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Speaker 1: is Frank Stamford. I am Greg Sousman. Frank Gregy. Happy Tuesday,
Speaker 1: man Um, big day. I gotta find out what happened
Speaker 1: in kickball last night for you, Greg. But first, how
Speaker 1: did you sleep? I slept well, I had Uh. It
Speaker 1: was very tired. It's very tired. I woke up this morning.
Speaker 1: I woke up to the big thunder story I was
Speaker 1: going on outside. I didn't hear anything, and uh, I
Speaker 1: don't know. Very tired this morning for some reason. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's because you played your heart out on the on
Speaker 1: the kickball field. I didn't play my heart at we
Speaker 1: one our opening opener last night. Look at this guy.
Speaker 1: We won nine nothing, so it was nice. Um, I was,
Speaker 1: I was. I was playing hard obviously, bunch of got
Speaker 1: on immediately to lead off the game. I went first
Speaker 1: the third on a single slid in the third, then
Speaker 1: slid in a home a little bit later after that,
Speaker 1: so it was well. I played well. I had wins
Speaker 1: last night. Do you play on an actual baseball field,
Speaker 1: so that's why you're out there sliding? Do you wear
Speaker 1: baseball pants to play kickball? Short slide with shorts? It
Speaker 1: wasn't playing on sliding, but the play called first slide.
Speaker 1: I hope you at least wear like no leggings or
Speaker 1: long socks or something. Swore shorts. Might My NY's a
Speaker 1: little bruised up right now. If you slide correctly in shorts,
Speaker 1: your legs should be destroyed right now. Yeah, it doesn't
Speaker 1: look too good. Yeah, I mean I wasn't, but I
Speaker 1: would imagine it's even worse than that. If you're if
Speaker 1: you're doing the correct list. There's head first slide listen.
Speaker 1: I can't say anybody else really slot really slid last night.
Speaker 1: But I honestly, your instincts just take over, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, That's what it was. My instinct took over.
Speaker 1: I needed to beat a beat a play. The ball
Speaker 1: was coming in from left field. I was coming to
Speaker 1: the third base and I slid. The guy stepped on
Speaker 1: the base and he's like, you're out? Do you know
Speaker 1: the rules? He kidding me. So you're probably regarded as
Speaker 1: like the go hard guy. Yeah, well, if I played
Speaker 1: against you, i'd probably hate No, no, no, no no, I'm
Speaker 1: not that guy. Okay, that's Jeff. Oh all right, now
Speaker 1: I probably hate him. Oh you it's despising I played
Speaker 1: against him. That's Jeff. All right. Oh well, there's a
Speaker 1: there's a lot going on in a fancy baseball last night,
Speaker 1: even though we only had seven games or whatever. Yeah, Bud,
Speaker 1: you happened last night. A bunch of bud you happened
Speaker 1: last night. So let's get into it, and let's actually
Speaker 1: start with what we spent a lot of time on yesterday,
Speaker 1: and that was the fact that Jordan Hicks is hitting
Speaker 1: the I l and now we know it's toward UCL
Speaker 1: so he is out for the years. He's gonna have
Speaker 1: Tommy John Serge, who we expect. But the question that
Speaker 1: we had yesterday was who is going to be the closer.
Speaker 1: Who's the guy that you have to make sure you
Speaker 1: go and pick up well. John Masiliak and Jim Boonen
Speaker 1: talked about this in Serious Sex It will Be Network
Speaker 1: yesterday and Mosiliak said this old last night and this
Speaker 1: morning was that he could have kept pitching, but given
Speaker 1: the fact that he's, you know, an elite young athlete
Speaker 1: that does something that is very rare, as hard as
Speaker 1: he throws, It's just something that they felt like was
Speaker 1: a precautionary and smart move. But I was also when
Speaker 1: I was talking to our trainer this morning, he told
Speaker 1: me that he would like to at least see how
Speaker 1: he feels today before looking at what the week might hold.
Speaker 1: In terms of Mr Gatt, you know right now, I mean,
Speaker 1: he's been probably our biggest asset in the bullpen, so
Speaker 1: moving him into the rotation, I think I'd have to
Speaker 1: twist a lot of arms to get anybody even listen,
Speaker 1: and I'm not sure they'd be all that open minded
Speaker 1: to it. But you know, clearly a talented young man,
Speaker 1: honestly probably one of the best athletes on our team,
Speaker 1: and for a pitching standpoint, he's just very aggressive and
Speaker 1: making the most of it. Does he slide into that
Speaker 1: Hicks role? Until you have more information on Hicks, Oh,
Speaker 1: I would think so. Yeah. I mean he's he's finished
Speaker 1: stamps for us in the past and we have a
Speaker 1: lot of confidence in all right, So there you go.
Speaker 1: That was once again from ELK Radio, Jim Bowden talking
Speaker 1: to John Aziliak, the general manager or the St. Louis Cardinals.
Speaker 1: They talked about John gamp moving into the rotation and
Speaker 1: talk to him about maybe going in the closing role.
Speaker 1: Now we know when we'll have this with the Mets
Speaker 1: in the second about how the general manager and the
Speaker 1: baseball os department has influence over what used to be
Speaker 1: the manager's decisions, and the confidence brimming from Aziliak saying that,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, he's gonna slide into the Hicks role. Very interesting. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and that's pretty much what we were saying yesterday. Greg.
Speaker 1: I know you speculated with Carlos Martinez. I think it's
Speaker 1: still fair to speculate. Carlos Martinez because last year with
Speaker 1: Mike Schield as the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals,
Speaker 1: we saw Carlos Martinez take over as the closer late
Speaker 1: in the season. But you hear it from the mouth
Speaker 1: of the general manager himself, and it sounds like John
Speaker 1: Gant is the guy. So that's what I tweeted out yesterday.
Speaker 1: I feel like he should be must own right now.
Speaker 1: And you know, the Cardinals are still right in the
Speaker 1: thick of things in the National League Central so maybe
Speaker 1: they go out and make a trade for someone Ken
Speaker 1: Giles or you know, someone like that, and Alex column
Speaker 1: A perhaps, but um, as of now, it's like it's
Speaker 1: gonna be John Gann maybe the you know, working and
Speaker 1: Andrew Miller with matchups or whatever. I will say this
Speaker 1: last night, and this is Laurie I was leaning. Was
Speaker 1: Rick Hommeil was post dispatch says he expects Carlos Martinez
Speaker 1: to be the guy. Now. That wasn't Sean Moziliak talking
Speaker 1: and Mike Shilt the manager talking. That was a beat reporter.
Speaker 1: And we'll see in the first closing opportunity, hopefully tonight
Speaker 1: for St. Louis, who comes in in that ninth inning
Speaker 1: could be mixing matching, but as of now, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be one of these two guys. I think, yeah, I
Speaker 1: would again, I would lean with I would leave with Gan.
Speaker 1: I think he's the guy, all right. So John Gant
Speaker 1: is the guy for now in St. Louis. I was
Speaker 1: last night, Frank, But I do you want to make
Speaker 1: an aspect. I'm excited about it. George Springer, who's missed
Speaker 1: about a monk with a severe hamstring strain. He's back
Speaker 1: activated off the i L this morning. He will be
Speaker 1: in the starting lineup for Houston tonight as the Astros
Speaker 1: continue to get healthy. Colin m Q was also activated
Speaker 1: off of the i L earlier this morning, and he
Speaker 1: hasn't seen To get Springer back into your lineup, no,
Speaker 1: I mean they they kept him out for a long time.
Speaker 1: I think of you know, they were they were really
Speaker 1: safe about how they played this with George Springer. Look,
Speaker 1: if he's active, he's in my lineup. Uh the Astros
Speaker 1: didn't play last night. So if you play in weekly
Speaker 1: leagues where you can adjust them up until that team plays,
Speaker 1: I would get George Springer in my weekly lineup. I
Speaker 1: would obviously get him in my uh my daily lineup
Speaker 1: as well. Greg, what does this mean for the rest
Speaker 1: of the Houston Astros. I think it means, you know,
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker's still not coming anytime soon for people that
Speaker 1: are stashing him, But that probably means less playing time
Speaker 1: for like, I guess those fringey guys, right, Ny Camp,
Speaker 1: Jake mri is that guys like that correct? Because you
Speaker 1: know every day Michael Branlely is gonna play. You know
Speaker 1: every day You're Sprcker is gonna play, and you know,
Speaker 1: for the most part, John Redick shouldna play, um and
Speaker 1: you're also gonna have your on Albros DH every day.
