Projections suggest Parker Messick, Joey Cantillo and Peyton Pallette could be vital to Cleveland's pitching staff for 2026, but can these untested arms meet lofty expectations?
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Guardians’ 2026 championship aspirations may hinge on three young arms who are projected to play significant roles in Cleveland’s pitching staff, according to FanGraphs projections analyzed on a recent edition of the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast.
Parker Messick, Joey Cantillo, and Rule 5 selection Peyton Pallette are part of the future of Cleveland’s pitching staff – and that future may arrive sooner than expected. The statistical projections discussed by Joe Noga and Paul Hoynes suggest all three could be key contributors this season. For Messick, who impressed during his September 2025 audition, FanGraphs projects a substantial rookie season: 26 starts, a 9-9 record, and 148 innings pitched with 131 strikeouts. “That’s a big projection right there. Obviously they’re thinking he’s going to be a starter, and he’s going to break camp or he’s going to come up very, very early,” Hoynes observed. “He certainly was impressive in September. A 3-2 record, 2.72 ERA, 7 starts, 38 Ks and 39 and 2 third innings.” Noga questioned only one aspect of Messick’s projection: the 3.09 walks per nine innings. “The one thing that Parker Messick didn’t do in his audition during the month of September last year was walk a lot of batters. He just didn’t do it,” Noga emphasized. Joey Cantillo, who has shuttled between the rotation and bullpen, is projected for a hybrid role again in 2026 – 54 appearances with 16 starts. This versatility could prove invaluable to Cleveland’s pitching staff.There is some good news for the Browns in 2026; Can the Cavs reach the NBA Finals? Terry’s Talkin’ podcast“The fact that he can do both, and do them effectively, come out of the pen and also join the rotation, that is only going to extend his career, keep him in the big leagues longer,” Hoynes noted. “In 2024 he made some big strides, but I think last season there was more incremental improvement. He started to look like a big league pitcher.” Perhaps most interesting is the projection for Peyton Pallette, Cleveland’s Rule 5 selection from the White Sox organization. FanGraphs forecasts Pallette to make 52 appearances covering 52 innings with 48 strikeouts – impressive numbers for a rookie reliever. “If he makes 52 appearances, that’s a successful season,” Hoynes declared. “This is a raw rookie coming up, they’ve got to keep him on the roster in order to keep him. So if he makes 52 appearances, that means two things... he’s pitching well and they’re happy with them and he’s not going back to the White Sox.” The projections aren’t without concerns. Messick is expected to surrender 19 home runs while allowing 144 hits over those 148 innings – a reflection of his aggressive strike-throwing approach. For Pallette, the projections suggest he might be homer-prone, with a projected 1.26 home runs allowed per nine innings. With Cleveland’s focus clearly on bullpen reconstruction this offseason, these young arms represent not just the future but potentially the present for a Guardians team with championship aspirations. “These are three guys who are going to be expected and needed to contribute,” Noga summarized. “And if one, two, or all three of them do come through as successful seasons in one way or another, it’s going to be a real positive for the Guardians.” As spring training approaches, all eyes will be on these three young pitchers who could hold the key to Cleveland’s success in the competitive AL Central.Joe Noga: Welcome back to the Cleveland Baseball Talk podcast. I’m Joe Noga, joined by Paul Hoynes. Hoynsie, the back end of the relief pitcher market. The, the top of the relief pitcher market seems to be dwindling at a rapid pace this morning. We get word that the Mets and Luke Weaver are close to finalizing a deal to have the former Yankees closer jump over to the Mets in New York. Stay in New York, but pitching for a different club. We got word that Brad Keller and the Phillies are close to or have already signed a contract there. So Brad Keller, Luke Weaver, two of the the top remaining closers or back end relievers ready for the upcoming 2026 season. The deal that, that sent Kenley Jansen, who’s 537 years old, to the Detroit Tigers. The, the Guardians will get a good look at Kenley Jansen in the upcoming season and some signing with the Tigers and you know he’s pitched very effectively in recent years against Cleveland Has Kenley Jansen’s really the, the late inning reliever market at the sort of the top end of the free agents options are fewer now. Do you think the Guardians are done sort of dabbling in that and adding to their bullpen and