WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off May 25th, 2022 (Ep. 518) 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:17.040 Jock Jams, let's play ball. Welcome in everybody to fantasy pros. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:19.600 This is leading off, brought to you by bet MGM, 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:22.599 the King of sports books. It's me, Joey p with me? 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:24.160 Is the Welsh again? 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:25.320 Three straight? 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:26.040 Well again? 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:31.800 What sort of did I win? You're like, I'm with 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:33.280 Welsh again. 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:35.720 It's the opposite of disdain. It is. 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:39.080 It is pure joy and and I'm grateful to the universe. 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:40.760 You know how people like to talk about the universe 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:45.480 that actually cares about their individual moments. I've clearly become 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:47.559 one of those people where I'm very happy that the 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:49.560 universe has worked out for me that I have you 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:51.840 here for an extra day this week. And of course 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:54.560 we're talking about all the crazy, wacky things that went 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:56.560 on in Major League Baseball last night, and there were 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:59.960 plenty of them. Welsh. Let's start with Jack Peterson going 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:03.280 absolutely bananas. Three home runs, eight Ribby's. That's a pretty 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:05.400 good night for Jock Peterson. I wonder if anybody picked 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:06.400 him in the home run contest. 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:07.320 I highly doubt it. 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:10.160 I can't imagine someone did it. Definitely is one of 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:13.560 those where I'm just like, dang it, why wasn't I there. 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:15.560 You know what I love about Jock Two. Jock has 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:21.919 also turned himself into like like a competitive division softball player. 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.679 His body, he doesn't look like a baseball player anymore. 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.360 It's what's so special, by the way about baseball, and 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:30.600 he just it's kind of like a me looking guy 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:32.280 like you and me. He just gets up there and 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:34.840 he's just cranking homers, and he cranks three of them. 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:37.639 And I think he also that game was just wild 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.560 in general, the Mets coming back how they did the 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:44.520 three homers. Mets baseball in general has been much watch TV, 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.720 and Jock definitely will make you feel a little bit 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:51.120 better just about you know, general athleticism for all of us. 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:52.240 I like that. 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:54.560 You know, I always support those those body types in 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:57.560 Major league baseball. I also, you know, it's funny. I 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:02.000 remember the arc of his minor league career, and remember 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.360 how excited everybody was at Jock Peterson was gonna cop 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:06.120 He had like a four hundred OVP I think at 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.120 one point in the minor leagues, and he was supposed 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:10.720 to be this guy was just gonna crush everything, and 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.480 that just never really happened. He became like a platoon player. 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.480 It's kind of balanced around the last few years. I mean, 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:18.840 certainly made an impact in Atlanta last year, but still 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.480 it's it's it's kind of funny that, you know, the 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:24.359 more you look back, there's so many more Jack Peterson's 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:28.239 and maybe Jared Keelnix than there are guys like Juan Soto, 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:31.000 And it's just a good reminder in those dynasty leagues 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:32.960 and those formats you play on, if you could acquire 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:36.000 a good, young, talented major league player for a prospect, 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:38.080 most of the time is probably. 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:39.840 A good idea. Would you agree with that sentiment most of. 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:41.679 The time, Yeah, I think most of the time. Yeah, 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.040 there's nuance to all of it, but it is for 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.840 sure like Jock is actually he's kind of like the 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:50.200 prototypical baseball player now, you know, it's like at two forty, 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:52.720 you know, there's some big power outputs. Maybe I go 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.160 zero for ten with five strikeouts, like you know, you 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:57.360 never know, like he's gonna keep you surprised. He's like 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:58.960 a birthday present every day you don't know what you're 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:02.360 gonna get. Lou Trash are the best player in baseball. 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:04.200 So you're right, I feel like the league has come 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.320 to Jock Peterson though I think that's more. I think 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:07.839 he's been this guy and all the rest of the league. 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:09.800 He's like, Yeah, you know what I think we're all 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:13.480 gonna do with Jock Peterson does Lindor Homer's in that 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:16.840 same game, drives in six runs again, crazy situation. 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:21.160 Fourteen RBIs between those two fourteen Yeah, wild. 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.880 It's just crazy. Could you imagine if you had those 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:28.240 two guys in the DFS lineup? Imagine you won. You 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:30.400 had to have won money last night. Cindergaard to handle 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:32.960 the Rangers last night, got a w there, Danny Jansen 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.160 two home runs of his own, a lot of home 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:37.560 runs last night. Hit a lot of weird ones too. 