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Speaker 1: What's going on. Everybody. Welcome into Fantasy pros. This is

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Speaker 1: Leading Off Live, the Fantasy Baseball Podcast. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Joe Rico, and I'm gonna be taking you through today's

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Speaker 1: show through today's show solo. We're off to a great

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Speaker 1: start here because Casey Bubba is having some Wi Fi issues,

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna be taking your questions, running through some

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Speaker 1: of the headlines, the injuries, best bets of the day.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna try and keep it as normal as the

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Speaker 1: show as possible, but get your questions into the chat

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Speaker 1: and I will be answering them. But we are going

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Speaker 1: to start off with some headlines from around Major League

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Speaker 1: Baseball yesterday, starting off with Nick Kurtz. He had his

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Speaker 1: twenty sixth home run of the season on Thursday. He's

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Speaker 1: actually been leading off for the Athletics recently, which is

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Speaker 1: not something that I really expected considering his power. He's

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Speaker 1: leading Major League Baseball and ops in the second half,

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Speaker 1: but he's been leading off in Oakland or for the Athletics.

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Speaker 1: I should say. Now, Bubba was gonna be here and

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Speaker 1: we were going to talk about an early draft that

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Speaker 1: he took part in on Wednesday night, where Nick Kurtz

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Speaker 1: went the seventeenth overall pick in that draft. I want

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Speaker 1: to get your guys comments below about what you think

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Speaker 1: on that number is seventeen Off the top of your head.

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Speaker 1: Does it feel too high for Nick Kurtz, Does it

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Speaker 1: feel too low? Does it feel about right? One pick

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Speaker 1: after Vladimir Guerrero Junior. So that one was kind of

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Speaker 1: interesting to me. Not sure if he's gonna end up

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Speaker 1: there consistently, but I do understand it considering the power

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Speaker 1: that we've seen from him. He's hitting for a decent

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Speaker 1: batting average. He's done everything, especially considering that ballpark, in

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Speaker 1: the good lineup around him, I understand the price on

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Speaker 1: Nick Kurtz, but it does feel a little bit expensive

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Speaker 1: as well. But let me know below, what do you

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Speaker 1: guys think about that price seventeen overall for Nick Kurtz

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Speaker 1: in the first Fantasy Baseball draft of twenty twenty six. Now,

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Speaker 1: his teammate Tyler Soderstrom had a four for four day

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Speaker 1: himself on Thursday, and he's somebody that I wanted to

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Speaker 1: discuss just because his season got off to such a

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Speaker 1: boiling hot start. Tyler Soderstrom was the number one Fantasy

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Speaker 1: player in April he did cool down a little bit,

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Speaker 1: but overall, we're still looking at a very good season.

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Speaker 1: The two to seventy three batting average, twenty three home

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Speaker 1: runs and six dole in basis for Sodershrum and you know,

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Speaker 1: projecting forward, he seems like a guy who may fall

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Speaker 1: a lit a little bit in drafts next year, just

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Speaker 1: because he is maybe a little bit boring. You know,

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Speaker 1: first base is a rather deep position. He does have

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Speaker 1: outfield eligibility as well, so I don't know, he just

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Speaker 1: feels like somebody that doesn't excite a ton for fantasy.

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Speaker 1: I know he did early on in the season, but

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Speaker 1: he's been pretty quiet for the last three and a

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Speaker 1: half months. Still, that production is looking pretty pretty good overall.

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Speaker 1: Van Rod saying that she would take Kurtz over Vladdy.

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Speaker 1: I think it's really close. But I think the plate

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Speaker 1: discipline that Vladdy brings to the table, and the fact

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Speaker 1: that I think he has a more projectable batting average

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Speaker 1: would lead me towards his side. Nick Kurtz is running

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Speaker 1: close to a thirty percent strikeout rate, where with Vladdy,

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Speaker 1: you know you're never going to get above even twenty percent.

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Speaker 1: Would be very high for him. The batting average, I

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Speaker 1: think is pretty much locked in as a three hundred

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Speaker 1: hitter for Latti every year, so that would be the

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Speaker 1: route that I would go. I don't have any problems

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Speaker 1: with taking Kurts shortly after, but for me, I think

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Speaker 1: I am probably still going to be taking Flatty. Second

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Speaker 1: round for Kurtz seems about right. According to Todd, Lee asked,

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Speaker 1: are we pro Jack Perkins or meh, I would be

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Speaker 1: dumping that letdown Jeffrey Springs. Springs has been kind of

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Speaker 1: up and down this year. He hasn't been light in

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Speaker 1: he has been very usable. Perkins had himself a decent

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Speaker 1: start yesterday. I think it was only two strikeouts, but

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Speaker 1: he did pick up the win. Overall, He's not somebody

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Speaker 1: that I am necessarily married to. The strikeout upside hasn't

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Speaker 1: been amazing. Twenty three percent strikeout rate is fine, but

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Speaker 1: when you're walking eleven percent of batters, that can lead

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Speaker 1: to some trouble. So what I like to usually do

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Speaker 1: His next start is against Detroit, the following one after

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Speaker 1: probably be willing to pick up Perkins. In terms of

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Speaker 1: huge difference there. If you wanted to go with Perkins

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Speaker 1: and play the hot hand, I don't really blame you there.

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Speaker 1: Todd is asking normally don't like starting pitchers fresh off

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Speaker 1: the sixty Day I album. With Beaver's pitch counts and

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Speaker 1: most leagues? I am totally on board with starting Shane

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Speaker 1: Bieber tonight. Like you mentioned, his rehab starts have been very,

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Speaker 1: very strong. Miami is a team that you don't want

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Speaker 1: to mess around with too much. I think that's a

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Speaker 1: fair statement to make. But at the same time, we

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Speaker 1: have to remember that they just lost arguably probably their

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Speaker 1: best hitter in Kyle Stowers, so when you're taking him

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Speaker 1: Miami as a whole in August has a one oh

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Speaker 1: five WRC plus as a team that's thirteenth in Major

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Speaker 1: League Baseball. It's fine. But with Shane Bieber, a guy

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Speaker 1: where we know the potential is seven innings of shutout ball.

