WEBVTT - Astros Don't Care About Cheating, Comparing ADPs 0:00:01.560 --> 0:00:04.960 And listen to me. This is the Fantasy Football Best 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:08.840 Friends Forever show. To start listening to us or suffer 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:47.000 the consequences. Yeah, now's welcome your baby happen your host 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:56.800 bye gate from mine, right, I spend your host by 0:00:56.960 --> 0:01:05.039 Guy bro St Francis Frank stopball, ladies and gentlemen, your bfs. 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:15.200 Hey with that? What are you inside of Studio thirty four? 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:19.080 This is the BFFs. I am Greg saus joy is 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:25.120 Where's Frank? Frank? Where Frank? We're starting the show? Frank? 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:29.720 Where where Frank? What are you doing? Frank? What are you? 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:34.240 What are you doing? Oh? Oh, hello there? Greg? What's 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:38.199 going on? Man? Are you? Are you? Are you taking 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:42.480 notes on other shows content? What are you watching other 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:48.320 shows during our show? Are you cheating? Greg? I'm just 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:50.960 using the technological advancements that we have to try and 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:54.440 gain an edge in the industry. There's a very competitive industry, Frank. 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:59.000 That's against the rules. You can't watch other shows during 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:03.840 our show try to create better content. You can't do that. 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:07.920 That is cheap. Doesn't say it anywhere in the rule 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.800 You canna say it anywhere in the rule book that 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:14.000 I can't use technology to help gain an edge in 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:15.800 the industry. Doesn't say it anywhere in the rule, but 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:18.840 even trash can to let me go what all their 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:23.600 shows are doing? Are you kidding me? This is against 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:28.000 every law, the industry, every grace that we have. This 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:31.400 is just wrong, man, Greg. I just want us to 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:33.880 be the best that we possibly can. We were nominated 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.760 for an f s w A Award a couple of 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:38.720 years ago. I want to get back to where we 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:43.320 were back in I want to be the best. We 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:48.040 can't do this. This isn't right, all right, I gotta 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:50.400 I gotta do something about this. So let's go to 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:53.000 the update with Shaan Wassilakia and when we come back, 0:02:53.240 --> 0:03:09.919 I will handle this for all of us sports grade news. 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:17.360 I'm Sean Glossomachia with your BFF sports grid News up. 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:21.799 The Astros cheating scandal takes a new turn as the 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:26.400 players met the media today. Astros Alex Regman and Jose 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:31.280 Altuve are deeply sorry for the choices they made by 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.720 their team and the organization as well. Regman went on 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:36.840 to say, I've learned from this and I hope to 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:41.400 regain the trust of baseball fans. Um It was not 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:45.360 well received by the media, a couple of stumbles by 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:49.200 the Houston Astros organization. Their owner Crane met the media 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.520 as well and kind of contradicting himself a number of times. 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.920 So not a good look for the Houston Astros or 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.440 all the Chatman Yankees. Closer, he also met the media 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:04.240 and he called Old Jose Al two action where after 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:07.240 he hit the home run off of Chapman, his actions 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:11.040 afterwards where they wouldn't rip off his jersey suspicious. So 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:15.600 stay tuned as this cheating scandal continues to make headlines. 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.839 All right, let's look at the NBA scoreboard today. Just 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:22.040 two games later tonight eight pm Eastern Time, you have 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:26.080 the Los Angeles Clippers at the Boston Celtics. Celtics two 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:29.359 point favorites on the point spread to your total. And 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:32.719 the nightcap, the last game before the NBA All Star Break, 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:36.640 it's the Oklahoma City Thunder at the New Orleans Pelicans. 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:40.480 Pelicans three and a half point favorites on the point 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:44.000 spread two thirty four and a half is your total. 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:47.760 And on the basketball college basketball Lanscope tonight, a couple 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.960 of big games, you have Iowa at Indiana the Who's yours? 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.919 Two point favorites in that one one and a half 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:58.440 your total. Arizona State at Stanford later tonight, that's two 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:01.159 and a half point favorites for the Ardinal one thirty 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.200 eight and a half your total in that. When Washington 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.800 State at u c l A. That rounds out the 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:10.640 college basketball action eleven pm Eastern time, tip seven and 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:14.240 a half point favorites for the Bruins one thirty seven 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.320 your total. All right, let's head back now to the 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:21.680 BFFs with Greg and Frank. That's your sports grid update. 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:27.080 Back to you guys. Niculous, I mean, it's just simply ridiculous. 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.320 I mean, you're using a monitor right to watch other 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:33.760 shows during our show, completely unethical. So I had now 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:37.000 taken this monitor. I smash it. Look at this, I 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:43.680 smash it because he's unacceptable. It is unacceptable what you did, 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:47.359 and I will not stand for it. I won't. I 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.480 will do it. Remember when they know grants the fun 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:51.960 well and right, Greg doesn't care about anything. I care 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:55.039 about ethics and I care about doing this right Indias 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:59.279 industry and that is not allowed. Well, Greg, how was 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:02.359 I supposed to know that just because you're here smashing 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.960 a TV that you wanted me to stop doing what 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.920 I was doing. How was I supposed to perceive that 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:11.599 because we should stop? It's not right? How was I 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:15.480 supposed to know that? How about this right? Me smashing 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:19.160 the TV? Not right? But you never told me to stop. 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.320 You never actually told me to stop. All you did 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.360 was smash a TV that I was using to gain 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:28.240 an edge so that we can be the best. How 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:31.160 is I supposed to know that? But you smashing this TV? 