WEBVTT - Leading Off July 30th, 2024 (Ep. 876) 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:09.160 Hello friends, and welcome into leading off right here on 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:13.520 Fantasy Pros. I am Chris Welsh. That is the case Bubba, 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:16.040 Case Bubba in the house where we got a lot 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:19.599 for you on trade deadline day. Hopefully we're going to 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:22.640 get some movers and shakers maybe while we're doing the show, 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:24.520 but we've got some trades to break down. We have 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:27.080 one of the worst trades we have seen in years 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:30.640 actually go down yesterday, and a whole lot more Casey 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:34.400 Bubba representing those giants as you guys, traded off Jorge 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:38.199 Solaire for a bag of nothing, actually a. 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:40.360 Whole lot of nothing. My friend, thanks for having me. 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:43.279 It's Tuesday. We're back, we're doing it, and yeah, that 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:45.159 trade just happened to drop on Monday night just in 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:47.519 time for me to show up and be so happy about. 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:49.279 It and totally not be upset or angry about it. 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:51.120 But no lot angry at all. 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:54.480 Let's start on the positive. Let's be super happy because 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:57.200 there is something to be happy about. Ladies and gentlemen. 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:01.400 Corby Carrol is back, except he's hitting two fifteen. Corbyn 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:04.440 Carrol last night. Yes, we'll talk about trades with a 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:07.920 walk off Homer for the Arizona Diamondbacks. They came back 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:11.199 back back the answer Backs as they're known out here. 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:16.080 Corby and Carrol comes up, pinch hits and smashes a 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:19.920 homer to right field. Here's I mean. Here's also why 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.360 he's not back. He's hitting two fifteen still in the 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.760 month of July. He has consistently been hitting that. But 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:30.679 he now in July has six home runs. That is 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:35.000 triple what he had all the other months combined. Six 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:38.480 home runs. Bubba even said something interesting off air where 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:40.840 he goes, well, he's hitting those homers and not a 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.920 good average. He's not stealing bases. Here's a fun fact. 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:46.920 He has the most stolen bases in any given month 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.880 right now. So that is currently happening. Last night, Bubba 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:55.680 Corbyn Carroll took one off the bat one nine. That 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.120 was the exit velocity and eighteen degree launch angle one 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.520 oh nine point five. He put that in the stands. 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:06.520 My friend, that feels good. So I ask you, is 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:09.600 Corbyn Carroll back even though he's hitting two fifteen, but 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:11.200 all the other stuff is starting to look pretty. 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:15.960 He's on his way back. He's showing signs of being back, 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.399 but the consistency's not there. We talked about it off air. 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:21.240 If he's even hitting two fifty, we're talking maybe seven 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.440 home runs and double digit steals. Now he's back like that. 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.240 You want the steals with Carrol, the powers extra, but 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:29.600 the average comes with the steels, run scored, so on 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:31.600 and so forth. So when he's back, he'll be back 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:33.400 at the top of the order for the d Backs 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.040 and he'll be producing. So he's working his way back. 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:39.120 Yeah, and you know, hey, listen, who is it that 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:42.320 just did that? I get it. Someone least said only 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.480 Welsh would start off Carol on a huge home run, 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:48.239 on the home run on deadline day. Yes, but there's 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.720 no current rage and there's no insan. But I want 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:52.919 to point out this is like a trade deadline getting. 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.119 If you were to get Corbyn Carroll back, I will 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:58.200 tell you the ball has been up in the zone 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.919 and Corbyn Carroll has finally been making contact. Everybody has 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:04.480 been attacking Corbyn Carrol high this entire season, and now 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:07.640 he is making hard, consistent contact. He even said on 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:09.760 the homer last night in the post game, he said 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.160 that was probably the best swing I've had all seasons. 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:16.240 So confident, confidence is high. I repeat confidence is high. 