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Speaker 1: He's a former c young winner. I don't have any

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Speaker 1: problem starting him today. If you're in the head toad league,

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Speaker 1: then you can kind of play that based on where

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Speaker 1: you are in the rest of your league, if you

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Speaker 1: need wins, if you need ERA, if you're already set

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Speaker 1: for strikeouts, et cetera. I think that's where you can

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Speaker 1: make the decision from be asking is Waldrip legit? I

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Speaker 1: for the next couple of years. I like Hurston Waldrip.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he's going to continue at this

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Speaker 1: A point seven to three ERA, a point seven to

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Speaker 1: seven win. He's not going to do that. I think

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Speaker 1: we all know that. But the stuff is very good.

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Speaker 1: Stuff isn't the be all and end all, But for

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Speaker 1: him it's one oh seven with four of his pitches

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Speaker 1: grading out above average. You really really like to see that,

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Speaker 1: swing and myss that we have seen from him so far.

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Speaker 1: Twelve percent swinging strike rate doesn't necessarily blow you away,

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Speaker 1: but he's been striking out twenty seven percent of the

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Speaker 1: batters that he has faced, so Herston Waldrip does feel

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Speaker 1: pretty legitimate. His next start is at Miami. After that

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Speaker 1: really scare me that much. And Chicago, I should specify,

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Speaker 1: it's the Cubs. The Cubs of the worst offense in

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Speaker 1: they've been a competitive team all year. A seventy two

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Speaker 1: That is essentially what's happening here. So I think, yes,

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Speaker 1: Waldrop is somebody you should be adding, and you should

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Speaker 1: hear you, Jordan Westburg. We're getting to a point now

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Speaker 1: Over the last couple of years. The talent is pretty undeniable.

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Speaker 1: Like what he has done in very short sample size

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Speaker 1: of seventy three games this year, fifteen homers, fifty three runs.

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Speaker 1: He's hitting two seventy six no problem at all, but

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Speaker 1: miss time. And it's just been a bunch of different injuries.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if this is a situation where he

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Speaker 1: in that early draft the other night, Jordan Westburg went

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Speaker 1: got to mention that the Orioles also underperformed the season. Eh,

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Speaker 1: it does kind of worry me a little bit drafting

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Speaker 1: Jordan Westburg at such a high price. Is Ramon Loriano

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Speaker 1: for real? He has been on fire. He absolutely has been.

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Speaker 1: He's been a good player for the majority of his career.

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Speaker 1: He did have a PD suspension that he got popped

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Speaker 1: point I tapped out. I didn't think there was gonna

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Speaker 1: be much after that, And you know, ninety four WRC

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Speaker 1: he was a little bit better. This season, Ramon Loriento

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Speaker 1: on some shallow leagues, but if you are, Ramone Loreano

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Speaker 1: huge part of that. Perkins or Lorenzen, I'm not a

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Speaker 1: big Michael Lorenzen fan. I think in the right matchups

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Speaker 1: have some value. For me, though, I think he is

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Speaker 1: more of a streamer now. His next start comes against

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Speaker 1: the White Sox. If you wanted to stream him for

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Speaker 1: that one, don't have a huge problem with it. But

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Speaker 1: a whole, I think it would still be Perkins for me.

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Speaker 1: What do we do with Framber is there anything in

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Speaker 1: the underlying metrics that explains this with Framber unless I

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Speaker 1: have missed something. It was really just the one truly

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Speaker 1: bad start. Than that, I think there might have been

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Speaker 1: a couple of like shiky ones a little bit, but yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was the seven earned runs against Detroit. The one

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Speaker 1: earned runs Boston, six innings, five earned runs a little

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Speaker 1: bit before that. I think this is just the natural

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Speaker 1: ebb and flow of a season, which is not what

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Speaker 1: fantasy playoff time. But Framer Valdez had been pretty immaculate

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Speaker 1: full months without allowing more than three earned runs and

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Speaker 1: the start. You know, just looking at these last couple

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Speaker 1: and say, like you need to be benching Framber Valdez,

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Speaker 1: You should be trying to move on from him, Like, no,

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Speaker 1: there's nothing, nothing there at all. He is still absolutely

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Speaker 1: a must start Muss roster pitcher. Next start again comes

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Speaker 1: against Colorado, away from Corsfield, so there should be no

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Speaker 1: real worries here with Framber Valdez, positive grouge, Happy Friday.

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Speaker 1: I'm out of the playoffs. There's a couple of leagues

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Speaker 1: like that myself, and you know this is the time

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Speaker 1: of year you got. You gotta really be honest with yourself.

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Speaker 1: If you see a team is in eleventh play and

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Speaker 1: you're behind by forty two roto points, you don't need

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Speaker 1: to invest as much time in that league. That might

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Speaker 1: be controversial, take whatever. I think you should allocate your

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Speaker 1: time and your resources to what makes the most sense.

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Speaker 1: If you have a chance to win this league, that league,

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Speaker 1: and the other league, then focus on those three. If

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Speaker 1: and he's at three pot fifty. There the stuff is

429
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Speaker 1: still very good at one oh eight. Everything here is good.

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Speaker 1: The thing what happens with Dylan Sees is once he

431
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Speaker 1: has a good season, people will pay an exorbitant price

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Speaker 1: for him, and then he tends to do this every

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Speaker 1: other year. Thing. If you look at his era's over

434
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Speaker 1: the last five years, you'll know what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 1: Three ninety one, two twenty four, fifty eight, three forty seven,

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Speaker 1: four seventy one. This is when you buy the dip.

437
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Speaker 1: Now we have a chance to buy the dip on

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Speaker 1: Dylan Ce's because after this year, a lot of people

439
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Speaker 1: are gonna say, forget about it. I'm not taking Dylan

440
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Speaker 1: CEA's again in the third, fourth round, and that's when

441
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Speaker 1: you'll get a sixth or a seventh round Dylan Cease

442
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Speaker 1: when really there's no difference with the skills. He's the

443
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Speaker 1: same pitcher he's always been. It's just been a bad

444
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Speaker 1: season for him, and I get it. Ceases such overrated garbage.

