WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off July 17th, 2023 (Ep. 710) 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:08.760 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Bros. MLB. This is Leading 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:10.879 Off Live, brought to you by Prize Pick. Sign up today. 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:13.399 Use that promo code leading Off. When you do, it's 0:00:13.440 --> 0:00:16.160 me Joey P. Joe's a p. Look who's back. I 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:18.560 would say fresh from vacation, But when you have kids, 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:21.880 that's a trip. Vacations are for sitting on the beach 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:24.480 and people bringing you cocktails, So well, you're gonna need 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:27.880 a vacation after your trip. But hopefully all the kids 0:00:27.880 --> 0:00:30.080 got to see some Harry Potter stuff, have some butter beer, 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:33.199 and maybe a little Mario Brothers too. Yes, we went 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:34.559 to the I love it. 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:37.560 I love how you say, Mario. I'm like Mario, Mario, 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:39.200 Mario Brothers, Mario. 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:41.880 Yeah, we will audio and nobody says that in Brooklyn. 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:42.320 I can't. 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:45.080 I'm I'm completely not rested. You can tell by the 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:47.680 chaos at the start of this morning. Everything is crazy. 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.760 I'm not rested whatsoever. But we did do all the things. 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:53.160 We had some great beach time. We went to Lego Land, 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:56.400 and we went to Universal. But Mario World Mario Worlds 0:00:56.480 --> 0:01:00.840 was weird because it's like this little insulated box and 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:03.240 it was hot. So we were like an oven. There 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:08.080 were four million people and it's like and then we're 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.319 all cooking and the son and it was just it 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:13.200 was like an oven. It was crazy, Joe. But yeah, 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:16.800 I could not be more not rested. I am glad 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:18.680 to be back here with everybody because I do feel 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:20.280 like I have a little bit more control over this 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.880 chaos in the baseball world with all our peanuts and 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:26.080 cracker jacks and of course my favorite bald face right there, 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:27.840 Joe Piezopia. But yeah, I might be a little bit 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:30.520 wacky this week, trying to recover from the vacation. 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:33.319 Yeah, but of all the days to come back, you 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:35.600 came back on the day we're getting Christian and Carnossio's 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:38.080 trans so we got us there. The Reds prospects getting 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.320 called up. I'm glad you didn't miss this. That would 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:42.360 have been horrendous. There were a couple of Pirates prospects 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.720 called back. I just mean Pirates prospects called up today too. 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:48.040 We're gonna get to those. But the A's guys on Friday, 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:50.120 when Bob was here. I want to get your take 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:51.960 on those guys, since you're the prospect guru and I 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:55.000 want to remind everybody to just yet again. Welsh and 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:57.840 I did a little MLB draft audio only show. Go 0:01:57.920 --> 0:01:59.880 check that out on our podcast feed wherever you get 0:01:59.880 --> 0:02:03.400 your podcast again Fantasy Brose MLB. Let's talk about Christian 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.640 and Carnossillon Stram coming up from Triple A. He's gonna 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:10.000 make his debut today, twenty three year old in Triple A. 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:12.560 This year, the guy was unbelievable. The slash was three 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:16.080 thirty one, four h five OBP six thirty seven. That, 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:19.720 my friends, is elite. He had twenty homer, sixty two RBI, 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.720 two steals, and I was only in sixty seven games. 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:26.080 Not too shabby. He plays first base primarily. He might 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.480 see some time in the outfield because he's been playing 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:30.280 there a little bit recently. So do you have a 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:33.320 feeling that's where you're gonna see Encarnossillon Strand in this 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:34.440 mixes in the outfield? 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:35.000 Yeah. 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.919 I saw a lot of people like in the celebration 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.320 of him coming up, being like, you know, the kind 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.360 of the pessimist is like, well, what they're gonna do? 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:43.880 I don't even say where the playing time is, How's 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:44.399 he gonna play? 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.240 And it's like, well they're gonna figure it out. There's 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.440 a reason they brought him up. I kind of also 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:52.320 tend to think this might be the prelude to like 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:55.680 a move or two, moving a couple guys off. You know, 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:57.600 not that they're looking to be sellers or anything like that, 0:02:57.680 --> 0:02:59.119 but you know, maybe they're gonna. 