Speaker 1: So it's who's left, right Like that ultimately becomes the
Speaker 1: question what playing time do you have for the Marisnicks
Speaker 1: of the world, for the Tony Camps, for the Josh
Speaker 1: Reddick potentially, Springer's gonna play every day, Branley is gonna
Speaker 1: play every day. Wait's hitting, You're done, You're done. Alvarez
Speaker 1: is gonna play every day. So it's what's left scrap heat,
Speaker 1: But you're you surprised that they haven't called up Kyle Tucker,
Speaker 1: especially with Springer being out as long as he was.
Speaker 1: I mean, they're still playing Tyler White at first base.
Speaker 1: And I know he hit a grand Slam against the
Speaker 1: Yankees on Sunday, but for the most part, he has
Speaker 1: not been good this year. Me personally, I I feel
Speaker 1: like they should either use your Don Alvarez at first
Speaker 1: base or maybe even a Reddick or you know, try
Speaker 1: and get Kyle Tucker up into their lineup. I just
Speaker 1: find it weird that they haven't really given him an opportunity,
Speaker 1: unless you think that they're holding out for potential trade
Speaker 1: at the deadline, right like if they need another arm
Speaker 1: as Kyle Tucker part of that move something like that. Well,
Speaker 1: I don't think that's something them calling him up because
Speaker 1: you want to showcase him potentially in the major leagues. Um,
Speaker 1: but I thought that. I just think there wasn't enough
Speaker 1: spot a spot for him, Not that you can't create
Speaker 1: a spot, but like they like guys like Tony Camp,
Speaker 1: Jake more Is, it has been on this team forever.
Speaker 1: So I know as fantasy owners, we want to disregard
Speaker 1: these team oriented guys, these fringe guys. The Astros did it,
Speaker 1: and you're Alan Alvarez forced his way into the lineup
Speaker 1: and all he's done his hit Kyle Tucker had the
Speaker 1: same shot. Don't forget that that you were not Alvarez
Speaker 1: at last year he didn't perform. And I know they're
Speaker 1: not writing Kyle Tucker off after a month's worth of games,
Speaker 1: but that that kind of needs the truth. So I
Speaker 1: don't know that Kyle Tucker's coming up any times soon.
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know either. I don't know because
Speaker 1: it's just it's I thought they would have done it.
Speaker 1: You know, with the George Springer injury going down, we're
Speaker 1: speculating that at the time. I don't know what's gonna
Speaker 1: happen here. I guess you know they're not. They're not
Speaker 1: rushing to get back up. You're right. I mean, they
Speaker 1: gave him a chance. Last year. He played twenty games
Speaker 1: in the majors. Obviously, you know, twenty games of super
Speaker 1: small sample size. This isn't completely indicative of the player
Speaker 1: he's gonna be at the major league level. But he
Speaker 1: only hit one forty one with a four thirty nine
Speaker 1: OPS last year in those twenty eight games. But you know,
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker got off to the slow start. This year,
Speaker 1: he has he has righted the ship. He's sitting two
Speaker 1: eighty one at triple A with twenty three home runs
Speaker 1: and seventeen stolen bases. So he's he's absolutely turned it
Speaker 1: on in the month, in the months of May and June,
Speaker 1: I just find it really really surprising that the Astroids
Speaker 1: haven't given him a shot. Absolutely, and Kyle Tucker not
Speaker 1: coming up, I believe anytime soon. Imagine the Mets and
Speaker 1: I mentioned their issues off the field. Right after getting
Speaker 1: away from the controversy with the press, it comes out
Speaker 1: that Broodie van Wagon and thought there was a hip
Speaker 1: issue with Jacob Degram and basically called into the cubhouse
Speaker 1: when they were in Arizona, saying pull Jacob Degram right now,
Speaker 1: and he Callaway said okay, and he did. The Mets,
Speaker 1: as they tend to be every June or so, a
Speaker 1: bit of a dumpster fire, the New York mess that
Speaker 1: many many New York teams, But right now it's the Mets,
Speaker 1: and it's one thing after another. I'm actually very surprised
Speaker 1: that he still has a job, Mickey Callaway in all honesty,
Speaker 1: and that really surprises me. Um, but he does. And
Speaker 1: the Mets once again last night. Joe Girardi, Joe Girardi
Speaker 1: is a lock to the Mets. Isn't that great? No,
Speaker 1: it's not gonna happen. No way. Where do you think
Speaker 1: Joe Girardi ends up next Hubs? Cubs? So you don't
Speaker 1: think they're bringing back to Madden after this contract which
Speaker 1: ends at the end of the season. I do not
Speaker 1: think so. I mean, Joe Madden is gonna get a
Speaker 1: job somewhere if he wants it. He wants it. You
Speaker 1: don't think you want you don't you think he's done
Speaker 1: something like that. I think you can see Joe Madden
Speaker 1: want to just like Joe Maddens Corps used to say,
Speaker 1: it is about Joe Maddie. He loves to hear himself talk.
Speaker 1: He just goes and hears himself talk commentary somewhere broadcasting career. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if if he doesn't want it, Like to me, Joe
Speaker 1: Girardi could have had the Nationals job. I think he
Speaker 1: could have had a Hardinal's job. And I think that
Speaker 1: I don't know that he What else would he be
Speaker 1: waiting for because those are two pretty good jobs, you think?
Speaker 1: So to me, the Mets are out there and the
Speaker 1: Giants are out there. Do you want to go to
Speaker 1: San Francisco? I don't think so he's a more a
Speaker 1: Midwest guy. He's a comes guy man. Like to me,
Speaker 1: it's a match made in heaven. Maybe he's a couple
Speaker 1: of manager next year. All right, well we'll see what happens. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I look, I can't disagree with you when it comes
Speaker 1: to the Mets. It's just we're here in New York,
Speaker 1: so we we see it a lot more. We hear
Speaker 1: it a lot more. We see it in the tabloids too.
Speaker 1: It's just they can't get out of their own way
Speaker 1: right now. It's like it's one step forward, two steps
Speaker 1: back for the Mets. And you know, it doesn't help
Speaker 1: that obviously they're losing games. We know that, like a
Speaker 1: lot of organizations are now run by like their front office,
Speaker 1: their their baseball operations. I mean, we joke about it
Speaker 1: earlier on in the year that, uh, Aaron Boone isn't
Speaker 1: the one making the line up for the Yankees, that
Speaker 1: it's coming from above him, Brian Cashman. So that was
Speaker 1: one of them, and that was one of the reasons.
Speaker 1: Remember that the Yankees moved on because they wanted a
Speaker 1: major influence over the manager, over the lineups. Over overall, thet.
Speaker 1: Girardi was not leting that happen and they complain whatever
Speaker 1: they wanted. And part of that blame came on his
Speaker 1: relationship with Gary Sanchez and the way he treated Gary
Speaker 1: Sanchez and some of these other younger players that he
Speaker 1: didn't relate to them as well as some of the
Speaker 1: older players. And there is something to be said that
Speaker 1: you needed a new voice, that that voice has been
Speaker 1: in the Yankees organization for ten years. It was just
Speaker 1: time for something new. And I think Girardi needs to
Speaker 1: go somewhere where he is that new voice, where his
Speaker 1: old school he ways will work for a lot of
Speaker 1: these teams going with younger managers, first time managers that
Speaker 1: want the influence or that will get the influence from
Speaker 1: the front office. The Dodgers, the Rays, the Phillies come
Speaker 1: to mind. They can't hire Joe Girardi anymore. Joe Girardi
Speaker 1: is I don't want to say a dying breed, but
Speaker 1: he's old school and not every organization wants an old
Speaker 1: school type manager. But he does have some analytics in
Speaker 1: that binder of his creed. We know that whatever you
Speaker 1: wanna call that. Yeah, I mean he'd probably fit in
Speaker 1: well with the Cubs. I mean a lot of those
Speaker 1: guys are you know, veteran esque players. They've been around
Speaker 1: for a while. So we'll see what happens. It's all speculation.