445
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Speaker 1: He's had two good seasons, three bad seasons. I get

446
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Speaker 1: it because, like I mentioned, in those five seasons, three

447
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Speaker 1: of them have been kind of disappointments for fantasy. But

448
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Speaker 1: the skills are still there, and this is where I

449
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Speaker 1: implore you to buy low on a player. We're past

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Speaker 1: the point where you're trading for him in twenty twenty five,

451
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Speaker 1: and he's making a huge difference because we have thirty

452
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Speaker 1: some odd games left in the year and trade deadlines

453
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Speaker 1: are mostly gone. But for next season, I'm telling you guys,

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Speaker 1: he is going to be once I start doing those

455
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Speaker 1: show are those short form videos on the Fantasy pros

456
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Speaker 1: MLB YouTube channel. Seven players to target for next year,

457
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Speaker 1: six players whatever. Dylan Cees is going to be in

458
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Speaker 1: all of those videos. I'm telling you right now. I

459
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Speaker 1: believe he is a free agent, so maybe his destination

460
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Speaker 1: will change some of that depending on the ballpark. But

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Speaker 1: I still really like Dylan Ceas and this will be

462
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Speaker 1: the year to buy the dip. And I get it.

463
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Speaker 1: You know. The chat is filled with never again see

464
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Speaker 1: stinks and I get it. But I really don't think

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Speaker 1: he is as bad as what we have seen this year.

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Speaker 1: I want to highlight Bryce Terrang though, because Bryce Terrang

467
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Speaker 1: may be the most disrespected player in fans he baseball

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Speaker 1: this year, even in this draft. The other night, he

469
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Speaker 1: went at the end of the ninth round, which is

470
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Speaker 1: a absolute steal. It's a gorgeous price to get on

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Speaker 1: a guy like Bryce Terrang. Yesterday he had his fourteenth

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Speaker 1: home run of the season, and I think it's worth

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Speaker 1: running over his stat line as a whole because this

474
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Speaker 1: might surprise you. He is the number one second baseman

475
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Speaker 1: by pretty much every single player raider you're looking at

476
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Speaker 1: for the year. I don't think any single person called that,

477
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Speaker 1: but he has fourteen home runs, twenty one stolen bases,

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Speaker 1: seventy seven runs, sixty four ribies in a two to

479
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Speaker 1: eighty six batting average. This is a legit ballplayer. This

480
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Speaker 1: is a very very legit ballplayer. He's made gains in

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Speaker 1: terms of his barrel rates this year. He was always

482
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Speaker 1: a kind of a slappy hitter. Right two percent barrel rate,

483
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Speaker 1: twenty nine percent hard hit rate, Okay, whatever, He's up

484
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Speaker 1: to a seven point six percent barel rate with a

485
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Speaker 1: forty six percent hard hit rate. This is a solid,

486
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Speaker 1: solid hitter. When you also look at the contact skills

487
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Speaker 1: that he has eighty six percent zone contact. He doesn't chase,

488
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Speaker 1: he doesn't swing and miss. He's in a great lineup.

489
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Speaker 1: Milwaukee has been the best offense, or arguably the best

490
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Speaker 1: offense as a hole this year. I don't know why

491
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Speaker 1: Bryce Terrang gets disrespected. I think Bryce Terrang should be

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Speaker 1: somebody that is probably a fourth or a fifth rounder

493
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Speaker 1: next year in fifteen teamers. But I really don't expect

494
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Speaker 1: him to get up that high because people just for

495
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Speaker 1: some reason always tend to overrate him or underrate him.

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Speaker 1: I should say Cecar Snell most overrated. I mean, Blake

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Speaker 1: Snell has two cy Young Awards. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: he's overrated necessarily in terms of this question, I guess

499
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Speaker 1: it would have to be Dylan Ceas. But I don't

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Speaker 1: know if I agree that Blake Snell is overrated exactly. Yeah,

501
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Speaker 1: he's He's won cy Young in both leagues. Now. The

502
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Speaker 1: problem with him has always been staying on the field.

503
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Speaker 1: I believe Blake Snell has two seasons of one hundred

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Speaker 1: and eighty innings in his career, and they were both

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Speaker 1: cy Young seasons. So I don't think he's overrated. I

506
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Speaker 1: think that's a little bit extreme. In the playoff, drop

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Speaker 1: Westbroog for Terrang or Colt Keith. I cannot believe Bryce

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Speaker 1: Terrang is available. That is crazy. But pick up Bryce Terrang,

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Speaker 1: I Westburg. You know, at this point for this year,

510
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Speaker 1: I don't know that we're gonna get a ton more

511
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Speaker 1: from him. Bryce Terrang that is a gold mine. The

512
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Speaker 1: number one second basement is available. You should thank your

513
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Speaker 1: lucky stars and go and pick him up. Lenin sosaar Westburg.

514
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Speaker 1: I would have to go with Sosa at this point.

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Speaker 1: I just don't really trust Westburg with these injuries and

516
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Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks of the season, with

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Speaker 1: the Orioles again not really playing for a ton. To

518
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Speaker 1: put it kindly, they're not going anywhere this year. I

519
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Speaker 1: don't know if they're gonna rush him back just to

520
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Speaker 1: have another injury for a guy who's had so many injuries.

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Speaker 1: I just I don't think that it makes a ton

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Speaker 1: of sense. O'Neil Cruz or Jerks and profar Rest of

523
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Speaker 1: season Man. A few weeks ago, I would have told

524
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Speaker 1: you you were crazy for asking this. At this point,

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Speaker 1: I don't really have a huge problem going with Profar,

526
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Speaker 1: but I feel like Cruise is the type of guy

527
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Speaker 1: the second you drop him, the second you bench him.