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:02.200 You get a couple of the outside pieces that. 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:03.120 Could get out out. 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:05.400 But he can, like you said, he could play third, 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:06.560 that's where he came up. 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:07.720 I don't know if he's gonna play there. 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:11.480 I think Spencer Steer in my mind, is going to 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.280 take over and man that third base spot. I think 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:17.120 Nixon Zel could be trade block, could maybe even be 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:20.360 coming off here a little bit soon. And I think 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:23.000 Strand plays first. I think he plays d H and 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.640 I think he can play that corner outfield. 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:27.440 Spot options there at the very least. I know everyone's 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:31.000 very excited. We're also getting Grayson Rodriguez returning, so that's 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:34.600 very exciting as well. Today. That guy has been absolutely 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:39.240 spectacular since he's been spent sent down recently. And we 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:41.360 kind of mentioned this. I feel like last time we 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:43.520 were talking about the Orioles and we talked about, you know, 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.240 how good that they've been and some of the unherlded pitching. 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:48.600 It also has to go with Adlei Rutchman too. By 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:51.680 the way, nobody has more strikes called outside the strike 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:55.000 zone this year than Adlie Rutchman. He's at over fifty 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:57.800 right now, which is a big help to a pitching 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.400 staff that doesn't have a lot of quote unquot star 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:05.240 power around it. So if Grayson Rodriguez can transfer what 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:07.240 he's been doing in TRIPLEA and some of these big 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.200 strikeouts starts he's had and bring that up to the 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:11.480 big leagues, if he's somehow floating around in your league, 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:13.560 I don't know how that's possible, But if he is 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.320 in the shallower league and somebody just missed this, go 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:20.599 get this guy immediately and add him. But Rodriguez is almost, 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.080 i would say, effectively like that trade deadline deal for 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.240 the Orioles. Well, so where it feels like there's an 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.720 opportunity for them to add this guy and if he 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.240 pitches up to his ability, you could have another front 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.280 line starter here. And the Orioles are not going away. 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.960 I think they made that very clear heading into the 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:36.720 All Star break and looking at the rest of these 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:40.280 teams right now, the Yankees are scuffling. The Orioles are 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:41.000 going to hang around. 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:44.000 I completely agree with that, and Grayson's going to be interesting. 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:45.760 I mean, you know, you say, like Grayson coming up 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:47.840 and Adley as good to the catcher as he's been. 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:49.840 You know, they had this early on in the year, 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:51.599 they had this thing going for them and it didn't 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.479 work out. But Grayson has made some changes in the 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:57.760 minors so far, and the biggest is the cutter. 0:04:58.080 --> 0:04:58.720 It's gone. 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:00.880 I was just looking at his last start. He did 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:04.120 only go three innings, but he's completely scrapped the cutter. 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:05.960 The cutter was thrown like two times, and that was 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:09.240 kind of a primary pitch. It's been fastball and I 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.799 think change up. I think it was like heavy heavy, 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:15.080 those both with big whiff numbers, of course, and the 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:18.200 command is gonna be key. And like you said, the 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:20.360 thing that bodes really well is if they were able 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.800 to figure out optimize, similar to like what we saw 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:26.080 with the razor earlier in the year with Taj and 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:28.719 then he came back with the cutter. But they're gonna 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:30.040 get rid of the cutter, and the cutter was a 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.760 bigger problem for him throwing strikes. You got a guy 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.880 like Adley who can create strikes for you, and creating 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:39.120 strikes for a player with some command issues is huge. 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.520 So I'm very excited about Grayson. I've been on the 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.680 Hey pick up Grayson bandwagon, but I don't like the 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.080 start today. Someone in the chat asked, what about today. 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:49.440 I don't like it today. 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:52.719 I like it today. I'm in and I'm in on DFS. 