Speaker 1: Merryfield, hits the shelf, Let's play ball. Welcome in everybody
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Speaker 1: Chris Welsh, the Welsh, the Welsh, the One, the Only Welsh.
Speaker 1: And today we've got one more week to the All
Speaker 1: Star Game. The little bit of a break in the action,
Speaker 1: but we're still going hard. We're going ahead it, baby,
Speaker 1: don't worry about it. Still lots going on. We're gonna
Speaker 1: talk about the rest of the All Star rosters today,
Speaker 1: the winners and losers from this week's stats. We've had
Speaker 1: injuries as always, and some fun facts, all kinds of
Speaker 1: fun things. It's a fun Monday. Everyone says Friday is fun,
Speaker 1: but no, no Welsh, We're making Monday fun.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, We're gonna make a new trend. It's like,
Speaker 2: oh on Monday, having massive anxiety on Sunday night because
Speaker 2: Monday and entire work weeks ahead. Everybody's doing okay, right.
Speaker 1: It's fine, yeah, fun Monday, fun day.
Speaker 2: I like what you said. By the way, the one,
Speaker 2: the Only Chris Welsh, even though technically there is exactly
Speaker 2: another Chris Welsh in baseball who is a famous baseball pitcher,
Speaker 2: and I'm a nobody famous, but I am the one
Speaker 2: and only, well Chris Welsh a Reds pitcher in the
Speaker 2: announce and he's an announcer. I guess he was a
Speaker 2: famous padres and he's an announcer.
Speaker 1: I think you're more famous than that. I bet you
Speaker 1: have more Twitter followers than that.
Speaker 2: Dude, definitely not. I'm gonna go look, there's no way
Speaker 2: that's uh, I'm pretty sure.
Speaker 1: I guess is that the standard of famous. I guess
Speaker 1: Instagram is really the standard of famous.
Speaker 2: Now, yeah, yeah, you know he doesn't have his I mean,
Speaker 2: I'm I'm almost about eleven, but he's a twenty two.
Speaker 2: So so far that pitcher wins.
Speaker 1: Wow. If I have more than he does and he
Speaker 1: ain't famous, so that that's that doesn't.
Speaker 2: Count your famous shoe.
Speaker 1: That's right in my own mind. Let's get to the
Speaker 1: headlines here. Let's start with Carlo Santana. He was so
Speaker 1: smooth this week and I actually did the Waiver Wire video.
Speaker 1: He was one of the guys I like, look, Carlo
Speaker 1: Santana was like pluck him off the waiver wire. Since
Speaker 1: he's been in Seattle, he's he's getting on base. I mean,
Speaker 1: the power was falling behind a little bit, but you know,
Speaker 1: he's a little older player still. But this weekend that's
Speaker 1: some big flies and the win over Toronto, so that
Speaker 1: power starting to come around too. So maybe they made
Speaker 1: an adjustment. I don't know, but things are looking better
Speaker 1: for Carlo Santana, and I think he was rostered in
Speaker 1: like fifteen percent of league. Is something ridiculous like that.
Speaker 1: Wilmer Flores goes deep twice and win over San Diego.
Speaker 1: Trevor's story drove in three as the Red Sox beat
Speaker 1: the Yankees. I know Mike Mayer was very happy about that.
Speaker 1: We had Corey Lee lead the Astros past the A's.
Speaker 1: On Sunday, the Braves acquired Robinson Cano from the Padres
Speaker 1: for cash. So there's your big left handed bat. If
Speaker 1: you're the Braves, right, well, she gotta be super excited
Speaker 1: about that, Robin.
Speaker 2: They also, the Braves are doing weird stuff, by the way,
Speaker 2: just not that everybody's gonna care. But so the Braves
Speaker 2: acquiring Robinson Cano is like I was looking around, I'm like,
Speaker 2: am I missing something? I'm missing what's going on. But
Speaker 2: then they also moved one of their top ish prospects,
Speaker 2: Drew Waters this morning in a trade to the Royals
Speaker 2: in a three team trade c J Alexander Waters and
Speaker 2: I'm forgetting the third piece for the thirty fifth pick
Speaker 2: in this weekend's MLB draft because you can trade compensatory picks,
Speaker 2: you can't trade the actual picks. So they're just making
Speaker 2: a bunch of odd moves, moving three prospects for a
Speaker 2: pick or potential money. They're getting Robinson Cano, who, I mean,
Speaker 2: I don't know where the fit is. I don't know
Speaker 2: what any team is thinking, like when the patter's acquired him, Like,
Speaker 2: what's what are we doing? What are we doing with
Speaker 2: Robinson Cano? What fastest? Like Carlos Santana actually like really
Speaker 2: good teammate. He's been known for years and years and
Speaker 2: years as like this great clubhouse leader and stuff like that.
Speaker 2: I don't know that Robinson Cano plays that role like
Speaker 2: at all.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Drew Waters as a player that's been floating around
Speaker 1: that system for a long time, though, I mean I
Speaker 1: think he's kind of They passed this expiration date as
Speaker 1: a prospect a little bit.
Speaker 2: Or no, Well, no, no, I mean he's still young.
Speaker 2: He was actually involved. I just talked about the other day.
Speaker 2: He was involved in the I keep forgetting his name.
Speaker 2: Remember the controversy with the GM who was with Kevin
Speaker 2: Myton controversy where Kevin Myton was given like a hot
Speaker 2: a condo in Florida and a bunch of money and
Speaker 2: he was paying people under the table. Drew Waters was
Speaker 2: actually part of that where he had like promised a
Speaker 2: certain amount of money. But he was one of the
Speaker 2: few that didn't get kicked off the team. Christian Bettencourt
Speaker 2: was another one of those who's now with the Rays.