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:19.000 God Corbyn Carrol won on nine off the bat he 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:23.480 might just be back. It is trade deadline day. As mentioned, 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:25.400 we had a couple of trades that happened between the 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.480 show yesterday and what's going down today. There are lots 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.320 of rumors, so let's talk about a few of them 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:35.120 in what I don't want to like. I don't want 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:38.120 to be over zealous about my take on some of 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:42.160 this stuff, but I'm not trying to parbolyze this. But 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:48.240 the use Kakuchi trade makes zero sense, that much sense, 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.800 and is one of the worst trades on paper that 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:56.120 I've seen in a long time. The Houston Astros traded 0:03:56.160 --> 0:04:00.000 for Usay Kakuchi, who's a rental it's about two months. 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:02.880 They traded Jake Bloss who was pulled from his start 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:06.720 yesterday and didn't go. Will Wagner, who I've seen in 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.920 the AFL Billy Wagner's kid. He's I don't know if 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:12.320 he's anything special. Not to be mean to him or 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:14.160 anything like that, but you know, there's decent power, not 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:19.880 great contact and Joey Loper Fido Joey Loperfido thrown into 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:25.280 that trade. Huh, it's it doesn't make any sense. Astros 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.560 fans are pissed. Everybody else, you know, the initial reactions 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.039 of like the diamondback aj Pak, Everyone was like, what's 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.320 going on here? For Joey Loper Fido to be involved 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.839 with two other prospects for a rental player, It makes 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:39.400 no sense. 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:44.240 Baba, Yeah, it's a huge deal for the Toronto Blue Jays, 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:46.360 the neighbors to the north. Like getting a top one 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:48.720 hundred prospect pitcher and Bloss you get lower Feto as 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:51.920 you mentioned, who's like, sure he's struggled in his first 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.080 cup of coffee, but the dude's good, like really good. 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:57.160 You obviously know that as a prospect guy. The only 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:58.839 thing I could say, and I hate rental plays. This 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.400 is like what I despise talking with someone about Zach 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:03.640 Wheeler the other day, who went in the trade for 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.080 Carlos Beltran as a rental It still haunts me to 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.520 this day. I hate rentals. This is what this is. 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.479 But what I will give the Houston Astros is they 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.279 know their window with Altuve and Brakman and all these 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:18.120 guys is short. They desperately need starting pitching. Desperately needs 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.520 starting pitching. Not saying Cacuchi's the answer, but it is 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:23.520 a guy every fifth day who actually peripherals still look 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.440 pretty good. They need them out there and they can 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.479 still win the division. So I get it, and we've 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:30.440 seen it all trade deadline, some of these big guys, 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.279 relievers starting pitchers, they're coming to a premium right now. 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:36.440 Like these guys you're having to spend to get and 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.200 that's kind of rare compared to recent years. So I 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:43.000 agree that Jay's kudos outstanding stuff as you're trying to 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:46.600 put things back together there in Toronto. The Astros had 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:48.840 to do with, though, is the thing. Yeah, I mean 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:50.960 it makes you wonder what some of these guys that 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.040 are hopefully getting traded today are going to go for. 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:54.280 If that's what Kacuci got. 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:57.520 I should say, from a context perspective, the price of pitching, 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.760 the price of relief pitching specifically, but the price of 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:04.640 pitch it's high, it's always high. But in the same 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.479 vein of like Jason here in the chat is clearly 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.520 an Astros fan defending them, You kind of defended them, 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:15.880 But in the same vein of like Frankie Montass costing 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:18.800 Joey Weimer, like maybe you could view that is the same. 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:21.040 There are pictures out there that could have been got 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:25.240 at a much lower cost. I can appreciate any team 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:27.839 going for it, and the market is the market. You know, 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.480 every single picture. As they get traded, the cost is 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:32.880 going up because there are less arms that are available 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:35.479 and they're looking at their needs. I'm definitely not going 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:38.640 to give them credit though, for getting rid of what 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:41.960 probably should have been a form of a building block 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:45.280 for that team into the future. Lubrafto had cooled off down. 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:47.200 He's down to two seventy six in the miners. They 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:50.080 weren't playing him a whole bunch, but really good counting stats. 