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And welcome 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:53.000 inside studio thirty four, Thursday February four, team for Valentine's Day. 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:56.280 Happy Valentine's Day to everybody out there. I am Frank 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:59.440 Stanford will be joined live in studio with my good 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:01.920 buddy Andy Singleton. Make sure you follow MOS, but are 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:05.880 over over at People's Pen. People's with a Z also 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:09.440 have dr a of inside injuries on the show later 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:12.919 on today to talk about some some baseball players that 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.559 that we have some concern over heading into the season. 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:18.760 We'll get the latest updates on those players, what their 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:22.759 timetables are, what we should expect heading into the season. 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:25.080 We'll get into all of that today, I got I 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:28.080 got got a fun show planned with little Valentine's Day theme. 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:30.720 You those little sweetheart candies, the hearts to have all 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:35.320 the sayings on them be mine, cutie pie, I love you. Basically, 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:39.440 gonna match up players for Fantasy Baseball this season that 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:43.520 match those sayings how we feel about those players this year. 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:45.000 So we're gonna get into all that. Got a fun 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:47.600 show planned for you today. A four four, four, three 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:50.320 seven nine is a number to call in. But I 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:53.920 would be remis if I didn't mention. Everybody sees what's 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:57.320 going on with Corey Parson are good buddy, friend of 0:01:57.360 --> 0:01:59.800 the show. I love Corey as long as I've been 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:04.000 in this industry writing, Um, you know, going back towards 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.760 he said serious, I was an intern there. I've learned 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:10.079 a lot from Corey. I love him. Can't really talk 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:13.160 about anything behind the scenes that's going on, obviously, but 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:15.280 you know you can check out everything that's going on 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:18.840 with Corey over on his Twitter at the Fantasy Exact. Uh, 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.400 you know you want to continue follow him so on 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:25.679 and so forth. You know, look, nothing but love for Corey. Um. 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:27.400 You know, Gabe spoke about a little bit during the 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:31.120 morning show a lot like sports, right, Like you know, 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:32.800 there are things that go on behind the scenes that 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:37.080 unfortunately we can't talk about. But if you've been following 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:38.920 the show, if you've been following the network, if you've 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.440 been following me for years, you know that me and 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:43.280 Corey we have nothing but love for each other. So 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:45.280 I just wanted to address that first and foremost. At 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.200 the top of the show, I mentioned Andy Singleton here 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:52.519 live in studio. Andy, before I ask you, how's everything 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:54.760 going in your life? You're a newly wet I thought 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:55.840 it made a lot of sense to have you on 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:59.520 the show, the Valentine's Day edition. I just sleep last night, buddy, 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:01.960 I actually I slept all right. The last night was 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:03.840 pretty good. I I feel like I'm here in a 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.720 somber on a somber day, even though we're here. It 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.799 was supposed to be spreading love Valentine's Day, as you mentioned, 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.919 but Corey awesome. I love Corey. I was just dming 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.280 with him back and forth. I just found out about 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:17.320 this myself as I was walking up the stairs to 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:18.840 come in here. I was excited to be back here. 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:21.600 Uh So, Corey, wherever you are, miss you. Love you. 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:25.240 I was hoping we've seen you today but understood. But um, 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:28.440 I'm happy to be back, Frank, and um, you're at 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.480 my wedding, so right, it's a great I don't remember 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:34.920 much of it. I wish I could say on air 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.360 that I don't either, but I probably get in trouble 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.320 so I remember every single moment of it. But no, 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.280 I'm exactly I'm happy to be here. We got a 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.320 lot to talk about, a lot to discuss. I can 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.520 relate actually from from the lead that you just started with, because, uh, 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:50.200 some of you might know the baseball stuff I did 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:52.160 with the Baseball Show. Uh, we just kind of had 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:54.120 a little thing go on as well, and I'm not 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:57.160 gonna get into details, but the Baseball Show, unfortunately will 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.800 be no longer. So probably the first place I've said 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.840 that officially, but uh, just you know, if anybody was curious, 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.840 anybody tuning in wondering where the videos have been the 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.760 last couple of weeks, now, you know. So yeah, new 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.120 new year, new season. But I'm excited to get in 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:12.800 things two things with you today, and this is my 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:15.960 first time with Dr Ray. I'm curious, you know, we're 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:17.640 so far apart and there's so many, so much room 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:20.400 around you. So I give you a little uh Andy 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:22.200 Singleton Island over there, a little bit of a little 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.640 bit of Durell Reevus little Revus Island for you. That's 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:26.920 the Singleton Island over there. I love this spot over here. 