WEBVTT - Leading Off May 30th, 2025 (Ep. 1030) 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:08.240 What's up, everybody. It's me Joey p joe Pisapia and 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:12.240 this is Fantasy pros MLB leading off. That's, of course 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:14.159 the Welsh, and it's all of you, the Peanuts and 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:17.639 the Cracker Jacks hanging out here, just talking baseball on 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:20.680 a fun Friday lot To get to We've got some 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:24.320 minor league notes, a ton of them, a big injury 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:26.639 to talk about. But first, you know, Welsh, we have 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:30.160 an ongoing theme here on the program. You know, some 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.000 say you look like John Lackey. I say you look 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:36.640 like Rico Bronia when he played with the Arizona Diamondbacks. 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:41.440 A lot of people think that they see you in places, 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.280 and one of our fans of the show, I wanted 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.159 to point this out, hit us up on the on 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:48.879 the Twitter machine, and he said that he thought you 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.640 looked like a young mac Miller there, or maybe an 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:53.720 older mac Miller. He looks like a young. 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:57.600 Wel a fat or older that looks like a younger wy. 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:00.400 I gotta tell you, though, I never thought of that one. 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.760 I don't know if you've gotten this one, but I 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:04.160 wanted to bring this up at the top for all 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.720 the Peanuts and the crack Jacks, everybody watching on demand 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.160 on our YouTube channel Fantasy Words MLB and of course 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:12.120 live on Twitch, Twitch dot tv Slash Fantasy pros that 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:13.920 this one. I don't know if you get this when 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:16.720 you're out, but maybe what you should do is, you know, 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:19.800 start making some reservations at some restaurants as him, see 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:21.160 if you can get some better tables. 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:24.920 What do you think, well, a couple things with that. 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:28.479 Don't think I can unless we live in zombie world. 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:30.759 I'm not sure if you're aware Mac Miller is not alive, 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:32.279 so that. 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:33.040 Wouldn't people don't know. 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:36.600 That wouldn't quite work. I have not gotten mac Miller. 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:38.679 But I will say, of all of the. 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:42.039 Ones that I've got, I'll take it. I'll take in 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:47.040 my large, vast chest of variants, like there is an 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:53.400 entire MCUC the Welsh cinematic universe where I am. I'm 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:57.320 wack Miller here, I'm definitely the skinnier. I see it. 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:01.560 I'll take it. I'm here for it. It is not offensive, 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:05.600 but it is now the long list. The list of 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:09.440 my variants might be as big as my best friends. 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.160 So I don't know, but yes, there is some. There's 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:15.040 something there like I said, when I'm skinnier, you know, 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:18.079 and heavily on drugs, that yeah, definitely. 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:19.800 Well, there's still time at the end of the show. 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.040 But I'm telling you, I think that there's an opportunity. 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:23.720 But I think most people don't realize. They just know 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:25.520 the name. They hear it and they go, oh, and 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.079 then they could google a picture, although if they see 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.200 I guess maybe that kind of ruins it. Oh, you know, 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:34.160 unlived at some switches of tome zones. Yeah, now I 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:37.840 couldn't name a Macmiller for you, but but again I 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.519 knew he existed, and you kind of do have a 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:43.680 mac Miller quality, which is which is fun. I wanted 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:47.799 to start something that's right. Also, I wanted to start 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:49.919 the show with something fun because we got depressing news 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.799 at the top of the show. It's big news. A J. 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:57.000 Smiths shover not good. So it was a weird confluence 0:02:57.000 --> 0:03:00.959 of events yesterday because he got hit by ball right 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.840 that came back at him and everyone's like, oh, no, hope, 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.400 he's okay. He was. He stayed in the game and 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:07.640 I don't know if it was the next pitch or 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:11.160 just the next at bat. But then you saw the 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.880 moment where the elbow popped and Spencer Strider, I don't 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:16.400 know if you saw this and saw the whole thing. 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.000 Spencer Stroyder went immediately to the manager and said, you 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:20.240 gotta get Hi out of here. You gotta ge him 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:22.960 out of there. It pop like. Basically he knows, Spencer 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.519 Schrider knows what it looks like. So A J. Smith 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:29.240 Sharver automatically goes to the il. He's gonna go for 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.960 further evaluation. It's terrible. He's been really good three at 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:36.280 six ERA. The last start wasn't so hot though, one 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.720 four to two whips, so the trend hadn't been as 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:42.440 good recently. And I wonder if the elbow had been 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.080 bothering him and he was trying to work through it. 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:46.840 And now the Braves have a hole in their rotation, 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:49.160 as do fantasy managers. So let's try to first of 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:52.720 all talk about where we go from here in Redraft, 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:54.800 and then what it's gonna look like here for a J. 