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.320 But vlad Guerrero goes deep after a huge cold streak, 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.720 which is great because Vladdie hasn't hit a dinger in 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:45.520 some time. So hopefully this gets Bladdy going. Are you 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.360 hopeful that we're getting to the to the Vladdie hot streak, 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:50.520 that we're right on the precipice of this, Yeah? 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:53.120 Yeah, because I got a bet slip that was most 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.840 homers by Vladimir Guerrero Junior. Just I have a couple 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.360 of those guys, and so yeah, I'm very, very hopeful 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:00.120 that can get picking up. I don't have anyone is 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.040 gonna catch you. Let me ask you, do you think 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:05.240 anybody is going to catch Judge? And I say it 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.000 like it's kind of like hyperbolic, but like, you know, 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:10.520 it's may. There's so much time in front of us. 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.560 The obvious answer would be like, yeah, dude, of course, 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.200 but like really think about like how dominant he's been, 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.119 his lead he has. You really think anybody is gonna 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:21.120 like really catch Aaron Judge. Is he gonna run away 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:21.280 with this? 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:24.479 You know? With Judge there's always that injury risk because 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:26.760 we've seen it happen a lot in his career. If 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:29.280 anyone can do it, I still think Alvarez is the 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:30.599 guy to do it because that's a guy that could 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.840 just go on these monstrous You know, the guys are 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:34.800 gonna have those three home run games, those two home 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.560 run games like they're nothing. John He's got a big deal. 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:39.720 J Peterson's gonna leadball. 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:40.440 John Peters is. 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:40.960 Yeah. 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:42.920 But those are the kind of guys that I would 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.120 look to. But I think Judge is the favorite. He's 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.800 a favorite on FanDuel over the weekend. For that same wager, 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:49.920 you could make and rightfully so as he should be. 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:52.280 And I think Alfred was number two, and Alvarez is 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:53.720 that guy that I can think cold really challenge him. 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:54.760 I think Vlad could also. 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:56.719 Yeah, there's a part of me that's not done. Even 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:58.560 though I know he's got half of the homers that 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.719 Judge does. There's a hard one that would one slow month, 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:04.680 you know, yeah, well yeah, with the injury stuff, it 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:05.960 really kind of comes it into play. 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:06.680 I just couldn't. 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.640 I couldn't, like, you know, put Vlad to bed here 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.080 on that scenario. But I just don't know if it's 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:13.960 even gonna happen. It's one of those where it's like, 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.160 I think I don't know what the number is right now. 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.880 I had imagine that would look so juicy, whatever it's 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:22.600 plus eight hundred for him to lead or whatever, but 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:24.440 is it even worth it. You're thrown away your money 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:26.840 because Judge looks I'm just trying to make this all 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:28.840 about you. He just looks so dominant when you think 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:31.240 about homers and so locked in that it's like a 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.400 lot of these other guys maybe don't have that batting 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:35.640 average that comes with a player. Why I would bet 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.200 on Vlad, But Judge's playing out of his mind, but 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.400 thank god Glad is breaking out of it a little bit. 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:43.760 Here's a fun fact from Wonky Penguin Jock Peterson versu 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:48.720 Righty's nine sixty seven ops versus lefties two hundred ops. 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.360 Yaosa called split. 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:54.159 Those are split ladies and gentlemen. 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:57.320 Ms are splits. Indeed, nikes uh glabor. 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:00.360 Torres also hit two home runs versus the Orioles. He 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:02.839 was one of our lineup builders yesterday and is cheap 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.560 yet again today. So it looks like Torres has finally 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.600 found himself again, his back on track, which is used 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:09.640 for this likeank e lineup, and it's something that they're 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:12.320 gonna need, especially because it looks like Stanton. It's gonna 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.360 get an MRI on that calf muscle and here we 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:17.919 go again. I mean, this is the Giancarlos Stanton roller 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:22.520 coaster that we're used to. Great productivity, cold Strey, great productivity, injury. 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:24.279 It's just I don't know, It's one of these players 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:25.880 that I always stay away from because I just feel 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:27.320 like the juice isn't worth the squeeze. 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:29.160 How do you feel about Stanton at this point? 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:32.120 I've always been a Stanton guy though, because I agree 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:34.159 a couple of years ago, but as far as where 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:36.080 that juice is, that juice was in the back end 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:38.280 of the top one hundred or outside the top one 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:40.760 hundred and getting that type of prolific power, I think 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.480 it's really really hard to pass up. But you know, 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.760 there's just another instance of it. I've got shares. I've 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.080 absolutely got some shares of Stanton. Picked him as my 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:51.440 home run call yesterday has not been as dialed in, 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:55.520 but that's a dialed in team. It's frustrating. It's a reminder, 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:59.000 it's a clear reminder of these injured guys. 