The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 985 – Live from First Pitch Arizona!!
10/18/21
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- @sporer – Host
- @justinmasonfwfb – Co-Host
- @jasoncollette – Co-Host
- Huge thanks to James Gale for producing!
PATREON
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TAKEAWAYS
- A general takeaway or two from the guys
DRAFT DAY
- Giovanny Gallegos as a 3rd rounder (7:37)
- Gallegos v. Raisel Iglesias
- Cedric Mullins as a 1st rounder (13:44)
- Two of Justin’s favorites after the 10th round
- Anthony Santander (20:00)
- Ramón Laureano (26:00)
- Two of Paul’s favorites after the 10th round
- Austin Meadows in 2022 (35:50)
- Other trends from the Draft & Hold (37:11)
- Jason’s takeaways from the Best Ball draft (42:58)
PROSPECTS
- A player you learned more about & became more interested
- Jason: Joey Wiemer (46:00)
- Justin: Brett Baty (48:18)
- Paul: Heriberto Hernandez (50:11)
- A player you learned more about & became less interested
- Justin: JJ Bleday (51:41)
- Jason: Jeter Downs (52:52)
- Paul: Pedro Leon (53:45)
- Other prospect-related notes:
- Curtis Mead (55:11)
- Challenges of 2020 (56:37)
Q&A (I forgot to repeat these into the mic so some are probably hard to hear)
- Voit as a non-tender candidate in NYY
- Will Justin take Caleb Smith as his first pick in the D&H [rd. 24 restarts in January] (59:10)
- Thoughts on Meadows PT for Jason only (1:00:50)
- Our favorite picks – P: Dylan Carlson 10th | J: Will Smith C 5th (1:02:30)
- Issues w/our teams: P: IP | J: SB (1:04:00)
- Adalberto Mondesi in the 5th (1:06:14)
- Does OF dry up quickly? (1:07:40)
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Approximately 72 minutes of joyous analysis.
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