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And as always, Chris 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.360 Pavona is gonna be with me holding it down. So 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:25.840 we gotta pull up there right now. In that f 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:28.840 n T s Y radio Twitter handle that you can follow, 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:31.560 you could also holler or follow me at Spitting Speeds. 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.000 Which about this weekend are you most interested in? Is 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.080 that the Derby is the big fight out in Vegas? 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:39.440 Is that the NBA playoffs? Is that the NHL playoffs. 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:41.920 We're gonna discuss all this when we get back. Some 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.320 interesting responses to the poll. We'll check in on that. 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:46.320 If you want to holler at me you candidate four 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.280 four eight four three six eight seven nine, come all 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:52.040 right back. This is Dane Martinez, Speeds and Spitting Statistician 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.360 with the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports 0:02:55.480 --> 0:03:03.920 Radio Network. You know what it is, your boy, Dame Martinez, 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:06.079 bring you back live on the Fantasy Freestyle here on 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.799 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. I got Chris Bovona, went 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.080 me on the ones and two, dropping the beats so 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.320 hot that we sweat steam and if Chris Bovona is 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:15.200 in the building, you know it's a Friday. As we 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:20.160 slide into happy hour on Sinko there mao here at 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:25.840 Rock and Riley's Studio thirty four. Check it out. Though, Um, Chris, 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.960 you know that people in Mexico don't actually care about 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:33.200 Sinco de Mayo or celebrate Sinco de Mayo. I actually 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:34.800 want to want to give a big shout out to 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.520 my man uh guy who was on the show previously, 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:41.280 Dan de fasci Um. He's known in Mexico as a 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:44.480 gringo and he's opening up his second restaurant in Mexico City. 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.040 If you're ever down there, go out and check out 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:48.720 the Pinch Gringo. Um News and notes. Though, as we 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:52.000 move along on the baseball calendar, Gary Sanchez returned from 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.320 the d L for the New York Yankees today. Remember 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:57.640 the Baby Bombers making a lot of noise with Aaron 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.000 Judge leading the league and runs scored on the America 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.440 the league. But he did go over four in his return. 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:03.800 But it was good to see him back in the 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:06.520 three spot. On the flip side, the Seattle Mariners are 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:09.600 concerned they are sending James Paxton to the disabled list 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:13.320 with a forearm injury. Blue Jays expect to have Josh 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:17.040 Donaldson and Troy to Lwitsky returning for them on Monday 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.400 after the weekend. Donaldson coming back from that calf that's 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:23.840 been nagging, and Luwitsky with a tight hamstring unfortunately, though 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:27.520 another hamstring could be a little bit longer. Yo Wanna Cespitis. 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:30.440 They're saying it is now a quote unquote long shot 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.719 for him to make it back in the month of May, 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:37.200 which is absolutely crazy. What the what the Mets medical 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:40.599 staff is doing between Syndergard and cespedis losing some big 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:44.200 guns for the Mets, who are not adhering to expectations 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.960 so far this season. Dexter Fowler going to get an 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:48.920 m r I on his shoulder he was diving for 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.640 a ball in the outfield yesterday um and also Steve 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:55.160 Piscotti already is not traveling with the team for their 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:58.240 weekend series in Atlanta, so that St. Louis Cardinals outfield 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.320 could be an issue with no Piscott and no Dexter Fowler. 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:03.839 Rich Hill went only two thirds of an inning and 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:07.800 gave up four runs in a high A rehab start. 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:10.440 That is just straight up no bueno for him. They've 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:12.480 been talking about him with that blister issue. They've been 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.840 even some talk about when he returns, him returning to 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.600 the bullpen instead of the rotation, and keep an eye 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:21.000 out on that. UM. Ryan Brown still held out tonight 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:24.080 because of that trapecs issue. And remember what I told 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.560 you earlier in the week. I told you earlier in 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:29.400 the week that I thought very similar to how the 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:32.600 Mets needed to clear space for Confordo and they wind 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.720 up maybe moving j Bruster first base. I told you 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:38.240 the Dodgers might do the same thing to try to 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:42.560 keep Cody Bellinger in the lineup when Jack Peterson comes back. 