WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off June 8th, 2023 (Ep. 686) 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:09.760 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Bros. MLB. This is Leading 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:11.920 Off Live, brought to you by Prize Pick. Sign up 0:00:11.960 --> 0:00:14.880 for Price Big Today and use the promo code leading Off. 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:17.520 It is me Joey p Joe Pizipia, That of course 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:20.400 is the Welsh, and it's you, the Peanuts, the Cracker Jacks, 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:23.639 all hanging out here talking some baseball, and we've got 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:25.079 more baseball to talk about. 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:27.040 I would like to change my name. I would like 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:28.840 my name to be changed for the show. I'm going 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:31.120 to get a new graphic. I would now like to 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:33.960 be referred to as Ellie Dela Welsh. That is what 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:38.000 it would be, Ellie Dela Welsh, in honor of the 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:40.080 most exciting player in baseball. 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:42.320 Ellie Dela Welsh. And I will be Joey Dela Cruz 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:44.440 and then we can do the whole show the rest 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:46.280 of the way, because it was exciting. A four hundred 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.000 and fifty eight foot home run that almost left the stadium. 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:51.839 A great call by the announcer too. That ball had 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:55.440 a family, as Noah Cinderguard did not let me down. 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:58.560 I picked it. I bet it Ellie Dela Cruz, win 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:01.200 Yard Welsh. It was a good feeling, and it was 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.920 a monumental blast for your first over. 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.360 I text you immediately because I was sitting here doing 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:10.640 some work and I was watching, and you know, sometimes 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:12.640 I'm watching games and I got them on and I'm 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.520 doing work and I'm not like fully engaged, I'm just listening. 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.160 I turned over and I was like, all right, we 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:20.399 got to watch this. He hit that ball. I swear 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:21.720 to god, I was watching. I was like this. I 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.720 was like, oh, Like I jumped, like I was terrified, 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:28.160 Like somebody scared the crap out of me. That ball 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:32.920 was murdered. Also low key hilarious was the kid that 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.840 got the ball and negotiated with the Reds. I don't 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:38.800 know if anybody saw this. I think on social media. 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:42.240 This kid got the ball, the Reds negotiated, and not 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:44.680 only like people were like, you could have got fifty 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:47.920 one hundred thousand. He negotiated to meet Ellie after get 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:52.000 a bat, a ball, and his entire crew that was 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:54.560 with him, all these all his bros got to go 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:56.920 and meet and he got a ball for each one 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.440 of his buddies and the picture of Ellie with his 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:01.720 whole true and every one of them have a baseball. 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.600 It was pretty good, good vibes all around on Ellie. 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:08.959 But boy, I feel way better about how I've been 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:11.880 pontificating about Ellie and the excitement and maybe I've been 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:14.960 a little over zealous. I don't feel so over zealous. 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.440 Yes, And like every rookie, there's gonna be some ups 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.240 and downs. I mean, that's just part of the rookie thing. 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.200 And speaking of rookies, we'll get to the rookie lookie 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:22.840 because we do have something to get to. But Jay 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:24.880 here in the chat's got a question. Now that Ellie 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.120 is called up, my na spot is available, who is 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:30.840 the next big impact rookie lookie that I can stash. 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.519 See it's a thing that I can actually stash and 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:35.880 be worth adding to my roster. It's a ten person 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:39.440 head to head league, So Welsh, I don't want to 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.520 say the cupboard is bar because it's it's never bare 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:44.400 when it comes to prospects. But I do feel like 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.440 we've gotten We're in the first second week of June here, 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:49.960 it does feel like we've gotten a lot of the 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:51.920 prospects they were hoping for this year. But you're the 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.440 prospect one host, You're the guy you're the guru, So 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:56.880 who else should we be looking for in these scenarios 0:02:56.919 --> 0:02:58.680 where you have an NA spot and you can add somebody. 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:02.480 Well, listen, we are a week away from me doing 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:06.120 what I did last week and bitching and complaining if 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.239 Christian and Carnolsi and Strand is not up like this 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.440 is another red though. This is why the Reds are 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:15.440 getting so exciting. As Ellie was putting up one twelves, 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:19.320 he's putting up one tens like this guy is ready 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.160 to go. Maybe the only problem is it's like, what 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:24.200 are they going to do? I still say Strand comes 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:26.600 up and he's the DH. He's the guy. He's an 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.079 easy DH play. He could play a little, he could 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:31.519 play third, he could play first. It gives him more flexibility. 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:35.040 Joey Vado's looming, So I think that's kind of a problem. Ces. 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:37.920 I've been calling for frickin' ever, so you know this 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:41.000 is an easy one on the pitching side. Yes, thank you, 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.760 By the way, that is the best compliment here is 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.440 a rare slas couple days. Thank you. I'm we're going 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:48.080 for it. We're going and we're gonna keep it going here. 