WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off April 19th, 2024 (EP. 794) 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:08.639 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Bros. MLB. This is Leading 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:09.399 Off Live, brought to you. 0:00:09.400 --> 0:00:11.319 If I bet three sixty five, it is me, Joey, 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:14.080 p Joke, Pisapia. That of course is the Welsh, and 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:17.000 it's you, the Peanuts and the Cracker Jacks hanging out 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:18.600 here on a fun Friday. We're gonna try to get 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:22.200 to your questions. Welsh on the home run board again. 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:27.440 Somebody is getting hot, my trout stealing bases, Welsh calling 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:28.080 home runs. 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:30.479 I think we're in the upside down world. What's happening 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:33.839 right now? I'm defeating Ai. AI is not able to 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:35.839 well it was really just a wheel, but the wheel 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:37.600 is not able to get me a home run. But 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:40.280 I had to do it all natural with the Dolice 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:42.479 Garcia and we'll try to go for two. I just 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:44.720 walk back on that board. Put me back on that 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:45.480 home run board. 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:48.640 Please, not there yet, Not there. Michael obviously knows what 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.400 today really is. Hello all, and welcome to the Tortured 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.560 Baseball Hosts Apartment Day. Yes, that's right. The new Taylor 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:57.080 Swift double album. Oh my god, my god, my god 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.800 just dropped last night. I know, I know it means 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:00.520 a lot in my house. 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:02.720 I have two daughters. You know, my daughter loves twelve 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:05.760 and fourteen. My daughter loves Taylor Swift. I didn't know 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:07.560 an album was dropping, and then it did, and then 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:11.320 I saw the excitement that no one knew that the 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:14.520 second album was dropping. What I do love though, And 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:17.560 you know this about me as Taylor is jumping in 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:19.679 apparently I don't know any of this. I've just this 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:22.800 is from the internet jumping into like the shade department 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.440 because there's a song, isn't there a song that is 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:28.679 like at Kim Kardashian and it's got like yeah, okay 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.200 and yeah, I kind of like I like the pettiness. 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:34.280 I'm down for it, especially for like the richest people 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:35.559 on the planet to like be petty. 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:38.600 I appreciate that with other rich people. You're right, You're right. 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:42.600 It brings Welsh joy. Here's a question from Whips Joey 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:44.760 p and Knoli Welsh. That's a good nickname for you. 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:49.840 In my OBP league, I was offered Adolas Garcia for CJ. Abrams. 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.720 What do you think can I move Oneo Cruz to 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.640 shortstop and Nolan Gorman to middle infield? What do you 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.320 think about this deal here Garcia for Abrams. 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:00.160 I don't know if I would do it. I'm not 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.320 sure unless I was really really chasing power so on 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:07.240 itl Yesterday I put out a pole and we discussed it. 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.480 Bagman and I. It was who'd you rather have rest 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.560 of season? Boba Shit or CJ. Abrams. And we had 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:15.680 a couple people that were like, oh, you know, recency bias, 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:19.360 what is going on? But guess what. CJ Abrams ran 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:22.400 away with that, and obviously there's a recency to it. 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:24.320 You and I have also been like, hey, CJ. Abrams 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:26.480 might be a superstar. Well, you couldn't look at the 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:30.360 profile right now. Obviously he steals bases, his batting average 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:32.720 is up, he's barreling the ball more, he's hitting the 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:35.120 ball harder, he's getting the ball in the air, and 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:37.120 these are things that I wasn't so sure he was 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:39.240 going to do. So I thought the power is in question. 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:42.600 But he's hitting consistently. So all of this to say, 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:46.000 even if the profile kind of like simmers down a 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:49.480 little bit, I just really think he is immensely valuable 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.840 for all five categories this year. Adolies is the Hey 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.040 I want Big RBIs I want big homer chase, but 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.200 there's no stolen basis, so I don't want to be 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:00.320 like one foot in, one foot out and say, well, 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:02.880 if you only need homers, I lean c j Abrams here. 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.239 But if you are a heavy, heavy chase on stolen 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.880 bases and you're comfortable because you have O'Neil Cruz, sure 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:11.000 you could do it. But I'm team c j Abrams. 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:14.040 Cruz has struggled recently too, has not been a good 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:16.760 week or the last seven days for him. Statistically speaking, 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.359 I don't think it's gonna last. But still I think 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:21.440 that's the biggest problem too. If Cruz was playing really well, 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.560 it's an no brainer for me. But Cruise hasn't played great, 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:28.000 so I don't know. I mean, I would probably take 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:30.120 this deal and put the faith at Cruise could be 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:31.560 good enough that I don't have to worry about that. 