1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Who are we looking at trading for this week? Well, 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: I've got some names for you to consider wheeling and 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: dealing for today. Welcome back to Fantasy Pros MLB. I'm 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 1: Chris Welsh, and I'm glad you're here. Today's video is 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: brought to you by so Rare, the digital card collecting 6 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,959 Speaker 1: fantasy game where the next era is yours. But I 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: will tell you a little bit more about them later. 8 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: I'm throwing some names your way. You don't like them, 9 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: throw them right back, but you might want to give 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: some heavy consideration before you do. So let's get into 11 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: those names. First up, Cincinnati Reds first baseman Spencer Steer. 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: Steer isn't who you think of when you think of 13 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: the scorching hot Reds, but he still might be one 14 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: of the most underrated bats in that entire lineup. Steer 15 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: got eleven homers eight stolen bases on the year with 16 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: an over two seventy batting average and a sub twenty 17 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: percent k percentage. Pretty sweet. Even though Spencer Steer is 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: ninety six percent owned in c League, one of the 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: biggest questions is how sustainable is it all going to be? 20 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: Rest of season projections on Steer actually show an average 21 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: dip as it moves down to two fifty nine, but 22 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: his power numbers are more He's got twelve, while his 23 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 1: stolen base numbers, at least as far as projections go, 24 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: seem to taper down. But what this does is it 25 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: still puts Steer with the almost twenty five homer season 26 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: with double digit stolen bases, though he is struggling with 27 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: an nunder two to forty bounding average in June, He's 28 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: shown the ability to not swing and miss while being 29 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 1: a clutch five category player. Throw on top that he's 30 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: hitting behind two of the most electric rookies in baseball 31 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: in Ellie de la Cruz and Matt McClain. The RBI 32 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: opportunities they should stick, while his recent struggles are creating 33 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: a nice buying opportunity where rest of season projections are 34 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: actually telling us a really solid positive story for the 35 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: rest of the year. I'm in on Spencer Steer and 36 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: I think that night twenty six percent ownership could switch 37 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: in your favor. Coming up at number two and these three, 38 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: by the way, the name I just mentioned, the name 39 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to, and the name that's coming up, these 40 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: are what I kind of consider the throw in the 41 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: trade names. These are three guys to focus on here 42 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: for a second that are guys that you can get 43 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: thrown in your trades. And number two is Colorado Rockies 44 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: third baseman outfielder who whatever you want to consider, Nolan Jones. Now, 45 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: early on, I didn't really want to believe that Jones 46 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: was turning the corner, but he sure seems to. Of 47 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: batters with one hundred played appearances, Jones has a top 48 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: forty expected batting average in the league at two eighty two. 49 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: And what's cool is that's not that far off from 50 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 1: his current batting average, which is three sixteen. His five 51 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: point fifty one slug that's met with an expected slug 52 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: of five point thirty six that is twenty second best 53 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: in the league with those same qualifications. In twenty eight 54 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,839 Speaker 1: games this year, Jones already has five home and four 55 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: stolen bases, though those four stolen bases came in one week. 56 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: I do worry about the k rate, which is over 57 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: thirty percent. The damage is coming from sliders and curves, 58 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: where he's got like a thirty one percent k rate 59 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: against sliders and around a fifty percent k rate on 60 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 1: curve balls, respectively. So he's gonna have to adjust there. 61 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: But the barrel and hard hit is exactly where we 62 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: want it to be, as well as many of the 63 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: other expected stats as I kind of rattled them off. Lastly, 64 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: this is lazy, but Colorado, man, it's where you want 65 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: to be. Where he does have a big dramatic split 66 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: difference between righty's and lefties, where he hits righty's a 67 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: lot better than he hits lefties. He doesn't have what 68 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: you might be looking for, that home road terrifying thing. 69 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: He's actually hitting three twenty five on the road. So 70 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: throw in trades city. That's number two on the guys. 71 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: I am trying to get thrown in on trades number three, 72 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: and we're not done with the whole trades. This is 73 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: just of the throw in package. A Zeke Duran with 74 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: the Texas Rangers. Like Steer, Duran might be one of 75 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: the most underrated bats this year, though on CBS he's 76 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: only seventy two percent rostered. Duran is hitting three twelve 77 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: with nine homers and four stolen bases. Though his babbit 78 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: is running high, which would usually be a pretty good 79 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: indicator of like regression, his expected batting average stabilizes to 80 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: a point that we can believe much of what we're 81 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: actually seeing. He's got an expected batting average of two 82 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: point eighty five a slug which is around five point 83 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: twenty but the expected five ten, so it's kind of 84 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: like Nolan Jones, and he's got an expected will but 85 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: in line with the current rate as well. At on 86 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: top of it, an eleven and a half percent barrel 87 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: percentage which I am typically looking for like ten percent 88 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: and above, and a forty six percent hard hit percentage 89 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: that's actually more than Nolan Jones. Duran has the underlying 90 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: metrics to justify that he can continue producing at this 91 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: pretty solid level. Anything else to love well? Duran has 92 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: hit over three hundred every month this season and is 93 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: hitting over three hundred against both right e's and lefties. 