positioning themselves for the upcoming spring training? Paul Hoynes: You know, I, I think they’re probably still working around the edges though. I, I wonder if a guy like David Robertson would be, you know, he’s 41, would he be, would he interest them? You know, Pete Fairbanks, you know, probably a little out of their price range, but he would be an interesting guy to add, you know, and, and help out Cade Smith at, at the end of the game. Jacob Junas is still out there. Hunter Harvey, so there’s still some guys out there, but you’re right, Joe. I mean, you know, it was a huge market, lefties and righties, relievers, but they’re starting to dwindle. So we’ve seen the Guardians what make three moves in the bullpen. I would not be as surprised if they added another one or two, but probably on minor league deals.Joe Noga: So that was a guy who the, the Guardians were very familiar with from his time in Minnesota. Yeah, the, the market might be dwindling, but like you said, the Guardians are, are pretty much expert at operating on those margins, finding the, the right fit. It’s interesting you mentioned Fairbanks and, and you know, just his profile and how he would fit. You know, Fairbanks, not a small guy. He, he would definitely fit in the mold of the 6 foot 6 right handed relievers that the Guardians already have in that bullpen. He’s quite a qu. Guy. We saw him have a couple of meltdowns against Cleveland late in the season last year. You know, who knows, maybe they need somebody like that. Maybe they need somebody with a little bit of fire out there in that bullpen. You know, I don’t know. Like you said, Fairbanks might, might be out of the market in terms of price. Paul Hoynes: Yeah. You know what? Scott Barlow, our old buddy, you know, with the fish flops. What, what did he have those, those, those shower shoes that look like fish? So he’s still out there. He, you know, he’s always good for 50 to 60 appearances. But yeah, Joe, I think, I think they’re probably the heavy lifting is done with this bullpen, but I’m sure they’d like to add some more depth along the way. Joe Noga: Yeah, Fairbanks averages 68 appearances over, over 162 games in his seven year career. So, you know, he’s, he’s a, a high volume guy, but, you know, who knows if, if he’s even on the radar at this point. Yeah, the, the overhaul, the, the reconstruction of that bullpen. We’ve talked about it quite a bit over the last couple of weeks here. Are you still surprised that that’s been the priority or that seems to have been the priority this offseason over, over improving the offense? Paul Hoynes: Joe, I am surprised. But, you know, after, you know, listening to Stephen Vod and, and the front office talk about their plans for 2020, the winter meetings and even before that, uh, you know, it just seemed like they want to offensively, they have their mind set up a mindset on giving their prospects a chance to sink or swim in the big leagues without bringing too many obstacles in their, in their path. Putting too many obstacles in their path in the form of borderline free agents. So, you know, I guess the bullpen was really the, the only other spot to improve. And they lost quite a few guys out of that pen too, Joe, over the course of the winner. Joe Noga: Yeah, and last season we sort of went into the off season with the theme of they need to do something to improve the starting pitching. And they did address that. They did. They addressed it through trades and they, they made improvements in that way. They brought in Slade Saccone, they brought in Luis Ortiz and that’s since, you know, gone its own way. Whatever they did seemed to have worked out and they, they did improve in their rotation. It’s not necessarily a question right now of Improving because the performance of the bullpen was, was pretty solid throughout the entire 2025 season. Now it’s just a matter of finding that same chemistry with a new group of guys and getting it to continue to click with basically half of the bullpen recycled now. Paul Hoynes: Yeah. And you know, you’ve got to find Class A, as much as disappointing as his season was, the way it turned out and what a jam he put the Guardians in, he still, what, converted 24 saves. He’s still. You still have to make up for those quality outings of his. And I don’t know if they have yet, do they? Another guy that can save 24 games or is the whole burden going to be on Cade Smith? You know, that’s the interesting thing to me. Just, you know, how. How is Cade Smith going to handle the workload of being a starter from day, I mean, a closer from day one? Joe Noga: Is. Is it dangerous to sit here and think and just to assume that Cade Smith will just slide in and be Emmanuel Classe and give you that same level of productivity? Is. Is that sort of a trap that maybe Guardians fans can