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:33.040 The other part of this is, too, is how I 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.120 feel about Nolan Gorman. And you know, I've never been 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:36.840 the biggest Nolan Gorman guy, so I think that's a 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:39.280 bit of an issue. But let's get after the headlines. 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:42.440 Let's start about Logan Webb. A seven shownout innings yesterday, 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:44.880 a win over the Diamondbacks, who cannot buy a win 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:48.640 in San Francisco. What in the world I saw that 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:50.240 stat yesterday, I was like, I wish I knew that 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:52.800 stat yesterday because I would have been all in on 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:56.040 that one because they've been terrible there. But good outing 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:58.000 for Logan Web, which he definitely needs, so we can 0:03:58.040 --> 0:03:59.160 all breathe the sigh of relief. 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:01.800 I want to comment on it real quick sure before 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.000 we move on to it, because my bet of the 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:07.520 day yesterday was Diamondbacks money line first five, and it 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:10.160 was looking pretty good. They got to Web super early 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:13.120 on Ryan Nelson got smacked in the elbow in like 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:15.120 the second or third inning and got knocked out of 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:16.880 the game, and they had Logan Allen come in, who 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:18.839 then proceeded to give up a run and then shut 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:23.000 everything down. But then you just had Web shut them down. 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:25.479 If you watch the game. One of the craziest things 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:29.480 about this too horrible umpire by the way every call 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:32.200 on the outside of the plate was given to Logan Web, 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.400 whether it was a change up, a slider, a fastball, 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.440 and then the Diamondbacks were just feeding it and eating 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:39.800 into it. But that's what's like special about logan Web, 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:41.400 and that is what I really love about him, by 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:43.919 the way, is that as a smart pitcher who attacks 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.679 those advantages, and he did that last night. I didn't 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:48.640 cash it even though it was a one nothing game. 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:50.920 A tie would have pushed the bet, So that kind 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:54.200 of stunk. But the Diamondbacks stink right now and logan 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.039 Web totally back on the come up. And I hope 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:59.680 you're feeling better about logan Web because you were definitely 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:04.000 not a like the Swift and then you got. 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:05.640 The crappiet out of him in the spring, and then 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:07.240 the first couple of starts he got the crappy out 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:07.320 of it. 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:09.040 I mean, you getn't smacked it a love of the ballpark. 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:12.760 Something's wrong. So a little concerning again when a picture 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:16.000 has a good track record of being good. I don't 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.200 want to overreact to spring, but it was hard to 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.480 ignore when you're giving up the most hits in spring 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.559 and your logan Web like that should not be either. 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:27.640 Jack Lighter not the best debut. Seven runs and three 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.479 and two thirds innings, struck out three. There were some 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:32.320 good moments I think you take away in this start 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:36.760 to a very emotional guy in the dugout, perhaps on 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:38.400 the mound too. This was kind of the knock on 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.200 his daddy. I remember when he was young, coming up 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:42.360 in the late eighties with the Yankees, because I'm old 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:45.559 enough to remember that al Lighter was a very emotional picture. 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:48.479 He had a hard time sometimes corralling his emotions, letting 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.360 his emotions settle in, and allowing him to be in 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:55.000 command of the mound. And it wasn't until he got 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:57.240 traded from the Yankees to the Blue Jays that it 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.600 started to happen. And then eventually the Marlins really merged. 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:02.960 I think the best version of alt Lighter into that 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:06.320 later stage veteran Mets period. But you know, I know, 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:08.760 different pitchers, lefty, righty, all that same stuff. But what 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.679 do you make of the Jack Lighter start yesterday. I'm 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:14.080 attributing a little bit of it to nerves, and I'm 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:16.120 curious to see what the second one is more than 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:16.640 this one. 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:21.279 Yeah, I mean it's definitely I wasn't right in, you know, saying, hey, 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.359 this is a good matchup. I think the logic made sense. 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:26.360 He was awesome in the this is weird. He was 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.080 awesome in the first inning. Three pitches strikeout, bam. Two 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:34.640 strikes were golden. Oh, I was ready to quote tweets 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:38.200 and then just smashed in the second inning. 