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00:00Let's talk about Nick Kurtz of the Las Vegas Athletics or
00:04Sacramento Athletics or whatever the heck they are.
00:06They're the they're just athletic.
00:07They're just wildly athletic.
00:09This guy got off to a fantastic start so far in AAA.
00:14I mean just off the charts now it is PCL.
00:17So PCL stats you always take with a little bit of grain of
00:19salt, but this kid came out of Wake Forest.
00:22He was 2024 draft.
00:25He was the fourth overall pick there.
00:26He was absolutely tremendous at Wake Forest and now
00:30off to a start, seven games, three homers, 11 RBI, hitting
00:33433 with a 1336 OPS.
00:36Nick Kurtz has got to find somewhere, some room at the
00:39end at some point because this kid is mashing.
00:42So what happens?
00:44How do we make room for Nick Kurtz?
00:45That becomes the big question because you've got some, well,
00:48it's a problem.
00:48It's either somebody has to get hurt or somebody's losing
00:50their job.
00:50Now Brent Rooker is not moving from DH, right?
00:52He's going to stick around there.
00:53So he ain't going anywhere.
00:55SodaStorm at first base is playing pretty well.
00:57So that is a bit of a logjam too.
00:59So it's kind of a difficult calculus right now because
01:03Butler is locked in, Bladet is locked in, and DeHart would
01:07be the guy to bounce out.
01:08Now, the question is, do you see a SodaStorm start to work
01:11in the outfield or a Kurtz start to work in the outfield
01:13just to get some reps in left field to get his bat in there?
01:16Does Rooker move and play more outfield this year?
01:19I don't know.
01:20But what I do know is that Nick Kurtz is going to jump
01:24to the big league sooner than later.
01:25So now's the perfect time to just throw a buck or two on
01:28him over the weekend, stash him, and then hopefully at
01:31some point in the next six weeks, that stash is rewarded.
01:35And it's not for your 10-team shadow league.
01:38This is for your 12 and above, and this is for the spots
01:41where you have enough bench because Nick Kurtz right now
01:44is just playing off the charts, and I think it's only a
01:47matter of time before he ends up with the athletics.