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:00.840 You know, they all do it. 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:04.560 That's the crazy thing is I get very like mush 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.800 brained about injured players. Where a Pollyanna. I'll be like, oh, 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.040 you know, just think about the potential. And it's like 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.360 those guys always remind you. Buxton, you know who I 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:16.000 consistently talk about kind of just consistently remind you about 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.640 those dings and misses and stuff like that. Stanton, this 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.200 is what Stanton does. De Gram, that's what he does. 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:23.840 This is what these guys Clayton Kershaw, it's what he does. 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:27.280 That injury. It comes back Joe to the injury prone 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.320 versus injury plagued. 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.320 Yes, I love that. My favorite argument we've ever had 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:35.720 in discussion we've ever had. Frank Schwindell also two home 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:39.920 runs against Cincinnati yesterday, so Stanton wasn't the only injury 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.840 out there. You also had MRI turning up clean for 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.200 DJ Lemayhew and the left RST. So that's good. Jack 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:48.680 Flaherty is gonna face live hitters on Thursday. That's huge, 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:50.200 especially with that Stephen Matt's. 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:51.320 Injury, so he went to the IL. 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:54.240 Maybe you get Flaherty back in the next two weeks 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.920 or so and Chris Bryant back to the IL with 0:07:57.040 --> 0:08:01.000 lower backstrain. Your thoughts on the Bryant injury and what 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:04.000 to do with Chris Bryant, what to do to replace him? 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.880 By the way, I mean, Jock Peterson be sitting out 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:10.200 on the wire until you replaced Chris Bryant. Oh Calhoun, 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.800 as long as he's anybody, any hot bat right now. 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.760 I'm pretty frustrated because I actually came off of the 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:21.040 Bryant train until he went to Colorado, and then I 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.240 just tucked myself back into it. I didn't get a 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.160 lot of shares because he was going for a just 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.920 absurd cost this year, even though in a position that 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.280 you want it, I think you got a hold, but 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:35.120 I understand it comes down to il positional stuff. This still, 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:37.280 this only feels like a couple of weeks. It's Colorado. 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:40.360 It's not something I can completely give up on. But 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:44.200 on my updated redraft ranks, he's falling and he has 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:46.880 to fall because they're players that are just jumping over him. 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.880 And frankly, you know, like popped in my mind. You 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.280 got to think about, like what about who would you 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.760 rather have rest of the season, Chris Bryan or Brandon Jury. 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:59.040 You know, some of those guys are starting having well 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:01.959 I'm just saying well, but I'm saying like Brian hasn't 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.959 been performing at like an incredible clip and he's hurt 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.679 and he's hurt again. Guys with Brandon injury continue to 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:09.560 keep stabbing the ball how they are and are going 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.840 to keep going the rest of the year. They're legit 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.520 conversations you have to have if you're put to the test, 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.000 if you're put to that test where you like, hey, listen, 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:18.480 I don't have il spots or I don't have a 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:21.000 big bench and I can't hold him. 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:21.920 What do I do? 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:25.679 I don't know, man, I mean, at this point, I'm 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.720 not sure Bryant is so holdable that you couldn't choose 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:31.200 Brandon Jury, even though you know we think he comes 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.079 back to earth. It's a you know, we had a 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.439 poll feature on here, I'd put it out there. I wonder, 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:36.880 and I wonder what it would sit at. 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:42.839 It's another than a long line of bizarre Colorado Rocky 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:44.679 signings and the way they use their money. Like I 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:46.760 keep always going back to the Daniel Murphy signing for 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:49.920 Colorado is the one that just stuck with me and going, hey, 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:52.000 we've got a bunch of guys who basically can only 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.319 play first base and maybe a little second base. We 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.679 have no DH Let's go sign Daniel Murphy and to 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.640 plug that wholesome more like what you know, Chris Bryant. 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:01.000 One is another one where I look at it and 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:03.880 I says to myself, Okay, like I understand Chris Bryant. 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:07.040 Maybe you're hoping that some better health means he maybe 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.200 has a second leg of this career of his where 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:11.319 he reaches a little bit more of the potential of 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.599 that MVP caliber talent. So I get that, but I 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:16.120 don't know. I mean, I keep coming back to the 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:17.959 way they spend money and what they spend money on, 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:20.080 and it just always looks like Colorado is a team 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:22.600 that it's over before the season starts for them. 