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Yeah, this yes, the Fantasy best Friends Forever 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:06.360 here in the Fantasy Sports Radio Network alongside Frankie stamfle 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:14.240 i Am, Greg Susman. Gregg Thursday, February seven, decided to 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:16.480 be back talking some fantasy baseball. Very excited to have 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:19.839 dr A on of inside injuries for the first time 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:23.560 in dr A will be talking fantasy baseball with us 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:26.840 and some really important baseball injuries. Greg, how about that 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:30.040 A lot of baseball injuries that you have forgotten about, 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:33.720 because I certainly did for a long time. Yeah. Big names. 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:35.880 Two guys that are going off the board very early 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:40.040 in draft, specifically three Houston Astros who are going inside 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:44.800 the top fifty picks, who are all kind of returning 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:48.560 from injury. Yeah, you know, had offseason surgery. So we'll 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.240 get into those guys. But before all else, Greg, i'd 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:54.720 just sleep last night, just okay, he said, okay, nothing. 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:56.639 You know, I wouldn't say it was it was great. 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.639 I don't want to say I slept great. He said, okay, 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:03.960 vide much better, much better. He walked into a pretty 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.600 good mood tonight, so I thought things were good. I 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:10.799 surprisingly drank a few beers last night. Didn't expecting to 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:12.519 do that. See that coming now. Went out to play 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.560 some basketball. King his brother right, and he's like, oh, 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:16.919 you want to come over to drink a couple of beers? 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.560 And you know, I drank like four or five beers, 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.359 and then I went home and looked up some Zach 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.480 Weiler stats, tweeted some stuff out Louise Casto. Yeah, had 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.640 a feeling you're playing basketball last night because I texted 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:29.560 you but the auto Porter trade and you hadn't seen 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:31.280 it yet. You were surprised and you spilled like a 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:32.560 half hour later or so. I was like, he must 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:34.880 be playing basketball right now. That's exactly what it was. Ye, 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.959 I figured that. I also showed King of my mess 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:42.080 up yesterday on the air. That's why I slept so well. 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:48.880 Screw you. I'm not cuddling you anymore. So it worked. Yeah, 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:52.200 I'm not gonna shot this one. I hope you're not listening. 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:56.320 She's not. Don't worry. Um uh so if you leave 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:58.000 her our NBA thoughts, and I don't know how many 0:02:58.000 --> 0:02:59.720 of you are, if you leave our NBA thoughts, We're 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.200 gonna that later today on the NBA Twitch Show. You 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:04.840 can check it out four thirty pm Eastern on the 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.519 actual NBA Twitch channel as if you can go on 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.600 a twitch dot Twitch dot tv slash NBA. We'll be 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.400 there from four thirty six pm giving all of our 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:18.160 thoughts on the trade deadline. Right, Yeah, there's a lot. 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:20.000 Last night you mentioned Otto Porter. There are a few 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:23.840 smaller trades. Maybe we'll have some blockbusters before the deadline 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.400 this afternoon. Some of the Grizzlies guys are up in 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:28.760 the air right now, Conley Marcosol. What's gonna happen with those? 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:33.240 Of course, still a chance Anthony Davis gets moved. Seeming 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:35.840 more and more likely that he's not going to but yes, 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.600 we will be on the NBA Twitch channel this afternoon 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.240 to recap everything that went down and everything that's gone 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.600 down to this point between last week's Maverick trade and 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:50.160 Porzingis up until now. Yeah, I have almost like in 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:53.040 there a lot of fantasy basketball tidbits to to take 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.200 away totally. Basically, the entire rundown is kind of just 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:56.960 breaking not breaking down the trade, just listening to so 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:58.680 we don't forget anything. And I'm excited to kind of 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:00.560 go one by one and break it down. And I'm 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:01.920 happy you were at an hour and a half now 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:05.040 for the program, so I think it'll be good. I agree. 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.240 So that's coming a little bit later on today this afternoon. 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.840 Make sure you check it out um on the NBA's 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.480 Twitch stream. But today, as Frank mentioned, we're back into baseball. 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:16.279 We'll talk to Dr Ray. I cut off about twenty 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:20.080 past the hour to get into some of these baseball injuries. 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:22.520 But as Frank was actually compiling the list yesterday of 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:24.400 the players that we wanted to talk to Dr a about, 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:31.520 it was kind of surprising. I guess that I was like, hey, astro, astro, astro, 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.960 and we realized that's kind of a good place to start. 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:40.760 We wanted to get into the astros today, not because 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.840 there are that many new faces here there There are 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:48.280 a couple, no doubt, but it's the returning faces and 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:50.560 where they're going. As Frank mentioned, guys in the top 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:52.880 fifty here that you want to know, well, when do 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.320 I draft them? Should I be drafting them? Is it 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:57.960 too early? Is the value not good enough? This is 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.120 what we're gonna talk about. This we want where want 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.880 to breakdown. Jose L tv has been a first round 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:06.000 pick for several years now in fantasy baseball, and there's 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:09.680 always a debate can you We're not there's million ways 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:14.720 to win, but can you win by drafting Al two 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:18.360 B a second overall or third overall? Where he was 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:20.080 going and then he went down to more like six seven? 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.440 But can you win by drafting jose L Tuvan in 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:24.120 the first round? Because he wasn't a guy that was 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.600 going to fifty home runs. He was a guy that 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.920 was more gonna hit, you know, mostly horny, So you 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:32.760 thought that you a ton of stolen basis have a 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:36.080 high average. He wasn't a guy who's like Aaron Judge 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:38.880 or Jean Carlo stant or something like that. But of 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.200 course in Alt two bays m VP here he you know, 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.440 stole fifty bases, and he hit more home runs than 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.040 ever expected, and he scored on the runs in the 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:48.960 RBIs and everything was there. So the question marks kind 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.760 of went away for jose L last year. Of course, 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:53.280 last year is the first year of his career. All 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:57.080 of a sudden he got hurt and being jose L two, 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:58.600 he still played in most of the games, but a 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:01.000 hundred and thirty seven games last year, but because of 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:04.480 those injuries, everything was down. Even when he came back, 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.400 he simply was not healthy. He had less who runs, 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.840 he had less runs scored, he had less rb I, 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:13.640 he didn't even steal twenty bases. The o VP was 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:15.680 still where you liked it at three six, but all 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:19.080 the counting stats were lower because of that, because of 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.560 the injuries, because of question marks that have now come 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:27.599 back surrounding Josel to his a DP has dropped. Frank, 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:30.920 where is Josel to be going right now? And what 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:32.520 do you think of him as a player going forward? 