Speaker 2: But yeah, Waters only twenty three years old, like Wonky,
Speaker 2: just put in there and you know, a little bit
Speaker 2: of injuries, lack of major production. But you know, getting closer,
Speaker 2: Drew Waters could probably come up and place him outfield
Speaker 2: for the Royals right now.
Speaker 1: Well they might need him to because what Murfield is
Speaker 1: going to be on the IL for several weeks with
Speaker 1: the toe injury. Great terrific grand But before we get
Speaker 1: to more on then, you know, let's let's do a
Speaker 1: couple other notes here. Albert Poole say this six hundred
Speaker 1: and eighty fourth home run so congratulations to mister Pooles.
Speaker 1: Austin Riley another homer that was two on the weekend.
Speaker 1: So Joey p got a couple dingers, very nice. I like,
Speaker 1: is good. Still not on the board though, I'm just
Speaker 1: missing the board. I'm tied there with everybody else. But
Speaker 1: here are the injuries. Starling Marte Groin likely to avoid
Speaker 1: the il so, I mean, we'll see what that's all about.
Speaker 1: Brian Reynolds exits with discomfort in his right side. That's
Speaker 1: never a good thing. Well, the All Star break coming,
Speaker 1: you have some extra time there. We'll see what happens.
Speaker 1: But with Maryfield, this is the one I want to
Speaker 1: come back to. It's been a really disappointing season. I
Speaker 1: acquired him early in the year on that first slump,
Speaker 1: and I was hoping he would turn things around. There
Speaker 1: was a little bit of a run where he did.
Speaker 1: And now the injury and several weeks no boy, oh
Speaker 1: you got Wander Franco also over the weekend too. I
Speaker 1: mean it was gonna miss several weeks. So this is
Speaker 1: a problem certainly for the Raised offense as well. Well.
Speaker 1: Also no trade value anymore for the Royals. And then
Speaker 1: Wander Franco. I mean, this is an offense. It can't
Speaker 1: afford to lose anybody, So losing Wonder Franco for an
Speaker 1: extent appeared also not good for the race.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought the Franco trade is like the biggest
Speaker 2: one that we should be on here. But the whit
Speaker 2: Maryfield one. He is fascinating because, like you said, it's
Speaker 2: really on the precipice of like, is he gonna be
Speaker 2: able to return with any trade deadline that's still out there.
Speaker 2: That's what I'm really worried about, because the Royals seemed
Speaker 2: like they were really looking to start unloading some of
Speaker 2: those pieces and he was probably gonna be at the
Speaker 2: center of it. So looks like Andrew Benintendi will probably first.
Speaker 2: I know that there's a couple of teams I'm forgetting.
Speaker 2: The main one was the Mets that are kicking tires
Speaker 2: around Andrew benin Tendi. And then if Waight can come
Speaker 2: back with any time or I mean they can still
Speaker 2: trade him even if he's injured. He's gonna come back shortly,
Speaker 2: but his trade value just took a little smack, which
Speaker 2: is brutal.
Speaker 1: No good, no Boyne. Now, all right, let's talk about
Speaker 1: the rest of the All Star Game. Guys, we already
Speaker 1: did the starters last week. Who he knew we're gonna
Speaker 1: be the starters, the starting pitchers, though, we'll go with
Speaker 1: let's start with the American League. You're gonna have Shane McClanahan,
Speaker 1: No Doy, Justin Verlander, Alec Manoa, Nesser Cortez, Garrett cole
Speaker 1: o'tani as the pitcher. So we'll see how that happens.
Speaker 1: Paul Blackburn, much to the dismay, I want me say
Speaker 1: that again, Paul Blackburn an All Star. You like that,
Speaker 1: Mike Mayer, you like that. I know everybody gets one,
Speaker 1: but still.
Speaker 2: Okay, well, all Star. Joe Mantiply is also a All Star.
Speaker 1: Martin Perez is an All Star, so is fran Barvaldez.
Speaker 1: The relievers are Clay Holmes, Emmanuel Classe, Jorge Lopez, Gregory Soto.
Speaker 1: Those are the guys. The reserves for the American League
Speaker 1: Arise Trevino, Andres Semenez, Jose Ramirez, Xander Boguards Byron Bucks
Speaker 1: and your boy did make the All Star team. Congratulations
Speaker 1: to Buxton and you Welsh, Kyle Tucker, George Springer, Andrew Benintendi,
Speaker 1: Julio thank Goodness, made the All Star Team in Jordan Alvarez.
Speaker 1: Fun fact, Andre Semenez made the All Star Team, but
Speaker 1: Francosco Lindor did not. Does that enrage Mets fans? You think.
Speaker 2: I mean it's a Mets fan. Sure, I gotta tell
Speaker 2: you I'm not in you know, you know, maybe I'm
Speaker 2: a lack of fun here, not the party fun guy
Speaker 2: of All Star games. I don't get excited about this stuff.
Speaker 2: I don't get worked up. But man, Dylan c Ston
Speaker 2: making it is It's relatively wild that you can't get
Speaker 2: Dylan Ceason here, like Paul Blackburn is an All Star
Speaker 2: and Cease isn't. Like I completely understand the everybody team,
Speaker 2: which is dumb by the way, it's one of the
Speaker 2: dumber again, it's it's a dumb thing. No, it doesn't.