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:45.000 And there is now word that they made DL Adrian 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:49.920 Gonzalez so that Bellinger can in fact play. UM as 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:52.320 we move on into this weekend, I got a couple 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.279 of things I want to talk about as it relates 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:56.600 to Major League Baseball, and I'm so glad that I'm 0:05:56.640 --> 0:06:00.280 gonna be joined by Mr Benny Riccardi, who absolutely gets 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:02.640 it done and is the author of the Definitive Guide 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:04.719 to Fantasy Baseball, so he'd helped me out with some 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:07.600 of this. But I gotta tell you guys. Something I 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:11.560 saw three at bats today by Mr Aaron Judge against 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:15.200 Mr Hendrix that I thought is so indicative of what 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:17.760 is happening and why Yankee fans need to be so 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:22.000 excited and hashtag all rise for Aaron Judge. In the 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:25.760 first at bat, this dude hit a line drive in 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:29.040 the gap so hard that it was a double right 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:31.839 off the bat. Remember all season long, I've been talking 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:33.760 about and I know Benny loves this too, I've been 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:38.120 talking about exit velocity and launch angle. Well, when you're 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:41.920 six ft seven two and eighty pounds, you can realize 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:45.640 that you don't have to try to manufacture the launch angle. 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:47.760 And this double that he hit in his first at 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:51.080 bat was a perfect indicator of that. In the second 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:53.520 at bat, he didn't get on base. But I'm gonna 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:58.359 tell you why I loved the at bat. Aaron Drudge 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:02.280 struck out looking on a full count. Okay, And the 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:05.160 other the other stats that I've been looking at this year, 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.039 besides his egg of velocity and the launch angle are 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.560 things like swing rate and contact rate. And let me 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:15.360 tell you something, Aaron Judge has dropped his swing rate 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.520 down eleven percentage points and his contact rate is going up. 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:21.320 I'm reminded of him. It's almost like Barry Bonds only 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:24.680 got one pitch to hit all at bat and he 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:26.840 would do something with it. I think it is an 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:30.560 incredible improvement to see Aaron Judge have the discipline against 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:34.000 the guy like Kendricks who only tries to get weak contact. 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:36.440 He was not going out of the zone. He even 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.960 took a questionable pitch on a three to count. And 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:43.960 then his third act bat, Aaron Judge hits a laser 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:48.320 right past Chris Bryan. Again, the launch angle doesn't matter 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:51.440 when you're six ft seven, two hundred and eighty pounds. 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:55.160 I am very, very encouraged by what I'm seeing out 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:58.960 of Aaron Judge, even this weekend at Wrigley Field. Now, 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:00.360 what I want to do here is as we talk 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.280 about Major League Baseball, you know, one of the things 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.120 I do, you know, at the end of the week 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.920 is I give you guys some highlights in season long leagues. 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:08.880 These are some guys that I think are real hot 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.520 in the streets right now. And Benny, you would never 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.880 believe this, but all of these guys that I'm about 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:17.800 to mention are under thirty five percent owned in their 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.000 season long leagues. And these are names that you may 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.120 not think about, but I'm gonna tell you one reason 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.120 or another while you need to go out and get them. 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:26.440 I call them Mike Diamonds and the rough. Here's the 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:29.800 first one. My first one is, would you believe Brett 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:33.360 Gardner is owned in only thirty four percent of leagues? 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:38.120 And I think Brett Gardner, especially if you need some steals. Listen, ops, 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:41.480 already sixteen runs scored, already five stolen bases. He is 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:44.280 at the top of this Yankees order, which leaves the 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.440 A l and runs having been ready scored a hundred 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:50.040 and forty eight runs. And this offense just got their 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:54.240 number three hitter back in Gary Sanchez. I think that's 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:57.680 a guy you could look at at only thirty owned. 