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:57.200 Smith Schaffer. They say, well, he's gonna miss a few weeks. 0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:58.840 But Welsh, I think you and I both look at 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:01.600 this and go it feels like a Tommy John, what's something. 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:04.640 Pops he's going to need a little bit more than 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:09.320 just self care. Aj Smith Shaver is in trouble, especially 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:11.880 because the number one thing I take away from all 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.120 of it is on the mound, he looked at his 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:17.760 manager and he's like, I heard something pop. That's never good. 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:21.000 There's never a good ending to that. So yeah, I 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:22.640 think this is a this is going to be a 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:24.360 bad run. And I think even after the game they 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:27.880 said this is like a significant injury, and we know 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:30.360 what realm that goes. So yeah, he'll take some time off. 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:33.080 It's probably gonna be for things to taper down. Then 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.320 they're going to take a longer. Look, I would have 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.880 a decent expectation that he's going to miss significant time 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.359 if you got your IEL spots. I'm never one to 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.919 be like just throw out the guy, you know for 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:45.839 no reason. Even if we think he is going to 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:47.760 be out for the season, we just don't have a confirmation. 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:50.039 Go and put it out there, go and go and 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.640 put him on the IEL. Wait to see. But I 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.400 have a full expectation that he's going to be done. 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:58.600 So he is going to be gonzo in redraft. And 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:00.279 if this is as bad as we think it's going 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.040 to be. It does hurt the dynasty value, the keeper 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:05.400 value more than anything, because if you're keeping like eight 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.400 or ten guys, well he might have been in the discussion, 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.400 especially if it was like a cheap coster around. It's 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.160 not just going to be if he's going to miss 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:14.000 all of next year. 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.120 So this is being dramatic about it. Well, look, Holmes 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:17.760 will stick in the rotation now we know that. So 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:21.400 who plugs in that fifth spot for then? Because I 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:23.440 hold my breath, you know, you get run out of 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:27.200 the Lopez hurtshaw Vor hurt within the organization? Is there 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.000 somebody that you think can I mean, I don't want 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:30.719 to see Bryce Elder again, that's for damn sure. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.240 Well you're probably going to see Bryce Elder. That'll be 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:37.040 the one. I'll be the one called up. But the 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:38.479 guy to take a look at, he said a little 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:42.039 bit of rough go Hurston Waldrip was a guy that 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:44.400 we saw last year. He kind of moved up pretty quick. 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:48.440 Still giving up some stuff. He's cleaning up the arsenal. 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:49.200 Is it gonna be reliever? 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:50.480 Is he going to be a starter. I think that's 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.839 someone that they could end up taking a look at. 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:56.480 But one thousand percent they need to go and look 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:58.800 at the trademarket. I don't know who the trade with 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.240 right now, because you know, Sandy is the pilot garbage 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:04.640 and what teams are selling and stuff like that, but 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:06.320 they they are going to be in the market for 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:07.440 someone one. 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:09.720 H I just don't see. You know, you're looking at 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.720 the Orioles who are out of it, the White Sox 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:16.080 who are out of it. The Athletics are starting to 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:18.440 you know, they're you know, just the record of the 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:20.839 last in the month of May has just been just dreadful. 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:24.560 Just overall, the Marlins are out of it. The Pirates 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:27.080 are out of it. So where does that that arm 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:28.719 come from? I don't know. I mean, Mitch Keller would 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:30.680 be the guy I think of all those teams that like, 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:32.400 I could just say, okay, if there's one guy that 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:35.400 I'd want, it's Mitch Keller. But we'll keep a close 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:37.360 eye on that and see what happens. Pitching today. It's 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:40.440 pitching today. Also, if you're watching the show, make sure 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:42.400 you drop your comments below. You know why, because we 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:44.760 got a Jose Ramirez jersey. It's gonna be given away 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:47.320 by the time we get back on Monday. This is 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.920 your last chance, drop your comments, subscribe to the channel, 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:52.600 ring the belts that goes dang Pristine Auction dot Com. 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.000 That's what's given this bad boy away right here on 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.080 the channel. 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So in 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:36.120 nineteen ninety three, in my ute, I became a Patriots fan. 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:38.920 Went through the Bill Parcells years with Willia mc ginnis 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:42.000 and Chris Slade and Curtis Martin, had Mi drew Bledsoe 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.440 Jersey into the Pete Carroll years and subsequently into the Dynasty. 