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:37.000 So from January one on until today February seven, on 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:39.479 NFBC a DP, he's going to pick the fifteen point 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:41.680 nine three, and he fits the mold of one of 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:43.839 the players in years past that has been a first 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.320 round pick was now slipping to the second round, and 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.320 I think rightfully so based on the injury last year. 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.360 He was dealing with a knee injury. The reason why 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.680 I Tove was so good for fantasy purposes over the 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:55.640 past couple of years is because he gave you three 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:59.040 main categories, and he was very good in those three categories. 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.760 Three of I would say the hardest catch. That's exactly 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:03.760 what I was going to say. As so many fantasy 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:05.839 players look for the power, the home runs. You're looking 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:07.680 for the r B I like I. I get it, 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:09.720 no doubt. You still need a base like you need 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:11.680 the base of home runs and r b I s 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.400 and you can get that in your you know, second, third, 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.760 fourth round picks. But to have a guy who in 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.440 the past couple of years was gonna steal you thirty bases, 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:22.880 was going to hit three tree thirty, was going to 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:26.280 score a hundred plus runs. Those are sets that are 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:29.000 hard to come by. Um. But I do have question 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:31.040 marks as to whether or not he can get back 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.280 to those numbers. That's why I say, you know when 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.200 he's going in the second round of dress rightfully so, 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.840 because if he's not giving you thirty stolen bases anymore, 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.840 if he's not hitting three thirty, I still think that 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:44.920 the runs will be there. I still think that the 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:48.600 Astro's lineup will be very potent. But coming off a 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.280 knee injury, he had a and we're gonna talk to 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:56.120 dr about this Hoteller evulsion fracture in his right knee UM, 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:59.000 and he had surgery to repair that on October nineteenth. 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.640 He's expected to you ready for spring training, be ready 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.080 for the season. His status is not in doubt. UM, 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.880 with everything that happened last year, playing through the injury, 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.240 obviously his power was sad because of that, couldn't really 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.360 get his legs underneath him, he didn't run as much. 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:15.000 The batting average was still three sixteen, which was fourth 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.240 best in baseball. But this is what I'm saying, right 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:21.840 I'm you said you thought that draft spot was kind 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:25.400 of right for him. I'm actually in love going back 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.239 into jose al Tube this year. Like I take everything 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.000 we saw last year and know that this need bothered 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:32.480 him and he tried to play the means that you 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:34.200 boy with the stolen bases are going to be back. 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.960 I do because listen, that injury, his eye didn't change. 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:40.719 He studied great. I was by the like he's still 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:44.280 young enough, like he's not old, but he's in the 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.160 prime of his career. So his eye didn't change last 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.040 year when he was hurt. So his on base percentage 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:49.960 was still as good as it's, still as good as normally. 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.560 The average was still as not not as good as 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:55.439 it was as it always is. But as you said, 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.439 what third best in baseball sixteen? It was fourth best 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:00.959 in baseball? He hasn't fine average, but three in five 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:02.880 street season he still didn't really strike you how he 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:05.040 could have a higher actual cay percentage and he has 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:08.360 his entire career at seven. We'll take that. Obviously, his 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:12.640 walk percentage actually went up. So those other numbers where 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:16.160 you have are related to his legs, specifically runs and 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:19.679 stolen bases going back down. That's not a surprise. It 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:22.360 has to do with his knee. So yeah, Frankie, I'm 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:26.679 banking that the stolen bases go back up. Yes, Well, 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:28.000 that's the only way that you could draft him in 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:30.240 the second round. And the projection, here's what I have 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:34.280 projected for jose L two and projections for the most part, 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.360 they're conservative, like I'm not going to project him for 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.079 a hundred runs? Can he score a hundred runs? He 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:40.280 could easily score a hundred runs in the Astros line 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:42.520 up right. I have him for a three fifteen average, 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:44.920 eighteen home runs, ninety runs scored, a d r BI, 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.760 twenty stolen basis to me, I'm not using my second 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:51.040 round pick on that player. He's interesting. All the projections 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:54.319 over on fan graphs are very similar to what you're saying. Now, 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:55.839 that's what I try to do. I look at, you know, 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:57.959 the past three years, I kind of look at all 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:00.480 the different projection systems and a how to come up 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.959 with like a cumulative projection of my own. Yeah, I 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.440 mean that seems realistic. And what you're saying is very 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:08.960 much on part with what all the other projections are 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.240 on on fangraphs. Whether it's Steamer, whether it's a t 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:12.839 C the bat, I don't know what this is, but 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:16.040 their projection systems, I'm sure that is from Derek Carty. Oh, 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.839 it's cool, like Derek Carter ESPN and a t C 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:22.920 um you know, I know a t C is I 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.319 saw you were on top of this. Right name is 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:31.600 Ario uh A t C sings fa la la la la. 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.520 He goes all around or like la la la la. 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:39.679 That's um anyway. So all the projection systems have him 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.960 at under towel almost all besides at C, under twenty 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:47.160 stoma A t C and y on Twitter. He actually 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:48.840 is a good follow, so go and check him out. 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.160 He was up for Baseball Writer of the Year an 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:54.800 Article of the Year Lost Flora. Check out my Florio. 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.120 Check out the patreon for him under twenty stolen bases 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:02.439 for out to under twenty home runs nine five unscored, 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.480 give or take a d r B. I I think 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:09.920 those are conservative, I really do. Maybe I'm banging on 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:12.240 him just being healthy and last year being a misnomer. 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:16.120 I know objection systems are always conservative, for sure, and 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.959 I'm normally one of those guys that don't like layers 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:20.360 are getting older. I want to buy in the young, 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:24.000 sexy guy. I know that about myself, right, but old 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:25.960 He'll be twenty nine in meg, so I don't feel 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:27.520 like this guy all of a Sud'm just gonna drop off. 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:29.200 I look at it like, hey, it was a bad year. 