WEBVTT - SPEEDZ Spotlights NL West Bats & NL Central Arms 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.120 You are now about to witness the strength of fantasy 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:11.680 knowledge Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned in 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:15.880 to the Speeds and Spitting Statistician on Fantasy Freestyle. Up 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:20.560 next on that cipher on the microphone. You know that 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:28.760 I'm one of the best yet Martinez, you know what 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:31.480 it is. It's boy Dan Martinez, a k A. Speed 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:35.440 k to Spitting Statistician a k a. The stable Genius 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:39.239 and vocal minority. And welcome to another episode of the 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:43.320 Fantasy Freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Network. Want 0:00:43.320 --> 0:00:45.879 to give a big shout out to my hashtag stats 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:49.239 overbeat cipher. Yo. This is the Late Week Pod. We 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:53.480 had a good time in Studio thirty four earlier this week, 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.160 so make sure you catch that. Uh you know wherever 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:59.520 you download your good stuff. We are my man Danny 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.880 Otto took the Wonderlick test. I had my man Fernando 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:07.600 Perez hashtag Statut's newest member. Um coming through talking all 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:11.800 things baseball. The baseball continues in this episode. Okay, um, 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:14.520 we are going to continue our NL West preview. We're 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:16.880 gonna talk about the bats in the NL West. We're 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:20.360 gonna talk about the arms in the NL Central. Um, 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:22.080 we're gonna get you ready because there's a lot of 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:26.440 baseball going on right now. Spring training is afoot, although 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:29.200 it doesn't look like that after that crazy snowstorm we 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:33.840 had over here in NYC earlier this week. Um, but 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.480 it is getting going. Okay, it is getting going, and 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.959 it's also a very interesting time in the NFL calendar. 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:41.920 We're gonna catch you up on what's going on there. 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:44.200 It's a very you know, we're right at the end 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:48.280 of the league year. Okay, so things are happening. There's trades, 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:51.280 there's people getting cut, you know, a lot of people 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:55.080 positioning themselves for what will happen next week, the start 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.720 of the new league year, and a free agent frenzy. 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:00.480 So we'll get you caught up on that. Like I said, 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.680 we're gonna do h some heavy baseball previews in this 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:06.440 episode of the Fantasy Freestyle. And then you know though, 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:08.200 at the end, as always, we're gonna put the fun 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:12.440 in functional sports content as we uh, you know, get 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:14.480 down with the hashtag stats, will beat Cipher and have 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:16.600 a little bit of fun. I got some interesting things, 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:22.359 including which Panthers player is apparently uh you know, like 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.320 saving lives out there in the wilderness. Well, we'll talk 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:28.400 about that a little bit later on, but first what 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:30.320 I wanted to do first to talk a little bit 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:32.600 about football, because check this out. It is, like I said, 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:34.560 it's the end of the league year. Okay, so we've 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.680 been talking about the franchise tag and that process had 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:39.639 gone through, you know what I mean, and then it 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:41.880 was like, okay, these guys, you know, the Kirk Cousins, 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:45.080 the Sammy Watkins, they are fifteens, the case Keendoms, these 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:48.080 guys would not be tag, so they're gonna be free agents. 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:50.359 But the last thing to be honest that people the 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.320 things that happened at the end of the league year 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:56.040 is that um, trades happened other ways of trying to 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:59.239 clear cap space, you know, so that you can start 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:02.239 to sign people. So, um, the Bennett brothers had a 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.760 very interesting week. I mean, the black Unicorn Martelis Bannet 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:07.760 got cut by the Pats pat trying to in one case, 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:11.320 in this case, save six point two million dollars, right. 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:15.480 But then Michael Bennett he gets traded. He gets traded 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:20.600 from Seattle to the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. I mean, 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.600 the Eagles may have been losing Vinny Curry on that line. 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.120 But listen, they're gonna get Michael Bennett to add to 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.639 that crazy rotation, which is really something they rode and 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:32.640 was very important to their Super Bowl. You know, remember 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:36.120 still uh Cox and Joern again in the middle, Brandon Graham. 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.720 They not the you know Barnett. They now add Bennett 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:42.320 to that mix. And listen, I've been telling you guys 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.760 for a couple of weeks and months that this was, 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:47.720 in my opinion, the end of the l O B. 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:51.320 I talked about this on previous episodes of The Fantasy Freestyle. 