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Speaker 1: I am your host, Greg Susman. Walk with me, we'll talk.
Speaker 1: We got a lot of great people here today. We
Speaker 1: have Freik Stamfili. Everybody. Frank Stafile is in the house today. Frank, welcome,
Speaker 1: Welcome to the program. Thanks for having me. Gregg, very
Speaker 1: excited to be here. Happy Friday to you. Happy Oscar's
Speaker 1: edition of the Fantasy BFF. It's great to have you here. Frank.
Speaker 1: Not nominated for any awards these years. Down year for Frank,
Speaker 1: but that's okay, Bob, you'll get him next year, all right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: hopefully we do have some fantastic nominees though here coming up.
Speaker 1: We got yeah, you have to you have the applause. There,
Speaker 1: you got some. Now needs we have your breakout picture
Speaker 1: of the year coming up. All right, let's go breakout picture.
Speaker 1: We have the breakout hitter of the Year coming up.
Speaker 1: All right, break out hitter, you gotta find that. Next
Speaker 1: stud Also special guest here joining our Awards broadcast making
Speaker 1: a special appearance. He doesn't do this off in ladies
Speaker 1: and gentlemen, but Justin Freedman will be here as he
Speaker 1: comes and discusses some of what's going on in his world,
Speaker 1: of course with the x f L. And of course
Speaker 1: we will have our memorium segments saying goodbye to those
Speaker 1: that are no longer worth it to us anymore in
Speaker 1: Fantasy Baseball. It'll be a sad, sad moment, but it's
Speaker 1: important and we need to talk about it, so we
Speaker 1: will do all that. Our Oscars edition all the BFFs
Speaker 1: rolls on right after this from Shawn Guassama Sports Grade
Speaker 1: News Update dom John Grossolock in with your BFF Sports
Speaker 1: Trait News update. All right, let's get to the NBA action.
Speaker 1: So now you have the Gallas mass at the Washington
Speaker 1: Wizards Mavericks one thirty minus one thirty on the money line.
Speaker 1: Two point favorites in that one. Waiting on word of
Speaker 1: for Zingis, but we know Luka Dontech will not play
Speaker 1: in that matchup. Memphis Grizzlies at the Philadelphia seventy six
Speaker 1: or six Ers Open four on their recent road trip.
Speaker 1: Look to snap out of it there at twenty two
Speaker 1: or two at home there five and a half point
Speaker 1: favorites minus two thirty on the money line. The Atlanta
Speaker 1: Hawks at the Boston Celtics Kemba Walker will return after
Speaker 1: missing the previous three games. Nine and a half point
Speaker 1: favorites for the season minus for sixty on the money line.
Speaker 1: Detroitroit Pistons at the Oklahoma City Thunders. Oklahoma City Thunder
Speaker 1: minus twelve and a half point favorites minus not fifty
Speaker 1: on the money line. As you know, Andre Drummond was
Speaker 1: traded from the Pistons to the Calves last night, so
Speaker 1: he is not available. That's why they Thunder all big
Speaker 1: favorites in that one. Rafters looking for their thirteenth straight
Speaker 1: victory there on the road at the Indiana Pacers Raptors
Speaker 1: one point favorites minus one fourteen on the money line.
Speaker 1: Houston Rockets two and a half point favorites on the
Speaker 1: road at the Phoenix Suns tonight they are minus one
Speaker 1: thirty two on the money line, and the Miami Heat
Speaker 1: plus one and a half tonight at the Sacramento Kings.
Speaker 1: No Jimmy meet Butler. He has been ruled out and
Speaker 1: wrapping things up on the slate. In the NBA, the
Speaker 1: Portland's Trailblazers at the struggling Utah Jazz Jazz nine and
Speaker 1: a half point favorites in that one and other uh news.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the XFL to tomorrow. They kick off
Speaker 1: their season and it's the Dragons at the DC Defenders.
Speaker 1: The Defenders seven a half point favorites. That's followed by
Speaker 1: the Wildcats at the Roughnecks. The Roughnecks six and a
Speaker 1: half point favorites in that game. And then on Sunday,
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Vipers at the New York Guardians, the
Speaker 1: Vipers re point favorites. That's followed by St. Louis Battle
Speaker 1: Hawks at the Dallas Renegades. Renegades, It's come down now
Speaker 1: there were double digit favorites, is now nine and a
Speaker 1: half for them in that one. One MLB note, Steve
Speaker 1: Cohen will not buy the New York Mets. That has
Speaker 1: been ruled off by Commissioner Rob Manfred. So the New
Speaker 1: York Mets will look for a new buyer. And let's
Speaker 1: get back to the BFFs with Greg Susman and Frank Stanford.
Speaker 1: Back to you guys. All right, we have some technical
Speaker 1: difficulties with Greg Susman here at the Fantasy Best Friend
Speaker 1: Forever Oscars. How about me now give over to you, buddy.
Speaker 1: Welcome to the twenty twentys. Thank you, thank you so much,
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. I am grace so proud to
Speaker 1: be your host. Shall we get to our first award
Speaker 1: over the evening? Let's do it, all right, our first
Speaker 1: award over the evening. We are looking at the breakout
Speaker 1: picture of twenty twenty. Ladies and gentlemen, crowd to announce
Speaker 1: your nominees. Let's bring out Gray Susman. All right, thank
Speaker 1: you so much, pleasure to be here. All right, let's
Speaker 1: get right see we're gonna read the cue cards. Okay.
Speaker 1: Your nominees for this prestigious award are well, the Arizona Diamondbacks,
Speaker 1: Zach Gali, Oh, the Atlanta Braves, Max Free over the
Speaker 1: San Diego Padres, Danielson lam Nette, and finally in the
Speaker 1: Oakland Athletics, it's Frankie Mantas. Top the year last year.
Speaker 1: Frankie Mantas, you know, real bounce back and we'll see
Speaker 1: what happens. It's morning. Those are your nominees who will
Speaker 1: be your winner. Well, let's take a look at what's
Speaker 1: to come? All right, Greg Susman, thank you for throwing
Speaker 1: it over it here. You want to just run through
Speaker 1: each one of these guys. Tell you what happened last year.
Speaker 1: They're the nominat they're the notes, and I want you
Speaker 1: to tell me what's to come, what was how they
Speaker 1: got to where they're sitting right now? All right, Well,
Speaker 1: when it comes to Frankie Montage, he said that he
Speaker 1: had a rough year last year. In fact, he had
Speaker 1: a phenomenal season. We were already in the course of
Speaker 1: a breakout season last year for Frankie Mantas with a
Speaker 1: two point six three ear a. Of course, his season
Speaker 1: got cut short because of a pe D suspension. Will
Speaker 1: that limit him from being the breakout starting pitcher this
Speaker 1: upcoming year? You have to wait and see. Zach Gallon
Speaker 1: you mentioned traded over to the Arizona Diamondbacks last year, Greg,
Speaker 1: and this was quite a surprise traded for prospect Chaz
Speaker 1: Chisholm last year. And when it comes to Zack Gallen,
Speaker 1: phenomenal year in the minors really took everybody by surprise.