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:34.320 You wanted me to stop doing that? Rank you mentioned 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:38.359 that we are in f s W, a award nominated show. 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:44.040 Do you think we needed this to steal it that? Look, 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:47.400 I'm not saying that it would have helped us be better. 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:50.200 I can't say that it would have not helped us 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:54.360 be better. You know what that matters is that we 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:59.120 were nominated. I have to ask, like, who is mombing this? 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.400 How many all the people knew? Like does Florio? No? 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:07.760 Does Florio know what happened here? Well? Speaking of Michael Florio, 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:13.480 Mike Cardano, one of the leaders of the Sports scrit Network, 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:18.440 he did suspend Michael Florio for a year at the time. 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:22.080 At the time, he suspended him for a year, and 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:26.200 because of that, we figured it was just best to 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.400 let him go. So this is why Flourio now lives 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:32.760 in California. He needed to leave the city because of 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:36.840 what you guys did. Yeah, we look, we were disgraced 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.840 by his actions and due to the suspension, we thought 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.360 the best thing to do, the best course to take, 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:46.120 was to just let him go. Greg, Alex, did you 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.080 know about this? Do you know about this? Downstairs? With it? 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.640 That Frank and Mike we're doing this? Greg, usually pretty 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.040 on top of things here, I'm pretty disappointed in you. 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:58.040 You're You're usually the one to say first come first, Listen, 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:01.480 listen what I joined this show. When I enjoined Mike 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:05.720 and Frank back, I didn't know they were doing this, 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:07.920 and all right, when I got here and I noticed, 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.600 I should have done more than hit the TV. You're right, 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:15.520 I should have done more. But I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.960 I did what I thought I could, I didn't do enough. 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:22.600 I'm sorry. I'm sorry to the audience. I thought Frank 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:24.280 was better than this. I thought Mike was better than this. 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:27.320 I thought the brand of BFFs, the team that we are, 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:31.160 it was better than this. And you know what we're not. 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:34.760 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. One of the final things that 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:38.240 I will say is that the producers had no say 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:42.360 in this whatsoever. They were just doing what they were told. 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:45.000 Did anyone course in doing this, so they should be 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:49.080 absolved of any wrongdoings. You know, they gave Mike Cardano, 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:52.800 you know, the report, and because of that they were 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:58.280 given immunity and they testified against the BFS. Just know 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.800 but that the produce sers were not in charge of this, Gregg. 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:05.280 They are absolved of any wrongdoing. And you know, as 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:09.000 one of the hosts of the show, the producers will 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:13.280 not be suspended, they will not be fined. They're absolved 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.920 of any wrongdoing in this matter. Grace, who does whose 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:21.760 idea is this? It was Michael Florio's, Michael Florias. That's 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:23.800 why we had to let him go. Do you or 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:27.000 do you feel responsible for us? I am in no way, 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:30.280 shape or form responsible for this. If I think you 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:32.440 can refer to my Cardano's report on the matter as well. 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:38.040 Quick question, does this seem ridiculous to you? This is 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:42.120 what we've just proven all sound completely absurd to you, 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.720 Because it sounds absurd to me that the person that 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:53.280 was physically benefited from watching the monitor from taking his notes. 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:58.000 Nothing happens. Franks still gonna host the show today. The 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:02.240 Astors are still going to play baseball this year, including 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:05.520 the guys that cheating. Right, there's a sound of certain 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:10.800 to you. I played the fifth. This is a ridiculous. 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:15.400 The actions don't monish me. J Hinch. He's only new 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:21.199 interviews on MLB Network and my p MLB outlets. Jim Cray, 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:25.400 the owner of the Astros, absolves himself completely. Said they 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:29.000 were good enough without cheating, it didn't matter. And yet 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:33.880 they were. They cheated. Nothing happens. They don't care. It 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:38.439 doesn't matter. Greg. I do have one final thing to 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:44.000 remind you that according to Mike Cardonald's report, Again, according 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:50.120 to Mike Cardinal's report, the commissioner of Sports Grid, he 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.520 absolved the players of any wrong he absolved the producers 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:57.839 of any wrongdoing. Here, I will just I will just 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:01.920 refer to Mike Cardinal's report. Was there a buzzer used? Frank? 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:07.840 According to my Cardinald's report, a thorough report. They looked 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:10.839 into this throughout the investigation and they did not find 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:15.079 any buzzers. So there were no buzzers, just cheating. Do 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:20.760 you feel that other shows were wronged by what you did. Look, 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:23.880 I can't say that the other shows would or would 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:27.560 not have been affected by us cheating back in Seen. 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:29.679 All I can tell you is that we were good 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:32.000 enough to be nominated for an f s w A 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.480 Award back in seventeen. Greg, we were good enough and 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:38.280 we won that award. We would have won that award 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:41.319 and we didn't get caught cheating. When we come back, well, 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.240 we're gonna be prepared. We're gonna do what we do best, 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:48.559 and that's analyzed baseball from our own perspectives. We don't 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.080 need other people like he in context Vietas to turn 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:55.280 after this. 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Back 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.720 to doing what we do best, Frank, and that's that's analyzed, right. 