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:54.560 You know why, because I think good baseball people like 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.679 Welsh are out. So I am in on it today 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:58.360 and we can have that discussion later in the show, 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:00.679 which is fun. Let's talk about Alex Bregman. Mister mid 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.479 had himself a good game, uh to run Homer in 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:06.599 the ninth Astros pick up a big victory over Los 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:10.320 Angeles Angels. As the Angels continue to get pushed down 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.320 the blister issues with Otani. I mean, I don't want 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:16.320 to be tinfoil hat man here, but you know it 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:18.880 always going he gonna blister. We gotta be real careful 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.520 with him. Feels like a trade's coming to me. Folks. 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:23.640 Gotta put him in bubble wrap. Let's just let him 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:25.479 hit a little bit, throw a little bit here and there. 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.440 Just just just take care of mister Otani, that's what 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.640 you're trying to do right now. And by the way, 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:33.400 you did his thirty fourth home run, do I really what. 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:35.279 Do you really think it's coming down? 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:37.760 Oh yeah, oh yeah, he's gone. 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:41.480 He gone, baby, I said, not so, I'm gonna eat 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:42.120 those words. 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.479 I think well, I said, one hundred sent he was 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:46.640 and then the Angels went on that run and I 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:51.599 started to really get upset, but Mike Trout Independence Day 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:54.280 broke me free. Now I'm free once again to look 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:58.000 at Shoaotani trades. Uh after Otani's thirty fourth home run, 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:00.200 which is pretty spectacular, I want to give some to 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.320 Bobby Wood Junior over this span right now of the 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.840 last thirty days hitting two ninety seven, three, forty eight, 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:08.080 five nineteen. I know a few weeks ago we talked 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:10.560 about Bobby WIT's counting stats being there but being a 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:12.760 little disappointing overall. We talked about him being a slow 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:16.440 starter last year, and then that carrying over this year again. 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:18.840 Second half, he's starting to turn it on. I feel 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:22.400 like we're sitting well right on the precipice of maybe 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.960 next year of the year after this Bobby Wit breakout 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:28.720 where he becomes a superstar potential player, Like I always 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.360 feel like that kid's that good, but there's just the 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:33.119 swing of miss has been a problem. The slow starts 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:34.880 have been a problem. And then he goes on these 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.760 runs like this and it starts to remind you of like, oh, yeah, 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:39.880 this is why we were so excited about Bobby Wood Junior. 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.679 Do you think that as well, that we're getting closer 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:45.000 and closer to maybe one of these years where Bobby 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.600 Witch just puts six good months together and he becomes 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:48.960 a rock star first round talent. 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:51.160 I think he is a first round talent. I think 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:54.240 he's one of the most outerrated players. I think it's okay, 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:59.400 sixteen homers, twenty seven RBI, he's got fifty to fifty 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.040 on the running out he's put on that team. I 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.400 should look at the projections real quick. I'll think about 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:08.200 that Royals team here for a minute. Abysmal offense overall, 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:12.480 fifty run, fifty one RBI or inverse. Let me look 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:14.520 what the projections are and Bobby Wait, Bobby Waite is 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.480 still projected to go at least according to the bat 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:22.720 X ninety run and eighty eight RBIs. So I mean, 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.280 you're almost one hundred, one hundred, and then those same 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:30.040 projections would put him at twenty eight homers and trying 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.360 to do math here, forty three stolen bases. 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:35.800 Those are wild. No, okay, bring this to me. How 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:37.160 many times did he going to strike out this year? 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:39.720 What's the batting average? I know, the old batting average 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.360 doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It makes a contact, so okay, 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:43.439 but that's what keeps him off. 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:48.920 Actually, the BATX projections have him being a exponentially better 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:50.360 hitter rest of year two eighty two. 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:51.800 Why is that because he. 