Speaker 2: Everybody doesn't need to be on there. Do you think
Speaker 2: diamondback fans are gonna come in droves to where their
Speaker 2: Joe Mantiply jerseys and be excited that a relief pitcher
Speaker 2: got in? Is there one guy? No, they're not, And
Speaker 2: it completely takes away from Dylan Ceese, who is well
Speaker 2: Manipla doesn't. But the whole process of it. Like with
Speaker 2: Blackburn takes Away. It's the dumbest thing on the planet.
Speaker 2: I hate it, but I don't get too investive. But
Speaker 2: that would be the one thing I look at this and.
Speaker 1: I go, yeah, Dylan season. I'm sure he'll end up
Speaker 1: on the team. Somebody will opt out or something. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree, it always does. I think he will get
Speaker 1: on elected starters we already know for the National League,
Speaker 1: but the reserves, Travis Darnault, Pete Alonzo, CJ. Crow. I
Speaker 1: hope both those guys are in the derby. That'd be fun.
Speaker 1: Jeff McNeil made the All Star team. Also, no one
Speaker 1: aeronauto of course, just missed the starting gig. Dancey Swanson,
Speaker 1: Kyle Schwarber, well deserving Stirling Marte. We'll see if he
Speaker 1: plays in it, Jule, and so do Ian Happ and
Speaker 1: William Contreras. So there you go. He's gonna start apparently
Speaker 1: with the brother We're going to be out. Yeah, the
Speaker 1: brothers in the All Star Game. Bro, brothers got to start,
Speaker 1: don't they usually? Is? Yeah?
Speaker 2: Don't they usually have the home run Derby participants like
Speaker 2: listed or am I just creating usually.
Speaker 1: This week like we're gonna start getting them. I think
Speaker 1: in a couple of days. Okay.
Speaker 2: I just figured we would have like the names floating around,
Speaker 2: like a guy or two had already agreed, like we've
Speaker 2: heard nothing.
Speaker 1: I think typically they've let the it's usually during the
Speaker 1: week now, because I think first you have to name
Speaker 1: all the guys so people know already if they're going
Speaker 1: there already that they're gonna participate, because it takes a
Speaker 1: lot for somebody to participate. Isn't an all Star And
Speaker 1: sometimes you do get that, like the guys like yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll do the derby, like I'll come fly.
Speaker 2: I just felt like I felt like we had one
Speaker 2: of those things where it was like Otani had agreed
Speaker 2: to do it like three weeks before, and we had
Speaker 2: this big build up to it, like we're like a week.
Speaker 1: Out, so I don't know, we'll show Heyani special though
Speaker 1: yeah He's like, yeah, sure, I would she always do.
Speaker 1: Only just wants to play baseball. I think what I got?
Speaker 1: I pitch? Can I hit? Can I manage? You're that?
Speaker 2: When you're that good, I don't blame it.
Speaker 1: I don't blame him. Sandel Contra is that good. He's
Speaker 1: probably gonna start the All Star Game, Corbyn Burns, Joe Musgrove,
Speaker 1: Max Free, Tony Gonson, Luis Castillo made the All Star Team.
Speaker 1: Nobody would have thought that. In April. Uh, Clayton Kershaw
Speaker 1: made it, Josh Hater, Edwin Diaz, Ryan Helsey Bedner, and
Speaker 1: Joe Mantiple Joe Mantiply. Is it Manti Mantiply? You know what?
Speaker 2: So I have this been? I think I confused me.
Speaker 2: I think it is. I think it's man. I think
Speaker 2: it's actually Mantipley, But I uh, he sat Joe. I
Speaker 2: was doing like a It's like a SpongeBob character of
Speaker 2: the villains, you know, like the aqua Joe Mantiply like, yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't die, I Mantiply.
Speaker 2: He'll be an aquaman too. But yeah, is that it's
Speaker 2: actually men tip Ley?
Speaker 1: All right?
Speaker 2: So you don't me by the way, because no one
Speaker 2: knows him.
Speaker 1: That's all right. Alex Carr was pissed about Zach Wheeler
Speaker 1: fifth among MLB starters in War uh, and also Aaron Nola,
Speaker 1: sixth of the month MLB pitchers in War. Both of
Speaker 1: them did not miss make the All Star Team, so
Speaker 1: I can understand a little frustration there. But the National
Speaker 1: League pitching has been so good it's hard to argue
Speaker 1: any of that.
Speaker 2: You know, Mantipley going in over wheelers.
Speaker 1: You can argue, well, that's the thing is like you
Speaker 1: can have these more relievers and everybody gets somebody. So
Speaker 1: there you go. Man, Tipty, I'm gonna be I can
Speaker 1: make a really inappropriate joke, but I won't. Let's get
Speaker 1: to the next bit here. Fun facts. Highest slugging percentage
Speaker 1: in the seventh inning or later. Aaron Judge is number one,
Speaker 1: Hunter renfro Is at seven point thirty, Aaron Judge at
Speaker 1: seven sixty one, Josh Naylor on this list, and Jazz Chisholm,
Speaker 1: Bryce Harper, Kevin Bigio, and Manny Margo. I just thought
Speaker 1: that was an interesting thing. Slugging percentage in the seventh
Speaker 1: inning or later. Is that a stat that means absolutely
Speaker 1: nothing to you? Or do you think, yeah, in late
Speaker 1: innings guys who show up with big hits and powerful hits,
Speaker 1: that that does kind of matter to you.
