WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off July 11th, 2022 (Ep. 549) 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:16.960 Merryfield, hits the shelf, Let's play ball. Welcome in everybody 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:19.400 to fantasy pros. This is leading off, brought to you 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:22.239 by bet MGM, the King of sports Books. It's me 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:25.239 Joey p Jo Pi's appear with me as always as 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:30.440 Chris Welsh, the Welsh, the Welsh, the One, the Only Welsh. 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:33.200 And today we've got one more week to the All 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:36.120 Star Game. The little bit of a break in the action, 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:38.640 but we're still going hard. We're going ahead it, baby, 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:41.560 don't worry about it. Still lots going on. We're gonna 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:43.720 talk about the rest of the All Star rosters today, 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:47.360 the winners and losers from this week's stats. We've had 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:51.479 injuries as always, and some fun facts, all kinds of 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:54.880 fun things. It's a fun Monday. Everyone says Friday is fun, 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:56.880 but no, no Welsh, We're making Monday fun. 0:00:57.200 --> 0:00:59.080 Oh yeah, We're gonna make a new trend. It's like, 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:03.480 oh on Monday, having massive anxiety on Sunday night because 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.960 Monday and entire work weeks ahead. Everybody's doing okay, right. 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.679 It's fine, yeah, fun Monday, fun day. 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:11.360 I like what you said. By the way, the one, 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:14.520 the Only Chris Welsh, even though technically there is exactly 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:17.560 another Chris Welsh in baseball who is a famous baseball pitcher, 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.119 and I'm a nobody famous, but I am the one 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:22.840 and only, well Chris Welsh a Reds pitcher in the 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:25.080 announce and he's an announcer. I guess he was a 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:29.000 famous padres and he's an announcer. 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:30.760 I think you're more famous than that. I bet you 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:31.840 have more Twitter followers than that. 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:35.000 Dude, definitely not. I'm gonna go look, there's no way 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:36.880 that's uh, I'm pretty sure. 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:39.080 I guess is that the standard of famous. I guess 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:41.120 Instagram is really the standard of famous. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.000 Now, yeah, yeah, you know he doesn't have his I mean, 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.800 I'm I'm almost about eleven, but he's a twenty two. 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:49.559 So so far that pitcher wins. 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:51.640 Wow. If I have more than he does and he 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:54.040 ain't famous, so that that's that doesn't. 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:56.200 Count your famous shoe. 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.160 That's right in my own mind. Let's get to the 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:02.240 headlines here. Let's start with Carlo Santana. He was so 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:05.240 smooth this week and I actually did the Waiver Wire video. 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:07.200 He was one of the guys I like, look, Carlo 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.480 Santana was like pluck him off the waiver wire. Since 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:11.919 he's been in Seattle, he's he's getting on base. I mean, 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:14.079 the power was falling behind a little bit, but you know, 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:17.880 he's a little older player still. But this weekend that's 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.200 some big flies and the win over Toronto, so that 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.000 power starting to come around too. So maybe they made 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.160 an adjustment. I don't know, but things are looking better 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:25.920 for Carlo Santana, and I think he was rostered in 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:28.160 like fifteen percent of league. Is something ridiculous like that. 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:30.919 Wilmer Flores goes deep twice and win over San Diego. 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:33.920 Trevor's story drove in three as the Red Sox beat 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.239 the Yankees. I know Mike Mayer was very happy about that. 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.680 We had Corey Lee lead the Astros past the A's. 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:44.160 On Sunday, the Braves acquired Robinson Cano from the Padres 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:47.280 for cash. So there's your big left handed bat. If 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.320 you're the Braves, right, well, she gotta be super excited 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:50.000 about that, Robin. 