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00:02 - This next player, listen,
00:05 I wanna hear what Joe has to say
00:06 because I hear some people saying,
00:08 "Nope, not gonna waste the time."
00:10 Others are saying, "Yes, there's holes in the swing."
00:12 I don't know what to make of this team's entire offense.
00:15 Is there going to be a regression?
00:16 What's gonna happen here?
00:17 But Joe, set the stage and take it away.
00:20 - Yeah, I gotta tell you,
00:22 I mean, Evan Carter is an exciting young player,
00:24 but Wyatt Lankford is the guy to me
00:25 that I'm more excited about of these two.
00:28 Really quick hands, strong right-handed swing.
00:32 He has got good power.
00:33 I think physically, he looks a little bit more ready
00:38 for 150 games at the major league level.
00:42 You know, I still look at Evan Carter
00:43 as a guy that's a little tall and lanky and slight.
00:46 I look at Wyatt Lankford,
00:47 and he's built almost like a running back.
00:48 He's a guy that's, like, I just think is going to hold up
00:51 and be a little bit more durable.
00:53 As far as the holes in the swing, it's nothing I don't get.
00:55 He's got good gap power.
00:57 He's got good power to the opposite field.
00:59 He's able to make good pitch recognition skills.
01:01 Like, there's all the things that you're looking for
01:03 out of him, and he's going cheaper
01:05 than currently Evan Carter is,
01:07 which is another thing I don't quite understand
01:10 why that's going on.
01:11 He's had a very good start to his campaign already.
01:15 The Rangers are an interesting team
01:17 because you have established veterans like Corey Seager,
01:19 like Marcus Simeon, that you're gonna lean on,
01:21 but then you have this influx of these young players
01:23 like Lankford, like Carter,
01:25 and I think as you're looking forward here to the season,
01:28 the better return on investment right now in ADP
01:30 is Wyatt Lankford, in my opinion.
01:32 If you look at the minor league career,
01:33 it's a very short window there,
01:35 only 44 minor league games, but he hit 360 with a 480 OBP.
01:39 So he showed you this guy's got it.
01:41 In the NCAA, he was just unbelievably good.
01:44 So I think the concern with Lankford is
01:47 we don't want to rush him, which I understand,
01:50 but this is a very college, excuse me,
01:52 polished college bat that I think
01:54 that is going to make an impact in this season.
01:57 And if you're gonna talk about holes and swings
01:59 and things like that, I think Evan Carter's more that guy, too,
02:02 especially against left-handed pitching
02:03 that I have still some concerns about.
02:05 So Wyatt Lankford, to me, is a guy
02:06 that I'm a little bit more bullish on
02:08 and I like the return on investment more,
02:10 but look at the spring, four homers already.
02:12 This power is for real with this kid.
02:14 He makes hard contact.
02:15 He's another guy to pay attention to Wyatt Lankford.
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