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens with Joe Girardi if he even
Speaker 1: wants to manage again. He's doing a pretty good job
Speaker 1: on the MLB network, you see him there all the time.
Speaker 1: So yeah, well we'll see what happens. And I think,
Speaker 1: you know, for the for the Mets, Greg do you think,
Speaker 1: I mean, why does if Brodie van Wagen even did that, right,
Speaker 1: why does he do that? Is because like they signed
Speaker 1: Jacob de Graham to the extension, like they don't want
Speaker 1: him to hurt himself. All those things come to mind,
Speaker 1: but to me, to me, it also says you just
Speaker 1: don't trust your manager, which is another issue entirely exactly.
Speaker 1: The Mets manager last night let his team to a
Speaker 1: defeat at the hands of Philadelphia Phillies. They lost thirteen
Speaker 1: and seven. It was bombs away last night in Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: Stephen Maths and Zach Ethlyn were just allowing home run
Speaker 1: after home run and double after double. That's allowed seven
Speaker 1: runs in over four innings of work, ten hits or
Speaker 1: he walks in a strike amp. Zach Ethlyn allowed actually
Speaker 1: more hits eleven hits in his five things x runs
Speaker 1: and four strikers also left three home runs six home
Speaker 1: runs combine between the two starters. I watched a lot
Speaker 1: of this game, and it was disgusting, disgusting affair. Ultimately,
Speaker 1: the Phillies put up thirteen runs to mentionally put up seven.
Speaker 1: They fell out a thirty seven. Two Phillies approved to
Speaker 1: forty and thirty eight. Yeah, I mean it wasn't a
Speaker 1: disgusting affair. If you had the over in this game, great,
Speaker 1: that looks really good right now. But yeah, Stephen Matts,
Speaker 1: I think he's droppable in twelve team leagues. Maybe you
Speaker 1: hold on to him in deeper formats. You can stream
Speaker 1: him in the right spot. But he walks too many guys.
Speaker 1: He doesn't get enough swinging strikes to mitigate that. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's giving up a ton of home runs this yere.
Speaker 1: His home runs per nine are up over two so
Speaker 1: far this season, which is like the third highest among
Speaker 1: starting pitchers. Zack Flynn. Look, I spoke about him last
Speaker 1: week or two weeks ago as a potential sell high
Speaker 1: candidate because I think some regression is coming. I think
Speaker 1: we're starting to see some of that regression right now.
Speaker 1: Five innings, eleven hits, six earned runs. Last night for
Speaker 1: zach Eflyn, I didn't want to talk about some of
Speaker 1: these Phillies hitters. Greg, your boys he's are Hernandez. I
Speaker 1: hope you kept them around. I did, because multi hit
Speaker 1: games in four straight now with the batting average up
Speaker 1: to two eighty. Uh. And if you remember last week
Speaker 1: when you asked me him or come on Visio, I said,
Speaker 1: let's keep sees her nand Is around for a few
Speaker 1: more days. See if you could turn around if he doesn't,
Speaker 1: and then you can look into dropping him. So good thing.
Speaker 1: Good bye you for not dropping sees on her Nas.
Speaker 1: And I think that makes a lot of sense for
Speaker 1: anyone else out there who plays, uh you know, end
Speaker 1: Points Seas or O B p Leagues, because that's where
Speaker 1: she's our her name is is at his best, great Gett,
Speaker 1: they're stolen basement cays over last night his fifth of
Speaker 1: the year. Scott Kingary still his fourth of the year.
Speaker 1: So many home runs were hit. Reese Hoskin has made
Speaker 1: a seventeen that's actually infuriated. We flew out like the
Speaker 1: warning track. Uh. Later on in the day. Jay Bruce
Speaker 1: has been great, Jean Sigura as well. Over to the Mets,
Speaker 1: Todd Fraser has been very, very hot. I know you've
Speaker 1: spoken about that before, and we actually picked up Todd Fraser.
Speaker 1: We dropped Todd Frasier. But the average off to seventy
Speaker 1: one now for Fraser, O BP is three fifty eight.
Speaker 1: He's got two hits in each of his last three games.
Speaker 1: He's got a home run and three out of his
Speaker 1: last five. He's hot, Yeah, he is. He's actually sacrificing
Speaker 1: a little bit of the power this year in order
Speaker 1: to make more contact. That's why you see the batting
Speaker 1: average up to two seven one on the year. Shout
Speaker 1: out to Matt Modiki yesterday he said pay attended to
Speaker 1: Todd Fraser, who was hot. Adimo right on the head
Speaker 1: Todd Fraser ding ding last night. We'll take a break.
Speaker 1: When we come back. We hit up the other New
Speaker 1: York teams New York Yankees who home over the seven
Speaker 1: consecutive game last night. Break that down. Give me the
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Speaker 1: Moving on here on the BFFs. I wanted to do
Speaker 1: actually before we continued on Bryce Harper last night when
Speaker 1: two or five had a couple of doubles, I believe
Speaker 1: or the yeah, a couple of doubles. That's right, I
Speaker 1: so long they're really really far hit Gee Scarrow went
Speaker 1: four for six with color unscored in a couple of
Speaker 1: rv is. Both these players Franks need to be heating up. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I did just want to mention these guys real quick.
Speaker 1: I mean Bryce Harper so far to see, he's in
Speaker 1: the swinging strike rate is a career worst fifteen point
Speaker 1: one percent. His strikeout rate is a career worst twenty
Speaker 1: seven point six percent. If he gets those down to
Speaker 1: his career marks, guess that strike out right down to
Speaker 1: his career you two percent? Then you know, right now
Speaker 1: he's hovering around a two fifty batting average. But I
Speaker 1: think that would climb up to, you know, the two
Speaker 1: seventy eight range if you if you cut your strikeout
Speaker 1: rate by six seven percent, it can actually influence your
Speaker 1: batting average that much. So if you could still buy
Speaker 1: low on Bryce Harper, I don't know if you can,
Speaker 1: because he started to heat up a little bit in June. Uh,
Speaker 1: that's something that I would look into doing. And then
Speaker 1: for Jean Sigura, Greggy four hits last night, as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: batting averages up to two seventy seven, the babbit is
Speaker 1: two nineties six. Yet over the past three seasons that
Speaker 1: the lowest his bab was throughout that stretch was three.
Speaker 1: The lowest batting average was during that stretch was three hundred.
Speaker 1: So I would say, you know, Jean Siagara another one
Speaker 1: of these guys. I think a lot of these Phillies
Speaker 1: are gonna start to come around as the weather continues
Speaker 1: to heat up. It's gonna be very very hot this
Speaker 1: week here in the Northeast as well, So I think
Speaker 1: that's why you're starting to see some of these balls
Speaker 1: flying out even more than they were before. I mean,
Speaker 1: so many home runs hit last night, so many runs
Speaker 1: scored in that Phillies Mets game. Uh and and with
Speaker 1: Jean Siagura, you know, kind of somewhat struggling to start
Speaker 1: the year, still on pace for sixteen home runs, runs scored,
Speaker 1: uh sixties, seven RBI, ten stolen basis. So for anyone
Speaker 1: who out out there who was questioning the stolen basis
Speaker 1: Gregg and the Gave Kapitler philosophy and the Philadelphia Phillies,
Speaker 1: I think you might have hit this one on the head.
Speaker 1: I don't know that Jean Segura is gonna steal many
Speaker 1: more basis this year, but the fact that he's been
Speaker 1: batting anywhere from like two to five in the lineup,
Speaker 1: you might see an increase in the county stats and
Speaker 1: runs in RBI, so hopefully he can make up for that.
Speaker 1: But you know, admittedly I was hoping that he could
Speaker 1: go anywhere from like fifteen home runs twenty stolen basis.
Speaker 1: It's looking doubtful that he gets a twenty stolen basis
Speaker 1: greg which sport was part of his value here of
Speaker 1: course during draft season was those twenty stone based expectations.