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:55.120 Has one of the highest expected batting averages in the league. 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:58.120 He's hitting two fifty nine right now, two ninety three 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:02.280 expected batting average. I mean, we're talking thirty five points 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:06.640 just about harder or higher the x lug top six percent. Also, 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.880 just pointing out via last year, this guy was like 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.760 a first round pick this year off of last year's performance. 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.600 This year, he's barreling the ball more. He's got a 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:17.960 harder hit exit velocity averages up his actual hard hit 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:21.360 percent and it is exponentially up. He's actually walking more 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:23.800 and striking out less. It's just he's got a three 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:27.480 hundred OVP. Everybody hates it, and he doesn't walk a 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:29.440 ton just in general, and does strike out some, But 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:31.600 I completely agree. I think this is one of those 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:35.080 guys that the batting average is holding down the true 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:37.000 value of who Bobby Wood. 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.560 Is, mister Buster, who we haven't seen a little while 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.240 here in the Chat's good to see Buster back. Theoretically, 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.079 if Atani's straight to the NL, can he still be 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:46.480 eligible for am VP. Yes, the answer is yes. And 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:48.640 I have a fascinating conversation on Sports cart on Sunday 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:51.199 about this, and I mentioned this on Friday Show in 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.760 case you missed it with Bogman, where I said, when 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:57.080 you're looking at who's remaining okay on the outskirts, you 0:09:57.120 --> 0:09:59.840 got Vladim bobashat same team, you got Wander Franco Randell 0:09:59.880 --> 0:10:03.679 ro Rant the same team. You've got Corey Seeger and 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.000 Marcus Simeon and Nolas Garcia all on the same team. 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.240 So all the teams that are doing well all have 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:11.960 guys that kind of cannibalize themselves. There is a small 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:14.959 chance that if he even goes to the National League 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.480 that nobody kind of matches what Otani did American League 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.800 stat wise, and the rest of these guys. If Aaron 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.080 Judge doesn't come back healthy and have a monstrous clothes 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:26.319 to the season, there is a really good chance that 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:28.600 you're going to get a show. Hel Tani new number 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:30.960 for American League MVP, and it's going to be plus money. 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.840 And if it is, I am here for it. And 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:35.760 I already have him at plus two fifty in the 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:37.199 beginning of the year because it was the chalk and 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:39.280 I always like to take one good chalk thing with 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:42.160 a heavy investment. But it's a fascinating thing to pay 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:45.440 attention to. Let's also pay attention to Bryce Harper a 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.520 little power from him. It was his first homer yesterday 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:52.000 since May twenty fifth, Welsh. How depressing is that? 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:57.720 That's super depressing. That's wildly depressing for Bryce Harper. You know, 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:00.560 I think the same thing happened, but it's a much 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:02.920 longer date with Tim Anderson over the weekend rate his 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:06.200 first homer in like a year or some craziness. So yeah, 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:09.080 the power out power outputs got to pick back up 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:10.920 for Bryce Harper. We've talked about coming back from the 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.120 injury has set him back a little bit, but yeah, 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:16.040 I mean it's kind of depreciated his value. Funny enough, 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.679 I just did Bogman and I do a league where 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:23.480 first half is you know, you have like the first half, 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:25.360 and then you redraft for the second half. So it's 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:27.560 a two part draft season. The first half I believe 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:30.120 was rodo. The second half is head to head that 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.160 goes into the playoffs. By the way, I won the 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.080 first half, no big deal, and the second half we 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.320 just redid the draft on Saturday or Monday night, Saturday 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:40.000 night or whatever it was. And Harper didn't go into 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:43.319 like the seventh eighth round. I mean, he went crazy late. 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:44.960 I had the first overall pick because I won the 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:47.640 first half. I took Otawni because it's the daily moves. 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.920 But Harper, it wasn't really an option for me because 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.160 he was util but I didn't even really think about him, 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:54.360 and he. 