Derek Van Ryper

And, you know, you're going to end up pretty close to a true number, I think, if you work through that system as well.

I think we're only in one league against each other this year.

Yeah, because normally, this was just coincidence even before we worked together.

The League of Alternative Baseball Reality, Labor, as it has come to be known, is one of the industry leagues that's been on for about 30 years.

There's an AL, an NL, and a mixed.

And we've always been, for the most part, in different leagues, just kind of randomly.

So yeah, it's strange that we don't play against each other more often.

Definitely preferable in leagues where there's money on the line to not be playing against each other.

Anytime I play a high-stakes league, I just don't want to see people I know in there, not because I fear them, but more because we both can't win.

I think just how aggressive he is with Josuar Gonzalez for the Giants right now.

He's got him at number seven on his in-season update, and he's still playing on the Arizona Complex League.

And I think, you know, Keith is...

less aggressive with the youngest prospects than some of the other analysts out there.

So to see that from him really stands out, knowing that he's getting people inside and outside that organization, telling him that this is Francisco Lindor.

And they know that sounds ridiculous, but they say it anyway.

I mean, that's an absurd ceiling to put on a guy that hasn't even played full season ball yet.

It's got me really interested in trying to get him in leagues where I'm playing for the future and, you know, just...

looking two or three years down the line because he might be that much of a fast mover.

We also talked a little bit about the Edwin Arroyo situation in Cincinnati, and I think Arroyo is one of those guys that, because of a shoulder injury, fell off prospect lists.

He came back this year at AAA.