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:53.320 They also, the Braves are doing weird stuff, by the way, 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:56.040 just not that everybody's gonna care. But so the Braves 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.239 acquiring Robinson Cano is like I was looking around, I'm like, 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:01.760 am I missing something? I'm missing what's going on. But 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:05.560 then they also moved one of their top ish prospects, 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:09.280 Drew Waters this morning in a trade to the Royals 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:12.520 in a three team trade c J Alexander Waters and 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:15.240 I'm forgetting the third piece for the thirty fifth pick 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:19.120 in this weekend's MLB draft because you can trade compensatory picks, 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.960 you can't trade the actual picks. So they're just making 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:25.280 a bunch of odd moves, moving three prospects for a 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:29.399 pick or potential money. They're getting Robinson Cano, who, I mean, 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:31.079 I don't know where the fit is. I don't know 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.560 what any team is thinking, like when the patter's acquired him, Like, 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:36.280 what's what are we doing? What are we doing with 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:39.560 Robinson Cano? What fastest? Like Carlos Santana actually like really 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.440 good teammate. He's been known for years and years and 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:45.280 years as like this great clubhouse leader and stuff like that. 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:48.360 I don't know that Robinson Cano plays that role like 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:49.160 at all. 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:52.240 Yeah, Drew Waters as a player that's been floating around 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:53.880 that system for a long time, though, I mean I 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:56.800 think he's kind of They passed this expiration date as 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:58.000 a prospect a little bit. 0:03:58.040 --> 0:03:59.920 Or no, Well, no, no, I mean he's still young. 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:02.320 He was actually involved. I just talked about the other day. 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.880 He was involved in the I keep forgetting his name. 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:09.760 Remember the controversy with the GM who was with Kevin 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:13.480 Myton controversy where Kevin Myton was given like a hot 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:16.839 a condo in Florida and a bunch of money and 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.440 he was paying people under the table. Drew Waters was 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.920 actually part of that where he had like promised a 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:25.080 certain amount of money. But he was one of the 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.560 few that didn't get kicked off the team. Christian Bettencourt 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:29.160 was another one of those who's now with the Rays. 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.560 But yeah, Waters only twenty three years old, like Wonky, 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:34.120 just put in there and you know, a little bit 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:38.679 of injuries, lack of major production. But you know, getting closer, 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:41.560 Drew Waters could probably come up and place him outfield 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:42.599 for the Royals right now. 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:44.640 Well they might need him to because what Murfield is 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:46.680 going to be on the IL for several weeks with 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:51.280 the toe injury. Great terrific grand But before we get 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.000 to more on then, you know, let's let's do a 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.280 couple other notes here. Albert Poole say this six hundred 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:59.239 and eighty fourth home run so congratulations to mister Pooles. 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:01.960 Austin Riley another homer that was two on the weekend. 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:05.120 So Joey p got a couple dingers, very nice. I like, 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:07.839 is good. Still not on the board though, I'm just 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.240 missing the board. I'm tied there with everybody else. But 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.560 here are the injuries. Starling Marte Groin likely to avoid 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:15.960 the il so, I mean, we'll see what that's all about. 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:18.520 Brian Reynolds exits with discomfort in his right side. That's 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:20.720 never a good thing. Well, the All Star break coming, 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:22.799 you have some extra time there. We'll see what happens. 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:24.520 But with Maryfield, this is the one I want to 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:26.880 come back to. It's been a really disappointing season. I 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.720 acquired him early in the year on that first slump, 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:31.680 and I was hoping he would turn things around. There 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:33.080 was a little bit of a run where he did. 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.240 And now the injury and several weeks no boy, oh 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.880 you got Wander Franco also over the weekend too. I 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.840 mean it was gonna miss several weeks. So this is 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.440 a problem certainly for the Raised offense as well. Well. 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.200 Also no trade value anymore for the Royals. And then 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.160 Wander Franco. I mean, this is an offense. It can't 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.680 afford to lose anybody, So losing Wonder Franco for an 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:54.279 extent appeared also not good for the race. 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:56.240 Yeah, I thought the Franco trade is like the biggest 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:57.840 one that we should be on here. But the whit 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:01.640 Maryfield one. He is fascinating because, like you said, it's 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:03.400 really on the precipice of like, is he gonna be 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:06.680 able to return with any trade deadline that's still out there. 