Speaker 1: It does not look like Jesusur was going to get there,
Speaker 1: at least with this philosophy here, with gave Kavler and
Speaker 1: the run that he seems to be on. I mentioned
Speaker 1: going in the Yankees last night. Uh, they defeated the
Speaker 1: Grogo Blue Jays by the score was tending to eight.
Speaker 1: It was much closer. That score was much closer than
Speaker 1: the game probably was. Johnathan Holder allowed of five runs
Speaker 1: in the eighth or all this. Chapman allowed one of
Speaker 1: the night. But the Yankees homer for the twenty seventh
Speaker 1: consecutive game that he's tied for the MLB records of
Speaker 1: the most with the two thousand and two Texas Rangers,
Speaker 1: and their first blast was a no doubter by Arrant
Speaker 1: Hicks for the fifth homer of the year. I was
Speaker 1: shot to the abatting third and he came through with
Speaker 1: that massive blast. The second one was also massive, three
Speaker 1: run shot. It was Jean Carlos Stanton's first of the
Speaker 1: season and that sounded like this, well, Greg, I thank you,
Speaker 1: hit of the year in the left center and hit
Speaker 1: us high, hit us far is god, Oh what a
Speaker 1: home run over the loading dog end of the crowd.
Speaker 1: Jean Carlo hits his first home run of the year.
Speaker 1: Gian Carlo and luci Poscarlow, here's a three year run
Speaker 1: home run. And that of course courtesy John Sterling is
Speaker 1: calling Yankees Radio Network. Now. CC Sabathia for the Yankee
Speaker 1: six and six hits two runs, sure got nine here
Speaker 1: walking to so now that he's never gonna go super
Speaker 1: deep into games, you know you're only gonna get five
Speaker 1: or six innings. But the r A for Sabathias sits
Speaker 1: at four point zero four. In the American League, pitching
Speaker 1: is always tough to come by. What do you think
Speaker 1: about ccs Bathia from a fantasy baseball perspective, I think
Speaker 1: it's a lot of smoking mirrors. But to be fair.
Speaker 1: Over the past three seasons, he's been able to out
Speaker 1: pitch his peripherals. He's doing his best Marco Estrada impersonation.
Speaker 1: That seems to always be the guy that I go
Speaker 1: to for someone that can sustain pitching much better than
Speaker 1: their e r A indicators for a long period of time. Again,
Speaker 1: each of the past three years, heading into this season,
Speaker 1: see Sabathia had a three point nine one e r
Speaker 1: A or less. Last year he had at three point
Speaker 1: six five e r A over a hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: three innings. That's very useful actually for fantasy baseball. Although
Speaker 1: his you know, his EXFIT was four point three zero,
Speaker 1: his SIERRA was four point two four. So a lot
Speaker 1: of the r A indicators say that he is pitching
Speaker 1: a lot better than than he actually should be. And
Speaker 1: I think that's the case so far this year as well.
Speaker 1: I mean, he gets the r A down to four
Speaker 1: point zero four. It is his final season. Um, he's
Speaker 1: getting more strikeouts this year. You know, he uses a
Speaker 1: lot of those breaking pitches, more of the cutter, the slider.
Speaker 1: I think you can use him in the right spot.
Speaker 1: I mean, he probably should be owning fifteen team leagues
Speaker 1: you know, maybe you pick him up in a twelve
Speaker 1: team league for for a two start week something like that.
Speaker 1: But most of the time, I'm not gonna feel great
Speaker 1: about CC Sabatia because again, Greg, like you said, he's
Speaker 1: not gonna go deep into games. It's hard, contact is
Speaker 1: really high, and the ERA A indicators say that he's
Speaker 1: pitching over his head. So um me, personally, I would
Speaker 1: probably try and go in a different direction. You know,
Speaker 1: I probably still use him over a guy like Stephen Matts,
Speaker 1: Like Matt has been really bad. Like if I'm just
Speaker 1: choosing between those two. So you probably owned Sabathia end
Speaker 1: paper leagues A only obviously, but twelve teamers, he probably
Speaker 1: shouldn't be owned, Greg, Right, So ccs Matthy in a
Speaker 1: twelve teamer we're gonna leave him out there. We're gonna
Speaker 1: leave him on the bench or on the waiver wire
Speaker 1: around the Chapman picked up his twenty second save on
Speaker 1: the season. Um Aaron Sanchez seven runs aloud, he could
Speaker 1: He's certainly come back down to Earth's very propable. Absolutely
Speaker 1: totally agree with that. Lotus Garielle tenth homer of the year.
Speaker 1: Freddy Galvis his twelfth as long let's go along with
Speaker 1: his third stolen base. I saw Scott Pianski twee abt
Speaker 1: Eric Sogard today, so Gard had his sixth steel of
Speaker 1: the season. That an't leadoff. He's bet even three or
Speaker 1: six with a three seventy six on base percentage. But
Speaker 1: because it's Eric Sogard, much like earlier in the season
Speaker 1: where it was Tommy Lostella something like that, nobody wants
Speaker 1: them myself very much included. Am I making a mistake?
Speaker 1: He should be owning deeper leagues? And I don't know
Speaker 1: that he's a must owned player in twelve team league
Speaker 1: because again you know there is some speculation skepticism here
Speaker 1: when it comes to Eric Sogard. I mean, this is
Speaker 1: the thirty three year old journeyman who has been like
Speaker 1: our utility infielder for most of his career, and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, he has eight home runs, six stolen bases,
Speaker 1: he's banning three oh six, He's got an eight seventy
Speaker 1: nine o p s. His previous career high for an
Speaker 1: entire season was seven seventy back in seventeen. So I
Speaker 1: understand it's the juice ball this year, which can make
Speaker 1: almost anyone look good. Um, and he's doing some nice things.
Speaker 1: You know, the hard contact raid is up this year,
Speaker 1: he's hitting more fly balls, and he's leading off for
Speaker 1: a solid Toronto Blue Jay's lineup. So you know, in
Speaker 1: deeper leagues, anything deeper than twelve teams, again, Greg, you know,
Speaker 1: even if you start a middle infielder, you know, a
Speaker 1: corner infielder, he has positional versatility. I still would imagine
Speaker 1: that there's someone better out there on waivers. So personally,
Speaker 1: I don't think he should be owning twelve teamers. But
Speaker 1: in anything deeper than that, like a fifteen team mix
Speaker 1: or or only, then yeah, for sure he should be
Speaker 1: owned a right. So as long as he's playing, as
Speaker 1: long as he's playing every single day, you gotta make
Speaker 1: sure Eric Sogard he's in a lot of he has
Speaker 1: been right like he has been in there, which means
Speaker 1: he's probably worth the pickup. Don't ignore the old um,
Speaker 1: the old veterans that you don't expect. I think you
Speaker 1: could put Freddy Gallvis in that category. Yes, absolutely. I
Speaker 1: picked him up in the main event and look what
Speaker 1: I got last night. I got a Grand Slam in
Speaker 1: a stolen base. That's I mean, that makes him for
Speaker 1: the whole week. I you know, if Freddy Galvis didn't
Speaker 1: do anything for the rest of the week, the fact
Speaker 1: that he gave me a grand slam in a stolen
Speaker 1: base in the same game, that that's awesome. And again,
Speaker 1: you know it's you lose Trevor's story. You lose some
Speaker 1: middle infielders, and and and you know, in these deeper
Speaker 1: leagues you find a soguard of Freddy Galvis. They're performing
Speaker 1: well right now. He's probably keeping shortstop hot for you know,
Speaker 1: Bobachette later on in the season. I would imagine, you know,
Speaker 1: second half of the year, we probably see Bobachette once
Speaker 1: he's completely healthy. He's still kind of working his way
Speaker 1: back from that broken hand injury. The power hasn't necessarily
Speaker 1: come around yet again for Bobashette, but he's been hitting
Speaker 1: well in the minors. Have been paying attention to him,
Speaker 1: stashing him in I believe, to leagues right now. So
Speaker 1: I got my eye on Bobichette for the future. But
Speaker 1: as of now, again, hitting in the middle of that lineup,
Speaker 1: or in Eric Sogard's case, the top of that lineup,
Speaker 1: you lose some middle infielders. I think these guys are serviceable,
Speaker 1: at least in deeper leagues. Alright, so the old ugly
Speaker 1: guys serviceable. That's the best way to describe it. That's fair,
Speaker 1: that's fair. Perfect. All right, Let's continue on here, and
Speaker 1: let's get to Cleveland. Who screwed up my best bet
Speaker 1: last night against Lucas Giolito? As Greg Boston wanted to
Speaker 1: Boston rather Red the whole thing. Whatever, Boston screwed up
Speaker 1: my best fat against Lucas? Did you ever did you
Speaker 1: ever mix up teams? Greg, because of the colors being
Speaker 1: too similar? For me? When I was doing it was
Speaker 1: always would always mix up the Brewers and the Padres. Right,
Speaker 1: so it's like the early to mid two thousand's, they
Speaker 1: both just wore like navy blue with like a hint
Speaker 1: of gold like some silver. Like these two teams logos
Speaker 1: are way too similar. I always used to mix up
Speaker 1: the Brewers. I never I never really did that. When
Speaker 1: you say those colors, that reminds me of the Jeremy Burnitz,
Speaker 1: the Jeremy Burnitz reason why. But anyway, the Red Sox
Speaker 1: defeat of the White Sox six to five ISA where
Speaker 1: Rodrigez against Lucas Giolito, uh Rodriguez six of the third,
Speaker 1: five urned runs, allowed six hits, four ks, Gilto just
Speaker 1: misses out in the quality start. He did walk four
Speaker 1: batters yesterday, though Frank three runs, allowed six hits seven kis.