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:42.479 It was that the analysis again, it was that's. 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:43.120 The advanced analysis of. 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:45.200 Getting analysis like that anywhere else, folks. 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.640 And this funny, uh concasious put like you serve up 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:51.160 like meatball fastballs to Hobby Baia is like, that's where 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.680 there's a problem. But then the third inning he kind 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:56.080 of found himself again, and then the fourth inning things 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.320 fell apart. There's some bad defense that played into it. 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:01.279 But the end of the day, he didn't get any 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.640 really whiffs off of the slider. It was some of 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:06.880 the fastball which looked good, but he didn't command it. 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:09.000 And his change up. I'd love to see the change 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:10.720 up more because he had a pretty good whiff rate 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.880 on that, but it's a command issue, like he wasn't 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.760 able to be consistent. I thought there were good signs 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.120 of life. I just thought this was a really good matchup. 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:21.520 He got beat up. I don't I think he'll get 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:24.520 another start and got I looked, oh it's Seattle. Seattle 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:27.840 should be the next startup, which offense is kind of stuttered. 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:31.800 There's really good k potential. It's a little dangerous if 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.280 you're gonna end up starting it. But it was a 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:37.360 pretty I don't know, I was pretty discouraged about like 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.320 the start in general, but I do think there's possibilities 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.320 that this can turn around. But we got to see 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:44.160 better command because he fell apart there. 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:46.760 Yeah, agreed. I think we'll see another start and look, 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.720 even if the next one isn't ideal, you'll still see 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:51.720 Jack Lider again at some point this season. Like I think, 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:53.400 I don't think you bring him up there and then 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:54.560 you just kind of send them down for the rest 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:56.880 of the year. There will be other injuries. Let's take 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:58.360 a quick break in the action and tell you about 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:01.239 Rival Fantasy. 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We're gonna get to that 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:08.000 a little later in the show, but he's gonna be 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.240 coming back earlier than later. Some other news was really 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.280 interesting to me. Tristan McKenzie is pitching through a torn 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:14.840 ligament in his elbow. I don't know if that explains 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:18.880 the six two three era. Instead of going through Tommy John, 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.719 he decided to do rehab. But clearly, I mean he 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:23.800 has not been good in the first three starts. So 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:25.400 what do you make of this news? Because this is 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.480 something that I think we're all looking around at each 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:29.480 other saying, all right, well, if you're not healthy enough 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:32.160 to be pitching here, the results are bad. I mean, 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.240 the guardians kind of have to make a decision, don't they. 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.600 I feel like this was like leaked in a when 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:39.680 he gets because I think he pitches today when he 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:43.040 gets hit up today, immedia Tommy John like he's like, 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.720 he's it's not gonna be good outing, and then they've 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:49.720 leaked this story and then by Monday he's gonna be 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:51.640 having some type of surgery or something like that. I 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:54.600 don't know. I'm not a doctor, so I don't know 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.760 the different levels of like why are we comfortable with 0:09:57.800 --> 0:09:59.679 someone with a tear, like obviously it could be like 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:02.160 a real minuscule tear and if you but this is 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:04.640 a problem though. I think when you're dealing with a 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:06.719 situation like this, they're going to be like, all right, 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:09.800 you've got extra maintenance. You've got to maintain this arm. 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:14.160 But obviously that's not natural. If if you're changing what 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.800 you do and you're having to kind of pay attention 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:20.040 to this and baby this situation, he's not pitching to 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:22.600 his highest level. No, I don't know what that serves, 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.680 but yeah, McKenzie, it's a bad situation. He was a 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:29.120 good dynasty option. He's not right now, and I think 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.880 we all clearly know like what we are in line 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:33.080 for here very shortly. 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:36.960 Yeah, Garcia obviously yesterday a big day, so homering two 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:38.680 for five, that's what you want out of him. So 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:40.480 good on the well she another home run for him. 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.000 Unfortunately my stuff got rained out yesterday. So bummer for 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.319 Bell and try and get another one in time. Too 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:50.079 busy doing football shows for NFL Draft. The Cubs activated 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.720 James and tie On from the IL and also Patrick Wisdom. 