1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: Looking to the future in MLB. Let's talk to the pros. 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: Welcome in, everybody to betting pros. It's time to place 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: your bets. It is me, Joey Pa, Joe Pi's Apia 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: and we've got a fun day of baseball talk for you. 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: That's right, it's Future's Day. We're gonna get our crystal 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: balls out and we're gonna rub them up real good. 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna take a look into the future of Major 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: League Baseball. And who better to do that with than 9 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: my good friend and co host from Sports Grid. Every 10 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: Sunday we host Fantasy Sports Today, where we talk fantasy, 11 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: we talk wagering. Oh yeah, and he also hosts the 12 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: Better's I over on MLB Network. You know him, of course, 13 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: he's the one, the only Matt Striker. You can follow 14 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: him on the Twitter machine, but don't really because he 15 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: doesn't care at MLB. Matt Striker. Look at us hanging 16 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,959 Speaker 1: out working outside of work. What a good time, dad. 17 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 2: It's so odd, you know. 18 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 3: And I have to tell you, I'm so blessed that 19 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 3: so Keith Orzaria hosts Better's I. You and I are 20 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 3: doing sports where I work with the two best bald 21 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 3: guys in the game alliteration aside, I really do. And 22 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 3: as far as work for hanging out, how many of 23 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 3: us after a Friday or Saturday you see someone at 24 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 3: the club of the bar, and then you see. 25 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 2: Them on a Wednesday or Thursday out in the street. 26 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: But all right, let's see, i'd likely to, doesn't that? 27 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: But I like that you choose your co hosts they 28 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: must be bald? Is that in your content? 29 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 2: It's actually, yeah, that's very important. 30 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: Right, Well, this is going to be your important day 31 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 1: for MLB Betting Guide. And last year we absolutely crushed 32 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: the show. I mean between Verlander twenty five to one, 33 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: between some of the other things that we talked about 34 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: on the show, the over on the Seattle Marriagers, there 35 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: were so many things. 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I want to know 55 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: what your favorite bets are going into the season for MLB. 56 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,679 Speaker 1: Let's start with the big one for MVP and Matt. 57 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: The National League is tricky because the National League has 58 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: a lot of great players who are on the same teams. 59 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: It feels like old school NBA from the two thousands 60 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: the twenty tens, where you get these super teams. Right, 61 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: We've got Sodo and you've got Tatisse and Machada all 62 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: on the Padres together. You got all the Braves guys 63 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: together with you know, Akunya and some of the talents 64 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: on that team. You got the guys who are on 65 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts, 66 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: and that always becomes a difficult thing. I know, you 67 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: and I talk about that. So is there a lone 68 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: wolf when you look at the MVP market? That makes 69 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: sense because right now at the top, Juan Soto is 70 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: there plus five fifty, which is fascinating. I don't know 71 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: why he is necessarily at the top, as much as 72 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: I love won Soto. Mookie Betts a plus nine fifty. 73 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: Then you've got Akunya, Tatis at ten to one, Trey 74 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: Turner plus eleven hundred, and then as you go down 75 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: you get Aaronato, Machado, Freeman and of course gold Schmid, 76 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: Austin Riley. So how are you looking at NLMVP this year? 77 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: Because last year it was very tricky as well. 78 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, but it was great in your setup because you 79 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 3: led me right into it. And it's perfect journalism, even 80 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 3: though that's a lost start, clear conversation for another time. Yeah, 81 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 3: The thing about these guys will vulture each other. Who 82 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 3: stands out, who doesn't if you take a team like 83 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 3: the Padres and there at the top, you're gonna say, yeah, 84 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 3: I expected that. To whom can you give the credit? Well, 85 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 3: you got to give a hit Jos one hundred percent right. 86 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 3: What Sodo is for me is the decoy. He's the 87 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 3: book throwing out that public name or public team, that number. 88 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 3: But if you just remove the public and you remove down, 89 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 3: you go to Ronald Lacuna at ten to one. That's 90 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 3: another thing. You have to say, well, who can vulture 91 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 3: from him? 92 00:03:58,240 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 2: Oh? 93 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 3: What if Riley's really hot, Ifing's a great bat, let's 94 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 3: go to Trey Turner eleven to one. According to what 95 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 3: you're saying, an injury just now to Reese Hoskins, Harper 96 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 3: maybe coming back in June. If the Phillies can simply 97 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 3: stay there until June or July, and Trey Turner is 98 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 3: a part of that, then Trey Turner is the play 99 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 3: for me. Based on those things, why he doesn't really 100 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 3: have anyone to vulture away from him, the eyes or 101 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 3: the votes until Harper comes along and the conversation can 102 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 3: still be had. Secondly, it's because of the where he 103 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 3: sits in the odds. He's right smack in the middle 104 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 3: and what I'm looking. 