Speaker 1: And he was that prospects starting pitchers that everybody wanted
Speaker 1: to pick up mid season last year in fantasy baseball,
Speaker 1: and when he first got called up, he was great.
Speaker 1: He was great last year. We had some issues with
Speaker 1: the walks, but the strikeouts remained. The underlying statistics for
Speaker 1: Zack Gallen were great last year, again a member of
Speaker 1: the Arizona Diamonbacks. Some people worried about whether or not
Speaker 1: he's gonna start the year in the rotation. I don't
Speaker 1: really think that Mike Leak is stiff competition for Zack Gallen.
Speaker 1: We'll find out later on if he is the breakout
Speaker 1: starting pitchers this upcoming season. Greg. To Nelson Lament turns
Speaker 1: twenty eight. The season returned in twenty nineteen after missing
Speaker 1: the entire twenty teen season. We know that the strikeouts
Speaker 1: for Nelson Lamett are phenomenal. Basically a two ish picture here,
Speaker 1: but reminds me a lot of a Luis Castillo, someone
Speaker 1: who can get groundball, someone who we do have some
Speaker 1: concerns over the walk rate this upcoming season, but the
Speaker 1: strike out upside is tantalizing. When it comes to the
Speaker 1: Nelson Lamett, of course, in a rotation with other youngster
Speaker 1: Chris Paddock. Everyone's excited about Chris Paddock. Will we be
Speaker 1: as excited about Nelson Latte this upcoming season? You'll have
Speaker 1: to wait and see. And of course, it seems like
Speaker 1: this is the front runner for this award, Greg Max Freed,
Speaker 1: A lot of people excited about Max Freed. Spolkes to
Speaker 1: Matt Modica earlier on fs T, he has Max Freed
Speaker 1: ranks inside his top twenty five starting pitchers this upcoming season.
Speaker 1: It was a solid campaign for Freed last year. The
Speaker 1: ear a up over four, but the underlying statistics were
Speaker 1: much better for Max. Freed really improved his command. Will
Speaker 1: he be able to build off that this upcoming season.
Speaker 1: We'll just have to wait and see. Greg Sussman, the
Speaker 1: those are the four contestants for breakout starting pitcher in
Speaker 1: those are your nominees for your breakout pitture in twenty
Speaker 1: Frank broke it down so well, what Zach Gallen and
Speaker 1: Nelson Lamette, Max Freed and Frankie Mantas did in nineteen
Speaker 1: to make it this far, to make it here to
Speaker 1: the BFF Oscars. He's done it, He's gotten there. But
Speaker 1: who will win? Who is the guy that you want
Speaker 1: the most? Well, Frank, let me throw this back at
Speaker 1: you before we hit our first break You know it. Listen,
Speaker 1: it's along. It's an OSCARS telecast. There's a lot of commercials.
Speaker 1: I get it. There's a lot of filler, It's true.
Speaker 1: But I got more questions, Frank, who is going the
Speaker 1: earliest of these four players? Of these four players in
Speaker 1: the month of February, according to NFBC a DP, we
Speaker 1: have Max Freed at pick on, Frankie Mantas at one seven,
Speaker 1: Lament at one twenties six, and Zac Gallen at one
Speaker 1: thirty six. So these guys are all going within twenty
Speaker 1: spots to Nelson Lamente, just bear the edges out. Frankie
Speaker 1: mantaz As being drafted the earliest of the breakout starting
Speaker 1: pitchers right now, according to the NFPC a DP, I
Speaker 1: have the envelope who will be your breakout? Picture of
Speaker 1: we revealed a winner right after this. Are you ready
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Speaker 1: Academy Awards. I am still happen to be here and
Speaker 1: the host for the prestigious, prestigious event. You know, it's
Speaker 1: been it's been a long time since we were able
Speaker 1: to have an awards show su prestigious and so valued
Speaker 1: in our community, and it's just excited. Uh it's to
Speaker 1: be a small part of it. But before we get
Speaker 1: back to it, Frank, how are you doing? Very well? Greg?
Speaker 1: Thank you for asking. It's Friday, t G I F
Speaker 1: the weekend is approaching. Very excited to be here, very
Speaker 1: excited to discuss some of these breakout hitters and pictures.
Speaker 1: How are you doing? I just sleep last night, Greg,
Speaker 1: You know I I slept well last night. It was
Speaker 1: going into Friday, I slept well a little too well,
Speaker 1: if you know what I mean. All Right, all right,
Speaker 1: should we get back into these breakout of pictures? Frank,
Speaker 1: whatever you want after that. Fantastic, fantastic cameras over here,
Speaker 1: But no big deal. Let's continue on with your break
Speaker 1: out starting Pistons the end of the Nolinees a few
Speaker 1: moments ago, from Zac Gallen all the way to Dean.
Speaker 1: Nelson Lamette, Frankie Mantas and Max Freed are in there
Speaker 1: as well. I wanted to break this down a little
Speaker 1: further before we revealed and opened the envelope for your
Speaker 1: breakout picture of the Year. So let me start with
Speaker 1: Nelson Lamette, Frank and I. The reason I asked is
Speaker 1: because you know, it's just a few months ago you
Speaker 1: said to Nelson Lamette, He's gonna be the great goot
Speaker 1: picture of the year. He is gonna be the hype
Speaker 1: guy for now. We're there, man, You're in these drafts,
Speaker 1: you're in these draft champions, you're nfbc's what have you
Speaker 1: and people want to know is your prediction correct? Nelson
Speaker 1: Lamette is going the earliest of this group here. Greg
Speaker 1: and I am currently in a draft as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: and he went in the eighth round. The person that
Speaker 1: was drafted the earliest in this draft of that group
Speaker 1: was Frankie Mantas, but they all went within one round
Speaker 1: of each other. So it seems like most people are
Speaker 1: buying into the breakout for de Nelson Lamett this upcoming season. Greg,
Speaker 1: they're buying into the break out. But frank you don't
Speaker 1: answer my question. Are you buying? You do it? I
Speaker 1: am cautiously optimistic. That's the phrase that will use when
Speaker 1: it comes to de Nelson la Met Last year a
Speaker 1: four oh seven e r A a three or four
Speaker 1: four x fit still had a very high whip. He
Speaker 1: walks a ton of batters A three point seven zero
Speaker 1: walks per nine last year. Uh, He's over four walks
Speaker 1: per nine for his career as well. I mentioned a
Speaker 1: two ish pitcher uses a slider forty percent of the time,
Speaker 1: has a fast four seamer, has a sinker that he
Speaker 1: uses as well. His splits were weird. He had an
Speaker 1: area over five at home two nine to e r
Speaker 1: A on the road. That slider is nasty though, like
Speaker 1: it is a dominant pitch. The fastball. I don't know
Speaker 1: if he knows where it's going half the time. Here
Speaker 1: Greg a thirty three point six percent strikeout rate last
Speaker 1: year that would have ranked fourth among starting pitchers if
Speaker 1: he qualified. So we're talking about in the range of
Speaker 1: the max trusers and Jacob Degram's last year. The strikeout
Speaker 1: stuff is absolutely fantastic, but there are legitimate concerns when
Speaker 1: it comes to the walks. With to Nelson Lament and
Speaker 1: of course you have to worry about the injuries as
Speaker 1: we've seen in his career. Here Greg, the strikeouts certainly
Speaker 1: seemed real. The walk seem real too. He hasn't been
Speaker 1: able to go deep in games. You enough to be
Speaker 1: a breakup pitch of the year find out in just
Speaker 1: a moment. Zak Gallen was traded last year from Miami
Speaker 1: and Arizona. He was a hype guy. As the All
Speaker 1: Star break approach, We're like, hey, this guy could win
Speaker 1: you a league in the second half of the year.
