Victor Scott: Emerging Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Pick

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00:00But talk to me about Victor Scott.

00:02Well, they certainly could be.

00:03I don't love the spot in the lineup.

00:05He's hitting eighth and Mason Wynn is hitting ninth.

00:07Like, there's a lot of things I don't like.

00:08I mean, if you were to give me the, you're going to give me the pen.

00:12I'm hitting these guys at the top of the lineup and I'm pushing Newpark

00:15and Treris and Donovan down a little bit.

00:18Like that's, that's what I want to do here.

00:20I, it's a little strange.

00:21They want water to get going too, and it's not happening so far.

00:25Well, so far, it's only three games, but only two games for Victor Scott,

00:29but he's also got two stolen bases already.

00:31And that's why we're talking about adding him.

00:33If you're playing in any head-to-head Roto categories, leagues, or even a

00:36season-long Roto league, and this guy went undrafted, and I know that he

00:39did because he's available in 60% of leagues right now.

00:42Victor Scott can be a guy that seals your 30 bases this year, and he's

00:46going to get the opportunity to do that.

00:48The Cardinals are in a retool, rebuild kind of mode right now.

00:52So you're going to let Walker, Scott, all these guys figure it out, sink

00:55or swim for better or worse.

00:57You're not expecting big power from him.

00:58There's a guy who had a 381 slugging percentage, right?

01:01That's not his MO in the minor leagues.

01:04It's the steals, and he sold 137 bases in 245 games in the minor league.

01:09So this is a player that's going to steal bases at the major league level

01:13getting on base.

01:14Again, you can't steal first.

01:16That's the caveat here.

01:17And the hope is that if he does start to make more contact, maybe he does

01:20move up to the top of the order at some point.

01:22I would have win one at least, and maybe Victor Scott at nine actually

01:27will be a better position for him in that lineup too as it turns over.

01:30But the Cardinals will figure out their own way eventually, but this is

01:33a player I keep talking about that I feel like everybody's looking for

01:38stolen bases, you know, because it's so hard to catch up now.

01:41This is a way to catch up because the league has exploded with the new

01:45rule changes last year for stolen bases.

01:46So Matt, to me, this is a no-brainer pickup, and I'm actually surprised

01:50by the roster percentage.

01:51Were you?

01:53No, just again, I think it has to go with just visibility.

01:55I don't think enough people are aware overall of some of these names

01:59that are coming in.

02:00You know, there's just a youth influx in baseball.

02:02It's hard for people that have jobs and kids and lives and other

02:05interests to keep up on the fact that, oh, they happen to call this

02:08kid up, so to speak.

02:10All right.

02:10Let's go now to a pitcher for the New York Mets.

02:12It's a little bit of a more recognizable name.

02:14Longtime fans remember him normally with the Angels.

02:16Now he's with the Mets.

02:17It's Griffin Canning, 28% rostered here.

02:20And again, this is just one of those things.

02:22I don't think anyone's running out to grab an SP four or five on the

02:25New York Mets, but maybe they should be.

02:27Well, they should because the offense is going to produce runs and

02:31Griffin Canning.

02:32I watched this start last night.

02:33He was very good.

02:34The ball was moving all over the place.

02:35He went five and two thirds innings.

02:36That's what you expect probably from a first start.

02:38Struck out four guys, walked two, only give up two earned runs.

02:42He worked out of a jam early on too in that first inning.

02:46Really, I think a very good start on the road against the Houston

02:49Astros where you gotta deal with Altuve and Alvarez and somebody's

02:52other bats there.

02:53So to me, I was impressed and I was also impressed by what you saw

02:56in the spring, which was another Mets project guy who looks like he

03:00could be the real deal.

03:0222 strikeouts in 14 spring training innings, just five walks in a

03:061.16 whip and a 1.8 ERA.

03:09Now, I don't expect those kind of numbers from Griffin Canning, but

03:11if Canning can just be a six inning quality start guy, wins will follow

03:17Griffin Canning because this offense will hit and the bullpen is pretty

03:20good for the New York Mets.

03:21So he's going to get run support.

03:23I like him as a fourth or fifth starter.

03:25And like I said, we're already looking for pitchers to fill spots

03:28there.

03:29I mean, Sean Burke was pretty good in that first outing for the White

03:31Sox, but he is not going to get the wind potential that Griffin

03:35Canning can, if Canning can stick in that rotation.

03:37And I look at what Severino, Sean Minaya, Jose Quintana all did.

03:42And I think there's no reason to think that Griffin Canning can't

03:44be the next project that the Mets have that becomes just a quality

03:48start guy that gives you an opportunity, you know, go six innings,

03:50give up two or three runs, pick up a W, give you five, six strikeouts.

03:54That's a pretty good day at the office in Fantasy.

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