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Shohei Ohtani's Dodgers Impact: Top Pick for MLB Season
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3/8/2025
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Well, Shohei Otani, as of right now, when we're doing the show, it doesn't look like
00:03
he's going to start the season pitching, but certainly you can still draft him number one
00:07
overall. I mean, the guy's going to be healthy, hit 50, steal 30. What's left to say about this
00:12
guy? He's the best player we've ever seen play baseball. I mean, the best player I've ever seen
00:16
play baseball. Mookie Betts is going to play short, give you some extra qualification there.
00:21
He missed some time last year. So did Freddie Freeman. He was the post-season hero. You know
00:25
exactly what he's doing. Teoscar Hernandez, not as good as the first three, but the best
00:30
lineup spot of them all. So Teoscar, could he drive in 150 runs? I think that's possible
00:35
for him this season. He's going to have so much traffic on the base paths. Mac Muncy,
00:39
Will Smith, Michael Conforto said, I want to win a ring, so I'll go there.
00:43
Tommy Edmond is back. Chris Taylor's also in the mix. And then they signed
00:48
Haesung Kim as well, who I don't know a ton about other than looking at his international numbers,
00:53
but it's as good as a lineup and as good as a team, George, as we've really ever seen.
00:58
Strange things can happen certainly over the course of the season. And we did see it happen
01:02
with the Dodgers last year. Freeman got hurt. Mookie Betts got hurt. But they're just going
01:08
to find ways to fill it in. And I know MLB.com just recently released the top prospects list.
01:12
I think the Dodgers still have a top 10 scoring system too. So Rich just keep on getting richer,
01:20
as they say. And the middle of that lineup, I mean, imagine being Muncy or Teoscar Hernandez,
01:26
George. Like if you're in an RBI league, how many RBI's are these guys going to get? I mean,
01:31
Otani, Betts, Freeman, that's going to be insane. Yeah, I think if you're asking,
01:36
Otani should be your number one pick overall. I think you kind of, you don't want him to pitch,
01:40
right? Especially in a weekly lineup league, because you're going to make that decision
01:43
anyway. Oh God, do I want to put him in my starting pitch, which you almost never do.
01:46
If you can only put him in one spot, you always want him as the hitter.
01:50
I don't think we're going to see him pitch until June, you know, somewhere around there. I think
01:54
they'll be very slow and bring him along. I mean, this rotation is nuts. Yamamoto, Snell, Glasnow,
02:00
Sasaki, Gonsolin, Dustin May, Kershaw's going to be involved here at some point. These guys are
02:05
never going to fill more than five, six innings. They're not going to need to, because they're
02:07
going to have a six-man rotation. Then you put in the offense here. And Yahoo, by the way,
02:12
Mookie Betts also qualifies at second base, second base shortstop, outfield. I mean,
02:16
that's extreme value. I know I have the sixth overall pick in my home league on Monday, and
02:21
I have Mookie Betts circled. I love versatility. I love the fact that I can move him around when
02:26
injury is hit. Hopefully not to him here. Otani is going to be the first person drafted in that
02:30
league. You know, Freeman's going to go around, what, round two. Muncie, round six, round seven,
02:35
third base is shallow. He may strike out a lot, so points leagues you may want to worry about.
02:39
But he's going to hit 30-plus home runs and drive into gazillion runs. Everybody is there,
02:43
all right? I agree with you about Teosco. I don't know about 150, but he's going to have an
02:47
excellent season as well. No wonder why he went back here. You know, well, granted, he didn't get
02:52
a better contract someplace else, but he knows he's going to have a big season here. So hard
02:57
not to like the Dodgers. No shock here. We love the Dodgers here. What was the joke you made here?
03:01
You could just draft their fantasy team, draft their team, and that can be your fantasy team?