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:25.520 But there are teams that I don't think have anything 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.160 outside of their organization. And what I mean is like 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.360 no one wants to go to Colorado. Pitchers don't want 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:33.440 to go to Colorado. They have to interdevelop hitters don't 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:38.520 necessarily want to go there. They're really pretty bad, like developmentally, 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.160 Like this is like they think the first year that 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:44.720 they did extended spring training games and stuff like, they 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.320 don't partake in a lot of developmental stuff. They haven't 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:50.680 really done that well internationally. They can't get guys to sign, 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.040 so it's like if you can get one, you overpay 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:55.720 them and hope, you know, if you sign him, they 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:58.800 will come. And Chris Brian just wasn't that guy. Colorado's 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:00.319 weird Pirates are kind of like that is going to 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:01.880 go play with the Pirates. Who's going to play with 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:02.920 you know some of those things. 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:04.800 Well, the Pirates is just a failure by the scouting 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.400 department to to identify the proper pieces to bring back 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:11.120 in these trails. I mean there's some there's some organizations 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:14.920 that do a great job of identifying talent to bring 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.199 back in trades when they are going to sell off 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.079 and the build padres. I feel like the Rays have 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:21.680 done a pretty good job of that over the years, 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.120 right sure. But then there's some organizations like the Pirates 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.520 that just don't. I was actually on with Scotti Ferrell 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:28.800 yesterday on his show, and he's a big Pirates fan, 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:30.400 so of course he had asked me a Pirate question 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:32.319 and we were talking about it, and I said, look, 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:34.360 I don't want to crap on the Pirates, but you know, 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.319 when you have a trade and you bring back Joe 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.000 Muskgrove and then you can't develop Joe Muskgrove and then 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:40.719 he goes and he's got a sub to era for 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.000 the padres, you have to think about what are you 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:47.160 collectively doing here where you're missing on the Gregory Polanco's 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:49.760 I always thought Austin Meadows was incredibly overrated. We've had 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.480 this conversation the other day about Brian Hayes. It's just 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:56.640 it's frustrating to for Pirates fans because it's a really 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.079 good fan base, and they were a kind of a 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.280 fringe playoff team for a couple of years there, and 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.440 then to watch all of that after the McCutcheon years 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:07.280 just kind of get washed away is really frustrating because 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.800 they're an unwatchable team, which is bad. 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:11.920 Everybody's watching Trevor Story. 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.839 By the way, fun fact, boys and girls, Trevor Story 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.240 has driven in seventeen runs over his last five games, 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.880 the most by any hitter over a five game stretch 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:23.640 since twenty thirteen when Alfonso Sorano had eighteen over a 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:24.679 five game stretch. 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.800 Where that that no one's ever done it in the past, 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.840 like player to have the last name Story with seventeen 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:34.880 RBIs in a five game stretch and where's that stat 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:35.720 where's the guy? 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:37.840 Well, he wasn't He was the closest guy, So it's 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.720 still Alfonso Soriano. But I actually did a video yesterday 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.280 here on our YouTube channel welsh Well I suggested this 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:46.520 is a great opportunity to trade Trevor Story. His value 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.240 is at peak. You've seen the downside of Trevor Story. 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:53.000 You know, he doesn't play in Colorado anymore. Granted, Benway's 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.640 still a good ballpark. I do like him there, But 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.640 I always believe that Trevor Story is just okay, and 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:02.600 he propped up quite a bit by Colorado. The number 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.760 suggests that, and I think this is a unique opportunity 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:07.800 where he is through the roof right now and it's 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.839 at least I don't know, worth kicking the tires to 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.120 see what you can get back. Maybe it's an overpay. 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:16.240 What are your thoughts on potentially dealing Trevor Story after 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.520 this torred, torrid stretch he's at. 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.320 Yeah, I think it's something that you can consider. There's 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.480 there's guys that are sitting out on the wire that 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:26.280 you've been able to pick up in the middle infield, 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.760 there's some guys that are still going to get some run. 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:31.800 Story's been a little bit inconsistent. I'd be curious about 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:33.599 what that looks like. You know, if I were to 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:37.640 make like a top five the Tradeables, if you will, 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:39.320 there you go, there could be my YouTube series. 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.840 Is that a movie with Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lungren. 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:44.200 Weren't they on the Tradables? 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:46.000 Yeah, this is a shoot off. This is a shoot 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:48.559 off of that, and it's the five guys that you 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.520 would look to trade right now. Story would make that list. 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:53.319 I don't know if he's number one on it, but 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:55.280 I would look and I would explore. I'd be an 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:59.240 exploratory because, yeah, I kind of agree, like we saw 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:02.240 the horrid, we're literally seeing the polar opposite of it. 