105 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: At, I love it. I agree one hundred percent. And 106 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: last year your call. We were very hesitant on National League. 107 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: We said, let's just let it play out, and Manny 108 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: Machado was the early favorite for a while there for 109 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: the first couple of months, and not once did we 110 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: say to Bennett because we said, look, it's a long season. 111 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: It just doesn't feel right and it didn't feel like 112 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: it was going to be sustained. And the narrative you 113 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: can write for Trey Turner again, these are media awards 114 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: if he can carry this team, and now he's going 115 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: to really have to. With Hoskins out too. A Turner 116 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: at eleven to one, that number could get cut in 117 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: half by Memorial Day. The other guy with her out 118 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: there is Pete Alonzo, who I think once again is 119 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: more of a standalone guy in the Mets. If he 120 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: can get that home run total up in that high 121 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: forties to even fifty, to me, he's another guy that 122 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: really pops potentially. He's at plus sixteen hundred right now. 123 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: While we're on betting pros as well, let's go to 124 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: the American League here, and you know the easy bet 125 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 1: is show heo Tommy. Last year going into the season, Matt, 126 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: he was I think around plus three, plus three and 127 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: a half somewhere in that number. This year it's plus 128 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: two twenty like. That's where we're at right now for 129 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: Sho Heo Toni and to me, the only I made 130 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: an investment already in no Tani. But the risk is 131 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: if he gets traded into the National League, then there 132 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: goes this wager. So Otani is the guy to beat. 133 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: Nobody does what he does. The only reason he didn't 134 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: last year win that again was because of Aaron Judge 135 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: having a historic season as a Yankee, breaking a home 136 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: run record for the Yankees. It was a very niche situation. Yes, 137 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: so who can be Otani if indeed there's an injury 138 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: or if indeed Otani ends up, let's say mid season 139 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: somewhere else, and that's somewhere else not being the American League. 140 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 3: Again, I have to believe that because you and I 141 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 3: have spent so much time together over the last four 142 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 3: or five years, we understand each other's way of thinking. 143 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 3: So you're almost getting my wheels going because it's logic, 144 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 3: and that's the header of my social media. It's logic 145 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 3: over emotion. Every time Otani, there is no one more dynamic. 146 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 2: No one more prolific. 147 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 3: So barring something like a home run record or a 148 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 3: triple crown, Otani's the guy. But those words prolific and 149 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 3: dynamic can also fall to another guy here, and it's 150 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 3: Julio Rodriguez nine to one. So why not if you're 151 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 3: looking at in the future. You're a wagery, you know. 152 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 3: Otani is what we call the chalk and horse racing. Fine, 153 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 3: I get it. Throw something down on that. It's the 154 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 3: smart play. 155 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 2: It is. 156 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 3: You have to pay your mortgage, you have to pay 157 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: your bills, I get it. But gambling, it's called gambling 158 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 3: for a reason. Do it smart. 159 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 2: Julio is a great play. 160 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 3: Also, if you move down Jose Ramirez, let's see at 161 00:06:58,080 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 3: sixteen to one. 162 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: Sixteen fifty to one, depending on the book. Right now, 163 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 1: those are the two to me because you can write 164 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: the narrative of those guys carrying their teams. We both 165 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: like the Mariners this year. We love that rotation. We 166 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: think they're going more on the Marinders later. It's gonna 167 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: be a love letter to the Mariners. But Julio, you're 168 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: getting everywhere from seven to plus nine hundred for him 169 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: on VP, so I've already made that investment. I think 170 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: I got it at nine hundred to where I had it. 171 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: And then Josermier is a plus fifteen hundred typically right 172 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: now in betting pros. And that's another guy too, Matt. 173 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: This guy just doesn't get enough credit. I feel like, 174 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: for how good of a player he is and how 175 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: much he's done, he took the hometown discount, so I'm 176 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: with you, like American League MVP is far more I 177 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: would say the sexier of the two to bet right now, 178 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: because you have some legitimate, clear options. 