Speaker 1: On the evening, it was the bullpen for the White
Speaker 1: Sox that blew it as Kevin Herrera and Jace Fry
Speaker 1: like down Brendan Workman and proved three seven and one
Speaker 1: on the year, getting just one out via the strike
Speaker 1: at five pitches and for a win that will work
Speaker 1: out just fine. Home runs by Mookie Betts Jackie Bradley Jr.
Speaker 1: On the Red Sox side. It was bets His thirteen
Speaker 1: whole run over the year. For jb J He's eighth.
Speaker 1: On the other side, Jose Bree went deep for the
Speaker 1: eighteenth time this year, while you on Muncata went deep
Speaker 1: for the thirteenth the time this season. Grey, I really
Speaker 1: wanted to hit on the pitching here. I'm gonna start
Speaker 1: with Lucas Gilito first. He went on a eight starts
Speaker 1: stretch from May second to June eighth, where he had
Speaker 1: a ten point five four k per nine at one
Speaker 1: point nine two walks per nine zero point three to
Speaker 1: home runs per nine, and that was really that stretch
Speaker 1: that really opened everyone's eyes when it came to Lucas Gilito.
Speaker 1: Over his past three starts, Greg, mind you, he's faced
Speaker 1: the Red Sox, Cubs, and Yankees. He's got a twelve
Speaker 1: point three eight k per nine, So the strike outs
Speaker 1: are up, the walks are way up. So I did
Speaker 1: want to address this right so again that eight starts stretch,
Speaker 1: the walks were one point nine walks per nine. Over
Speaker 1: his last three starts, it's six point one nine walks
Speaker 1: per nine, four Gilta with two point eight one home
Speaker 1: runs per nine. But I think it's worth mentioning that
Speaker 1: the Red Sox, Cubs, and Yankees are all three of
Speaker 1: the top four teams in terms of walk percentage against
Speaker 1: right handed pitchers this year. So I understand you. You
Speaker 1: we we kind of wanted to elevate Gelito into that
Speaker 1: start him against anyone tier. And I still do like
Speaker 1: Lucas Glito a lot, still getting a ton of swinging
Speaker 1: strikes and getting a ton of strikeouts, but I think
Speaker 1: it's worth mentioning that he's gone up against three of
Speaker 1: the best offenses in baseball in terms of plate discipline.
Speaker 1: And the ability to hit home runs. And I think
Speaker 1: that's why you see some of the struggles here. If
Speaker 1: anyone in your league is freaking out about Lucas Gilito,
Speaker 1: please please take advantage. Give me all the Lucas Gilito
Speaker 1: that you could possibly get. He basically just PHAs three
Speaker 1: of the toughest offenses in baseball. So not as worried
Speaker 1: as on the other side, Greg, when it comes to
Speaker 1: Eduardo Rodriguez, and I tweeted this out last night, Greg Drink,
Speaker 1: I always thought that I would lose my sanity because
Speaker 1: of the New York Knicks, Craig, But I think it's
Speaker 1: actually gonna be at Wardo Rodriguez because he's he's so frustrating,
Speaker 1: and part of it is the way the Red Sox
Speaker 1: handled him last night through six innings. You know it
Speaker 1: was a tie game. It was three to three, six innings,
Speaker 1: three earned runs, was like five strikeouts for Edwardo Rodriguez,
Speaker 1: eighty nine pitches take him out of the game. You
Speaker 1: don't have to push at Wardo Rodriguez. You should know
Speaker 1: by now that you can't really press your luck when
Speaker 1: it comes to word Ward Rodriguez. Alex Cora in the
Speaker 1: Red Sox coaching staff of your home watching or listening
Speaker 1: to this on demand, which you're probably not, but maybe
Speaker 1: I'll tweet it at you anyway. Um, but like, why
Speaker 1: are you pressing your luck? And then the next and
Speaker 1: he starts, he walks someone, he intentionally walks someone. Then
Speaker 1: the bullpen comes in and they give up both runs
Speaker 1: that were on base, so those get charged to DWARDA.
Speaker 1: Rodriguez And the next thing you know, he has this
Speaker 1: line that's five earned runs when it wasn't even really
Speaker 1: his fault. Yes, he walked the guys, but it was
Speaker 1: the bullpen that led him down. And they shouldn't have
Speaker 1: been pressing their luck anyway. And Gregor, I looked into him.
Speaker 1: The swinging strikes are up this year, the walks are down,
Speaker 1: the it's it seems like he should be pitching much
Speaker 1: better than he is. I can't really make excuses for
Speaker 1: the guy, because if I hold John Gray accountable for
Speaker 1: you know, he should be pitching better than he is,
Speaker 1: and we'll get to John Grady later on too, then
Speaker 1: I have to hold Edward Rodriguez accountable as well. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's just he's he's really frustrating the all that you're
Speaker 1: right in caters say that he should be better than
Speaker 1: he is. I would still expect him to be better.
Speaker 1: You know, I looked into his his fastball and his
Speaker 1: cutter usage this year. Last year a two thirty two
Speaker 1: average for his fastball and to sixteen average for his cutter.
Speaker 1: This year, those numbers go up to three to seventy three, respectively.
Speaker 1: So he's getting hit. He's getting hit more. The ops
Speaker 1: against those against those pitches is higher as well, so um,
Speaker 1: he's he's just getting hit more and he's getting hit harder.
Speaker 1: But it's just frustrating because the strikeouts are up and
Speaker 1: the walks are down, So it seems like those two
Speaker 1: things should correlate into him being better, but it hasn't
Speaker 1: worked out that way. I put out a poll before
Speaker 1: the show, like to talk about trades on a Tuesday here,
Speaker 1: and I asked people, you know, which middling starting pitcher
Speaker 1: that we like coming into the year, are you most
Speaker 1: likely to buy? Joe Musgrove and Ward Rodriguez, You, Darvish
Speaker 1: and Andrew Heeney Right nowtcent of the vote goes to
Speaker 1: Joe Musgrove, which actually surprises me that I wouldn't have either.
Speaker 1: I would have guessed people, and that was my vote
Speaker 1: because you Darvis says, actually pitched much better over like
Speaker 1: his last eight starts. It actually since since that six
Speaker 1: game against the Marlins. Greg, looking to this four point
Speaker 1: to five year a not great for Darvish, but three
Speaker 1: point seven one exfit almost ten case per nine the
Speaker 1: wolfzper nine er downs two point five. I mean that's
Speaker 1: huge for Darvish. I mean that's even better than when
Speaker 1: he was in his prime. So I really really think
Speaker 1: that it's coming very very soon for you, Darvish. Um
Speaker 1: I would rather personally, I would rather trade for him.