528
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Speaker 1: That's a weekend where he's hitting three home runs and

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Speaker 1: stealing four bases. So you know, my gut tells me

530
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Speaker 1: that it's still O'Neil Cruz. But I don't have a

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Speaker 1: huge problem going with Profar at this point, just considering

532
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Speaker 1: what I mean, Profar has been unbelievable. I met you

533
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Speaker 1: want to talk about an l that we took Welsh

534
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Speaker 1: and I big l on Jerkson Profar a couple of

535
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Speaker 1: weeks ago, saying like especially me saying like this guy, okay,

536
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Speaker 1: PD suspension, I don't know if there's gonna be much

537
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Speaker 1: bad lineup whatever. And he's like the number one fan

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Speaker 1: player for the last couple of weeks, So pretty funny

539
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Speaker 1: stuff there, weekly lineup league? How concern would you be

540
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Speaker 1: starting to Grom movie forward losing a start and from

541
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Speaker 1: Strider this week? I know in a weekly fifteen team lineup,

542
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Speaker 1: I put Spencer Strider in and I benched taesus Lozardo

543
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Speaker 1: in a team in the league that I actually have

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Speaker 1: a good chance at winning, a team that I'm in

545
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Speaker 1: second place, No Buno, But how concerned are we about

546
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Speaker 1: Jacob B. G Grom. I'm a little bit concerned. My

547
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Speaker 1: main point here of concern is why are they doing

548
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Speaker 1: this now? Like why is this the time of year

549
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Speaker 1: when you thought you'd give him a break. If you're

550
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Speaker 1: gonna do this, do it in the middle of the year.

551
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Speaker 1: It's not like we need to rest up for playoff time.

552
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 1: I mean, unless something pretty remarkable happens. The Rangers are

553
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Speaker 1: not going to the postseason, so they're resting him and

554
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Speaker 1: missing a couple starts out of the last six. It

555
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Speaker 1: just doesn't make a lot of sense. If you're gonna

556
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Speaker 1: do this, do it at the All Star break. Do

557
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Speaker 1: it in June or July, at the halfway point, so

558
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Speaker 1: you can give him time to actually rest and recuperate.

559
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Speaker 1: But as Chow says in the chat here, de gram

560
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Speaker 1: is set for a two star week next week, and

561
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Speaker 1: that is where I get pretty excited, because obviously I'm

562
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Speaker 1: gonna get excited. I love Jacob Bigrant, but two starts

563
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Speaker 1: Angels and athletics, Yeah, I'm starting him. I'm sorry, I

564
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Speaker 1: can't do it. I would never be able to bench

565
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Speaker 1: to Grohm. This year. You paid a fourth round price

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Speaker 1: or a third round price on him. He's been great.

567
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Speaker 1: I know this is a bit of a concern with

568
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Speaker 1: the shoulder, but it's not an il. They didn't put

569
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Speaker 1: him on the shelf. He's still healthy. This is just

570
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Speaker 1: simply a matter to try and preserve his health. So

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Speaker 1: I don't have any problem starting him. In fact, I

572
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Speaker 1: have a problem if you didn't start him at this point.

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Speaker 1: Randy Rodriguez Jose Ferrer. Rodriguez hasn't been getting a ton

574
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Speaker 1: of appearances just because the Giants have been dogwater, But

575
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Speaker 1: I think I'd still have to go his way. I

576
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Speaker 1: think it would still have to be Randy Rodriguez for me.

577
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Speaker 1: Farrera is okay, but Rodriguez, I think, is a better pitcher,

578
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Speaker 1: and I think that overall the rest of the season,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna prefer to have him, maybe because Strider was

580
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Speaker 1: set for two stars this week too. Strider is a

581
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Speaker 1: whole other animal, like with the struggles we've seen from him.

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Speaker 1: This is the worst three start stretch of his entire career,

583
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Speaker 1: and it's been like hilariously bad. Seven earned runs, eight

584
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Speaker 1: earned runs, five earned runs, even the strikeouts haven't been

585
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Speaker 1: there in the last two Stryder is a guy where

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Speaker 1: I have a lot more concern than I do with

587
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Speaker 1: de Gram At the moment, I think that you could

588
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Speaker 1: reasonably justify benching Strider, But I don't know, man, because

589
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 1: he's got a two star week himself, Like you mentioned

590
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Speaker 1: Miami in Philadelphia, I think it would really depend on

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Speaker 1: the other options. I think it would really depend on

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Speaker 1: who I've got as alternative starts for that week. I

593
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Speaker 1: think it would be hard to bench Strider, especially in

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Speaker 1: deeper formats, But I think it honestly would just come

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Speaker 1: down to who the other options you have are to

596
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Speaker 1: put in there. I trust to Groam far more. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think you gotta. I think you gotta. At this

598
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Speaker 1: point to Gram and Lee mentioned de Graham hasn't seen

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Speaker 1: this number of innings in three years, which is fair.

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Speaker 1: But my pushback on de Gram is that even though

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Speaker 1: he is thirty seven years old, his arm does not

602
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Speaker 1: have the wear and tear of a normal thirty seven

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Speaker 1: year old considering the number of innings he's thrown the

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Speaker 1: amount of time that he's missed. So I understand your point,

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Speaker 1: but I think the Gram is still going to get

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Speaker 1: probably four or five more starts of about five innings

607
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Speaker 1: in length, and we end up at the around one

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Speaker 1: hundred and seven innings, and we're all pretty pretty darn

609
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 1: happy with that. Let's talk about a couple of brief transactions.

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Speaker 1: The Red Sox are discussing moving Walker Pueler to the bullpen.

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Speaker 1: Please God, do it as soon as you can. This guy,

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Speaker 1: I don't even know why they've rolled him out as

613
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Speaker 1: long as they have. He's been awful. I'm hoping that

614
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Speaker 1: they get him out of there soon. Craig Kimberrell granted

615
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Speaker 1: his release by the Rangers, decided he'd liked the state

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Speaker 1: of Texas and immediately signed with the Astros, and Cal

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Speaker 1: Quantrell claimed off waivers by the Braves. You know, Kyle

618
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Speaker 1: Quantrill had some stretches this year where he was actually

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Speaker 1: a decent streamer. Not to say that he's somebody you

620
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Speaker 1: should have been targeting all the time, blah blah blah,

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Speaker 1: but I think he was a decent streamer at certain

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Speaker 1: points this year. With Atlanta for the final few weeks.

