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Speaker 1: right here on Fantasy Pros. Joe Rico, Tomorrow is the

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Speaker 1: season and you are prepping for your most expensive and

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Speaker 1: most ridiculously important draft of the season that is happening

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Speaker 1: twenty four hours before this regular season starts. And I

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Speaker 1: got to applaud you. I think that's the way that

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been drafting all throughout the year.

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Speaker 3: I think my first draft was, I want to say,

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Speaker 3: like I have a team where I got Sandy al

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Speaker 3: the other side of that coin is I got a

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Speaker 3: Oh well, there's another one. So I wanted a clean

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Speaker 3: Wire Online Championship at three o'clock today, which is fifty

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Speaker 3: four minutes from now. But we're going to talk some baseball,

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Speaker 3: are very rapidly approaching the first pitch, which is about

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Speaker 1: Just about You know what, Joey, if in your strategy

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Speaker 1: you want to throw anything out here, some who'd you rather,

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Speaker 1: going to do is we just put together and just

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Speaker 1: unloaded our Bold Predictions article the day before the regular

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Speaker 1: season starts, and there were eleven from Fantasy pros people

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Speaker 1: nay them, Arico. So when we do them, so yay

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Speaker 1: Draft Buddy is in there, Mike McGregor, Jeff Bogas is

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Speaker 1: This is actually a good one to start this off.

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Speaker 1: Banshee dropped in the chat here only my second season

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Speaker 1: He's saying everyone says weight, but then he's saying experts

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Speaker 3: I think it's just that hitters, generally speaking, are a

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Speaker 3: I think they're just more valuable inherently, and there's also

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of it's the volatility. I think

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Speaker 1: it's the volatility of injuries. I mean, again, you can

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Speaker 1: Kirby is like the safest of safe. I think throwing

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Speaker 1: So I think there's like one tiny step. It's the volatility.

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Speaker 1: But to Banshee's point, though, I'm somebody that like, I'm

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Speaker 1: I'll come back. But ultimately, I think it's the value

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Speaker 1: of I think possibly the number one more or most processed,

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Speaker 1: you know statistical thing in baseball is pitching. Everybody is

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Speaker 1: I think those are a few answers that maybe kind

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Speaker 3: And another thing as well is that for the majority

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Speaker 3: more hitters than pitchers in any fantasy every league that

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Speaker 3: need to take priority. That doesn't mean you can't work

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Speaker 3: second and third round and it could potentially work out

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Speaker 3: for you, But the hitting is more important. I think

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Speaker 3: I said this on maybe on this show last week

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Speaker 3: like to have six hitters three starters in one closer.

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Speaker 1: And I think the last thing I'll say on it,

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Speaker 1: analysis that is for high stakes people. And high stakes

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Speaker 1: really dominates it because when you hear hey, don't go pitching,

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Speaker 1: Like it is hard to find great value in hitting later,

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Speaker 1: think that's there's a weird correlation that counters each other

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Speaker 1: So that's out there. It's a great question, very good,

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Speaker 1: and he said Banjie had said, thanks really had tough

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Speaker 1: matchups last year to elite hitting stacks. So yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: get in on those hitting stacks, and you know, smaller

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Speaker 1: can have like insane hitting, which is really fun. Let's

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Speaker 1: Jason Foley was optioned. Dexter had said, who is the

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Speaker 1: were getting a few more answers to some speculative save guys.

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Speaker 1: Bo Briski is the guy that aj Hinch said that

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Speaker 1: they were going to go to for saves. We also

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Speaker 1: Roldis Chapman got the closing gig. Are any of the

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Speaker 1: more questions here, b Wiz. Who do you guys like

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think even fourteen fifteen team league and

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Speaker 2: For me, absolutely no question. I'm bury in on bow

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Speaker 1: I agree the I did this a decent amount on

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Speaker 1: because the best thing you want to do is you

432
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Speaker 1: want to be able to find identifiers and be like

433
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Speaker 1: here is why this will happen, and this is going

434
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Speaker 1: to happen, and blah blah bluph. But frankly, it was

435
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Speaker 1: Bobachett and Luis Robert where you looked at and you

436
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Speaker 1: just Louise Roberts a little bit maybe more volatile, but

437
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Speaker 1: it was just such it was so out of pocket

438
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Speaker 1: of based on like hard hit rates barrel rates, consistency

439
00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,159
Speaker 1: writings versus lefties. Bobachhet specifically, it was like this just

440
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Speaker 1: doesn't feel believable, and his cost has become so low

441
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Speaker 1: it's a great buy. Now, I do say and think

442
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Speaker 1: Jackson Holiday is going to bounce back, and the stolen

443
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Speaker 1: bases could be a very differentiating factor where his fantasy

444
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Speaker 1: value Jackson Holidays could actually go higher than Bobachett. But

445
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Speaker 1: I think Bo is going to pop back in the

446
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Speaker 1: average and Homer department. I don't think he's going to steal,

447
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Speaker 1: but he's gonna be a good five category guy. But

448
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Speaker 1: I will tell you at the very end here, which

449
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Speaker 1: we're going to do here shortly a couple more questions.

450
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Speaker 1: We're gonna look at this bold prediction article. There is

451
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Speaker 1: a Jackson Holiday bold prediction in there, and you guys

452
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Speaker 1: all might be able to guess who the author of

453
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Speaker 1: that one was. All right, let's take a look here.

454
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Speaker 1: Silver said, will kirstadd have a chance to win a

455
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Speaker 1: platoon role? I think they've already said that he has

456
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Speaker 1: a platoon role. The only problem is they got Ryan

457
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Speaker 1: O'Hearn is kind of like that other guy for that.