Speaker 1: The Miami Marlin said we don't need you, vanishing owners
Speaker 1: and not they've got a nice value on Zac Gallanway
Speaker 1: went to Arizona. He stayed in the rotation, leaving were
Speaker 1: fantasy rotation this year. Frank I do like Zack Gallen
Speaker 1: coming into the season there is I'm concerned whether or
Speaker 1: not he's gonna start the year and remain in the
Speaker 1: Diamondbacks rotation for most of the season. I'm not really
Speaker 1: worried about Mike Leak, someone who might be battling it
Speaker 1: out for one of those final rotation spots with Meryl Kelly.
Speaker 1: Gallan was phenomenal last year. Greg. You remember he dominated
Speaker 1: triple A one seven seven, e r A A zero
Speaker 1: point seven whip evan case per nine under two walks
Speaker 1: per nine. That all came in the pc L as well.
Speaker 1: Once he came up. Eight Ennings pitched in the majors
Speaker 1: last year at two eight one ear A one to
Speaker 1: three with he struggled with walks, something we didn't see
Speaker 1: in the minor leagues. Uh the walks per nine up
Speaker 1: over four last season, but he started to get better
Speaker 1: once he got traded over to the diamond Backs. It
Speaker 1: seems like he developed some more confidence with the team.
Speaker 1: Eight starts with the Diamondbacks, his walks went from four
Speaker 1: point four six per nine to three point seven for nine.
Speaker 1: The swinging strike rate over percent, the chase rate nearly
Speaker 1: thirty seven percent. First pitch strike percentage seventy percent. We're
Speaker 1: looking at a legit four pitch arsenal from Zack Gallen,
Speaker 1: and he pitched a hundred and seventy endings between the
Speaker 1: miners and the major's last year. I think that he
Speaker 1: can approach that number again this season with the Arizona
Speaker 1: Diamondbacks UH in the majors for the entirety of the season.
Speaker 1: Zach Gallen is somebody that I am targeting this upcoming season.
Speaker 1: Grace Susan, thank you so much for that analysis. Frank,
Speaker 1: narrative narrator of us there um that Gallen so so
Speaker 1: good in the minors last year, he was so good
Speaker 1: at the majors last year may be the breakoup picture
Speaker 1: of the year. We're not there yet, folks, we are
Speaker 1: just not there quite yet. Because I need to hear
Speaker 1: more about Max Freed now. I remember last year, Frank,
Speaker 1: when Max Freed did not make the rotation out of
Speaker 1: the spring, it was Freddie Freeman and said, this guy's
Speaker 1: got the best stuff on our staff. Well, the rest
Speaker 1: of the majors they figured that out soon enough. You
Speaker 1: believe that Max Freed has the best stuff on the
Speaker 1: Atlanta Bradive staff. And then Max Freed what need the
Speaker 1: breakout picture of the year. I do think if he
Speaker 1: doesn't have the best stuff for the Atlanta Brads, he's
Speaker 1: certainly up there. We saw last season has to breaking
Speaker 1: pitches with the curve ball and the slider. We knew
Speaker 1: about the curve ball, he started to implement the slider
Speaker 1: more so as the season went on last year. Has
Speaker 1: a mid nineties fastball as well. Finished up with a
Speaker 1: four O two e r A and three point three
Speaker 1: two x FIPS. So it seemed like there was some
Speaker 1: unluckiness there for Max Freed last season and then his
Speaker 1: last nine games started. Uh, the three nine one e
Speaker 1: r A is not encouraging, but a two point nine
Speaker 1: one X fit a three point four skill interactive e
Speaker 1: r A. That's Sierra nearly percent swinging strike rate, a
Speaker 1: nine percent strikeout rate as well, so the strikeouts are there.
Speaker 1: The one problem I have and concern I have with
Speaker 1: Max Freed is if you look at his command, this
Speaker 1: is somebody who averaged over four walks per nine every
Speaker 1: level of the minor leagues and then last year really
Speaker 1: really tighten that up average just two point five batters
Speaker 1: per nine while he was in the majors. Is that
Speaker 1: something he can keep up for the entirety of this
Speaker 1: upcoming season, or will we see some of those command
Speaker 1: issues kind of rear their ugly head again. In that's
Speaker 1: one of the concerns that I have when it comes
Speaker 1: to Max Freed. But a solid fastball to breaking pitches
Speaker 1: that he can rely on, a really good curve, started
Speaker 1: to use the slider more last year as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that you can make a legitimate case that
Speaker 1: he does have some of the best stuff on the
Speaker 1: Land of Braves pitching staff, and he is somebody that
Speaker 1: I will be targeting this upcoming season. Will the walks
Speaker 1: come back to haunt him at some point? That remains
Speaker 1: to be seen. One last player to get to before
Speaker 1: we officially reveal the envelope, just a few minutes to
Speaker 1: go before that. He's Frankie Mantas. He was a guy
Speaker 1: last year, frank he was We were a big fan
Speaker 1: of here her here on this program. The entire academy
Speaker 1: loved him, and then he got suspended a very long time. Now,
Speaker 1: I asked you this yesterday off the air. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: do it here live on our telecast. Frank Frankie Mantas,
Speaker 1: be good that steroids I think that Frankie Mantas can
Speaker 1: be good without steroids. He's always been someone who throws hard,
Speaker 1: throws in the mid to upper nineties. But you know,
Speaker 1: last year it was the inclusion of a splitter, a
Speaker 1: new pitch that he never used before. He used the
Speaker 1: splitter about eighteen percent of the time last year, And
Speaker 1: you know, look, the the p e d s are
Speaker 1: not going to affect your ability to throw a splitter.