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:51.760 He did hit two thirty six when he got a 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.000 little bit of the playing time. It doesn't make sense 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.920 for a rental. There's no other way around it. Like 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.839 there's almost anything else they should have done. Bloss and 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:04.760 w Agner probably perceivably should have got that done unless 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.480 they played chicken and they're like, hey, we got these 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.520 other great offers. Kakuchi's fine. He does have a lower 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:14.600 expected era than his actual it's four, so they probably 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:17.440 feel there's something to work with there. His K percentage 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:20.480 is the highest of his career. He's loaded his walks 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:25.040 a little bit like it's decent, but it's not decent 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:30.040 for you, say Kikuchi, who is is the ultimate rental? 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:32.880 Like he's also he's okay and he's a rental. Like 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.120 those two things should not meet. He should be like 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.840 either good in a rental or you know, three years 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.560 and they're okay. You shouldn't have both of those things click, 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:45.040 especially when you give up you know, top prospect in 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.920 your organization and two other pieces. But you know, the 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:49.720 Ashlow's fans will have to deal with that. It won't 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:51.760 matter if they win. It doesn't matter if they win, 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.520 and there is a pressure to do it. I agree 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:58.840 pitching is not cheap right now. Maybe now that I'm 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:00.960 thinking about it, if we looked at all the trades, 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.280 there might have been another relief pitcher trade or two 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:05.600 that was like, holy crap, But this one just looks 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.800 bad from the rental market standpoint. 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.840 But because you're seeing the top prospect name with it, 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:14.480 that's that's the part that's studying. It's more they got 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.880 quality and quantity with it. It's just weird, But hey, 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.200 pedro Leone's going to get the call like that's a 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:23.760 nice plan B for Houston. I'd say in this situation, 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:25.600 you know you know the prospects better than I, so 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:27.240 that seems like a fun one as well. 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.040 Yeah, I mean pedro Leone is going to be decently solid. 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:33.760 He's got swinging misissues, but he's a power speed combo. 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:35.880 To be honest with you, like I think that the 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:37.800 bat is going to be more consistent with luper Fiedo 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:41.319 long term, but it might be similar gameplay you're getting 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.440 out of this year. It's just a weird trade. Luper 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.680 Fito being involved is a weird trade, and it either 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:50.120 tells you like A, there's a rift in the scouting 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.640 department or B this is something you should You maybe 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:54.400 should look at Luperfito and be like, oh, if the 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.480 Astros really don't believe in him and they would trade 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:59.440 him for a rental player, maybe that's a little bit 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.720 more telling about his overall production hindsight. You know, two 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.240 three years from now, none of those guys may be anything. 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:08.120 Joey Luperfido might be bagging groceries at all these so 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:11.440 it might not matter. But on paper it doesn't look good. 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:13.960 It doesn't look good, but that is also what the 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.720 market is pressing and you know, I know for Astros 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:20.640 fans at least there in it probably a solid moment 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.240 for Luperfido if he's going to get playing time, like 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.600 he can finally play. So this is good for fantasy 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.520 from him, and Kakuchi is in a better spot, so 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.959 I think his fantasy, his fantasy upside is upticking a 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.079 little bit while the expected numbers are as well are 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.840 going as well. As we mentioned, the Braves acquired Jorge 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.440 Celaire and Luke Jackson. They didn't give up much. They 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:43.600 gave up saving Sabalos and Tyler Madzik and I know 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:47.439 you were pretty pissed about that. Probably a great alternative 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.679 for them. They're obviously not going to get Luise Roberts shows. 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:54.200 They're still going for it, and they might might go 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:56.960 and get more pieces in there. So any other last 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.000 thoughts you want to add with Celaire. 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.360 No, hope it there's a money drop they want Marca 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:03.719 Lucy on to to d H weirdly enough, So that's 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:04.960 about all there is in that one. 