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:53.280 I said, I thought this was the end of the 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.720 Legion of Boom, and you know it really is. Richard 0:03:56.800 --> 0:04:00.080 Sherman looks like he is in fact next UH to 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:03.720 go for Seattle is a camp Chancellor has a very 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.840 interesting injury Dicey. They don't know if he's gonna play again. 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:11.320 So what what does this Seahawks team? Do? You know? 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:15.120 And that is our pole question UH for this episode 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:18.120 of the Fantasy Freestyle. Do you think do you think 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:22.440 the Seattle Seahawks are still a playoff contender in the 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:25.920 NFC UM after the way they're trying to it looks 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.599 like remake their roster and coaching staff. Hit me up 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.600 at Spitting Speeds. If you want to get down on 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:34.080 the pole, statue of feat site will always be getting 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:35.920 down to the pole. So that's interesting that's going on. 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:39.200 But the trade don't stop. The Rams have traded um 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.039 Ogul Tree, that linebacker over to the New York Football 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:45.280 Giants for some draft picks. You know, I mean, I'm 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.520 cool with this as Giant has people who know a 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.960 lot of Giants fans getting a linebacker fine, but they 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.880 still have that number two pick and most Giants fans 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.120 wanted at this point maybe them to go Mrs say 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.280 Kawan Barkley from the Bronx. That would be a good 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:59.800 New York fit. Looks like the Broncos maybe interested in 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.880 He's keenom. That's interesting to note. Does that mean that 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:04.600 the Broncos kind of see the writing on the wall 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:06.360 and know that they are no longer kind of like 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:09.400 that finalist for Kirk Cousins. To me, what I'm hearing 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.600 your boys, Speeds and Spitting Statistician is hearing that the 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.480 Kirk Cousins sweepstakes, in my opinion, is going to come 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:18.640 down to the New York Jets and the Minnesota Vikings. 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.680 I'm telling you right now, I'm a Jets fan, and 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:23.440 I do not want the Jets to get Kirk Cousins. 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:25.920 I don't want them throwing three million dollars a year 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:27.840 at a quarterback position where they are more than a 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:30.640 quarterback away. They need to be building smartly from the 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:34.600 interior on the offensive line, at the on the defensive 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:36.680 side of the ball, and then a little bit later 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:38.240 on in a year or two, what Tom Brady is 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:41.640 actually moving away from that division and retiring, then you 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.160 put the cherry on top or hopefully you've been able 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.719 to develop a kid by then. I hope they don't 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:48.400 do that, and I would go to Minnesota if I 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:53.640 was Kirk Cousins anyway, you know what I mean? Um, Stephen, 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:58.480 can you digs in Adam? I got a feeling as 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:02.360 options are returning Dalvin the top three defense in the NFL. 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:04.560 I mean, that would be a great situation for me. 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:07.680 You would be the cherry on top in that situation. Um, 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.640 And Minnesota, you know, has just as much money to 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:14.200 spend if they wanted to. So maybe the Broncos no, 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:16.040 and are now maybe turning their attention to a guy 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.080 like his Keenom who maybe you know, in on the 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:21.160 revolving door if Minnesota does in fact make that move. Okay. 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:25.520 And also remember we talked about how Goodell is gonna 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.440 find Jerry Jones and it was really a retribution for 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.480 legal fees as well. He Jerry Jones has, in fact, 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.640 want to vote reimbursed the other owners two millions dollars 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:38.640 in legal fees. Um, So that situation, it seems to 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:40.360 be closed, and you know, it's just part of the 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.080 by laws, right, part of the biblass Listen. We talked 0:06:43.279 --> 0:06:47.200 last episode of the Fantasy Freestyle about the combined of 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:52.760 my man Keem Griffin, who really wowed everybody with his um, 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:57.640 you know, with his speed, with his polish, shall we say, 0:06:57.760 --> 0:07:00.160 despite the fact that only had one hand. But um, 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.160 what I want to talk about in the combine this 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:05.600 is kind of less reported this year is that um, 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:09.800 nobody really had got popped for drup desk, if you know. 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:14.000 And I'm actually hearing a lot of people were saying 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.800 that this is kind of just because the teams themselves 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.080 do not consider marijuana that big of a deal anymore, 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:26.680 you know, um, because they know where this country is 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:30.400 going societally on marijuana. They know where the pain management 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:32.760 is going on marijuana. And if you're a friend to 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:36.160 the show, hashtag Dilley Dilley hashtects, that's overbeats. You know 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.160 that we have been talking about this for a while, right, 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:43.640 pain management used marijuana hashtag can a can athlete. You know, 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:47.840 we've been talking with license certified trainer Tom Slow. We've 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:50.160 been we've been bringing these stories to