Speaker 1: I mean, maybe they might help you throw the ball hard,
Speaker 1: but he is someone who's always been able to throw
Speaker 1: the ball hard. But I like what I've seen out
Speaker 1: of the slitter eighteen percent of the time, twenty five
Speaker 1: percent of the time uses a slider as well, has
Speaker 1: two different variations of a fastball that he throws very hard.
Speaker 1: Twenty point three percent K minus wal Craig last year
Speaker 1: would have ranked fourteen among qualified starting pitchers last season
Speaker 1: groundball rate. I think there's a lot to like about Mantas.
Speaker 1: He pitches in a really good ballpark as well out
Speaker 1: there in Oco. I'm not worried about the suspension from
Speaker 1: last year the p e d s. I don't think
Speaker 1: the p e ds helped him develop and use that splitter. Correctly.
Speaker 1: I do like Frankie mantas Uh this upcoming season, and
Speaker 1: he is the one that's actually going ahead of all
Speaker 1: the other pictures according to NFBC a d P among
Speaker 1: this group of breakout starting pitchers. So who is the
Speaker 1: breakout starting pitcher of the year, Greg, and I have
Speaker 1: the envelope? Please? Thank you so much, Greg. All right,
Speaker 1: here we go. Breaking out picture off the year is
Speaker 1: Zach Galan Zack gall In your breakout pitcher off the year? Fantastic?
Speaker 1: But what did he do? Go in the ar? Look
Speaker 1: what Zach Gallen is going to do this upcoming season.
Speaker 1: The reason why you want him on your staff is
Speaker 1: he does a lot of things very well. He establishes
Speaker 1: the strike zone early, he gets a ton of swinging strikes,
Speaker 1: He gets opposing batters to chase, he has a four
Speaker 1: pitch mix. Love what I saw from him last year
Speaker 1: and the fact that he progressed as the season went
Speaker 1: on as well. I think the Diamondbacks have a lot
Speaker 1: of faith in him, enough faith that they wanted to
Speaker 1: give it up. One of their top hitting prospects last
Speaker 1: year comes over from the Miami Marlins. I think there's
Speaker 1: a lot to like about them. I think the command
Speaker 1: starts to improve this upcoming season as well. Uh. He
Speaker 1: gets around groundballs, so he does a little bit of
Speaker 1: everything that you want. And I trust the Arizona Diamonbacks organization.
Speaker 1: They've done great job, a great job with starting pitchers
Speaker 1: the past couple of years. And it's not a knock
Speaker 1: on all these other guys because they are all targets
Speaker 1: of mine, maybe outside of the Nelson lament, but Gallen
Speaker 1: is the one that I really thing can take that
Speaker 1: step forward this year. Uh. He's the one that we're
Speaker 1: talking about when one draft Greg, who is going to
Speaker 1: be drafted inside that top four five round range when
Speaker 1: it comes to starting pitchers. I think he's your breakout.
Speaker 1: He's the breakout. Max Free has been the guy. He've
Speaker 1: been talking him up, Frank, and I was surprised to
Speaker 1: see Gallen has the winner here. Yeah, I'm not making
Speaker 1: it up. It says Zach Gallant. As you can see
Speaker 1: right there, I does say Zach Allen. I'm surprised it
Speaker 1: wasn't Max Freed. It sounds like you on Max Freed
Speaker 1: to be your breakout starting pitcher of the year. Greg,
Speaker 1: did you get a vote here as as part of
Speaker 1: the Oscars listen as a as a host. I am
Speaker 1: a bipartisan member of this academy. I am an objective
Speaker 1: and I will not place a vote for me. I
Speaker 1: say nothing. Max Freed. I do like Max Freed as well,
Speaker 1: but I do worry about those walks. Are they going
Speaker 1: to come back a little bit this year as well?
Speaker 1: The command was phenomenal last year. He made huge strides,
Speaker 1: but is that something that he can maintain heading into
Speaker 1: And again we're just splitting hairs here. I do like
Speaker 1: all of these pictures. I like Frankie Mantas as well.
Speaker 1: He's a target of mine. Max Freed is a target
Speaker 1: of mine as well. But when you're trying to differentiate
Speaker 1: these pictures, you do have to split hairs and you
Speaker 1: have to figure out which one you do like the
Speaker 1: most of this group when it comes to ranking the
Speaker 1: starting pictures as well. So that's why I put Zach
Speaker 1: Gallen a top this list. Again, I do like all
Speaker 1: these guys. Uh maybe outside of the Nelson Lament. The
Speaker 1: strikeout stuff is absolutely phenomenal for Lament, but I really
Speaker 1: really do worry about those walks. In well, our Oscars party,
Speaker 1: they'll continue here on the BFFs because up next we're
Speaker 1: gonna talk about the acts. Wow, Justin Freeman is gonna
Speaker 1: join us to do just that. We'll get you a
Speaker 1: breakout hitre and of course our e Memorian segment is
Speaker 1: coming up as well. We have a lot more to do.
Speaker 1: Stick around the OSCARS party here on the BFFs and
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Speaker 1: This ys damn right. It is the XFL is here.
Speaker 1: It is upon us this weekend to join us on
Speaker 1: our VFF Oscars sitting in the crowd in his talks
Speaker 1: ready to go for the XFL. It's Justin framing of
Speaker 1: number ball. What's up? Justin? Oh man? This is uh,
Speaker 1: this is the time to be allowed right now, I've
Speaker 1: got my ultimate Warner face paint on, and you know,
Speaker 1: I'm trying to be trying to you know, two last
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Speaker 1: It is a special, special weekend because you have the
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Speaker 1: as classy, but we are class We'll try our best.
Speaker 1: We are a gentleman, classy, classy gentleman. That's exactly right,
Speaker 1: that's right now. Justin the one name that I think
Speaker 1: people are most excited about here this weekend when it
Speaker 1: comes to the XFL is card L. Jones, the former
Speaker 1: Ohio State star, former NFL quarterback. He's the highest price
Speaker 1: quarterback in DFS. He's a player that we're all excited
Speaker 1: to see, player that we think could have an NFL future.
Speaker 1: What do you expect to see of card L. Jones
Speaker 1: this weekend? Yeah, it's kind of interesting that Pat to Uh, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I tried to make it a point to talk to
Speaker 1: as many uniting people as our kids have been covering
Speaker 1: the kid. There's a'su a little bit of discouragement around
Speaker 1: the Cardinal Jones. I'm not super super excited about him.