94 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: That's floor baby. 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All right, 121 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: now we've got the throw in trade packages done. Here 122 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 1: are two bigger names that I'm taking a look at 123 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: this week. I'm looking at Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jesus 124 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: Lozardo for a little bit of pitching action. Lozarta switched 125 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: up his pitch mix this year, going heavy into the fastball. 126 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: It was twenty nine percent used last year, set around 127 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: forty three percent this year. That has made the slider 128 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: even more efficient because the fastball has set it up. 129 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: His slider's gone just a tiny bit up in percentage, 130 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: but the with rate went from forty one percent up 131 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: to fifty percent this year. He's also added velo as 132 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: the slider is up two miles per hour, but ironically 133 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: the whole thing, the k percentage isn't really up. What's 134 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: of note here his walks are down a full run 135 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: from last year, so this speaks to that change in 136 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: the fastball to slider mix that he's done. He's become 137 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: more efficient throwing less balls. Lozardo's at around a three 138 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: and a half ERA this entire season, but over the 139 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: last thirty days his ERA is the same, but his 140 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: x FIP sitting at two eight eight. Also, speaking of 141 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: those walks, he's actually lowered his walks per nine to 142 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: a little just over one over the last thirty days. 143 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: In fact, we want a bigger one. He's walked only 144 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: one batter or less in eight straight games, so maybe 145 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: a little bit of that high crazy in potential has 146 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: rubbed off a little bit. But he's created a better 147 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: fantasy floor, which sometimes we're looking for that with some 148 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: starting pitchers, especially ten k per nine pitchers, you can 149 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: get a little bit more floor. It's more consistency. He's 150 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: had a few blow ups, but check this out. He 151 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: has three starts with five or more earned runs given 152 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,559 Speaker 1: up since May twenty first. That's not great, but prior 153 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: to that, he only had one game all year where 154 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: he gave up four earned runs. All the rest were less. 155 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: Hazes Lozardo is making all of the right changes Marlins, 156 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 1: they're trying to win games. He is a pretty solid 157 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,719 Speaker 1: buy because things are turning in the right direction as 158 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: of June. So I'm looking at Hazus Lozardo to bolster 159 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: up part of the back end of my rotation. And finally, 160 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: the big name I'm looking at is Boston Red Sox 161 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: third baseman Raphael Devers. Now might be a good time 162 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: to jump in on Devers before things start to change. 163 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: On the season, he's hitting only two forty one, which 164 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: looks good for us as buyers. Is OBP three to twelve, 165 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 1: also good for us as buyer, not for anyone that's 166 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: owning him. Devers, though, still has eighteen homers and sixty RBI, 167 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: which isn't going to make him crazy low, but we 168 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: used to our advantage. His June, he's been struggling average, 169 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: hovering only around two thirty, which might be enough to 170 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: get owners to talk a little bit more. Here's a 171 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: good part. Devers has a Babbitt sixty points lower this 172 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: year than his career number. That is some serious bad luck. 173 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: His XBA expected batting average two seventy three. That's thirty 174 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: points higher than his actual average. In fact, his XBA 175 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: is higher against every single pitch category that he faces 176 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: this year. He's top eight percent in the league in 177 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,599 Speaker 1: hard hit percentage, top eleven percent in x wOBA, and 178 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: top fifteen percent in barrel percentage. More on his power, 179 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: he's got around a four to fifty slug, but an 180 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: expected slug about one hundred points higher five forty five. 181 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: That's fifth best in the league. Qualified batters. On top 182 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: of it all, he's still walking at the the same rate, 183 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: still striking out at the same rate. These are all 184 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,959 Speaker 1: great recipes for a stud by stew If you will, 185 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: this is what I'm into. You're still giving up some things, 186 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,839 Speaker 1: no doubt about it. But the owner might just look 187 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: for depth in a few spots and get out from 188 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: Raphael Devers. There's some good stuff we're looking for. The 189 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: better stuff we're buying Ralphael Devers. There you go, friends, 190 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: There's a couple players that you can get, some throw 191 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: ins in some trades, and a few bigger names that 192 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: you can focus on. If you dig the players that 193 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: I mentioned, drop a comment below. 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