fall into? I’m certain that the, the organization and the coaches can’t assume, aren’t assuming that, but it might be easy for fans to just sort of slide into that and fall into that trap of. Well, you can just put Kate Smith out there and he’ll be Emmanuel Class A. Yeah, that’s. Paul Hoynes: That’s a great point, Joe. You know, I think, you know, when you see Class A as we did over the last four years, you kind of take him for granted. You forget how, how good he was at the top of his game. And to expect Cade Smith to come in and duplicate that, I think that’s UNF to Kate Smith and that’s why it would be nice that they could supplement that closers role a little bit. Just have a guy that, you know, ideally could save 10 to 12 games when Smith needs a day off. Joe Noga: And that’s not to take anything away from Kate Smith. And Smith has, has certainly proven and shown that he has that kind of ability and that elite level of, of presence in the, in the, in the back end of a bullpen since day one. His story is, is pretty remarkable coming out at the beginning of the 2024 season and, and basically he’s hit the ground running and done everything that’s been asked of him. This is just asking so much more than, than you would normally ask in that situation. This is a, an organization that’s really good at bringing along players and, and developing them and putting them in positions to succeed. Now you’re just sort of forced to do that with, with Smith and Stephen Vogt is, is really fond of say every time he’s asked about Kate Smith it’s like he doesn’t worry about Kate Smith and the way that he’ll perform or produce because he always falls back on. Well, if Kate Smith wasn’t a closer or reliever, he’d be an eye surgeon. And you know those kind of guys, they have the steady hand. Those, those guys are unflappable. He’s like, I can’t, can’t think of a more unflappable pitcher than Cade Smith. Paul Hoynes: And the one thing we know about Cade is, you know, he can, he can, he’s going to, he’s durable. He’s going to post. This guy’s what made probably about 150 appearances over the last two years. So you know, he, he’s, he’s going to post. He, he has been durable. It’ll take him time to, to kind of settle into that closest role. But we saw him at the end of July last season from July end of July to, you know, right up through the, through the wild card series. You know, he, he moved into that closers role. He had a couple hiccups, but then he established himself and I’m sure that’s what the Guardians are counting on in 2026. Joe Noga: Yeah, I go back to Seattle last year where Cade Smith took a line drive off the, the bill of his baseball cap right back up the middle. It was rowdy to Lez, I believe, who hit the ball and the ball deflected into right center field. The guy got up there and struck out the next battery faced. So if you’re talking about nerves or being able to handle pressure situations, talk about the guy who went from one pitch nearly having his bas career ended to, you know, striking out the next man. He faced pretty much nerves of steel. So if, if all this is trending towards is Kate Smith the guy, look no further than they, they put his poster on the outside of the, the ballpark last week. So I think, you know, they’re, they’re pretty confident in what they’ve got with Cade. Paul Hoynes: Oh, no doubt about it, Joe. He, you know, he is, you know, he is really, you know, he has turned into a, a huge part of the bullpen. We saw him in the setup role. Now we’re seeing him in the closers closer stuff. You know, the first two years we saw him and what to 20, 23, 2024 and he certainly showed it this year. So I mean this past season, no, I think he’s, he’s got everything you need to be a closer. Joe Noga: All right, Hoinse, we’re going to take the rest of this podcast to look at some of the young players on the guardians 40 man roster who are expected to contribute, needed to contribute in the 2026 season in a lot of ways and what their projected productivity is according to fan graphs and Baseball Reference and what the, what those numbers could, could mean for Cleveland and whether or not we think that some of these guys are going to get to those numbers. Let’s, let’s start right at the top. Obviously there’s a lot of competition and a lot of expectation on some of these young outfielders. Chase Delaude, George Valera, CJ Kaifas, who will be playing some in the outfield as well as at first base. Jumping into some of the numbers for these guys, the projected numbers. Angraphs has Cafes projected at a.238 batting average in 99 games. About 427 plate appearances with 13 home runs. And, and, and what, 48 RBI in that, you know, in that stretch, a non base percentage of.315. And what do you think of C.J. kiss? And I guess if, if he appears in 99 games for the Guardians, that