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:49.839 Thank you for all the comments. It makes me feel good. 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.640 Gavin Williams. Somebody put it in the chat. Clearly, Gavin Williams. 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:56.760 He is the top prospect of prospect, number one pitcher 0:03:56.800 --> 0:04:00.320 that's out there. He's in Triple A, he's slapping. It's 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.720 just a matter of like, what is this team gonna do? 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.960 You know what Aaron Savale is pitching today. He might 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.920 be one of those biggest pieces that might get kicked 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:11.440 if Gavin Williams were to come up, So watch and 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:15.480 see if he gets kicked around. But Gavin Williams, Christian 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:19.000 and Carlossi on strand, those are the two hitter pitcher prospects, 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:20.800 the top of the heap at least, not that there's 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:22.320 not other guys, but those would be the big two 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:23.040 I'd focus on. 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:27.039 Yes, and I've been on a heater Welsh these last 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.039 couple of days. Yeah you have, man, I mean it 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:32.120 is woo ooh the numbers are And of course I've 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:35.480 reinvested into NFL because that's what I do. I take 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.160 this money from here and I'm investing in all my 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.600 NFL stuff. And there's even a free actually I used 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:42.440 my free They gave me a free ten dollars bet 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.400 yesterday on on FanDuel and I went ahead and I 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:48.240 used it on the Alto Cruiz Homer, which was great. 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:49.800 It was like three to one odds on that are 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:50.360 pretty good. 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:52.680 I mean, it's a great play. Anytime you can bet 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:54.960 against now it's Cinergard. If you guys remember my bet. 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:59.159 My play into that game was My favorite bet of 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:02.080 the day was Red team total runs through the first 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:05.320 five innings of two and a half. We got that. 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.599 We got that the third inning after they scored six. 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:09.800 So that was my investment in it. Anytime you can 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.880 go get SnO Cyndergard, here's a sad piece. We won't 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:14.560 be able to do it too much longer because No 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:16.920 Cyndergard is not too much longer for this league. 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.440 And yeah, also a bunch of games canceled yesterday. It 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.160 was weird here in New Jersey. It looked like tattooine. 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:26.120 Two different games canceled today. Yeah, you guys are going 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:26.719 right thing. 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.320 Let me tell you something. I walked. I took a 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:30.640 picture of it too, and I sent it in our 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:33.800 slack channel on the random channel there. But it was 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:36.640 crazy yesterday. I mean, it looked like some weird post 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:41.200 apocalyptic thing to smell. Yeah, it was very But yesterday 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:43.280 the sun was setting, I took out the trash and 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.360 I swear to God, it was like this weird sun 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:47.800 haze thing. It looked like Luke Skywalker when he was 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:50.040 looking out at Tattooine and I was out there trying 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:51.599 to you know, I went to the Tashi station to 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.440 pick up some power converters, you know, because I just 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:57.000 got those new droids. And I looked outside and well, 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.039 that's that's from Star Wars. That's what he says. You know, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.600 Oh okay, he's all complaining. He's like, but I was 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:01.839 going to. 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:05.160 Go to the Tashi station because the confirms aaah thing. 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:09.520 I was like, what, No, No, the Tohi station is 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:11.400 right next to the wah wah that's where it is. 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:13.719 But it was it's been so weird, and you know, 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:15.640 I know what the people have breathing issues and things 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:17.800 like that. They cancel all the after school activities here 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:20.760 in the area. There's no sports being played. Nobody went outside. 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:22.919 They would give a mask. Now we're wearing masks to 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:26.080 go outside. That's that's how weird things have gotten. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.200 Yeah, I say be safe everybody, because like you know, 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.559 like air quality rating around one hundred is not great. 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:34.599 And in Washington when they canceled the Diamondbacks game today, 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.480 three hundred over three hundred, and I believe in I 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.200 don't New York message, I don't even know. I don't 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:41.719 even know who's all getting hit. It was like three 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:45.600 p fifty seven, Like it is massively insane air quality 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:48.919 stuff that's going on. So godspeed, and I think the 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:52.400 second game, I believe it was the Rockies and whoever 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:54.520 maybe just got canceled. I thought someone in the chat. 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:56.600 I'm not sure if that's a fact, but I know. 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.280 For sure the Nationals one is canceled again. That that 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:01.520 I saw that it was the national No, what was 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:02.800 it that was? I just saw it. 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:07.440 I thought something the official one. 