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.480 So I'm not a bandwagon Patriots fan either, but I 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:51.840 appreciate Lee you trying to call me out to the table. 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:55.120 I'm always ready. I'm always ready for you. Let's get 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:59.040 to another thing here. Chris Sale's always ready. Outstanding performance 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:02.600 from him. He went got eight strikeouts and six innings. 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.360 Every time him and Wheeler matchup, it's an over. That's 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:07.200 the second time this year. And I was gonna bet 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.880 it yesterday just on print under, and I was like, 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:12.080 you know what, because last time I remember specifically, I 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.000 was like, Oh, I'm taking the under. There's no way 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:17.320 this game goes over wrong, one hundred percent wrong. He 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:19.920 got his twenty five thousand strikeout. It's actually the least 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.360 amount of innings to get that mark, which I thought 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:26.440 was pretty impressive for one mister Chris Sale. Not impressive 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.760 Zach Wheeler. I don't know why. He just struggles against 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.000 the Braves. Six runs and four hits, five and a 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:35.400 third Welsh. Any takeaways from this matchup that again was 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:36.400 all Chrisale. 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:41.600 Sale looked phenomenal. I was actually texting with a friend 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:43.800 of the show, Dennis Sidler, who helped provide us with 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:47.160 some of the Chris Sales stuff. I mentioned this before, 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.760 but he has a long history. Actually The Athletic wrote 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.200 an article about his relationship with Chris Sale. He's an 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:54.800 awesome guy. But we were talking about Sale and I 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:58.480 was just like, there was nobody easier to buy in 0:08:58.520 --> 0:08:59.160 the first. 0:08:58.920 --> 0:08:59.640 Month of the season. 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:01.960 Is visionist because it doesn't matter now, but there's just 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.200 was like nobody easier to buy that he was going 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:07.240 to fix it. And he looked lights out yesterday. He was, 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.199 you know, he was giving all the lefties out. Schwarber 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:12.680 was having fits with him, and he just kind of 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:16.320 regained it and you know, not taking any like you know, 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:20.360 like self preservation of like what he did for himself, 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:22.240 but giving the credit to the pitching coaches and some 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:24.600 of the other pitchers helping him. And he's still got 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:26.360 a couple more years into it in this like Hall 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:28.880 of Fame looking career. But I thought he looked phenomenal. 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:30.960 But both of these guys look good early on, because 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.760 I watched this game through like the first four or so, 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:35.480 and then it opened up and it was that one 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.760 beginning foreign runs, Ozzie hitting that big homer through the 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:42.120 first three. These guys both looked like this was going 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:44.480 to be a one nothing game. So I don't know 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.480 what the takeaway is outside of like, Chris Sale has 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.559 vaulted bout go. Actually, let me ask you, Chris Sailor 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:51.440 Jacob the Groom rest of season Chris Sale. 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:55.559 That's that's easy. I got no chill on that one, Welsh, 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:59.520 how about you? Yeah, No, I'm Chris, I'm Chrisselle as well. Yeah, 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.079 I mean that's it's a pretty easy one right there. 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.880 Breaking news too. Taylor Simpson just got sent down and 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:05.920 I had to go run to verify. Not that I 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:09.359 don't trust the Penis and the Crackerjacks, but they reinstated 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.640 Jake Mangham an option Taylor Simpson. This is this is 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.560 a fantasy tragedy. He had three steals yesterday. 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.840 About ninety seconds ago. If you rewind, you'll see my 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:20.800 face react. 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:22.600 I probably got a little bit that one was like, 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:24.640 and I was like, that can't be true, right. 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:27.160 But I didn't want to jump over you, and since 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:29.200 I knew we had a ray coming up, I was going. 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:30.800 To wait to do it. It's too big. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:36.040 I am shocked that they did this. One hundred percent 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:40.120 manipulation has to be based on service time of you 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:44.040 know what, excuse me, what amount of time he would 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.520 be in the majors. They have to be sending him down. 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.400 So he goes under that number because there is no reason. 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:53.480 He has been lights out, the averages up, He's stealing bases, 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:58.440 he makes tons of contact. It makes this isn't Jordan 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.080 Walker from that year, Remember he two seventy and they 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:04.480 sent him down. This makes no sense. 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:05.839 Out of pure manipulation. 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.400 This is this one actually shocks me. I couldn't believe 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:10.880 when I saw it. I was like, this doesn't look real. 