WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off July 20th, 2022 (Ep. 556) 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:16.480 A Stantonian blast. Let's play ball. Welcome in everybody to 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:19.280 fantasy pros. This is leading off brought to by bet MGM. 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:22.000 The King of sports books is be Joey p Joe 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:24.840 pi Zepeda with me today, as always is the Welsh, 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:27.520 and of course it's you. And today we're gonna recap 0:00:27.560 --> 0:00:29.160 what happened in the All Star Game. We're gonna look 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:32.280 ahead to our rest of season ranks, our top twenty 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:35.120 five starting pitchers. We're also gonna talk about maybe the 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:38.040 top ten to fifteen who knows how many assets in 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.600 Major League Baseball that we want on our fantasy teams 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:43.599 for keeper leagues and or dynasty. Will dive into that. 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:46.280 We'll also dive into some rest of season home run 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.800 props that are out there too. And tomorrow's gonna be 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:51.479 a fun show because Welsh. Tomorrow we're gonna take a 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.120 heavy look at all the betting stuff still out there 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.200 for the second half. And I know you're like me, 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.040 that's an exciting thing. Now we're in the stretch run. 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:01.040 We know who teams are, are we kind of a 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.880 sense of who teams are not and also who might 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.760 be buyers and sellers. So are you excited about the 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.399 week of wagering we've got here before games kick up again. 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.520 I am, I am, because if you like to wager 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.360 at all, you've been a little devoid of all of 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:18.520 the major fun. There's maybe a few things missing in 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:20.600 your life, like all the bets in the world, and 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:22.840 you're just hyper focused on one spot and you were 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:26.119 forced to go nut soar, just go a little bit 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:28.880 on that All Star game, which I don't believe featured 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:32.400 a run or many hits after the fifth inning. So yes, 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:35.160 I'm excited about the second half. I'm excited about finding 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.160 some values too, because those are kind of gone, like 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:39.920 the big guys that you and I have been jumping on, 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.600 like show Hey Atani at MVP. Those are gone. So 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:44.399 we're gonna have to re establish and see where you 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:46.960 can get some values, whether it's to win or maybe 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.200 even hopefully make a couple bucks on sites that pay 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:50.400 you back like fan Duel. 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.720 Yeah, well, I think for the Otani's don Julio's done. 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:57.160 You can't you know, vote, you know can't vote. You 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:00.400 should vote, you can vote, you can't. You can't bet 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:02.600 on the Yankees or the Astros to win their divisions, 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.520 But we'll do odds about the remaining divisions, also teams 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:08.160 to make the playoffs, not make the playoffs Tomorrow. Today's 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.080 a little bit more fancy focus, tomorrow a little bit 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:12.520 more wagering focus. So if you'd like to do both, 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:14.359 this is the show for you, and we're going to 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:17.160 be going straight through here. So let's kick things off 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:19.600 here with the All Star Game. We have young Carlos 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.400 Stanton taking on the MVP. I feel like the under 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:27.200 with the the combination of so many relief pitchers every inning, 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.960 with the strikeout rates, as you were saying, the lack 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:33.040 of runs and hits and created runs, I feel like 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:34.760 the under in the All Star Game is becoming like 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:37.120 an automatic smash button. Do you feel the same. 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.720 Way, Well, I mean I didn't yesterday. I was like 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.480 seven and a half. I like the over at seven 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:45.000 and a half with all of the relief pitchers coming 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:46.800 on the back end. The NL two was kind of 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:48.640 littered with even more relief guys. I mean I think 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:52.359 Joe Mantiply came in and like the fifth or something like. 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.079 That like that, Actually we Mantiply. 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.640 Yeah, but yeah, I know you're becoming You're right, it 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.920 is becoming much much more. I wonder I haven't tracked 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:04.480 the downturn of it, but I mean, it was seven 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:06.160 and a half this year, and what's it going to 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.800 be six next year? Like, well, probably starts to. 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:10.400 Go to six. That's when you start to go O 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.080 get with seven and a half. I still felt like 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.840 I still feel like that that's a good under. You know. 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.000 It's on Scotti Farros Show yesterday after dooneying we were 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:18.400 talking about All Star Game and he's like, what do 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:19.480 you what do you think about it? 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:19.840 Joe? 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:21.760 And I was like, look, I think, uh, you know, 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:23.639 I think it's America League. I think it's the under, 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:25.639 and I think you take a shot on somebody an MVP. 