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:09.440 That's what I'm really worried about, because the Royals seemed 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:11.680 like they were really looking to start unloading some of 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:14.479 those pieces and he was probably gonna be at the 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.720 center of it. So looks like Andrew Benintendi will probably first. 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:20.520 I know that there's a couple of teams I'm forgetting. 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:23.520 The main one was the Mets that are kicking tires 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.440 around Andrew benin Tendi. And then if Waight can come 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:28.600 back with any time or I mean they can still 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:30.760 trade him even if he's injured. He's gonna come back shortly, 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:33.200 but his trade value just took a little smack, which 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:33.760 is brutal. 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:37.000 No good, no Boyne. Now, all right, let's talk about 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:38.719 the rest of the All Star Game. Guys, we already 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:40.680 did the starters last week. Who he knew we're gonna 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.560 be the starters, the starting pitchers, though, we'll go with 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:46.720 let's start with the American League. You're gonna have Shane McClanahan, 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.880 No Doy, Justin Verlander, Alec Manoa, Nesser Cortez, Garrett cole 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:54.200 o'tani as the pitcher. So we'll see how that happens. 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:58.000 Paul Blackburn, much to the dismay, I want me say 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:01.400 that again, Paul Blackburn an All Star. You like that, 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.800 Mike Mayer, you like that. I know everybody gets one, 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:04.719 but still. 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:08.760 Okay, well, all Star. Joe Mantiply is also a All Star. 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.960 Martin Perez is an All Star, so is fran Barvaldez. 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:18.920 The relievers are Clay Holmes, Emmanuel Classe, Jorge Lopez, Gregory Soto. 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:21.160 Those are the guys. The reserves for the American League 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:26.679 Arise Trevino, Andres Semenez, Jose Ramirez, Xander Boguards Byron Bucks 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:29.000 and your boy did make the All Star team. Congratulations 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:33.560 to Buxton and you Welsh, Kyle Tucker, George Springer, Andrew Benintendi, 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:37.120 Julio thank Goodness, made the All Star Team in Jordan Alvarez. 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:39.880 Fun fact, Andre Semenez made the All Star Team, but 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:44.480 Francosco Lindor did not. Does that enrage Mets fans? You think. 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:47.880 I mean it's a Mets fan. Sure, I gotta tell 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:50.640 you I'm not in you know, you know, maybe I'm 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.400 a lack of fun here, not the party fun guy 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:56.160 of All Star games. I don't get excited about this stuff. 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:59.880 I don't get worked up. But man, Dylan c Ston 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:06.120 making it is It's relatively wild that you can't get 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.840 Dylan Ceason here, like Paul Blackburn is an All Star 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:13.520 and Cease isn't. Like I completely understand the everybody team, 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:15.280 which is dumb by the way, it's one of the 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:18.040 dumber again, it's it's a dumb thing. No, it doesn't. 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:21.200 Everybody doesn't need to be on there. Do you think 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:24.000 diamondback fans are gonna come in droves to where their 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:27.000 Joe Mantiply jerseys and be excited that a relief pitcher 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:30.040 got in? Is there one guy? No, they're not, And 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:33.680 it completely takes away from Dylan Ceese, who is well 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.839 Manipla doesn't. But the whole process of it. Like with 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.520 Blackburn takes Away. It's the dumbest thing on the planet. 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:42.080 I hate it, but I don't get too investive. But 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:43.680 that would be the one thing I look at this and. 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:49.040 I go, yeah, Dylan season. I'm sure he'll end up 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.480 on the team. Somebody will opt out or something. Yeah, 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.640 I agree, it always does. I think he will get 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:56.800 on elected starters we already know for the National League, 0:08:56.800 --> 0:09:00.760 but the reserves, Travis Darnault, Pete Alonzo, CJ. Crow. I 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:02.559 hope both those guys are in the derby. That'd be fun. 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:05.120 Jeff McNeil made the All Star team. Also, no one 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:08.160 aeronauto of course, just missed the starting gig. Dancey Swanson, 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:10.600 Kyle Schwarber, well deserving Stirling Marte. We'll see if he 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:12.560 plays in it, Jule, and so do Ian Happ and 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:15.680 William Contreras. So there you go. He's gonna start apparently 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:17.640 with the brother We're going to be out. Yeah, the 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:24.720 brothers in the All Star Game. Bro, brothers got to start, 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:28.400 don't they usually? Is? Yeah? 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.280 Don't they usually have the home run Derby participants like 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:34.760 listed or am I just creating usually. 