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Speaker 1: That's a nail in the coffin. Let's do a little

624
00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 1: three up and three down. Hayesu Sanchez five for five

625
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Speaker 1: against the Ools. I was so excited for Hazu Sanchez

626
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 1: to get freed from Miami going to play in Houston,

627
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,640
Speaker 1: and he was brutal. And he's been pretty awful since

628
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Speaker 1: the deadline. I think he went two weeks without a hit,

629
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Speaker 1: but good to see a five for five out of

630
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Speaker 1: him yesterday. Brenton Doyle two three with a home run

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Speaker 1: and four RBI and Chandler Simpson two for four with

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00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,120
Speaker 1: a walk and three runs. No stolen bases from Chandler Simpson,

633
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,400
Speaker 1: but we'll take that production anyway. On the downs, Justin

634
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: Verlanders seven earned runs on seven hits across four and

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Speaker 1: a third against the Padres. Just retire already. I'm tired

636
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 1: of watching Justin Verlander just destroy his career numbers ever

637
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 1: so slightly by start. Just just hang him up. Go

638
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 1: sit on the porch with Kate Upton in a glass

639
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 1: of lemonade. Mackenzie Gore just lasted four and a third

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00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 1: yesterday against the Mets, striking out five, but allowed three

641
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 1: earned runs, four walks and six hits. This was not

642
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 1: a good one. And Joe Boyle allowed five earn runs

643
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 1: on nine hits and three walks over just four innings.

644
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: You know, a friend of mine, Nate Schwartz, who works

645
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 1: at Pitcher Lists, said on Twitter yesterday, the idea of

646
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 1: Joe Boyle is a lot more appealing than the reality

647
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,159
Speaker 1: of Joe Boyle, because this has been just awful. I

648
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 1: don't even understand at this point why we're bothering, you know,

649
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 1: I thought that there was going to be. When he

650
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 1: got called up, I was as excited as anybody. I

651
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,479
Speaker 1: added him everywhere, started him everywhere, continued to recommend him

652
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 1: as a start. I'm done, I think at this point,

653
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,360
Speaker 1: until he figures out how to pitch at the major

654
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,280
Speaker 1: league level, I can't do it. The command is not there.

655
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 1: He's getting blown up, even when the command does seem

656
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 1: to be there at times, lots of homers. I just

657
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,160
Speaker 1: I can't do it with Joe Boyle at this point,

658
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 1: with McLain looking like the real deal, I think the

659
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,640
Speaker 1: Mets will also call up Sprout soon. The Mets are

660
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,879
Speaker 1: in free fall mode right now, and I don't really

661
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: know how to predict what's going to happen with them.

662
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 1: I don't think that they are going to make any

663
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 1: other moves in the rotation, though. I think they're pretty

664
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: solidified as Manaiah, as brutal as he's looked, McLain, Holmes, Peterson,

665
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 1: and Senga. Now maybe as Clay Holmes' innings continue to

666
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: push up and he continues to look worse, maybe they say, Okay,

667
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 1: we're gonna tap out on Clay Holmes. He's going to

668
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 1: the pen. We're going to bring up sprout. I don't

669
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 1: expect it to happen. It is a small possibility. I'd

670
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: put it at, you know, a ten percent chance, maybe

671
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 1: ten or fifteen percent chance that he gets a call

672
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: up soon. Did maybe we see like one or two

673
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,239
Speaker 1: starts at the end of the year, just so they

674
00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 1: can get his feet wet with the major league pitching.

675
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 1: That's a possibility. I don't expect it to be in

676
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 1: time for it to make any kind of impact in fantasy.

677
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 1: When will we get to c tray? You savage? You

678
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,240
Speaker 1: think we'll get the cee tray? You savage. I don't

679
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 1: think it's gonna happen. In the regular season. The Blue

680
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 1: Jays have been very very I don't even want to

681
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 1: say they've been very smart, because sometimes they've been very stupid.

682
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: But in this sense with promoting prospects, they don't tend

683
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: to rush guys up. You know, you see a lot

684
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 1: of teams, specifically the Angels come to mind, like a

685
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: guy get drafted three weeks later, he's in the show.

686
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 1: The Jays tend to be on the opposite end of

687
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,720
Speaker 1: that spectrum. They will take their sweet time bringing a

688
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: guy up to the major leagues, and with a guy

689
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: like you Savage, who is looking like one of the

690
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 1: best pitching prospects in baseball right now forty two percent

691
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 1: strikeout rate, sub one whip three point thirty one ERA.

692
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 1: I think what Toronto is gonna do is they're gonna

693
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,680
Speaker 1: take their time with him, and what will probably happen,

694
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 1: if I were to guess, would be that he comes

695
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 1: up as a reliever in the postseason and he is

696
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: a guy who works two or three innings for them

697
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: in October and probably is in a situation where he's

698
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: gonna help fantasy managers. But I do think that he

699
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 1: probably does help the Blue Jays in the playoffs. Next season,

700
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 1: he'll be a very very interesting target because the Blue

701
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: Jays rotation he's getting older and crappier. Jose Burrios, I

702
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 1: can't do it with this guy anymore. Don't think he

703
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 1: should be on the team next year. He will because

704
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: of the contract, but the performances have been awful. Kevin

705
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 1: Gosman is going to be thirty five, Max Schurz is

706
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 1: going to be forty two next year, and Chris Bassett

707
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 1: is going to be thirty seven, so they need an

708
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: infusion of some young blood. And I think Treya Savage

709
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: is going to do exactly that next season for the

710
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Speaker 1: Blue Jays. Let's talk about some injuries. We have been

711
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:32,800
Speaker 1: off for a couple of days. We haven't mentioned this,

712
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 1: but Kyle Tucker and the Gong Show in Chicago. He's

713
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 1: been playing through a hairline fracture in his wrist since June,

714
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 1: but the injury is apparently healed now. I don't know

715
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 1: if I buy that, considering that he has been awful

716
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 1: for a couple of months and the fact that they

717
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 1: had to sit him for three consecutive games before this

718
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: news came out. Not sure I'm really all that interested

719
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 1: in Kyle Tucker right now. You're not dropping him or anything,

720
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 1: but man, this has been really frustrating two years now.