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Speaker 1: What do you think about kirstadd.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if he necessarily will have that because

460
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Speaker 3: what's he platooning with with Oharn?

461
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Speaker 2: They're both lefties.

462
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Speaker 1: No, I know, like, there's not a platoon there with him,

463
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Speaker 1: But I think they were talking about a potential platoon

464
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Speaker 1: in a corner outfield spot. But I'm still like, maybe

465
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Speaker 1: first base you could platoon with Ryan Mountcastle, but the

466
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Speaker 1: outfield is like, Kowser's a lefty. Is Mullins a lefty?

467
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Mullins used to be a switch hitter, but he

468
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Speaker 3: dropped hading from the right side. The problem here is

469
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Speaker 3: that if you're looking at the way the outfield is Kowser,

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Speaker 3: then Cowser is also lefty. Tyler O'Neal. They didn't just

471
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Speaker 3: give Tyler O'Neil a bunch of money so they could

472
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Speaker 3: platoon him, although he'll probably end up being hurt at

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Speaker 3: some point. Actually, I think he's already dealt with something

474
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Speaker 3: in spring mount Castle. I don't see them making Mountcastle

475
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Speaker 3: the short side of the platoon. I mean, it would

476
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Speaker 3: be devastating for a lot of people for fantasy.

477
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Speaker 2: If he is.

478
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Speaker 3: But I don't know that there's really a spot for

479
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Speaker 3: Karstad as of today. I mean just looking at the

480
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Speaker 3: way roster resource has it projected. There's a lot of

481
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Speaker 3: righties on the bench, Gary Sanchez, Orge Matteo, Ramon Loreano.

482
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Speaker 3: I don't know that Keirstad is necessarily going to find

483
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Speaker 3: regular playing time without an injury. To O'Hearn, to Mountcastle,

484
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Speaker 3: to O'Neil, to Cowser. There are a lot of ways

485
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Speaker 3: that he could get in the lineup, and he probably

486
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Speaker 3: will eventually because teams just can't keep everybody healthy all season.

487
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Speaker 3: He'll probably play close to one hundred games here and there.

488
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Speaker 3: But I don't think that he's somebody that i'd be

489
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Speaker 3: adding outside of pretty deep leagues right now.

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Speaker 1: I think you just have to monitor it. If O'Hearn

491
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Speaker 1: really struggles, maybe they could get off of him. They

492
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Speaker 1: talked very positively about Kurstadt in in spring training, but yeah,

493
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Speaker 1: you look at it, it's pretty tough. They would have

494
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Speaker 1: to platoon mount Castle O'Hearn doesn't make sense now. I mean, again,

495
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Speaker 1: unless he's part of a rotation. Mountcastle could go in

496
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Speaker 1: DH and then he could play first or again vice

497
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Speaker 1: versa if they want to play around with that. But

498
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Speaker 1: it doesn't seem super great. Mcconda. Mcconda got caught with

499
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Speaker 1: catchers injured to start the season. Should I grab Bo Naylor, Jonaheim,

500
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Speaker 1: Drake Baldwin for Atlanta or Bart? I actually am a

501
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Speaker 1: Joey Bart guy in all of that group. Drake Baldwin

502
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Speaker 1: is kind of fun, Naylor's kind of cool. But I

503
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Speaker 1: had Joey Bart as my It was my all sleeper

504
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Speaker 1: team if if you guys check that out, so you're

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Speaker 1: with me.

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Speaker 3: Though, Yeah, I don't know exactly how much to believe

507
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Speaker 3: what we saw last year, but it did seem like

508
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Speaker 3: we got some tangible gains from him. The power seemed

509
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Speaker 3: to kind of figure itself out eighty games, thirteen homers.

510
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Speaker 3: The strikeout rate came way down. In his first cups

511
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Speaker 3: of coffee in the big leagues, it was like a

512
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Speaker 3: thirty seven thirty eight percent of strikeout rate. Got that

513
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Speaker 3: down to twenty six last year. He hit for a

514
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Speaker 3: good batting average one twenty one WRC plus. And he's

515
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Speaker 3: going to be in the middle of that lineup every

516
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Speaker 3: single day. Well, he'll get the odd day off here

517
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Speaker 3: and there, but I think that he is probably in

518
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Speaker 3: the best position of these guys that you've mentioned to succeed.

519
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Speaker 2: I'll never quit bo Naylor.

520
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Speaker 3: I still think there's always going to be a chance

521
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Speaker 3: with him, but I don't think it's I don't think

522
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Speaker 3: it's this year quite yet, at least not right now.

523
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Speaker 2: I would have to order them.

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Speaker 3: Probably Bart and then probably nailor Baldwin High. But I

525
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Speaker 3: think they're all pretty close. But Bart just stands out

526
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Speaker 3: a little bit for me above the rest of them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you, of course. Also just reminding

528
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Speaker 1: if people didn't check it out, pretty cool. Cam Smith

529
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Speaker 1: made the opening day roster two guys from last year's

530
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Speaker 1: draft class. You have Ryan Johnson, who didn't play a

531
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Speaker 1: single inning in the minor leagues or pitch a single

532
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Speaker 1: inning in the minor leagues, is going straight with the Angels.

533
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Speaker 1: We still have not heard about Christian Moore. If we did,

534
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Speaker 1: I just didn't see it. Just want to throw that out.

535
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Speaker 1: But there's a chance we see both cam Smith and

536
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Speaker 1: Christian Moore. But cam Smith made the opening day roster.