179 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 3: And I would not discount if you really want to 180 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 3: get sexy again. A guy that may need to put 181 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 3: a team on his back should he be healthy, is 182 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 3: Kyle Tucker. If you can catch twenty five to one 183 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 3: on Kyle Tucker right now before the first of April, 184 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 3: that's another ticket to hold on to and see what happens. 185 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: Especially if Alvarez has any injury to and Altuve already 186 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: going to miss time, so if Tucker carries that squad, 187 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: that's another great one. Let's talk about cy Young here, Matt. 188 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the guys at the top of the board. 189 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: Sandy al Contra, the reigning undefeated undisputed at plus five hundred, 190 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: same as Corbyn Burns. Justin Verlander coming off his al 191 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: Cy Young would be fun to win one in the 192 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: National League. 193 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 2: He looks. 194 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: I know it's the spring, but the cliche is right. 195 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: For Verlander, He's in the best shape of his life. 196 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: I've never seen Verlander look this good physically plus seven 197 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: hundred for him. Sure's are plus eight hundred. The new 198 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: rules really do favor these guys. Would like to work fast, 199 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: and Verlander and Sures are due. Spencer Striders are plus 200 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 1: one thousand. My only concern with Strider Matt is the innings. 201 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: Is he going to get enough of them to reach that. 202 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: It's not a matter of the quality, it's the quantity. 203 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: Then he got Freed Nola, who is very underrated plus thirteen, 204 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: Zach Wheeler, Zach Gallon, and Woodruff. Zach Gallon at plus 205 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: sixteen hundred is Mike dark Horse. But it's really tough 206 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: because the guys at the top in this end in 207 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: the National League are very good. But how do you 208 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: see this wagering market for Nlcy Young. 209 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 3: So the first thing we have to do is put 210 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 3: on our hats as to what we know versus what 211 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 3: we feel, and we do know, and you and I 212 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 3: talk about this often. If this is a media award, 213 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 3: this is a bit more than just the numbers. 214 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 2: That we see. 215 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 3: So with that said, I can see a guy like 216 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 3: SHRS or a guy like Verlander just claiming the narrative 217 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 3: doing enough to wear Look at this. This feels good, 218 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 3: this feels right. But again, if a team like the 219 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 3: Phillies are still there in July and Nola has pitched 220 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 3: his hair on fire, there's a discussion to be had 221 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 3: as far as. 222 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 2: The gallons of the world and the woodress of the world. 223 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, you can'd of strike out two hundred guys and 224 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 3: win twenty games, God bless you. It's something an anomaly 225 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 3: needs to happen. So that's why it's rough here for 226 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 3: the NLCION. 227 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 1: In the American League. I actually like betting Otani for 228 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: Cy Young more than I like him for MVP, because 229 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: it's not Young. You're getting him at plus eleven hundred, 230 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: which I think is a great number, and you could 231 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: put a smaller unit on that. It's the usual suspects 232 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: at the top. Jacob de Gramint plus five point fifty look, 233 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: you want to do that, knock yourself out, that's fine. 234 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,839 Speaker 1: But Garret Cole is a plus seven hundred, Dillan c 235 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: plus nine hundred. I don't like the Dylan ceas when 236 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: I think there's gonna be some regression there, alec Manoa intriguing, 237 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,079 Speaker 1: Luis Castillo intriguing. Shane McClanahan, though, this is the one 238 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: where I keep landing on mac because he's at plus 239 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: sixteen hundred right now and he was right neck and 240 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: neck with Verlander all the way through the gas. But 241 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: if you recall, he did run out of gas. But 242 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 1: I think it bears witness that at plus sixteen hundred, 243 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: at the very least, you put money on this, and 244 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: if he gets off to that same start again, you're 245 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: gonna come up positive money. You could cash out in 246 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 1: some spots on McClanahan. So I like McClanahan at the 247 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: plus sixteen hundred for the long shot. I like Otani 248 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: in the middle of plus eleven hundred. And to be 249 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: honest with yeah, I think that's kind of the way 250 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: I'm approaching cy Young right now because the American League, 251 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: somebody else might have to emerge. But what do you 252 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: think about Al Cy Young. 