pretty much means he’s, he’s, you know, having a, a pretty solid season in terms of staying on the club. Paul Hoynes: Oh, you’re not kidding, Joe. I mean, you know, last year we saw him come up and he played you some come up in August, I believe. And he played in 44 games, you know, four home runs, 19 RBIs, 707 OPS. And you know, he, he handled first base well, made some adjustments out in right field and I would think his projections that, that’s a lot of, that’s a lot of games for. I got it. Still probably will retain his rookie status, I believe so, you know, for 2026 he’s going to get a chance because the Guardians have said most of their young guys, they’re going to give them a chance to play regularly. And I’m excited about him, Joe. I think he had a really, a good September this past year when he, you know, got used to the velocity in the big leagues. He had some trouble adjusting to that initially, but he caught up to some pitches, he drove some runs in, gave, got some big hits. An exciting guy, Joe. Just another left handed hitter. I’m going to, you know, I’m anxious to see how he settles in it, in right field. Because I would think if things go according to plan plans, they want Mansardo to play mostly at first base. Joe Noga: And I think one of the things that’s going to help him and make him, you know, maybe stick around on the major league roster is the, the fact, the fact that he is a true first baseman. He’s one of the only true first basemen on the, on the roster. You know, they’ve got guys who can play there, but latent games, they like to move pieces around. They’re going to want him as a defensive guy over there at first when, when, you know, the defense is critical. I can definitely see him playing some first base latent games because of that versatility. And that’s something that Steven Vogt likes to do. When he was at AAA for 86 games last season, he posted a 1:51 weighted runs created plus. And that’s a metric that’s, you know, it’s league average. So it’s 100 is league average. And anything over a hundred is really good is they have him projected in 2026 at a 103 weighted runs, runs created plus. You know, for a rookie, that’s, that’s saying a lot about what they expect. What the projections expect of him at the plate is to be, you know, slightly better than league average, which is, you know, I think if you’re CJ Kafus playing in 99 games and a 103 weighted runs created plus, I think you’d take that as a, in your first full major league season. So, you know that that’s what fan graphs and the projections have for cafes. What about Valera? They, they project him to play in 87 games, does fan graphs and hit 227. I think that would, I wonder about that just because, you know, Valer is. One of his calling cards is his plate discipline and his ability to get on base and draw walks. They have what, 14 home runs and 47 RBIs in, in those 87 games with a strikeout rate that’s, you know, quite a bit higher than what we’re used to seeing for him, 27.6%. You know, I think if, if George Valera is striking out at, at that rate, that’s going to be tough for him to stick on the club for very long. Paul Hoynes: Yeah, Joe. I mean, you know, this is a guy, I think we got to remember how many injuries he’s, he’s dealt with. Probably lost the 2024 season when he was just coming back. Then he ran into the wall at Columbus banged up his knee and he was coming back from that. His minor league numbers last season at the, the complex league and, and at, and at AAA.318, you know, for batting average, he hit seven home runs, 24 RBIs. So I think in 44 games he was. And then he comes up and they kind of threw him right into the fire. He was made the, the wild card roster, hit a home run against in the wild card series. So I, you know, it’s, it’s going to be really interesting to see. Number one, can he stay healthy? Number two, how much time are they going to give him to win a job in right field? Is he, is he the leading candidate to win the right field job? Will he platoon out there? Where else can he play in the outfield? Joe Noga: Yeah, I, I think one of the things that sort of limits him or hurts him is that he can’t play center field or that he hasn’t really played center field as much. So that, that might be an issue that that sort of holds him back. I wonder, you know, if Stephen Kwan opens the season in left field. If they don’t get an extension done and Stephen Kwan isn’t around at the end of the year after July is, is left field an option for George Valera just because you have so many other options there in right field, could they keep him around or hang on to him knowing that they’re going to need somebody there in left field if Kwon moves on? Paul Hoynes: Yeah, I think so. Joe. I remember him in 2020. You know, he came up and was in the COVID camp