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00:00All right. Let's head out to San Diego. Who else is doing well? Jackson Merrill is doing
00:08very well and he is getting into that rookie of the year conversation. We'll talk more
00:11about that as it goes on, but look at the last two weeks for this guy, six homers, nine
00:15RBI, 10 runs scored hitting three 27 with a three 65 OVP and an 11 41 OPS Jackson Merrill
00:23along with Royce Lewis might be the two hottest baseball guys right now on the planet. And
00:28Merrill was a player we did talk about going into the year. He made the team. It was not
00:31surprising, but a pleasant look actually something maybe we saw. Okay, well look at that. Jackson
00:36Merrill makes his team. Let's hope that he sticks and he's taking his lumps a little
00:40bit, right? It wasn't like gangbusters out of the gate for Jackson Merrill. He's just
00:43kind of keeping pace, but whatever is click for him, it has. And I don't think you're
00:47looking to sell high from him. I think there's a player that is not going to maintain this
00:51pace of course, but it looks like a player that's going to be very productive. My colleague,
00:55Joe Welsh, who hosts the fantasy pros MLB show with me, he was his rookie of the year
00:59choice going into this year. And he's got a very expensive ticket there for him. And
01:04all of a sudden now it's looking really intriguing on that national league side for Jackson Merrill.
01:08He's got to compete with him in Naga. He's got to compete with skeins. Yeah. But the
01:11one thing he's got on both of those guys, Matt, he's an everyday player and skeins at
01:15some points, probably going to hit an innings bounce there where you go, okay, you're gonna
01:19get shut down. What happens there in Managa, a rough start for him. It was kind of the
01:23theme of the week. Wheeler, Scooble, even Aga, the guys have been untouchable, all got
01:28touched pretty hard this week. So Merrill's one of these guys that definitely watch and
01:32the number is still very good, but my goodness, has this guy been hot for San Diego? Yeah.
01:37You talk about fundamental baseball and you have the luxury in the background of having
01:41played and having good coaches. I watched yesterday for a little bit and Merrill had
01:45a 12 pitch at bat that he finally won with a bloop single just out to short center. And
01:50it was just so nice to watch just that whole entire thing unfold.