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:55.760 Went super super late. 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.240 So that it's gonna be interesting where he ends up 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:00.000 going next year because his value is depressed. 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:03.400 Oh well, if you're getting any depressed value on him 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:05.600 next year, jump on it. But he just came back 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:08.040 too soon. I mean, can we all just understand that 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.280 he came back two plus months sooner than he was 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.720 supposed to, and he's an animal. He's Bryce Harper. That's great. 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:15.920 You love that about him. You're a fan, you love it. 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:18.280 But this is a show about investments, this show about 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.880 fantasy sports, the show about betting and dfs and all 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:24.560 those fun things. I'm glad that you know he is 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:27.200 back because I love Bryce Harper. He's good for baseball. 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.280 But all the initial instincts that we had about that 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.040 in the early return they were too early, and he 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.040 has suffered because of it. His play has suffered because 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:38.080 of it. We've all suffered because of it. Let's get 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.280 to the rookie lookie. So the a's called up Tyler 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:43.360 Soderstrom and Zach Geloff. Geloff seemed like the more appealing 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:45.320 one to me. I want to get your take before 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:46.599 I talk about the guys that are coming up for 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.360 the Pittsburgh Pirates, who now all of a sudden, you know, decided, 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.760 oh yeah, you're gonna troll us, mister Scott Boris about 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:53.520 the draft. We're gonna show you. We're gonna bring up 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:57.800 every prospect that we own on Monday. So first, Gelloff, Soderstrum, 0:12:57.840 --> 0:12:59.439 your quick take on those guys, and then we'll get 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:01.520 to the guys Pittsburgh. 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:03.280 Yeah, this is actually one of those like rare, like 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.080 really on it ones. I had done this over on 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.160 the CBS show. We were looking at some second half 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.280 guys and I had targeted both Gelloff and Sodastrom, his 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:13.160 players that the A should be looking at very soon 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:16.040 because they've been at Triple A. Gelloff is a primary 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:18.240 maybe he's a catcher, but he's a primary first baseman 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:20.000 now he's moved off huge power. 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:20.800 Huge evs. 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:21.240 This year. 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:23.439 He put up like a one seventeen I believe ever 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.559 in the PCL, just big, massive power while hitting two 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:28.600 fifty four in Triple A with twenty homers. 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:29.880 Strikeouts a bit of an issue. 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.600 Galloff was in the AFL last year, kind of become 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:34.839 a more complete player now that he's hitting for more 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.480 batting average, can strike out a bit as well, but 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:40.800 he runs, makes good contact. Did that right off the bat. 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.120 I think Gelloff is the more intriguing one deeper leagues, 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:45.640 I would definitely look at at Soda Strum. 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.280 So those are my kind of two quick takes on those. 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:50.520 All right, let's get to the guys from Pittsburgh. Andy 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:53.280 Rodriguez from Triple A coming up today, twenty three year 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:55.520 old catcher. So ye had Davis come up? Right? Now 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.120 you have another catcher, but Davis obviously been playing the outfield. 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:01.280 His mother spots two sixty eight, three fifty six four fifteen, 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:04.079 six homers, thirty and rbi four steals. I mean, I 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:06.400 don't know how excited I am about this player from 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:08.120 the slash line, to be honest with you. And then 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:12.920 Quinn Priester is apparently on his way as well. He's 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.240 gonna make his debut, it seems like today from what 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:20.000 I saw, I believe, so that's coming as well. Now 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:23.040 his era was four point three one. He's not pitching 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.120 all that well one three six whip. I know he's 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.680 got the big strikeouts eighty four strikeouts and a seven innings, 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:29.760 but the thirty five walks in the eighteen starts. So 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:32.120 what are your thoughts on these two guys and whether 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:33.920 or not you should be spending any fab on Quinn 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:37.119 Priester or on Andy Rodriguez from Pittsburgh. 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:39.760 I'm not really in on either one. 