Speaker 2: Ah Man, that's like a loaded question. I don't want
Speaker 2: to I don't want to dismiss it like it's absolutely nothing.
Speaker 2: It's a super weird like in the seventh inning, or later.
Speaker 2: Picking that is kind of odd. It's a good list
Speaker 2: of names. I guess it shows you know that clutch
Speaker 2: if you will, Joe, that clutch gene in there. But
Speaker 2: I don't know. You see Marco and Cavin Bigio, like,
Speaker 2: do they change their approach in the ladder half of games?
Speaker 2: I mean Bigio has struggled. I know he's been decent
Speaker 2: as of recent but I don't know. I don't think.
Speaker 2: I guess at the end of the day, I don't
Speaker 2: really take anything away from it. I think it's cool
Speaker 2: that it's good. Maybe there's a little clutch in there.
Speaker 2: Maybe latter half of games. You know, if they are
Speaker 2: a little bit more consistent and they're going to be
Speaker 2: hitting hard, maybe you can count on that. But what
Speaker 2: does that really get you. You're not gonna be like, well,
Speaker 2: because Kevin Bigio is it is the fifth best slugging
Speaker 2: in the seventh inning or later. I'm very comfortable with
Speaker 2: him now in my line up because I know I'll
Speaker 2: get that late hit. Like, No, I don't really think
Speaker 2: it's a lead up to much.
Speaker 1: I think it's more indicative about relief pitching, Like you know, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, these are the guys who feast on bad
Speaker 1: relief pitching. That would be my takeaway. Yeah, maybe you know,
Speaker 1: seventh inning or later, you get some of these guys
Speaker 1: sometimes in mop up duty or what have you. This
Speaker 1: day in baseball nineteen eighty nine, Bo Jackson and Wade
Speaker 1: Boggs lead off the bottom of the first ending went
Speaker 1: back to back homers off Rick Russell to spark the
Speaker 1: American League to a five to three win. In the
Speaker 1: All Star Game. That was in nineteen eighty nine. Bo
Speaker 1: Jackson won the MVP that year. True story, This is
Speaker 1: nineteen eighty nine. This is the year that I went
Speaker 1: to the Hall of Fame. It was the year it
Speaker 1: was Johnny bench On Crolos Streemsky going in. If memory serves,
Speaker 1: my parents took me to the Hall of Fame. It
Speaker 1: was an amazing weekend of baseball. And then we came
Speaker 1: back and I turned on the All Star Game. I
Speaker 1: got home right when it started. I turned it on
Speaker 1: and Bo Jackson hit the home run. True story, Washington,
Speaker 1: this is a very memory for me.
Speaker 2: Did you see this wild tweet? This was from who
Speaker 2: is this? Josh Vernier who is an inside a radio
Speaker 2: insider for the Kansas City Royals, and he did. I don't,
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't understand this sometimes. But five hundred
Speaker 2: and eleven games with Kansas City, Bo Jackson one hundred
Speaker 2: and eighty nine extra base hits, two fifty three h
Speaker 2: eight four eighty uh slugging in twenty ten played appearances
Speaker 2: five hundred and eleven games of Kansas City. Hundred Dozer
Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty nine extra base hits two forty
Speaker 2: five three fourteen four thirty seven slash line in twenty
Speaker 2: seventeen played appearances essentially saying hundred dozer in bo Jackson,
Speaker 2: where the are the exact same player, five hundred and
Speaker 2: eleven games with the Royals. That's where we're at nowadays.
Speaker 2: That's that to me, that's very similar to your seventh
Speaker 2: inning slugging or later.
Speaker 1: Well, this is this is dumb. Like what I mean,
Speaker 1: it's a very different era of baseball. Number one, number two, uh.
Speaker 1: Bo Jackson was still played football at the same time
Speaker 1: in octobers of like maybe.
Speaker 2: Under Dozer plays a long darts.
Speaker 1: I mean, I always wonder if bo Jackson had only
Speaker 1: just played baseball, he hadn't gone back and forth, what
Speaker 1: he would have developed into. And look, Dojer is a
Speaker 1: nice player. I like Hunter Doser, but I mean that's
Speaker 1: the kind of stuff where he's It's like you could
Speaker 1: cherry pick stats and compare guys and make a case
Speaker 1: that this guy is Bo Jackson. I mean Bo Jackson
Speaker 1: also made incredible plays defensively that people could not believe
Speaker 1: he had an incredible.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and do's not I think it's I think though
Speaker 2: the point they like to do is talk about the
Speaker 2: overrated ness of of players, which maybe to the football said,
Speaker 2: how many football baseball players did we have? We had
Speaker 2: Dion bo Brian Jordan. Do we have others that were
Speaker 2: playing at the same time or like even Cross was Dion?
Speaker 2: It was Brian Jordan and Bo Jackson.
Speaker 1: James did Heja Doser play football and baseball? I want
Speaker 1: to say he was one of those guys too, if
Speaker 1: it could be wrong, but yeah, I mean those of
Speaker 1: Brian Jordan was a good to another fantastic athlete. But
Speaker 1: specialization is something you're never probably gonna see again. Trivia
Speaker 1: Question of the Day. Manny Machado is the second third
Speaker 1: baseman selected to the All Star Game in each league,
Speaker 1: who was the first, who was the first third baseman
Speaker 1: selected to the American League and the National League. If
Speaker 1: you think you know the answer, subscribe to Fancy Bros MLB.
Speaker 1: Drop the answer in the chat. Let's see how smart jar.