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:31.439 I really like jos TV. I think he gets back 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:35.320 to thirty. I think is realistic. I really do. Here's 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:39.319 the problem Greg drafting Jose Tu in the second round. 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:44.480 You have to have the right construction because, in my opinion, 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.720 what I said yesterday, right if you draft a starting 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.600 pitcher in the first round, you in the second round, 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:51.640 you're chasing power for the rest of your roto draft. 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:54.080 So really, to me, the only way that you're taking 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.800 a guy like Alt in the second round right now, 0:11:57.040 --> 0:12:01.720 NBC AD is if you're a you're getting Nolan Arronado 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.200 in the first or you're pairing him with Manny Machado, 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:07.280 or you're pairing him with Bryce Harper. That's how you're 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.760 taking Holdale, or you're pairing him with Aaron Judge. That 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.400 probably makes the most sense because Aaron Judge is giving 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.280 you to six ctis, two seventies, giving you forty plus 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:17.520 home runs, giving you runs, giving you r BI, and 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:20.280 then Mosal TV will kind of counteract him because he'll 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:22.360 still give you the tough categories and runs, and they'll 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:24.240 give you batting average and I'll also give you some 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:26.360 stolen bases. You know, Judge will maybe give you eight 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:28.920 to ten stolen basis, and me personally, I think all 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:32.720 TV probably closer to So you have a nice little 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:34.320 base there, but I don't know if I can start 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:38.920 my draft bris sale Why why can't you do that? 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.720 Go Chris sale l T and then like Reece Hoskins 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.120 you can again They're like, there are ways to do it. 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:48.800 It's just how much do you trust a guy like 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:50.760 Reece Hoskins? Do you trust him enough to be your 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.880 You need a few legitimate sluggers and then you know, 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:56.400 in the third, fourth round you can get a guy 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:58.600 like him. You get Chris Davis with a KA certainly 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.000 absolutely so you know he's still powerful at him and 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:02.760 he's a he's a good player to kind of pair 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:04.920 with Josel too, because he doesn't give you a great 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:06.480 batting average, but he's gonna give you home run, he's 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:09.000 gonna give you RBIs and Alto gives you a little 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.560 bit of everything else. Me, I'm just really worried about 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:13.719 the stolen basis. If he's not giving you close to 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.840 thirty or thirty plus, I think that is a lot 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:19.480 of his value. Great, well, it means it's a lot 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.600 of the value. Fine, but we both agree the runs 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.560 probably go back up being on top of being toward 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.880 the top of that lineup, you know the average, and 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.520 we know he's going to be healthy. We're expecting to be. 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:31.240 But there's a good question for Dr. Right, who will 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:32.600 talk to you in about five minutes or so. It's 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:34.959 an injury, like how severe? Is this the injury for 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:36.920 a baseball player to come back and doesn't literally come 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:39.839 back from being able to run and steal bases? Does he? 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.840 Linger isn't something that could recur? Those are the questions 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:45.920 that we ultimately are gonna have to ask Right. Like me, personally, 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:49.480 Alex Bregman is going three spots higher than him. I'd 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:52.000 rather have Brea. Let's get into Bregman here. Now. Bregman 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.439 was a guy I remember last year. We talked a 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:58.079 lot about Alex Bregman going into the year, and it's 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:01.640 funny we talked about reatedly I was out well, so 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:05.760 it's funny we talked about roster construction and buying him 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:07.640 at a ceiling because I wanted nothing to do with it. 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:09.719 I never liked how my roster ended up when I 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.320 was drafting Alex Bregman. I never wanted to draft Alex Bregman. 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:14.400 Where he was going, So I didn't. I wanted that 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:18.839 with Bregman absolutely nowhere, and I was wrong. He was 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:22.400 absolutely incredible last year. Over hundred runs scored, over hundred RBIs, 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:25.280 over thirty home runs, ten stolen basis, he barely strikes out. 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:28.480 He walks an the o v P around four hundred. 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:30.960 I mean, there's no other way to describe it. Alex Bregman. 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:35.640 Bregman was absolutely marvelous last year. And it's crazy because 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:38.360 he got off such a slow start. Remember he hit 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.440 five home runs through April and May, his average was 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:43.880 around to sixty and we were wondering if Alex Bregman 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:46.200 was this bust, Like we felt really good about ourselves 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.640 for not drafting Alex Bregman. Of course, through the summer months, 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:52.239 as the weather heated up, he got scorching hot, particularly 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.000 in June where he had eleven of his thirty one 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:58.800 home runs. He was absolutely ridiculous and it all ended 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.760 up for the stats that I gave before. Frankie, I 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:06.880 have to ask you, is Alex Bregman somebody that you 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:13.240 feel comfortable with as a first round pick? Yes? Delay there, 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:15.760 I'm sorry, Wait before I get into this. We're talking 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.120 about today with Dr A. But I have to ask 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:20.880 give me one word to describe your feelings on jose 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:25.800 L two by out and I'm gonna use a debt. 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.240 I'm gonna use mine. I'll say bounce back. I know 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.800 it's a dash. That's the kind of on word we'll go. 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:32.800 We'll go with bounce back, Mike, it's my rule, so 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:36.200 it's bounce back. It changed the rules. And Alex Bregman, 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.040 Alex Bregman. Look, you mentioned he doesn't strike out. He 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:40.760 was one of four players who walked more than he 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:45.640 struck out last year, four swinging strikes, unbelievable, second best 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:50.520 in baseball behind who Michael Brantley also signed. And you 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:53.720 know it pisces me off how smart the Houston Astros 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:56.760 are and how forward thinking they are. As a Yankees fan, Um, 0:15:57.120 --> 0:16:00.240 you know, just selfishly. But everyone's trying to hit home runs. 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:02.360 Everyone is, you know, they're trying to hit home runs, 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.600 but at the cost of striking out a lot. And 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.760 Houston Astros go out and they signed Michael Brantley, which 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:10.440 at the time everyone's like, all right, well, you know, 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:12.200 doesn't really move the needle. But they have a bunch 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:13.960 of guys on their team that don't strike out, and 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:16.960 Michael Brantley, they have Alex Bregman, they have mose L 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:18.880 two A, they have you know, Carl's career will get 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.080 into him as well, but Bregman. Look, there's a lot 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.400 to like. Back to back seasons at least two eighty 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:26.360 four batting average. It seems like everything he did last 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:30.880 year was in the progression of you know, of a hitter. 