Speaker 1: If I'm ranking these guys out, I would rank it Darvish, Yes,
Speaker 1: EDWARDO Rodriguez, must Grove and the Andrew Heeney last on
Speaker 1: that list, Greg, who would you rather have most? I
Speaker 1: stand by Darvish, like I said, that's that's who I
Speaker 1: would have voted for, probably and after that probably must Grove.
Speaker 1: I guess y, Yeah, I mean you could probably like
Speaker 1: flip Flop Musgrove and Eduardo on my list, they're close. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he needs probably last. And I know Florio has talked
Speaker 1: about this, right, It's like the Pirates organizational philosophy is
Speaker 1: like they just throw fastball so much. And I was
Speaker 1: looking into must Grove and it's like his pitch value
Speaker 1: for his forcing fastball this year is god awful, like
Speaker 1: negative five, and his pitch value for his slider, according
Speaker 1: to fan graphs, is like five. So it's actually like
Speaker 1: a really really good pitch, like much higher than like
Speaker 1: league average slider. But for whatever reason, it's it's the
Speaker 1: Pirate's philosophy. So they're kind of ruining Musco right now.
Speaker 1: It's very frustrating. I mentioned the Cleanland Indians before we
Speaker 1: give you their score here quickly. They beat the Royals
Speaker 1: last night three to two. Adam blueco just four days. Man,
Speaker 1: what the hell is this about? Well, because there was
Speaker 1: a huge rain delay and they took him out. That's
Speaker 1: an issue. Same thing for Brad Killer. He's pitching well
Speaker 1: two On the other side, like you liked him too.
Speaker 1: Phenal A. J Cole came in this job deal the
Speaker 1: Indians ulto. We get the win on a Jason Kittness
Speaker 1: walk off home run, which allowed Frank to when money
Speaker 1: last night, which is always exciting. Yeah, Jason Kittness and
Speaker 1: the fan to will line up. He was super cheap
Speaker 1: and I didn't want to mention Jason Kittness. He's been
Speaker 1: playing much better in the month of June Greggy two
Speaker 1: eight six batting p s and the month of June
Speaker 1: four home runs the hard contact up to in the
Speaker 1: month of June twenty four point six percent line drive rate.
Speaker 1: So I think this guy fits the Great Sussman theory
Speaker 1: to a t. You ride them while he's hot. The
Speaker 1: wheels will probably come off at some point because he's
Speaker 1: in super injury prone and he's getting up there in age.
Speaker 1: Still struggles against left handed pitching. Two. But if you
Speaker 1: need a second basement or middle infielder, Jason Kittness is
Speaker 1: one of the hotter ones right now in baseball, Greag Yeah,
Speaker 1: Jason Kittness. Would you rather have Jason kittens or Chris Taller?
Speaker 1: Because this is a decision I had to make um
Speaker 1: in the pit ley this morning. Who'd try to have? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I would much rather have Chris Taylor. Okay, yeah, because
Speaker 1: I at least I expect him to play every single
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Speaker 1: least through the All Star Break and maybe even a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks after that too. Better lineup. I saw
Speaker 1: a quote there's a rod Corey seeger how he started running?
Speaker 1: That was the headline, like whore see starts running? Oh nice?
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Speaker 1: the Colorado Rockies, and why did you know it, Johnny,
Speaker 1: Greg but six shout out innings. Yeah he did, Greg,
Speaker 1: And uh, John Gray is actually coming around a little bit,
Speaker 1: so you know, I was. I love the part of
Speaker 1: the season where John Grady comes around and he just
Speaker 1: obliterates Frank. Yeah, but don't worry. In a month from now,
Speaker 1: I'll be able to tell everyone how wrong they were
Speaker 1: about John Gray again. But it's worth mentioning Greg. So
Speaker 1: far in the season, the splits three point four seven
Speaker 1: e r A at home in corps Field, but at
Speaker 1: four point two zero e r A on the road.
Speaker 1: Mind you. Last night was against the San Francisco Giants,
Speaker 1: the thirty three and forty four Giants who had Mike
Speaker 1: Yastremsky leading off and Alex Dickerson batting second. This is
Speaker 1: not a good lineup, so he did we were supposed
Speaker 1: to do. Shout out to John Gray. One point zero
Speaker 1: zero whip exactly from last night. Four hits and two
Speaker 1: walks in six innings, zero runs, six strikeouts. He's pitching
Speaker 1: a lot better in the month of In the month
Speaker 1: of June, John Gray had a two point six four
Speaker 1: e r A. In May he had a five point
Speaker 1: six five ear A. So that's basically what you're gonna
Speaker 1: get with John Grady. He's gonna go on these stretches
Speaker 1: where he pitches really well. He's also gonna go on
Speaker 1: stretches where he gets rocked if he has a couple
Speaker 1: of home starts in a row. You just like her
Speaker 1: Man Marquez. Marquez is a better pitcher than John Gray.
Speaker 1: I think we can confidently say that. But you have
Speaker 1: to really pick and choose your spots well when it
Speaker 1: comes to these guys, like maybe you start them at
Speaker 1: home in the right matchup against like the Giants or
Speaker 1: another like down offense that we don't really like. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously, when he's on the road, you can
Speaker 1: you can feel a lot more confident starting him regularly there.
Speaker 1: But you just have to pick and choose your spots
Speaker 1: when it comes to the Rockies pitching staff. But shout
Speaker 1: out to John Gray, he's pitching well. You shout out
Speaker 1: last night as well. Yeah, I mean eleven strikeoutsn Greg
Speaker 1: in five innings too, he still had a six point
Speaker 1: seven nine e r A, which is why it took
Speaker 1: the over in that game. Greg, you know, I thought
Speaker 1: there was gonna be some run scored here. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, Drew Palmer has eleving strikeouts. Um, I will
Speaker 1: I will not be advocating for anyone to pick him
Speaker 1: up anywhere. Greg, maybe you know, only because he has
Speaker 1: a job for now, he might not have a job
Speaker 1: next time. For NOWTS we hope, we hope, indeed, David
Speaker 1: Doal home for the second second of game ninth home
Speaker 1: run of the year for Dallas was cool coming in
Speaker 1: San Francisco. U left lefty left on lefty whatever four
Speaker 1: two RB I three A t vases another lefty to
Speaker 1: night in a Madison bumgata. Yeah. I mean, look, David
Speaker 1: Dal has has been really good this year. I think
Speaker 1: we're expecting more power. Hopefully that can come, especially here
Speaker 1: where everyone's hitting for power, and you know, I know,
Speaker 1: I believe in the second half of the season they're
Speaker 1: expected to have more home games than they do road games,
Speaker 1: so that should bode well for David dal The batting
Speaker 1: average has been awesome, admittedly three eighteen batting average ps,
Speaker 1: but and we get more power, David dal That's that's
Speaker 1: what we're looking for here. So hopefully that comes around. Greg,
Speaker 1: I think I think it should. You know, the summer
Speaker 1: summer months are coming there here, it's officially summer more
Speaker 1: games in courts Field in the second half of the season.
Speaker 1: It should happen because Glemma I have here, so I
Speaker 1: U my home league, right the other transaction league George
Speaker 1: Spergrack goes back tonight, so I activated him off the ill,
Speaker 1: and now I have three bench hitters they don't like
Speaker 1: and I don't know who to play all right, so speaking,
Speaker 1: I'm stuck. So here are my options, and you can.
Speaker 1: You can have a bench three eyes, and I don't
Speaker 1: want to should use off the xaus. I don't want
Speaker 1: my hotel. No one cares, Yeah, no one cares. A right, fine,
Speaker 1: it's just tough, just I mean a tough spot, and
Speaker 1: I I need to talk about somebody. Yeah, I agree
Speaker 1: with you though, Like typically in UM in the daily leagues,
Speaker 1: I like to have spots available on the bench for
Speaker 1: streaming pitchers exactly. But in the pit league right now,
Speaker 1: like the two hitters, I have on the bench are
Speaker 1: really good, like Garrett Cooper and someone else. And then
Speaker 1: the three hitters have three pitchers I have on the
Speaker 1: bench are like and Warner Rodriguez, who I just told
Speaker 1: people to try and buy. So I don't want to
Speaker 1: drop them these things. And I picked up Joe must
Speaker 1: Grove because he was dropped in. Yeah, I don't. I
Speaker 1: don't think those guys are are are droppable in terms
Speaker 1: of for a streaming spot, so I gotta keep him around. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so my gut. My hitters on the bench right now
Speaker 1: are or Boom Boom Man Cen right the second he
Speaker 1: has been really hot as uh, you know, home run
Speaker 1: on his last game. Willie Calhoun's on my bench right now.