Speaker 1: But yeah, this was a fun little trivia question. And
Speaker 1: yes it's a player from somewhat recent I will give
Speaker 1: you a hint. This is a player from the seventies
Speaker 1: and eighties, but a well known player at that. So
Speaker 1: I will say that not a Hall of Famer, but
Speaker 1: definitely an All Star and definitely somebody that was pretty
Speaker 1: well known. I would say, let's get to the stat
Speaker 1: heroes over the weekend. Taiwan Walker seven k's but unfortunately
Speaker 1: lost to Sandy al Contra, who was better. Alex Woods
Speaker 1: seven k's, no earned eight k's. Jacob Derizi back seven
Speaker 1: k's seven innings for him. Carlos Rodon twelve k's and
Speaker 1: nine he was spectacular. Another good star from Kershall with
Speaker 1: ten k's. You Darvish six k's and seven Redebtmers your
Speaker 1: boy seven k's. That's a big output for him in
Speaker 1: six innings. That's enough for the rest of the month
Speaker 1: for Redebtmers. Luis Castillo eight k's and seven want earn run.
Speaker 1: Blake Snell with a good start one earned eleven k's
Speaker 1: for him and Zach Wheeler no. Earned seven innings five k's.
Speaker 1: How about Blake Snell. What's your confidence level on him
Speaker 1: now start to start? Does that change? You feel pretty
Speaker 1: confident about Snell going forward second half?
Speaker 2: I don't, Actually I don't. I'm turning the page on
Speaker 2: him as I've been working through ranks. He just progressively
Speaker 2: is kind. I mean, this is a really great outing.
Speaker 2: It's moving a little bit lower. There's also been a
Speaker 2: lot of trade rumors. I don't know if you saw this,
Speaker 2: that the Padres are looking around. I think that's probably
Speaker 2: changed a decent amount with Mackenzie Gore breaking out or
Speaker 2: breaking apart a little bit, but that they were looking
Speaker 2: for some outfield help, maybe an impact bat, and Blake
Speaker 2: Snell might be one of those. I just don't. I
Speaker 2: think he's moved out of a tier. But you know,
Speaker 2: I think for the most part you can be relatively
Speaker 2: okay with putting him out there. But I'm less confident
Speaker 2: than I was at the beginning of the season, for sure.
Speaker 1: I don't see any guesses so far in the chat
Speaker 1: for the third base question for All Stars Guys All
Speaker 1: Star third baseman for the National League, in the American League,
Speaker 1: this is not so hard to see.
Speaker 2: Any other hints.
Speaker 1: All right, I'll give you one more hint. This player
Speaker 1: he played for the Yankees. He played for the Yankees.
Speaker 1: That was one of the one of the All Star appearances.
Speaker 2: In fact two, let me guess did he play for
Speaker 2: one of the Yankees.
Speaker 1: That's three. That's three far leaves today we'll see how
Speaker 1: with the over under Lesard, So over Richard. Here are
Speaker 1: some of the hitters that were good. Chris Bryant finally
Speaker 1: three home runs. Look at that, all solo shots. But again,
Speaker 1: beggars can't be choosers. Three dingers for Carlos Santano over
Speaker 1: the weekend, same for Wilmer Flores. Corey Seeger has been
Speaker 1: red hot since I acquired him. You're welcome, General Public
Speaker 1: six for nine, six RBI, Matt Carpenter seven for nine
Speaker 1: with two home runs, Austin Riley six for fourteen and
Speaker 1: all only Austin Riley the two home runs, five ribies
Speaker 1: won Soto five for ten with two homers as well.
Speaker 1: Then the stat zeros Eric Fetti eight earned runs, no
Speaker 1: boy no in three earned three innings. Excuse me, Mackenzie
Speaker 1: Gore Welsh love this line. Three innings, eight earned runs. Love.
Speaker 2: Oh, it's a cause it's like a little part of
Speaker 2: me that's just like, uh.
Speaker 1: Is he breaking a partner? Was that at McKenzie going
Speaker 1: eight run Shane Boss seven earned runs? Connor Sebold was
Speaker 1: not bold. He had seven earned runs as well in
Speaker 1: two and two thirds. Paul Blackburn Yes, six earned runs
Speaker 1: given up at four innings for the All Star. David
Speaker 1: Smeltzer seven earned runs, He was not good. Martin Perez
Speaker 1: six earned runs, seven hits, three k's. Hope he sold
Speaker 1: high on Martin Perez because we tried to tell you lastly.
Speaker 1: Franmil Reyes three for fourteen with eight k's, Patrick Wisdom
Speaker 1: two for ten with seven Judge Rough Weekend three for fifteen,
Speaker 1: six k's. We're getting a little shaky on the judge
Speaker 1: MVP as Otani continues to be red hot. Is the
Speaker 1: worm turning here? What do you think?
Speaker 2: Could it be? Safety?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I mean, I mean I don't know why you're asking me, like, yeah,
Speaker 2: you and I have thought that. I think we're in
Speaker 2: that space where it's like this is just gonna be Otani.
Speaker 2: Judge's got to keep an insane pace. I think especially
Speaker 2: he's got to keep a pace of like sixty plus
Speaker 2: homers to be in this like minus. He's the favorite,
Speaker 2: He's the unanimous favorite. Oh my god, it's Jaron Jee.