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:01.400 Another guy if you need the outfield, this guy is 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:05.640 only twelve percent owned. And guess what he also just 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.840 I believe may have just scored a run for the 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:12.800 Washington Nationals. I've been telling you guys, right when Adam 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:14.840 Eaton went down with a torn a c l and 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.320 is out for the rest of the season, I told you, guys, 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:21.239 whoever winds up in the two spot of that Washington 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.400 Nationals order is someone that you need to keep your 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:26.680 eye on. I told you it might have been Anthony 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:29.160 Wren done. I suggested it could have even been Matt 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:31.600 Weterers to get him some good pitches. But let me 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:34.000 tell you something. Since the injury, it has been this guy, 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:38.120 Jason Worth, and he is only twelve percent owned in 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:41.160 season long leagues. This guy is going to be behind 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:44.280 Trey Turner, and he's gonna have the Troy Ker of 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:48.319 of Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy and Ryan Zimmerman who is 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.480 playing out of his mind behind him. That is quite 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:54.440 possibly the best spot in any lineup to have. And 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.720 as we all know, Jason Worth is a professional hitter. 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.280 You know already has you know, only thirteen runs so 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.959 far as seven bes only a seven thirty two ops. 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.839 But I expect him to start getting pitches like woe. 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.800 Get out ahead of it right now, Chris Bovona, My 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:22.199 boy Jason Worth is a diamond in the rough. Yeah, 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:23.839 you know what it is. And the next guy I 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:27.800 want to tell you this guys only owned. Look at 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.079 Tim Beckham on the Tampa Bay Rays. Okay, and let 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:32.640 me tell you why this guy first of all O 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:36.480 p s already has fourteen runs scored and fifteen Ribby's already. 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:40.040 But that's not even the best part. The best part 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:41.959 in your season long leagues is that this guy, who 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:45.760 is only twenty six percent owned, is eligible at first base, 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:50.920 at second base, and at short stop already in most leagues. Okay, 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:55.160 and so that is some flexibility that you really could use. 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:58.600 This guy is only percent owned. So right now it's 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.080 happy hour. It's singled to my You and three of 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.840 your boys are chilling at the bar. Three of you 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.520 are in leagues where you can go out right now 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.520 and get yourself. Tim Beckham, he of the eight four 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:14.160 or seven o p s and the multi position eligibility. 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.000 That's what we do here on the Fantasy Freestyle. We 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:18.439 help you win your leagues and win that cash. Another 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:20.520 way to do that, it's with the Rhodo Experts dot 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:23.679 Com Exclusive Edge in Season Fantasy Baseball package. It's your 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.640 ultimate bench coach for the two thousand seventeen season. Stay 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.160 ahead of the pack with our in depth statistical breakdowns, 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:32.280 trend analysis, and player insights. 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It's gonna be 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:38.040 a good time. Fantasy Sports Radio Network Fantasy Freestyle with 0:12:38.120 --> 0:13:04.800 your boy, Dame Martinez. Do you know what it is? 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.559 It's too Dave Martinez a k a. To spitting statistician. 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:10.319 You're listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:12.640 Fantasy the Sports Radio Network. Remember, you could holler at 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:14.240 me all hour long if you want at eight four 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:17.040 four eight four three six eight seven nine. You could 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:18.880 also get at us on that f N T S 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.960 Y radio Twitter handle. You could always holler at me 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:25.080 or follow me at spitting speeds on Twitter as well. 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:26.840 Let's get into the cipher here a couple of news 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:28.959 and notes real quick. On the NFL. First of all, 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.840 Michael Floyd is gonna be meeting with the Minnesota Vikings 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.680 and other teams hoping to sign a deal next week. 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:38.040 I think it's important to note that starting next week, okay, 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:41.320 if moves are made, they do not count against the 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.040 compensatory picks for next year. So you may start to 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:46.319 see a flurry of action as O t A s 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:49.320 have started, rookie mini camps have started, and teams are 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:52.080 gonna start to take stock of what they have. You 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.000 know what they will not have as an option is 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:57.000 quarterback j Cutler because they have announced that he is 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:00.800 joining Fox as a color commentary in a three man 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.480 booth starting this fall. He did, in fact actually talk 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.720 with the Jets and the Texans before making his decision. 