Speaker 1: I've heard that they've already begun just trying to start
Speaker 1: installing a few read option packages for Tyree Jensen needs
Speaker 1: the backup quarterback. There's like two quarterbacks on the roster. Said,
Speaker 1: it should be really interesting. Obviously he's gotten the first
Speaker 1: you know, the name, brand, recognition, star power, all that
Speaker 1: stuff that you're looking for. I'll start league, but I
Speaker 1: do have my question. Stop me think he's got a
Speaker 1: national champ ship up under under a spell, then pretty
Speaker 1: decent little resume there. But let the thing did offer
Speaker 1: lost his job to to jaking bang there at the
Speaker 1: High State, you know, didn't didn't last there in the
Speaker 1: league of the backup for the Chargers for a little while.
Speaker 1: So what wrong people? Is actually from some other quarterbacks
Speaker 1: I'm slightly more excited about. There are other quarterbacks to
Speaker 1: be excited about. I want to hear about all of them.
Speaker 1: We're gonna call you back in just a second. He's like, oh,
Speaker 1: we have a tough connection there were Frank, and are
Speaker 1: you were excited about Cordel Jones? You talk, you're off
Speaker 1: the ledge here a little bit. Now, Yeah, he's the
Speaker 1: highest price quarterback this weekend Kardel Jones on DraftKings ten thousand,
Speaker 1: two hundred dollars. So, uh, look, it seems like they're
Speaker 1: already starting to make some plays up here, for for
Speaker 1: Tyree Jackson. You heard him mention Tyree Jackson mentioned j T.
Speaker 1: Barrett as well. JT Barrett as well Matt mcgloy. We
Speaker 1: got a few NFL former NFL quarterbacks pointing this weekend.
Speaker 1: Connor Cook as Well's not playing many guys on the bench.
Speaker 1: He's a cook. He's a backup, cornerback, backup. So you
Speaker 1: can't even win a starting quarterback job. Doesn't seem great.
Speaker 1: It also reminds me of the movie Drafted, because his
Speaker 1: teammates of Michigan Seats hated him, just like the kids
Speaker 1: in the movie Draft Day. Frank, Aaron Murray, how about
Speaker 1: Aaron Murray, Craig Aaron Murray, He's a superstar. Now I
Speaker 1: can get your attention here with the Tampa Bay Vipers. Huh,
Speaker 1: I feel like you knew I was. Do you know
Speaker 1: he was always an Aaron Murrayott. I did not know that.
Speaker 1: So I have loved Aaron Murray's in Georgia and I
Speaker 1: don't thought he should be NFL superstar. It hasn't happened, Justin,
Speaker 1: Is this Aaron Murray's chance to be a superstar football player?
Speaker 1: I think you better believe it. Man, Aaron Murray a
Speaker 1: touchdown passes and a passing yards. Uh. You know that's
Speaker 1: not Joe Brower, that's not Tim t but interested Ann
Speaker 1: Murray only leeds of a shot. Man, I think this
Speaker 1: could be and I'm all al onboard and a couple
Speaker 1: of great cups of I'm really excited about this team.
Speaker 1: I think they could have a pretty potent offense. Hey, Justin, Uh,
Speaker 1: so we already spoke about Cardel Jones and Aaron Murray.
Speaker 1: Are you looking to actually pay for either of those?
Speaker 1: Are you looking to go in a different direction when
Speaker 1: it comes to the quarterback position this weekend? Uh? During
Speaker 1: this four game XFL sleep, Yeah, I think Aaron Murray's
Speaker 1: definitely weren't paying. You can consider a little bit of
Speaker 1: any line ups and want to play. I think you
Speaker 1: know obviously what we're dealing with a young, upstart league.
Speaker 1: It's it's kind of pret preseason DF. It's really just
Speaker 1: sort of a news game. You're kind of looking for
Speaker 1: updated depth charts and the sort of grinding away. There's
Speaker 1: there's not a whole lot of Adam Schefters out there
Speaker 1: reporting all, you know, all the jury days and everything
Speaker 1: else because you want and we don't have much. We
Speaker 1: don't know what to excite for any of these guys.
Speaker 1: Do one thing about this use salary is really not
Speaker 1: an issue. You know, you don't have to be a
Speaker 1: super price conscious You can get the guys you warn
Speaker 1: you can. I must certainly fit everybody again, unless you're
Speaker 1: just going like z number one guy the board at
Speaker 1: every single position. So yeah, I definitely a guy want um.
Speaker 1: The Houston Restaments have a dude named Pegan and Walker,
Speaker 1: who I'm excited about. The restaurants coach Jones, Jones offensive history,
Speaker 1: just a yeah, we're having spetetically difficulty with any buddy.
Speaker 1: We can't We can't really hear you very well. Hopefully
Speaker 1: back on soon to talk more about the XFL. Frank,
Speaker 1: we got games Saturday, we got games on Sunday. Are
Speaker 1: you in? I'm definitely gonna have a few DFS lineups
Speaker 1: this weekend. As you mentioned, UH four games Slate this
Speaker 1: upcoming weekend. The Seattle Dragons going up against the DC Defenders,
Speaker 1: Los Angeles Wildcats against the Houston Roughnecks. What a name there,
Speaker 1: Houston Roughnecks. Love that Tampa Bay Vipers June Jones and
Speaker 1: Houston Roughnecks. June Jones. He's a crazy guy. June Jones
Speaker 1: is nuts. He was in the NFL coach many years ago.
Speaker 1: He's the Hawaii coach. They're all around college football. This
Speaker 1: guy is innovative. He's gonna take all these bs rules
Speaker 1: around the XFL about throwing multiple forward passes, the creativity
Speaker 1: at a June Jones, I like Houston. Tell you right now,
Speaker 1: I like Houston this week. You like laying the points
Speaker 1: minus six and a half, You're laying all the points.
Speaker 1: Give me Houston minus six and a half, give me
Speaker 1: the over. Two on June Jones have the St. Louis
Speaker 1: battle Hawks going up against the Dallas Renegades as well.
Speaker 1: Greg and It's big favorites, the Tampa Bay Vipers in
Speaker 1: New York Guardians. These are two teams that are in
Speaker 1: the top three to win the entire thing this year,
Speaker 1: every champ. Yes, we know what like And it's also
Speaker 1: the closest spread, so perhaps the most competitive game this weekend.
Speaker 1: I like the Vipers, Frank, you know why. I'll come on.