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:28.000 You know, whoever hits a home run is gonna be 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:30.680 MVP and your boy bucks in at home run. But 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:32.720 Stanton was the guy. By the way, I love the 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:35.600 h I love the All Star Game MVP award itself, 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.360 that Crystal bad or where the heck is? I think 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.360 I'd love to see Stanton hit a ball with it 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.360 just for S's and g's. Is that does that make 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:43.000 so weird? 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:46.000 No? No, I actually want them to continue like going 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:47.960 balls to the wall on that type of stuff like 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:51.120 the home run derby chain. They should be doing cool, 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.160 unique things. It gets players to want to come. I mean, 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.200 whatever they got to do. I mean, at some point, 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.600 don't be surprised if they start doing like some type 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:01.600 of all star ringer or something for everybody. Whatever you 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:03.560 got to do to get these players excited to want 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:05.440 to win, to get out there and to compete. 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.240 And Julio made more money in the home run Derby 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:10.640 I saw than he's going to make all season. 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.400 So that's a one hundred and seven hundred and fifty 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.480 thousand dollars for second place. He was making seven hundred 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.479 thousand as a major leaguer this year. 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:22.400 Very very touching moment. By the way. Also, did you 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.039 see the Clayton Kershaw with the young kid whose granddad 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:28.880 passed away but wanted to meet Clayton Kershaw before he died. Oh, 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.880 my goodness, you're not crying. I'm crying. It's a lot. 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.960 Kershaw did a nice job. There was very nice, so good. 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.560 Kirshaw is really good about all of that stuff. Like 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.719 he's very very tuned into kids. I've been over at Dodgers. 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:44.040 Unlike Mike Mayor. Could you imagine Mike Mahyor is like, hey, 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.520 my granddad wanted to meet you, Mike Mayor before he 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.000 died of cancer. Mike Maher is like, kid, I don't 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.440 have time for this, Like we're all gonna die, kid, Well, 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:53.560 it looks like we missed our opportunity. That would be 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:55.240 Mike Mahyor like he'd be like, well, what am I 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:56.120 good was supposed to do it? 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:56.360 Now? 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:58.080 What am I supposed to do about it? I feel 0:04:58.120 --> 0:04:58.400 like that. 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.800 You know. One of my biggest regrets of of all 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.080 the things with athletes, is the picture I have a 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:07.080 picture with Clayton Kershaw because I've I t l famously 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:08.960 told the story. I don't need to tell it here, 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:12.400 but where I met him at a Whole Foods and 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.159 my pictures like blurry because I was trying to do 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.200 it quick because I felt bad about doing it. I 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:21.000 was like this, I read how often are you going 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:22.360 to be around Clayton Kersher? I take it and he 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:24.400 couldn't have been nicer. He could not have been nicer 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:25.919 about it. But I got a blurry picture with the 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:26.640 cy young winner. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.400 That's awesome. Well there you go. That's that's something you 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:32.360 can always take with you Cosse struck out the side 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.320 for the All Star Game. Alec Manoa very entertaining too 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:37.000 on the microphone yesterday. God, I love that Hoss, I do. 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:38.839 I Just why am I such a sucker for the 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.600 Big Hoss pictures? I don't know, just love that guy. 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:43.839 He's a good time interest stuff. 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.120 By the way, Oh it's my favorite thing. But interesting 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.039 you keep me in Bogman around You're like, Oh, I 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:52.080 love these Big Hoss pictures. They're a connection little Hoss 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:54.800 so I look up to. I've been saying this for 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:57.640 a while. I don't know when baseball is going to 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:00.480 take like the forefront and wanting to really really improve 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:01.960 the game. You know, they do so many things to 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:05.640 hurt themselves. As small as some of this stuff is, 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:07.040 I think. 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:07.680 I get it. 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:13.640 I love custom bats like the bat that Julio under so, 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.719 I honestly think it would be such a huge improvement 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:19.440 if they even allowed something like that in games to 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:20.120 start having. 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:22.839 But I love the micd up. I think that's a 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.120 way to get more personal with players. I think people 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:28.800 lack connections sometimes. I think every single. 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.800 Television like, I don't get what's the problem, but they. 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:34.599 Don't let them do the they don't let them go 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:38.880 crazy with cleats. They have two. That's the stuff you do, like, 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.760 let let the guys bat flip let there be really 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:44.200 cool custom things that kids can see and get excited about. 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.119 Whether it's cleats, whether it's bats. Get these guys miked 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.159 up in every single game that could be televised. I 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:51.520 think it's the best thing to do. I want to 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:53.159 see more of it. I want to see more of 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:55.520 the things that we love in the personality that moment 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:59.960 with with David Ortiz where David Ortiz is like, how 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.320 would you pitch me? And he starts to tell alec 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:05.040 Mino starts to go through it, and then Pobby's like, 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:06.840 get out of here. He's like and he just walks off. 