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.960 Where does Wisdom fit in with the Cubs now? Between 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.400 Morell and obviously Michael Bush has been red hot? 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:00.920 Like, where's spot for Wisdom? 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:01.400 Oh? 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:03.560 I know exactly where it is. It is keeping that 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:07.240 bench warm, get those seats, move around, make sure that 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:09.440 any of the bleacher parts are nice and warm for 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:12.560 all the really, really good players. I don't see where 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:16.079 that he'll be a pinch hit, day off type of guy. 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:17.839 I just don't see where the fitt is. Michael Bush 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:21.560 is too good Chris Morel has been solid with sales 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:23.840 Suzuki out there might be a little bit more flexibility 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:25.800 and maybe dhing in a short period of time, But 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:28.840 Wisdom was like just a big power chase, you know, 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.120 maybe a good matchup or something like that, but you 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.240 won't be keeping that bench nice and warm. 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:37.400 Before we get to the wheels of Mike Trout, remember 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.760 bet three sixty five. Use that promo code leading off 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.160 bet five bucks, get one hundred and fifty in bonus bets. 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.959 When you do again, we want you to bet responsibly 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:46.880 as well. 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Now it's you before 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:21.040 you start, you know, hyper extending your arm to pat 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:25.440 yourself on the back. Here, that's scorn. It is still April. 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:28.760 But more importantly, I think this is something that even 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:30.280 if you were a supportive of Mike Trout, I don't 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:33.840 think anybody saw this starting you know, six, you know, 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:36.600 eight steals possibly in April when all said and done. Now, 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.000 I don't think anybody had that necessarily on their radar. 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:44.240 Well you could, you could have envisioned the possibility because 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.680 of Ron Washington, Like this is what he does. He 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:50.760 wants his teams to run, and that is typically something 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.439 that can be aggressive across the board. The reason maybe 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:55.840 it wouldn't have happened would be obvious, like you don't 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.920 want your your only really great star player to be hurt. 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:01.800 This is what he does. He is supportive of base 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:05.120 stealing and when you look like baseball savant. As far 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.640 as speed ratings go, he's trod has had like tiny, 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:11.120 tiny tickdowns, but it's been like a ninety five or higher, 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:13.719 Like he still can run. I think there might have 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:18.720 just been philosophy differences, there might have been injury base things. 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.640 That's not the case. Washington green Light and we are 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.599 seeing in full force, and this is the type of 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:27.400 stuff we're talking about. The obvious Mike Trout thing, by 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:31.600 the way, is like great except when not, you know, 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:34.200 he gets hurt. That's the argument anyone's gonna make. But 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:36.720 this was the first year it felt like the narrative 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:39.520 change from He's gonna get hurt to yeah, it's gonna 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.199 get hurt. And he's also like not really good anymore 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:43.520 because he's striking out and he doesn't steal. And this 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:45.400 has been a complete turnaround. 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.199 I mean, this is like in the Suspect too, and 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:48.400 I think that had a lot to do with it, 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:50.000 and a lot of people like the surrounding parts. You know, 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.040 you take o Tani out of this lineup, it's a 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:53.200 much different looking lineup. 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:55.200 But also there's I think again it comes back to 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.959 like offensive philosophy. Look at the drop right now. It's 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.920 very early in the season, but twenty percent percentage last 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.360 last year, which is the highest his career. It's down 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:05.760 to twenty point two, which is one of the lowest 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.200 that he's had. I dare get into this that you 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:14.080 could potentially see this as a selling opportunity, but I 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.320 don't know why you would have like invested in Trout 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:17.880 and then you're like, all right, I'm just waiting for 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:21.040 my opportunity to sell. The reasons would be if the 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.280 injuries start to loom, his hard hit numbers are down. 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:28.640 But I kind of wonder from the success standpoint, is 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:31.480 this similar to like Cody Bellinger in that his hard 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.400 hit numbers are coming down, but he's making sure his barrel. 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.040 You know, he's barreling up higher, he's making better contact, 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.680 he's making better decisions while he lowers his strikeout rate. 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.400 So maybe some of the top end could fade as 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:44.800 the season goes on. But if he steals more bases 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.480 and he lowers his k's, we're gonna have vintage Mike Trout. 