03:05
You really could. I mean, you're going to need a couple of extra outfielders, but you definitely
03:08
could. Yeah. I mean, the pitching, the pitching is, I mean, the pitch is going to be some high
03:12
risk. I mean, we understand that, but Snell is coming off an incredible year. Yamamoto,
03:18
everybody opening day was like, oh, he's not going to be good. And then he was great the
03:21
rest of the season. You know, Sasaki, we've seen him once, so it's really hard to judge anything
03:27
with spring training, but he was one of the most coveted free agent pitchers out there. They got
03:32
him too. So I think I'd throw that dart on him too, George. I think I'd be willing to take that
03:37
chance. And, you know, Kershaw is with the Dodgers, so I assume at some point he's going to
03:43
pitch with them. And you mentioned Dustin May. I mean, those are like the last round kind of
03:47
picks at this point. Let's not forget, a couple of years ago, Tony Gonsolin was fighting it out
03:51
for the Cy Young Award as well. So this is just an incredible rotation. Glasnell maybe is the one,
03:58
George, that I probably would pause a little bit just because of the injury history,
04:02
but Snell would be on my radar. Yamamoto, of course, on my radar. And I am a glutton for this
04:09
punishment. I would tell you this. And by the way, we're not going to spend a ton of time on the
04:14
relief pitchers. Actually, that's the one category I would stay away from them because they just use
04:17
everybody. But George, these guys who come over internationally, what is the MO? And we could go
04:24
through it through the years. They're always incredible the first year. And then it's the
04:29
second year and the third year that they're really not as good. But the teams cannot figure
04:33
them out. They can't figure out Senga or Hideo Nomo, you know, or Daisuke Matsuzaka. I mean,
04:41
I could go back and then all of a sudden, the second year, they're like, oh, maybe they're
04:44
not as good. I think Sasaki's going to have a huge year, man. I definitely would take him this season.
04:50
My only worry with Dodger pitchers are they're going to go to a six-man rotation,
04:54
you know, which, by the way, might be a good thing for the Japanese pitchers, right? Because
04:57
that's what they're used to, pitching pretty much once a week here. But it means you're not
05:00
getting 30 starts. Now you're talking about 25 if everything goes well. I don't think they're
05:05
going to pitch deep into games because, let's face it, the Dodgers are playing for October,
05:09
all right? The regular season, okay, whatever happens, happens here. So they're not going to
05:12
need to push these guys to go into the seventh inning here. Really, get your five-plus, get your
05:16
six and get out of here. We'll get to the bullpen. We're going to score a thousand runs anyway.
05:19
All right? So we're going to be winning every game, 7-2. You can move on here. That's my only
05:23
worry here. So it'll affect my drafting of Dodger pitchers somewhat here. I think Sasaki's going to
05:29
be great, by the way. You know, I'm a Yankee fan. I love the Yankees. The sign-up didn't happen.
05:32
Yamamoto, yeah, I'm taking him. Snell, yeah. Glasnow. All these guys, by the way. Yamamoto
05:38
got hurt last year, too. Snell gets hurt a lot, all right? Glasnow is fine china. He's great when
05:43
he pitches, all right? But he gets hurt a hell of a lot. You know, every year, you know, he's not
05:48
making anywhere near 25 starts. I imagine 18.5 would be the over-under there. So I think, once
05:53
again, we have to worry about this with all the Dodger pitchers here. And that's another reason
05:57
why, Craig, I think they'll be very careful. I think they'll baby a lot of these guys. We already
06:02
know they're going to six-man rotation. It's rare you're going to get two-start weeks out of these
06:05
guys. It'll happen every now and then, but it's rare you're going to get two-start weeks, and
06:08
they're just not going to push them. How many times are these guys going to throw more than 100
06:11
pitches in a game? They're just not, because they're playing for October. So that's my only
06:16
worry, and it's got my head spinning for my draft Monday night. I'm actually hoping that
06:20
somebody else takes the Dodger pitchers. I'll take guys who I trust a little bit more here,
06:23
but they are all really, really good.
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