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:15.240 I it's wow. I mean I feel manipulated with just 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.000 as a as a fantasy person. So and it's funny 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.480 because our fantasy bros. League. I just picked him up, 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:21.880 and I was like, you know what, I need some 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:23.840 more stolen bases here. I'm gonna pick up Simpson. You know, 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.040 I just can't ignore it anymore. I can. I can 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:28.480 handle him in that lineup I have, and then he 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:32.559 gets sent out. Today it's raise raised with Simpsons. Do 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.880 God anyway? At least another Ray's been good. Junior Camerarow 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.040 three for five with a homer, career high six Ribbies. 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:41.040 He's been hot. We've been talking about it. So remember 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:42.959 he's only twenty one years old. I think people forget 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.800 that sometimes about Junior Camonaro. He's still just a boy. 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.680 Sure the slash is still not great, but this is 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:51.200 what we want. We want him to get red hot 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:55.000 and hopefully this continues. Mackenzie Gore, I bet the under 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:56.280 on the seven and a half and of course he 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:58.480 went eight strikeouts, so good for him. He's the first 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:01.559 guy to reach one hundred strikeouts. Do you other nationals 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:03.240 have been the first in a season to reach one 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.120 hundred strikeouts? Welsh, peanuts and cracker Jacks. Would you like 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:07.720 to guess whom that might. 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:10.360 Be that said, well, I'm sorry, what was it that 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:10.800 they reached? 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:12.680 There's one two nationals who have been the first in 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:16.920 the season to reach one hundred strikeouts? Okay, Strasburg has 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.760 got the one that is one and then sure that 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.520 is correct. Gosh, you're so smart and handsome, so good. 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:24.720 Oh you're so you're handsome, You're smart. You've got it all, 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.840 You've got it all. Good enough, I'm smart enough, you know, 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.199 gotsh People like you, they do, they like you Welsh? 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.559 All right, let's continue. I'm trying to drop Chandler since 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:35.920 oh wait, hold on, go ahead. 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.040 No, yeah, hold on on, McKinsey Gore. 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:43.480 I wanted to stop here. McKinsey gore is so. 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:48.560 Tough from evaluation tough, but I think, sorry, you got me. 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:53.480 He I think he tests the limits of like do 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:57.800 I sell super high on him versus wanting to, you know, 0:12:58.120 --> 0:12:58.680 keep going. 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:00.120 I think you want to keep going on. 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.360 I think McKenzie gore is pushing that line as obviously 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.199 he's performed at the level of like a top ten 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:09.480 sp this year. But you look, he's lowered his walks 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:12.520 this year while raising the strikeouts thirty six percent k percentage, 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:15.480 seven percent walk rate. It's a sub three and a 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:19.280 half ERA, which is phenomenal. And it's been that secondary 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:22.880 stuff man his curveball and slider forty six and forty 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.199 nine percent withff rate. As a matter of fact, I've 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:28.760 mentioned this before, it's still holding those five pitches. Four 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:30.720 of those five pitches have a forty six or higher 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:34.360 percent withff rate. And his fastball has been pretty money 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:36.319 as well, even though it's got a three eight hundred 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.680 batting average against. I think mackenzi Gore has solidified himself 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:42.680 as a no doubt top fifteen sp the rest of 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:45.240 the year, and I think there's some tough decisions out there. 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:48.000 I'll give you one right now. I think mckenzi Gore 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:49.720 for with George Kirby rest of the year, and I 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:53.160 don't know how that feels with him healthy, that's okay. 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:54.680 I mean he got banged up a little bit. But 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:56.760 like you think about the value, I think there's some 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:59.760 other big ones. How about Framber Valdez or mckenzigre. 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.280 And head to here because I want those big strikeout 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:09.480 totals in a weekly basis, but Framber in a I 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:11.760 think Framer gives you more wins and rodeo in the 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.320 season long. And Framer's just so solid, like he's just 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.240 such an underpet. You know. That's like my soft spot 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:18.719 is Framer Valdez. You know that I love Framburke. You know, 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:20.360 if I was having a rotation and he was, if 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.160 we were doing like some MLB the show startup, I'd 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.400 want Framber Valdez in the draft in my rotation. I 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.400 just want that guy, like he's just a good pitcher. 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.600 But it's I get it. I mean, in certain formats, 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:33.200 especially with strikeouts matter more, or strikeouts are two points 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.200 or something. I want Gore, that's for sure. Shout out 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:40.360 to a ax double who re subbed with prime. Remember 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:42.520 when you go sub here on the channel, you get 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.320 rid of all those nasty ads and you go right 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.400 to write to us, more of us. That's what you need. 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:49.840 Ernie Clement, how about a day for him? I'm bout 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:51.360 day for the Blue Jays. Can we just talk about 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.000 that for a second. Three for five with a homer 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:56.840 for Clement, a double five ribies, Bobashet hit a homer 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.440 in double vlad hit his eighth homer in the season. 