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:08.799 He's like, you're not gonna strike me out. Like those 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:10.760 type of things like that is all really really good 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.400 for baseball. It's just a shame that we only celebrate 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:17.000 it in a all starter or championship type of way. 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:17.880 We should do it all the time. 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.160 Well, and not everybody has got a personality. Let's be honest, 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.240 here's a lot of guys that are duller than dirt. 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:24.160 You know that you just don't want to you know 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:24.520 put that. 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:26.000 Well, we're not gonna make those guys up. We don't 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:27.600 have to worry about that. For every one of those guys, 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:29.720 there's a Mookie bets, you know, right, like we don't. 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.120 I remember back in the day, my favorite micd up 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:34.280 thing ever was Jason Kipness when he was still playing 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:38.960 on the Cleveland Indians at the time, singing Adele playing 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:41.360 second base, and he was like, yep, I'm singing Adele 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.560 right now. He was in spring training ahead of my 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.120 dump and he was just singing Adell songs. That was 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:47.920 my favorite thing ever. 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:51.520 I mean, I'm surprised the MLB network hasn't, or just 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.960 MLB in general, it hasn't created some type of like 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.880 special miked up feed. I mean, be a little dicey, 0:07:57.000 --> 0:07:58.440 but I'd like to see some of that. 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:01.720 Yeah, all right, let's some really funny things that the 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:03.720 chat to. By the way, about Mike Mayor being mean 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.880 to some kid, I think it's just great, but it's 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:08.480 not here to defend him. 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.880 What a gimmick he gets to have and people will. 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.560 Know full heel Mike Mayor. The MLB and MLBPA is 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:16.720 discussing the rule changes for next year. They have forty 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.960 five days to agree upon. The big giant bas is 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.080 the pitch clock. All that stuff. Now, I went to 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:24.160 the game where the pitchclock in summer set. When I 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.520 saw a Volpie play a couple weeks ago, I loved it. 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.240 It was great, kept the game moving, and there we 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:29.760 was a crap ton of runs. I think there were 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.200 sixteen runs in that game and it's still finished under 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.520 three hours. And I'm like, tell you, this is great. 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:35.360 I know, I know. 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:37.720 I've been seeing the pitchclock for quite some time. They've 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.400 done it in the AFL, they've done it at the 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:39.920 lower level. 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.000 What a big deal, Like, it's just well when a 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:42.800 guy shows down. 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:45.360 This is what people get pissed off about, though, is 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.959 when when the guys don't move it along and it 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.200 throws a ball on the count and everyone's like what 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.720 And you get fans pissed off because a guy is, 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.439 you know, slowing down the game or whatever. I think 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.680 it's great. I think it's fine. I think I've seen 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:02.040 players adjust to it perfect. Okay, it's very very little 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.080 impact on the game outside of speeding it up. 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:08.160 Agreed, all right, also impactful. Drew Jones agrees to an 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.840 eight point nine eight point one night. It's using million 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.280 dollar bonus. Not too bad for mister Jones and me 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:15.520 gonna be big star as well. She can be. 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:19.719 I'm I'm keeping my eyes open in the bushes or 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.000 when Drew Jones comes here to Phoenix. I don't know 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.120 when exactly it's going to be. It could be Thursday. 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:27.240 Complex Level starts back up tomorrow that I do think 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:29.160 it wouldn't be in a game at this moment, though 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:32.040 we would say it's been quite a few days in between. 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.520 But they got Thursday, Friday, Saturday. I think next week 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.880 is a real high possibility. I'm gonna watch though, because 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.520 he could pop up and be a round camp and 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.920 then he probably is gonna start getting in games. My 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:47.600 assumption would be starting next week as easy as it goes. 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:48.959 But these guys, you know what they always like to do. 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.600 They like to bring the guys in, like parade them 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.520 around town a little bit at a home game, and 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:56.240 I don't know why they do that whole thing before 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:59.600 they play. But him signing first is a huge, huge win, 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.520 and I will be out, I can promise you if 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.240 I know the day of the debut, as long as 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:09.120 it's not this Saturday late. I will be at Salt 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:11.240 River Fields and I will be there for his debut, 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:13.160 and I will be there for quite a few games 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:14.840 to watch Drew Jones as a diamondback. 