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:10.200 No, it's it's significantly better here right now. So they're 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.080 hoping they're gonna get the Yankee game in today here 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.720 in the New York area. But it was weird, very 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:16.800 strange thing. But let's get to some baseball. Soff. By 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:20.360 the way, uh eue uh two K has a great 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.400 name here, two Live Crews. That's a that's a good 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:23.880 team name. 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.760 Like you had both players. I actually have both players 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.480 in one of my nfbc's I wish we could change 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:31.600 the name. I would totally call it that. That's a 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:32.240 great one. 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:34.800 All right, let's get to some other headlines that aren't 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:36.960 Eli de la Cruz. I guess we can do those. 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:38.160 Corbyn Burns. 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.520 Don't look now, but he might be turning things around. 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:44.720 Eight shutout innings, nine k's, uh, pretty good. I think 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:47.119 his next start if I saw correctly his next starts 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.120 coming up against the Twins, I could be wrong on that. 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:52.600 I gotta check that. But Corbyn Burns, this is an 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:54.360 interesting time to start to buy low on some of 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:56.080 the you know, maybe that window shut I don't know, 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:58.520 but you can kick the tires on it. Chris Bassett 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:03.880 eight innings against the Astro's strong performance for him forty 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:06.160 nine innings and his last seven starts a two point 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:08.800 zero two eer, a point eight six whip. I really 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:10.800 like this picture. Last year when he pitched for the Mets, 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.120 I love Chris Bassett was a very strong pitcher. I 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:14.920 did not like to see him go. There was a 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:16.960 great pickup for the Blue Jays, and he's been very good. 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:18.840 Forty two k's in the last forty nine innings. Two 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:23.400 Juan Soto big night for him, five for five, a 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:27.480 three twenty one, five homer, twenty RBI stretched with five 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:31.600 steals since May one? How you do in so obviously, 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.880 I guess the trick to Gettingjuan Soto back was getting 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:38.960 him that horrible, horrible statue. So the statue. I'd like 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.360 to see the numbers since the statue because I think 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:45.040 these kind of coincided where he's like, look, I need 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:46.840 to be better. If this is the statue they're making 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:49.360 of me, that's acceptable. I need to perform. 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:52.640 Better that one. The left one hits to twelve, the 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:54.280 right one hits three hundred. 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.160 Did you all see that horrible Blue Jays AI thing 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:58.319 that I sent you this morning? 0:08:58.400 --> 0:08:59.120 Yes? I did? 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:03.560 That? Was that go to see? On Twitter? I retweeted this. 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:06.960 Somebody made a Blue Jays commercial using ai and it 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:08.600 is the most terrifying, horrific. 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:10.960 It starts out a little like, oh, this is like 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.920 goofy ai this and it turns people. 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.319 Have hot dog hands and. 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.880 They're like eating each other and it's like eating each other. 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:21.120 It's so weird. 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:22.920 But one thing I want to point out is like 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.240 it's it's always not one for one, but this one 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:29.640 soda situation. It is like it is paramount to like 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.320 what we see with like star players. Star players aren't 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.640 always going to necessarily be stars, but people are looking 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:37.600 at like Manny Machado and we have the Aaron Nolan 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:41.120 Aernado's stuff. It's just like the best players do get 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:44.240 it figured out because they're the best players. So when 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.320 they really struggle, this is why they're on the list. 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.440 I've had one Soto on the by list on the 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.040 trade video, I've had Nolan Aernado. I would put Manny 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.560 Machado on there. Look at trade trying me all of 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:57.520 these guys when they're in their biggest struggles and people 0:09:57.559 --> 0:09:59.600 are losing their mind, it's such a great time to 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:04.520 buy proven, really proven commodities, even if there's not like 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:07.040 all the things that are pointing in that direction. That's 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:08.640 kind of how I've been with Manny Machado, and I 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.800 would because Wan Soto has really gotten his feet back. 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.600 Hard hit numbers top percent of the league, fifty eight 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.400 percent on hard hit. His batting average is up to 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.280 his XBA, which is great. Uh, he's just making better 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.920 contact and he's actually got the second best barrel rate 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.560 of his career right now. So turning in a great direction, 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.400 thank god. Hopefully quite a while back you did pick 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:29.840 up one. 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:33.560 Sodo Randy Rosarina walk off homer for him. He's now 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.240 hitting two ninety three, ninety four, four ninety eight. That's 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:39.800 elite boys and girls, twelve homers, seven steals. Guy's been tremendous. 