Sebastian Walcott

Anyone in particular who has stood out to you?

Yeah, this is more about a conversation I had with Sebastian Walcott than what he's been doing.

So far, for surprise, I mean, the numbers have been just okay.

259 average, 777 OPS, seven strikeouts in seven games.

Zeke Duran can go out there.

Michael Hellman, right? Maybe Sebastian Walcott.

So there are options there for a right-handed hitting platoon partner with Evan Carter.

Second base is not currently manned, right? And again, there are internal options.

They got about a month to go.

AFL was playing some catch-up last week with some weather in the Phoenix area.

The biggest contribution by a Rangers minor leaguer was provided by Their top prospect, Sebastian Walcott, hit a grand slam Friday and surprises nine-run first inning.

I think it was 12-5 in the final or something like that.

Jesus Madej, if you continue to compare him to Jackson Churio, I think he's going to be the better hitter.

This is where I think he separates himself from from the Sebastian Walcott's and Walker Jenkins of the world that are in that kind of that top five group in the minor leagues, or at least in my prospect ranking, I think it's just this ability to hit and to recognize, spend, control the strikes on all those things that many times you don't see with huge toolsy guys.

Hazers my day brings that to the table.

Not a whole lot more you can say about Jesus my day.

Big if, though.

I think the highest variance prospect that I'm gonna discuss today is Sebastian Walcott, who really has, like, a 40/40 upside, and, and I don't use that lightly.

But he legitimately does have, uh, that upside, particularly the power.

I mean, the power with Walcott is just unbelievable.

They obviously have a third baseman now in Josh Jung, who is a solution for, uh, position play, uh, for a pos-- uh, an everyday spot, which is not something that they have a ton of nailed on everyday players for.

But it's a team that's kind of on the older side in a lot of ways and doesn't have a huge plethora of young talent, and they're gonna have to figure out a direction too.

I mean, if they're in rebuild mode, then I think Walcott gets called up sooner rather than later, and that's where Seager, whether it's a move off the position or just a trade altogether, uh, may have to accommodate, uh, Sebastian Walcott in the near future My biggest worry for him is that we're talking about a home run hitter who has hit at numerous very hitter-friendly ballparks, who is about to go to, you know, the closest thing outside of Seattle to hitter's hell in Texas.

And I wonder about what kind of even psychological impact that could have for someone like Walcott, who's used to just mashing the ball over the field and hitting prodigious home runs.

Um, probably they could definitely have more power than, than Sal Frelick.

Cordua says Walcott.

You know, Walcott, uh, you know, he's, he's-- I think, uh, uh, let, let, let him go out there and hit the ball as hard as he can.

I think that's the best thing to do with him.

Obviously, he's gonna be a major leaguer, but I don't know that I wanna put him into the, uh, the guy who needs to every at-bat, every time there's a chance to move a guy over, let him try to do some damage situation.

But he'll take his walks.

I think he had around 400 plate appearances and he walked like 50 times.

So Kurdua, Walcott needs to cut down the Ks.