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:32.680 You know, he's only twenty four years old, Like he's 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:35.760 only maturing and getting better, and it's like everything you've seen, 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.000 he's gotten better each and every year. And he's a 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:41.520 slow starter. Admittedly, when he first came into when he 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:43.120 first was called up, I remember there was a huge 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.080 slump he was in. It was like, you know, one 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:47.520 for his first thirty one or whatever it was, and 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:49.280 and he, you know, he took off the rest of 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:51.080 the year. He was a slow starter last year. He 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.120 had only one home run in both March and April. 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:55.120 He had thirty home runs the rest of the way 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:57.480 over the final five months of the season, ended up 0:16:57.480 --> 0:16:59.680 with thirty one home runs. Five to a player. He's 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:01.800 not gonna give you a ton of stone basis, No. 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:04.399 Ten to fifteen stone basis, but it doesn't hurt your 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:08.520 batting average tweet five thirty home runs one d r 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.480 b I s and that was with Carl's Korea sucking 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:12.960 last year and jose l to hurt he could be 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:15.960 even better just twenty four years old. Is that power 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:17.719 for real? Someone we'll talk about in a little bit. 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:21.359 But when we come back, dr a inside Injuries joins 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.119 us the ground. 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That's Frank Staffel. 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:42.639 I'm green excited, and I think you can hear in 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:44.480 our voices that we're excited to get back into baseball 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:46.159 and really dive deep and find out what we like 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:48.840 would just like Frank, We've had a really I guess 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:52.080 our first disagreement so far stronger disagreement is on a player. 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:54.640 You said you're one word for Josel to bay out, 0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:57.160 and I'm very much in on jose So our first 0:19:57.480 --> 0:19:59.520 true disagreement this season was just kind of exciting, cause 0:19:59.520 --> 0:20:02.840 we've been pretty much locking step uh thus far. With 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:05.680 that speak of jose L. Let's bring our guy dr 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:08.040 A from Inside Injuries. Who's gonna give us the latest 0:20:08.119 --> 0:20:10.160 on all these astros and a whole lot more. What's 0:20:10.200 --> 0:20:12.800 going on? Doc? Uh? Good guys, how are you guys 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:15.840 doing today? We're doing really really well? Uh, feeling good? 0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:18.440 How did you? I did just sleep last night? I 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:21.159 slept really good. Actually slept at seven thirty. When's the 0:20:21.200 --> 0:20:23.280 last time you guys went to bed at Never in 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:25.920 my life? I don't know, probably under five years old. 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:30.720 Remember well, I woke up at four am. So there 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:35.840 you go. Okay, that makes sense. Okay, So Doc, we 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:39.000 We started the program off talking about jose Al tob 0:20:39.280 --> 0:20:41.399 and in this weird knee injury that he had and 0:20:41.440 --> 0:20:44.040 the surgery. Uh, what's the latest on him? Is this 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:47.040 an injury that could linger kenna? Is it easy to recur? 0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:50.720 Will it affect him running this upcoming season? What's going 0:20:50.760 --> 0:20:53.560 on with jose L two bay? Yeah, So the injury 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:56.399 actually was a pateller tendon evulsion fracture. You know, the 0:20:56.440 --> 0:21:00.440 pateller tendon attaches on the sort of the top part 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:04.240 of your tibia and then extends into the patela and 0:21:04.320 --> 0:21:07.840 then attaches to the patela. It's responsibility is to stabilize 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:11.440 when you when you bend and extend your knee. The 0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:13.560 problem is is that he just didn't have a patellar 0:21:13.640 --> 0:21:16.480 tendon tear. He also had he had a patellar tendon 0:21:16.600 --> 0:21:19.000 of vulsion fracture. What that means is that when it 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:21.760 got when it got you know, stretched, it pulled a 0:21:21.800 --> 0:21:24.240 piece of bone off of the patella as well. This 0:21:24.400 --> 0:21:28.600 is a notoriously difficult thing to come back from, even 0:21:28.640 --> 0:21:32.359 as a normal person that does not play um, you know, 0:21:32.760 --> 0:21:36.399 professional baseball, and so Al two days, you know, small 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:38.800 guy relies a lot on speed, a lot of being 0:21:38.880 --> 0:21:41.800 involved in the play, etcetera, a lot of lateral movement, etcetera. 0:21:41.960 --> 0:21:44.639 This will even when he comes back completely healthy and 0:21:44.720 --> 0:21:47.920 completely ready to go and it's healed surgery side, it's fine, 0:21:48.480 --> 0:21:52.160 you know, this will impact his ability to actually obtain 0:21:52.280 --> 0:21:55.639 the amount of lateral and you know, acceleration movement that 0:21:55.760 --> 0:21:59.119 he requires, you know, being who he is, especially at 0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:02.399 the shortstops issue. And so it increases his chance for 0:22:03.040 --> 0:22:05.080 a risk. And so even though he'll be back and 0:22:05.240 --> 0:22:08.000 clear by May, we're we're predicting a right around the 0:22:08.080 --> 0:22:10.399 beginning of May. Right now we have May nine to 0:22:10.480 --> 0:22:13.720 where he could be fully operational. The problem is is 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:16.280 that his injury risk will remain quite high and and 0:22:16.400 --> 0:22:19.240 he'll always have that now because of this uh pateller 0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:27.359 evulsion fracture injury and about Frank one zero absolutely so 0:22:27.520 --> 0:22:30.640 inside injuries. Has his you know healthy to return, return 0:22:30.800 --> 0:22:33.760 and perform date in May, and he's going to give 0:22:33.800 --> 0:22:35.360 it a go in spring training, like you know, he's 0:22:35.400 --> 0:22:38.440 gonna be there on opening day. So he's even returning 0:22:38.520 --> 0:22:42.280 before you know what the timeline says it should be. So, 0:22:42.520 --> 0:22:45.119 I mean, look, there's a there's a lot there to 0:22:45.119 --> 0:22:47.200 worry about what holds out to especially a guy that 0:22:47.320 --> 0:22:50.600 you want to bank on giving you thirty stolen basis 0:22:50.640 --> 0:22:52.639 if you're taking him in the second round, and it 0:22:52.760 --> 0:22:55.160 just sounds to me like he's not gonna approach that number. 0:22:55.240 --> 0:22:58.080 Last year, he stole seventeen and it clearly hampered his game, 0:22:58.240 --> 0:23:00.400 and I think it's gonna do so once again heading 0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:02.400 into this year. I I can't use a second round 0:23:02.440 --> 0:23:05.159 pick on Dale. I think where he's being drafted and 0:23:05.320 --> 0:23:09.440 following in draft is uh is rightly justified. I want 0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:12.600 to ask you about Alex Bregman, another Houston astro, who 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:16.440 underwent surgery last month to quote, remove loose bodies from 0:23:16.520 --> 0:23:19.119 his elbow. This is this sounds a lot scarier when 0:23:19.160 --> 0:23:21.399 it involves a starting pitcher. How about when it's a 0:23:21.840 --> 0:23:26.120 third baseman. Yeah, so third baseman obviously you know, requires 0:23:26.200 --> 0:23:29.440 that throw on right. He's a right handed guy. Um, 0:23:29.680 --> 0:23:32.439 And so the thing is he's not utilizing that arm 0:23:32.480 --> 0:23:34.199 as much as a picture is. So yeah, I mean, 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:37.200 we're we're concerned about the third basement from a power standpoint, 0:23:37.240 --> 0:23:41.320 but nowhere near the sensitivity of um, you know, a picture. 0:23:41.720 --> 0:23:44.320 But having said that, removing loose bone chips. It's actually 0:23:44.359 --> 0:23:48.520 a pro active procedure. Um, it's not response to something 0:23:48.600 --> 0:23:52.560 that is completely torn or fractured, etcetera. So you know, Uh, 0:23:52.680 --> 0:23:56.200 this is a great three elbow injury on a third baseman. 0:23:56.720 --> 0:23:59.080 And you know, although he'll be we agree that you know, 0:23:59.240 --> 0:24:01.639 they should take its sensitively and limit him in the 0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:04.840 start of spring training. UM. You know he should be 0:24:04.960 --> 0:24:09.359 able to go probably by opening day. Uh from that standpoint, 0:24:09.400 --> 0:24:12.159 because um, even though they have to take him sensitively, 0:24:12.320 --> 0:24:15.639 his HPF should get back up to above average to 0:24:15.680 --> 0:24:18.720 peak helds so not as sensitive as a picture. It's 0:24:18.800 --> 0:24:22.000 important though, and it's important that they are limiting him 0:24:22.080 --> 0:24:24.600 in spring training and then taking its step by step 0:24:24.680 --> 0:24:27.240 on the way back, so nothing's torn there. It's a 0:24:27.320 --> 0:24:33.000 clean up procedure, Uh, to prevent anything further happening this season. Doc, 0:24:33.119 --> 0:24:37.760 you use the word power to describing Alex Bregman, and 0:24:37.840 --> 0:24:39.359 last year what we loved about him so much was 0:24:39.440 --> 0:24:42.080 that he hit thirty one home runs. Is this something 0:24:42.119 --> 0:24:45.480 that could affect his power this season? Uh? It could 0:24:45.520 --> 0:24:48.280 improve it. Actually, you know, this is something that will 0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:50.240 make it better. I mean, he probably was playing through 0:24:50.280 --> 0:24:53.120 these loose bone chips. The last season. So this should 0:24:53.160 --> 0:24:56.000 not this type of procedure, if everything goes okay, should 0:24:56.000 --> 0:24:59.080 actually make his power better and should be he should 0:24:59.080 --> 0:25:01.560 be ready to go. This is a proactive type of procedure, 0:25:01.600 --> 0:25:03.639 which is a very good call for him. Greg, I 0:25:03.720 --> 0:25:11.960 have my word for Alex Bregman. Okay, that's a good word, Frank, 0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:15.040 that's a good one. Very excited, very excited, very excited, 0:25:15.119 --> 0:25:17.200 clearly about Alex Bregman. We're talking to Dr a of 0:25:17.320 --> 0:25:20.960 inside injuries. We're doing a whole astro show here, particularly 0:25:21.040 --> 0:25:23.080 on four guys that are coming back from injuries. We 0:25:23.160 --> 0:25:24.760 mentioned Bregman, we mentioned out to you, but he wanted 0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:27.000 to get to Carlos Correa as well, who battled injuries 0:25:27.040 --> 0:25:30.080 also most of the last year. He has deemed himself 0:25:30.119 --> 0:25:32.359 completely healthy and ready to go. Uh. Frank and I 0:25:32.400 --> 0:25:35.120 are gonna get into him after we talk to you, Doc. 0:25:35.440 --> 0:25:39.159 What's the latest in Carlos Corea so back in oblique injuries. 