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:29.040 I remember being here on draft in the NFL drafting night, 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:32.440 and I was owning this. You really remember that night. 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:34.760 I do remember, and I do remember, and I remember 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:37.080 owning this and wanting to uh my real estate here, 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:39.200 but no, I put the cologne off of you and everything, 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:41.120 and he kicked me to the corner. So anyway, let's go. 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.599 Let's get into this thing. Let's do it. Look, yeah, 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:46.880 you've been following Andy for years. He's a friend of 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.919 the show. He's come on. We talked baseball, we talked football, 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.560 he mentioned the Baseball Show. Just because it's not around 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.720 doesn't mean that all of his knowledge goes away. He 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.480 still has knowledge. He's still, you know, still has it 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:00.400 in there to talk about some fantasy baseball. So, as 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.160 I mentioned, we're gonna get into that right now. Little 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.240 heart candies, you know, I couldn't find any I was trying. 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:07.040 I looked in a few Pharmacies. I'm trying to buy 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:09.840 the little heart candies for Valentine's today. Figured I can, 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:11.359 I can pull out some of the heart sayings and 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:12.599 we could do it live on the spot. You know, 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.400 what does this heart candy say? Let's find a player 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:19.200 that that matches how we feel about said player. I 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:22.040 couldn't find the heart candies. I'm sorry everybody. I tried. 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:25.600 I couldn't find them. So instead, look the pictures. I 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.239 got them right here. We're gonna start off with be Mine, 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.320 So be mine. I was trying to figure out how 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:33.680 to make these relate to Fantasy Baseball andy, and what 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.240 I came up with for B mine is somebody who 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.680 you haven't owned before in Fantasy baseball, who you want 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:43.200 to own this year. So we'll start it off with you. 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:44.840 I'll throw it your way. We'll do a hit her 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:46.680 in a picture for each one of these B mine. 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.920 Somebody you haven't owned before you want to own this year. 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:53.479 Who's your hitter. I absolutely love the concept of what 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.479 you're going with with this. Uh, everybody knows Valentine's Day candy, 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.040 so I really love this. But the fact that we 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:00.960 don't have them physically year, I think I might want 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.760 to leave now, Um, but my hitter, I'm gonna go 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.479 with Nick Castellanos, who I actually just traded for in 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:10.440 my main Dynasty league and this past offseason. Uh just 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.080 turns twenty seven on March four, so he's just about 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.280 to enter his prime window. This guy is like an 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:18.360 Aronado light maybe even Anthony Rizzo would be about a 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:21.520 compious for the consistency he's starting to put together. It's 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.520 a discounted version of those two players, of course, but uh, 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.120 you're getting consistency across the board. No speed, but you're 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:29.520 getting the average, you're getting the power. I think he's 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:31.360 a lock for thirty home runs this year. I don't 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.400 think he's the type of player that's affected by his 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.200 supporting cast at all. And this is a guy I've 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:37.440 never really been able to get ah my hands on 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.880 in former draft. So, like I said, I just traded 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.800 for him in Dynasty League and he's somebody I'm definitely targeting, 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:44.720 and re draft League says, I think the price is 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.440 right with the value that he provides. And I love 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:49.839 Nick Castiano. He's someone that I was touting last year. 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.239 I was talking him up a lot. Unfortunately I didn't 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:54.600 end up with the guy. Look, he hits for great 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:59.479 batting average to eighty five to seventy the past three seasons. 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:02.520 I still feel like he has that breakout coming. And 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:04.440 you know, whether he's with the Detroit Tigers or not, 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.040 I actually think if he gets moved, will probably end 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:10.320 up in a better offensive situation because as of right now, 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:11.960 you know, it's not like the Tigers line up is 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.440 murderers row or anything. My biggest problem right and you know, 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:17.680 I'll call you out, you call me out, so on 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:19.600 and so forth. We'll go back and forth. Here he 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:22.000 said he's a lock for thirty home runs. It's something 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.800 he's never done in his career. It's home runs last 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:28.600 two years ago. It's twenty three home runs last year. 