Speaker 2: That's a really really tough, almost maybe impossible, sustainable pace
Speaker 2: with this day in baseball that he's going to be
Speaker 2: over sixty. So yeah, sure, any little slump is going
Speaker 2: to start moving those lines a whole bunch. He's still
Speaker 2: in conversation, of course, probably gonna be. I probably still
Speaker 2: the favorite. We haven't done our daily MVP. Look, but
Speaker 2: it's it's still Otani.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I agree. I think this is your last
Speaker 1: chance if you want to get on the Otani wagon.
Speaker 1: Cedric Mullens two for fourteen, five k's and Brendan Nimo
Speaker 1: with a bad week, even though he was instrumental in
Speaker 1: that victory for the Mets. He is one for fourteen
Speaker 1: over the week, that one with a home run, but
Speaker 1: a beautiful day too. My favorite player of all time.
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Speaker 1: You know what.
Speaker 2: I don't know if you saw it. You don't. You
Speaker 2: don't collect cards or anything. But they have this cute tops.
Speaker 2: They have these tops now moments they have a Keith
Speaker 2: Hernandez like acceptance card. I just saw it yesterday and
Speaker 2: I thought, of you, maybe I'll get Maybe I'll try
Speaker 2: to get one for you.
Speaker 1: That would be lovely. I it would be nice. All right,
Speaker 1: here you go. Since everybody seems completely perplexed by this,
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Speaker 1: five and nineteen eighty with the Yankees, in nineteen eighty
Speaker 1: five with the Padres. So there you have it. Creig Nettles,
Speaker 1: former captain. You gotta love it. The Yankees traded Craig
Speaker 1: Nettles when he was captain. Let that sink in. Captain
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Speaker 1: and eighties, magnificent. We can only wish George Steinberner had Twitter.
Speaker 1: I can't even imagine what that would have been like
Speaker 1: it'd be so great. All right, let's get to the
Speaker 1: home run board. See what the updates are from the weekend. Again,
Speaker 1: I got closer to the board. Austin Riley did his job.
Speaker 1: I'm very pleased, but unfortunately high cobbies still at the
Speaker 1: highest at thirty four. Mike Mayor's at twenty eight. He's
Speaker 1: still there. He is fifth here on this board. I'm
Speaker 1: at twenty five, so I haven't made the board yet.
Speaker 1: So we'll get what more twenty six, maybe I get
Speaker 1: back on that board. But Welsh, I don't see your
Speaker 1: name here.
Speaker 2: You're not holding out, you're not good.
Speaker 1: Well bargain what's going on?
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, I don't know what I'm doing. Like
Speaker 2: Mayor's absolutely snarky ass comment from earlier where he goes
Speaker 2: because this is a baseball when I asked, hey, why
Speaker 2: would you ask me because I'm so tim Otani because
Speaker 2: it's a baseball podcast, Welsh, That's why he's asking, why
Speaker 2: don't you pull that? Why don't you pull that snarky
Speaker 2: ass comment up and put it out see that? So
Speaker 2: I obviously don't know where I'm at. So I'm not
Speaker 2: going to be on the board because I don't make calls,
Speaker 2: so any more snarky.
Speaker 1: Mayor Yeah, I mean there's a little.
Speaker 2: Bit up there. I don't know where I'm at, he says,
Speaker 2: that's why he's asking me a baseball question. Joe, don't
Speaker 2: ask me baseball questions. I don't know where we are
Speaker 2: right now. I'll never get on this.
Speaker 1: We are now.
Speaker 2: I am something.
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Speaker 1: Bet responsibly bet with leading off today. I know it's
Speaker 1: a tough assignment for the Cardinals, but I like these
Speaker 1: plus money things you're getting. And you know, if Aaron
Speaker 1: Nola isn't quite perfect today, Paul Goldschmidt at one and
Speaker 1: a half total bases at plus one twenty plus one
Speaker 1: twenty five. Those are really good hitters. I know it's
Speaker 1: a tough matchup, but it's big plus money. Rapfield Neverest
Speaker 1: total bases against Tampa today at plus one ten Max
Speaker 1: Freed four and a half is the strikeout total. I
Speaker 1: know the juice is minus one sixty, but again, he's
Speaker 1: gonna hit You don't or do no?
Speaker 2: I do?
Speaker 1: I like it? Oh my god, listen. Yeah, minus one
Speaker 1: sixty is a lot. Pair it with something else, put
Speaker 1: it in a parlay. Just this is your lock because
Speaker 1: the Mets are gonna strike out five times in the
Speaker 1: first three innings, so a lot. And then Max schus
Speaker 1: are on the other side of this game seven and
Speaker 1: a half. That's a higher number. It's plus one oh
Speaker 1: five for the over. I would take the plus. He's
Speaker 1: had a little extra day rest. Two sure'sers. You know
Speaker 1: she's come off. I want to say, eleven strikeouts right
Speaker 1: against the Reds last time, just saying, Sure's are looks
Speaker 1: pretty good here. What do you think?
Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, I mean it's against Atlanta. So, like we've
Speaker 2: talked about in the past, there's only we only have
Speaker 2: so many certain games on these props because these props
Speaker 2: are bonkers and nuts right now totally that you've got
Speaker 2: Shane McClanahan on strikeouts, you always play it. I think
Speaker 2: you've got ceased for the most part, you always play it.
Speaker 2: Strider is moving into that where you always play it.
Speaker 2: And like elite elite hitters at plus money, you take those.