253 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 3: Right now, you would ask your self the question the narrative, 254 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 3: and I'm making it up. If the Blue Jays are 255 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 3: in the postseason, to whom are we saying the credit 256 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 3: goes on the pitching side. 257 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 2: So that's something to consider. I don't think it. 258 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 3: God's been such a long shot. He just does not 259 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 3: He shouldn't be in the same sentence as Cy Young. 260 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 3: But then again, everything is changing. The game is changing, 261 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 3: the rules are changing, and that strikeout to walk ratio 262 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 3: is something that cannot be ignored. But if you look 263 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 3: at a team like that, also look at a team 264 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 3: like Cleveland. I'm a big Shane Bieber guy. I know 265 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 3: the bloom has been off the rose, but this is 266 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 3: still a very good picture. It doesn't matter if people 267 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 3: aren't writing articles about him. He's still a very good pitcher. 268 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 3: So this is how I approach the American League. 269 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: All right, American League. I think Bieber is definitely in 270 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: that same vein almost as Jose Ramirez. 271 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 2: Right. 272 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: The Cleveland guys or just don't get any respect. They 273 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 1: just go out there every year and perform al Sai 274 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: Young again al MVP al Zai Young. Very interesting wagering 275 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: markets there, Natural Leaguezai Young too. Don't forget about Zach Gallen. 276 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: I know if you look last year at the finish 277 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 1: to the season, Zach Gallen was right up there with 278 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:03,079 Speaker 1: the elites, and I think you can make some cash there. 279 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: Even if he doesn't win the award, you can come 280 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: out positive. All right, Let's go to the next grouping 281 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: here for Rookie of the Year in the American League. 282 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: Gunnar Henderson is at the top of plus two forty 283 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: and now I already bet this. I think I got 284 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: it at plus four hundred when it opened up, Masataki 285 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: Yoshida at plus six hundred, Anthony Volpi at plus eight hundred, 286 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: Grayson Rodriguez at plus nine, same as Casses from the 287 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: Boston Red Sox, Christs and Cases, and then Josh Young, 288 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: Hunter Brown, Oscar Colos, and Oswald Perez kind of making 289 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 1: up the rest of this. So let's talk about the 290 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: big dogs here. Because Gunnar Henderson, the everyday player going 291 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: to start with the team. We know that he has 292 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: a little bit of an advantage, but the Vulpi buzz 293 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: has been growing substantially here. If he doesn't start with 294 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: the team, even if he gives you a good four months, 295 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: can Volpi be that guy at plus eight hundred, or 296 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 1: do you like Grayson Rodriguez or Gunnar Henderson one of 297 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: the Orioles. 298 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 3: This is one of those things you can ignore, so 299 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 3: to what I've read as at, Volpi has been informed 300 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 3: that he will be on on. 301 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 2: The roster for how long that happens, I can't tell you. 302 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 3: But if this kid is up and he turns the 303 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 3: city on its ear and he becomes the darling, it's 304 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 3: just as his just give it to him. But I 305 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 3: do want to caution people last year, and it's I 306 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 3: won't waste your time and say, do you know who 307 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 3: was the chalk before the season for the NL Rookie 308 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 3: of the Year. Do you mean it was the guy 309 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 3: on on Chicago. His name's going to elude me right now. 310 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 1: And then he heard everybody not to go after right, 311 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: and he heard them. 312 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 2: And then you just didn't hear anything. Again. I don't 313 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 2: think that's gonna happen to guy gun and I think 314 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 2: he is the real deal. But Vulpi is sexy, Jong 315 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 2: is sexy. 316 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 3: If Texas does anything at all, and if Hunter Brown 317 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 3: is healthy and Houston stays where they should be, a 318 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 3: lot of people are gonna look at Hunter Brown and say. 319 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 2: Who's that guy? 320 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 3: And Joe and Albeck guy we were talking about him 321 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 3: back when there was still some snow. 322 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 2: On the run. 323 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: National League Rookie of the Year. Jordan Walker at the 324 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 1: top now ahead of Corbyn Carroll, which the Corbin Carroll 325 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 1: number I locked in real early, you know, as soon 326 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: as they came out, I went right for Corbyn and 327 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: I got a very good number, much higher than what 328 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: it is right now, which is plus four hundred. So 329 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: it's your last chance to get there. Miguel Vargus, who's 330 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 1: gonna get more playing time potentially, it's very personal player 331 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: for the Dodgers, doesn't have a whole lot to prove 332 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: left in the minor leagues. At plus eight to fifty 333 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: is intriguing, quote I sing is intriguing at plus eight fifty. 