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.600 It's the ball extremely hard. I love the bad ball 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:36.800 profile for Nick Cassiano's My biggest issue. Doesn't hit enough 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:40.360 fly balls. You know, thirty five percent last year, thirty 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.760 eight point two percent the year before. Hits a lot 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:44.760 of line drives. Reminds me, you know, his bat ball 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:46.840 profile reminds me a lot of Freddy Freeman. It's a 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:48.880 lot of line drives, hits a lot of doubles. He's 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:52.440 gonna give you good batting average. I just I think 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.280 if he does raise the launch angle, that we can 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:57.240 get a thirty home run season out of him. The 0:07:57.280 --> 0:07:59.960 problem is, Andy, I haven't seen enough of it trend 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.000 ending that way for me to project him for thirty 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:05.360 home runs. If that makes sense. I get where you're 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:07.440 going with that, and I'm not opposed to you feel 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:09.040 in that way. I think if you look at him 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:10.920 being a safe twenty five ish home run guy, he 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.800 said twenty three was twenty six year before. But I 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.400 go back to that turning twenty seven this year, and 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.600 that's the prime. That's the one the window opens for 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.840 your prime. That that nice five year gap from twenty 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.440 seven to you know, thirties to thirty two where your 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:26.280 your physical prime, your peak power performance. And I think 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.960 that if you look historically, there is a significant jump 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.440 for players that enter that twenty seven years. So if 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.200 he's already at twenty five, I'm willing to bet. And 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:36.680 you know this is this is just historical data. This 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:38.680 isn't and and a gut feel if you will. This 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:40.640 isn't necessarily saying something. I'm looking at a number and 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.319 pointing and saying the launch angle or egg velocity of 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.840 things of that nature. I'm just saying, for where he 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.680 is and where he's been, I think you can safely 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.480 assume that that five homer jump and put thirty as 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.040 the as the floor for him this year and in 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:55.960 the power department. Yeah, if I were projecting him myself again, 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.320 I love the batting average. I think you know, whether 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.000 he's with the Tigers or with another team, I think 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.320 kill be in the middle of wherever he whatever lineup 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:04.760 he's in. So look, I think you know a d 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:08.160 plus runs, you know eight ninety r BI, you know, 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:12.080 hitting two five, I think that's a safe floor. Only 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:16.000 five home runs. I love Castanos. Um, well, you know 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.000 we'll see where he ends up. Um see if I 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:21.320 get some more shares of Castanos this year, I'm definitely in. Look, 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.040 a guy I haven't owned before and I've already been 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:27.480 talking him up a lot is Tommy Fam. I really 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:29.839 like what I saw at a Tommy fam last year 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:32.520 in the past couple of years as much as I 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.480 love him, and I'm gonna talk about why I do 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:36.840 with the Tampa Bay Rays last year, Look, he was phenomenal, 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.160 three forty three. He didn't have to worry about whether 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.000 he was gonna play every day. You saw the article 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.959 last year in Sports Illustrated with Tommy fam He's a 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:48.200 very animated dude. You know, he was using all kinds 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.400 of different language talking about, you know, why is this 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:52.439 bum playing ahead of me on the St. Louis Cardinals, 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.120 And you know what, you can't really argue with the guy. 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:57.040 He gets traded over to Tampa Bay. In thirty nine games, 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.679 he had seven home runs, scores thirty five runs. He 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.160 actually scored over a hundred runs last year combined between 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:06.479 the Cardinals and the Rays. He hit three forty three 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:10.199 one percent hard hit rate last year with the Tampa 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:14.760 Bay Raid, lots of line drives. Um, I see the 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:17.079 home run of fly ball ratio. It's high, it's over 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:21.000 twenty percent, but it's twenty three nine percent for his career. 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:25.320 So at this point, you know, you got about plate 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.320 appearances in his back pocket here at the major league level. 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.400 I trusted, I trust the home run to fly ball ratio. 