721
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 1: It's not just this year for Kyle Tucker, because last

722
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: year he missed like three and a half months because

723
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 1: the Astros reporting was just never accurate on his injuries.

724
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: We've seen the same thing with Jordan Alvarez this year.

725
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 1: But my god, like, I don't even know what to

726
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,680
Speaker 1: do with this guy. Two years in a row where

727
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: we can't get a straight answer about what's actually wrong

728
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 1: with him. Very frustrating for our potential first round player

729
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: Choheo Tani's expected return to the lineup on Friday after

730
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: taking a comeback or to his thigh during Wednesday's start,

731
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 1: and he also missed Thursday. I alluded to this earlier,

732
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 1: but Austin Riley underwent season ending core muscle surgery. The

733
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 1: expectation is that he'll be ready to go for spring training.

734
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 1: Marcus Simon was removed early after fouling a ball off

735
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: his left foot. No bueno and really no bueno. Yandy

736
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 1: Diaz had to leave Thursday's game due to hamstring sore

737
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 1: and is after hitting a home run. Yandy Diaz has

738
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,240
Speaker 1: been one of my favorite players to watch this season.

739
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,200
Speaker 1: I was really in on him in draft year. On

740
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: draft season, picked him a bunch as my first basement

741
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: slast corner infielder. I really need him for the last

742
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,719
Speaker 1: couple weeks though, so let's hope he is all right.

743
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 1: Joey Ortiz had to leave early on Thursday due to

744
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: a left hamstring injury. Tanner Scott is expected to be

745
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 1: activated from the IL on Friday, and I would assume

746
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 1: that he is a candidate again for saves there in

747
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,680
Speaker 1: Chavez Ravine. Now here's the news that I saw somebody

748
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 1: mentioned it in the chat. We talked about Samuel Bisseio

749
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: in his contract, so let's do that right now in

750
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 1: conjunction with Adley Rutchman. Rutchman is going on the io

751
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: with a mild oblique strain. The Oriols have said the

752
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: Bazaio will be there every day catcher, and that coincides,

753
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 1: excuse me, with Samuel Bissio signing a contract extension. As reported.

754
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: I believe Jeff Passen was first on it, as he

755
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 1: usually is. But Samuel Bissio is signing a eight year,

756
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 1: sixty seven million dollar contract extension with the Orioles, and

757
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 1: with incentives, I believe it could go up to eighty

758
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 1: eight point five million dollars, the largest ever pre arbitration

759
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: contract extension for a catcher. They saw three four games

760
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 1: and they figured, okay, we've seen all we need to see.

761
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: He's the guy in the future. What does this mean

762
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 1: for Adley Rutchman For this year? Adley Rutchman is probably

763
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: a drop there. This is the year of the catcher.

764
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 1: We've had so many great catchers come out of nowhere,

765
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 1: from Hunter Goodman at the top all the way to

766
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,960
Speaker 1: the Dylan Ding of the world and Alejandro Kirk having

767
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: another great season. I shouldn't say another could, It's been

768
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 1: a couple of rough seasons, but Augustine Ramirez, ben Rice Drake, Baldwin,

769
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 1: Yvon Herrera. Your waiver wires probably flushed with catchers. You

770
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 1: don't need to hold on to Adley for this season.

771
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 1: I think he's a good buyback for next year. For

772
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: right now, I don't think that there's much for Adley

773
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: now with Pasio. This is something that's potentially very interesting

774
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 1: because as much as I have been down on the

775
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 1: Oriols this year, they have dealt with a ton of injuries.

776
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 1: It's not even really a fair judgment on their offense

777
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 1: to look at like metrics for the year as a whole,

778
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 1: because they've they've missed a lot of guys, and I

779
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: think that we need to factor that in here. But

780
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 1: at the same time, this is a team that looking forward,

781
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: it's going to be very good. Holiday Henderson, Westburg, Rutschman,

782
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 1: some of the outfield prospects like they are still going

783
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 1: to be a very very solid team that you have

784
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 1: to think presumably will add pieces over the next couple

785
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 1: of years as they continue to get better. Now I

786
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: thought they would have done that this year, adding some

787
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 1: starting pitching, but they haven't done that. They added no

788
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 1: starting pitching, which really really hurt them. Dylan Beaver's also

789
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: mentioned the chat as well. This is a good up

790
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 1: and coming offense. Samuel Bissio is potentially a very very

791
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 1: interesting pick for next year, and in this draft he

792
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 1: went in the eleventh round. He went, I picked one

793
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: fifty four overall, and I think I can get behind that.

794
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 1: I believe he was the thirteenth catcher off the board

795
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: in that early room. That seems like a relatively reasonable

796
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,359
Speaker 1: price to pay for me. I'm not super interested in

797
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 1: adding Basio right now for twelve team leagues, just because,

798
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: like I mentioned, there are so many catchers. There have

799
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 1: been so many breakout, slash elite catchers this year that

800
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: you don't really need to take a chance on a

801
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 1: rookie hitting his stride over six weeks. But I think

802
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,160
Speaker 1: if you're projecting for next year, Bissio with what he's

803
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 1: done in terms of the power metrics now, I don't

804
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 1: know if he's a first base r actually me, I

805
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: don't know if he's a catcher. I think he's probably

806
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: a first baseman, but he is somebody that I think

807
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be very very interested in next season, and

808
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 1: based on the fact that he is playing catcher right now,

809
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: which had been up in the air, he will have

810
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 1: that eligibility heading into next season. Do you think we