the forefront about 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:53.680 pain management players. And it looks like, listen, even if 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.240 the NFL won't come out and say something, that the 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:59.200 teams themselves are almost like decriminalizing it. You know, it's 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.720 almost like weed is not a federal law anymore, right, 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.600 but the states. It's legal in so many states, and 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.120 they're taking action to decriminalize it. It's almost like the 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.600 teams are doing the same. Remember Ruben Foster got caught 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:12.200 last year. You know, he said he had food poisoning 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:17.160 water rehydrated him because of a diluted sample. I mean, 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:19.680 you know, come on, that was obviously not true. But 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.280 that like these fly these days because no one's really 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.440 thinking about it. People are turning a blind eye to it, 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:29.880 and I think, in fact, on purpose, you know, um One, 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.360 a f C team official in this article I read 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.199 literally said we just don't care about it as much. 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:36.080 You know, they have to worry about things like domestic 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:38.760 violence right now. You know, that's what they don't want 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:42.400 their players to be doing. It's not about marijuana. It's 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:45.080 it's almost being decriminalized. So I did I also wanted 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.679 to bring that to you guys because I did think 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.839 that was interesting as it related to coming out of 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:52.800 the combine, like that's always something that happens. And it's 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:55.439 basically like an idiot test, right you know, you're getting 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.920 a drug test. You know, can't you like quote unquote 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:02.160 study for the test. You know, just my knowing what 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:04.199 You're going to get a drunk that's okay, and this 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:06.240 is gonna be your professional career. But you don't smoke 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:08.960 for you know, the thirty days we get that joint, 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:12.079 audea system whatever it is. I mean, this is your 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:15.520 you know, your interview for your million dollar job, right so, 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.400 but so that's why it has been an idiot test. 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.679 But the thing is, I think this analogy holds right 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:28.920 that the states taking control of marijuana policy or in essence, 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.520 just like the teams taking control, so like, yeah, maybe 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.839 they don't even administer the we test anymore in a 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:35.719 couple of a couple of years, you know, And I 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:39.319 think that would be very very interesting. Check it out. 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:41.800 Here's what we're gonna do here on the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:44.080 We're gonna talk a little bit about baseball. There's gonna 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:45.839 be a baseball heavy episode. I did just want to 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:47.680 get that combined story. And but let me tell you something. 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.240 Next week, with free agents getting started, I'm gonna preview 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:52.280 which teams Because here's the way you gotta think about it. 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:54.520 If you're about fantasy football twelve months a year, like 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:57.400 you always speeds has been statistician, you gotta start thinking 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:00.319 about like I'm thinking, I'm talking about dynasty leagues talking 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.280 about you gotta start thinking about what team, what what what? 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:05.360 What offenses? Compositions are gonna look a little bit different. 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:07.560 You know, who's gonna take advantage of it? For example, 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:10.760 like in all my dynasty leagues last year, I wound 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:14.640 up I picked up Trey Burton in a ton of leagues. 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:16.599 Why because I knew he was a free agent. He 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.280 was gonna get out from under Zach Ertz. You know, 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:21.760 stuff like that. You know, go grab yourself a little 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.720 Patty Mahomes stuff like that. You know that's gonna happen. Right, 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:26.440 So I'm gonna give you a little bit of preview 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:29.760 about what teams are going to kind of change shape 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:32.120 at the running back position and what teams are going 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:35.120 to kind of change shape at the wide receiver position. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.720 That's gonna be some football content in the next episode 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.760 of the Fantasy Freestyle, So you gotta keep it locked 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.400 and make sure after that, Um, that's gonna be We're 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.439 gonna be back in Studio thirty four. Uh, you know 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:50.240 what it is, early week edition of the Families Fantasy Freestyle. 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:54.200 Back in Studio thirty four. Um, with my people down 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.280 there in the Misery. We're gonna have the chat room going. 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.080 It's gonna be live. 