the mix. I'm not saying it's imminent. I'm just saying he's so good. That week, you have to stash him. You have to stash him because it's inevitable. I don't know what it's going to take to get him in the majors, but it is going to happen this year. He hasn't allowed an earn run in his last five starts. Lowering his ERA to 102. The last time he allowed an earned run was during his one real miss this season. He had five earned runs in a start on May 15th. Apart from that May 15th start, he's allowed a combined two earned runs in his other 11 starts. So he has been basically untouchable at AA. And yeah, it's only AA, but the Mariners typically have had their top pitching prospects. Skip AAA entirely. Brian Woo, George Kirby, Bryce Miller, they all did that. So I think Anderson will do it too. And I think some point July, maybe August the latest. I think I think he'll have a huge impact on your league once he has called up. So it makes sense to stash him. And the number one prospect on the verge, the number one prospect to stash is the name I mentioned at the top Joshua Baez, who continues to mash home runs. Where is he? Scott. Why is he not up with the Cardinals right now? I don't know if it's an issue of center field defense. Lars Newt Park had shift over there, but they're very much in the thick of the playoff raising the season ended today. They'd be a wild card team. So you think they'd want to optimize their lineup. And they've already shown a willingness to insert new recent call-ups. Blaze Jordan, Jimmy Crookes, they did that with both of them recently. And it's worked out pretty well. I'd say they could stand to upgrade offensively from Nathan Church and center field. But I think it's just a question of if they can look with the defense. The defense of alignment they'd have to go with there. I don't know. By his may force, the issue eventually, obviously he had the four-homer game a little over a week ago. He's added three home runs since then. And I don't have the most updated stat here, but over his past 20, what I have here is over his past 27 games. Strikeout rate down to 23%. Versus the 30%. It's been at for the season. 23% is about where it was last year when there was so much excitement breakthrough. So he may be close to or at least addressing that strikeout issue. And if that happens, I have no idea what they'd hold by his back. I don't think it's going to happen for much longer. All right. For more extensive fantasy baseball coverage, listen to our full-length podcast, fantasy baseball today on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else podcasts are found. Thanks for listening to fantasy baseball today. 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