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:07.319 Yeah, by the wife Fabby said you bag your own 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:11.880 groceries at Aldi exactly. That's the that's even more the joke, 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:15.760 that's the joke inside the joke, so good job Guardians 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:19.680 acquired Lane Thomas from the Nationals. Alex claiming, Jose Tania 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.520 Rafael Ramirez Junior. I've actually seen a ton of Rafael 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.480 Ramirez Junior. I like him going down the line a 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:29.840 little bit. He's really far down I Guardians fans are 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.440 pissed about this one, Alex claiming is someone they were 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:33.880 holding a lot of hopes too. I don't know if 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.800 they loved the prospects of Lane Thomas. I love it. 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.040 I love Lane Thomas from a fantasy perspective. Going to Cleveland. 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:43.080 As I have mentioned, the right you know, right side 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.440 of the field has been the number one ballpark factor 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.600 for left handed hitters, so we've just seen an uptick 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:51.880 in offense in that ballpark. In general, the team itself 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.720 is an offensive world wind up. So I think this 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:58.280 is great for Lane Thomas's fantasy perspective for redraft this season, 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:01.000 and he's kind of been a bye for a decent amount. 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:03.679 Of the year. Bubba yep, I love Lane Thomas. He's 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.760 hitting second on Tuesday's lineup. Hopefully he's not up to 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:08.760 two and like there's actually rumors of that on Monday, 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.520 which would be wild to me, but he should play 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:13.200 every day and I love it. Now he's going to 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:15.800 a contender and hitting in front of guys like Jay Rammon. 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:17.520 Company should should pay off in a big way. 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:21.199 You know, it's kind of I'd hate to do because 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:23.679 I'm gonna jinx it or whatever, but it's semi safe 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:26.760 to say that. Like a majority of the trades that 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:30.400 we've seen from offense from bats have been pluses. The 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:33.240 only one, like I think we could argue Esak Parades 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:36.640 is probably not an offensive plus. Like maybe the pieces 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:39.280 around are more interesting, but the left left field three 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:42.840 fifteen in Tampa Bay, three fifty five in Chicago. Yeah, 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.240 so for a guy that will only pull in heavy, 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.680 heavy pole hitter gets the ball in the air, like, 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.400 that's a little bit more damning. But I don't know 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:53.360 a lot of the other offensive like Jazz is thriving 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:55.760 in New York and was a plus. I think Solaire 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:59.800 this is a plus going into Atlanta. You throw enjoy, 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:02.640 lou Brafito. I mean these offensive pieces that are moving, 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:06.080 eight out of ten, let's call it, maybe seventy five 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:09.199 percent so far have been an offensive uptick. 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:12.440 Yeah, most of the moves so far, it is weird. 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:15.199 Have really not hurt fantasy value too much. Yeah. 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.880 Also Fam, Yeah right there, I mean Fam going to 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:18.480 Saint Louis. 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:21.640 I Fam, he'll probably platoon still, but yeah, that's fine. 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.120 Yeah, but I think it's the season goes on, he's 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:26.480 going to play more and more as Tommy Fam. Does 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:28.040 you know that was kind of the same thing that 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.600 the Diamondbacks would use. The they're kind of doing it 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.720 with Jock as well. They'll only primarily have him against 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:36.560 right handed hitters. But I don't know, I think, you know, 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:39.560 this is another great destination for Fam to be playing 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:41.880 in Saint Louis. We had a couple other smaller trades. 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:45.600 I mentioned Frankie Montas was traded to the Brewers and 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.560 it was like Joey Weimer and it was pretty much nothing. 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:53.400 And the Dodgers reacquired Ahmed Rosario, and this was second 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:55.960 or third player now that his return to a team. 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.320 You had Rosario going back, No, you had Tommy Fam, 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.440 you had Jorge Soela, and you have a Medrosario. So 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.320 everybody is just going back. They're just up late at 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.400 night just being like, hey you up, I miss you. 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:08.719 And they're just bringing back the same dudes that they know. 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:11.439 It's the wolverine. Meine just looking at the picture going 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.320 let's get back together basically. 