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.280 So to me, I think Tommy fam is one of 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.360 these guys where you could get a season out of 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:38.160 him with a very good batting average close to three hundred, 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.280 maybe above that, he's gonna hit at the top of 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.160 the raised line up. Not a great lineup, it's not 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:44.360 a terrible lineup. It's fine. He's gonna hit in good 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.880 hitting environments. In the A l East, I think he 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:49.160 could come close or even exceed a hundred runs scored. 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:54.160 Once again, here's my problem and the a DP when 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.640 it comes to Tommy Fam. Right I'm looking at fifties 0:10:56.640 --> 0:11:00.199 six point eight five NFBC a d P, which in 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:03.040 a fifteen team league puts him in the fourth round. 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:07.360 So you're probably getting getting him sometimes as your outfield one. 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.120 I think ideally you'd want him as your outfield too. 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.200 I know in the Labor Draft the other night, Paul 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:15.760 Sporer and Jason Collett teaming up, they took him at 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.480 the three four turn in the fifteen team league. Let's pick. 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:21.160 What do you think about Tommy Fam What do you 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:22.720 think about the price you have to pay right now? 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.480 I personally like Tommy Fam a lot. I thought last 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.559 year was the year to really be all in on him. 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.920 I liked the situation moving to Tampa Bay. But that 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.360 is way, way, way too much of a premium, too 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:37.640 rich for my blood. That's not a price I'm willing 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:38.920 to pay. For fam. You look at what he did 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:42.199 last year in more games he had less Homer's less steels. Uh. 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.360 Of course he is outspoken. He hasn't he you know, 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:46.440 hasn't even having a full season in Tampa Bay yet, 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:49.080 and he's already blasting the fan base. I mean the 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.760 off the field stuff alone worries me enough that he 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:53.200 can get off to a bad start there and not 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:56.079 have support. And you know, maybe in the dog house, 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:57.480 you know, they have a lot of talent coming up 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:59.360 in Tampa Bay. Maybe he's the guy that's on the 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.480 trading block next year and and getting shipped out of 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.640 Table Bay late, a late bloomer. I do like the 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:06.880 combination of everything he brings, But I don't think this 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:10.080 is a fourth round, fifth round guy. Uh, you're chasing 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.160 I'm guessing you're chasing speed and steels at that point. 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.400 And that's way too early and too much of a 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:16.959 premium for me to put on a guy that I'm 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:19.600 looking at maybe hopefully have fifteen steals from. I can 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.440 get that later. You know, the steels is definitely a premium, 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.000 and you can't find a lot of players that are 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.240 going to give you a minimum fifteen steels. But I 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.040 can still get those in the middle rounds later on 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:32.800 that I don't want to invest in the fourth fifth, 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:34.520 Even if he felt to the sixth round, I would 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.200 still look at us a little too much. Uh, there 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.439 are other guys I'd rather have. We mentioned Castellanos, the 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:41.680 guy I'm going after. I'd much rather have the safety 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:43.640 in that bat. And that's going on full three to 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:47.360 four rounds after Tommy fam so um a lot of 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:51.440 more questions and concerns than guarantees from me with fam 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:53.400 And and that's what worries me. Yea, And I can't 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.920 knock you for that either. Look, he's a real interesting case. 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:57.600 You mentioned some off the field stuff. The way that 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:00.400 he talks. He's very candid in his interviews. He's a 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.000 thirty year old guy, uh, you know, who was kind 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:04.800 of a late bloomer with the St. Louis Cardinals. You know, 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.320 the cartoons are always able to find these random, kind 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:09.920 of like journeyman guys that have been in their minor 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:11.440 leagues and then they come up and they end up 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:13.640 being awesome. I mean, Luke Voyd could have been another 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:15.199 one of those guys, but then they traded him over 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.240 to the Yankees. It just seems like they always find 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:19.160 these guys. Matt Carpenter seems like he was kind of 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.959 a late bloomer to Tommy Fam. Just another one of 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:24.880 these players. I'm just I'm really looking at the battle 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:26.599 ball profile here. He strikes out a lot, but he 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.000 hits the ball extremely hard. I'm talking about an average 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:32.720 eggs velocity around ninety three miles per hour. Man. The 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:35.679 prices just it's really it's really getting up there. I 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:39.360 think he's a player that runs steal twenty to twenty 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:41.920 five bases with a great batting average. The problem is, 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:44.320 I think everybody else is also seeing Tommy Fam the 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:46.760 same exact way. I'm gonna have some shares of Tommy Fam. 