334 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: Ezekiel Tovar at plus one thousand, who's gonna be the 335 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: everyday shorts out for the Rockies? This is an incredible crop, 336 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: and look, Jordan Walker deserves to be probably at the 337 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: top of it. I'm still going with Corbyn Carroll, that's 338 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: still my guy, but I could see any of these 339 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: five going through. And Tovar is a fascinating one. After that, 340 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: it gets a little hazy for me. You get a 341 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: couple of the other Met's prospects, like Baty and Alvarez. 342 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: But really I'm focusing on this top grouping because this 343 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: top five is very good and you're getting some really 344 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: good numbers. Everything is plus four hundred all the way 345 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: to plus one thousand. So is there a favorite here 346 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: for you in the National League version? 347 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 2: Well, it's funny, and it's not. 348 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 3: Because you mentioned Tovar, I think two or three times. 349 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 3: There lot of people are going to be all over him. 350 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 3: The Rocky's also signed Jerkissan Profar, who probably will lead off. 351 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 2: Now, Tovar was supposed to hit at the. 352 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 3: Bottom, and then if he gets his hit tool up 353 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 3: a little bit, come up to the top of the order. 354 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 3: Becomes a much different conversation. But until that happens, temper expectations. 355 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 3: Let's move to a guy like Miguel Vargas, who if 356 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 3: he can show some patience. During spring training they didn't 357 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 3: have him swinging at all. He just went up there 358 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 3: just to look at pitches because of an injury. Now 359 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 3: he's swinging. If he can learn patients at the plate 360 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 3: surrounded by some of those hitters learn from Freeman, learn 361 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 3: from Bets. The maturation of Vargus could be very fun 362 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 3: to watch. But I'm with you on Carol one thousand percent. 363 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 3: I just believe his tools are far more developed than 364 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 3: the rest of the guys here. And if Walker is healthy, 365 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 3: I'll have to rewind and take my foot out of 366 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 3: my mouth. 367 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 2: But as of right now, it's Corbin Carol. 368 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, Walker is a fascinating one, but Carol, you know 369 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: everyday player. They already locked him up there to that 370 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: one hundred million dollar extension. It just it feels like 371 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks know what they've got. So again, I was 372 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: just jumping on this right away, and I urge everybody 373 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: else jump with me on Corbyn Carrol. There. Everybody knows 374 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: who listens to their shows on the MLB channel how 375 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 1: much Welsh and I are into Corbyn Carroll before we 376 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: hit the Division Winners, World Series and all that stuff 377 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: just gonna go through some of our favorite over unders 378 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: going into the season. My favorite over right now is 379 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: to no one's surprised as Seattle Mariners, because look at 380 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: that Mariners pitching staff, and there's not a lot of 381 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: teams that are four deep, and I think they really are. 382 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: Between Castillo, Ray, Gilbert and Kirby. That's a really good 383 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: four rotation. I think the ti Oscar Hernandez move was 384 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: a very good one. I think the Colton Wand move 385 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: was a sneaky good one too. And I think they've 386 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: got the pieces there to acquire another bat should they 387 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: need it. If Jared Kelnick ever gets straight and can 388 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: carry over what he did in the spring or what 389 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: he's done at Triple A over to the big league level, 390 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: he would be the missing piece. Yes, but I don't 391 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: want to count on that necessarily because we've been unfortunately 392 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: let down more than once about it. However, the Seattle 393 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: team is where I'm going in the over. Do you 394 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: have any interesting overs that you like on any teams 395 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: on some win totals going into this year? 396 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I do, And I like that we use ifs. 397 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 3: We have to be careful with them, and I've mentioned 398 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 3: to you I watch a show that uses a lot 399 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 3: of good like folks see turns or phrases. If were fifths, 400 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 3: we'd all be drunk. Take some time to think about it, 401 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 3: because it is a sobering thought. Ironically, I'm looking at 402 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 3: teams that are going to be able to benefit from 403 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 3: the new rules. So I'm going to look at teams that 404 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 3: are speedy, and I'm gonna look at teams that are 405 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 3: going to be able to produce runs, and I'm gonna 406 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 3: look at teams that have some really good pitching. 