0:25:39.240 --> 0:25:41.639 This has been his nemesis, you know for a while now. 0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:45.239 He missed fifty games last year because of it. Uh, 0:25:45.440 --> 0:25:47.399 And I'm sure he's had multiple m r s. And 0:25:47.480 --> 0:25:49.600 it looks like because of the fact that he's had 0:25:49.640 --> 0:25:52.480 trouble sleeping and you know taking deep breaths that he 0:25:52.600 --> 0:25:55.600 does have. You know, he probably had a partial terror 0:25:55.800 --> 0:25:59.720 of his obliques and he also probably has a multiple 0:26:00.200 --> 0:26:04.159 bulges or even a discarnation, et cetera. However, you know, 0:26:04.280 --> 0:26:07.280 he tends to often play through these injuries, so these 0:26:07.280 --> 0:26:09.320 are more like grade one and grade two back and 0:26:09.400 --> 0:26:12.600 oblique injuries. However, I think the you know, sort of 0:26:12.840 --> 0:26:15.520 the time is catching up with him right now. You know, 0:26:15.680 --> 0:26:18.240 even though he's at above average at sixty percent in 0:26:18.320 --> 0:26:21.280 the off season, um it will go back up to 0:26:22.160 --> 0:26:25.560 pe health, but his injury risk will remain at about 0:26:25.640 --> 0:26:29.399 thirty percent because he will miss a third of the 0:26:29.480 --> 0:26:33.880 season that you can almost guarantee. These core injuries are scary, Greg. 0:26:34.040 --> 0:26:36.760 I mean, look, as much as you want to hope 0:26:37.040 --> 0:26:39.119 because he's so young and that youth is on his 0:26:39.200 --> 0:26:40.760 side and that he'll be able to bounce back from 0:26:40.800 --> 0:26:43.560 an injury like this, and I don't want to completely 0:26:43.600 --> 0:26:46.280 compared to Kershaw because it's different. It's definitely certainly when 0:26:46.280 --> 0:26:48.000 you're a picture and you know the stress that you 0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:50.400 put on your back, but I mean, look when you're 0:26:50.400 --> 0:26:52.359 a hitter and you swing with as much torque as 0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:54.160 you do, and you have, you know, issues with your 0:26:54.200 --> 0:26:56.960 oblique and your back and your core, and it just 0:26:57.080 --> 0:26:59.080 really worries me. I know that. You know, you want 0:26:59.080 --> 0:27:01.000 to get excited about where Carlos Correa is going this 0:27:01.080 --> 0:27:03.879 year because you're getting him at such a discount, but man, 0:27:04.000 --> 0:27:06.359 it has me worried. You know, Look, another shortstop that 0:27:06.440 --> 0:27:08.520 has me worried. I think it's a natural transition here. 0:27:08.640 --> 0:27:11.639 Doc is moving into Corey Seeger. Look, Seeger and Carlos 0:27:11.720 --> 0:27:13.960 Correa were taking the league by storm, as you know, 0:27:14.040 --> 0:27:16.479 two young shortstops who were going very early in fantasy 0:27:16.560 --> 0:27:20.720 drafts last year at this time. And look, he's recovering 0:27:20.760 --> 0:27:24.240 from not only Tommy John surgery, but he had arthroscopic 0:27:24.640 --> 0:27:27.680 hip surgery in August. So I guess they figured, you know, hey, 0:27:27.760 --> 0:27:30.199 while you're out rehabbing from Tommy John, you might as 0:27:30.240 --> 0:27:32.080 well get this done too. You know, you mentioned a 0:27:32.160 --> 0:27:35.000 proactive move with Alex Bregman earlier on in the show. 0:27:35.119 --> 0:27:37.440 I think this is probably one of those moves that 0:27:37.880 --> 0:27:40.679 the Dodgers looked to make with Corey Seeger. Um, how 0:27:40.760 --> 0:27:43.160 much do we trust him heading into this season? Yeah? 0:27:43.160 --> 0:27:45.360 I mean the Tommys John surgery happened quite a while ago, 0:27:45.600 --> 0:27:48.640 and uh, you know this the very the good news 0:27:48.720 --> 0:27:51.080 is that he didn't have like an acute hip injury. 0:27:51.480 --> 0:27:53.280 Um you know that caused him to have surgery. I 0:27:53.320 --> 0:27:57.400 bet you this was a very very proactive type of surgery. 0:27:57.920 --> 0:28:00.240 And so he's he's been off you know, has been 0:28:00.280 --> 0:28:02.120 off the field for quite a bit of time. Um, 0:28:02.640 --> 0:28:05.840 and so when he does get back on the field, um, 0:28:06.280 --> 0:28:08.679 you know, he should be ready to go. The problem 0:28:08.840 --> 0:28:10.879 is is that we're projecting that he's not going to 0:28:10.960 --> 0:28:13.600 be ready for opening day and it's more like a 0:28:13.880 --> 0:28:17.680 late April early May type of start for us. And 0:28:17.800 --> 0:28:20.080 so if he has any chance of coming back during 0:28:20.160 --> 0:28:22.960 opening day, I would really look at that as been 0:28:23.119 --> 0:28:25.800 be very cautionary on that because he he shouldn't be 0:28:25.840 --> 0:28:28.760 ready until early May. Coming back from Tommy John surgery 0:28:28.880 --> 0:28:31.680 is at least a year. Uh. And then left hip 0:28:31.720 --> 0:28:33.600 surgery on top of that, even though it's our for 0:28:33.760 --> 0:28:36.719 scopic and may have been proactive, the combination of these 0:28:36.800 --> 0:28:40.560 two injuries and getting getting back on the field March 0:28:41.080 --> 0:28:43.760 end of March, mid March is just not I we 0:28:43.880 --> 0:28:46.440 think a realistic possibility. We think it's more at the 0:28:46.560 --> 0:28:51.600 end of April. If Carlos Correa end or see both 0:28:51.680 --> 0:28:54.840 play on opening day this year late March early April, 0:28:55.200 --> 0:28:59.720 who is more likely to reinjure themselves? Is it Correa? Um? Yeah, 0:29:00.000 --> 0:29:03.280 Correa mainly because if you're talking about any injury, the 0:29:03.720 --> 0:29:06.720 very fact of a back and oblique, you know, getting 0:29:06.880 --> 0:29:10.840 reaggravated is much higher than retearing, uh, you know, an 0:29:10.920 --> 0:29:16.480 elbow or having some significant hip surgery. Again, speaking of elbows, 0:29:16.560 --> 0:29:19.480 I wanted to bring up perhaps the most famous elbow 0:29:19.600 --> 0:29:23.120 right now in MLBING. That's Shoeotani. It's Tommy John surgery. 0:29:23.560 --> 0:29:25.720 A few months back, and the rumor was that he 0:29:25.880 --> 0:29:29.000 was going to be a hitter this year started at 0:29:29.080 --> 0:29:32.080 d H and because the hitter rehab obviously takes a 0:29:32.240 --> 0:29:36.160 much shorter than the picture rehab does, he's not asked 0:29:36.200 --> 0:29:39.000 to play the field. He's literally just asked to hit. Now, 0:29:39.120 --> 0:29:41.400 news came out out about a week or so ago 0:29:42.000 --> 0:29:45.040 that hey, he may not be ready for opening day. 0:29:45.040 --> 0:29:47.280 We were just talking about Corey Corey seeger and he's 0:29:47.280 --> 0:29:50.719 Tommy John surgery. What's up with Shoyotani and his I mean, 0:29:50.800 --> 0:29:53.000 just because he's not pitching that does not mean that 0:29:53.080 --> 0:29:56.160 it does not put due forces on the elbow when 0:29:56.200 --> 0:29:58.360 you hit. I mean you use every single aspect and 0:29:58.440 --> 0:30:01.320 the torque that's created on swing is not as great 0:30:01.360 --> 0:30:04.080 as a pitch, but it is still putting pressure on 0:30:04.160 --> 0:30:06.560 that elbow. So it has to get the Simmy John 0:30:06.600 --> 0:30:09.480 surgery has to get back to a certain point, and 0:30:09.680 --> 0:30:12.040 hell to a certain point before they're going to even 0:30:12.080 --> 0:30:15.480 allow him to swing. And so the Lner Colado ligament 0:30:15.600 --> 0:30:19.000 has to heal, the reconstruction, it has to heal because 0:30:19.040 --> 0:30:21.840 God forbid, he takes a swing and tears the u 0:30:21.960 --> 0:30:24.720 c L. And then you know we're talking two years 0:30:24.760 --> 0:30:28.080 two one, right, and so I mean I can't even 0:30:28.120 --> 0:30:30.160 think further than two months from now, but think about 0:30:30.240 --> 0:30:32.920 two years from now, right, And so I think this 0:30:33.040 --> 0:30:35.040 is a bad move to have him d H. If 0:30:35.080 --> 0:30:36.960 he's going to get one injury, he's got to get 0:30:37.000 --> 0:30:39.880 the other man, meaning he's got to he's got to 0:30:40.080 --> 0:30:43.880 basically be out the whole time. Um, numbers wise, Yeah, 0:30:43.920 --> 0:30:46.360 he's a great hitter, but um, you know that he's 0:30:46.360 --> 0:30:49.600 taking a big risk of damaging that U c L 0:30:49.720 --> 0:30:53.680 surgery further if he's going to d H. So no 0:30:53.960 --> 0:30:57.680 way by um opening day. I think it's at least 0:30:57.840 --> 0:31:00.640 made to June that he'll be back. If he's back, 0:31:00.720 --> 0:31:02.920 I'm telling you, this is one of those things where 0:31:02.960 --> 0:31:04.760 they make a decision and they decide, you know what, 0:31:04.840 --> 0:31:08.000 our investment is protected if we let him heal completely first. Yes, 0:31:08.120 --> 0:31:10.680 this is one of those things. I'm not interested in 0:31:10.760 --> 0:31:13.920 Otani this year because of that exact reason, because plans 0:31:14.000 --> 0:31:17.480 can change the the arm is so valuable even in 0:31:17.520 --> 0:31:19.920 a daily Transactionally, you don't even want him there. I'm 0:31:20.040 --> 0:31:24.320 just really nervous about it. Man. And this goes back 0:31:24.360 --> 0:31:25.840 to a lot of what we talked about last year 0:31:25.840 --> 0:31:29.240 with Otani. How you know it's gonna be tough for 0:31:29.480 --> 0:31:31.600 the team to manage, you know, him being a hitter 0:31:31.800 --> 0:31:33.320 versus being a picture and you know this is why 0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:36.200 we don't see a player like this all this often. Yes, 0:31:36.280 --> 0:31:38.320 he was the American League Rookie of the Year. He 0:31:38.400 --> 0:31:40.240 took the league by storm. He was awesome to watch, 0:31:40.360 --> 0:31:42.440 he was a great hitter. He was fun to watch 0:31:42.520 --> 0:31:44.959 as a picture as well. But it really really need 0:31:45.080 --> 0:31:47.040 needs to be smart about the way that they manage 0:31:47.080 --> 0:31:50.480 Otani heading into this season. Doc, we asked you about 0:31:50.480 --> 0:31:53.200 Corey Seeger and his hip surgery. Earlier on in the show, 0:31:53.280 --> 0:31:56.200 I want to ask you about Buster Posey now thirty 0:31:56.240 --> 0:31:59.040 one years old. He's gonna be thirty two come late March. 