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Analyzing Elite and Upcoming MLB Players for the 2025
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2/16/2025
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You probably have a tier of four there that you're, like, extremely comfortable with.
00:05
I know Spencer Steer's good, but, like, it's those first four that you're like,
00:09
OK, I got one of the, you know, I hate to say elite because I just basically,
00:13
this is a crapshoot a lot of times with guessing on humans.
00:16
But Alonzo Olsen Harper, Vlad Guerrero Jr., very thrilled with that,
00:22
especially with Guerrero going into a contract year.
00:24
And then you're sort of taking a shot on the rest of these players here, George.
00:27
Like, this is not an enticing list when you consider Sal Perez qualifying at first,
00:32
being a catcher.
00:33
I mean, Michael Bush, like, I don't even want to have anything to do with that.
00:36
So, you know, maybe honestly that there's some players that are up and coming
00:41
or younger players that we could probably get into here.
00:44
But naturally, I think that there's going to be a very strong tier here at the top
00:51
and then a little bit of a guessing game after that.
00:54
So that's what I got.
00:56
And by the way, Vlad Jr., to me, is the most interesting name here on the list
01:01
in a show everybody season what I can do.
01:04
So I think this goes the way of Vlad Jr.,
01:08
and I think maybe he ends up number one at the end of the season.
01:12
I mean, he could get moved to the deadline, right, if Toronto's out of it,
01:15
and they're not going to get anything for him.
01:17
He's going to want a massive contract, probably north of $400 million,
01:21
which is going to be interesting because he's not that kind of player,
01:25
doesn't age much on defense or base running,
01:28
and his physique might scare some people, you know,
01:31
four or five years down the line what that's going to look like.
01:33
But we don't care about that unless you're playing in a dynasty or a keeper league.
01:37
Yeah, I think he's at the top.
01:39
First base is weird because I use that.
01:41
It's top heavy.
01:42
If you don't get one of the top four or five, you can wait, really,
01:45
and you're going to hope for the Pasquatinos of the world.
01:47
You mentioned Pedro Perez or Bellinger, who still qualifies at first base,
01:51
and see how that works out for you, Tristan Quesas.
01:54
I think Guerrero should have a monster season.
01:56
I do.
01:57
That ballpark's a band box.
01:59
It was a band box before they moved the fences in a couple of years ago,
02:02
but he doesn't really hit all that well in Toronto,
02:04
so it's a strange situation there.
02:07
I don't think he's a first-round pick,
02:09
but any time in the second round after that he is.
02:11
I would still prefer a more well-rounded player, Freddie Freeman or Olsen,
02:15
if I'm going to go with Bryce Harper,
02:16
although Harper's another guy who can't stay healthy for the whole season here.
02:20
But like I said, you need one of the top four or five first basemen.
02:23
If I don't get one, Craig, I'm going to be waiting.
02:25
Yeah.
02:26
What do you think?
02:27
There's one player not on this list that I think that I probably,
02:30
going into the season, would have higher than Bush, higher than Perez,
02:34
higher than Berger, maybe where Naylor is there.
02:38
I would insert him around that area.
02:40
What do you think about Christian Walker in that?
02:42
That's the guy I was looking at.
02:44
That's the guy I was looking at.
02:45
I'm like, what do we say about Christian Walker?
02:46
Yeah.
02:47
Doesn't it feel, George, like Houston opted for him over Bregman in a way?
02:51
Like it felt like that was a target for them going into the season.
02:54
You know, a couple of years, Houston's been,
02:56
doesn't it feel like Houston has been, for the last decade,
03:00
even with winning those World Series,
03:02
it feels like that's been a hard position for them to solidify.
03:05
They tried Abreu, remember that?
03:07
Before, I believe it was Uli Gurriel playing first base.
03:11
It feels like they'd like to get that position locked in.
03:14
This is the first time they've had what I would call an above average
03:17
first baseman.
03:19
Agree with you on all counts, right?
03:20
I would have Walker higher than where he is.
03:22
You know, I'm looking at a composite ranking now.
03:25
They've got him 12th, you know, below the guys you mentioned.
03:30
Below Perez, below Steer, Bellinger, right there.
03:33
I would have him probably ninth.
03:36
So that's a big difference.
03:37
I'd have him behind Naylor, behind Pasquantino,
03:39
although you make an argument I would take him over Pasquantino as well.
03:42
It depends on how much power you want there.
03:44
But I would have him right in that eight to nine range.
03:46
Behind Naylor, but right there.
03:48
Like I said, just tier two.
03:50
That's what he is, tier two with some upside here.
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