407 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 2: How about a team like Miami. Nobody is looking at 408 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 2: this team at all. 409 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 3: I don't think they're gonna blow the doors off, but 410 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 3: sitting at seventy five and a half, I definitely think 411 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 3: this team can hit that over and in the same vein, 412 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 3: I look at a team like the Chicago Cups and 413 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 3: you and I talked about Trey Mancini is not done. 414 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 3: This is a for lack of a better term, professional 415 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 3: baseball team. They are going to be a lot better 416 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:53,479 Speaker 3: than they were last year. Wisnisky, Steel Stroman, these are 417 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 3: guys that I think are going to really be With 418 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 3: regards to Shroman, he'll bounce back. Steele is going to 419 00:17:58,040 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 3: show you more than we showed you last year. With 420 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 3: has been really really good in this postseason. So I'm 421 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 3: looking at those teams as far as olivers. 422 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 1: To me, the biggest under on the board is the 423 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Dodgers. I mean I understand they've got Freddy 424 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: Freeman and Mookie bats and they're great players and their 425 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: MVP caliber talents. I get that, but they did lose 426 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: trade Turner. They look have a pitching staff right now 427 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: that is led by Clayton Kershaw, who has made twenty 428 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: two starts two years in a row. And to be 429 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: that's not an ace pitcher. You can't have that happen. 430 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 1: Julio Urius is a very good pitcher. But after those 431 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,719 Speaker 1: two guys, you have Tony Gonsolin, who's due for enormous 432 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: regression and starting the year off in the IL. You've 433 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: got Cindergard and Ginger Guard, who I have no idea 434 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 1: how many Insur're gonna get out of either of them. 435 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: So unless the Dodgers are pulling off some massive trades, 436 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,719 Speaker 1: and they already had some injuries with Gavin Lux, so 437 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,919 Speaker 1: now they're calling upon other players that might have been 438 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: trade making. Miguel Vargas would have been a trade piece, 439 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: but now he is a piece you gonna have to 440 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: play more often. To me, I just don't see how 441 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: the Dodgers get to ninety six and a half. That's 442 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: just to me where I'm at with the Dodgers too 443 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: many questions and not to mention. Let's talk about the bullpen? 444 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: Do which I mean? Who is the closer? 445 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 2: Is it? 446 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: Phillips? I guess we shall see. 447 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,479 Speaker 3: Well, the thing that Dodger fans will be shouting at 448 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 3: their screens right now and telling you that they have another. 449 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 2: Gavin and Gavin Stone and he's going. 450 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 3: To fix all the pitching problems. And they're going to 451 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 3: be shouting you and telling you that it's braised or grudarol. 452 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 3: If I'm butchering his name, I'm sorry. Who will be 453 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 3: the closer? 454 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,719 Speaker 2: And I get all that that's great? 455 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 3: If if we fifths, we'd all be drunk. Joe is right, 456 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 3: how do you have? How do you get the ninety 457 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 3: six and a half wins? How do they achieve it? 458 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 3: Where's the pitching and where's the bullpen? Even with the 459 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 3: Stones and the group of rolls of the world, do 460 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 3: they still get there? 461 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 2: Now? 462 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 3: Balance schedule definitely helps, I will say that, But look 463 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 3: at it from a logical perspective. We talk about bridge 464 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 3: to saves when we talk about closers, how about the 465 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:51,679 Speaker 3: bridge to wins? 466 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 2: How does this team get to ninety seven? 467 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: I'm with you, I'll tell you what I think that 468 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: this is one of the teams where the balance schedule 469 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: it hurts them because I'd rather be playing Giants and 470 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: the Rockies and the Diamondbacks that going to play the 471 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: National League East. I mean, yeah, you're gonna play some 472 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: of those teams in the Central too, but National League 473 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: East is rough man. Those teams are gonna eat you 474 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: for breakfast. I just I don't get it. I don't 475 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: see the pitching and goffer, but there's an injury to 476 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 1: Kershaw again or any one what I mean? Yeah, and 477 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:24,479 Speaker 1: Max Munsey last year was a huge disappointment. Chris Taylor 478 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: has not hit it all this spuring like he like, 479 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 1: there's a couple of guys that are starting to look washed. 