Speaker 2: What's the other one right there? Atlanta? You go again,
Speaker 2: You take pictures on Atlanta's strikeouts are usually going to
Speaker 2: be high numbers, and for an elite picture like Shuzer,
Speaker 2: it's a pretty good number. Atlanta has honed in just
Speaker 2: a tiny bit and over the last three they've only
Speaker 2: struck out seven, averaging seven times a game. But they
Speaker 2: are still third worst in baseball, one of only three
Speaker 2: teams striking out nine times per game with the Angels
Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh. So yes, I very much do like always
Speaker 2: like Shuser, I've also got just a couple, you know,
Speaker 2: to your point where it's funny, I think the books
Speaker 2: are actually looking at this because you're like, hey, look,
Speaker 2: Aeronauto and gold Smith both plus money on total basis,
Speaker 2: which I actually think is saying that they think Nola
Speaker 2: is going to be doing some business. But Nola's got
Speaker 2: a low strikeout marker at five and a half because
Speaker 2: it's against Cardinals who don't strike out. So I like
Speaker 2: Aaron Nola's strikeout. Something's got to bend here, and the
Speaker 2: books might be teetering just a tiny bit more towards Nola.
Speaker 2: He's hit it five straight. I've had six or more
Speaker 2: strikeouts if you don't count the last game, which I
Speaker 2: think was against the Nationals where he had three. He
Speaker 2: had had six strikeouts or more pretty much to the
Speaker 2: entire month last time. And then you know, Chris Bryant's
Speaker 2: been hot as hell BVP. I'm taking his total base
Speaker 2: marker one and a half over those. Aaron Nola and
Speaker 2: Chris Bryant my two favorite of the day. And I
Speaker 2: really like that freed one you had.
Speaker 1: Now today on the DFS slate is no point, No,
Speaker 1: I hate this slate and this this happens. I would
Speaker 1: say once every couple months where I do this and
Speaker 1: I've and Mayor knows this. I just like, don't play
Speaker 1: like I'm going nowhere near this. It's it's poop. It's terrible,
Speaker 1: and I'll tell you why it's terrible, because I don't
Speaker 1: like any of the matchups. You've also got Colorado and play.
Speaker 1: So whenever you have Colorado and play the Blacky things
Speaker 1: can go on too. You have some terrible pictures we're
Speaker 1: talking like, you know, like the Spencer Howard's, Alex Faedo,
Speaker 1: Daniel Lynchrad like, so you can just go all in
Speaker 1: on offense if you want to do it. And the
Speaker 1: other problem is then you have Nola and Miles michael
Speaker 1: Is going against each other. Sure's are a max free
Speaker 1: going against each other. So you have the four outcome games.
Speaker 1: So the pictures I like are all going against each
Speaker 1: other today anyway, So if you want to go in
Speaker 1: on this and do it, that's fine. And Manaia, who's
Speaker 1: another picture you might like? He's pitching in Colorado, So
Speaker 1: that's a lot to ask to. I don't feel great
Speaker 1: about Alex Cobb, Like, this is a slate that you're
Speaker 1: probably just gonna let your money on fire. So I
Speaker 1: would recommend not playing it. But if you do want
Speaker 1: to play it tonight, I would say you have to
Speaker 1: pick a side in the Mets Braves game in terms
Speaker 1: of one of those pictures to get it right, and
Speaker 1: then probably just load up on hitting as much as
Speaker 1: you can and go with one of these secondary arms
Speaker 1: like Alex Cobbo's seven to four on DK and just
Speaker 1: hope that he gets a win at home against the Diamondbacks.
Speaker 1: That's probably the best thing to do. Or you put
Speaker 1: Schurzer or Freed with Miles Michaelis and the oppo win
Speaker 1: at home against the Phillies. That's the only other way
Speaker 1: to do it. But I'm telling you right now, it's
Speaker 1: a tough one. Welsh. What are your thoughts, any thoughts
Speaker 1: on this slave for tonight? Because I hate it.
Speaker 2: I mean, I'm with you, especially because you know I'm
Speaker 2: less of a DFS guy than anything else. If you're
Speaker 2: in a place where you're like, I'm not doing this,
Speaker 2: I don't want I don't want to be involved either.
Speaker 2: You know something interesting, I don't.
Speaker 1: Think I have a good point here too. Well, the
Speaker 1: Crown and Bryant not in the lineup, then Manaia might
Speaker 1: be actually more startable. But again, it's Colorado, so there
Speaker 1: is a huge risk there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I didn't even see and I'm even still looking.
Speaker 2: I'm still not seeing the paternity. I'm still not even
Speaker 2: seeing it.
Speaker 1: But well, busy, I got the trivia question right, So
Speaker 1: anything he says now is.
Speaker 2: No, no, no, I'm not doubting. I'm not doubting, so
Speaker 2: obviously the bets that you're gonna want to take that
Speaker 2: bet off. But that might also make me need to
Speaker 2: change my home run call here for a minute.
Speaker 1: Well, I'll give you some time to fill a buster
Speaker 1: about that.
Speaker 2: You're good.
Speaker 1: Ah, Well you should change it because it looks like
Speaker 1: I know I was out today. I'm going with Manny Machado.
Speaker 1: I'm in Colorado. I'm gonna stick with that again. So
Speaker 1: is it, Urina? Why don't you come take many matchatdo
Speaker 1: with me. We'll see how that goes. Or you got
Speaker 1: that sounds pretty good to you.
Speaker 2: I'm actually you know what I was gonna I need
Speaker 2: to change it. I was going to take Coziers, but
Speaker 2: I don't like Mayor anymore, so I don't want to
Speaker 2: be associated with him, so I need to take I'm
Speaker 2: gonna take JD. Martinez. We're gonna do that. I will
Speaker 2: not associate myself that type of I was gonna take
Speaker 2: it because he's the b VP player of the day,
Speaker 2: He's got the highest home run.