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:45.440 We want to help people win baseball. We don't need 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:48.320 the sheet to do that. We just won't. We analyze 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:50.720 the data. We give a better advice than any other 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.400 show in the industry. And to do that, let's nave 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.839 you a new segment we like to call ad V 0:12:56.559 --> 0:13:05.760 money in the bat Are you're playing the music this show? Already? 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:17.360 I was ready to go there is there a dollar dollar? 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.880 This is Greg trying to do the shame McMahon shuffle. 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.319 You were trying money in the bank right here? Maybe 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.520 a BP money the bay. How is this going to 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:34.040 work going forward? We are going to give you three 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:37.640 players that are going in a similar spot in a 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.880 DP in sorry, in NFPC drafts over the in the 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.160 month of February, there'll be three players going in a 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:46.320 similar spot. We will tell you which player is Mr. 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:48.599 Money in the bank, the one that you want to 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.080 draft here the season, Frank, who do we got today? 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.800 All right? We got three pictures. We're going back to 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.920 back to back in terms of NFBC a DP, right, 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.880 now the night picture off the board, Steven Strassburg with 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.880 an ADP of twenty nine point nine in the month 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:05.959 of February, Blake Snell with an a DP of thirty 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:09.000 four point two in the month of February, and just 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:12.400 behind him all of these pictures within five picks of 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.000 each other in the NFBC Chris Sale with an ADP 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:20.200 of thirty four point nine five. Greg, there's a constant 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:23.000 theme among these three starting pitchers is that they're either 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:25.560 all currently dealing with an injury or have dealt with 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:28.000 plenty of injuries in the past, right, So all these 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:31.160 guys know the injuries last year or injured now, as 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:33.280 you mentioned here, this is our money in the bank 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:35.920 segment where you're calling you which player we believe in 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.040 the draft? These money in the bank, right you said it, 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.760 there are three players were going after day, Steven Strassberg, 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:44.960 who you know basically won the Nationals in the World Series, 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.600 I would say, Blake Snell and Chris Sale all going 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.240 within five pigs of each other. As you mentioned, let's 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:52.280 start with the one going the earliest, that is Steven 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:55.280 Strawson right now in the NFBC in the month February, 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:59.000 he's going at twenty eight. Overall, you've had your concerns 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:00.720 about Strasby the only time has been able to really 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:04.200 stay healthy in that contract year. Now he's gotten paid 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:07.280 and he stay healthy A goat. Yeah, I think that's 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.520 the biggest question when it comes to Steven Strassburg. It 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.240 was his first time over two hundred ennings last year 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:15.360 since two thousand and fourteen. There's no doubting when he 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:17.080 is on the mount. He's one of the best starting 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:19.600 pitchers in baseball. A three one seven e r A 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:22.800 in his career, a two x fit in his career, 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:27.640 consistently over ten case per nine, and under two point 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:31.320 seven five walks per nine in his career. Last year, 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.400 you bring up that season that he had three three 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:36.520 two e r a one oh four whip nearly eleven 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:40.280 strikeouts per nine, a fifty one percent groundball rate, the 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:42.920 second highest of his career. You want to look at 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:46.640 the underlying numbers here for Steven Strassburg, a thirty seven 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:50.440 percent chase rate career high, sixty three point six percent 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:54.320 first pitch strike percentage, and a thirteen point four percent 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:57.560 swinging strike create That was a career high for him 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.600 as well. He changes things up. I to use the 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:03.240 sinker more last year than ever before. He raised his 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:07.200 curveball usage. According to Fangraphs pitch values, his curveball was 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:11.560 the second best in baseball last year, behind only Charlie Morton. 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:14.680 The biggest issue for Strossburg Greg is whether or not 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:16.960 he can stay healthy. There are reports last year that 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:19.640 he changed he changed up his training regiment with the 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:22.440 Washington Nationals and that helped him stay healthy for the 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.200 entirety of the season. There's no doubting that when he's 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:27.480 on the mound he's one of the ten best starting 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.040 pitchers in baseball. There's no doubt about. Usually someone Frank 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.880 that buys when a guy makes a change between out 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:35.200 Reese Hoskins, changing his batting stances another reason to get 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:38.400 back in on him. But I have to wonder, because 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:40.960 we've talked off their on air. You haven't been really 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:43.560 in on Strasburg. But you want to dive into that, 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:46.840 Garrett Cole, Jacob Degrand's here. You don't really want in 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:49.600 on Steven Stotsburne and those injuries and just doing it 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:53.240 one time, ever, has you a little bit questioned? You know, 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.880 how are you questioning when you want to get back, 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.560 you know, Steven Strossburg, but he changed the regiment up, 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:03.760 he stayed healthy. Isn't that enough. I just feel like 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:06.040 he's a little bit overvalued based on where he's been 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.960 in years past. And we brought this up last year, right, 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:13.200 we said, look, you're getting him in the fourth, fifth round. 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:14.920 He's gonna be someone that goes in the second round 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:16.679 and then he's gonna be someone who lets him down 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:19.640 again because it seems like that's what Strassburg always does. 