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:48.319 I don't hope I'm gonna be able to get him 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.000 everywhere at that price, but I do really really like 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.240 him season this season. I think there is a lot 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:55.280 to like there and he Let's move over to the 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.840 starting picture that you have here. I would expect nothing 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:00.760 less from Andy Singleton here, very polar I zing picture 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:04.360 this season. A picture for the Colorado Rockies. It's not 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.920 Kyle Freeland, it's the other Colorado Rockies. Uh, you know. 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:10.520 Memo Deca refers to these guys every year as the 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:13.600 helium arms, you're the guys that are just shooting up 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:17.440 draft boards. It's hard to dispute what her Man Mark 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:19.360 has did in the second half last year. I mean 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.920 he was otherworldly, you know, for the season as a whole, 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:25.480 two and thirty strikeouts, but in that second half, I mean, 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:29.120 his strikeout rate way up, his walk rate way down. 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:32.280 People have concerns though, because he pitches in Colorado. I 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.480 know that his slider is, you know, one of the 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.920 filthiest pitches in baseball, started throwing it more last year. 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:42.200 You're not scared off from from Coors Field, Huh, I'm 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:44.160 not at all. And if that's the only concern, then 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.040 I think we have to rethink how baseball has been 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:47.480 going the last few years. You've seen a couple of 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:51.640 Colorado Rockies pictures more significantly over the last few years, 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.960 have better success. Um, you know the things they've done 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:58.680 to try to quell you know, Chase Field and then 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.520 of course course Field as well, things to affect how 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:04.480 the balls are hit out there. Uh, that's not even 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.280 it for me. That that's not why I'm buying into it. 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:10.040 I'm buying into it because you mentioned how we finished 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.680 from August on eight innings two to four e r 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:16.600 A A zero point nine five whip twelve point three 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.680 k per nine. Frank, do you realize that not since 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:23.480 Hermann Marquez was eighteen and seventeen when he was his 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:26.520 first two seasons in rookie ball did he have a 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:30.120 walk per nine above three. Every year since that he's 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:33.960 been above I mean, I'm sorry, below three walks per nine. 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:38.440 That's remarkable control. He's up the k rate taking advantage 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.600 of the free swinging hitters in the MLB. Now, how 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:44.240 many pictures today are getting you two hundred innings on 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.080 the seasons he was four shorter than that last year. 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:48.440 He's got the frame in the in the body and 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.520 as sized him to be a two hundred inning pitcher 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:52.720 and you're only getting a dozen to twenty of those 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:55.800 guys will say fifteen two hundred in in guys per 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.520 season in baseball. Now he's one of them. So I 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:00.400 am not scared off at all. I think could still 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.000 a tremendous value for where the a DP is. I 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:06.280 will take Herman Marquez in every draft that can get him, 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:09.040 and and take advantage of other people having the doubt 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.880 about him and worrying about him being in a rocky 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:14.760 so Herman Marquez would an NFBC A DP in the 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:18.320 month of February of eighty five point one five. You 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:20.240 know he's going. I've seen him in that, you know, 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:25.160 six seventh round range in fifteen team leagues. I'm looking 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:27.400 at the second half and I see it. I understand 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:29.920 the upside here. Reminds me a lot of Louise Castile 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:31.760 from last year. He's kind of the guy that you 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.080 know you're drafting as a top thirty pitcher that you 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.520 see have a monster second half and you're holding hoping 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.640 that he can continue to build off that. There's some 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.960 of these numbers in the second half two point two five, 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:45.280 two point three zero xfit twelve, case per nine, one 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:48.160 point nine, four walks for nine. I get it. Man, 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.000 course Fields just scares me a little bit. Get it. 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:54.280 The upside is definitely there for Marquez when we get 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:57.880 back well dr a of inside injuries. That's Andy Singleton. 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:01.240 Follow him at People's Pen. 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