811
00:34:58,080 --> 00:34:59,879
Speaker 1: pray hard enough? I Von Herrero will make the sixth

812
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: starts he needs for catcher eligibility next season. So this

813
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 1: one is where it comes down to the format and

814
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,799
Speaker 1: the site you play on, because there are some sites

815
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: where von Herrera will already have locked in catcher eligibility

816
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: at fourteen. If you're playing on Yahoo, I believe ESPN,

817
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 1: and I'm not one hundred percent sure about CBS. If

818
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 1: you're playing on the NFBC, which is where I play

819
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 1: a lot of fantasy, we need six more Yvon Herrera

820
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 1: starts for him to get that. Now, they've kind of

821
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: already shown their hand here and said he's not going

822
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 1: to get it. The last time Evon Herrera was behind

823
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: the dish was he's actually played left field more recently

824
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 1: than he's caught. Last time he caught was on June nineteenth,

825
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,600
Speaker 1: So I mean, I would I would think it's a

826
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 1: very very low chance that he gets six more games

827
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,440
Speaker 1: behind the dish unless something happens to Pedro Paiez, unless

828
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: there are just a bunch of injuries. It's not something

829
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 1: that I'm forecasting, not something that I would be projecting

830
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,319
Speaker 1: to happen Beyo or Augustine Ramirez in twenty twenty six

831
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: or Besio, excuse me, not Bayo. I probably go Augustine Ramirez.

832
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 1: We've already seen a good sample side of him being

833
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 1: a productive five category catcher. He hits for average, he

834
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 1: steals bases. There's been multiple times this year where Augustine

835
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 1: Ramirez has stolen multiple bases in the game. You just

836
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: don't get that from the catcher position with good batting average.

837
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 1: I think Besio, you know this is a reasonable conversation

838
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: to have, But for me, I would be going with Augustine.

839
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:23,279
Speaker 1: And Shay Leanngeliers has been just unbelievably good too. I'm

840
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,359
Speaker 1: so impressed with the cutting down of the strikeouts. It's

841
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:26,920
Speaker 1: a shame he had to miss time this year. It's

842
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: a shame that Shaye Leanngeliers got hurt because, man, he

843
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 1: had been unbelievable and even though he had missed some time,

844
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 1: I think he is still like the number four or

845
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:40,080
Speaker 1: something catcher for the season. Is Vaughn cooling off? Yeah,

846
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: a little bit. It was inevitable, but Wels and I

847
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: talked about it on Monday. He has in the eighteen

848
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: games he had played in August at that point, hits

849
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: in like fifteen of them. So he's cooling off a

850
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 1: little bit, which was always going to happen. But it's

851
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,719
Speaker 1: not like he's been bad or anything like. He's still

852
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 1: definitely somebody that I would be starting for the time being. Now,

853
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: is he gonna be somebody you're gonna be starting, like say,

854
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,439
Speaker 1: the last week of the season. Is he still gonna

855
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 1: be worth it? Eh, We'll see. I think we kind

856
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:08,840
Speaker 1: of have to see at that point how the trajectory

857
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,320
Speaker 1: looks over the next couple of weeks. Jack Haglio and

858
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,760
Speaker 1: still worth an il spot. He had a big rehab

859
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: game the other night. I forget the exact line, but

860
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 1: I believe he hit a home run, hit a couple

861
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 1: of hits, and he should be coming back in the

862
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 1: next week or so. From what I understand, that timeline

863
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 1: could be a little bit off based on the most

864
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:26,280
Speaker 1: recent reporting. I haven't seen anything in the last couple hours,

865
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: but I believe he is still worth holding on to

866
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: Is he gonna be Nick Kurtz? Is he gonna do

867
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: what Nick Kurtz did? Probably not know, but this is

868
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 1: a legitimate hitter. He struggled at first, Absolutely no question

869
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 1: happens with rookies. But I think Jack Kaglion is still

870
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: definitely worth stashing if you are able to hold onto him.

871
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:46,799
Speaker 1: Let's go to the best bets of the day. We're

872
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:48,759
Speaker 1: going to talk with a couple of bets here, just

873
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,920
Speaker 1: little old me. We do not have Bubba, but I

874
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,320
Speaker 1: am going to be talking about three bets. Kay Cavali

875
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 1: over four and a half strikeouts. He just hit this

876
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,920
Speaker 1: the other day, going up against the Phillies, and he's

877
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: facing them again, which does worry me a lit little bit.

878
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,720
Speaker 1: But I've been pretty impressed with Kate Cavally as a whole.

879
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 1: Over four and a half total bases or excuse me,

880
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,719
Speaker 1: over four and a half strikeouts, I think that that

881
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: is a fairly reasonable line to get, even though it

882
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: is the Phillies. I think that that's a solid number

883
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,280
Speaker 1: to take, even at minus one zero four. Kate Cavally

884
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 1: over four and a half strikeouts. Katel Marte. This one

885
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: is courtesy of the Fantasy Pro's prop bet cheat sheet.

886
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: He is at plus money for total bases today against Cincinnati,

887
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 1: and I just couldn't pass that one up when I

888
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 1: saw it on the sheet, I jumped at it, to

889
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:33,800
Speaker 1: be honest with you, plus money total basis Kattel Marte.

890
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 1: And then this one is also a courtesy of the

891
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: cheat sheet. The prop bet cheat sheet. Miles Michaels under

892
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 1: sixteen and a half outs. Miles Michaelis is one of

893
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: the worst pitchers in all of baseball. I don't think

894
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 1: that that's a hot take. Now he's facing Tampa and

895
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,879
Speaker 1: Tampa has been very, very cold over the last month.