480 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: It's a really slippery slope. Let's get to some of 481 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: these divisions too. Right now. The number for the American 482 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: League Central, We've got the Cleveland Guardians at plus one fifteen, 483 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: the Twinkies at plus one eight, plus eight one eighty 484 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: excuse me, and then there's. 485 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 3: Gonna be number there and plus one. 486 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: Minnesota Twins go that number the hotlines when we. 487 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 3: Were course kidding me, that's all right, beat me with 488 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,679 Speaker 3: the phone when he got that first bill and I 489 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 3: never called it again. 490 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: Don't you call it a number, Maddie, What are you doing? 491 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: I don't know why your father sounds like that, but 492 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: he does. Chicago White Sox plus three hundred is here, 493 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: and look the Cleveland Guardians, very good team. I worry 494 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: a little bit about the length of the lineup sometime, 495 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: I worry about some of the back end of the 496 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: starting pitching. To me, it's the White Sox division to lose, 497 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: and I know this where I was last year and 498 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: they lost it. But with Lynn Giliito bouncing back and 499 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: having Dylan C's taking that huge step forward, those are 500 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: the three horses. And then you just got to get 501 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: Alloy Jimenez and Louis Robert to play one hundred and 502 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: forty five games if that all happens. I love this 503 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: and plus three hundred. To me, this is one of 504 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 1: the better division winners on the entire board as far 505 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: as I'm concerned. But how do you see the Ale 506 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: Central shaken out? 507 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 2: Four years ago? 508 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 3: What you just said would have been in lockstep with 509 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 3: everybody else here. We are four years later, and everyone 510 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 3: has seemed to forget a lot of things have happened 511 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,199 Speaker 3: in that time. The White Sox are the team one 512 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 3: hundred percent. They are the team that everyone thought they 513 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 3: were to be four three, two years ago. Here they come. 514 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 3: But Cleveland has something that no one else in the 515 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 3: league has, and it's their coach, the manager on the 516 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 3: bench and the moves that he can make. 517 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 2: And that's why I think Cleveland is the play. 518 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 3: It's not sexy, but the pitching staff, the bullpen is ridiculous. 519 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 3: This is a team that still does the things that 520 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 3: you and I talk about, like choke up with two 521 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 3: strikes and maybe try to go the other way. And 522 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 3: now you don't have his shift, so now you can 523 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 3: actually play baseball. My gut Francona knows exactly how to 524 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 3: do that. Never discount something like that. 525 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: Never discount the Rays in the American League East plus 526 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,880 Speaker 1: two seventy for them, plus two ten for the Blue Jays, 527 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 1: and of course the Yankees, most public team in sports, 528 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: plus one twenty. Matt, what's your take on this division? 529 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: Because this one's tighter Jay's time. 530 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 2: Now. I think it's finally their time. 531 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 3: I think they went out, they got a Bassett, they 532 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 3: showed up that pitching staff. I think Romano's good on 533 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 3: the back end. Everyone's looking at Vlade and they're missing 534 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,479 Speaker 3: out on how great Bobaschet is. 535 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: All right, Look, I think that's the better of the 536 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: wagers because you're getting the better number here. Plus two 537 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: to ten over at betting pros Ao West. Everyone says 538 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: it's the Astros division to lose. They're minus one eighty five. 539 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: They're terrific team, but they did lose Verlander. I like 540 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 1: them bringing in Jose of Ray. I think that's a 541 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 1: great move in the offseason, but losing Verlander, I think 542 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: is a big loss, and now you're putting a lot 543 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 1: of pressure on a younger pitching staff. M Raval does 544 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: is terrific, but you're putting a lot of pressure on 545 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: the Hunter Browns and the Christian Haaviers of the world. 546 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: I think Christian Javier is ready for it, but I'm 547 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: not quite so sure. Plus three sixty on the Mariners. Look, 548 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: if Alvarez's hand is a problem and al Tuove misses 549 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: two months here to open the season, I know Alvarez 550 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 1: is already playing and back and stuff like that, but again, 551 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: it's one of those things. Sometimes these injuries have a 552 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: way of creeping back up on these guys plus three 553 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: sixty for their Mariners sounds like a really juicy situation. 554 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: Then you have the Angels at plus five fifty. I'm 555 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: not going to mess around with them or the Rangers 556 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: at plus one thousand. Sorry, everything could break right for 557 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: those teams, but that's asking a lot. The marriage a 558 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: plus three to me, that's the only word you can 559 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: make in the West. 560 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 2: Yep, I agree one hundred percent. 