537
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Speaker 1: The Reds surprised everybody with a little piece of news

538
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Speaker 1: that Spencer Steer is not going to the Eel and

539
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Speaker 1: he's on the opening day roster. They're actually ie ling

540
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Speaker 1: Austin Hayes. So very good. If you got like a

541
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Speaker 1: super late share of Spencer Steeer and not a big

542
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Speaker 1: piece of news, but I thought this was pretty crazy.

543
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Speaker 1: Ostcar colos dfad by the Chicago White Sox. Today they

544
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Speaker 1: claimed Greg Jones, but the Oscar Coloss experiment is over

545
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Speaker 1: with the White Sox, so they are out on that.

546
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Speaker 1: All right, A couple more questions and then we are

547
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Speaker 1: going to yay or nay some of these bold predictions,

548
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Speaker 1: Impo said closer talk. Are the Rangers really going to

549
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,360
Speaker 1: go with Jackson? Or or is Chris Martin rosterble saves

550
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 1: only league? I personally, I think they will split it around,

551
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Speaker 1: but I'm going with Chris Martin. I don't think Luke

552
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Speaker 1: Jackson is going to take this gig, but you know,

553
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Speaker 1: Bochie did say it was going to look something like that,

554
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Speaker 1: so you're just gonna have to monitor it. But my

555
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Speaker 1: personal shares are on Chris Martin right now. Are you

556
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Speaker 1: if you had Chris Martin, would you oh, okay, I'll

557
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Speaker 1: come back to this. Would you dump Chris Martin for

558
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Speaker 1: Luke Jackson or hold on to Chris Martin?

559
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Speaker 3: It's so tough right now, Like you kind of have

560
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Speaker 3: to listen to the manager. I think if you can

561
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Speaker 3: pull it off, then maybe hold Martin and pick up

562
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Speaker 3: Jackson for now if you can, if there's somebody at

563
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Speaker 3: the end of your bench who's injured or not making

564
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Speaker 3: the team, or maybe you got somebody that's just got

565
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Speaker 3: an eyel designation, a designation that will clear up a

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Speaker 3: spot for you. I wouldn't really want to drop Martin

567
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Speaker 3: directly for Jackson because I don't know how it's going

568
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Speaker 3: to shake out. And also, like Luke Jackson's not a

569
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Speaker 3: great pitcher, Chris Martin has put together a couple of

570
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Speaker 3: really good seasons. Luke Jackson last year had a five

571
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Speaker 3: ZHO nine ERA with a one forty seven whip, double

572
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Speaker 3: digit walk right where Chris Martin, I mean, the age

573
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Speaker 3: is kind of working against him by a three forty

574
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Speaker 3: five ERA with really good supporting metrics only walked. If

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Speaker 3: I'm reading this correctly, one point seven percent of the

576
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Speaker 3: batters that he faced last season, Like he was brilliant.

577
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Speaker 3: He was fantastic last year, So I don't know why

578
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Speaker 3: the Rangers would want to go to Luke Jackson. I

579
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Speaker 3: think Martin's had a good spring training too, Like, I

580
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 3: don't know why they would do this, but I don't know.

581
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Speaker 3: You kind of have to listen to what the manager's

582
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Speaker 3: telling you at the same time. It might be Luke

583
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Speaker 3: Jackson to start, and maybe he'll lose it and give

584
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 3: it back to the Martin at some point. But I

585
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Speaker 3: wish managers wouldn't do this kind of thing. I maybe

586
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Speaker 3: I don't know. It just confuses everyone.

587
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Speaker 1: Well, dude, Diamond, I mean, Lavello is still like not

588
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Speaker 1: committing to which who is the closer. You still won't

589
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Speaker 1: say anything, so and and you know, I know, I

590
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Speaker 1: know you had kind of said this. A lot of

591
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Speaker 1: people are It's like, oh, they signed Justin Martinez, dote

592
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Speaker 1: it ut and it's like, just watch a J. Puck

593
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,879
Speaker 1: will get the first save. Like just watch when a

594
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Speaker 1: J Puck gets the first save, and it'll screw everybody

595
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Speaker 1: up and then they'll.

596
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Speaker 2: Just go like a righty lefty thing. I think I

597
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Speaker 2: think it.

598
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Speaker 1: Is going to be a leverage thing. I think it'll

599
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 1: be uh And Lovello kind of said this, if the

600
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Speaker 1: eighth inning has got a couple tough lefties and it's

601
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,679
Speaker 1: a close game, Puck is gonna come in. But I

602
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,439
Speaker 1: think if they've got a couple lefties lined up to

603
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Speaker 1: go into the ninth inning. I think you go justin

604
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Speaker 1: Martinez in the eighth and they'll go Puck in the ninth.

605
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: I really do think they'll play that game. And Kinkle

606
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,119
Speaker 1: is in there, so you know, I like watch the lineup.

607
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:09,639
Speaker 1: We'll see how it goes. We'll see what they end

608
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Speaker 1: up doing.

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Speaker 2: Here.

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Speaker 1: All right, A couple more here. Kan Kan said, I

611
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 1: only have one first base on my roster, Vladdie hold Pat.

612
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,159
Speaker 1: I'm not sure who my brain's just I think it

613
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,679
Speaker 1: means like stand oh a stan Pat hold Pat? I

614
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: get you, I get you? Or would you add a

615
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 1: waiver wire, Reese, Torklesen, or mount Castle. I like Reese, Yeah, I.