896
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: But this is in Tampa where they tend to have

897
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: a very good offensive output. So I'm taking Miles Michael's

898
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: under sixteen and a half outs today. That one should

899
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: be too too hard. But like I mentioned, go check

900
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: out the prop bet cheat sheet. There's a lot of

901
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,720
Speaker 1: great stuff over there, and we've added some new markets

902
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: as well for you guys to be checking out. And

903
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 1: it makes me sad every time we see our good

904
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 1: friend Justin Steele on that screen. He got a tough

905
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: shake this year. But give yourself a good chance with

906
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:12,759
Speaker 1: a prop bet cheat sheet. Makes some money over the

907
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: next couple of weeks and go to FanDuel and you

908
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 1: can use our code leading Off. It's Fantasypros dot Com

909
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:20,919
Speaker 1: slash leading Off. You bet five bucks and win two

910
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty if your first bet wins. So go

911
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,720
Speaker 1: ahead and do that today. Do we have an update

912
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: at home run Board? We do have an update at

913
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: home run Board. Positive Grouch started to pull away at

914
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,360
Speaker 1: fifty three at the top, Whips at fifty and second

915
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 1: place Bees at forty eight toied with George at forty

916
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 1: eight as well George eighty four with forty eight home

917
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: runs and the Fisher King with forty seven. He is

918
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:47,560
Speaker 1: in fifth place right now. My home run call for

919
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 1: the day is actually Alex Bregman. It's not somebody that

920
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 1: I think I have called or we have called a

921
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,880
Speaker 1: ton on the show this year, but he is in

922
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:55,839
Speaker 1: New York and I didn't talk about him a little

923
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 1: bit earlier Max Freed. It's been a little bit shaky

924
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,400
Speaker 1: for him versus righty, I am going to take Alex

925
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,520
Speaker 1: Bregman there. Let's get a couple of more questions in

926
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 1: before we send you guys off of the weekend. Carson

927
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,200
Speaker 1: Williams is going to contribute for fantasy. The reason Carson

928
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,400
Speaker 1: Williams is a top prospect is because he has an

929
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: elite glove. Carson Williams is going to be a guy

930
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,839
Speaker 1: who wins multiple gold Gloves at shortstop. I don't really

931
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 1: have any doubt about that. He has a massive strikeout rate,

932
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: really low batting average even in the minors. His WRC

933
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 1: plus was below league average. Decent little power speed mix,

934
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,319
Speaker 1: but I think he is a deeper league target at

935
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,799
Speaker 1: best right now. Not somebody that I would really be

936
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: super super interested in. Good places for Westburgh Lee Keith McNeil, Renhifo, Baty,

937
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 1: might go with Brooksley or no, you know, I think

938
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:44,799
Speaker 1: I'm going cold Keith there. I think cold Keith would

939
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 1: be my option at Brooksley is not too bad either.

940
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: Do you expect Vladdie back today? I haven't seen a update,

941
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: And before we actually went on today, I was looking

942
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,840
Speaker 1: for an update on this because I was thinking, Okay,

943
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,280
Speaker 1: we've got to have something, we gotta have a lineup

944
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 1: or something. I haven't seen anything on Vladdie, so I

945
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: don't know if I expect him back today. This is

946
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: one like if you have a weekend lineup. There are

947
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,200
Speaker 1: some sites where you set a Friday through Sunday lineup.

948
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:14,399
Speaker 1: I would really really be checking back in like ten

949
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 1: minutes before game time, just making one hundred percent sure

950
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 1: Flattie's in there before you put him in. Tylan Walker's

951
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:22,760
Speaker 1: on the wire. I know this sounds crazy, but cut

952
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 1: Eury Perez in the Quality Start League. I couldn't do it.

953
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: I don't trust Tywan Walker. I just the data is

954
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 1: not good. It's never been good for him. He's on

955
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,840
Speaker 1: a good run right now, so I understand the temptation.

956
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,319
Speaker 1: But Ury Perez, you know, he's just so elites and

957
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 1: I know it's been a couple of bad starts. I

958
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,400
Speaker 1: totally get it, young guy off a surgery, bad starts,

959
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 1: bad team. I'd still have to go with Euriy Perez,

960
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 1: as much as that might feel like the wrong decision,

961
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 1: That's the way I'm going to go with it. Kyle

962
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:53,320
Speaker 1: Teel or Alejandro Kirk twelve team Cats. It's a good question.

963
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 1: I think I'm probably going Kirk just because he's in

964
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 1: a much better lineup now. Toronto has cooled off themselves recently.

965
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 1: But I think it has to be Alejandro Kirk here.

966
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,839
Speaker 1: Not that I have a huge issue going either way,

967
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 1: but I think I am going with Alejandro Kirk. Let's

968
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,279
Speaker 1: see if there's a couple of more we can get

969
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 1: at here before I send you guys on your way.

970
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:16,120
Speaker 1: But I think, actually, you know what, I might have

971
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,359
Speaker 1: gotten to every single one of them. So you guys

972
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 1: have about thirty seconds if you got any more questions here.

973
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 1: But I really appreciate you guys hanging out. I know

974
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: this is a completely different show than we have done

975
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:28,799
Speaker 1: on this pod in a very long time. I don't

976
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 1: even know we've done a solo pod going back to

977
00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: like the Brandon Tuma days. But there's a lot of

978
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 1: fun guys. I appreciate you guys hanging out. Make sure

979
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,279
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983
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984
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: bad host, But go and leave a comment on the

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986
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:55,840
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00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,480
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00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:09,319
Speaker 1: Wagner jersey. Now, you played mostly for Houston, this jersey

992
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: is with the Mets, but I'd argue this one is

993
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 1: an even nicer jersey that you guys can win. So

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Speaker 1: that will do it for me and for us for today.

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00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,000
Speaker 1: Monday is gonna be a little bit different. As I

996
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 1: mentioned earlier this week, I got tickets to the Oasis

997
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 1: concert reunion on Sunday night. I took the day off

998
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:27,239
Speaker 1: work on Monday because who knows what's going to happen

999
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 1: that night. I'm sure it'll be a late one, so

1000
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 1: Bubba hopefully we'll have his Internet figured out by then.

1001
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:35,279
Speaker 1: I'm sure he will. We'll be here with our good

1002
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 1: friend Chris Welsh, so this should be a lot of fun.

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00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:40,200
Speaker 1: I think it'll be the only show those two guys

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