0:31:59.640 --> 0:32:03.000 Last season, in August, he one underwent season ending surgery 0:32:03.160 --> 0:32:05.600 to repair a micro fracture and laboring pair in his 0:32:05.760 --> 0:32:11.000 right hip. Um it sounds really bad for a catcher, Yes, 0:32:11.800 --> 0:32:13.760 big time, and you know because of his age and 0:32:13.800 --> 0:32:15.560 all the other injuries that he's had, I mean the 0:32:15.640 --> 0:32:17.520 wear and tear you guys know, for catcher, it's just 0:32:17.680 --> 0:32:20.400 just you know, it's like a running back in the NFL, right, 0:32:20.480 --> 0:32:23.240 and so they're their lifespan in the in the league 0:32:23.360 --> 0:32:25.880 is just it just gets uh, you know, for short 0:32:26.120 --> 0:32:30.720 shortened considerably by just being in that position alone. But um, 0:32:31.040 --> 0:32:33.760 you know, great four hip surgery, micro fractor surgery, and 0:32:33.800 --> 0:32:39.840 laboral pathology that they have to essentially repair. Um, you know, 0:32:40.280 --> 0:32:43.200 it is not something that he should be ready for 0:32:43.360 --> 0:32:47.960 opening day. His injury date, I believe um was in August, 0:32:48.040 --> 0:32:51.160 but his surgery was in October. So we're looking at 0:32:51.240 --> 0:32:54.240 at least you know, May to June when we feel 0:32:54.320 --> 0:32:57.320 that he'd be back to an HPF that is respectable 0:32:57.360 --> 0:33:01.880 at peak. So right now he's at you know, I 0:33:01.920 --> 0:33:04.880 don't you know, I know, I think the rumor has 0:33:04.920 --> 0:33:07.160 it that he's expected to be ready for opening Day. 0:33:07.520 --> 0:33:10.360 I don't see how um and if he is playing, 0:33:10.480 --> 0:33:13.080 then that the risk of injury. Right now, the risk 0:33:13.200 --> 0:33:16.840 is great because he's still recovering. But man, that I 0:33:17.000 --> 0:33:19.400 R C is probably going to be on opening day 0:33:20.720 --> 0:33:23.800 must prosy not expected to play catcher every day that 0:33:23.840 --> 0:33:26.240 he has been in draft him, Okay, don't draft him. 0:33:26.360 --> 0:33:28.360 That's it great, There's there's nothing else to say about 0:33:28.360 --> 0:33:31.240 bus proposing. Don't draft him. I know it's a terrible position. 0:33:31.800 --> 0:33:34.080 He is kind of like the last catcher. I mean, 0:33:34.120 --> 0:33:36.280 there's a huge gap in terms of ADP right now. 0:33:36.360 --> 0:33:39.440 He there's a top eight he's going pick on the 0:33:39.600 --> 0:33:43.520 ninth catcher is Danny Jenson going to pick? So that's 0:33:46.680 --> 0:33:49.160 that's a huge gap. And look, I know he's like 0:33:49.240 --> 0:33:53.080 the drop off of a tier, but I'm not drafting 0:33:54.320 --> 0:33:55.800 I don't. I don't see how he's gonna, you know, 0:33:55.880 --> 0:33:57.840 come close to playing as much as he has in 0:33:57.920 --> 0:33:59.880 the past. He was already starting to lose power. He 0:34:00.080 --> 0:34:03.240 turning into Joe Mauer from you know, a from a 0:34:03.360 --> 0:34:09.960 skill uh perspective, out two out buster pose out? Are 0:34:10.000 --> 0:34:13.400 you also out on Alex Reyes, who last year was 0:34:13.440 --> 0:34:16.080 coming back from his own Tommy John surgery comes back 0:34:16.160 --> 0:34:19.200 midway through the year. Uh, kind of excites everybody and 0:34:19.280 --> 0:34:21.439 then gets hurt again. There's a lot of hype around 0:34:21.440 --> 0:34:24.720 the forward top prospect use battle personal issues and obviously 0:34:25.000 --> 0:34:27.239 he battle the injuries now as well. We don't know 0:34:27.400 --> 0:34:29.080 if he's a reliever, we don't know if he's a starter. 0:34:29.320 --> 0:34:30.840 We just want to know if he's healthy. What you 0:34:30.880 --> 0:34:33.319 got for us, Doc, Yeah, I mean this is uh, 0:34:33.560 --> 0:34:36.200 you know, a clear cut example of a lot of 0:34:36.320 --> 0:34:39.240 time to heal. He even remember had Tommy John surgery 0:34:39.320 --> 0:34:42.680 in February of two thousand seventeen, and so recovered from 0:34:42.760 --> 0:34:45.800 that and then recovered. This is a torn lap tendon 0:34:46.120 --> 0:34:48.520 which looks like he know, you know, his injury date 0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:52.040 was in June, so he will have completely recovered from 0:34:52.120 --> 0:34:54.920 that injury already and he should be ready to go. 0:34:55.000 --> 0:34:58.759 I mean, we're projecting him already at peak HPF. He's 0:34:58.800 --> 0:35:01.239 a little bit injury risk elevated right now at four. 0:35:01.960 --> 0:35:05.000 But by the time opening day comes around, and if 0:35:05.040 --> 0:35:07.520 he doesn't have any setbacks. From a medical standpoint, you 0:35:07.520 --> 0:35:09.680 should be healed from these injuries, and his numbers look 0:35:09.719 --> 0:35:16.400 pretty good. Okay, that's actually very positive as a breakout candidate. Definitely. 0:35:16.400 --> 0:35:17.920 I don't I don't know what people forget about him. 0:35:17.920 --> 0:35:19.920 Excited to talk about him in the future. Yeah, I mean, 0:35:20.000 --> 0:35:21.719 I think the innings pitch will always kind of be 0:35:21.760 --> 0:35:23.600 a concern, especially this year. I don't know that you 0:35:23.640 --> 0:35:27.600 could project him for more than thirty I think that 0:35:27.600 --> 0:35:30.400 would be aggressive. But you know, when he's on the field, 0:35:30.440 --> 0:35:33.240 he could be very, very good. Stop speaking of pictures 0:35:33.280 --> 0:35:36.160 that are returning from injuries. Two years ago, the last 0:35:36.200 --> 0:35:38.400 time we saw Jimmy Nelson, he was very good whenever 0:35:38.480 --> 0:35:40.399 he was on the field, and a lot of people 0:35:40.480 --> 0:35:43.080 took late stabs on him last year in drafts and 0:35:43.280 --> 0:35:47.800 he ultimately ended up not pitching. What what was the injury? 0:35:47.920 --> 0:35:50.320 To be exact with Jimmy Nelson's expect him to be 0:35:50.440 --> 0:35:53.359 back to this year since he's had so much time 0:35:53.440 --> 0:35:56.279 to rest and rehab. Yeah, I mean, this is the thing. 0:35:56.440 --> 0:36:01.840 From injury recovery standpoint, his numbers look great. Um, you know, 0:36:02.080 --> 0:36:04.640 the injury date was September of two thousand, seventeen. He 0:36:04.680 --> 0:36:08.359 had a he had a significant rotator cuff strain, which 0:36:08.480 --> 0:36:11.360 means probably a partial tear at least, and then a 0:36:11.440 --> 0:36:14.920 starting pitcher and the throwing shoulder that's literally treated like 0:36:15.000 --> 0:36:17.680 a Grade four type injury. And then he also had 0:36:17.680 --> 0:36:21.120 a partial uh anterior labor tear, which is you know, 0:36:21.239 --> 0:36:24.880 again uh, something that if it's not repaired, especially for 0:36:24.920 --> 0:36:28.040 the repetition that a picture has, uh you know, then 0:36:28.080 --> 0:36:29.719 it caused lots of problems in the future. So he 0:36:29.760 --> 0:36:32.239 got shut down, he got repaired, and it's been a 0:36:32.360 --> 0:36:36.280 long time. So his HPF is at nineties seven percent, 0:36:36.440 --> 0:36:38.359 his injury risk is at four and a half percent, 0:36:38.440 --> 0:36:41.200 which is very low. And so numbers and metrics everything 0:36:41.280 --> 0:36:44.480 looks good. Here's the issue and this is not I'm 0:36:44.600 --> 0:36:48.000 saying this outside of the data metrics, which is he 0:36:48.160 --> 0:36:51.839 hasn't been in Major League baseball speed for over a year, 0:36:52.120 --> 0:36:54.880 and so it's going to be very very interesting to 0:36:54.960 --> 0:36:57.800 see when he first comes back, how he handles that 0:36:58.000 --> 0:37:00.359 and if his power and his the law a city 0:37:00.480 --> 0:37:02.640 and all of that stuff is still the same. And 0:37:02.719 --> 0:37:04.920 there you go. That's that's the latest one comes the 0:37:05.000 --> 0:37:06.719 Jimmy Nelson has been a long time since we've seen 0:37:06.800 --> 0:37:08.759 on Emil E. MoU and hopefully you know was back 0:37:08.800 --> 0:37:11.200 in the Jimmy Nelson that we fell book well years ago. 0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:14.279 We'll say dr a inside injuries. We appreciate the time 0:37:14.280 --> 0:37:15.759 as always and we look forward to talking to you 0:37:15.880 --> 0:37:18.880 next week. Great guys, Thanks, have a good week. Awesome 0:37:19.160 --> 0:37:20.440 a lot of you guys. We gotta get to you. 0:37:20.480 --> 0:37:23.200 Gregory Block who comes up labor to I'm sorry, d 0:37:23.440 --> 0:37:26.120 Goorius as well. We'll be back with more in Carlos 0:37:26.200 --> 0:37:28.359 Correa and Michael Brantley will wrap up the conversation. Alex 0:37:28.440 --> 0:37:34.719 Pegman too. Next week. The Fantasy Sports Network is hitting 0:37:34.719 --> 0:37:37.000 you from all angles with the best fantasy sports and 0:37:37.080 --> 0:37:39.600 betting analysis. 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The last 0:40:06.360 --> 0:40:09.319 thing you need to hear involving him heard from Doc, 0:40:09.440 --> 0:40:11.839 I mean, you know, part of his maturity as a hitter. 0:40:12.040 --> 0:40:16.040 And look again, a hundred runs hundred RBIs last year 0:40:16.480 --> 0:40:18.360 with everything that happened in the Astro's line up, with 0:40:18.680 --> 0:40:20.920 Carl's corea constantly in and out of the lineup, with 0:40:21.520 --> 0:40:23.960 Josel two a missing time and not being himself, and 0:40:24.000 --> 0:40:26.040 now they add a guy like Michael Brantley as well. 0:40:26.080 --> 0:40:27.760 I mean, there's a lot of reasons to be excited 0:40:27.800 --> 0:40:30.680 about this lineup, but in particular Alex Bregman, who's only 0:40:30.719 --> 0:40:34.320 getting better every single season. I'm definitely on him. What 0:40:34.440 --> 0:40:37.560 Dr A said that the power, it's real and can 0:40:37.640 --> 0:40:39.879 actually improve that those bone chips are gone. I don't 0:40:39.880 --> 0:40:41.640 want to go that far, but how would you feel 0:40:41.640 --> 0:40:46.279 about a start of Bregman de Graham team Team USA? 0:40:47.719 --> 0:40:53.279 How I feel with you? That's what it feels like. Um, 0:40:53.480 --> 0:40:55.319 how I feel you even pull that off? I don't 0:40:55.320 --> 0:40:56.839 know it would get a DP and see if that's 0:40:56.840 --> 0:40:58.719 even possible. I think I have it up. I was like, 0:40:59.200 --> 0:41:01.160 ext by accident, you could do it in a twelve 0:41:01.200 --> 0:41:03.919 team league because the GRAM is pick eleven point seven 0:41:05.160 --> 0:41:07.680 and three. So in a fifteen team or you're not 0:41:07.719 --> 0:41:10.040 getting that, Yeah, fifteen team or it's more likely you 0:41:10.120 --> 0:41:14.239 get Bregman and in a twelve team league it could 0:41:14.239 --> 0:41:16.000 happen at the turn for you. I actually have the 0:41:16.080 --> 0:41:19.440 updated NFBC where I took you even much smaller sample 0:41:19.480 --> 0:41:23.319 sided Frank February exactly. Yeah, they're going back to back 0:41:23.360 --> 0:41:26.919 eleven twelve Yeah alright, so unless it's a twelve team league. 0:41:26.960 --> 0:41:28.319 You're not gonna be able to pull that off. Would 0:41:28.320 --> 0:41:29.640 How would you feel about your team if it was 0:41:29.680 --> 0:41:34.520 bregman Verlanders start first two picks? I'm not great, Okay, 0:41:35.840 --> 0:41:40.040 I feel okay. It's so interesting because, like I'm looking at, 0:41:40.120 --> 0:41:42.040 I know, if you're getting the first round and you 0:41:42.080 --> 0:41:43.920 want a starting pitcher, then you're likely going to take 0:41:44.000 --> 0:41:46.800 the gram Sore for sale. And then in the second 0:41:46.920 --> 0:41:48.759 round you're gonna get a hitter, but you're not gonna 0:41:48.760 --> 0:41:50.680 get Bregmant So I know even really second round you'll 0:41:50.680 --> 0:41:53.080 get a guy like Aaron Judge. You don't want to 0:41:53.160 --> 0:41:56.520 learning more than anything, I think, Frank, this first round 0:41:57.480 --> 0:41:59.520 it's very different than first rounds we've seen over the 0:41:59.560 --> 0:42:02.640 past couple of years. Like normally they're relatively similar, but 0:42:04.520 --> 0:42:06.920 after your like top seven or so according to the NFBC, 0:42:07.400 --> 0:42:09.880 it's very very different. Like all right, Erronado's in there 0:42:09.920 --> 0:42:11.960 and Trout and bets. Yeah, that's what I've noticed about this. 0:42:14.080 --> 0:42:16.839 There's a top five or six consensus. Yeah, we're gonna 0:42:16.880 --> 0:42:18.920 talk with Modico about this. Really, the first round a 0:42:18.960 --> 0:42:21.640 lot on Monday, and then it's kind of like take 0:42:21.680 --> 0:42:24.680 your pick whoever you prefer. A lot of these guys 0:42:24.880 --> 0:42:26.400 were just not the guys that we have seen in 0:42:26.440 --> 0:42:29.880 the first round. Christian Yellis, Ronald Kunia, de gram Bregman, 0:42:30.280 --> 0:42:33.120 Chris Sale, Hobby Bayas. Then you get into the more 0:42:33.200 --> 0:42:35.239 traditional way you can think the first rounders, right like 0:42:35.440 --> 0:42:39.680 your power hitters of Freeman, Judge, Machado, Harper, gold Schmidt. 