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:22.040 There's no doubting the talent here. And he made a 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:24.520 change to his pitch mix. As I mentioned, he started 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:27.440 using the curveball more. He used a sinker eighteen and 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:29.600 a half percent of the time. That's the first time 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:33.320 he's consistently used that pitch since. So he did make adjustments. 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:37.200 I like Steven Strasburg. I don't know personally if he 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:40.680 is going to be my money in the bank here 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:43.680 when we're comparing him up against Blake's now and Chris Sale. 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:47.240 I do like him, maybe not to win this money 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:49.359 in the bank, though, Greg. I know Mike Floria before 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:52.440 he got suspended and ultimately fired from our show. I 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:55.080 know that Michael Florio was all in on Blake's Now, 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:56.760 that was his guy, and he got it right. Now. 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:58.840 He probably cheated in order to get it right, but 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:02.480 he ultimately get it right. Last year he told Blake 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:05.280 Snell will be good again. He wasn't. He struggled, he 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:08.359 got hurt, came back, got hurt, and then never really 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.359 pitched keep into a game again. The Razor always going 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.159 to be cautious with their starting pitchers. Blake Snews my 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.480 forward siding on award where he won manybe leaves just 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:19.639 two years ago. For you, Frank Lake's not gonna be 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:24.080 more like eighteen or twenty nineteen here. I think the 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:25.760 answer is he's gonna be somewhere in the middle, but 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:28.920 probably closer toen. Look, he's not gonna replicate what he 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:30.520 did in that side young year. I mean, he was 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:33.840 extremely lucky in terms of BADIP that season, but last 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:37.560 year that luck went completely too far the other way 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:41.360 in terms of BADIP. Again, his bad have been ten 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.280 to forty one for an entire season. Last year it 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:48.560 was three forty three, with his hard hit rate being 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:52.520 less in ten than it was in eighteen. So again 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:55.960 the luck just swung completely the other way for Blake 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.320 Snell last year, and if you look at the first 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:01.680 eleven starts Craig before he dropped the piece of furniture 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:05.680 on his toe and broke his toe, his first eleven starts, 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:11.879 a nine percent swinging strike ery that is absolutely insane, 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:16.480 a thirty five percent strike out rate, twenty seven point 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:20.640 seven percent K minus walk percentage, a three oh six 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:23.720 e r A, a three oh eight fit, a two 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:26.760 eight to xfit. His first eleven starts Greg, while he 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:30.879 was healthy last year, he was absolutely insane, and I 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:33.640 think if he's healthy again, that's a lot to ask. 0:19:33.760 --> 0:19:36.440 He dealt with some shoulder fatigue and elbow injury in 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:39.680 late July as well. Um, but by all accounts he 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:43.239 is healthy this offseason and coming into spring training. If 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:45.080 we can get anything close to the picture we saw 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:47.840 inmost first eleven starts Greg before he fractured his toe, 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:50.879 then I think he probably has the highest upside of 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:53.399 this group. Isn't it kind of interesting that you're begging 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:56.200 on a guy that did Injurus tough, they did have 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:59.800 the shoulder fatigue, didn't pitch a full game after July 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:03.399 last year. You're doing that rather than banking on a 0:20:03.480 --> 0:20:07.200 guy that let his team to a World Series last year, 0:20:07.320 --> 0:20:10.200 stayed healthy the entire season. I know the ADP is 0:20:10.280 --> 0:20:13.040 a couple of spots different, but about four or five 0:20:13.040 --> 0:20:16.280 spots earlier he was better. He earned it. But don't 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:18.480 you almost worry about him making that deep run into 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:21.119 the postseason a little bit more because the endings are 0:20:21.200 --> 0:20:23.320 up and he's not used to pitching that deep into 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:25.480 the season. He was phenomenal, There's no doubt about it. 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:28.639 We earned that World Series MVP. But someone who finally 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:31.320 stayed healthy for over two endings and then pitched that 0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:34.320 far into the postseason as well, I think that adds 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:38.080 a little extra, you know, level of nervousness here for 0:20:38.119 --> 0:20:40.480 Steven Strotsburg. Anyway, there's one more player in this trip 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:43.040 will threat money in the bank contest, and that is 0:20:43.200 --> 0:20:45.800 Chris Sale. He was him and Sherzer last year. Which 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:47.960 one do you want to take first? Well, Chris Seal 0:20:48.119 --> 0:20:51.600 never seemed right. Velossity never got there. We questioned if 0:20:51.600 --> 0:20:54.080 he was injured, He swore he wasn't injured, and around 0:20:54.119 --> 0:20:57.760 around we go Chris Sell mostly underlying numbers look pretty 0:20:57.800 --> 0:21:01.000 good ear a not a lotch It's four four when 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:02.959 it was all said and done, he's already come down 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:05.120 with a bout of pneumonious So he's behind the other 0:21:05.200 --> 0:21:07.639 starters in Boston of Austin team that's not expected to 0:21:07.680 --> 0:21:10.760 be good. Chris Tale has the ability because he's done 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:13.439 it before Frank de finishes the number one overall picture, 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:17.520 and you're getting later than Blake's now later in Steven Stocksberg, 0:21:17.600 --> 0:21:19.560 I'll like, you know, five picks in one pick. But 0:21:20.080 --> 0:21:23.159 that's what we're talking about, Chris Sal, Are you buying 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:25.960 that last year it was an abnormality and we'll get 0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:27.960 the picture back that may have been the best picture 0:21:28.000 --> 0:21:31.800 in baseball? Are you buying that? Something certainly still seems 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:34.760 off of Chrysale. Chris Sale. To me, Greg is the 0:21:34.800 --> 0:21:37.880 biggest wild card in fantasy baseball this upcoming season because 0:21:37.960 --> 0:21:39.720 we know when he's on your right he can be 0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:43.160 the sp one overall. He's also someone in my opinion, 0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:46.280 that could be shut down by mid May, by the 0:21:46.359 --> 0:21:48.879 middle of April, maybe even before spring training. I mean, 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:50.960 something was not right with him last year, and we 0:21:51.040 --> 0:21:53.920 saw that he dealt with left shoulder inflammation in late July, 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:56.800 and then he got shut down in mid August because 0:21:56.840 --> 0:21:59.640 of an elbow injury. He wpens to go visit Dr James, 0:21:59.720 --> 0:22:02.639 and he's three words you never want to hear when 0:22:02.680 --> 0:22:06.080 it comes to a starting pitcher in fantasy baseball, in 0:22:06.280 --> 0:22:08.520 regular in baseball in general. If you're a Boston Red 0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:11.560 Sox fan. He'll turn thirty one this upcoming season. I 0:22:11.680 --> 0:22:14.960 think the fact that his he has like a wonky delivery, 0:22:15.240 --> 0:22:18.879 and his frame is very uh. He has a very 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:21.520 skinny frame, a very frail frame. I guess you could 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:23.120 call it as well when it comes to Chris Sale. 0:22:23.160 --> 0:22:25.880 Those are things that worry me as well. The underlying 0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:29.600 numbers were great. I can't dispute that fourteen percent swinging 0:22:29.680 --> 0:22:32.760 strike create a two point nine three xfit. He did 0:22:32.840 --> 0:22:36.360 post a four point four e r A. His fastball 0:22:36.440 --> 0:22:39.880 velocity was down two miles per hour then where it's 0:22:39.920 --> 0:22:42.160 normally been at in his career, down to ninety three 0:22:42.240 --> 0:22:46.040 point seven miles per hour, the lowest it's been since sixteen. 