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Okay, 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:04.839 so that's important to note. I think I think it's 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:08.120 actually a great Swan song. He's got a one year 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:10.760 deal there and Ben Gamble is out there out now 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:14.760 for Seattle each yeo. Okay, but he's still two five 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:16.800 and a hundred thirty six games last year. He's an 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.319 icon in Seattle. He's still play outfield. Tell you that 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:21.640 his arm is probably still good. So I love this 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.480 move each all. I love it. Um. The Cardinals have 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:30.000 extended shortstop Paul Jong through five season. He gets an 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:33.760 extra twenty six million, all right, Um, they certainly believe 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:36.160 in this kid. I I don't know, I'm i'm I 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.120 have cause for pause for some of the St. Louis 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.160 Cardinals um backs this year. You're gonna hear that when 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.920 we get into the NL Central. But year old did 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:48.559 go for an eight fifty seven ops. Homer's hundred and 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:52.320 eight games. That's rookie last year. But shortstop is deep, 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:55.480 all right, shortstop is deep. And I've noticed that in 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:57.280 a couple of drafts that I've been in, when guys 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:02.880 like young Deeed Gregorious, Uh, Trevor's story, these are guys 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:07.240 that are going shortstop, you know between seven and ten. 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:13.640 You know that I think are solid. Okay, that's solid power, Okay, 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:17.360 jun home runs Trevor's story can get your twenty five 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.800 home runs. D Gregorious can get your twenty five home runs. 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:24.120 Imagine d D in that line up. Where's DD gonna 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:28.960 hit in that lineup. That's crazy. But listen this little 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.920 news and notes. Are there things happening in string spring training? Yes? 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:34.959 But do you get over excited of them? No? You know, 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.679 like Jason Kidness is going, is going Ham already like 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.880 five six home runs doesn't Maybe he'll have a good year, 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:42.760 you know, but you can't get into it that much. 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:47.120 Um and it has like five home runs for the Yanks, 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:48.599 you know, will he be able to get a spot? No, 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:51.160 the Yankees made a move. It's gonna be Brandon Jewelry, right, 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:55.319 Maybe Andrew Hark can get in. Maybe Glabraatrres has the 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:59.040 way until some service time goes. You know, Pax James 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.920 Paxton because up seven runs in an inning in two 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.280 thirds Does that matter to me? No, I'm still trying 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.640 to get James Backton. I still want him to be 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.880 my my SP two this year. I want him to 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.079 be my SP two this year. Okay, I wanna in 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.160 my draft that I'm going with. What I'm trying to 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:15.679 do is I think I'm trying to wind up with 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.200 my SP one. I'm getting I'm winding up with Synder 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.360 Garden a lot of my teams, and then I want 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:25.480 to get a little James packs. Then, um, in that 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.200 area I'll get I'll take a I'll take a Dallas 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:30.640 Kikool as my SP two. But I'm winding up because 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:32.760 I'm not gonna I'm not taking I'm taking my sp one. 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:34.360 I'm taking my sp one. It looks like for me 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:36.880 usually in round three. Al Right, I'm getting two. I'm 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:41.400 getting two bats, um early on in drafts. Okay, I'm 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:43.360 getting that power bat, and then I'm getting that maybe 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.360 that crazy middle and fielder bad you know, I'm getting 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:48.200 that trade turner that all those Korea that j L. Tove, 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:49.960 That's what I'm trying to get. And then I'm getting 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:51.960 the power back, you know, I'm getting the getting the 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:56.000 judge something like that. Um. And then I'm getting my 0:14:56.400 --> 0:15:00.400 and then I'm getting my sp one. Um. So i 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:02.440 don't care about the stats though, and I'm still getting 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.800 packed in this MASP two. I'm I'm right or three? 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:07.920 Shall I say? I mean I'm happy about that, you know. Um. 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:09.320 The one thing I will say that I think it's 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:13.640 funny that I've seen from spring training so far is 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:18.640 that John Lester is literally bouncing throws to first base, 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:22.360 um purposely, you know, John less has for a long 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:26.320 time been struggled to feel this position, struggled to pick 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.880 off runners from first base. But he is. Now they're 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:32.160 trying something new out, you know, like why not? You know, 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:34.680 springs training is the time to do it. That's something 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:38.120 I'm looking for. I'm looking for noticeable changes in and practice. 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:42.000 Someone who's adding a new pitch, someone who's trying something different. 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:44.760 That's what I'm looking for, not like if someone happens 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:46.840 to be hot right now, but check it out. We're 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.000 gonna take a quick break here on the Fantasy Freestyle 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.240 when we come back, but we're gonna do is. We 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:54.320 are going to go deep into the National League. We're 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:57.240 gonna continue our digital previews that we're doing getting everybody 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.840 ready for the Fantasy Baseball drafts. We're going to talk 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:03.120 about the bats of the NL West, and then we're 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.840 gonna talk about the arms in the NL Central. I'm 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:07.280 gonna tell you, I like him to tell you that 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.200 my diamonds in the rough. I'm gonna tell you my 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:12.080 full gazes would forget about. You know what it is, 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:14.840 speeds and spitting statistician. Come on right back. It is 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:18.920 the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Network. 