616
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Speaker 3: Like all of those guys to varying degrees. But I

617
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Speaker 3: think you're fine with Flatty. Lattie is one of the

618
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,040
Speaker 3: more durable players in baseball. Barring an injury, you won't

619
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Speaker 3: need to replace him if it's a daily lineup, even

620
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Speaker 3: he's gonna play one hundred and sixty games, especially in

621
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Speaker 3: a contract year, unless he's hurt. So if you want

622
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,160
Speaker 3: some out of depth corner infield spot utility, sure, but

623
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Speaker 3: you don't have to worry about ever really replacing Flatty

624
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Speaker 3: outside of an injury.

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Speaker 1: By the way, make time to update this. I just

626
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Speaker 1: did not see this. Christian Moore going to double A

627
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 1: to start the year, so the Angels aren't going just

628
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 1: full goblin mode. They did bring up Rian Johnson, but

629
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Speaker 1: not Christian Moore, but I would point this out. I

630
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 1: do not think Christian Moore to double A should anyone

631
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Speaker 1: should read that. He is far away. They will bring

632
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: him from double A straight to the majors when he's ready,

633
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 1: still an easy month ish timeline, I think. But he's

634
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 1: going to double A to start, so crazy Angels there.

635
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Speaker 1: Pekarn said, it looks like the Dodgers maybe the Braves

636
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Speaker 1: are going to be using a six man rotation. My

637
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: head to head weekly points league having a two start

638
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: pitcher in a w are huge. Do you know any

639
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,160
Speaker 1: other teams that might have a six man rotation? I

640
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: don't know of any that, so like the Diamondbacks could

641
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: be one. I don't think they will, but Ryan Nelson

642
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:47,239
Speaker 1: is they absolutely love. I just only know of the

643
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 1: Dodgers being like really vocal about doing this. Do you

644
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Speaker 1: know of any other teams or would you speculate on

645
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 1: any other teams that might go a little six man rotation?

646
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: Heavy outside of the Dodgers. I didn't even really hear

647
00:29:58,160 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: that on the Braves.

648
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 3: Ampa was planning to before the McClanahan injury. By Like

649
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 3: a lot of teams talk like this time of year

650
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 3: about going with a six man rotation. They want to

651
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 3: try and keep guys healthy. Pitchers do not stay healthy.

652
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 3: Having a six man rotation throughout the entire Major league

653
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 3: season is not something that I don't think we've ever

654
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 3: actually seen it successfully done.

655
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Speaker 2: Over the course of a whole year.

656
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 3: Will a six starter get mixed in here and there,

657
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 3: for sure, But the Dodgers are gonna deal with injuries.

658
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 3: The Dodgers are gonna need to rely on like Land

659
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 3: and Knack at some.

660
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 2: Point this season.

661
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 3: So I don't know that we're gonna ever see like

662
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 3: a consistent, fluid, six man rotation from really any team,

663
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 3: just based on the fact that arms will go down

664
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Speaker 3: and the depth pieces we see behind them aren't as

665
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:43,240
Speaker 3: strong for a lot of these teams.

666
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 2: Look at the Mariners.

667
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 3: They lost their fifth star or their fifth start or

668
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 3: their first starter in George Kirby, and now they've got

669
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Speaker 3: Emerson Hancock. You're just seeing like, Okay, they're not that deep,

670
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 3: not that they were ever going to go with a

671
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 3: six man rotation, but pitchers get hurt so often. I

672
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 3: just can't see any team actually being able to pull

673
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 3: it off for six months.

674
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Speaker 1: I kind of think it's a little bit of an

675
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,360
Speaker 1: earth I think you might we might overread it where

676
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 1: you see teams you know, you have a day off,

677
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 1: you have adjustments and stuff like that. I think by

678
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 1: May a lot of it's gonna kind of set itself up,

679
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: and it's also going to be based on injuries. So

680
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: I don't personally know of any outside the Dodgers that

681
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 1: I would worry about. Last one Dexter said Christian Campbell

682
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 1: or cam Smith a better late pick dart throw. Both

683
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: made the roster. So what say you?

684
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 3: You are definitely the better prospect analyst, I personally am

685
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 3: more in on cam Smith, especially after seeing him batting

686
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 3: fifth in the lineup yesterday.

687
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 2: In spring.

688
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 3: I don't know if that's going to be where they

689
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 3: slot him in regularly, but I'm taking the Astros lineup

690
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 3: straight up over the Red Soxes in terms of how

691
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 3: good they are. I think he's going to bat higher

692
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 3: in the lineup than Campbell. He's had a much better

693
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 3: spring than Campbell. Campbell's had a pretty bad spring, batting

694
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 3: a buck sixty seven, thirty percent strikeout rate. Cam Smith

695
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 3: has kind of let the world on fire. So I

696
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 3: think all of it combined it has to be cam Smith.

697
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 3: I saw an Astros beat writer say he's the best

698
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 3: prospect that he's seen in the organization since Yard now,

699
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 3: So I don't know how much I want to read

700
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 3: into that.

701
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 2: But what say you Welsh?

702
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, I have got cam Smith higher right now. I

703
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: actually think they're pretty close. The Christian Campbell's side. What

704
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 1: I think is interesting is there's the potential that's saying

705
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: it's going to happen. But there's definitely the potential that

706
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: they could be like, oh, this is not working a

707
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 1: lah Jackson Holliday because they've got Roman Anthony. You know, like,

708
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 1: first off, you look at the infield. What could they do?

709
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: Deviis could go back to third, and you could go

710
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 1: and put Bregman at second. They like David Hamilton, They

711
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 1: got von Grisham. Grisham had a good spring, Grisham could

712
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,280
Speaker 1: go and play second. Boom, all those things could happen.

713
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 1: All right, Campbell goes to the outfield, that doesn't work.

714
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: You also have Roman Anthony, you have Williar or Brew.