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.760 Kind of yeah, that's exactly right. A lot of trade 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:18.840 rumors that are out there for today. We'll break it 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:20.840 down tomorrow. Piece of po'll be back and we'll have 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:25.079 the finality of all of those. Is there one big 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.040 one you think that's going to happen, because here's what 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.880 we know. The trek Scuoble stuff has calmed down a lot. 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:35.320 Luis Robert looks very unlikely to be moved. The chatter 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.600 of Vlad being traded has gone to a whisper. There's 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:43.679 nothing in that Garrett Crochet has turned. Yesterday it was 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:49.000 very unlikely. Today it seems like there are some movement 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.280 and there are some rumors going around that maybe Baltimore 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.880 is going to pull the trigger. There's a Garrett Crochet 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:57.680 one that's out there. Maybe I'm not even mentioning. And 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:01.120 Blake Snell that was another one that that seems very likely. 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:03.840 Who do you think, What do you think the big 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:05.720 trade for the rest of today might look like? And 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:06.200 who is it. 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:09.640 I'm really looking forward to the Jack Flaherty trade, either 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.160 to the Yankees or the Dodgers, Like, that's happening. That's 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.040 gonna bolster. That's a movie, Simlo Braffido for if you're 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:19.160 the Astros, like, that's the move. So Flerity going to 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:22.080 the Bronx or to the Dodgers for the World Series push, 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.720 that's the big one because if we saw a Kakuchi 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.840 just gut, Flarity should get a aught in return. So 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:28.840 I'm looking forward to that one. 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:31.040 Oh my god, can you imagine, I mean even just 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:31.920 any of these. 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:34.640 Guys, like what Flarity's gone like, I'd be shocked if 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:35.440 he's still there after it. 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:38.240 Well, they pulled him yesterday, scra I could have I mean, 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.720 you know, hindsight like what would have happened? But I 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:45.880 bet the under on runs he you know, lol on 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:47.320 how that worked out. But I bet the under and 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:50.480 runs of the first five thinking Flarity was there. Twenty 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.600 minutes later, he's pulled from his start because they're talking 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.080 about the trade. I think Flarity is a done deal 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.880 to get moved, and it looks like the Yankees are 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:00.280 the ones that are going to I think are gonna 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:03.400 pull that trigger. I just don't know if that's the 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:07.280 big one. I think Garrett Crochet does get moved. I 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:09.320 think I think they do pull that, and I think 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:13.080 it's Baltimore, and I think Baltimore ends up moving one 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:15.480 of the big guys. That's gonna be the thing that 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:18.440 turns at the very end. It's gonna be one of 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:22.840 Holiday or Mayo, or it's gonna be some wild five 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.760 or six player trade. I'm gonna say that Garrett Crochet 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:27.920 and all the huffing and puffin and all that's going on, 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:30.560 that he's gonna get moved to Baltimore to create this 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:34.680 wild top three of pitchers. They've gotten depth now and 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:36.600 they're gonna move off and it's gonna be a big 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:37.200 old trade. 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:40.480 What I see happening is you Flaherty going to the Yankees, 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:44.800 Crochet going to the Dodgers. Okay, because Crochet said he 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:46.720 won't pitch in the postseason without an extension. I don't 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:47.640 know if the O's extend him. 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:52.200 There's a lot to that, yeah, But I mean you 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:56.200 might be right, and there's a little less. I always 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.800 laugh when this is the me thing. But whenever Dodgers 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:00.720 and White Sox players get trade, I think about how 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:02.840 spring training it's the same facility and they just they're 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:06.400 all the familiarity between the organizations, so like there's a 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.400 line of communication that's bigger than others. But at the 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:11.920 same time, like I think Baltimore is going to be 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.200 in the spot where they're gonna have like this offseason, 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.000 it's going to be extend time, Like they're going to 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.080 start extending. You're gonna be looking at some of your 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:21.160 position players. I mean burn I think Burns is a 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.400 free agent right because he just has that one year deal. 