Elly De La Cruz's MLB Steal Predictions for this Season

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00:00Okay, so the career season for L.E. De La Cruz, it happened last year.

00:05One of the most popular players in baseball as well.

00:08And a lot of guys are stealing bases again,

00:10and some of them seem like they may be able to steal more bases

00:14than L.E. De La Cruz on the Cincinnati Reds.

00:15So I will ask you this question, Tom.

00:17Buy or sell, De La Cruz will lead the league in steals this season.

00:22Sell. Sell on this.

00:24I'm not going to say it's already because he's just a handful behind,

00:26but there's another Cruz that could easily lead the league in steals.

00:30And that's O'Neal Cruz.

00:30But like you said, there are a lot of players stealing.

00:33Pete Crow Armstrong, I think, is always a viable option.

00:35Victor Scott, we know it can be very good.

00:38I think that's where we'll see things end up.

00:40The fact that he did so last year and he was the odds on favor

00:43to lead the league in steals this year, I just don't see it repeating.

00:47And frankly, there's going to be a point where maybe the Reds need to protect him.

00:51Like, they need him to be healthy.

00:52You don't want him potentially risking himself on any further injury

00:56if they're going to make a push for the playoffs.

00:57Yeah, I mean, I think he'll catch fire.

01:02I'm going to say I'm going to buy this.

01:03The Reds went for about a week and a half without basically scoring a run.

01:08I do think as the weather heats up, he will get on base more.

01:13It has been, as I've said, a wintry April in a lot of different locations.

01:17And I can't quite figure out why the Reds, especially at home,

01:22are not hitting like they have in the past.

01:23And I'm just going to put it down as weather and nothing else.

01:25So I'm going to say De La Cruz at the end of the year does it.

01:29You know, the competition and, you know, Tom brought up a great point.

01:33O'Neal Cruz certainly off to a great start, too.

01:35But I'm going to end up buying this, and I think 85 steals again

01:39for Ellie De La Cruz somewhere along those lines.

01:41Yeah, why not?

01:42I mean, it's a huge number.

01:45Yeah, why not, though?

01:46It's the 948.

01:48We're almost done.

01:48I'm throwing crap out there.

01:49All right, so let's go to the Sacramento A's, who have just been clobbering the ball at home.

01:58And the big offensive surprise in all of baseball this season has been their first baseman,

02:02Tyler Soderstrom, who is off to a fantastic start.

02:07Are you buying this start, buy or sell?

02:09He'll hit 25-plus home runs this season.

02:14I have to buy this one, and he's already, let's say, a third of the way there.

02:18Let's just call it roughly what it is.

02:19And I don't think the rate will continue.

02:22I think that's very reasonable to say he's not going to have him at this rate.

02:25But, you know, we're at a certain point, or we will get to a certain point,

02:28where he may just get there by attrition, essentially, right,

02:30where it's not going to be at this consistent rate.

02:32But they're going to play games out in Sacramento.

02:35The weather's going to be even nicer than it is now.

02:37And they will be there.

02:39So, if the number was 30 or 35, we may have a different conversation.

02:43But I think 25 is a fair number.

02:45I think he gets to, like, 32 when it's all said and done.

02:47Yeah, got to buy this easy one here for me.

02:51And it may not even be so much about the player, although I do want to give him credit.

02:55But, look, they have a lot of mashers there, Rooker, Butler.

02:58They're probably going to have three guys that hit 25-plus home runs.

03:01So, I'm definitely going to buy this.

03:03Okay, so the San Francisco Giants have also been hitting the ball far better

03:08than anybody would have predicted in the month of April.

03:10And leading the pack, maybe that's been the surprise, has been Wilmer Flores,

03:15who's now been in the big leagues for a decade or so.

03:17And, you know, certainly has been fantastic.

03:20Usually just great against lefties and okay against righties.

03:23But, man, he's been hitting everybody this season.

03:25Buy or sell, Tom, he will finish as a top 15 first baseman in fantasy.

03:33I'm selling this one.

03:34And he's off to a great start, but there's also some other players

03:38that are off to slow starts that, you know, we could see improve

03:42or players that are just so good that they may continue to improve.

03:46Vinny Pascuatino off to a little bit of a slow start.

03:48He's not there yet.

03:49Matt Olsen, and along with the entire Braves, essentially,

03:52off to a very slow start.

03:54And I think, you know, water will find its level for the Braves.

03:57And, you know, something like Matt Olsen overall.

04:00Hoskins, maybe not the player he once was, but he's also off to a slow start.

04:04I see these players increasing.

04:05And Wilmer Flores will come crashing back down to earth

04:08when it's all said and done.

04:09Regression will find its way to him.

04:12I will agree.

04:13I'm on the sell train here with Wilmer Flores.

04:16So we're two out of four here in agreement.

04:18Yeah, it's a great start for Flores.

04:20By the way, we've seen this from him in the past.

04:23All you have to do is take a look at his previous June or May.

04:26I mean, he gets hot for months at a time.

04:29Very up and down player, I think.

04:30So I will sell that as well.

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