715
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of options. The astros don't,

716
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: I mean they do when they don't. They got Zach Desenzo,

717
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: Jacob Melton, There's a couple guys, but like Cam is

718
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,840
Speaker 1: coming off of a really, really hot run, I think

719
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: they are very very close. But I am going slightly

720
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: with Cam Smith right now.

721
00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 2: So I played Devil's advocate.

722
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 3: I mean, Christian Campbell's had a much much more time

723
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 3: in the minor leagues.

724
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 1: Minor League got player there last year.

725
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 3: He's not going to come up and play out of

726
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 3: position to start his career like Cam Smith is. So

727
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 3: he might be in a little bit of a better

728
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 3: situation to succeed because Cam Smith having to learn a

729
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 3: new position on the fly. I'm not sure how much

730
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 3: outfield he's played over the years, but I think he's

731
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 3: predominantly been a third baseman. It'd be a little bit

732
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 3: Andrew Vaughan e where you're trying to learn a different

733
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 3: position on the fly and it could hurt you potentially

734
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 3: at the dish. Don't want to read too much into that.

735
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 3: Just a little bit of a Devil's advocate point there

736
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 3: against Smith.

737
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: I just I have him higher. That's all I'm saying.

738
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: I have Cam Smith.

739
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 2: It's a bit high too.

740
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 1: Both inside the top two hundred too. So if you

741
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 1: had a last final draft or whatever, I've got them both.

742
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 2: Dude.

743
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: Cam Smith went like one fifty in my home league

744
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 1: draft I did last night.

745
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 2: WHOA, that's a little early for me.

746
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: It was a little early for everybody. One hundred percent

747
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: all right. So here's the last thing I want to do.

748
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: Thank you everybody that's been putting questions in and just

749
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: make a book. Wednesdays at two pm Eastern. If you

750
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: guys want to come in here, especially in season, it's

751
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 1: going to be great. You can talk about streamers. You

752
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,320
Speaker 1: get the show usually like half a day before it

753
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: airs on the podcast, and you guys can be a

754
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 1: part of it, be a character. That's the other cool

755
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 1: thing that we had a lot last year is you

756
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,880
Speaker 1: can be a character on this show. So bookmarket for

757
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 1: in season. Wednesdays at twelve two pm Eastern. We just

758
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: released some bold predictions on Fantasy Pros. You can go

759
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 1: and check it out. The Fantasy Pros MLB Twitter account

760
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: put this out. It'll obviously be on I don't know

761
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 1: where it is on Fantasy Pro's website, probably at the

762
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 1: top because it's the newest article. It's by the Fantasy

763
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:41,879
Speaker 1: Pro staff. Eleven bold predictions from the experts I am

764
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 1: going to present. I'm not going to give all the

765
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 1: read up of it. I'm going to give the little

766
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,480
Speaker 1: baseline thing. If you want to read the great analysis,

767
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,319
Speaker 1: definitely check out the article. But I'm going to give

768
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 1: you what the baseline headline is, and you tell me

769
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,400
Speaker 1: if you are buying the bold prediction or not.

770
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 2: You ready, let's here.

771
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 1: This is by Jesse Garcia from Fantasy pros. There is

772
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,240
Speaker 1: a realistic chance that Drake Baldwin does not give Sean

773
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 1: Murphy a chance to return as the starting catcher for

774
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:18,240
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Braves. So bold buy or sell that Drake

775
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: Baldwin takes the starting job all season long, and then

776
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 1: maybe is the new answer to that question we had

777
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:25,440
Speaker 1: a little bit earlier.

778
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,399
Speaker 2: It's definitely on the table. I like this one.

779
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 3: I think that there's a good chance that this comes through.

780
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 3: Baldwin has been excellent offensively in the minors. I can't

781
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 3: really speak to his defense, but Sean Murphy has been

782
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 3: pretty miserable now for about a year and a half,

783
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 3: and a part of that is injury related as well.

784
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 3: When he stayed on the field, I think it was

785
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 3: the first half of his first season and Atlanta was very,

786
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 3: very good, and then things kind of tailed off. It's

787
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 3: been a while now though, since he's been really a

788
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 3: valuable fantasy player, and now on the wrong side of

789
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 3: thirty with all the injuries packing up, I think that

790
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 3: there's a good chance that this one comes true.

791
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,239
Speaker 1: All right, Pierre Camu hates me, but I like his

792
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 1: Victor Robliss will lead the majors in stolen bases. Yeah,

793
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 1: your nay.

794
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 3: I think it's gonna be Ellie, but I think that

795
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 3: roblaz is definitely going to be in the conversation. I

796
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,360
Speaker 3: think ATC had him going for forty plus stolen bases.

797
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 3: I could potentially see it, but I think Ellie is

798
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 3: probably the safe bet.

799
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: He's the safe bet. Yeah, I don't. I don't think

800
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 1: this will happen, But I think the point of it

801
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,399
Speaker 1: is it's in line. I think it's it's out there.

802
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 1: Here you go. This is by mister Mike Mayer. Cam

803
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: Smith hits thirty home runs and becomes al Rookie of

804
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: the Year. I'm not going to lie. I sprinkled a

805
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 1: little bet about three weeks ago, or maybe it was

806
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,799
Speaker 1: two weeks ago. You can check it out on the

807
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,719
Speaker 1: Betting pros app if you go and check out. I've

808
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: got a couple other fun ones in there as well.

809
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 1: Just gonna tell you guys, like I've got some season

810
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 1: long totals and stuff like that. I've talked at nauseum

811
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: about my my Garrett Crochet strikeout one. I've obviously got that.