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.320 Hazus Sanchez also been pretty good last thirty games three 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.600 forty six, three ninety one, six sixty seven slash. Now, 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:48.640 this is a player that's been kind of divisive, I know, 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.960 over the years and the prospect market. What do you 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:53.880 make of this run that Sanchez is on right now? 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.319 Well, I used to love if if you followed me 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:59.160 for a long time, you know my years of loving 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.559 Haesus Sanchez. But you know, like anything else, I do 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:03.199 want to claim he's my guy because I just kind 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:06.640 of like, you know, fell off the table. But XP 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:08.920 this is amazing, And I know people get annoyed with 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.319 like expected stats. But not only hitting three hundred, his 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.320 expected batting average is over three twenty right now, which 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:18.160 is wild an expected slug well over five hundred hard 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.120 hit numbers are there. The strikeout rate is the absolute 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.960 lowest of his career, which you love to see, and 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:28.640 he's just detroying fastballs. So what'll be interesting is if 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:32.480 the pitch mix this year is more fastballs. But that's 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:34.840 what he hits so well, it'll be interesting when pitchers 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:39.680 start to, you know, readjust on him, because he's hitting 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.280 under two hundred on breaking and offbe pitches right now. 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:44.720 So I'm here for it. I'm here for the Jesus. 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.079 You don't f with the Jesus and you pick up 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:48.000 the Jesus. 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:52.320 They're actually showing uh, the Big Lebowski the theater near me. 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:54.200 You know, I told you that theater nered does all 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:56.760 the you know, revival wheels. They show him, and I've 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:58.840 seen Lebowski. I saw it in the theater. It's it's 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:00.400 so great. But I think I might have go check 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:00.719 that out. 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.760 It's I mean, it's it's a it's a. It definitely holds, 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:04.520 you know, like you go back. 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:08.160 It's like those bizarre Oh it holds, it's fans. 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:11.160 You know what I've been wondering, does Raising Arizona does that? 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:12.840 I just saw it a couple of weeks ago. Oh 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:15.720 really it it. It doesn't hold up completely, but the 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:17.559 parts that do are very good. Still. 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:20.400 That's what I love like it's like like, but it's 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.559 still completely different movies. But like Spaceball still holds up 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.480 and three As still holds up, those are like eighties 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:27.160 and seventies. 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.760 Michael Waka, I can't believe he's holding up seven strikeouts, 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:34.920 sixings yesterday. This has been bizarre. I was gonna say, 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.240 what what do we get through here? The Michael Waka 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:40.440 turn around? Because he's got a three eighteen era, a 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:42.719 one oh nine whip, he's got sixty four strikeouts a 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.400 guy who's never been a big strikeout picture really sixty 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:47.720 eight innings. I mean, I remember Michael Walker Cardinal days 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:49.760 well also thinking he was going to be in that 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:51.560 rotation for a decade and be a stud and he 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:52.960 had like one and a half good years and that 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:55.480 was it. But what in the hell is going on 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:57.679 with Michael Walker Welsh and and what do you do 0:12:57.800 --> 0:12:58.880 here at this point with him? 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.040 Yeah? I mean, I told you it's the change up. 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:03.160 It's it's a I don't know, it's career high, but 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:06.440 it's higher than last year. Over thirty six percent whiff 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:08.160 rate on his change up. He throws that as the 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:11.600 number one pitch fastball right behind it, and then He's 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.439 got his variations of fastballs, cutters and sinkers and stuff, 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:18.240 and all of those fastballs are just setups for the changeup. 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.960 And I mean, I know who here watches Michael Waka, 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:25.040 but when you watch man, it's bonkers to see what 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.120 that change up does. Just how it dips and dives. 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:31.080 It's like it's like a dodgeball. Dips dive, duck like 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.599 that thing, just go whoop. And the fastball sets it 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:35.560 up really great, and he's hitting his spots and you know, 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:38.240 the zone chart looks fantastic. He's doing what you want 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.800 with the change up. You're covering the bottom corners of 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.880 the zone and under and then he just pounds fastballs 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.520 in that. Guys aren't getting crazy. I don't think they're 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:49.640 getting crazy crazy hard contact on let me look real quick, Yeah, 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:52.760 I mean only one pitch has a ninety ev or 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:55.400 higher and that's the four seam. Everything else is and 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:57.480 it's only ninety point five. So there's not a lot 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.480 of hard contact being made with a change up. I 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.560 think this type of stuff is sustainable. So I'm in. 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.079 I met on Michael Walka, especially if you're sitting out there. 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:06.960 Guys, I know people are asking me, are you calling 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.080 Ellie de la Cruz because we're getting close to game 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:12.200 time there. No, I'm not calling Ellie today, not against Kersher. 