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:50.800 And guess what deal of deals? Absolute deal of deals 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:53.680 when you were drafting in like late February and early March, 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:55.600 when he was going in the fifties and sixties and 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:57.880 everyone's like, h screw it, get rid of him. If 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:01.160 you at all think that you know we're coming to 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:02.960 a head here, and you believe a lot of the 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.200 people that were in the full fades, then sell them, 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:07.160 sell them, get out, because you can sell for King's 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:08.840 ransom right now, I wouldn't gone. 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:12.480 Right here the baron drout greater than jay Rod. Maybe no, 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:16.200 not right now, No, I mean right here. No, Look 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:19.320 who's got the better stats in April? Fine, But if 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:22.280 you if if here's the perfect example, if somebody is 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:24.880 souring on Jay Rod in your league and you have 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.480 my trout, I make this trade in a heartbeat. I'm 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:29.360 taking Julio the rest of the season period and end 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:30.960 of the story. And I'm not even looking back. And 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:32.920 I think that's a deal you can pull off. And 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.680 it's a big blockbuster kind of deal. And if you 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:37.400 have Trout, you mean, you know, you might close your 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:39.120 eyes a little bit and hit except there because you're 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:41.320 a little going, Okay, baby's gonna happen. Maybe it's not, 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.880 but I would trust in Julio. He's such a fantastic player. 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:46.600 In every April he does the same thing. It's like, 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:48.200 just set your watch. It was like Mark to Chera 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:50.280 was like that too. He was like the worst in 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:52.640 April for like an eight year period. I don't know 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:54.640 what it is about these guys in April, certain guys, 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.520 but that is a trade right now that I'd be 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:58.000 looking at making if I could. 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:02.520 No, we will say, like again, Ramashin is letting him run. 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:06.000 He's gonna keep running if he stays healthy. And let's 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.440 even just like arguing, say, like the Power, even though 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.920 it's been prolific so far, it even tapers down. Hard 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:12.760 to not envision that Mike Trout is gonna be a 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.320 thirty thirty guy this year. So everything that we're building up, 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.080 I think this really just comes down to injuries. Like 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:20.640 Mike Trout is proving like, hey, I look it, I 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:22.560 lowered this k rate that you all were like really 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:25.240 hyper focused on. I'm making it work. Even though I've 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:27.920 got more homers than RBI or whatever, like, those are 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:29.960 all good things. He's gonna come back to a bound 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:31.680 to Earth, but he could still be a thirty thirty guy. 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:33.360 So you just have to figure out where that is 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.000 for your own teams. But if people are talking about 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:38.400 j Rod and people are talking about you know, first 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:40.920 round talents, there really might be some cool opportunities. 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:41.200 Right now. 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:44.080 I see Dan in there, judge your Trout rest of season, 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.880 I mean judge Judge. Yeah, it's not. 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:49.840 Hard, you know, and the people who are like banging 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.960 on Julio Ron Riguez. Right now, let's just read you 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.120 a stat line for Julio after the bad April last year, 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.520 somebody called him Byron Buckses in the chat, bro, you 0:16:57.520 --> 0:16:59.480 get one hundred and two runs, scored, one hundred and 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.320 eighty hits, thirty seven doubles, thirty two homers, one hundred 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:02.920 and three ribies. 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:07.080 Oh wait, and he also stole thirty seven bases. Stop it. 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.280 You sound like an idiot when you say stuff like that. 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:12.760 Don't say stupid things in my chat, like I'm sorry, 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:15.840 it's dumb. Don't say that in my chat. And the 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:17.560 year before and one hundred and thirty two games again 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:20.600 with a sour April in his first season, still ended 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:23.040 up with twenty eight homers and twenty five steals. Where 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.480 are those years for Byron Boxton? Come on, this is 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:27.560 when we get stupid and we start to look. We 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:29.960 hyper focus, it says, saying this guy's a slow starter, 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:31.480 this is who he is, instead of looking at the 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.760 bigger picture of this and the fact that he's Oh wait, 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:36.240 how old is he now? Well she is twenty three 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:36.800 years old. 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:40.679 I mean, come on, stop it. We got full like 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:44.000 we got Madge, I like, I personally liked mad Joe. 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.200 Mad Joe's my favorite. You got like a thin died Joe. 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:49.399