0:22:46.720 --> 0:22:48.840 His hard hit rate was up. His left on base 0:22:48.920 --> 0:22:51.600 percentage was terrible. I watched a lot of Chris Sale 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:53.879 greg last year. I had him on my NFBC Main 0:22:53.960 --> 0:22:57.040 event team. He was not right and his location was 0:22:57.119 --> 0:22:59.800 all over the place. He couldn't put hitters away. His 0:23:00.080 --> 0:23:02.840 last city was down. He's the biggest wall card and 0:23:02.880 --> 0:23:06.600 Fantasy Baseball this year. If you are, you know, a 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:09.399 risk taker in the early rounds in Fantasy baseball, I 0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:11.480 tend to be risk averse in those early rounds. I 0:23:11.560 --> 0:23:15.800 want to build a solid foundation. Then you know, if 0:23:15.840 --> 0:23:17.760 you want to take that risk on Chris Sale, He's 0:23:17.800 --> 0:23:20.159 someone that can absolutely win you a league. But I 0:23:20.240 --> 0:23:22.600 think that within his range of Acams Gregg, he is 0:23:22.640 --> 0:23:25.399 somebody that can also be shut down by the middle 0:23:25.440 --> 0:23:28.000 of May. There's just no knowing. You know, based on 0:23:28.119 --> 0:23:30.640 this shoulder and elbow injury that he dealt with last year. 0:23:30.840 --> 0:23:32.640 That's the big question mark when it goes to Sale 0:23:32.760 --> 0:23:36.159 that he maybe not the same guy for he was 0:23:36.240 --> 0:23:38.159 a year or two ago, but there may be some 0:23:38.240 --> 0:23:40.600 underlying injury. But he swears he's healthy, So we're all 0:23:40.720 --> 0:23:43.520 last year he was healthy and nothing just seemed right. 0:23:43.560 --> 0:23:45.919 I don't know. It's the same staff. Can they get 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:49.200 the most out of him? I do. I simply do 0:23:49.359 --> 0:23:54.920 not know. It's it's weird because his upside is greater 0:23:55.000 --> 0:23:57.199 than both, Like you said, it is greater than Blake Snells. 0:23:57.400 --> 0:23:59.760 It is greater than Stephen Shost because he's done it, 0:24:00.000 --> 0:24:02.840 He's been the number one overall is your in fantasy baseball? 0:24:03.280 --> 0:24:08.520 But that you know what, I actually feel like Blake 0:24:08.600 --> 0:24:11.680 Snell has the highest floor out of these guys because 0:24:11.920 --> 0:24:14.800 Sale can have a debilitating injury. We've seen shotspurg have 0:24:14.840 --> 0:24:18.480 debilitating injury. Snells wasn't like debilitating last year like Drops 0:24:18.560 --> 0:24:22.399 with furniture and the shoulder fatigue. I don't know, man, 0:24:22.560 --> 0:24:24.200 All right, this is it we got thirty seconds ago, 0:24:24.359 --> 0:24:25.920 and then we're gonna go more about Blake Snell in 0:24:25.960 --> 0:24:28.320 a few moments as doing stats is gonna join us 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:31.520 from the sample of day rays. But Frank, who is 0:24:31.640 --> 0:24:33.520 Mr Money in the bank for you? Miss their money 0:24:33.560 --> 0:24:36.280 in the bank with these three injury pro starting pitchers. 0:24:36.280 --> 0:24:38.560 In my opinion, great, You're right, it's Blake Snell. I 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:40.879 think he is the highest floor and I would argue 0:24:40.920 --> 0:24:43.080 that his ceiling is up there with Chriss Sales as well. 0:24:43.119 --> 0:24:45.520 We'll hear more about Blake Snell as Dwayne Stats joins 0:24:45.640 --> 0:24:51.680 us next. I want to light the lamp on Draft 0:24:51.760 --> 0:24:55.160 Kings and FanDuel this NHL DFS season. 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After I saved our show by 0:25:36.440 --> 0:25:41.160 ending the cheating that Frank did for years, for years, Frank, 0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:44.240 all I can say is I was just following my 0:25:44.320 --> 0:25:48.080 court holds report. Fair enough. Joe is now not a cheater, 0:25:48.520 --> 0:25:51.240 a great broadcaster. It's Twain stats with v by Rage. 0:25:51.280 --> 0:25:54.880 What's up, Twain? Hey guys, how are you doing? We're 0:25:54.920 --> 0:25:59.040 doing fantastic, man, how are you? We're very well? Thank you, 0:25:59.240 --> 0:26:02.919 thank you. Some pitchers and cashers have afforded. Baseball season 0:26:03.440 --> 0:26:06.680 is upon us, and we were just talking about Blake's 0:26:06.720 --> 0:26:10.720 now who had those unfortunate injuries last year. Is he healthy? 0:26:10.760 --> 0:26:12.280 And ready to go and give us two or dreatings 0:26:12.359 --> 0:26:16.640 this year. Yeah, I think, uh, you know, he's coming 0:26:16.760 --> 0:26:20.320 to spring training. His big emphasis over the winter was 0:26:21.040 --> 0:26:24.359 eating better and better nutrition and all that. So I 0:26:24.480 --> 0:26:28.119 think for him to be focused on that. He's happy 0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:33.320 with the other recoveries from the problems he had. I 0:26:33.400 --> 0:26:36.160 think he's ready to go out and you know, show 0:26:36.800 --> 0:26:40.760 command of the fastball. And you know, he's been back 0:26:40.800 --> 0:26:43.359 and forth between his curveball and his slider over the 0:26:43.480 --> 0:26:47.240 last couple of years, and it really did seem than 0:26:47.320 --> 0:26:49.840 when he went with that breaking ball, the curveball more, 0:26:50.400 --> 0:26:53.359 you know, he was more effective. And I think I 0:26:53.480 --> 0:26:56.280 look back at him when he first came up with 0:26:56.840 --> 0:27:00.439 the variety of pitchers he had normally think the guy's 0:27:00.440 --> 0:27:04.160 going to command the fastball better than his secondary pitches, 0:27:04.520 --> 0:27:07.399 and he was actually just the opposite of that, and 0:27:07.480 --> 0:27:11.920 the idea that that he can command that curveball as 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:14.280 well as a slider. But he really likes the curveball 0:27:14.359 --> 0:27:18.000 now and the change and the command of the fastball 0:27:18.040 --> 0:27:20.560 has been a you know, has been the biggest challenge 0:27:20.640 --> 0:27:23.960 for him when he struggles and he thinks, uh, all 0:27:24.040 --> 0:27:26.520 of those things are in line and he has something 0:27:26.600 --> 0:27:29.520 to prove coming off you know, the great year two 0:27:29.600 --> 0:27:34.040 years ago and then some inconsistency and some health injuries, 0:27:34.359 --> 0:27:38.879 health issues last year. So he's, uh, he wants to 0:27:38.960 --> 0:27:44.399 reassert himself at the at the top of that rotation. Hey, 0:27:44.480 --> 0:27:46.520 Joanne Frank standfel here, thank you so much for taking 0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:48.880 the time to join us today. We saw the Rays 0:27:48.920 --> 0:27:51.600 make a trade last week. They trade away Amilio Pagan, 0:27:51.920 --> 0:27:55.320 who was the team's closer last year, to acquire many 0:27:55.440 --> 0:27:57.840 more go Uh, the name of the show, here's the 0:27:57.880 --> 0:28:01.679 Fantasy BFF. So we're trying to give people antasy baseball information. 0:28:02.119 --> 0:28:04.960 We're trying to figure out who's gonna close for the 0:28:05.040 --> 0:28:08.360 Tampa Bay Raised this upcoming season. Because saves are very, 0:28:08.560 --> 0:28:11.879 very valuable in fantasy baseball that you might not have 0:28:12.080 --> 0:28:13.960 just one answer. It might be a combination of a 0:28:14.040 --> 0:28:16.639 bunch of different guys. But who do you think leads 0:28:16.720 --> 0:28:21.400 the Tampa Bay Raise in saves this upcoming season? Well 0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:25.119 right now they're saying it's a closer by committee, and 0:28:25.480 --> 0:28:28.080 I have to take them at their word. Pagan did 0:28:28.200 --> 0:28:32.000 emerge as the guy at twenty saves. As the season 0:28:32.080 --> 0:28:34.680 went on, he got opportunities once he got back to 0:28:34.760 --> 0:28:38.320 the big leagues, and I really think, um, I think 0:28:38.400 --> 0:28:42.520 you have a couple of front runners in Diego Castido 0:28:42.760 --> 0:28:47.000 and Nick Anderson, with Jose Alvarado short of the uh, 0:28:47.400 --> 0:28:51.040 the third guy in that mix. All three have as 0:28:51.080 --> 0:28:54.000 you know, I have great arms and and could close. 