1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Hello, friendos, I'm Chris Welsh and welcome into Fantasy Pros 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: today on the YouTube channel. I've got our first edition 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: of trade Targets. We're gonna be discussing five players to 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: trade four or trade away, and this very very early 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: point of the season, but that does not mean there 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: are not opportunities for you. Before we do, though, I 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: want you to win a free premium account with Fantasy Pros. Yeah, you, 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: exactly you. I want you to take this home. All 9 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: you've got to do listen is subscribe and then comment 10 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: and that's it. That's all you gotta do. 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Not great, especially for 21 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: the quality starts crew. He also gave up three earned runs, 22 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: really not good in under five. He also took him 23 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: ninety three pitches, which is less than optimal, but he 24 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: had nine strikeouts with twenty whiffs on swings in that game. 25 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: The change up, which we all hate for him to throw, 26 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: was about ten percent usage, but it had an eighty 27 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: six percent whiff rate, which is crazy. His curve also 28 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: an eighty percent whiff rate. Both had fifty plus csw percentages, 29 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: which is very very good. He was a little too 30 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: heavy on the fastball. It was cold, kind of rainy, 31 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: and I think that's going to obviously have effects across 32 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: the board. But Blake Snell has big stuff and he 33 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: shows it. Twenty whiffs on swings early on, it's whatever 34 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: point on. That is a phenomenal number. And he did 35 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: it in four and one third. So if he can 36 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: get together, obviously we can also get out of the 37 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: cold weather, good things are gonna come. Blake Snell is 38 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: a guy that is not cheap necessarily, but that going 39 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: under five is really going to trigger people, and he 40 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: might be more acquireable than you think. I think it's 41 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: a good time to jump on it because the big 42 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: strikeouts are there, and I still think he has the 43 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: opportunity to be the number one pitcher out of this 44 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: rotation that's including you, Darvish. So go and poke around 45 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: and see if you can get yourself some cheap blakes. 46 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: Now know what I'm saying, you can do that. Coming 47 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,239 Speaker 1: in at number four is New York Mets starting pitcher 48 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,839 Speaker 1: code I sanga. Now, I'm not gonna mask the good 49 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: results when I say trade away. He had eight strikeouts, 50 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: which was good. He had his first win, which is great, 51 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: and he only gave up one and run. My concern 52 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: is what happens when the league catches up to Senka. 53 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: His fastball command was pretty spotty early on. He caught 54 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: it a little bit later. That can, of course be fixed, 55 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: but it's gonna be It's gonna be a table center 56 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: for him, especially with these other pitches, especially the ghost fork, 57 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: because the ghost fork did everything. Eight of his nine 58 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: total whiffs came off the ghost fork. So here's the 59 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: number for you. Fifty eight of his eighty eight non 60 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: ghost fork or fork pitches, if you will, he douced 61 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: only one swing and miss. That's not good. The concern 62 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: is when the league catches up to the ghost fork 63 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 1: and stops offering it up at it as much. What's 64 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: gonna happen? How is he going to adjust? And with 65 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: body fastball command, it makes me a little bit more concerned. 66 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: Though it is a big, big fastball, it might be 67 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: at a big level of adjustment overall. But it's worth 68 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: gauging the temperature in your league after an eight strikeout 69 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 1: performance on a very very hot name pitcher, and some 70 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: might not look as deep after that eight strike up performance, 71 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: and you might be able to take advantage if you're 72 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: like me and you're a little bit concerned what the 73 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: numbers are going to look like when the league adjusts. 74 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: And here's one thing I can promise you, the league 75 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: always adjusts. Coming in at number three, we're going back 76 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: to a trade four. We're going to Philadelphia, Philadelphia Phillies 77 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: third baseman, maybe sometimes even first baseman, Alec Bohm. Bom 78 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: has been hitting the ball hard while finding good early results, 79 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: which you love to see. Through Monday, as we're recording this, 80 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: Bom had a sixty six percent hard hit rate with 81 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: a four to sixty seven batting average, also had a homer, 82 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: and on Monday had a three hit game, which you 83 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: love to see he had a four ninety two WHOBA, 84 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: which is holding up the batting average. Even though things 85 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: are early, things are trending in the right direction for 86 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: a big year, especially that you're seeing that ball get 87 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: hit hard. Fun fact too, going into Monday, Alec Bohm 88 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 1: had one hundred percent hard hit rate and he had 89 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: an average exit velocity of ninety nine. That's absurd. That 90 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: came way down obviously when he started topping a few 91 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: more balls, but even when he wasn't hitting the ball 92 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: hard on Monday, he had three hits out of it. 93 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: That's got to make you feel pretty good. His comfortability 94 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,239 Speaker 1: is also showing, as he has a seventeen percent first 95 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: swing first strike you first pitch swing percentage, where usually 96 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: he sits in like the thirties, and he's done that 97 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 1: throughout his career. So he's getting a little bit more patient, 98 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: getting deeper into accounts as he becomes more comfortable. Alec 99 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: Bahum has the upside of a top one hundred player 100 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: right now, but I think he can still easily be 101 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: had outside the top one fifty. Have not caught up, 102 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: but I think you should and you should poke around, 103 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: and I think you can get him for pretty cheap. 