Welcome to the fantasy baseball beat.

Welcome to the fantasy baseball beat part of the pitcher list podcast network.

Thank you so much for joining us.

My name is Chris Torres.

I will be your host.

We've got a good one for you today.

First, we will be joined by Kansas City Royals beat writer Jalen Thompson,

who covers the Royals for the Kansas City star. We'll be talking with him about who he thinks

will be in the starting rotation, Bobby Witt, Jonathan India, the Royals, not so great outfield,

and much, much more. Then we're bringing the heat we have another

great guest the doctor is in the building we have dave mcdonald here with us today we've got a lot

to talk about with him we'll be talking about how to assess risk in your fantasy drafts, some players that you should be avoiding due to their risk.

We'll also be talking with my co-host, Mike Carter, about bullpens, of course.

And lastly, you know we got to talk about Sean Burke.

Half of you listening to this podcast probably don't even know who that is, but find out why you should know about him.

All right. And of course, we're going to end with our mental health minute. And we're going to have a little bit of a twist this time. First, let me bring in my co-hosts, Mike and Dave.

Fellas, let's get right to it. We're talking royals today today and there's no bigger name on the royals than

bobby whit according to nfbc draft data whit is the second player currently going off the board

behind shohay otani there does seem to be a debate however as whether Witt or Otani is the better pick at the

101. So my question to both of you, is Bobby Witt your 101? Why or why not? I'm going to start

with you, Mike. Remember what I said two weeks ago, and I'm sticking by it. No more wishy-washing

Mike Carter takes. All in, all out, whatever it might be. I don't trust

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