when the Guardians were playing inner squad games. I think I, I think he played center field and I think he played a little left field. So the, the one thing with the Guardians really stress versatility. I’m sure he’s played out there in left, in left field. If that, if that became, you know, if that was a necessity, if they had to move him there. Joe Noga: That brings us to Chase Delater, obviously. The, the guy that got everybody excited with his two game performance there at the end of the season, in the postseason, in the wild card series. Just what were your thoughts? Just seeing what he was able to do not only at the plate because you know what he had a, what an infield hit, but the, he hit one rocket off the bat that, you know, if he keeps hitting balls hard like that, he’s going to have a successful season. As far as we saw that plate presence, that, that good discipline. But we also saw him out in center field making plays, you know, drop the first fly ball that was hit to him, but came back and threw a guy out at third base on a critical play that kept a run off the board and a win. You know your overall impressions of Chase the Lauder? Paul Hoynes: Yeah, Joe, if you’re a Guardians fan, you’re probably more excited about dilauto coming to spring training this year than. Than with any other player. I mean, you know, the, this is kind of the player X. We’ve seen him, what, a couple springs ago hit.450 with, you know, five home runs, 14 RBIs, just go off the charts in a br time with the big league club. But injuries have kind of hounded him. The first things first, he’s got to stay on the field, Joe. But if he stays on the field, I think this is going to be a fun guy to watch because obviously, you know, he, he has the tools. You know, he’s a big guy, what, 6 3-232-40. He can run a little bit.Paul Hoynes: They just have to keep him healthy and just let nature take its course with him and we’ll just see where his swing fits, where his power fits. But he’s a talented guy and this is a guy that, that you want is going to have kind of the spotlight on him in spring training, I believe, as long as he can get out there on a daily basis. Joe Noga: Yeah, I agree. In a lot of ways this is a big camp for him coming up. And you know, fan graphs and the projections all sort of agree with that too. They, they’re looking forward to a big year for him. The first number that jumps off at some of these projections that jumps out at you is 118. They’re projecting Dilaudor to appear in 118 games. I think anything north of 100 games for Dilaudor this year, the Guardians would be, you know, overjoyed with certainly the, the opportunity will be there and the jobs is out there for him to take if he’s, like you said, able to stay healthy. And they’ve got him projected for 14 home runs, 59 RBIs, 57 runs scored in 511 plate appearances with, you know, posting a fan graphs war of. That would be an outstanding rookie season. I think by, by a lot of measures, just in some of the rate numbers here, they have him projected for a 9.5, you know, walk rate, 9.5% walk rate and an 18.8% strikeout rate, which, which would not be bad. I think anything under 20 there is, is really good for a rookie with a weighted runs created Plus A league average being 100. They have him at 106. So, yeah. On base percentage, projected for 326 and a.406 slugging percentage, getting close, but not quite up to that. 800 level OPS, you know, what do you think of those projections for Chase Delater? Paul Hoynes: Yeah, I’m, I’m impressed by those projections, Joe. You know, I know the Guardians, they want to see this guy play every day, but I think, you know, they’re going to be really careful with him. They’re going to monitor his playing time, you know, his at bats. I’d love to see him get over 500 plate appearances as they suggest, as they project, because I think he’s going to do some damage in that many big league at bats. Joe Noga: Yeah, the, the number that I’m curious about, their, their isolated power number, a projection which Is slugging percentage plus batting average, slugging percentage minus batting average. I’m sorry, it’s 155. So, yeah, I, I can see that. I, I just, I, I’d like to see that maybe, maybe him surpass that number just based on the, the way that ball jumps off his bat, I think is, you know, something to keep an eye on. And I’ve said it before, I can’t wait for a warm Friday night in July and the ballpark is packed and Delauder steps to the plate in the eighth inning with the tying run on base, and they’re playing Take Me home Country roads because the West Virginia native is up there at the plate. I think the, the crowd is going to love it. They’re going to fall in love with him early on, especially if he makes the club out of spring training and gets a chance to produce early in the