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:43.360 And Andy's interesting, especially in a catcher league too. Catcher league, 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:46.160 maybe yeah, you'd want to take a look at. I'm 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:48.760 very much not in on Quinn Priester. I haven't been 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:53.320 his last start. Fifty two percent. His big fastball guy. 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:55.960 So between his four seam and his sinker, throw it 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.360 over sixty percent of the time, twenty four swings on 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:03.160 his sinker, zero misses. He had zero swinging misses on 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:07.520 a fifty plus percent pitch thrown. His slider seventeen percent, 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.080 had forty three percent swing and miss his current. So 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.680 he has four pitches he throws double digit percent of 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:15.880 the time. Two of them had absolutely zero swinging misses 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:17.880 in the game. It was a slider enforcing that got 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.840 some I just don't particularly. 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:22.720 I'm not enamored with him. 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:24.480 He might have a good start or two when the 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:27.280 command is on, but I would stray straight away from him. 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:30.680 Any Rodriguez definitely, can you know, contact play some other spots. 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:32.400 But Henry Davis is there as well. 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.480 Deeper leagues are two catcher leagues. I'd look at Indy. 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:37.400 All right, let's get to the injury report. A lot 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:40.680 to get to here. We had Shane Bieber go on 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.200 the IL. Now, the good news for Bieber is that 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.000 they say it's not gonna need surgery, so they're going 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:47.280 to give him two weeks to rest and we'll see 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.240 what happens from here. But they say the elbow's not 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.000 gonna require surgery. But this is great news for Cleveland 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:53.160 because they were right in the thick of this, and 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:55.760 thank goodness for you know, ten or Biby start yesterday. 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.800 It was good. Kevin Williams has been good, like the 0:15:57.880 --> 0:15:59.720 kids have stepped up in this void. So we'll see 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:01.280 a lot. Ja Menez, stop me if you heard this 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:04.320 one before. As a leg injury, the groin area, the 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.760 lamb strings, I mean anything lower body that's a lower 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.760 him Menez, I'm gonna call him a lower body injury. 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.080 Mins That's what I'm gonna call him from that lower 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:15.840 body injury. Fernando Tattis Junior was day to day after 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:18.440 twisting his ankle on Saturday. He did play yesterday. Sal 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:21.560 Perez was removed yesterday with a hamstring injury. A rold 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.880 Is Chapman, who was in my Waiver Wire video a 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:25.720 couple weeks ago when he got traded, I said, look, 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:29.400 I know they're saying he's not gonna close, but he 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.320 might close at some point. Now. You had Willi Smith 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:36.360 get used in this game yesterday to go multiple innings 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:38.120 and then Chapman came in to get the safe and 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.800 he was very good. It was his first save. If 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:42.400 he's still floating around there in the waiver wire, you 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:44.800 gotta add this guy. You have to give yourself some insurance. 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:48.440 I don't know why people haven't already. He's got experience 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:51.120 in playoffs, you know. God bless Will Smith. I know 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.600 he's got some of that too, But Chapman, historically, I 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.040 still feel like by the time we look up in 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:57.840 August first, I feel like the job's gonna be his. 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.400 Franber Valdez did leave with a left crow, but that's 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:03.320 all it was. So that is a sigh of relief 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:05.879 for everybody. He manages him. Josh Jonason goes to the il, 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:08.600 Bryce Miller off the il from that blister, and Aaron 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:12.719 Judge took VP but still no ten timetable for his return. 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:16.080 That that's gonna be his memoir. I believe, no timetable 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:19.120 for his return. It's like No Country for Old Men. 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:23.680 It's the Cowen Brothers movie. And the Welsh obviously loves 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:25.399 that he's going to fix some kind of audio thing. 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:27.560 I believe because he's either that or he did not 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.240 like my joke. One of those two things. Oh, he 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.760 is back here, so he was fixing some Internet things. 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:35.760 He froze for a second. All is well, let's get 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:38.080 to the three up and three down. Garrett Cole was 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:43.000