104 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 1: Go try to get yourself some malec bom. Why not. 105 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: It's not gonna hurt you and it's not going to 106 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: cost too much. Coming in at number two is San 107 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: Diego Padres shortstop Xander Bogart's Xander someone actually kind of 108 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: liked in the preseason that offense is so powerful, as 109 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: you know, and we don't even have Fernando Tatis Junior 110 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: back yet. There's also been good early on as well. 111 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: Two early homers while he's hitting over four hundred. Xander's 112 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: XBA and x LUG are both about one hundred points 113 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: lower than his current average. But again, you know, like 114 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: we acknowledge, those batting average numbers are really huge. His 115 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: hard hit percentage, though, is the lowest it's been over 116 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: the last three years. Xander has only hit more than 117 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: twenty five homers once in his career. He's also showing 118 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: no signs of running. Take all those things together, low 119 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: hard hit percentage and the fact of what the trajectory 120 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: of what he's always been in the homers and maybe 121 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: the stolen based department, especially with all the stolen based 122 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: numbers up, it doesn't give me crazy optimism that he's 123 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: going to break the mold be a top five catcher. 124 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: So that's why I want to check in with the 125 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: league and see if someone's willing to pay kind of 126 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: a premium shortstop price on him, because shortstop hasn't been 127 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: as fluid as everybody thought it was in draft season. 128 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 1: It's one of the best offenses out there, so you 129 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: should check in and maybe you can bolster your lineup 130 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 1: with another position, or maybe you can snag a two 131 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: for Masataka Yoshida and maybe a relief pitcher. I think 132 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: that's more than fair. If you can pull it for 133 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: Xander Bogart's I would give it a shot and go 134 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: and check in right now and coming in at number one. 135 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: My favorite trade target is Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Pablo Lopez. 136 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: A lot can be made about small sample sizes. My friends, 137 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: we've got to be careful for the good or the bad, 138 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: whichever direction they end up leaning. But we've also got 139 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: it at some point end up taking our shots with 140 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 1: these players, and Pablo is the one I want to 141 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: do that with. Early in his first start, he was 142 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: able to strike out eight in five and one thirds. 143 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: What was the most impressive thing about that was the fastball. 144 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: Velo had an increase of around a mile and a half, 145 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: so ninety three and a half last year over ninety 146 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 1: five in this start. The other added edition was his sweeper. 147 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: He's throwing a new pitch. This sweeper accounted for twenty 148 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: two percent of the pitches he threw and it had 149 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: a seventy two percent with rate, which is really really great. 150 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: Now the book is going to get out, the league 151 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: is going to catch up, they're going to understand the shape, 152 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: they're going to know what this is all about. But 153 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: he had the confidence. The results were there, and what 154 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: we really really wanted were the changes. Those were there 155 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: as well. Pablo was a really late pitcher added to 156 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: most rotations. So I don't think the cost is going 157 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: to be something where people are holding on. It's not 158 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: like Redebt Meers, who wasn't the best in his first start, 159 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: but you know, Redebt Meers had all the buzz. Jeffrey 160 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: Springs had all the buzz. Papa Lopez did not have 161 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: all of the buzz. In fact, there's a lot of 162 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: people that are just not in on the Twins in general. 163 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,679 Speaker 1: So I think he can come at even fair market value, 164 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: and I think that's still a discount. I think there's 165 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: a lot of upsides still. I'm going to go poke around, 166 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: try to get Pablo Lopez, whether he's an additional added 167 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: piece or I can just get him on the cheat 168 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: maybe moving some other depth, because I think what he's 169 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: showing is the potential to get back into that Pablo 170 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: Lopez we remember in the past, which could be a 171 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: top twenty five sp So go and poke around, my friends. 172 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: It ain't gonna hurt you. And there you have it. 173 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: Five trade targets for you to trade four or trade away, 174 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: whatever you want to do or whatever situation that you're in. 175 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: Who do you think we should be looking at trading? 176 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: I know you guys have got names, so let's hear 177 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: them below. Comment in the comments section. You'll even have 178 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: a chance to win a premium account with Fantasy Pros. 179 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: But make sure you're subscribed so you can get all 180 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: these videos. You can get the trade videos as well 181 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: as Joe Pisapias Waiver Wire ads video, which is going 182 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: to be coming out later this week. Why would you 183 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: not want to miss any of those? You don't want 184 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: to miss any of those. That's why, That's exactly why 185 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: you can find me the Welsh on Twitter at is 186 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 1: it the Welsh And if I don't see you on 187 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: leading off, I'll see you're right here on the Fantasy 188 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: Pros YouTube channel. Until next time, my friends, go make 189 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 1: some trades and may your trades be fountiful. Goodbye. Thanks 190 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: for listening to the Fantasy Pros Baseball podcast. Follow us 191 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: on Twitter at Fantasy Pros MLB, and subscribe to our 192 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: YouTube channel at YouTube dot com slash Fantasy Pros MLB