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:08.720 I thought it was interesting. We're gonna check in with 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.800 my boy, Chris Bovona later on. Chris. One of the 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.960 polls we had up this week was now that the 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.400 draft has settled, which quarterback will find a job first? 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:23.360 And the options were Colin Kaepernick, R G three, Ryan Fitzpatrick, 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:27.320 and Jay Cutler. And of the people picked Jay Cutler. 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:29.720 And what do you know, Jay Cutler does get a job, 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:34.120 It's just not with an NFL team. Um. And then 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:36.040 I also want to make the point again, remember I've 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:38.920 been talking about how these guys, the quarterback class of 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:42.400 Eli Ben and Philip Rivers. I really think that Josh 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.240 Dobbs over there in Pittsburgh and this kid, Davis Webb 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.480 for the New York Giants are interesting dynasty stacks. For 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:53.000 that reason, Eli Manning gave a quick interview where he 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:55.360 mentioned what happened when he called to welcome Davis Webb 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.000 to the team. I thought it was interesting, and I 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:59.800 quote Eli says, I just wanted to welcome to him 0:14:59.840 --> 0:15:01.680 the team, let him know if you had any questions 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:04.080 or need anything, I was here for him. And then 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:07.120 the kid Webb responds with a yes, sir. And then 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.040 Eli Panning says in response, I told him we were 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.320 off to a bad start. Do not refer to me 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.640 as sir. I appreciate the manners, but we're teammates. And 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:17.000 then he says, hopefully we got that straightened out. I'm 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:20.320 telling you, however, they straighten it out. This kid, Davis Webb. 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:22.400 If Eli only has one or two more years, this 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:25.320 kid Webb in a dynasty league in about two years, 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:27.720 is going to inherit and Odell Beckham in his fifth 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.840 or sixth year, a Shepherd in his third year, Evan 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.800 Ingram in his third year with all the weapons, and 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:37.720 Macado as the coach. Interesting spot in dynasty leagues. But 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.240 as we keep it moving here on the Fantasy Freestyle 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:42.000 and the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, you see, we got 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.800 this pole question up and I asked people what are 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.480 people most interested in this weekend. It's a huge sports weekend. 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:51.440 We have the NHL playoffs going, the NBA Playoffs going, 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:54.640 big time fight going on tomorrow night in Vegas Conelo 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.800 Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. And we have the 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:01.040 Kentucky Derby right now with a ready over a hundred votes. 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.440 Only eight percent of you think the Big Fight is 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:09.520 what you're interested in, say the NHL playoffs, the NBA playoffs, 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:12.120 And twenty eight percent of you say that because it 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:14.560 is the first Saturday in May, that you are very 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.200 excited about the Kentucky Derby. And I want to bring 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.440 in my man, Benny Riccardi right now to talk a 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:24.120 little bit about what's gonna be happening at Churchill Downs. 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.720 I hear that you like the ponies, Benny. I got 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:28.600 a couple of guys I like. I want to bounce 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.120 them off. You a couple of guys you might like. Here. 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.640 What we do on the Fantasy Freestyle is give people 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:36.720 what they need to win that cash. So let's do it. 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:38.920 How are you feeling, Benny, I'm feeling good man. This 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:41.160 is a great weekend for me, for a lot of 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:44.440 people who don't realize I actually started my degenerate gambling 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.360 career at the race track. So I am somebody who, 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.680 uh you know, my uncle used to write the past 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.840 performances for the Metal ends in the day, and spent 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:54.960 every weekend at Mammoth Park on the way back and 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.920 forth from the shore. And I'm a Belmont guy myself. 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:00.320 I actually might be going out there tomorrow to watch 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:03.480 the Kentucky Derby, see some sun dresses, some mint julips. 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.800 And I always get the Lawton sheets. That's the orange 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:07.400 ones where I go. I like law and he knows 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:10.000 what he's talking about. I think, yeah, I'm you know, see, 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.240 I'm old school. I learned, you know, back in the day. 