0:28:54.200 --> 0:28:58.400 Anderson when he came over from Miami was unbelievable, So 0:28:58.600 --> 0:29:01.959 I can he be as good as he was when 0:29:02.040 --> 0:29:07.360 he came over? Essentially, I think he had something somewhere 0:29:07.400 --> 0:29:10.320 in the mid thirties and strikeouts before he ever walked 0:29:10.360 --> 0:29:15.960 anybody after he came over here. And and the Castillo 0:29:16.760 --> 0:29:21.240 entry will determine will be determined. I think how much 0:29:21.520 --> 0:29:24.760 they use or do not use the opener they've been 0:29:24.840 --> 0:29:29.480 talking here now not only using you know, three starters 0:29:29.560 --> 0:29:33.640 like Morton and Snelldon and Glass now, but thinking of 0:29:33.800 --> 0:29:38.440 Torinos and Yarboro as starters. And if they do that, 0:29:39.440 --> 0:29:43.400 then that obviously would affect what happens in the bullpen, 0:29:43.600 --> 0:29:47.480 because they used Castillo a lot as an opener last year. 0:29:48.000 --> 0:29:51.480 So if he's consigned to the bullpen, he's got to 0:29:51.520 --> 0:29:54.880 be one of the front runners. It's gotta be Castio 0:29:55.000 --> 0:30:00.360 or Anderson and Alvarado two years ago and early last 0:30:00.440 --> 0:30:04.360 year had great stuff. He had some personal issues involving 0:30:04.480 --> 0:30:09.400 family and back and forth between Venezuela and and here. 0:30:09.600 --> 0:30:13.480 So they're hoping that they all get some consistency and 0:30:13.600 --> 0:30:16.440 he's settled in. But right now he's kind of the 0:30:17.640 --> 0:30:22.200 the wild horse pick out of those three. But if 0:30:22.200 --> 0:30:24.440 I had to pick somebody who's gonna lead this team 0:30:24.440 --> 0:30:27.800 and closures now, it would be it would be Castillo 0:30:28.320 --> 0:30:32.360 if they don't use the opener, and Anderson if they 0:30:32.720 --> 0:30:35.600 do use Cato as an opener. It was a great 0:30:35.600 --> 0:30:38.400 closive breakdown there from doing stats. You know, for me, 0:30:38.720 --> 0:30:41.720 I think what you mentioned with Josie Jose Alvarado is 0:30:42.320 --> 0:30:44.480 the obvious one because he was so good two years ago, 0:30:44.520 --> 0:30:47.160 he struggled last year. And we always say, Frank on 0:30:47.280 --> 0:30:49.680 the show, figure out some of these players personal lives 0:30:49.720 --> 0:30:51.960 and see what's going on. Read a little bit deeper 0:30:52.000 --> 0:30:54.040 than with the stats of the peach say, and knowing 0:30:54.160 --> 0:30:56.360 what now that he did have some family struggles in 0:30:56.440 --> 0:30:59.720 Venezuela and here in the States, and that certainly contributes 0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:00.880 the men a part of the game, which is a 0:31:00.960 --> 0:31:03.560 huge aspect of baseball. Yeah, absolutely, we always have to 0:31:03.600 --> 0:31:05.800 try and consider the human element. You know, what we 0:31:05.880 --> 0:31:07.960 do is trying to give out fantasy baseball information. A 0:31:08.040 --> 0:31:10.440 lot of that's going to be analytical driven, but you 0:31:10.520 --> 0:31:12.440 also have to look at what's happening off the field 0:31:12.480 --> 0:31:14.240 for some of these guys. And I think that's part 0:31:14.280 --> 0:31:17.360 of the issue with Jose Alvarado last year. The struggles 0:31:17.400 --> 0:31:19.480 that he was going with were obviously tied to things 0:31:19.520 --> 0:31:21.160 that were going on off the field. All Right, you 0:31:21.200 --> 0:31:23.760 mentioning Amelia Pagondred and asked, who is the closer? Well, 0:31:23.760 --> 0:31:25.240 I'll be trying to figure out the other side of 0:31:25.320 --> 0:31:28.440 things in the outfield where this offseason, the Rays have 0:31:28.560 --> 0:31:33.400 acquired Manny Margot, They've acquired Hunter Renfro, they acquire Josie Martinez. 0:31:33.600 --> 0:31:37.760 All of these guys play similar positions in the outfield 0:31:37.880 --> 0:31:40.960 corner infield, they had a lot of names. They're, uh, here, Dwayne, 0:31:41.360 --> 0:31:45.760 who's gonna start for this race team? Well, they're trying 0:31:45.800 --> 0:31:49.880 to figure out positions right now. I actually think, you know, 0:31:50.000 --> 0:31:53.200 Kermeyer is going to be in center, Meadows is out there. 0:31:53.280 --> 0:31:56.800 Renfro is gonna get a lot of playing time. Marco. 0:31:57.040 --> 0:32:01.760 I think we'll get his playing time against uh selected lefties. 0:32:01.840 --> 0:32:05.520 You know, his numbers are very good against lefties. Kiermeyer 0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:10.280 and Margot give them top flight defense in center field, 0:32:10.360 --> 0:32:14.240 so it gives them an opportunity I think too, not 0:32:14.480 --> 0:32:17.400 have Kermeyer in the lineup against some lefties with the 0:32:17.520 --> 0:32:20.960 confidence that they're gonna get the same kind of defensive 0:32:21.000 --> 0:32:26.080 performance in center field, and probably against those lefties, better 0:32:26.240 --> 0:32:29.520 offense out of Marco than they get out of kier Meyer. 0:32:30.320 --> 0:32:33.240 And I think they're looking at Meadows to be the 0:32:33.360 --> 0:32:35.880 same guy he was a year ago. They're very high 0:32:35.960 --> 0:32:37.960 on him, and he's the one guy I think you 0:32:38.040 --> 0:32:42.120 can pencil in he's gonna be somewhere in that lineup 0:32:42.200 --> 0:32:47.080 every day in the outfield and some DH and Renfro. 0:32:47.400 --> 0:32:50.480 I think they they'd love to see him play and 0:32:50.560 --> 0:32:53.360 get as many advanced as he can becaumes of his power. 0:32:53.920 --> 0:32:56.600 The interesting thing about Meadows, you know he spent some 0:32:56.720 --> 0:33:00.400 time ding, but suddenly you know they have number of 0:33:00.480 --> 0:33:02.720 guys on this team that they're gonna have to consider 0:33:03.600 --> 0:33:06.520 as almost strict d H s and and that's led 0:33:06.600 --> 0:33:10.760 by Jose Martinez, who can swing the bat as power. 0:33:11.680 --> 0:33:15.760 They're concerned about his glove work, so I don't I 0:33:15.800 --> 0:33:19.600 don't know how many DH opportunities Meadows will get, which 0:33:19.680 --> 0:33:22.800 means he's going to be in that outfield more than 0:33:22.920 --> 0:33:25.040 he was maybe a year ago, because he's going to 0:33:25.120 --> 0:33:27.960 be in the lineup every day. So I would look 0:33:28.040 --> 0:33:32.000 at at that mix in their lineup and I think 0:33:32.960 --> 0:33:36.520 they're expecting, they're expecting good things out of Mark Go 0:33:37.160 --> 0:33:39.400 but in a role where he will give them great 0:33:39.640 --> 0:33:44.400 center field defense and great offense against lefties. And that's 0:33:44.400 --> 0:33:48.040 a flexibility there. But the rest of it, I think 0:33:48.280 --> 0:33:52.040 is what we've talked about already with the Martinez getting 0:33:52.360 --> 0:33:55.280 a lot of the d H at bats. Dweyne, you 0:33:55.320 --> 0:33:57.760 brought up Tyler Glass now earlier in terms of the 0:33:57.800 --> 0:34:00.440 pitching staff here for the table Bay raising. It looked 0:34:00.440 --> 0:34:02.440 like he was finally starting to put it all together 0:34:02.560 --> 0:34:04.960 last year, but then he got derailed with a forearm 0:34:05.040 --> 0:34:07.760 injury which limited him to just sixty and two thirds 0:34:08.080 --> 0:34:11.280 innings pitched last season. You know, what are you projecting 0:34:11.320 --> 0:34:14.719 for Tyler Glass now this upcoming season? For can he 0:34:14.880 --> 0:34:18.239 maintain those gains that he that we saw him kind 0:34:18.280 --> 0:34:21.000 of improve in terms of the control and the command 0:34:21.120 --> 0:34:24.440 last year. We really saw the walks Uh improved from 0:34:24.480 --> 0:34:27.120 Tyler Glass now last year, can he stay healthy in 0:34:27.200 --> 0:34:29.960 twenty twenty? What are your expectations for Tyler Glass now 0:34:30.000 --> 0:34:34.239 this upcoming season? Twain, Well, he's gonna have every opportunity. 0:34:34.320 --> 0:34:39.759 You know, he had the forearm issue, the strain last year. UH, 0:34:39.920 --> 0:34:44.720 he had he had a little procedure done to relieve 0:34:44.760 --> 0:34:48.560 a nerve issue in the in the rest area. They 0:34:48.680 --> 0:34:52.239 say he is fine. He threw yesterday. They were very 0:34:52.320 --> 0:34:55.719 pleased with what they saw. Their interesting thing about him, 0:34:56.120 --> 0:34:59.080 aside from that great velocity and you know nine seven 0:35:00.120 --> 0:35:04.319 somewhere a tick or two on either side of last year, 0:35:04.680 --> 0:35:08.319 that curveball was so great for him. I think uh 0:35:08.440 --> 0:35:13.399 the on base percentage of opposing hitters was under one 0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:18.279 seventy with his curveball. He wants to add and has 0:35:18.480 --> 0:35:24.440 worked on split this uh this offseason. So I'm anxious 0:35:24.520 --> 0:35:26.759 to see him in the offseason or see him in 0:35:26.840 --> 0:35:31.239 spring training to see how he incorporates that pitch in 0:35:32.040 --> 0:35:37.200 because from what we saw last year, his primary deal 0:35:37.520 --> 0:35:41.400 is to stay healthy, and I think he found that 0:35:41.760 --> 0:35:45.880 niche where that inconsistency that he had in UH in 0:35:45.960 --> 0:35:50.520 Pittsburgh that prevented him from the Pirates being competent enough 0:35:50.600 --> 0:35:54.680 to rely on him. It all came together here, and 0:35:54.800 --> 0:35:58.520 I think just being in an environment with the other 0:35:58.600 --> 0:36:02.160 pictures having Charlie More on this stamp certainly helped him 0:36:02.600 --> 0:36:06.880 and Kyle Snyder his influence on any of these pictures. 