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.120 So can you be comfortable in the middle. I actually 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.719 think you can hold because he's a shortstop and a 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:11.120 second baseman, which is really nice for qualifications. It reminds 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:14.319 me kind of like of Simeon last year. But you 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.559 got to listen, you know, especially if you've got any 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.560 other options. And shortstop was deep, middle infield was deep, 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.640 so if you've got viable options out there, I would 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:23.800 be looking at it for sure. 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.520 All right, what kind of pieces would you be looking 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.160 fort of curiosity your story? 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.040 I would I think I would be focused. Well, but 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:33.840 it's going to be need. It's going to be whatever 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:35.680 the team. But see, that's the problem. If you have 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:39.760 an offensive need, I'm not really sure trading Trevor story 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:41.920 makes any sense, but if you have a pitching need, 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.560 that makes a ton of sense. I would probably be 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:47.600 targeted in on you know, maybe you get a two 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.480 fer on SP. Maybe you get one higher SP and 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:52.960 a little bit lower. Maybe you can get a bullpen arm, 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:54.640 maybe you can spect it. Maybe you can get Clay 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:58.560 Holmes and a really solid starting pitcher. I'm trying to 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:00.600 think of what the starting pitcher is. I mean, maybe 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:03.040 Cease coming off of a really bad start, just got 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:06.120 lit up. Maybe you could get Cease and and home 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:08.120 or just see straight up. I think ce straight up 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:10.000 for a story would be fair if you had a 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:10.480 pitching need. 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:14.360 All right, fair enough, here's a fun trivia question for 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:14.840 the group. 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:16.840 You know, we always talk about, you know, the number 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:19.080 one overall picks, and we talk about the guys that 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:20.240 can't miss and all these things. 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:21.960 Well, for all the number one picks we've ever. 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:25.560 Had a Major League Baseball only one person, only one 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.840 was ever drafted first overall and won a Cy Young Award. 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:29.600 Can you believe that? 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:32.480 Just one? That seems like a crazy stat Who is 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:34.120 that person? Peanuts and Cracker Jackson. 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:37.120 I always look, and I don't want to look. I 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:38.600 want to guess, I want to think about it, and 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:39.120 I didn't. 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:40.280 Right. 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:44.120 Look, it's a player, that is he still on the roster. 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:46.720 He's technically still in base technically. 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:49.360 He's still on a roster. Yeah, So I just kind 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:50.080 of curious with that. 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:51.040 But there you go. 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:53.520 There's your little hint for everybody out there. But you 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:55.440 would think there would be a couple of these at least, 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:57.480 But no, no, no, not so much, which tells you 0:15:57.600 --> 0:15:59.920 just how hard it is to identify good pitching and no, 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.160 what is not kersh on. If you want to guess again, 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:03.640 you have to be part of the penuts and cracker 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:05.440 jacks here, which means you have to be a subscriber 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:08.280 Fantasy Pros MLB in order to make comments here in 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:10.720 the chat. Let's go to the stat heroes. There's certainly 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:11.200 plenty of them. 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:11.840 Sunny Gray. 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:15.440 Ten strikeouts for Sonny Gray, seven k's cinderguard, five k's 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.200 over eight innings. Nice start for him. Jane McClanahan, how 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:21.040 many strikeouts wel nine? Admit that. 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.360 Yeah, you and I were, Actually we were fading betting 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:25.920 pros yesterday. We said it, we did. I didn't like 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:27.560 the eight and a half number that a lot of 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.600 places were popping, but before the game it jumped up 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:32.320 at seven and a half, so you could jump back 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:33.760 on nine. 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:37.720 Kevin Gossman had eight strikeouts of his own, no earned boys. 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:38.720 He'd been fantastic. 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:41.000 So anybody who's worried about Vin Gossman at the end 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.160 of last year, I can't imagine you're worried anymore. And 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:47.920 Ronzie Contreras, Am I saying it correctly because I know 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:48.720 you're always. 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:54.440 The rains runs? I mean, I think, yeah, real, all right, So. 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:58.000 Give me your take on Contreras. Five innings, no earned runs, 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:01.160 five k's. This seems like a first five kind of 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:03.520 wager guy or a five inning pitcher. Probably right for 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.679 the Pirates. Very little, Yeah, opportunity for wins. But can 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:10.760 he be useful in terms of you know, peripheral stats 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:12.520 and can he pile on off innings to make an 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:13.000 impact there? 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:15.600