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:27.520 Let's go, Let's get it. Ah. They you know that 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:29.520 you can listen to this show live on the award 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:32.560 winning Fancy Sports Radio Network. Listen on the I Heart 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.680 Radio app to tune in radio app, or download the 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:39.240 Fancy Sports Radio Network app. The Fancy Sports Radio Network 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:43.400 is the only totally free three sixty five fancy sports 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:46.320 network of its kind without a subscription. 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Late we condition of the Fantasy 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:32.280 Freestyles told you what we're gonna get into here is 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:36.040 as going my division by division previews, um giving you 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.919 the NLST. I'm gonna give you the bats, the scare ranks. 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:40.800 That's what I've been doing here in the NLS. And 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:42.560 then we're also gonna do is We're gonna double it up, 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.119 back to back. You know what it is, double better action. 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:48.440 I'm gonna go straight to the NL Central and give 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:52.280 you my take on the arms of the NL Central 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:55.399 here in this episode of the Fantasy Freestyle because a 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:57.399 lot of people are starting to get get it in 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:01.359 on these fantasy baseball drafts. I've been doing some mock drafts. 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:03.640 I got a Rhodo league popping off. I got ahead 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:06.680 to eat d Lee popping off pretty soon. So we're 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:08.880 gonna get you ready. And if you want, you can 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.760 also ask me questions at any point in time at 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:15.520 spitting speeds. If you've got any specific questions highatch boy. 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:17.600 This way we could try to answer them. We could 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:20.200 do that on the show. Um, even next week when 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:23.280 we got the live chat going from Studio thirty four. UM. 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:25.479 But check out, all right, let's get into this, um 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:30.280 obviously an OST for me. Let's go. We'll go five. 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:33.360 We'll go five through one. We'll go five through one 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:36.640 for me, the bottom the fifth offense is the San 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:41.000 Diego Fathers Padres for you know, I'm I'm not sold 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:45.520 on Hosmer. I'm not sold on Hosmer adjusting. Well, Listen, 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:48.560 he's going to a new ballpark, a ballpark that is huge. 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:51.960 You know, he just got an eight year, hundred forty 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:56.320 four million dollar deal, right and I mean and last year, honestly, 0:18:56.800 --> 0:19:01.639 last year his babbit was three fifty one and his 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:06.560 strikeout rate was only fiftcent. Those were both career highs 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:10.280 for him. So that's kind of like regression indicators to 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:12.960 start with. Then he's going to a new ballpark, to 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:16.560 a new team, learning a new league of pitchers. To me, 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.720 Hazma is a fool gazzy I like Manny Margo a 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:22.480 little bit that could be a cheap, little fifteen fifteen 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:24.639 kind of potential to have in your your line up 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:27.680 on daily you know, on daily changes. I like that. 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:31.719 You know, Renfro is a lot of buzz as a rookie. UM, 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:37.000 but he's got strikeout rate, you know, Will Myers I like, 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:40.760 But he also has seven percent strikeout rate. You know, 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:42.440 He's another one of these kind of like three true 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:44.920 outcomes kind of guys. What I like about Will Myers, though, 0:19:45.320 --> 0:19:49.040 is he out, you know, more than more than any 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:53.400 other first baseman maybe outside of Goldschmidt. Right, Myers will 0:19:53.440 --> 0:19:57.200 steal basis to um. Myers will also steal basis for you, 0:19:57.600 --> 0:20:00.840 which is very interesting. I'm gonna find you, like, how 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:05.280 many bases did Will Myers steal last year? You would 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:08.359 be surprised, you know, And that's a very interesting kind 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:12.160 of source. You know, that's an interesting source of steels 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:14.520 if you could ever get that, right, twenties stolen basis 0:20:14.800 --> 0:20:18.200 thirty Homers and twenties stolen basis for Will Myers. You 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:21.000 do not get that kind of stolen basis out of 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:24.520 your first basement position. So I like Will Myers for that, 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:26.879 and it sneaks up on people a little bit. So 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:29.760 I like Will Myers, but I'm down on Hasma. Hasma's 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:31.520 kind of fool gazzy to me. I think you need 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:34.560 to forget about him and the Padres. Forget about them overall. 0:20:34.880 --> 0:20:38.800 They are the fifth offense for me in the NL West, 0:20:38.880 --> 0:20:40.920 fourth for me, and this is where I start to 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:44.120 surprise people. This is where I start to surprise people. 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:47.440 Fourth for me, as the diamond Backs. Fourth for me 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:49.680 is the diamond Backs actually, okay, And I know a 0:20:49.720 --> 0:20:53.160