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.880 I almost was tempted to go under every like his 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:17.800 fantasy point today on Price Paster, like eight and a half. 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:19.040 I was going to go on, there's a. 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:21.960 Great price Pig thing going on. Also, we're gonna get 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:23.840 to that in the second too. But somebody who was 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.200 saying in the chat here I gotta find it that 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.400 Nicholas Cage's best movie, Oh here it is was BTT said, 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:33.480 raising Arizona's Cage's best film. I think it's his best performance. 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:36.760 I would say con Air and face Off in that 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:38.160 same also vein of. 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:41.600 You know what's interesting movies, Let me pus, let me 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:43.120 push performances. 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.280 It might be, it might be the best performance. 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:49.000 Let me push just a tiny, tiny bit. Because Nicholas Cage, 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:53.520 interestingly enough, has had completely different life spans, because he's 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:57.360 he's making completely different movies now. Because I will agree 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:02.520 with this, con Air is the best. Connor is number one. 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:07.280 I would put the Rock and and like the Rock now. 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:10.000 But I love that about the Rock that Sean Connery 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:13.200 is actually James Bond like that is a cool theory, 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.800 but I'm I think that movie's overrated. Moons also a 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:18.520 great performance by Nicholas Cage two. 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:21.680 Now all of his performances, though, they're so different, and 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:24.400 this is gonna be wild, But I actually heard an 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.720 interview that his favorite movie, and I saw this about 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.440 six months ago, his favorite movie he's ever made is 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:33.800 this movie called Pig, and it is phenomenal. It's he is. 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:40.520 He's great in that movie too. Which adaptation, Oh yeah, 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.240 but the screenwriter that's he's. 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:45.400 Doing all these weird movies. Pig is really good. And 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.560 he's done a bunch of these like aggressive, like horror 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:48.800 movies too. But go check. 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.240 I want to see Renfield because I love Nicholas Holt 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.840 and it looks like a very funny movie. So I'm 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:56.040 definitely going to check that out. But you're right, you know, 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:58.520 if you look at the Nicholas Cage pantheon of films, 0:15:58.520 --> 0:15:59.080 it's pretty good. 0:15:59.080 --> 0:15:59.200 Here. 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:02.360 Match stick Men, that's an underrated little movie. He does 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:07.360 like some horrible straight B level to cable movies, and 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:09.360 then he'll do something like match stick Men, or he'll 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:10.400 do something like Renfield. 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.400 You're like this is, but he's doing a lot of 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.080 like taking money. His two most recent big ones of 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:18.080 the last five years is Mandy and Pig. Go watch 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:18.760 those all right? 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.240 Checkout Pig, Yeah, you'll check that out. All right, Let's 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.800 continue on here with the rookie lookie, because Joe Adele 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:29.520 don't look now, kids, Joe Adell got called up. Nine 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:34.080 fifty eight ops, eighteen homers, four steals. All right, Welsh, 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.000 I know you're not the biggest Joe Adell guy, So 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:38.800 are you running out there to pick him up at all? 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:39.040 Or No? 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:43.840 I am not, no way, absolutely not a home run 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:45.920 leader too, by the way, in the minor leagues. Now, 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:47.880 I think he's impressive. 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.960 A home run leader in the minor league getting called up. 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:54.760 No, I mean, if you want, you can, there's always 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.520 a possibility. I leave open the possibility. But at the 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.520 same time, what is this year twelve? You know, look 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:04.639 started your trump. Remember that's Joe Adell in triple A. 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:07.840 I think that might be a little a little like 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:08.560 it's twelve. 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:12.880 He's more thanking out almost thirty percent of the time 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.680 in the minors. So what have you learned? He's he's 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:20.840 eating mistakes better, but he's striking out at insane levels, 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:23.960 and it's barely improving. He's striking out worse this year 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:26.639 than he did in two thousand and one, which he 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.840 was also in triple A. So could it work out? Sure, 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:35.199 crazy athletic, more pitches over time, pitch recognition. I'm not 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:37.520 gonna hold my breath. Not doing it in a ten, 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:40.199 not doing it in a twelve. This also is going 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:44.240 to probably be short lived. Joe Adell will figure it out, 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:46.080 maybe at some point in his career. I just have 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.120 been pretty saidfast. I don't think it'll be with the Angels. 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:50.880 No, right, fair enough. 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:52.520 So remember Mickey is on this team. 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:52.760 Guys. 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:54.800 Remember they got Mickey Moray, so they don't need Joe. 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.359 Micky had that great run and then all of a 0:17:57.400 --> 0:17:59.240 sudden they went back to Taylor Ward. I feel like, 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:01.320