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.480 So I get the daily racing form. I sit there, 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:17.160 I crack it open. I go through all the past performances, 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:20.159 you know, make my little notes, and then check the 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:22.200 toe boards, see what the prices are, and go make 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:24.280 my go, make my money. All right, So let's get 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:26.560 into this. Uh, let's get into this race a little bit. 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:29.160 I gotta tell you first the first things first, if 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:31.760 you're a horse guy, everyone has their own philosophies of 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:34.320 things that they like. I'm gonna tell you something, Benny, 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:37.479 real quick. I am a trainer jockey guy. And then 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:40.760 I happened to like I like closers. I like closers 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:42.560 because I want to know that my when my guy's 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:44.960 coming around the bend, he could be sitting there. He 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:47.840 could be sitting there off the pace, Um, you know, 0:17:47.920 --> 0:17:50.160 and still have a chance. Maybe because I love Belmont 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.000 so much that mile and a half, I love that 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:57.000 home stretch. But um, we were talking off air about 0:17:57.080 --> 0:18:00.000 this idea of the uh you know, the jockey tree 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.520 rain or combo, and that leads me right to and 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:04.840 first of all, interesting, I don't think there's any Bob 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.600 Bafford horses in this derby. For the first time in 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:09.880 a very long time. Baffort does not have a horse. 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:11.760 So that it makes me go to the next horse 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:14.280 trainer that I know about, and that's Todd Pletcher. And 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.800 then I see that one of my jockeys, especially here 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:19.679 in New York, Johnny v Johnny Velasquez, is on the 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:23.320 five horse, always dreaming. He's going off at five to 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:28.080 one right now. He's like a co second choice. Um, 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:29.440 how do you feel if I wanted to throw a 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:31.760 couple of shekels on him? Well, I mean we talked 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.080 about it beforehand. That's the guy that I like the most. 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:37.480 And here's the deal in this situation. Pletcher has multiple horses, 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:39.200 in this race, as he does a lot of times 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.960 in the Derby. But anybody who's a horse racing fan 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:44.800 knows that Pletchers go to jockey is Johnny V. Johnny V. 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.320 So when you're looking at all these Pletcher horses right 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:48.960 off the bat, the one that you want to put 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:50.760 on the top of your list is whichever one he 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.040 decides to put Johnny V on. And that's the one 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.800 that we were talking about earlier and always dreaming. Now 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:57.879 here's a horse that you know he went out and 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.080 one to Florida Derby. Right now, the Florida Derby be 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:02.359 as one of the biggest press like that one, the 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:05.760 Arkansas Derby, the Wood Memorial. There's there's four or five 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:07.720 of them. There's a couple out west, the Senta Either 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:09.679 Derby being one of the big ones out there, you know. 0:19:09.960 --> 0:19:13.119 But there's certain races that more often than not, the 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:15.080 winner of the Kentucky Derby comes out of and the 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.320 Florida Derby is one of those spots. And that's one 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:19.640 of the races that always dreaming one. And he came 0:19:19.640 --> 0:19:21.560 from behind there in that race. I think he had 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:24.159 a great stretch run overtook some horses. I think Regby 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:26.400 Mole was one of the horses he passed to win 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:28.920 that race in the home stretch. Yeah, and now, and 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:30.560 and here's the deal, I mean we were talking about 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:33.480 it now. Churchill Downs is a lot like Belmont is, 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:35.919 where they have that long backstretch. Now it is a 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:38.600 little bit different though, because in Belmont they call it 0:19:38.640 --> 0:19:40.879 big Sandy because it's like it's like basically running on 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:43.240 the beach, and anybody who's done that before knows you're 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:45.440 gonna get tired, because that's why they trained. That's why 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:47.520 the boxers trained running in the sand. That's it. That's 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:50.919 that's the exact reason. You know. With Churchill Though, usually 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:53.760 you're looking for what they call stalker horses. And what 0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:56.159 that is is you don't want the guy that's all 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:57.760 the way in the back that's gonna make that one 0:19:57.800 --> 0:20:00.320 big late run. Those guys rarely ever it up to 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:02.800 the finish line. At Churchill Downs. You want a guy 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:05.720 who's gonna sit behind the speed horses, run out there 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:08.560