812
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,439
Speaker 1: I've got a couple like leg parlays, like here, here's

813
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: one I'll just throw at you. I have a Corey

814
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: Seager to hit thirty homers, Joshnable to hit twenty five,

815
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 1: and Michael Totally to hit thirty and that was twelve

816
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: to one. So I've got some fun ones on there.

817
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: But I sprinkled, Actually I placed this. I can see

818
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: the date I placed this. I guess I thought it

819
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 1: was longer ago. A week and a half ago. Twenty

820
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,879
Speaker 1: five to one Cam Smith to win Rookie of the Year.

821
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 1: I do not know what the odds are at this moment,

822
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: but if you download the Betting pros app, you can

823
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 1: follow me on there. You can check out my bets.

824
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,840
Speaker 1: It's probably still live and it's probably not as good.

825
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: But what do you think thirty homers and Rookie of

826
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: the Year. I'll let you buy or sell both of those.

827
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: You can pick.

828
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:53,360
Speaker 2: You can like.

829
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 1: You could be like I like Rookie the Year, but

830
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:56,399
Speaker 1: I don't like the thirty homers if you want.

831
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 2: By the way, I'm just checking it now. He's like,

832
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 2: oh my god, one eight to one.

833
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,359
Speaker 1: Check this out. You get good on DK. I did

834
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 1: not realize this. This is a great ad. Why you

835
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 1: should have followed me. He is four and a half

836
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 1: to one. He is the number one AL Rookie of

837
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: the Year odds on maker right now at four and

838
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 1: a half to one. Wow, that went up. I got

839
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 1: him at twenty five to one.

840
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:25,360
Speaker 2: It's fantastic. Love it. I like Cam Smith.

841
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 3: I heard Rob Silver mentioned him on a pot earlier

842
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,839
Speaker 3: in the offseason, and I've kind of been thinking about it.

843
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 3: I didn't think that it was going to come true

844
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 3: this soon, that he was going to make the opening

845
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,879
Speaker 3: day roster. But I think that Rookie of the Year

846
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 3: is definitely more plausible than thirty home runs. I think

847
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,360
Speaker 3: that they both have a chance to come true. But

848
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 3: I don't know that I want to put that kind

849
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 3: of expectation on him that he's going to go for

850
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,959
Speaker 3: thirty in his first cup of coffee. Like I mentioned,

851
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 3: he's going to be learning a different position.

852
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 2: The power he could do it.

853
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,400
Speaker 3: He had seven home runs in thirty two minor league games,

854
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 3: sixteen home runs in sixty six games last year for

855
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 3: Florida or Florida State, I should say, and then four

856
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 3: homers and fifteen spring games, like he has legit power.

857
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 2: I'd take the under on thirty homers.

858
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: Though, Okay, you gotta read, you got to. You gotta

859
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: check out the analysis of it. Everybody go and check

860
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 1: out Mike Mayer's got some good stuff in there. So

861
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 1: plug for you to read these blurbs. This player. Two

862
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 1: people picked this player, and this is I believe the

863
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,879
Speaker 1: only one that was double picked. It was by Kelly

864
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 1: Kirby and Jeff Baugus. Hopefully I'm saying his name correctly, Bugas,

865
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: but you're going with Bogman, so Bugis, they're both Vladimir

866
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: Guerrero Junior. One is he will lead the league in

867
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: homers and RBI and contend for a triple crown. The

868
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,920
Speaker 1: others he will be a top five fantasy player. So

869
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: you get to pick both of those. Check it out

870
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,879
Speaker 1: again on the article side. Will he lead the league

871
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 1: and runs an RBI and will he be a top

872
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 1: five fantasy player? Buy or sell those?

873
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:50,839
Speaker 2: I'm buying it.

874
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 3: You know, we did a show the other day, the

875
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 3: Betting Pros Baseball Future show that we did with Seth

876
00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 3: and I think that Vlad is going to win the

877
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 3: America in League MVP this year. I think that he

878
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 3: is going to come in on fire, and I think

879
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 3: these predictions are both accurate. Top five fantasy player. I

880
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 3: could definitely see it with his batting average and his power.

881
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,320
Speaker 3: I also think there's a chance that he steals a

882
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 3: little bit more. We just see that in contract years.

883
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 3: We saw with Aaron Judge a couple of years ago

884
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 3: in his contract year he stole like sixteen bases, and

885
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,840
Speaker 3: we've seen Vlady run a little bit in the past.

886
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 3: So I could definitely see a top five fantasy player

887
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,919
Speaker 3: leading the league in home runs. Is probably a little

888
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 3: bit tough, barring a Judge injury, because just the launch

889
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:29,319
Speaker 3: angle for Vlad, he hits the ball on the line

890
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:30,800
Speaker 3: and on the ground a little bit too much. I

891
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 3: think he's like a thirty five home run guy, but

892
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,439
Speaker 3: I don't know that we're getting back to that close

893
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 3: to fifty home run season we saw a couple of

894
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,800
Speaker 3: years ago. I think that as long as Judge is healthy,

895
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,720
Speaker 3: he's probably going to lead the league in homers.

896
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 2: But I agree with the RBI.

897
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:45,440
Speaker 3: I think the triple crown he could be in the

898
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 3: competition there outside of homers, and I think that he

899
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 3: is going to be a top five fantasy player. I

900
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 3: have no problem with any of that.

901
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: All right, Guess the analyst or the pro or the

902
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: expert orioles infielder Jackson Holliday will have a twenty twenty season.

903
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 3: Guess I would have said Ryan Wormley. I would have

904
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:04,399
Speaker 3: said Ryan Wormley. But I know who wrote this one.