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:03.880 Jose had nine strikeouts. The athletics are struggle bus and 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:07.840 a good night for the Blue Jays, Welsh, very good 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:09.080 night for the Blue very good night for well. 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:13.520 With the Vladimir Guerrero homer, beating up on Lopez and 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:14.960 beating up on the Ages. 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:15.360 We both got home. 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:20.800 And I did that was nice, super annoying. By the way, 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.560 you hadn't had a homer in forever. I had really 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:25.680 wasn't kidding any and it was like, let me get 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:27.520 a little bit more of a lead. But you and 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:29.640 I are still a little bit hard Away definitely annoyed 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:30.400 that of all the day. 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.000 Home together forever. It's been a week. I was a 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:36.960 little cold. I'm back, I'm back. Let's go Ozzi Alby's 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:38.680 he was cold, but he's starting to heat up too. 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:41.800 Don't look now. We talked about just sometimes just by 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:43.960 low on a player on principal. Ozzie Alby is one 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:47.280 of those guys. He homer walked, drove in three runs yesterday, 0:15:47.320 --> 0:15:50.360 so good for him and Mike Trout apparently is going 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:53.200 to return today. Welsh, how are your feelings about that? 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:58.640 My feelings are no rehabit. It's a great day. Branda 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:01.320 Woodriff needs five thousand up starts. Mike Trout needs zero 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:04.200 at bats to get ready. Right, Yeah, well, I mean 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.760 what you I guess Trout missed a lot. He's been 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:09.160 He's in a month, hasn't he Am I crazy? 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:11.600 Or it's a completely different world. He's play a different 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:13.720 world for pitchers and stuff like that. But Trout, like 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:16.400 all we heard with Trout was like, hey, ran around 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:17.480 the field, he played catch. 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:19.040 Now he's in a game. I don't know. 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:20.920 Maybe those are the things that keep getting him hurt. 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.440 Maybe he should kind of play through and get things going. 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:26.280 But I'm not complaining. I'm very glad that he's back. 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.640 I want to go back just one step really quick. 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:32.960 Do you are you like a massive buyer right now 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:34.840 in Azy Abbey's because let's say he's kind of like 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:37.240 even back out a tiny bit now we're not on 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:40.200 the super low average is coming back up two forty one, 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:42.840 six homers, five stolen bases, Acuna's back in the lineup. 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:47.000 Do you want to get out and buy on Albi's 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:48.840 that he's going to be a top let's say, four 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:51.920 second basement rest of season? Are you still worried about 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.560 all the things that got us here that had been 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:58.720 kind of tapered down for him? 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:01.280 I don't know if you can still low on him 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:03.160 after the last two Yeah, that's what I'm saying. 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:05.600 It's kind of medium. It's like you can't buy some because. 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:10.160 Hundred multiple times. And maybe I don't know, maybe he's 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:11.880 just better when we're on the Cooni's around. Maybe that's 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:13.840 his buddy, and maybe mentally it takes pressure. I don't 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.040 know what it is, but all I can tell you is, 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:18.440 you know, a Coonia wasn't around last year and Alb's 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.000 slumped and a Coonie has gotten back and Alby's picked 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:23.080 it up again. I don't know. I don't think there's 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:25.720 a there's no rhyme or reason for that. But he's 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:27.119 done too much good in his career for me to 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:29.919 write it off. I'll buy medium on Ossie Albi's I'm 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.480 not buying a price though, still on principle because there 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:36.080 was enough bad last year and enough bad this first 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:37.960 month and a half of the season. But the last 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:39.959 couple of weeks are encouraging. But again, this is why 0:17:40.040 --> 0:17:41.800 you watch the shows, is why you subscribe to the channel, 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:43.440 so you don't have to have these kind of problems. 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:47.680 Problems also for the Dodgers Bullpen lately with Tenor Scott's struggling. 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:52.320 Interesting transaction they acquired Alexis ds from the reds now 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:54.000 Das once upon a time was a closer for the 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.800 last couple of years. Do you think is any possibility 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.800 in deeper leagues where Alexis Daz somebody you kind of 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:02.160 and see if they can get right and maybe starts 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:03.920 to work into that closer role for the Dodgers. 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.120 Oh, possibilities out there, for sure, But I think he's 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:10.360 got a little ways to go. His fastball completely tanked. 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.359 Inosara's put out a tweet you can see and just 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:16.040 a rolling chart of just how bad it had kind. 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:16.520 Of tanked down. 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:19.760 I think what they did was they provided themselves with depth, 0:18:19.840 --> 0:18:22.520