Speaker 1: You can't like we live in New York. Unit turn
Speaker 1: you're back on the Guardians. I'm trying to win money, Frank,
Speaker 1: that is what I'm here for. Yes, the Vipers. Do
Speaker 1: you know why? Why is that Greig Varren Murray? That's
Speaker 1: that's one reason. Yes, I like Aaron Murray a lot.
Speaker 1: Who's the quarterback of the New York Guardians, Frank, that
Speaker 1: would be Matt mcgloyd. Aaron Murray greater sign Matt McLoyd.
Speaker 1: Do we know that for certain? Who's that coach of
Speaker 1: the Vipers, Frank? I couldn't tell you Vipers head coach.
Speaker 1: I know the coach of the Guardians. It's Kevin Gilbride.
Speaker 1: Whoever the coach of the Tampa Bay Vipers are Creators
Speaker 1: signed Kevin Gilbride. No chance, guys, man, are you gonna
Speaker 1: turn your back on the former giant great like this?
Speaker 1: Don't do that. I think Aaron Murray and Cardell Jones
Speaker 1: are the ones that people are looking at most this
Speaker 1: weekend in terms of spending up at the quarterback position
Speaker 1: in DFS. Greg Jones A stupid man. Oh I can't
Speaker 1: believely got this. Mark Trustman writers signed Kevin Gilbride. That's
Speaker 1: the easiest Mark Trustman or do come on one CFL titles?
Speaker 1: Come on? Hello, Come on, Greg? What did Kevin Gilbright
Speaker 1: ever do? Come on, You're in a great offense. He
Speaker 1: got punched in the face by Buddy Ryan and Mark Treshman.
Speaker 1: It's gonna punch his team in the face this weekend.
Speaker 1: All right, Greg, Look, when it comes to the running
Speaker 1: back position, you gotta go with your guy, Andre Williams. Right, No,
Speaker 1: you're not using Andre Williams. No, Andre Williams. I'm using
Speaker 1: Darrell Pressley instead. Star Cameron Artist Pain too. I am
Speaker 1: actually legitimately looking at Cameron Artist Pain. I think Christine
Speaker 1: Michael is someone that stands out a lot of here's
Speaker 1: the problem, Frank, you're just playing players that you know
Speaker 1: their names. No, I'm actually looking at DFS rankings for
Speaker 1: this weekend and Cameron Artist Pain and Christine Michael are
Speaker 1: ranked inside the top three. I don't like it. I
Speaker 1: don't like Well, we're your XFL DFS frankings, Greg, Frank,
Speaker 1: I will reveal those in a matter of moments if
Speaker 1: you must. If you want to send Greg a dollar
Speaker 1: on Venmo, you want to, then move me. You'll get
Speaker 1: my DFS rankings for the accep out. All right, Well,
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you right now that I am looking
Speaker 1: at projections for XFL dfs this weekend and Cameron Artist
Speaker 1: Pain Darrell Presley is number two in XFL running back rankings.
Speaker 1: So you're not wrong there, Christine Michael, we actually have
Speaker 1: seen have a role in the NFL and actually be
Speaker 1: pretty good. So I think moving over to the XFL
Speaker 1: you can have some success in the spot. Tim Cook,
Speaker 1: that's who I want, Tim Cooks. I thought you didn't
Speaker 1: like the New York Guardians. Well I like Tim Cook.
Speaker 1: I just don't like him Gilbride, Tim Tim Cook, Tim Cook.
Speaker 1: According to the list that I'm looking at here, Gregg
Speaker 1: has them ranked as the seventh best running back this week.
Speaker 1: So Frank, I don't know about Tim Cook. Are you
Speaker 1: gonna listen to those rankings? Are gonna listen? Tor bf fs? Well,
Speaker 1: when you put it that way, I'm definitely not gonna
Speaker 1: use Tim Cook this week. I'm definitely going to look
Speaker 1: at the monkeys. Greg. A few of the A A
Speaker 1: F standouts last year are among the hyped up wide
Speaker 1: receivers in XFL as well. Remember we did an A
Speaker 1: F F Fantasy draft together. We did. We did had
Speaker 1: first play a long time. Who did he take with
Speaker 1: the first page? Trent Richardson? How did that work out
Speaker 1: for you? Very poorly? Michael McKay and Rashaud Ross were
Speaker 1: two wide receivers a fly. We're dominating last years with
Speaker 1: Ray Shawn Ross the trumpet player of the bathis man.
Speaker 1: But you are intrigued by Rashaud Ross. At least I
Speaker 1: could talk you into him speed. I'm talking to you
Speaker 1: and him I brought. I mentioned in him mcam McKay.
Speaker 1: There's the top two ranked wide receivers. Just throw the water,
Speaker 1: serier me. I would have told you that Shade Ross
Speaker 1: is the guy. He's also the highest price wide receiver
Speaker 1: and draftings at ten thousand, four hundred dollars vandal yes,
Speaker 1: allectual Satan. How about Sammy Coates Greig and interested Sammy
Speaker 1: Coach No, Sammy Coast can't cash. I'm out you're How
Speaker 1: about another former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Eli Rodgers. I
Speaker 1: like Tina the tight end. Nick Trusdell, that's my guy
Speaker 1: tight end. Nick Trusdell, former an NFL tight end, Right, sure,
Speaker 1: you say it's so confidently here Greg Jazz Ferguson an
Speaker 1: interest there? No all right? Are there any of the
Speaker 1: wide receivers you white outside of her? Shot Ross? Not? Really?
Speaker 1: Really no answer is michaiel McKay is like six ft
Speaker 1: eight though I do remember that of him. He is
Speaker 1: a huge body. He's gonna be targeted in the red zone.
Speaker 1: I don't know that he's gonna score a touchdown this week.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you that right now. I don't know. Kael McKay.
Speaker 1: I just sold he's highest price wide receip He's really expensive,
Speaker 1: Nick Trusdale. E J. B just said, Nick Trusdell, I'm
Speaker 1: just reading out the top. He doesn't projected this week
Speaker 1: in XFL Week one. E J. Bibbs, Donald Parham, let's
Speaker 1: get bad, Brandon Barnes. We got the breakout hitter of
Speaker 1: the year coming. I have the envelope right right here
Speaker 1: there in my hand. We're gonna open it up. Let
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Speaker 1: Welcome bmm Oscar Award Attention break out hitors. We also
Speaker 1: have to have time to talk about who we've lost
Speaker 1: over the last year, Frank, do we guess the Nolanies
Speaker 1: werena break out hitters. Let's do it. We'll break out
Speaker 1: hitter Alanis spor This Oh the checks for the Oakland Athletics,
Speaker 1: Ramon Loriano four, the Chicago White Socks, Luis rob Us
Speaker 1: Roads alias Robert only known as Louis Robert Believe it's
Speaker 1: also known as Frank. And finally, your final nominee is
Speaker 1: Bix Doors Washington. Frank, those, Let's start things off with
Speaker 1: bo Baschette. The beautiful, luscious locks of bou Baschette. The
Speaker 1: guy has baseball running through his veins. Much like a
Speaker 1: lot of the Toronto Blue Jays hitters do. A lot
Speaker 1: of these guys are second generation talents here, and Bobichette
Speaker 1: came up last year and flashed some of that upside.