Speaker 1: If you took the same player, if you took Oose
Speaker 1: there like, isn't that more upsetting like you could. You
Speaker 1: could just kind of rub it into his face like yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna take wherever you take, and you know,
Speaker 1: and then eventually you up to Mayor and then pass him.
Speaker 1: See that's what you say.
Speaker 2: Well, now see I would have to take well, actually,
Speaker 2: you know what would it would do? It would be
Speaker 2: like me taking Buckston. It would be like me taking
Speaker 2: but I'd have to take a player that he doesn't
Speaker 2: believe in that I like, essentially anybody that I like
Speaker 2: that Mayor doesn't that I can't play the same plays
Speaker 2: as him, but I'm gonna take. I'm gonna go with
Speaker 2: Jady Martinez pretty good VP versus Whistley today.
Speaker 1: That's that's fair enough. There, that's fair enough. All right.
Speaker 1: So there you have it. Those are the home run calls.
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Speaker 1: again fun Monday and next. We're gonna have a lot
Speaker 1: of fun content too with the All Stars stuff coming
Speaker 1: we'll do some props and some some home run derby wagering.
Speaker 1: That'll be a good time. Welsh is very excited about
Speaker 1: the MLB Draft. I'm hearing it's a very good class
Speaker 1: this year.
Speaker 2: It's very incredible class. I'm gonna lie I'm gonna be
Speaker 2: live streaming. I'm gonna do a bunch of stuff on
Speaker 2: our Patreon for the draft, putting the players from a
Speaker 2: dynasty perspective into where they go on the ranks, and
Speaker 2: I'm gonna live stream that as well. So make sure
Speaker 2: you follow me on Twitter at is it wells? But Joe,
Speaker 2: one thing I would suggest, and maybe keep this in mind,
Speaker 2: this might be interesting if we involved maybe one or
Speaker 2: two listeners something. We should do a home run derby
Speaker 2: draft where we each take two players and we can snake.
Speaker 2: We could have a four person draft for the home
Speaker 2: run derby. We make our picks and then may I
Speaker 2: don't know if we I don't know how we would
Speaker 2: do it unless we had someone really active in the chat.
Speaker 2: But maybe two of the Peanuts and Crack or Jacks
Speaker 2: could draft break at. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think I think there should be something though, like
Speaker 1: maybe the person who I think we should work on this.
Speaker 1: We'll get together. Wonky Penguin is in control of the list.
Speaker 1: I believe massage, So yeah, well you gotta be careful
Speaker 1: with those massages nowadays, I hear, But yes, they we have.
Speaker 1: I think there's something where if everybody takes two people
Speaker 1: and whoever you know has the most, maybe we give
Speaker 1: a bonus, you know, we give them like a I
Speaker 1: don't know, like a three home run bonus, somewhere between
Speaker 1: three and five. I think five is a lot, but
Speaker 1: three sounds right, you know, like whoever gets the most
Speaker 1: of the better combination, that's a plus three on your
Speaker 1: home run board. Otherwise we're just standing around doing nothing.
Speaker 1: All those home runs are being hit for what for?
Speaker 1: What for? What gets a home run? I don't understand.
Speaker 2: We'll do something fun for it. Maybe we could do
Speaker 2: a little draft. We canvolve a couple of different things.
Speaker 2: So make sure you guys are listening in, so we could.
Speaker 1: I want the home run contest, the home run derby
Speaker 1: to matter in the home run contest. That's what I want.
Speaker 2: Oh, oh, okay, what I want? I could no, No,
Speaker 2: I was just saying we have a fun little because
Speaker 2: we all do that sometimes of the listeners and stuff.
Speaker 2: We'll do like a little draft four of us. You
Speaker 2: take two players, whoever wins wins. I get your point.
Speaker 2: I love this idea. Maybe, yeah, I think here's what
Speaker 2: we should do. I draft the player that wins, and
Speaker 2: I get all those home runs to my home run
Speaker 2: total on the board, and now I'm over all of
Speaker 2: you guys. I love this idea.
Speaker 1: Would not be hilarious if you picked some guy who
Speaker 1: hit two and it was just like and then he
Speaker 1: was out.
Speaker 2: Well, you know what would be great? Oh, think of
Speaker 2: this idea. Okay, I know we got to go, but
Speaker 2: think of this idea. What if we did it kind
Speaker 2: of like a what is it like Jeopardy where you
Speaker 2: pick your guy to win and you can bet is
Speaker 2: many of your current homers and if you win, you
Speaker 2: can win all those. If you lose, you lose all
Speaker 2: you homers. So let's say Joe, you have twenty five homers.
Speaker 2: You could bet all twenty five on Pete Alonzo to
Speaker 2: win it. If he loses, you lose everything double. But
Speaker 2: this is this is atless.
Speaker 1: We is on fire today. We're gonna have to talk
Speaker 1: about this. Go to Discord fantasypros dot com slash chat,
Speaker 1: go in the home run channel. Let's start talking about it.
Speaker 1: W's everybody want to do? Welsh is going crazy with that.
Speaker 1: I want to keep it simpler, but what do you
Speaker 1: want to do? It's your contest. Figure it out, Go
Speaker 1: to Discord, go check us out there. That'll do it
Speaker 1: for us. But the story of the game goes on
Speaker 1: for hatless Welsh. I'm Joey P See you next time. Kids,