0:42:39.840 --> 0:42:41.279 All these guys are in the second round, which is 0:42:41.360 --> 0:42:43.920 crazy to me because they're they're your theoretical first rounders, 0:42:44.000 --> 0:42:45.960 and you know, it's it's crazy that they're all going 0:42:46.040 --> 0:42:48.000 right in that middle, that pack in the second round. 0:42:48.040 --> 0:42:50.680 Like I love being in that spot where you get Harper, 0:42:50.800 --> 0:42:54.960 Judge Harper, Judge Machado, Freeman, gold Schmidt standing like I 0:42:55.080 --> 0:42:57.600 love that. Like now that's that, That's that's a great 0:42:57.640 --> 0:43:00.279 spot to be it. I think here's the problem, Greg, 0:43:00.719 --> 0:43:02.799 if you wait until the end of the third round 0:43:03.400 --> 0:43:06.440 in a fifteen team draft for a picture. Here, here 0:43:06.440 --> 0:43:08.080 are your options. Here, here's what you're gonna get your 0:43:08.160 --> 0:43:16.040 sp one Walker Bueller, No A Sinder, Guard, Patrick Corbyn, 0:43:17.000 --> 0:43:20.239 James Paxson. What about Kershaw? Kirshaw was like right on 0:43:20.280 --> 0:43:22.279 the cut off, He's right around there, he's going to 0:43:22.320 --> 0:43:25.839 pick forty nine. Walker Bueler is going forty one point four. 0:43:26.800 --> 0:43:28.560 So what if you start if you started out with 0:43:28.760 --> 0:43:33.320 you know, I understand that, but like the upside, we 0:43:33.360 --> 0:43:35.080 know what it is and Modique is not on Kershaw. 0:43:35.120 --> 0:43:39.760 This year, you started your draft bra Bregman, Bregman, Judgeman 0:43:39.880 --> 0:43:43.040 Judge and then go with Kershaw and another picture in 0:43:43.120 --> 0:43:52.359 the fourth You know, I'm just asking, uh, And that's 0:43:52.360 --> 0:43:54.320 what it comes down to. That's what I said yesterday. 0:43:55.160 --> 0:43:57.920 I don't want Kershaw to be my sp one. I mean, 0:43:58.200 --> 0:44:02.719 how can you trust them for more? I don't. I don't. 0:44:02.719 --> 0:44:06.000 I won't be here. But let's ask dr about Kershaw tomorrow. 0:44:07.040 --> 0:44:08.359 I remember we had him on the show last year. 0:44:08.360 --> 0:44:09.879 You said he wouldn't be surprised if in a couple 0:44:09.880 --> 0:44:13.240 of years Kershaw becomes a relief pitch, which is crazy 0:44:13.280 --> 0:44:18.040 to imagine, but trust dr Ay, he's back like back injury. 0:44:18.080 --> 0:44:22.680 For Kershaw, It's it's chronic. It's always going to be there. Now, 0:44:22.719 --> 0:44:24.840 you can get lucky if a guy like Carrasco or 0:44:24.880 --> 0:44:27.120 Severino falls to you in the third round. I think 0:44:27.120 --> 0:44:29.040 I can live with that. I think I can live 0:44:29.080 --> 0:44:32.239 with one of those guys is my sp one team league. 0:44:32.800 --> 0:44:34.839 But Carl's Krass was going to pick thirty six, that's 0:44:34.880 --> 0:44:37.440 the middle of the third round. So with Severino, they're 0:44:37.480 --> 0:44:39.719 going to pick seven, that's the middle of the third 0:44:39.840 --> 0:44:42.680 round of a fifteen team draft. In a twelve team league, 0:44:42.719 --> 0:44:44.120 you're getting those guys at the end of the third 0:44:44.200 --> 0:44:46.640 round that you can pull off. That I feel better 0:44:46.680 --> 0:44:48.640 about in a twelve team league if you could start 0:44:48.880 --> 0:44:51.560 Regman Judge. Because if I play in a rod A league, 0:44:51.680 --> 0:44:53.640 I'm taking an outfielder with one of my first three 0:44:53.719 --> 0:44:56.560 round picks. I have no choice. Start five outfielders. You 0:44:56.640 --> 0:44:59.160 gotta get one of them in the first three rounds. 0:45:00.160 --> 0:45:02.680 I would start, you know, Regman Judge, and then I 0:45:02.719 --> 0:45:04.759 get like a Carrasco or sevenre you not at the 0:45:04.840 --> 0:45:07.239 end of the third round in twelve league. That yeah, 0:45:07.239 --> 0:45:08.839 I like that too. I like that a lot. Let's 0:45:08.840 --> 0:45:11.000 get back to the astros, though, and let's particularly dive 0:45:11.080 --> 0:45:13.640 a little bit deeper here on Carlos Korea. Not exactly 0:45:13.680 --> 0:45:16.160 a glowing report um on Korea when it came from 0:45:16.280 --> 0:45:18.480 dr A, but another one of these astros. It's just 0:45:18.520 --> 0:45:21.879 really battled injuries throughout last year. Obviously the form number 0:45:21.920 --> 0:45:24.120 one overall pick for the Houston Astros. Another one of 0:45:24.160 --> 0:45:27.759 these guys. It's just twenty four years old. Last year, 0:45:28.560 --> 0:45:31.600 the second consecutive year, really only played in a hundred 0:45:31.600 --> 0:45:34.160 and ten games, fifteen homers, which was down, I mean 0:45:34.239 --> 0:45:36.680 down across the board right home runs, runs, rv i s. 0:45:36.680 --> 0:45:38.840 He doesn't run at all anymore. He strikes out more 0:45:38.880 --> 0:45:42.240 than Bragman and and LTDA walks as good over ten percent. 0:45:42.520 --> 0:45:47.839 The average was horrific, absolutely horrific last year. How much 0:45:47.880 --> 0:45:49.400 does that do the injury? That's where we had to 0:45:49.440 --> 0:45:51.200 figure out he's had his back injury. As we said 0:45:51.239 --> 0:45:53.440 that just leaders he says he feels a million percent healthy. 0:45:53.880 --> 0:45:56.319 We know that backs could kind of just uh, as 0:45:56.400 --> 0:46:01.040 Frank mentioned with Kershaw, kind of crop up at any moment. Frank, 0:46:01.960 --> 0:46:05.640 what is your opinion here on Carlos Cray. I'm scared man. 0:46:06.080 --> 0:46:08.040 You mentioned it. Back to back seasons a hundred and 0:46:08.120 --> 0:46:11.800 ten games. Last year in a hundred nine games, the 0:46:12.080 --> 0:46:15.680 production didn't fall off in when he missed time. He 0:46:15.719 --> 0:46:18.279 still hit twenty four home runs. He was on a 0:46:18.440 --> 0:46:20.600 great pace. You know, if he if he played hundred 0:46:20.600 --> 0:46:23.319 and fifty plus games, he was hitting thirty plus home runs. 0:46:23.440 --> 0:46:25.600 He was giving you a hundred RBIs, a hundred runs scored. 0:46:25.719 --> 0:46:28.279 He's batting over three hundred. He was phenomenal two years ago, 0:46:28.640 --> 0:46:30.520 but it is two years now in a row where 0:46:30.560 --> 0:46:33.160 he's played right around a hundred and ten games. Last 0:46:33.239 --> 0:46:36.279 year really started to affect his production. You heard Dr 0:46:36.360 --> 0:46:40.239 A talk about these core injuries, your back, your oblique. 0:46:40.520 --> 0:46:45.960 You watched Carlo's career. He swings with a lot of ferocity. Um, Look, 0:46:46.000 --> 0:46:49.240 he had seven p s last year. It just clearly 0:46:49.320 --> 0:46:52.840 affected his production. Twenty nine percent hard hit rate, whereas 0:46:53.160 --> 0:46:55.040 you know the two previous years he was thirty seven 0:46:55.120 --> 0:46:57.160 percent and thirty nine percent. He was trending up in 0:46:57.200 --> 0:47:00.200 the right direction. He was getting better. This is one 0:47:00.239 --> 0:47:02.239 of these are one of those risky picks in the 0:47:02.360 --> 0:47:04.560 fourth or fifth round that can win you a draft. 0:47:04.960 --> 0:47:06.800 He can return first round value. He can be a 0:47:06.840 --> 0:47:09.480 three hundred plus hitter, hit thirty bombs hit, you know, 0:47:09.520 --> 0:47:12.160 a hundred runs, a hundred RBIs. If he can stay healthy. 0:47:12.160 --> 0:47:14.840 In the actual's line up, it's a great lineup, and 0:47:14.920 --> 0:47:18.000 it looked like he was destined first stardom. But it's 0:47:18.040 --> 0:47:21.520 also you know, at that point it's the ultimate risk 0:47:21.560 --> 0:47:24.040 reward pick because if he plays a hundred games again, 0:47:24.239 --> 0:47:26.560 he plays a hundred ten games, and he's not even 0:47:26.960 --> 0:47:29.360 what he was two years ago, where at least that 0:47:29.520 --> 0:47:32.280 year when he was playing, he was still Carlos Correa. 0:47:32.480 --> 0:47:36.800 Last year when he was playing, he was seven p 0:47:37.000 --> 0:47:40.840 s guy. That's a replacement level player that's lessan Lee average. 0:47:43.000 --> 0:47:46.680 So it's risky, it's risky. It's the ultimate risk reward 0:47:46.719 --> 0:47:48.319 pick right now that I see in that fourth fifth 0:47:48.360 --> 0:47:50.839 round range, and you know who's going right around him, 0:47:50.880 --> 0:47:53.600 Greg the guy that we love, Tommy Fan. Are you 0:47:53.600 --> 0:47:55.959 gonna take Carlos Currey over guy like Tommy Fan? Where 0:47:56.440 --> 0:47:58.319 all right, he has some injury risk himself the past 0:47:58.360 --> 0:48:01.080 couple of years, but finally has a place where he's 0:48:01.120 --> 0:48:03.800 gonna play every single day, and in roto leagues you 0:48:03.880 --> 0:48:08.000 need those outfielders. Are you handing up Suarez? Another guy 0:48:08.080 --> 0:48:10.680 going right around Carlos Correa, another guy who's only getting 0:48:10.719 --> 0:48:13.200 better every single year, and a stack line up with 0:48:13.239 --> 0:48:17.120 the Cincinnati Reds. Carlos Carea is the ultimate wild card 0:48:17.200 --> 0:48:20.799 this year, ultimate risk reward pick. There are just other 0:48:20.840 --> 0:48:22.520 players that I like in that range. Did you have 0:48:22.640 --> 0:48:28.640 Carlos care Jean Siagura A good question. They both play shortstop, 0:48:28.840 --> 0:48:31.160 and uh, it's the it's the stability of Jean Siagura. 0:48:31.239 --> 0:48:34.759 You know what you're gonna get from him depends what 0:48:34.880 --> 0:48:37.160 kind of player you are. Me. I mean, my first 0:48:37.239 --> 0:48:41.239 thought is Jean Siagura, because you know, I like knowing 0:48:41.320 --> 0:48:43.520 what I'm gonna get. But if you're a riskier player, 0:48:43.560 --> 0:48:44.920 you want to shoot for the upside, you want to 0:48:44.960 --> 0:48:47.480 shoot for the moon. Alo Carea is your pick there, 0:48:47.920 --> 0:48:50.719 Jean Siagura. Look, I think he's gonna give me to 0:48:50.960 --> 0:48:52.879 a D plus batting average. He's gonna give me runs. 0:48:52.920 --> 0:48:54.319 He's in a good line up with the Phillies. He's 0:48:54.360 --> 0:48:58.720 gonna still steal me at least basses doesn't kill your power. 