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:17.000 He's quite a talent. The question is, are we gonna 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:20.400 see the talent of Jacob de Gram again? Simulated game 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:24.960 moved to Thursday. He was apparently there being overly cautious 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.600 with the shoulder soreness or whatever is going on here. 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:30.640 Oh well, shall we get to see Jaob bagram pitcheon 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:31.240 ending this year? 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:35.520 Yes, I'm not gonna do this. Wow, I can't. I'm 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.679 not gonna fall for this. I'm not gonna have this. 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:40.199 I will not have this blasphemy. We've had enough. I've 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:42.839 had enough of the injury thing where I'm like, oh, 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.199 this guy could come back, and then he gets I 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:47.719 can't be wrong about this one. I can't have the 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:51.160 injury bug bite me on this one. He will be fine. 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:55.319 They were being overly cautious. The big big marker here 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.240 is is if he has this last little you know, 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:01.160 start on Thursday, which they moved it to Thursday, as 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:03.280 long as everything is okay and as long as he's 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:06.600 not feeling any any more, soreness. He should go out 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.080 have his last throw, and then we would get him 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:11.800 most likely next week. If he doesn't do the Thursday one, 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.880 I'm gonna have a little bit more worry because there's 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:16.560 only so much more we can do with this. But 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:20.080 I'm gonna say this is a very isolated situation and 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:24.080 not absolutely panic and freak out on all my fantasy teams. 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:26.200 And Walkee brings up a goo Pointyo should have traded 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:28.120 him when they said he'd be back. Yeah, But the 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:29.319 problem is, like I don't know what you can get 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:30.800 for de Grom at this point, Like I don't know 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:33.880 the market value for him is just all over the place, 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:37.040 depending on this very eye of the beholder. I just 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:38.679 wish the Mets would start to lie to me at 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:40.280 this point, like just say he had a stomach flu 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:42.199 or something and they pushed it back. I don't I 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.680 would have nice, I just just lie to me, don't. 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:46.480 I don't care, I don't. This is the one circumstance 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:48.400 where I don't want the truth anymore about Jacob Grom 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:49.560 because the truth is just depressing. 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:53.400 The smart fantasy play. We can kind of like make 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:55.800 this an overarching thing, like what Wonk's saying, the smart 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:59.080 fantasy play is take these guys who have had some 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:03.199 type of injury or you know, these super hype pushed 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:08.000 up prospects. Anytime there is buzz around a player, and 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.200 if your risk averse, one of the best things to 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.480 possibly do is just go out and make the trade 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:15.040 and get what you can. Maybe you win, maybe you lose, 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:16.320 but at the end of the day, like you know, 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:18.319 maybe you win in that they get hurt and you've 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.280 got a bunch of assets. Maybe you lose in that 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:22.360 they you know, come back and are really good. But 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:26.679 either way you've minimize that win and loss. In this case, 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.120 for me, this is just one I just don't agree. 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:31.760 I wouldn't have done. I would take the risk. I 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.880 don't think what you can acquire for Jacob to grom 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:37.400 is I mean, I could be wrong. If someone would, 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:39.439 you know, sell you the moon. I just don't think 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:42.079 what you can get is worth giving up the risk 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:44.280 of the potential number. 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:48.960 Jacob being healthy. Is it worth trading him for Sean Manaiah. 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:52.240 Not even remotely close. In my mind, I think that 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.319 risk and if I'm wrong, I'm wrong, I'll take that 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:58.600 because GM I mean even projections, which you know are 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:02.920 gonna want to be a little bit stabilized, are incredibly 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:04.960 aggressive on the back half of the year for Jacob 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:06.880 de Grom. Looking over at the Bat, you can go 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:10.720 take a look at Ariol's ATC. They're aggressive on maybe 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:12.280 his a little bit less, but the Bat is very 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.880 aggressive on Jacob d Grom rest of the season. And 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:17.199 I'm gonna stick with that. And you know what, if anything, 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:20.440 maybe I take this approach. I'm getting a tiny bit 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:23.200 of a value. Maybe you have an owner that's absolutely gone, 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:25.120 Oh my god, I can't do this. This is gonna 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.079 be bad. Maybe I'm poking around, but I sure do 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:30.599 want to see what happens on Thursday, maybe before. 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:33.600 Any Lance mccolors. Also, by the way, Lance mccolor sighting 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:37.120 Lily in his rehab assignment on Friday. I couldn't believe 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.720 this one interesting because there's no room at the end 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.320 anymore from the Colors in my opinion. So if you're 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.240 looking at this rotation, you've got Verlander, he's pretty good. 