0:36:06.960 --> 0:36:10.480 I'm I'm a very big fan of Kyle Snyder, so 0:36:10.640 --> 0:36:13.399 I would look for good things there. I think they're 0:36:14.200 --> 0:36:17.279 again their rotation. If if they go with whether they 0:36:17.360 --> 0:36:20.440 go with those three guys that we talked about, our 0:36:20.520 --> 0:36:24.920 at RINOs and Yarbro to round it out to essentially 0:36:24.960 --> 0:36:29.920 a five man traditional rotation, they're gonna get a bundle 0:36:30.000 --> 0:36:32.640 of innings and quality innings out of all those guys. 0:36:34.080 --> 0:36:36.440 Right there, you go, Dwayne Stats from the Tampa Bay 0:36:36.680 --> 0:36:39.840 Raised broadcasting team. We appreciate your time, sir. I have 0:36:39.920 --> 0:36:43.919 a great spring and come back soon. We'll look forward 0:36:43.960 --> 0:36:45.960 to it. Good to be with you guys. Have some fun, 0:36:46.560 --> 0:36:50.160 We absolutely will. We're excited, man, baseball is back. We're 0:36:50.160 --> 0:36:52.920 excited to talk about it obviously all spring long. We 0:36:53.000 --> 0:36:55.839 come back, we're gonna take a look at some more 0:36:55.880 --> 0:36:58.280 a DPS. But we're doing yesterday regards to the juice 0:36:58.440 --> 0:37:00.839 ball era, who really gotta in fact, what are these 0:37:00.960 --> 0:37:04.160 power hitters were all basically because of the juice Ball 0:37:04.760 --> 0:37:07.280 Try to continue to figure this out to some more names. 0:37:07.600 --> 0:37:16.080 Put it up next. I want to be the next 0:37:16.320 --> 0:37:19.840 Daily Fantasy Millionaire. Dunk on your NBA DFS competition with 0:37:19.960 --> 0:37:23.520 Daily Rodal dot com and dominate on fandel and DraftKings 0:37:23.680 --> 0:37:26.080 this season. 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The team that I think is 0:38:19.880 --> 0:38:22.440 super juice Ball Era, but like the Minnesota Twins, were 0:38:22.480 --> 0:38:27.879 bombs away last year from target field for the Baracobell 0:38:27.960 --> 0:38:30.240 Delly in his first year, and one of the breakout 0:38:30.280 --> 0:38:34.719 guys was Max cap starting center fielder for or sorry 0:38:34.760 --> 0:38:38.759 out fieldside for this Minnesota Twins team. What Keeviller did 0:38:38.840 --> 0:38:45.200 last year was awesome. You do it again, Michael and Frank. 0:38:46.480 --> 0:38:48.080 That's a fair question, Greg, And that's what we're gonna 0:38:48.080 --> 0:38:50.839 try and figure out right now. Thirty six home runs 0:38:50.920 --> 0:38:53.160 last year, he had two fifty two comes with a 0:38:53.280 --> 0:38:55.560 lot of prospect pedigree. It seems like he finally put 0:38:55.640 --> 0:38:59.359 it all together again. He is twenty seven years old, 0:38:59.400 --> 0:39:01.680 just turned only seven, much like Greg who just turned 0:39:01.719 --> 0:39:04.799 fifty three years old. But it was a breakout year 0:39:05.200 --> 0:39:07.880 for Max Kepler. You know what's crazy, his homeworn the 0:39:07.920 --> 0:39:13.000 flyball ratio eighteen percent, Greg does not seem completely unsustainable. 0:39:13.040 --> 0:39:15.759 It was the highest of his career. We saw back 0:39:15.800 --> 0:39:19.600 in had a fifteen percent home run to flyball ratio. 0:39:20.040 --> 0:39:23.760 The past two years, he's hit consistent flyballs around forty 0:39:23.840 --> 0:39:26.040 six percent of the time. He also hit the ball 0:39:26.160 --> 0:39:29.360 harder last year than ever before, a forty two percent 0:39:29.719 --> 0:39:32.080 hard contact rate. And something I really liked that we 0:39:32.120 --> 0:39:35.120 saw from Kepler. Last year, Greg as a left handed batter, 0:39:35.719 --> 0:39:38.960 finally started to hit well against left handed pitching. And 0:39:39.080 --> 0:39:41.200 we saw a little bit of that in the second 0:39:41.239 --> 0:39:44.160 half of the seen season, and it carried over to 0:39:44.320 --> 0:39:49.279 last year against lefties to batting average and eight eighty OPS. Now, 0:39:49.320 --> 0:39:51.480 what we need to do, Kepler, is we got to 0:39:51.520 --> 0:39:53.440 go back to hitting rightyth a little bit better as well, 0:39:53.480 --> 0:39:55.960 because he hit two thirty six against right handed pitching 0:39:56.280 --> 0:39:59.640 h and also had an eight forty five OPS. Seven 0:40:00.000 --> 0:40:03.080 of his thirty six home runs came against right handed pitching. 0:40:03.440 --> 0:40:04.960 And you know, he dealt with a lot of nagging 0:40:05.000 --> 0:40:08.840 injuries Greg in late last season. I'm looking at his 0:40:09.080 --> 0:40:12.919 injury uh, his injury page, and this is the entire 0:40:12.960 --> 0:40:18.440 season right knee, elbow, knee, knee, leg, chest, chest, shoulder, 0:40:18.640 --> 0:40:20.160 and he was day to day for all of those 0:40:20.200 --> 0:40:22.720 injuries at some point throughout the course of last season 0:40:23.080 --> 0:40:27.239 and still managed to have a career year. Last year 0:40:27.360 --> 0:40:32.320 strikes me as a hitter who was finally maturing again, 0:40:32.520 --> 0:40:33.879 Like I don't think the home run of fly ball 0:40:33.960 --> 0:40:36.799 ratio is out of this world, Like maybe he takes 0:40:36.800 --> 0:40:38.799 a little bit of a step back, maybe comes back 0:40:38.840 --> 0:40:40.759 to it, comes back to thirty home runs, it's two 0:40:40.840 --> 0:40:44.640 fifty to sixty. But you're not even paying anywhere close 0:40:44.719 --> 0:40:47.400 to the price um for the production that you got 0:40:47.520 --> 0:40:50.600 last year from Max Kepler in the month of February, 0:40:51.880 --> 0:40:56.800 I believe one thirty five. So it's not egregious, you know, egregious, 0:40:57.480 --> 0:41:00.759 close to egregious. I really like Max. We're looking at 0:41:00.840 --> 0:41:02.719 where this ADP is and looking at those stats from 0:41:02.800 --> 0:41:04.719 last year, you know mean like I like guys that 0:41:04.840 --> 0:41:07.200 get on base a lot, and the three six VP 0:41:07.320 --> 0:41:09.920 isn't outstanding by any means. You go strike out to 0:41:09.960 --> 0:41:14.000 walk ratio, right, Like his strikeout percentage sixteen point six percent. 0:41:14.200 --> 0:41:16.440 That's low comack to most hitters and baseball these days. 0:41:16.560 --> 0:41:19.919 His walking average strikeout rates so I see under twenty 0:41:20.320 --> 0:41:22.680 that's pretty good, right. The walk percent back to back 0:41:22.800 --> 0:41:26.360 year is over ten percent. He walks a lot. He 0:41:26.440 --> 0:41:29.040 doesn't really hit many groundballs, just around thirty six percent 0:41:29.120 --> 0:41:33.640 groundball percentage. Now the babbitt never good for Max chaff 0:41:33.800 --> 0:41:35.719 to four last or two thirty six, because I think 0:41:35.719 --> 0:41:37.279 he's hitting those five balls and he's heading get harder 0:41:37.320 --> 0:41:40.320 than ever. He's been thirty six home runs in a 0:41:40.440 --> 0:41:43.480 hundred and thirty four games last year. Fine, maybe it 0:41:43.560 --> 0:41:46.080 comes back down to thirty, but you're still a ton 0:41:46.120 --> 0:41:48.360 of runs hit at the top of the Twins lineup. 0:41:48.440 --> 0:41:50.560 You're st looking at a ton of rb I hitting 0:41:50.560 --> 0:41:53.399 at the top of the Twins lineup. He doesn't run 0:41:53.440 --> 0:41:55.000 it at all, which is like a little bit frustrating, 0:41:55.120 --> 0:41:58.120 but that was never really a part of his game, 0:41:58.440 --> 0:42:01.000 respected to be part of the whole run. Whole run. 0:42:01.080 --> 0:42:03.040 The ball percentage comes back down to where it was 0:42:03.160 --> 0:42:07.239 back in his debut season, a fifteen percent rather than 0:42:07.280 --> 0:42:10.080 the eighteen percent, which is like nothing, crazies. But if 0:42:10.120 --> 0:42:12.479 that comes down and he plays more games and stays healthy, 0:42:12.520 --> 0:42:14.239 it'll be around the same number anyway. Yeah, he's gonna 0:42:14.239 --> 0:42:16.920 be thirty five home runs anymore. The big difference in 0:42:17.200 --> 0:42:19.920 Kepler is that the hard hit percentage, and you described 0:42:19.960 --> 0:42:22.520 it went up to from thirty three percent just two 0:42:22.600 --> 0:42:24.400 or three years ago. That is a change. It's not 0:42:24.520 --> 0:42:28.200 juice ball necessarily related. One thing I've noticed is that 0:42:28.440 --> 0:42:30.960 just across the board on fangrafs last year, everyone's hard 0:42:31.040 --> 0:42:34.320 hit rate was up. Every launch angle you have that 0:42:34.600 --> 0:42:37.920 his launch angle was eighteen point two degrees on average, 0:42:37.960 --> 0:42:41.600 which was the highest of his career and is bordering 0:42:41.760 --> 0:42:45.200 almost being too high. Okay, you want an average launch angle, 0:42:45.719 --> 0:42:49.920 this is it's not crazy. Eighteen degrees is not crazy, 0:42:50.080 --> 0:42:52.720 but typically an average launch angle what was it previously? 