Speaker 1: Only played in forty six games, but made his presence
Speaker 1: felt right away from the get go. Three eleven batting average,
Speaker 1: eleven home runs, twenty one RBI and four stolen bases.
Speaker 1: He has a power speed combination. He's gonna be hitting
Speaker 1: a top a really good Toronto Blue Jay's lineup, one
Speaker 1: that features lord as Guriel, Vladimir Guo Junior, Travis Shaw
Speaker 1: later on in that lineup as well. So there are
Speaker 1: a lot of reasons to like Bobaschette this upcoming season.
Speaker 1: We'll see if the plate discipline worries us enough or
Speaker 1: not when it comes to him breaking out in the
Speaker 1: other name that you mentioned, Ramon Loriana, we saw a
Speaker 1: little bit of it last year, dealt with some injuries,
Speaker 1: but ultimately another one who has a power speed combination
Speaker 1: going in that fifth sixth round range this upcoming season
Speaker 1: ended up hinting two eight, twenty four home runs, thirteen
Speaker 1: stolen bases. Greg someone I know that you love because
Speaker 1: I was advocating that we take him later on in
Speaker 1: our auction last year, and you uh continuously laughed at
Speaker 1: me for wanting Ramon Loriano. I think the joke is
Speaker 1: on you now, Greg, because Roman Loriano a legitimate breakout
Speaker 1: candidate this upcoming season. Projected to back second in the
Speaker 1: Oakland A's lineup between Marcus Simon and Matt Olsen. That
Speaker 1: is a great spot to hit. He's gonna see a
Speaker 1: ton of pitches to hit this upcoming season as well,
Speaker 1: and I think he's gonna have the green light to
Speaker 1: run batting early in that Oakland A's line up. Let's
Speaker 1: move over to Victor Roeblas. Victor Roeblis didn't really live
Speaker 1: up to what he wanted him to do last year.
Speaker 1: Greg does have legitimate speed. Still twenty eight bases, the
Speaker 1: batting average was not great to fifty five. Uh. The
Speaker 1: problem with Victor Roebliss is that you're not really getting
Speaker 1: him at discount right, so you still have to draft
Speaker 1: him fourth fifth round this upcoming year. Ended up hitting
Speaker 1: seventeen home runs eighty six runs scored, while majority of
Speaker 1: his playing time came towards the back end of the
Speaker 1: Washington Nationals lineup. Still was able to score eighty six
Speaker 1: runs last year. I think there's upside in the batting average.
Speaker 1: Someone who bat who hit three hundred in his minor
Speaker 1: league career. I think the batting average can come up
Speaker 1: a little bit. And I think there's upside for even
Speaker 1: more than the twenty stolen basis we saw from Victor
Speaker 1: Roeblais last season. And then Luis Robert. Everyone is excited
Speaker 1: about Louis Roberts this year, not known as Robert, known
Speaker 1: as Luis Robert. A lot of people are kind of
Speaker 1: crowning him as the next Ronald Cuna for that power
Speaker 1: speed combination. Greg what he did in the miners last year,
Speaker 1: three batting average going thirty thirty, thirty two home runs,
Speaker 1: thirty six stolen bases. He's already signed his extension with
Speaker 1: the Chicago White Sox. He will be in their lineup
Speaker 1: on opening Day. You don't have to worry about when
Speaker 1: he's gonna get called up from the minor leagues. He
Speaker 1: already signed his extension. He should be up to start
Speaker 1: the season. He had a one thousand ops across three
Speaker 1: different minor league levels last season. Uh, and he is
Speaker 1: joining a very very potent Chicago White Sox line up
Speaker 1: here in Gregs. Those are your breakout candidates. And now
Speaker 1: I want to go a little bit deeper, Frank. We
Speaker 1: have a few minutes left here in the program. I'd
Speaker 1: like to do a slight bit deeper, and I want
Speaker 1: to start with where you ended with Victor Rubles. My
Speaker 1: issue is we drafted him last year, Frank, and we
Speaker 1: liked him quit a bit. Batting ninth, he's a struggle.
Speaker 1: I don't see him moving up in the order. How
Speaker 1: much has changed. I understand, Anthony rind he's no longer
Speaker 1: there batting ninth. You lose a lot of that bats.
Speaker 1: The rest of these players no significantly higher than that.
Speaker 1: I understand where you're coming from. But again, he still
Speaker 1: scored eighties six runs last year while batting ninth or
Speaker 1: eighth or ninth for the majority of last season. I
Speaker 1: think that they should find a way to move him
Speaker 1: up in the order. Adam Eating is a fine player.
Speaker 1: He does what he's asked to do. But I think
Speaker 1: Roblist has more upside. I think that there's a chance
Speaker 1: that if they move him up in that order, we
Speaker 1: can legitimately see him score over a hundred runs. Obviously,
Speaker 1: in that lineup. They still have trade turners, so they've
Speaker 1: got a little bit that they have to figure out here.
Speaker 1: I understand your concerns when it comes to where he's
Speaker 1: batting in the order, Greg, but we have to remember
Speaker 1: the prospect pedigree that comes with Victor Roebliss prospect. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure Ramon Loriano has that much prospect pedigree, if
Speaker 1: we're being honest, But I think Victor Roebliss, especially with
Speaker 1: the speed everyone's trying to find speed, this is somebody
Speaker 1: who can steal you thirty five to forty bases. See
Speaker 1: Boett is one of our nominees, one of our snows
Speaker 1: potentially is he teammate Cavon Vigio. No one's speaking about him, Frank,
Speaker 1: Why is this? Because Cavon Busio, as great as he
Speaker 1: was last year, has a little bit of a power
Speaker 1: speed combinations himself struggles big time with strikeouts, so that
Speaker 1: batting average not gonna be anywhere near some of these
Speaker 1: players here. I think Bobaschet is probably someone you can
Speaker 1: project for a two seventy to two eighty batting average
Speaker 1: this upcoming season. Cavon Busio is someone who's going to
Speaker 1: bat in the knee to twenty to two forty range.