year. Those are position players there. Khus, Valera, Delaude. One or more of those guys need to step up and have some sort of productive season if this, this ball club is going to go to the places that it wants to go. You agree with that? Or are they going to be able to find something somewhere else if, if all three of those guys fail? Paul Hoynes: They need you, Joe, Your, your release one, maybe two of those guys to really kind of step up, establish themselves, just kind of establish a niche for themselves on this roster because, you know, obviously Valera and Dillard have health issues. Kaifus has been pretty durable. Nothing in the, that we know of in his past, injury wise, at least two of those, two of the three guys have got to, you know, have an impact on his team in a positive way. Joe Noga: So in that, in that way, that we talk about the position players. Let’s quickly go through the projections on three pitchers who. Three young pitchers, two of two of which we’re pretty familiar with. But in Parker Messick, Joey Cantillo, and Peyton Paulette, these are going to be guys who are going to get opportunities. And I want to look at the projections for Parker Messick. Let’s start with him. We got a good long look at him in September. The FanGraphs projections have him at, in his age, 25 season. They have him starting 26 games with a record of nine and nine, producing 148 innings and, you know, 7.97 strikeouts per nine, 3.9 walks per nine. That, that’s the number that, that I kind of questioned because the one thing that, that Parker Messick didn’t do in his audition during the month of September last year was walk a lot of batters. He just didn’t do it. So 3.09 walks per nine I think is a bit high for a projection, but they have him at a 1.6 war according to fan graphs. So, you know, I guess that’s, that’s the only number I would really sort of question is that three walks per nine. Paul Hoynes: Yeah, that’s, you know, 26 starts. That’s a big projection right there. Obviously they’re thinking he’s going to be a starter, though, and he’s going to break camp or he’s going to come up very, very early. You know, you wonder where he fits in that rotation right now. But he certainly was impressive in September. You know, 3 and 1, 2.72 ERA, 7 starts, 38 Ks and 39 and 2 third innings. The opposition a little, you know, he gives, he’ll give up some hits. They hit.289 against him. But, you know, he still, you know, kept that ERA under, under three. So that’s positive. I think, you know, that I, you know, 148innings, you know, that’s. That, that sounds about right. I think they’d really, you know, try to protect him. But yeah, that’s, that’s an interesting projection. I’d like to see Messick make 26 start. Joe Noga: Yeah, they haven’t projected for a 4.05 ERA over those 148 innings and 144 hits projected, but 131 strikeouts. So this is a guy who, you know, we know can, can strike batters out. I think that that strikeout projection might be a little low as well, as long as he stays healthy and stays aggressive. But you’re right, he will get hit and he will, he will likely give up some home runs. They have him projected to give up 19 home runs and that’s quite a few probably because like you said, his profile is to stay around the strike zone and he does, he does give up a lot of hits. So, you know, maybe that might be an adjustment that he has to make at some point during his rookie campaign. Joey Cantillo, guy that we’re pretty familiar with over the last couple of seasons here, now they have him projected for four appearances and of those 54 appearances, 16 starts. So they’re looking at, you know, probably another season where he bounces back and forth between the rotation and the, the bullpen. Paul Hoynes: Yeah, I’d love to see Ken Till, you know, kind of establish himself as a, as a left handed starter for them. But you know, the fact that he can do both, Joe, and do them effectively, come out of the pen, come out of the, and also join a rotation that is only going to extend his career, keep him in the big leagues longer and you know, I thought he was solid last season. I don’t think he made the, you know, in 2024 he made some big strides, but I think last season there was more incremental improvement. He started, he started to look like a big league pitcher. The confidence was there and he handled both roles, I thought really, really well. And the, the ups and downs, he handled that well. And when they put him in the, the rotation in September to give him the six man rotation, he took off, you know, impressive guy, you know, I guess, you know, if, if they need that, if they need him in the pen, so be it. But I’d love to see him make 25 to 30 starts as a starter. Joe Noga: Yeah. Do you think he, he breaks camp on the 26 man roster and either in the rotation or as a