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:50.320 He ain't coming out. I know, You've got fran ber Valdez, 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:53.439 You've got Garcia, You've had Oderezi come back, You've had 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:57.160 Christian Xavier be excellent up until these last few starts. 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.120 Or easy, he's easy to move out of that rotation from. 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:01.400 The guy who's gonna pitch out of the bullpen. 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.440 Well, well, you know what, here would be my one argument, 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:06.760 with the amount of injuries that McCullers has had, why 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:08.280 not put him in the bullpen for the rest of. 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:10.000 The Well, I think that's what you're gonna see. I 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.319 think you're gonna see mccullors and Christian Haavey are in 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:15.960 the bullpen. And I think that is the reason why 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:17.840 on tomorrow show, I'm going to be very bulsh about 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.200 the Houston Astros getting to the World Series, because I 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:22.640 think there's very few teams that are gonna be able 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.920 to throw out those kind of arms. After throwing at 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:28.920 Justin Verlander at you like, that's that's tough, man. 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.600 I gotta agree with you on that too, especially if 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:33.600 they can just maybe go get a little bit more 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:36.240 thump in that lineup. Maybe there's a first basement that's 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.680 out there available you get a tiny bit more thump 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.840 to add to it with what is already. I mean, 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:43.880 if you've put a five man rotation, there's much better. 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.240 But if you lock them down into like the three 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:50.200 spot and you got you know, Verlander and Framber and 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:52.800 maybe it's Luis Garcia and then you're throwing out bullpens 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:56.680 of you know, McCullers to Javier to Presley, they're gonna 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:58.840 be really, really tough to be. They're a really good 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:00.840 bet on the back half of it this year for sure, 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:01.880 unfortunately for us. 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.240 And they got an easy schedule too, Like I mean, look, 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.320 it's always you can never have too much starting pitching. 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.120 But I also wonder if mccolor's at this point is 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:10.640 more a headache than he's worth. Like I wonder if 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:12.400 he becomes a trade chip, like he comes back and 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.720 then look good for a week and then you you know, 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:15.480 it is something else. 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.800 If he's one of those guys that's like mindesty with 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.720 the Kansas City Royals where they're just like, you know, hey, 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:23.720 we love him. But that is the perfect sat analogy, 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.320 like we can't count on him, Like we can't count 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:27.880 on him. I don't think they can. And that's why 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:29.400 that's a guy that you can throw in the bullpen, 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:32.320 get you two strong innings. Maybe be a back half guy, 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:35.760 you know, maybe you piggyback like a Luis Garcia, and. 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.160 Or maybe he's maybe he's a reliever like his daddy is. 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:40.160 Daddy was a heck of a reliever for many years. 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:44.080 Daddy braves, Yeah, Daddy and mccullors, I like this. 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.440 Rizzi is a this idea right here, Josh Bell to Houston, 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.880 that's the type of thing I'm talking about, Houston, go 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:52.280 and get a bat like that and put in I 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:53.120 like that scenario. 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:56.240 That would definitely help both sides there. All right, let's 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:58.280 talk about the top twenty five starting pitchers we have 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.800 rest of season now, mine skewed. I have Otani as 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.760 the number one overall player rest of season because if 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:05.960 you have him as a pitcher and a hitter, how 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:07.760 is he not the number one overall player? He is. 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.200 So you'll see my ranks have Altani first, then a 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:13.640 starting pitcher because I can't undo that they connect to 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:17.240 each other. But rest of season, Welsh, I've got Garret 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:21.720 Cole Verlander, Corbyn Burns, al Contra, Shane McClanahan, then Scherzer, 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:26.240 Musgrove Woodruff, Max Fried, Kevin Gossman. So that's like the well, 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:28.600 Otani's in that mix too. So Otani I believe is 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.840 a pitcher. I had him right around the right. I 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.000 think I had him at seven or eight. I actually 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:35.520 might have been nine now that I'm looking at it. 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:37.680 So those are basically the top ten when you throw 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:39.560 Atani in there, who are your top ten guys rest 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:39.960 of season? 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:40.120 There? 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:42.720 And I also tear them out on my ranks over 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:45.560 it in this league. But I've got McClanahan at number one. 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:49.080 I made that push quite a while ago. McClanahan number one. 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:51.560 So you're not concerned at all about the second half 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.240 fade at all. See that's the thing for me. I 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.360 keep coming back to the second half fade of McClanahan 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.760 as a distinct possibility. But you don't seem to a 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:00.400 lot of people don't seem to be worried about that. 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:05.280 Why well, I mean, of qualified highest K percentage, I 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.800