Hosts Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) and Sami Akleh (@Believe_Sami) chat with Fantrax prospect hound Eric Cross (@EricCross04) about what we can expect from some young starting pitchers for the rest of 2021, and then "E.C." gives some predictions of when some of the top prospects in baseball may be up in 2021 and if fantasy managers should be stashing them.
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Which Young Pitchers Are For Real and Where Are the Prospects?
(Recorded on May 18th)
Timestamps
Meet Eric Cross and chat about how he got into writing about prospects
(8:02) Huascar Ynoa breaks his hand. Is there an Atlanta arm to fill his spot?
(13:45) Casey Mize
(20:10) Daniel Lynch (with a sidetrack about Nick Madrigal's first MLB homerun)
(24:36) Logan Gilbert
(29:45) Triston McKenzie
(34:05) Mitch Keller (plus a discussion of Pittsburgh's poor track record of developing pitching)
(38:15) Trevor Rogers
(42:00) Adbert Alzolay
(46:00) Luis Garcia
(50:30) Shane McClanahan
(55:30) Quick Hit Promotion Expectations
Vidal Brujan, Jo Adell, Brandon Marsh, Jarren Duran, Bobby Witt Jr., Matt Manning, MacKenzie Gore, Alek Manoah
(1:10:00) Calling Pitches: Eric, Sami, and Eric give two less-heralded prospects each that they think can make a 2021 impact.
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