Speaker 1: He hits way too many five balls. He strikes out
Speaker 1: a lot as well, has great plate discipline. He's gonna walk,
Speaker 1: he's gonna get on base, he's gonna score a lot
Speaker 1: of runs, and he'll probably give you close to twenty
Speaker 1: home runs and twenty soul on bases. But the batting
Speaker 1: average is a real drag when it comes to Cavon
Speaker 1: Busio this upcoming season, Greg Norman Loriano, that power speed combination,
Speaker 1: it is true, it's real, and we I may or
Speaker 1: may not have suggested. We we don't draft froman Loriano
Speaker 1: that that may have happened potentially, but you know we
Speaker 1: I still think the average, I still think Oakland A
Speaker 1: I I don't know, I don't know. I'm excited about
Speaker 1: Louis Robert also known as Luis Robert. I'm excited for
Speaker 1: what he can do. He's not a young and improving
Speaker 1: White Sox lineup. Look, it is a great lineup, But
Speaker 1: if you're worried about Victor Roeblas, you have to worry
Speaker 1: about Luis Robert as well. He's probably going to back
Speaker 1: towards the bottom of this lineup. This lineup is stack.
Speaker 1: They have Jose Bray, they added Edwin and Carnacion, they
Speaker 1: still have Eloy Jimenez as well. So I think Luis Robert,
Speaker 1: probably Tim Anderson Isson Anderson Mr. Anderson, will be batting
Speaker 1: towards the top of that lineup. You also have you
Speaker 1: on Moncada. This is an amazing Chicago White Sox lineup.
Speaker 1: But it's because of that that Luis Robert is probably
Speaker 1: going to bat somewhere near the bottom of this White
Speaker 1: Sox lineup. And if we're worried about the strikeouts with
Speaker 1: someone like kvam Visio, you have to be worried about
Speaker 1: the strikeouts with Luis Robert. Struck out twenty nearly twenty
Speaker 1: five percent of the time, still has a few holes
Speaker 1: in that swing. Wouldn't surprise me if he approaches a
Speaker 1: thirty percent strikeout right, maybe even exceeds that this upcoming season,
Speaker 1: which could be a drag on the batting average in
Speaker 1: his rookie campaign. Here, Greg, let's get to the envelope,
Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen you're with for breakouts. It's as having
Speaker 1: a little bit of trouble here on the Fantasy Baseball Oscars,
Speaker 1: and the winner is Moonlight. Excuse me, it's Victor Robless
Speaker 1: right or U the year. It sounds like you don't agree, Greg,
Speaker 1: I don't agree. I don't would you rank him last
Speaker 1: out of this group? I don't know how I him last.
Speaker 1: I don't agree with the robelest. I think it's I
Speaker 1: think if I had to shooes one, and probably if
Speaker 1: I'm being honest with this year, I like Bobichet as well.
Speaker 1: But the four stolen basis for caught stealing, they might
Speaker 1: rain him back a little bit when it comes to
Speaker 1: him running on the base paths. And you know, we
Speaker 1: saw the strikeouts come up last year when he joined
Speaker 1: the major league ranks, so I do worry about the
Speaker 1: plate discipline a little bit. He doesn't walk all that
Speaker 1: mon just six and a half percent of wal create
Speaker 1: last year. He could continue to get better again. What
Speaker 1: he did last year as a twenty year old was phenomenal,
Speaker 1: So we could definitely see Bobachett continue to take that
Speaker 1: those steps forward. But Victor Roeblis, to me, is someone
Speaker 1: that can still hit twenty home runs, steal your thirty
Speaker 1: five to forty basses. Everyone projected him to to develop
Speaker 1: into that Starling Marte type player last year, and I
Speaker 1: still think that there's a chance that we can get
Speaker 1: there in as well. So you want speed to me.
Speaker 1: The breakout hitter of is going to be Victor Roebliss
Speaker 1: going in that fourth fifth round range. He's still a
Speaker 1: young man, unlike some of we have to get to
Speaker 1: next rank. As you know, it was a tough year
Speaker 1: in for some of the older generation of stars. Right now, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: it's time we say goodbye to members of the Fantasy
Speaker 1: Baseball class we lost, and that of course includes you're
Speaker 1: not supposed to say anything. Yes, it's of course Evan
Speaker 1: Liboria way right, sade team for a little bit frank
Speaker 1: luster fifteen team or everyone was on my team, your
Speaker 1: guy last year, not anymore. Unfortunately you went a spitish.
Speaker 1: It was like videos great, so sad. Oh no, there's
Speaker 1: Jeff Luno step not a Cheater's Steven going. That's Carlos
Speaker 1: Belchion cheeter h Alex Cora, also a cheater. Not so
Speaker 1: sad A J. Hinch the Riddler, LL say goodbye? Who's
Speaker 1: al today? Houston Astro's clubhouse? Do you see the trash
Speaker 1: can in the background there, No, we'll see the lot
Speaker 1: of there so sad and there there is your an memorium?
Speaker 1: What anything else on on these players? Let's say goodbye.
Speaker 1: Evan Longoria really does not provide much anymore. Hitting in
Speaker 1: that ballpark out there in San Francisco. Maybe he'll give
Speaker 1: you twenty home runs. Obviously not. The player that he
Speaker 1: wants was Adam Wayne Right. I don't think he deserves
Speaker 1: to be on this list if we're being honest, because
Speaker 1: there was a stretch last year where Adam Waynewright was
Speaker 1: actually quite viable from a fantasy baseball perspective. Jason Heyward
Speaker 1: might be platuning this upcoming season. You don't know what
Speaker 1: to expect from Jason Heyward. He got off to a
Speaker 1: nice start last year. The first couple of months he
Speaker 1: looked pretty good, but then really tailed off in the
Speaker 1: second half. You went a Sesspenis, man, your guest is
Speaker 1: as good as mine. I think J D. Davis is awesome.
Speaker 1: Are they really gonna play Unassispenis some days over? J
Speaker 1: D Davis? Come on, man, j D. Davis is a
Speaker 1: stat cast hero. Give him the playing time, and if
Speaker 1: they do that, I don't really see how you win, assess,
Speaker 1: but it gets in the line up here. Greg, the
Speaker 1: player you'd want to add the least out of all
Speaker 1: these guys, it's the fat Man. We spoke about him yesterday.
Speaker 1: He literally looks like CC Sabathia. We spoke about him
Speaker 1: yesterday with Greg Sussman. With Greg's with Michael Floorio, the
Speaker 1: the Mets fan, and he was not a fan of
Speaker 1: un Assist. But it's either let's get J. D. Davison
Speaker 1: net line up no more un Assist because he's the
Speaker 1: one you want to avoid most this upcoming seat. Enjoy
Speaker 1: the XFL, Enjoy the Oscars, Frank, and I'll be back
Speaker 1: on Monday. Come up next for real. Coast to coast
Speaker 1: next to everybody back downstairs. We all get on Monday.
Speaker 1: We all hope