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:36.199 This week like we're gonna start getting them. I think 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:37.400 in a couple of days. Okay. 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.920 I just figured we would have like the names floating around, 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:41.840 like a guy or two had already agreed, like we've 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:42.520 heard nothing. 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:46.000 I think typically they've let the it's usually during the 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.000 week now, because I think first you have to name 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:49.960 all the guys so people know already if they're going 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:52.199 there already that they're gonna participate, because it takes a 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:54.360 lot for somebody to participate. Isn't an all Star And 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.120 sometimes you do get that, like the guys like yeah, 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:57.439 I'll do the derby, like I'll come fly. 0:09:57.640 --> 0:09:59.160 I just felt like I felt like we had one 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:01.439 of those things where it was like Otani had agreed 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:04.120 to do it like three weeks before, and we had 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.280 this big build up to it, like we're like a week. 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:09.120 Out, so I don't know, we'll show Heyani special though 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:12.679 yeah He's like, yeah, sure, I would she always do. 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.920 Only just wants to play baseball. I think what I got? 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:17.840 I pitch? Can I hit? Can I manage? You're that? 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:19.360 When you're that good, I don't blame it. 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:21.920 I don't blame him. Sandel Contra is that good. He's 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.600 probably gonna start the All Star Game, Corbyn Burns, Joe Musgrove, 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.800 Max Free, Tony Gonson, Luis Castillo made the All Star Team. 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.640 Nobody would have thought that. In April. Uh, Clayton Kershaw 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:34.800 made it, Josh Hater, Edwin Diaz, Ryan Helsey Bedner, and 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:40.240 Joe Mantiple Joe Mantiply. Is it Manti Mantiply? You know what? 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.000 So I have this been? I think I confused me. 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:43.840 I think it is. I think it's man. I think 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:48.920 it's actually Mantipley, But I uh, he sat Joe. I 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:51.040 was doing like a It's like a SpongeBob character of 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:55.319 the villains, you know, like the aqua Joe Mantiply like, yeah. 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:57.640 I don't die, I Mantiply. 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.480 He'll be an aquaman too. But yeah, is that it's 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:01.480 actually men tip Ley? 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:02.400 All right? 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:05.120 So you don't me by the way, because no one 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:05.600 knows him. 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:09.760 That's all right. Alex Carr was pissed about Zach Wheeler 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:14.080 fifth among MLB starters in War uh, and also Aaron Nola, 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.360 sixth of the month MLB pitchers in War. Both of 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:19.040 them did not miss make the All Star Team, so 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.160 I can understand a little frustration there. But the National 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:23.320 League pitching has been so good it's hard to argue 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:24.160 any of that. 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.559 You know, Mantipley going in over wheelers. 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:28.440 You can argue, well, that's the thing is like you 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:30.840 can have these more relievers and everybody gets somebody. So 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.600 there you go. Man, Tipty, I'm gonna be I can 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:37.000 make a really inappropriate joke, but I won't. Let's get 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:41.199 to the next bit here. Fun facts. Highest slugging percentage 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:44.960 in the seventh inning or later. Aaron Judge is number one, 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:48.480 Hunter renfro Is at seven point thirty, Aaron Judge at 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:52.360 seven sixty one, Josh Naylor on this list, and Jazz Chisholm, 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.920 Bryce Harper, Kevin Bigio, and Manny Margo. I just thought 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.040 that was an interesting thing. Slugging percentage in the seventh 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.080 inning or later. Is that a stat that means absolutely 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.440 nothing to you? Or do you think, yeah, in late 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:08.120 innings guys who show up with big hits and powerful hits, 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:09.760 that that does kind of matter to you. 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.600 Ah Man, that's like a loaded question. I don't want 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:17.199 to I don't want to dismiss it like it's absolutely nothing. 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:21.160 It's a super weird like in the seventh inning, or later. 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.480 Picking that is kind of odd. It's a good list 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:27.280 of names. I guess it shows you know that clutch 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:30.560 if you will, Joe, that clutch gene in there. But 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.360 I don't know. You see Marco and Cavin Bigio, like, 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:37.520 do they change their approach in the ladder half of games? 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:40.640 I mean Bigio has struggled. I know he's been decent 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.439 as of recent but I don't know. I don't think. 