0:48:59.320 --> 0:49:03.000 Twelve to fifty home runs. Carlos Korea, no doubt, has 0:49:03.080 --> 0:49:06.960 more upside, he also has more downside. The order to 0:49:07.239 --> 0:49:12.239 describe Carlos Correa scared, I would stay nervous. I would 0:49:12.239 --> 0:49:16.680 say nervous. Would you take Correa or Cigara? It's really 0:49:16.719 --> 0:49:19.160 hard because the upside of Correa is the first round pick, right, 0:49:19.239 --> 0:49:21.080 like we talked about it, like if you're playing, if 0:49:21.080 --> 0:49:23.000 you're playing the NFBC and you're playing for an overall, 0:49:24.480 --> 0:49:26.200 so you go to that. I almost relate this to 0:49:26.320 --> 0:49:27.759 the question we talked a lot about in fantasy. I 0:49:27.840 --> 0:49:29.200 will play for first or do you want to play 0:49:29.280 --> 0:49:31.960 for third or four? We stood by this avantage football season, right, 0:49:31.960 --> 0:49:33.440 we do it all the time, where like which guy 0:49:33.520 --> 0:49:35.360 do you take later? Like risks later on? Though you 0:49:35.400 --> 0:49:38.120 know risking you know the nine tenth round plus on. 0:49:38.360 --> 0:49:43.399 I know we talk a lot, dude about who could 0:49:43.440 --> 0:49:45.439 be a first rounder, who could return first round value 0:49:45.480 --> 0:49:48.600 in these middle rounds. Carlos Gray is one of those guys. 0:49:49.280 --> 0:49:53.239 He has that ability and that's what probably and you're right, 0:49:53.280 --> 0:49:55.040 it depends what how a player you are makes me 0:49:55.120 --> 0:49:58.360 take Correa over Cigara, I think, and I think you 0:49:58.440 --> 0:50:01.520 mentioned Tommy Famine, like you want that third outfielder. I 0:50:01.640 --> 0:50:05.600 get it, but second outfielder. Most people use the second outfielder, 0:50:05.600 --> 0:50:08.680 you know, Tommy fam in the fifth round about roster 0:50:08.760 --> 0:50:11.359 can You're not gonna get Tommy fam is your third 0:50:11.400 --> 0:50:15.120 outfielder unless you by the fifth round you need to 0:50:15.160 --> 0:50:19.120 have two outfielders already, which means ultimately your infield is 0:50:19.120 --> 0:50:20.720 going to be suffering from that or even you're starting 0:50:20.719 --> 0:50:23.560 pitching league, So Tommy fam is gonna end up being 0:50:23.560 --> 0:50:25.600 a lot of people's second outfielder this year, which I 0:50:25.680 --> 0:50:28.680 don't hate. I probably want him as my outfield three 0:50:28.680 --> 0:50:31.080 as well. But again, you gotta dig deep, you gotta 0:50:31.120 --> 0:50:33.680 find those and you can probably pull it off, because 0:50:33.920 --> 0:50:35.480 as of right now, you know there are first base 0:50:35.520 --> 0:50:37.000 and then I like that are going later on in draft. 0:50:37.120 --> 0:50:39.560 Jose Brave, I like him a lot already. Matt Olsen, 0:50:39.640 --> 0:50:42.160 I like him a lot, their second baseman going on later, 0:50:42.360 --> 0:50:44.839 Rugnado Door that I like. You can find guys later 0:50:44.920 --> 0:50:47.400 on in the infield. You know you can pull off 0:50:47.440 --> 0:50:50.800 Tommy fam is your third outfielder. You definitely could with that. 0:50:50.960 --> 0:50:53.680 We're gonna sign off of YouTube before we start. Michael Brantley, 0:50:53.680 --> 0:50:55.120 I don't want to kind of stop in the middle 0:50:55.160 --> 0:50:58.480 of that. So come next it's the Fantasy Football Frenzy, 0:50:58.560 --> 0:51:01.960 So stay tuned for that. 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He has 0:51:32.920 --> 0:51:36.160 these heat maps, um that he shows like which players 0:51:36.200 --> 0:51:38.080 you should be, you know, targeting your drafts, which guys 0:51:38.080 --> 0:51:41.400 are undervalued. Right now, he's done, like you know how 0:51:41.560 --> 0:51:44.480 Jim Day does like a hundred best ball Football drafts, 0:51:45.280 --> 0:51:48.880 Our buddy, he's already done like fifty, and he's like 0:51:49.920 --> 0:51:51.480 confident he's gonna cash and all of them because he 0:51:51.520 --> 0:51:54.160 has this down to like a science science science. He 0:51:54.239 --> 0:51:56.520 really is. He used to do like trading and stuff, 0:51:56.960 --> 0:51:59.000 so he kind of like he looks at it from 0:51:59.000 --> 0:52:01.040 a completely different person. Active. It's gonna be cool to 0:52:01.080 --> 0:52:03.919 talk to him. All right. With that, we are going 0:52:04.080 --> 0:52:06.600 to as I said signed off on YouTube and get 0:52:06.680 --> 0:52:09.040 into our final player. We're gonna really break down today. 0:52:09.080 --> 0:52:11.360 And that's a fourth the fourth astro, and that's Michael 0:52:11.360 --> 0:52:13.440 Brantley and I think that Michael Brantley has never been 0:52:13.640 --> 0:52:16.239 his talent. That's absolutely never been an issue. It's his 0:52:16.280 --> 0:52:19.000 ability to stay healthy. Last year he did and he 0:52:19.040 --> 0:52:22.239 turned into a nice contract year from the Houston Astros. 0:52:22.360 --> 0:52:25.920 We've been winning for that Astro prospect. Uh, Kyle Tucker 0:52:26.040 --> 0:52:29.000 mainly to come up and really be a star, I 0:52:29.040 --> 0:52:31.040 mean another one of these young superstars, the ash Strows, 0:52:31.040 --> 0:52:33.000 and it just has not happened. Kyle Tucker, Derek Fisher 0:52:33.239 --> 0:52:35.239 both come to mind here. So the Astus kind of 0:52:35.239 --> 0:52:36.360 took it into their own hands, like, you know what 0:52:37.360 --> 0:52:39.760 about surprise you it although like if Kyle Tucker overtakes 0:52:39.840 --> 0:52:42.080 Josh Reddick's job, it wouldn't surprise me. I love Josh 0:52:42.080 --> 0:52:46.400 redd Stop. It's like you and Nando. I remember, So 0:52:46.480 --> 0:52:50.080 it wasn't any that was a that was a want Reddick. 0:52:50.160 --> 0:52:53.959 Nando hated Josh Good. He was good in that league. Sure, 0:52:54.120 --> 0:52:58.880 thank you to find good Good. Nevertheless, Michael Brantley in 0:52:59.040 --> 0:53:01.719 slots in that Outfiel as a starter and the talent, 0:53:01.800 --> 0:53:04.120 the talent's there, it's can you stay healthy? Pretty much 0:53:04.239 --> 0:53:07.600 the entire Astro's team, it's the same, it's the same conundrum. 0:53:07.840 --> 0:53:10.279 They're awesome. Can they stay healthy? Are you buying Michael 0:53:10.280 --> 0:53:14.160 Brantley being back to full health to a certain extent. Look, 0:53:14.160 --> 0:53:15.920 I love him for points leagues. I love him in 0:53:16.040 --> 0:53:19.400 O B P leagues. Um, you know, specifically because he 0:53:19.400 --> 0:53:21.360 doesn't strike out a lot, he walks a lot. He 0:53:21.440 --> 0:53:23.680 makes a lot of contact. You know, I mentioned earlier 0:53:23.719 --> 0:53:26.000 in the show that Alex bregman swinging strike rate last 0:53:26.040 --> 0:53:28.600 year was four point two percent. The guy does not 0:53:28.840 --> 0:53:30.759 swing and miss. He makes a lot of contact. There 0:53:30.840 --> 0:53:32.800 was one player in baseball better than him. That was 0:53:32.840 --> 0:53:36.239 Michael Brandley four percent swinging strike rate. He walks a 0:53:36.320 --> 0:53:38.560 decent amount. He doesn't strike out. So if you play 0:53:38.600 --> 0:53:40.280 in points leagues, he's gonna hit a ton of doubles. 0:53:40.400 --> 0:53:42.520 He's gonna be in a great lineup. Roster Resource has 0:53:42.600 --> 0:53:45.279 Michael Brandley batting fifth in the Astroll's lineup right now. 0:53:46.080 --> 0:53:51.080 But for Rodo he's just a little boring. I guess 0:53:51.120 --> 0:53:53.319 you could say, Look, he had three oh nine last year. 0:53:53.840 --> 0:53:56.000 He's gonna give you batting average, he's gonna give you runs. 0:53:56.280 --> 0:53:58.080 He's gonna he's not gonna hit for a ton of power. 0:53:58.080 --> 0:54:00.400 He only had seventeen home runs, but it's again it's 0:54:00.400 --> 0:54:01.840 a it's a good park to hit in, not a 0:54:01.880 --> 0:54:03.640 great park anymore. It's a good park to hit in. 0:54:04.120 --> 0:54:06.000 But he's surrounded by a lot of good players, So 0:54:06.239 --> 0:54:08.319 I do think that they're is a great opportunity here 0:54:08.360 --> 0:54:10.760 for runs and r B. I s for Michael Brantley 0:54:10.880 --> 0:54:14.160 this year. Um, he's just kind of like, why you know, 0:54:14.239 --> 0:54:16.720 he doesn't like do anything that stands out the batting average, 0:54:16.760 --> 0:54:20.520 which you know where you're getting him hast pick one hundred, 0:54:21.000 --> 0:54:24.600 Michael Brantley, Gon pick one twenty. So I mean, it's 0:54:24.719 --> 0:54:27.359 not the easiest thing to find great batting average there. 0:54:27.440 --> 0:54:30.040 These guys gonnaive you three batting average. To me, he's 0:54:30.120 --> 0:54:32.680 a guy that stands out more so in points leagues 0:54:32.680 --> 0:54:34.759 and ob p leagues. Yeah, I completely agree with you. 0:54:35.040 --> 0:54:37.319 I think, like what we said, it's when he's healthy, 0:54:37.360 --> 0:54:39.760 he's the same guy. He's the same guy every years 0:54:39.840 --> 0:54:41.560 he's fine. And that if he played a hundred and 0:54:41.560 --> 0:54:44.040 forty three games last year, the year before that, ninety 0:54:44.200 --> 0:54:48.360 year before that, eleven. So yeah, there's been it was 0:54:48.400 --> 0:54:50.560 a long time before Michael Brantley was healthy. It was 0:54:50.600 --> 0:54:52.399 great to see him healthy. And what's so good about 0:54:52.480 --> 0:54:54.080 him and points Leaves and Frank describe it really well. 0:54:54.080 --> 0:54:56.640 It doesn't strike out, he doesn't really walk. The ob 0:54:56.719 --> 0:54:59.520 p is awesome. He'll be all across the board and 0:54:59.560 --> 0:55:01.520 a really good at it. With Houston, it only should 0:55:01.520 --> 0:55:04.279 be good where you're getting around pick On, there's nothing. 0:55:04.280 --> 0:55:07.680 There's who's only around him? Right, I'm happy you asked, 0:55:07.719 --> 0:55:10.360 you're on You're on the clock, right, Okay. Michael Brantley, 0:55:10.960 --> 0:55:14.600 David Peralta or Andrew McCutchen. Those are the three outfielers 0:55:14.600 --> 0:55:18.359 that are going between picks one and one thirty four. 0:55:18.560 --> 0:55:20.640 I would feel very comfortable taking Michael Brantley. I had 0:55:20.680 --> 0:55:24.640 of both those guys easily, really yeah, easily, yeah. I 0:55:24.680 --> 0:55:27.399 mean McCutcheon far Rodo doesn't really stand out anymore either. 0:55:28.120 --> 0:55:30.879 David Peralta though he's a hype guy. He's a hype guy. 0:55:30.880 --> 0:55:32.840 He's absolutely hype guy. This ye mean, you know he 0:55:32.960 --> 0:55:34.600 hit a lot more home runs last year. I know 0:55:34.680 --> 0:55:37.799 he hit the ball harder. Um So look, I haven't 0:55:37.840 --> 0:55:41.160 done my outfield rankings yet. Um I think as of 0:55:41.239 --> 0:55:46.040 nowglab right what all the struggles miserably agains lefties. I 0:55:46.120 --> 0:55:47.520 think he usually does. I don't know how he did 0:55:47.600 --> 0:55:51.680 last year. I think it was miserable as usual. I 0:55:51.760 --> 0:55:53.160 look and it splits a lot. Greg, I don't know 0:55:53.200 --> 0:55:55.680 about I want. I want guys that are gonna play 0:55:55.840 --> 0:55:58.120 every day, and you know, in this day and age 0:55:58.160 --> 0:55:59.960 in baseball, it's hard to find. I mean, so many 0:56:00.080 --> 0:56:02.600 teams are moving into analytics where they platoon guys who's 0:56:02.640 --> 0:56:07.200 thirty seven batting average last years? You know what, I'm 0:56:07.239 --> 0:56:09.239 probably just not taking a outfielder there. If I'm just 0:56:09.280 --> 0:56:11.560 being on, I mean, I'm probably going to take that direction. 0:56:12.360 --> 0:56:14.239 Any of those guys really excite me all that much. 0:56:16.400 --> 0:56:18.759 Taking Michael Bradley, he out the off fielders. Who else 0:56:18.840 --> 0:56:26.680 is there? Uh? There is Kyle Hendricks, starting pitcher, Carlos Martinez, 0:56:26.800 --> 0:56:29.759 and I'd probably take that shot. Interesting probably take that shot. 0:56:30.320 --> 0:56:32.200 You got some closes in here. You have Kirby Yates 0:56:32.320 --> 0:56:36.200 old boy, referred to by Chris Venter old boy, Kirby Yates, 0:56:36.360 --> 0:56:39.000 Bry's my favorite guy, these guys, Wade Davis, you get 0:56:39.040 --> 0:56:43.160 the Rockies closer, Wilson Rambo's. That's probably where I'm going. 0:56:43.360 --> 0:56:47.080 That's where I'm taking my first catcher. Greg ninth eighth, 0:56:47.239 --> 0:56:50.359 ninth tenth round in Roto League. Probably take my first 0:56:50.400 --> 0:56:52.160 catcher there. I'll take a guy like Wilson Rommos. I 0:56:52.160 --> 0:56:56.239 love Wilson Rommos can't quitter. You can't take them with 0:56:56.320 --> 0:56:59.920 you to get to your drafts. Let's call Meds Gimman 0:57:00.000 --> 0:57:07.480 were by Michael Brantley. Uh boring, I'll say, fine, points, 0:57:07.920 --> 0:57:09.759 Corey and the Frenzies up next. You don't hear anything 0:57:09.760 --> 0:57:12.800 about Michael Brantley for fresh stample all Greg Sauceber lottery tomorrow, 0:57:13.440 --> 0:57:13.960 we hope