Speaker 1: He's been pretty good as of late. Yeah, you got
Speaker 1: you have to own those guys. And right now my
Speaker 1: have my third hitter on thevenrs I don't even like
Speaker 1: is David Doggs, Jason Bumgarner and left like I don't know. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that might be the call, especially because it's in an
Speaker 1: Oracle Park too. As I've said, Greg, I mean you
Speaker 1: gotta expand the rosters. Yeah, I joke with you for
Speaker 1: playing in you know, eight team leagues. You only start
Speaker 1: five players. But that's why you need like bring it
Speaker 1: up to four outfields and need a utility spot middle
Speaker 1: infield in a corner because you end up in this position.
Speaker 1: And this actually happened when I put in a ten
Speaker 1: team dynasty fantasy football league, greg I had to want
Speaker 1: I had to leave the league because I just couldn't
Speaker 1: devote as much time to a to a dynasty league
Speaker 1: as I should have. But the decision making in a
Speaker 1: ten team football league every single week, you're going to
Speaker 1: rip your hair out. I mean, everyone's team is stacked. Sure,
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of points scored. And everyone
Speaker 1: says the decision making is what makes fantasy so fun. Well,
Speaker 1: you know what I'd rather be deciding, uh, in a
Speaker 1: twelve team league from like my third wide receiver or
Speaker 1: second utility spot with like a fringe e player, not like, oh,
Speaker 1: you know I have to bench one of Odell Beckham,
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins or like Davante Adams. That's not what fantasy
Speaker 1: should be about. So that's why you don't play in
Speaker 1: eight team ten team leagues, you know, playing twelve team
Speaker 1: leaguere wide receivers to you know, two utilities, a super
Speaker 1: flex uh, something like that. It's just that's my little
Speaker 1: fantasy football tangents. As we get closer to July here, Greg,
Speaker 1: but I really really hate the ten team football leagues.
Speaker 1: I agree, it's very hard. We gotta you know, let's
Speaker 1: let's lead them out those two quarterbacks some IDPs in
Speaker 1: there something. You know what position that I am because
Speaker 1: Malex Smith is So you know what, Greg, I just
Speaker 1: admitted something to you during the break that you're right
Speaker 1: about there, and that was Jimmy Nelson. So I will
Speaker 1: give you credit. You're right abou Jimmy Nelson, who's now
Speaker 1: in the bullpens. Yes, Frank, and I will then take
Speaker 1: this opportunity. Now Nelson let me down. But Malex Smith, Mom,
Speaker 1: your man, Malex Smith has been really, really good. Um.
Speaker 1: I know he's still batting two thirty four twenty one
Speaker 1: steals on the year. But the two thirty four, I
Speaker 1: mean where he was you put if it's relative to
Speaker 1: if I look up what it's been since he's come back, Greg,
Speaker 1: I would say it's close to three. So I'll give
Speaker 1: you in the month of June, he's been up for
Speaker 1: all of June. In the month of June to ninety
Speaker 1: six batting average yeah, close six batting average with seven
Speaker 1: steals in the month of June. Uh, you know, a
Speaker 1: hundred and hundred seven plate appearances in May only forty
Speaker 1: eight appearances. And he's old six paces. I mean he's
Speaker 1: been he's been a fun man, specifically since May sixteen,
Speaker 1: since he's been called back up. Greg to eighty two
Speaker 1: batting average, three forty two o b P lowered that
Speaker 1: trick out right to like I said he would, three
Speaker 1: fifty babbit like I said he would, thirteen thirteen stolen
Speaker 1: basis and has been back. I'm always right about everything
Speaker 1: that I never get no, I know, I just like
Speaker 1: to mock other people that that do that. Greg. You
Speaker 1: can listen to other Fantasy Radio shows. You know. You
Speaker 1: can listen to Craig Miss right now and once we
Speaker 1: get off the air too, you can listen to him
Speaker 1: for the second hour live on Fantasy Radio. And I
Speaker 1: will give Craig Miss credit because one of the first
Speaker 1: things he said on I believe either his first or
Speaker 1: second show, is when I get something right, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: tell you when I get something wrong, I'm also going
Speaker 1: to tell you that too. So I give him credit
Speaker 1: for that because That's what we like to do here
Speaker 1: on the BFS as well. We hold ourselves accountable. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, when we get things right, we'll tell you
Speaker 1: about it. Alex Smith, of course, but hey, I got
Speaker 1: Jimmy Nelson wrong. I'll tell you I got that wrong too.
Speaker 1: So we gotta hold ourselves accountable for right and wrong.
Speaker 1: Do you know what I tend to do with Alex
Speaker 1: Smith and in this in this kind of ladder that
Speaker 1: I have, I hope that he gets like a whole
Speaker 1: stolen basis earlier in the week, and I mentioned later
Speaker 1: when I think I won that category. Yeah, um, so
Speaker 1: says help me out last night? Were they stolen basis? Okay,
Speaker 1: let's get into last night's John Lester performance against the
Speaker 1: at of Braves, Mike Folton avaged by the way option
Speaker 1: into the bullpen, and Bryce Wilson getting the call today
Speaker 1: to start today or later in the week. I know
Speaker 1: Bryce Wilson's getting called back up to take uh the
Speaker 1: rotations about for now Mike Folton keviage, but Lester last
Speaker 1: night against these braves went six innings allow of zero
Speaker 1: earned runs just two non unearn runs. I should say
Speaker 1: in that six five hits shrug got seven, didn't walk
Speaker 1: anybody's for his best starting a long time. Who tear
Speaker 1: Roun allowed seven runs in four innings of work. Also,
Speaker 1: they almost got into a brawl Wilson co and Treiris
Speaker 1: and Tyler Flowers, which kind of weird. Um how Everybias
Speaker 1: still listed face of the year. Ronnie Acunia stole his
Speaker 1: tenth base of the year. Hayward went deep for the
Speaker 1: eleventh time. Could Rairis the sixteenth Danzery Swans in the
Speaker 1: fifteen home run of the season. Yeah, Greg John Lester,
Speaker 1: your boy, my boy, Well, I mean, really really good
Speaker 1: start here against a tough Atlanta Brave team that you know,
Speaker 1: one of the hottes hitting teams in the month of June.
Speaker 1: You mentioned it's six innings, two runs, they were both unearned,
Speaker 1: so didn't hurt your e r A there. Zero walks,
Speaker 1: I mean that's the huge key for job. Zero walks
Speaker 1: to seven strikeouts. He had thirteen swinging strikes again against
Speaker 1: a really really good Atlanta Braves team, but one that
Speaker 1: could be prone to striking out at times. Obviously, Austin
Speaker 1: Riley about to talk about this at some point to Greg.
Speaker 1: Three more strikeout Auston Riley uh, the batting average down
Speaker 1: to to seventy nine. Stills he's gonna hit for power,
Speaker 1: but he doesn't walk a lot and he strikes out
Speaker 1: a lot. So not really the best combination. And I
Speaker 1: think we can expect some some peaks and valleys here
Speaker 1: for for someone like Austin Riley who strikes out that
Speaker 1: much and in turn does not walk all that much.