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:45.120 I guess at the end of the day, I don't 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.160 really take anything away from it. I think it's cool 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:49.200 that it's good. Maybe there's a little clutch in there. 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:53.200 Maybe latter half of games. You know, if they are 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:54.800 a little bit more consistent and they're going to be 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:56.480 hitting hard, maybe you can count on that. But what 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:58.280 does that really get you. You're not gonna be like, well, 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:02.320 because Kevin Bigio is it is the fifth best slugging 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:04.360 in the seventh inning or later. I'm very comfortable with 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:05.720 him now in my line up because I know I'll 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:08.040 get that late hit. Like, No, I don't really think 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:09.199 it's a lead up to much. 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:13.240 I think it's more indicative about relief pitching, Like you know, yeah, 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.160 I mean, these are the guys who feast on bad 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:18.880 relief pitching. That would be my takeaway. Yeah, maybe you know, 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:20.559 seventh inning or later, you get some of these guys 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.280 sometimes in mop up duty or what have you. This 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.000 day in baseball nineteen eighty nine, Bo Jackson and Wade 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.120 Boggs lead off the bottom of the first ending went 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:30.640 back to back homers off Rick Russell to spark the 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.160 American League to a five to three win. In the 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.480 All Star Game. That was in nineteen eighty nine. Bo 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:38.320 Jackson won the MVP that year. True story, This is 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.320 nineteen eighty nine. This is the year that I went 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:41.880 to the Hall of Fame. It was the year it 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.840 was Johnny bench On Crolos Streemsky going in. If memory serves, 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:46.640 my parents took me to the Hall of Fame. It 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:49.280 was an amazing weekend of baseball. And then we came 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:51.320 back and I turned on the All Star Game. I 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:53.720 got home right when it started. I turned it on 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.880 and Bo Jackson hit the home run. True story, Washington, 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:58.760 this is a very memory for me. 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.960 Did you see this wild tweet? This was from who 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:05.400 is this? Josh Vernier who is an inside a radio 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:09.080 insider for the Kansas City Royals, and he did. I don't, 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:11.960 I mean, I don't understand this sometimes. But five hundred 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:15.000 and eleven games with Kansas City, Bo Jackson one hundred 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:17.839 and eighty nine extra base hits, two fifty three h 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:22.280 eight four eighty uh slugging in twenty ten played appearances 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:25.360 five hundred and eleven games of Kansas City. Hundred Dozer 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.880 one hundred and eighty nine extra base hits two forty 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:32.200 five three fourteen four thirty seven slash line in twenty 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.480 seventeen played appearances essentially saying hundred dozer in bo Jackson, 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.240 where the are the exact same player, five hundred and 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:42.560 eleven games with the Royals. That's where we're at nowadays. 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.960 That's that to me, that's very similar to your seventh 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:46.520 inning slugging or later. 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:48.920 Well, this is this is dumb. Like what I mean, 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:53.840 it's a very different era of baseball. Number one, number two, uh. 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:58.000 Bo Jackson was still played football at the same time 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.400 in octobers of like maybe. 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:03.800 Under Dozer plays a long darts. 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:07.560 I mean, I always wonder if bo Jackson had only 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:09.720 just played baseball, he hadn't gone back and forth, what 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:14.040 he would have developed into. And look, Dojer is a 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:17.320 nice player. I like Hunter Doser, but I mean that's 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:18.680 the kind of stuff where he's It's like you could 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:20.680 cherry pick stats and compare guys and make a case 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:23.240 that this guy is Bo Jackson. I mean Bo Jackson 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:27.360 also made incredible plays defensively that people could not believe 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:28.680 he had an incredible. 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:30.520 Yeah, and do's not I think it's I think though 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.680 the point they like to do is talk about the 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:36.720 overrated ness of of players, which maybe to the football said, 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.280 how many football baseball players did we have? We had 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:44.240 Dion bo Brian Jordan. Do we have others that were 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:48.840 playing at the same time or like even Cross was Dion? 