reliever, which, where do you think he, he breaks camp? Paul Hoynes: Well, he did last year, but in the bullpen. And then, you know, they had to send, I think they had to send him down to get stretched out again when they decided that they were going to start him. I think that’s a little hard on the arm, Joe. That worries me a bit. But you know, I think he breaks camp and I’m not sure how it fits. I bet that he, that he’ll, he’d be in the rotation when they break camp. Joe Noga: Last season, 2024, he averaged 10.24 strikeouts per nine innings. In 2025, it was 10.20 strikeouts per nine innings. Anything over, over 10 is really, you know, A really solid number, but the projections have him 9.27. So, you know, maybe they, they think with the, the added innings that that number will go down. But I, you know, I, I gotta, I gotta say this is a, this is a strikeout pitcher. This is a guy with an elite changeup. So we’ll keep an eye on where, how he performs or see if he can outperform these projections. The guy that we haven’t really seen any of, the newest Guardian, newest member of the organization. The, the Rule 5 draft selection, Peyton Paulette from the White Sox organization. And this is a guy who was a second round pick, number 14 prospect of the White Sox left off of their protected list. And he’s going to get an opportunity to hang with the, the club and maybe pitch in some of those low leverage, late game situations where maybe they’re behind or the game’s sort of not in hand. Paulette’s Projected to make 52 appearances for the Guardians this season. They have him at 52 innings with 48 strikeouts projected. This is a guy who can strike batters out. And, you know, we’ve seen that on the videos that we’ve seen since they, they drafted him. What would a good season for Peyton pet. What would a successful season for Peyton Paulette look like if you’re, if you’re. Paul Hoynes: The Guardians, Joe, if he makes 52 appearances, that’s a successful season. You know, this, you know, raw rookie coming up, you know, they’ve got to keep him on the roster to keep him. So if he makes 52 appearances, that means, you know, two things. He means, you know, he’s pitching well and they’re, they’re happy with them and he’s not going back to the White Sox. So, you know, and they found, they found another reliever. So, you know, that, that would be, you know, that would be a good turn of events for Cleveland and Paulette. He’d get it. He’d get a chance to establish himself in the big leagues and the Guardians would get another solid arm. He’s not that big of a guy, Joe. 6:1, 1:90. But he did make close to 50 appearances or over 50 appearances last season in the minors with the White Sox. So he’s got that durability, you know, he had in what, 20, 20. He had Tommy John. He’s bounced back from that. I, I think, you know, this is, this is, this is going to be a really interesting guy. It’s because it’s always kind of a gamble when, when you take a Rule 5 guy and you when you do, you. You either got. You either got to keep him or you got to cut bait pretty fast and send them back. Joe Noga: Right? They’re projecting him for 22 walks and seven home runs allowed in those 52 projected innings for Peyton Paulette. And that’s. That’s one of the things I sort of. The book on him is he’s given up a few home runs. I got to keep an eye on that. They. They project him to. To give up 1.26 home runs per nine innings. So, you know, that might would be a career high for him. So. Yeah, these are. These are all. These are three arms that, again, just like the position players that we talked about. Three guys who are going to be expected and needed to contribute. And if one, two, or all three of them do come through as successful seasons in one way or another, it’s going to be a real positive for the Guardians. Paul Hoynes: Yeah, you know, Cantillo’s probably, you know, he’s got the most experience. He’s the. The kind of the veteran in those three guys, so you would expect him to make the biggest impact. We saw Messick, you know, really help this ball club down the stretch. You would. And, you know, he got through the season healthy, you know, really an aggressive pitcher. So, you know, you have good, high hopes for him and palette. We just got to watch Joe. We just got to see, you know, back and see. But obviously the Guardians saw something in them. They. They spent a hundred grand. They. They took a gamble and took him off the White Sox unprotected list. And, you know, they’re willing to give him a chance here, so he’s obviously going to get an opportunity, especially in spring training. Joe Noga: That’s going to wrap up today’s edition of the Cleveland Baseball Talk podcast. We’ll be back with some hey Hoinsies on Thursday, and we’ll talk to you then.
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