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:25.560 They might try to, you know, lock that down with 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:29.120 Corbyn Burns. But also like just pointing this out and 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:32.160 then we'll move on. If you have Corbin Burns that 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:35.320 could become a free agent, you would it would really 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:37.400 behoove you to go in trade for a starting pitcher 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.640 that couldn't be an ace that you have control over. 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:41.680 So it's kind of like another it's a it's a 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:43.920 next level chess piece move for a team that is 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.480 a going for it, but b should protect themselves for 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:49.160 the future if for some reason they can't afford Carbon Burns, 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:52.440 because Corbin Burns might win the cy Young and it's 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:54.680 probably gonna want four hundred million dollars or whatever the 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:58.280 hell everybody wants now lots of money. What doesn't everybody 0:16:58.280 --> 0:16:59.920 want to play baseball? By the way, the money that 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:03.400 gets thrown around and the work that or the I 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:06.160 don't know the what is it? The weight of injuries 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:09.000 on your body, the impact that it doesn't take on 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.240 your body in baseball compared to others. Why does everybody 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:12.200 not want to play baseball? 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:14.240 I say the same thing about golf. I wouldn't you 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:14.840 just play golf? 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:18.040 Yeah? I guess, well, golf is hard, it's really hard. 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:20.720 I guess baseball's yeah, Throwing one hundreds hard too, So 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:22.960 that's time my checker, ask Corbyn Carroll hitting two fifteen 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.400 ain't going to cut it. So it's it's tough. 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:28.520 Game to douche, all right. Some other news and notes 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:31.400 going around. Aaron Judge two for five, two homers, three 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:34.800 RBI on Monday as the Yankees beat the Phillies fourteen 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:38.359 to four. Jazz two for four, two homers, ridiculous also 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:40.800 made a really great stop at third base. It didn't 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:44.040 end up being like a play play, but already showing 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:46.440 off some of those skills. And really what we should 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:48.560 all hope for is that he's going to go and 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.520 he's going to be able to get enough eligibility for 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.120 us for next year. I really want outfield, third base, 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.640 and second base. Somehow give me that, or at least 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:59.200 give me two positions. But the third base stuff, I 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:02.600 think you're gonna get third qualifications for Jazz. And I'm 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:04.639 just I'm really excited about Jazz. I said this was 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:07.480 an offensive plus him going to the Yankees, and you know, 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:11.920 outside of the injury nonsense that kind of follows looks great. 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.080 He looks like a complete fit in and he's gonna 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:15.560 have a lot of RBI opportunities. 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:18.439 He looks like a full fit in. He's loving it. 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.560 Just listening to his comments about like playing with Aaron 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:22.760 Judge all of a sudden, like he's having fun. It's 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:25.320 the Jazz is letting his full of mentality up, which 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:27.920 is great. I guess is the perfect storm and he's 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:30.800 gonna flourish in New York. Also, just the the aura 0:18:30.840 --> 0:18:31.360 of New York. 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.680 I want to ask you, there's some bets out there 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:39.240 that you can look at that have Aaron Judge for 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.560 the top dog, but you can bet the field against 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:45.199 Aaron Judge. And it was like he's like plus like 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:48.479 eight hundred or fourteen hundred, and Bobby WIT's the one 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:51.200 sitting out there. Is there any world where you would 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:54.119 consider betting the field against Aaron Judge for MVP. 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:57.639 I think the odds of plus eight hundred whatever is 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:00.080 pretty good, so you should just because it's baseball, and 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:02.760 Judge could get hurt tomorrow, so take your chance. If 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:04.919 he doesn't get hurt, he's gonna win it. But what 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:08.040 Bobby What's doing is unconscious that walk off Granny on Monday. 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:10.440 Dude's hitting over five hundreds. It's the break. He has 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:13.240 more extra base hits than swings and misses since the 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:15.639 All Star Break. Like Bobby Whit is nuts and we 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:18.640 will talk about him later in the show. But yeah, 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:22.200