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.960 It was Brian Jordan and Bo Jackson. 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.160 James did Heja Doser play football and baseball? I want 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:58.520 to say he was one of those guys too, if 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:00.920 it could be wrong, but yeah, I mean those of 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:03.880 Brian Jordan was a good to another fantastic athlete. But 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:06.960 specialization is something you're never probably gonna see again. Trivia 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.240 Question of the Day. Manny Machado is the second third 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:12.400 baseman selected to the All Star Game in each league, 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:16.560 who was the first, who was the first third baseman 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.200 selected to the American League and the National League. If 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:21.600 you think you know the answer, subscribe to Fancy Bros MLB. 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:23.800 Drop the answer in the chat. Let's see how smart jar. 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.240 But yeah, this was a fun little trivia question. And 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.800 yes it's a player from somewhat recent I will give 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:32.760 you a hint. This is a player from the seventies 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.000 and eighties, but a well known player at that. So 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:37.520 I will say that not a Hall of Famer, but 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.800 definitely an All Star and definitely somebody that was pretty 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:42.720 well known. I would say, let's get to the stat 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:46.440 heroes over the weekend. Taiwan Walker seven k's but unfortunately 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.320 lost to Sandy al Contra, who was better. Alex Woods 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:52.840 seven k's, no earned eight k's. Jacob Derizi back seven 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:57.240 k's seven innings for him. Carlos Rodon twelve k's and 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.520 nine he was spectacular. Another good star from Kershall with 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:04.480 ten k's. You Darvish six k's and seven Redebtmers your 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:06.760 boy seven k's. That's a big output for him in 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:08.400 six innings. That's enough for the rest of the month 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:12.280 for Redebtmers. Luis Castillo eight k's and seven want earn run. 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:14.879 Blake Snell with a good start one earned eleven k's 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:19.440 for him and Zach Wheeler no. Earned seven innings five k's. 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:21.760 How about Blake Snell. What's your confidence level on him 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.040 now start to start? Does that change? You feel pretty 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.040 confident about Snell going forward second half? 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:30.280 I don't, Actually I don't. I'm turning the page on 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:32.600 him as I've been working through ranks. He just progressively 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:34.399 is kind. I mean, this is a really great outing. 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:36.440 It's moving a little bit lower. There's also been a 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:38.159 lot of trade rumors. I don't know if you saw this, 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.199 that the Padres are looking around. I think that's probably 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:44.280 changed a decent amount with Mackenzie Gore breaking out or 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:46.960 breaking apart a little bit, but that they were looking 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.359 for some outfield help, maybe an impact bat, and Blake 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:51.720 Snell might be one of those. I just don't. I 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:54.440 think he's moved out of a tier. But you know, 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:56.639 I think for the most part you can be relatively 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:59.920 okay with putting him out there. But I'm less confident 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.560 than I was at the beginning of the season, for sure. 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:05.240 I don't see any guesses so far in the chat 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:08.640 for the third base question for All Stars Guys All 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:11.600 Star third baseman for the National League, in the American League, 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:12.960 this is not so hard to see. 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:13.920 Any other hints. 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:17.879 All right, I'll give you one more hint. This player 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:23.919 he played for the Yankees. He played for the Yankees. 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.840 That was one of the one of the All Star appearances. 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.879 In fact two, let me guess did he play for 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:31.240 one of the Yankees. 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.639 That's three. That's three far leaves today we'll see how 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:39.919 with the over under Lesard, So over Richard. Here are 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:42.080 some of the hitters that were good. Chris Bryant finally 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:44.280 three home runs. Look at that, all solo shots. But again, 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:47.399 beggars can't be choosers. Three dingers for Carlos Santano over 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:50.040 the weekend, same for Wilmer Flores. Corey Seeger has been 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:52.959 red hot since I acquired him. You're welcome, General Public 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.320 six for nine, six RBI, Matt Carpenter seven for nine 0:18:56.320 --> 0:18:59.720