Speaker 1: But really good performance for John Lester. Greg lowers the
Speaker 1: e r A to three point eight three. I don't
Speaker 1: really think he's out there in any leagues, but like,
Speaker 1: if you're deciding between someone drop again, I'd rather own
Speaker 1: him than like Sabathia, who we've talked about on the show,
Speaker 1: than a Stephen Matts who we've talked about here today
Speaker 1: on the show too. Um, John Lester, you know, I
Speaker 1: think he's probably gonna live in that like high three
Speaker 1: e r A range, But because he has the Cubs
Speaker 1: line up behind him, he's he's probably gonna be put
Speaker 1: in position to to get a lot of wins so
Speaker 1: far this year. So you kind of gotta take the
Speaker 1: take to get with the bat and hope that he
Speaker 1: uh hope that he gets you some wins. He already
Speaker 1: he's already up to seven wins on the year, so
Speaker 1: it's pretty good. Anything else with this game you want
Speaker 1: to mention because I do you want to get to
Speaker 1: the other game before we sign off here? Um no,
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, you know you mentioned the hitting performances,
Speaker 1: but a lot of it is, you know, status quo.
Speaker 1: What are you gonna say about them? Rizzo bias, conferras.
Speaker 1: They've all been awesome, So yeah, I think it's, you know,
Speaker 1: pretty status quo. Here. Only other game on the night
Speaker 1: was the Dodgers and the d Backs. The Backs win
Speaker 1: this one eight to five. Great Holland got one out,
Speaker 1: one strikeout four the save here, he's eleventh of the year.
Speaker 1: Grinky six inning, seven hits, four runs, struck out six.
Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw well the same exact line, six hitting, seven hits,
Speaker 1: four runs, one walk allowed for Kershaw as well. Rush stripling,
Speaker 1: by the way, getting the spot in the rotation right now,
Speaker 1: given the injuries that the Dodgers have had, it's stripling
Speaker 1: going into the rotation for rich Hill right now? Is
Speaker 1: that grid He hit his third home run of the
Speaker 1: year last night, Christian Walka. It is fourteen home run
Speaker 1: of the season. Yeah, I just did want to mention
Speaker 1: Christian Walker. He's really bounced back in a big way
Speaker 1: in the month of June. The strikeout right down to
Speaker 1: twenty point seven percent in June, whereas in the first
Speaker 1: two months of the season that was up over thirty percent.
Speaker 1: Uh fifty one point one percent hard contact rate for
Speaker 1: the seven season, that's seventh best in all of baseball
Speaker 1: amongst qualified hitters. So Christian Walker, I know, you know,
Speaker 1: he went through that lull in May where the batting
Speaker 1: average was like hovering around two hundred. He was really
Speaker 1: hot in April, but now bouncing back again in June.
Speaker 1: We had some question marks about him, you know, when
Speaker 1: Kevin Crone came up. Kevin Crone since has been optioned
Speaker 1: back to Triple A and Christian Walker performing really well.
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of people considered him a Quad
Speaker 1: A player. So I'm happy that he's getting the opportunity
Speaker 1: to play every day and he is making the most
Speaker 1: of it. Greg. When it comes to Cranky and Kershaw,
Speaker 1: here pretty identical lines. You know. I actually wrote over
Speaker 1: the weekend, Greg Um, well my top twelve starting pitchers
Speaker 1: our rest of season. It was right after that Walker
Speaker 1: Bueller performance on Friday. I wanted to dive into that.
Speaker 1: Walker Bueler has just been like over the past two
Speaker 1: months of the season, and I have him ranked ahead
Speaker 1: of Blake's now now the rest of season. And I
Speaker 1: also had Kershall ranked just barely inside my top twelve
Speaker 1: pitchers rest of season, Greg, what do you think about that?
Speaker 1: Is that warranted? Is that fair? I think it's reasonable.
Speaker 1: Clayton k I think we're thinking about it last week
Speaker 1: and he did a discussion. Man to be in that
Speaker 1: top twelve, I think it makes sense. Tenden's well, absolutely,
Speaker 1: you know, I had one of the just misses here
Speaker 1: as uh As Zach Granky also had Lucas Gilio as
Speaker 1: one of those just misses too. I think that's fair. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree. And with that, we're gonna say goodbye to
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Speaker 1: out the window. Make sure you catch that as he
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Speaker 1: With that, we move on to our best bets we
Speaker 1: would owe in two last night. Rank you we gotta
Speaker 1: get back on the wagon. Yeah, let's let's figure this
Speaker 1: one out. Greg. I think they're talking out here. I
Speaker 1: think there's gonna be some rain here in the Northeast
Speaker 1: tonight too, which which could influence ratings. Get right now,
Speaker 1: I checked the weather before I left the house, and
Speaker 1: I noticed that there is some rain in the forecast,
Speaker 1: So I guess we'll have to pay attention to that.
Speaker 1: And I'm questioning myself on this one. Greggy reminds me
Speaker 1: of saying that that Gabe likes to say on his
Speaker 1: shows a day late and a dollar short. But I'm
Speaker 1: looking at the over tonight for the Phillies and the Mets,
Speaker 1: and obviously I'm influenced by what they did last night.
Speaker 1: They just put up a ton of runs on the board.
Speaker 1: The total tonight is ten and a half. But it's
Speaker 1: it's Walker Lockett, who if you can tell me anything
Speaker 1: about Walt Walter, Walter, Walker Lockett, Walter, if you can
Speaker 1: tell me anything about him, Greg, then congratulations. And then
Speaker 1: it's Jake Ariett on the other side. And in totals
Speaker 1: ten and a half, so I think this game could
Speaker 1: go over the number. That was one that really stood
Speaker 1: out to me. The other one was the Mariners against
Speaker 1: the Brewers. Greg. This game is in Milwaukee Miller Park.
Speaker 1: More so regarded as a hitter's ballpark. Um oh wow,
Speaker 1: this this has since changed. He takes the Manners over
Speaker 1: every game. Because this was ten when I looked at
Speaker 1: it before the show. It's now up to ten and
Speaker 1: a half, and I think rightfully. So it's Zach Davies,
Speaker 1: who has an e ar A over five in the
Speaker 1: month of June. Uh and Marco Gonzalez, who has not
Speaker 1: been good this year in the r A hovering around five.
Speaker 1: So you have two questionable pictures and two pretty good
Speaker 1: offenses in a total ten and a half. So I'm
Speaker 1: going over in both of those games. Tonight, it's the Brewers,
Speaker 1: the Mariners, the Mets, and the Phillies over in both. Greig, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I like the Mariners over. I'm also gonna go with
Speaker 1: the total tonight. There's no line that's screaming for me
Speaker 1: here tonight, so I'm also gonna go with the over.
Speaker 1: Um in a in a game he totally going over.
Speaker 1: Only at the Braves and the Cubs. It's two young
Speaker 1: pitchers in Max Freed and as a leg getting his
Speaker 1: first start. But the over under at twelve, which seems
Speaker 1: like a really really big number. I know how good
Speaker 1: these offenses are. It's a lot, I know, but a
Speaker 1: scored what eleven last nights. This strikes me as a
Speaker 1: sports book knows something. So I think the win might
Speaker 1: people blowing out tonight, Greg, or at least that's what's
Speaker 1: Prett rejected for the forecast. And normally when you see
Speaker 1: when you see the line this high grag, it's for
Speaker 1: a reason, and it's kind of like a sucker bet.
Speaker 1: It means again, I might want to save you from
Speaker 1: this one, Greg, save you from yourself. I was actually
Speaker 1: looking at the Cubs money line. I know it's as
Speaker 1: Lad's first start and the Braves have been hot, but
Speaker 1: Max fred has struggled in June, and the Cubs offense
Speaker 1: and turn has been really good too. Sure, so I
Speaker 1: was kind of leaning the Cubs here. I I didn't
Speaker 1: trust it enough, so that's why I didn't take it.
Speaker 1: But I get what you're saying, but I think I
Speaker 1: think the oddsmakers are are set in this line at
Speaker 1: twelve for a reason. Greg. So I just got caught
Speaker 1: you're saying, and I look, if you if you wanted
Speaker 1: to be one of your best bet, it's my best bet, man,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna take it away now. I like I
Speaker 1: like the overten at a half. I like your bet better.
Speaker 1: I think the bruise Mariners. But maybe announcement man, I'm
Speaker 1: going over. I maybe I'm going I'm going under. Maybe
Speaker 1: I'm the sucker Cubs, Braves. But twelve is a big,
Speaker 1: big number. It is a big number. We're gonna have
Speaker 1: to find out tonight. Right there we go. There you
Speaker 1: have it. We're done. We're gonna back tomorrow. I'm next
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