905
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 3: So it's our friend, Joey p.

906
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 1: It is Joe piece of p of course loves him

907
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 1: some Jackson Holiday buy or sell Jackson Holiday twenty twenty season.

908
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 2: I'm not buying into a twenty twenty season, not yet.

909
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 2: I mean, can he get there? Maybe?

910
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:21,439
Speaker 3: But I love you Joe, but I would I would

911
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 3: take the under on twenty twenty. Maybe twenty steals twenty

912
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 3: homers might be pushing it a little bit.

913
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,719
Speaker 1: The next one is not I'm gonna skip this next one.

914
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: It's not real. I'm really sure there's even a bold prediction.

915
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: And it's a good name. It's a great name, but

916
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: you guys can check it out who it is. Gavin

917
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: Lux will finish as a top fifteen second baseman by

918
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:41,840
Speaker 1: Mike McGregor buyer.

919
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:46,719
Speaker 3: Cell, I'm kind of selling that. I like Mike, really

920
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,319
Speaker 3: good guy, but I'm kind of selling that one. I

921
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 3: don't know what the role exactly is going to look like.

922
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 3: If he's going to be playing in the outfield, which

923
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 3: looks kind of likely that he'll be in left field,

924
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 3: probably some kind of platoon bat. Gavin Lux cannot hit

925
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 3: lefties at all, so I think that he's probably gonna

926
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,800
Speaker 3: strictly play against right He's against lefties last year he

927
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 3: hit a buck fifty two no homer.

928
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 2: It's just brutal.

929
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,800
Speaker 3: But against right handed pitching, he should play fairly regularly.

930
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,799
Speaker 3: But he'll be at the bottom of the order. It's

931
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 3: a decent lineup and not an amazing lineup, and they're

932
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 3: already taking some hits. I know you said Steer is

933
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 3: going to be ready for opening day, but they're losing

934
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 3: Austin ry Or Austin Riley, Austin Hayes.

935
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 2: So I don't know.

936
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 3: Top fifteen I could maybe get behind Top twenty fifteen

937
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,240
Speaker 3: feels a little bit too high for me, even twenty Honestly,

938
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 3: I'm not really a big Gavin Lux guy this year.

939
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna skip these next two, but I'm

940
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,839
Speaker 1: gonna tell you Chris Mitchell from Fantasy Data and Chris

941
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:39,359
Speaker 1: Shammer from Fantasy Pros. We got some big names. There's

942
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,879
Speaker 1: an Ellie and another guy. Really great prediction in here.

943
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: The longest ride up is on Ellie, so you can

944
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: check that out. The other one is a player to

945
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 1: hit fifty home runs, which you guys can go and

946
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:53,839
Speaker 1: check out. And I really love this one. But we're

947
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:58,359
Speaker 1: gonna go to the final one, and it's mine. Are

948
00:42:58,360 --> 00:42:58,800
Speaker 1: you ready?

949
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 2: A Rico? All right, ready, all right.

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00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: Mike Trout plays one hundred and thirty games in twenty

951
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,280
Speaker 1: twenty five, giving you just a tiny bit more context

952
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 1: the stat line thirty five homers, he steals ten bases.

953
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:17,399
Speaker 1: He is more valuable than Michael Harris and taoscar Hernandez

954
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 1: buy or sell.

955
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 2: I'm really hoping this comes true, so I'm gonna buy it. Yeah,

956
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 2: I'm gonna I'm not gonna say that. I expect it

957
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 2: to happen.

958
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 3: Like if I was gonna throw money on an over under,

959
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 3: I would take the under on this.

960
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,880
Speaker 2: But man, it's just like it's time. It's time already.

961
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 3: And maybe it's just for him and for de Grom

962
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:40,759
Speaker 3: this year, the two guys who are generational, best of

963
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 3: their era, type of players that just can't stay healthy.

964
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 2: As they get older.

965
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:47,479
Speaker 3: Maybe they both got one more year in the tank.

966
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 3: I believe it for de Grom, so i'd be a

967
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 3: hypocrite if I couldn't believe it for Trout. Now, Trout

968
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 3: doesn't have like a fresh surgery that just healed a problem,

969
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 3: so there's there's kind of that working against him a

970
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 3: little bit. But he's still so talented, like last year

971
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 3: in twenty nine games, ten homers and six dolen bases,

972
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:05,719
Speaker 3: like he's just you gotta this laugh. It's just it's

973
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 3: just so stupid how good he is. So I'm hoping

974
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 3: that this one comes true.

975
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 2: I really do.

976
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 3: But honestly, I'm hoping that the Angels eventually trade him

977
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:13,360
Speaker 3: so you can get a taste of the postseason.

978
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: I don't think you'll ever happen. I play in this

979
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: really interesting home league Bogman and I is the one

980
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 1: I did last night where I've told people about this.

981
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 1: I think it's a great way to play, and I

982
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:24,120
Speaker 1: highly suggest people experiment with it.

983
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 2: We do.

984
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 1: It's a it's a two to half league. The first half,

985
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:33,960
Speaker 1: which is opening Day to essentially All Star Break, is rodo.

986
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 1: It's a draft. You are only drafting for that. So

987
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: my context here is think about Jacob de Gramm and

988
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:44,880
Speaker 1: Mike Trout's value in a first half only league with

989
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:46,840
Speaker 1: the injuries, what you're with, what you're concerned. But now

990
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,240
Speaker 1: obviously they get hurt, you're screwed. They get hurt early.

991
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,240
Speaker 1: But the idea is, I'm not holding up long season.

992
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:53,919
Speaker 1: I took Mike Trout in the sixties in that because

993
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: it's like, give me all of the early season stuff.