0:42:52.760 --> 0:42:55.839 What was lung angle sixteen the year before, twelve point 0:42:55.920 --> 0:43:02.000 seven the year before the year before that, consistently higher 0:43:02.040 --> 0:43:04.680 launch Yeah, he's consistently going, but you know, I don't 0:43:04.680 --> 0:43:06.359 want him to go much higher than where he's at 0:43:06.760 --> 0:43:09.160 right now. And the batting average you saw last year 0:43:09.200 --> 0:43:11.839 was two fifty two. Is expected batting average to sixty two, 0:43:12.520 --> 0:43:15.480 So maybe even some positive regression on the batting average 0:43:15.520 --> 0:43:17.920 air And again, Greg, what I'll bring up about Kepler 0:43:18.000 --> 0:43:21.960 and his value this upcoming season is why take Kepler 0:43:22.000 --> 0:43:26.040 when you get fran Milray's fifteen twenty picks later? That's 0:43:26.239 --> 0:43:29.120 the ultimately the question that you have to answer, because 0:43:29.120 --> 0:43:32.120 are they going to be that dissimilar? I don't know 0:43:32.200 --> 0:43:34.759 that is here're a good question. If Kepler's here's the difference, right, 0:43:34.800 --> 0:43:37.600 If Kepler's leading off for the Twins team, He's gonna 0:43:37.640 --> 0:43:42.000 score like ten runs, similar power, similar RBI, but his 0:43:42.440 --> 0:43:45.160 his RBI will be down though similar where it was 0:43:45.239 --> 0:43:47.319 last year. That lead up most of the year last year, 0:43:48.040 --> 0:43:49.879 so he had he did have nine d r BI 0:43:50.000 --> 0:43:54.040 last year. Yeah, last year, and he had the splits 0:43:54.120 --> 0:43:56.440 right here. Yeah, for thirty seven at bats leading off 0:43:56.520 --> 0:43:59.160 the first of all year last year. Nine they were 0:43:59.280 --> 0:44:01.360 they looked they were one of the best alls. And 0:44:01.360 --> 0:44:03.600 they're gonna be really good again, like they have Josh Donaldson, 0:44:03.640 --> 0:44:05.759 to have miguelso Nelson Cruz, They're gonna be really like 0:44:05.920 --> 0:44:08.640 Kepler man, I like Kepler. I think he's under value here. 0:44:09.719 --> 0:44:11.920 I would agree with you. I A point we were 0:44:11.920 --> 0:44:15.200 trying to get at with yesterday's exercise was were these 0:44:15.239 --> 0:44:17.719 players affected by the juice ball? And I think you 0:44:17.719 --> 0:44:19.680 even make a case that he was, to be honest 0:44:19.719 --> 0:44:21.960 with you, but I also think you see a player 0:44:22.040 --> 0:44:24.879 that has made strides to get better. He's twenty seven 0:44:24.960 --> 0:44:27.880 years old and he was regarded as a top prospect. 0:44:28.840 --> 0:44:31.400 Why is it inconceivable that in his age twenty six 0:44:31.440 --> 0:44:33.799 season he finally put her all together. It's not, of course, 0:44:33.840 --> 0:44:35.919 it's not. I also used to think Kepler was a Jew. 0:44:36.480 --> 0:44:41.680 He's not. No, He's from Germany. Greg Maximilian Kevloski is 0:44:41.719 --> 0:44:45.960 his name. I like that name, Maximilian. I don't need 0:44:46.040 --> 0:44:48.719 to ask you this question, but I will anyway. It's 0:44:48.719 --> 0:44:52.600 just as brother Max, I'm going to everyone's birthday. Man, 0:44:52.640 --> 0:44:55.880 it's crazy. I'm gonna assume that you did not you 0:44:55.960 --> 0:44:58.680 did not watch you did not watch UGO growing up. No, 0:44:58.880 --> 0:45:01.600 that's the enem mated series. You're still asking the trading 0:45:01.640 --> 0:45:03.520 card game, right, I got it? No? No, because there 0:45:03.600 --> 0:45:06.560 was a very popular character and they're called Maximilian Pegasus. 0:45:06.800 --> 0:45:10.440 Nice sick name, name your kids. There was a prospect 0:45:10.520 --> 0:45:15.120 named Maximilian Pegasus. Name Maximilian Pegasus stamfill nice. Right, it's 0:45:15.160 --> 0:45:18.200 not bad. I kind of like Maximilian as a name. 0:45:19.040 --> 0:45:22.840 It's gonna get sorted to Max Max stamfle that's sounds cool. No, No, no, no, 0:45:23.400 --> 0:45:28.879 we're out on Max Stamfel. Whish all right. Another guy 0:45:29.080 --> 0:45:31.200 last dude had a really good year was trad Man 0:45:31.320 --> 0:45:34.200 City Boom moom Um get back last year after a 0:45:34.280 --> 0:45:36.719 down year. Ever leave the year before. People really liked 0:45:36.800 --> 0:45:41.560 him back in Rather, I think he struggled last year. 0:45:41.600 --> 0:45:44.560 He was fantastic for the Orioles for most of this season. 0:45:44.960 --> 0:45:49.000 It was his twenty six seven year old season. He 0:45:49.080 --> 0:45:51.800 had thirty five homers over a hundred runs scored almost 0:45:51.840 --> 0:45:53.800 a hundred r v I at a two nine you 0:45:53.840 --> 0:45:57.800 want with an OVP over three sixty. He was awesome 0:45:57.880 --> 0:46:01.200 last year. Highest heart hit percentage of his at seven percent. 0:46:01.480 --> 0:46:04.400 Not really egregious on run five ball ratio though highest 0:46:04.480 --> 0:46:07.440 of his career over twenty three percent was at home 0:46:07.560 --> 0:46:09.839 in the ball ratio got a little bit lucky last year, Frank, 0:46:09.960 --> 0:46:12.680 what do you think about trade Man sin Yeah, there 0:46:12.760 --> 0:46:14.640 seems to be some people that are split on trade 0:46:14.680 --> 0:46:17.080 Man Seni this upcoming season, trying to figure out, you know, 0:46:17.200 --> 0:46:19.359 how did he finally put it all together and break 0:46:19.400 --> 0:46:21.640 out last year. You mentioned the home run to flyball 0:46:21.760 --> 0:46:24.359 ratio a little bit high for him at twenty three 0:46:24.440 --> 0:46:27.160 point six percent last year. It was at twenty point 0:46:27.320 --> 0:46:31.759 nine percent the year before percent for his career, so 0:46:31.880 --> 0:46:34.360 it really wasn't that much higher than his career. Mark 0:46:34.920 --> 0:46:38.719 did put together a career season thirty five home runs, 0:46:38.719 --> 0:46:43.520 a hundred six rbid, six runs scored ninety seven r BI, 0:46:44.000 --> 0:46:46.719 and he did that in the Baltimore Orioles line up. 0:46:46.760 --> 0:46:48.879 That was not very good, but it is a very 0:46:48.920 --> 0:46:52.680 good ballpark to hit in. Just in general for Camden Yards, 0:46:53.480 --> 0:46:56.960 he improved the walk percentage last year. He decreased the 0:46:57.000 --> 0:46:59.400 strikeout percentage last year. I mean he did everything you 0:46:59.520 --> 0:47:02.279 want someone to do in terms of plate discipline. He 0:47:02.400 --> 0:47:05.720 still hits too many ground balls probably here greg similar 0:47:05.760 --> 0:47:09.040 to friend milrays, but he lowered that margin. He lowered 0:47:09.080 --> 0:47:13.960 that about nine per cent from He raised the fly 0:47:14.120 --> 0:47:20.799 ball rate over five percent from he raised his line 0:47:20.880 --> 0:47:24.320 drive rate three percent. I mean, he did everything you 0:47:24.600 --> 0:47:28.240 are asking somebody who normally hits too many ground balls 0:47:28.560 --> 0:47:31.640 to do. He raised his launch angle and it seemed 0:47:31.640 --> 0:47:34.200 like it really clicked for him last year. Improved in 0:47:34.320 --> 0:47:36.560 terms of plate discipline. You look at the splits of 0:47:36.600 --> 0:47:40.960 Trey Mancini, you have no worries whatsoever to batting average 0:47:41.320 --> 0:47:44.120 with a eightee o p s against right handed pitching 0:47:44.520 --> 0:47:48.480 to seventy seven with a p s against left handed pitching. 0:47:49.120 --> 0:47:52.400 His home road splits nothing There p s at home 0:47:52.520 --> 0:47:54.800 nine oh six ops on the road, hits in a 0:47:55.000 --> 0:47:58.160 division with other great ballparks that hit in Yankee Stadium 0:47:58.680 --> 0:48:04.760 Fenway can end in Rogers Center. I don't mind Trey Mancini. 0:48:04.920 --> 0:48:07.480 I look the way that I'll say it is he's 0:48:07.520 --> 0:48:09.560 not a target of mine. But if I were to 0:48:09.600 --> 0:48:12.400 get him as a fallback option at first base or 0:48:12.480 --> 0:48:15.680 as a corner infielder. I would not be mad with that. Man. 0:48:15.760 --> 0:48:17.400 I don't think you're getting as a quarter infielder. He's 0:48:17.400 --> 0:48:20.239 going in the top one in the NFBC. He's probably not. 0:48:20.719 --> 0:48:22.360 He's not gonna you're likely going to get him as 0:48:22.400 --> 0:48:24.759 your first base correct So would you rather have Trey 0:48:24.840 --> 0:48:27.719 Mancini at ninety nine or forty picks later you go 0:48:27.840 --> 0:48:32.600 get Max Chepler. I would rather have Trey Mancini because 0:48:32.719 --> 0:48:34.800 I'm confident that the batting average is going to be 0:48:34.840 --> 0:48:37.680 better for for Mancini. Becaus projecting myself, I think he's 0:48:37.680 --> 0:48:39.520 probably gonna hit two seventy five to two eighties. I 0:48:39.520 --> 0:48:42.480 think that range. But I think the run score over 0:48:42.520 --> 0:48:45.279 a hundred last year at TC that's not replicable. It 0:48:45.840 --> 0:48:50.120 probably not, but has the orient I guess they've gotten 0:48:50.160 --> 0:48:53.280 worse with with no Jonathan Ran. Here's here's what concerns 0:48:53.520 --> 0:48:57.960 right in team where he had that down year. Run 0:48:58.000 --> 0:49:00.640 still okay, he wasn't playing every single eight though hundred 0:49:00.640 --> 0:49:02.160 and fifty six games played more than he played the 0:49:02.239 --> 0:49:06.279 layer last fifty six games played, he had twenty less 0:49:06.320 --> 0:49:12.560 at bats fine sixty runs scored fifty eight revies. That's brutal. 0:49:13.040 --> 0:49:15.680 The Babbitt was to eight five and it was much 0:49:15.760 --> 0:49:18.319 less than three six last year. I had a little 0:49:18.320 --> 0:49:20.560 bit of lucky struck out more two years ago they 0:49:20.560 --> 0:49:22.759 did last year. Hard a percentage went up last year. 0:49:22.800 --> 0:49:26.319 But that's like i'd say the floor, and he did 0:49:26.360 --> 0:49:29.040 in seventeen eighteen. He had back to back years of 0:49:29.200 --> 0:49:32.040 essentially the same year outside of the average. If we 0:49:32.160 --> 0:49:35.279 think Max Kepler has gotten better, and this is what 0:49:35.360 --> 0:49:38.919 man Seni is like, I'd rather that man forty picks 0:49:38.920 --> 0:49:41.600 I'm sorry, Keppler forty picks later pretty minute SEENI and 0:49:41.640 --> 0:49:43.919 Max Kepler at the same age, Greg, So why can't 0:49:43.960 --> 0:49:46.880 we just trust that man Sini just got better as well? Right, 0:49:47.120 --> 0:49:50.480 it might continue to get better. He could also nickname 0:49:50.520 --> 0:49:52.879 Boom Boom. Absolutely, it's not really his name. Nickname that's 0:49:52.880 --> 0:49:59.160 okay to me, but it's the laws. Absolutely. Also awesome, 0:49:59.280 --> 0:50:01.320 Scott Ferrel. He's up next with Coast to Coast and 0:50:01.320 --> 0:50:04.560 Frank's Navie. I'm Greg Sauceman. Thanks to Shot and Alex downstairs. 0:50:04.719 --> 0:50:07.280 We'll do it all you tomorrow, we hope.