994
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,439
Speaker 1: That's and then what happens is, whoever wins that half

995
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 1: of the money is there. They win the money, but

996
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 1: if you win it, you get the first pick in

997
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,720
Speaker 1: the second half draft, which we do during All Star break.

998
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 1: That now becomes a head to head draft, and we

999
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 1: play through a playoff and that's really fun. And that's

1000
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 1: kind of the context of that special league. But like

1001
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 1: Ronald Acunya, was not a great pick to do in

1002
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,880
Speaker 1: a first half league, so he fell. But guys like

1003
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 1: Jacob de Gram and Mike Trout went up. So I

1004
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 1: took Trout earlier than ever. But I'm I'm obviously I

1005
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 1: will suffer the pain if it happens, but that is

1006
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:33,719
Speaker 1: my bold prediction. Go over to Fantasy Pros on the

1007
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: MLB side. I think it's right on the Finnish Pros

1008
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,240
Speaker 1: dot com slash MLB. It'll be on the main page

1009
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,399
Speaker 1: you can check out. It's also on the Fantasy Pros

1010
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:43,839
Speaker 1: Twitter account. I've retweeted it some of the other guys

1011
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: in it. Eleven bold predictions from experts the twenty twenty

1012
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:52,239
Speaker 1: five Fantasy Baseball season Frindos. That is it.

1013
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:52,799
Speaker 2: That is all.

1014
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,360
Speaker 1: We have a couple reminders that I want to give you.

1015
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:57,480
Speaker 1: I don't know for a lot of the people that

1016
00:45:57,520 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 1: are listening on the podcast, asn't matter, but we've got

1017
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:02,280
Speaker 1: a Fantasy pros Q and a live stream. It's happening

1018
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 1: today on our YouTube YouTube dot com slash Fantasy Pros

1019
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:09,319
Speaker 1: MLB four pm Eastern. That bad Boy's going down, so

1020
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:12,719
Speaker 1: technically going down in like an hour from us doing this,

1021
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: so if you're in here, you know about it. We

1022
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaker 1: are answering all your questions. It's me and Joe Pizapia.

1023
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 1: People can do super chats if you want prioritization, but

1024
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: we're gonna be doing this every single week throughout the

1025
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 1: season as far as I know. Four pm Eastern on Wednesdays,

1026
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 1: so make sure you bookmark it and make sure you're

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00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,359
Speaker 1: following YouTube dot com slash Fantasy Pros MLB. You're trying

1028
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:33,719
Speaker 1: to get to twenty five thousand. Joe and I are

1029
00:46:33,719 --> 00:46:35,440
Speaker 1: going to address up like Mario and Luigi when we

1030
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:37,840
Speaker 1: do it, so get it going. It might not be

1031
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:40,760
Speaker 1: opening day, I know we're super close, but follow the channel.

1032
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,279
Speaker 1: We're doing giveaways on the channel. We got the John

1033
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:46,719
Speaker 1: Smoltz autograph jersey. The leading off videos will be there,

1034
00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 1: and we're doing live streams. So follow up YouTube dot

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00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,160
Speaker 1: com slash Fantasy Pros MLB. If you want to watch

1036
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:55,120
Speaker 1: us live on leading off twitch dot tv slash Fantasy Pros,

1037
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:57,359
Speaker 1: that is it. You can follow us. You can hang

1038
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:01,400
Speaker 1: out with us twelve pm Eastern Monday through Friday. Bets

1039
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:06,040
Speaker 1: Fantasy streamers interacting all of that stuff. We got it

1040
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:07,960
Speaker 1: all locked, and just remember everything that we do will

1041
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,520
Speaker 1: end up on the YouTube channel. So we got you

1042
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 1: covered and we'll be back next week for a little

1043
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 1: bit more discord. Joe Ricar, you set you got nine

1044
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 1: minutes until this draft? What what's your draft spot?

1045
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 3: I am picking fourth in a twelve team league, so

1046
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:26,120
Speaker 3: I'm gonna have to make the well unless one of

1047
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:28,440
Speaker 3: the Big three falls, I'm gonna have to make the

1048
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 3: Jay ram versus Ellie choice.

1049
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: Ellie Baby, Ellie Baby that I was just about to say,

1050
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:36,600
Speaker 1: the Big four, give me some el.

1051
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 2: I love Ellie.

1052
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:41,200
Speaker 3: I just don't love the price there, and I think

1053
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,759
Speaker 3: it's because I'm just a sucker for batting average and

1054
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 3: I really want like a two eighty base in the

1055
00:47:45,719 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 3: first few rounds. It's a trade off because then I

1056
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:50,480
Speaker 3: don't have to worry about steals for a very long time.

1057
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,840
Speaker 3: If I take Ellie, it's it'll.

1058
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 1: Be ad like you're going on holiday. Ramirez. Sounds like

1059
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:56,400
Speaker 1: you're going Ramerez.

1060
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 3: Probably, But I'm kind of just praying, like let Bobby

1061
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:01,960
Speaker 3: witfall to come on. Fantasy guys, give it to me,

1062
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 3: Just give it to me one draft. It's not gonna

1063
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 3: happen but a man can dream.

1064
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 1: That would be nice, so well, make sure you check

1065
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,760
Speaker 1: us out on the Twitter. Joe Rico ninety nine probably

1066
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,239
Speaker 1: gonna throw out some of the updates. You can follow

1067
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:15,000
Speaker 1: me at is It the Welsh and thanks so much

1068
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:16,400
Speaker 1: for hanging out with us friends. We'll talk to you

1069
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:18,800
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