561 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 3: But take everything I said about Cleveland and Terry Francona 562 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 3: and just replace it with Dusty Baker, because Francona, Price 563 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 3: and Baker, I would say, and Buck are the four 564 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 3: guys in the league. 565 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 2: And if I'm forgetting, I'm sorry. That could really pull 566 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 2: strings that no one else can. 567 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 3: But the Mariners are the wagers play because of the 568 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 3: plus number. 569 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 1: Another type division here, the Cardinals and the Brewers. Last year, 570 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: you got this right, I got this wrong. You were 571 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: on your Cardinals. They're minus one thirty. The Brewers are 572 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: plus one sixty five. I'm a sucker for the Brewers. 573 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: I know the Cubs are plus six hundred. I'm not 574 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: screwing around with them not doing it, But the brewis 575 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 1: a plus one sixty five. I like this. I think 576 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: it's I still look at this pitching staff and again 577 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 1: that those are three horses, and you know, Wainwright starting 578 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,360 Speaker 1: on the il looks like already. You know, the Cardinals 579 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: pitching with Flaherty and Wayne Right and all these guys, 580 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,239 Speaker 1: it just seems a little thin to me. I know 581 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: Montgomery was good, but that Brewer pitching staff, and the 582 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,479 Speaker 1: Brewers have some bats they can swing it too. I 583 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: like the Brewers this year. I'm I'm going doubling down 584 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: on the Brewers and I'm doubling down on the White Sox. Matt. 585 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 3: I'm incorrigible as you should, because again, this is gonna 586 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 3: be one of those things. You know, half the game 587 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 3: lead coming out of the last day of the season. You're right, 588 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 3: the Cardinal pitching is of concern and full disclosure, I 589 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 3: am a fan. It is of concern, and Milwaukee is 590 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 3: gonna be there. Milwaukee's bats. I think Saint Louis can 591 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:23,719 Speaker 3: contend with Milwaukee's bats a lot. 592 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 2: And Brendan Donovan. 593 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 3: People have no idea how good this kid's going to 594 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 3: be any place everywhere. 595 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 2: But yeah, I'm with you, man, I think maybe it's 596 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 2: Milwaukee's time to turn this season. 597 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: The n West, it's the Dodgers at minus one twenty five, 598 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: the Padres at plus one twenty and then you have 599 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 1: the Giants at plus twelve hundred. But look the Padres. 600 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: To me, if you like the Padres, don't bet them 601 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 1: to win the West. Just save your money and go 602 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: bet them to win the National League, which you know, 603 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: to me is just the better one to go through. 604 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: And then you have the National League East with the Braves, 605 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: the Mets, and the Phillies. Here the Phillies number is 606 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: going to change. It was plus three forty, but with Hoskins, 607 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: my guess is it gets pushed to maybe that four 608 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 1: hundred range. That feels about right to me. The Mets 609 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,360 Speaker 1: at plus one seventy, the Braves at plus one hundred. 610 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: Last year, the Mets were the favorite. The Braves should 611 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 1: be the favorite until further notice. But can the Mets 612 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: end As you mentioned, you know, the Buck Showalter led 613 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: team they had first place there, they fell apart at 614 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: the end. Classic Mets They've already lost their closer for 615 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: the year. So is it the Braves Division to lose 616 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:20,360 Speaker 1: or the Mets to win? 617 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 2: So much saw it upon which would you like to 618 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,919 Speaker 2: fall and die. It's the Braves. 619 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,439 Speaker 3: To win unless the Mets go out and pick up 620 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 3: a guy like Bednar or something like that to where 621 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 3: they fix that glaring, gaping hole. 622 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the American League champion, the 623 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: Houston Astros a plus two eighty, the Yankees at plus 624 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: three seventy, the Blue Jays a plus six hundred. They 625 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,199 Speaker 1: have the Rays of plus nine, the Mariners at ten 626 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: to one, and the Guardians at twelve to one. Matt, 627 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: if you're gonna throw your hat in the ring here 628 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: to win the American League. 629 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 2: Who is it? If I can do this, I'm gonna 630 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 2: split my unit three ways. 631 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: YEA, sure as it sounds at these numbers, you can, 632 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: especially if you like the Mariners ten and I do, 633 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: and plus thus and I like them. 634 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 2: So you could have that. 635 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 3: And just because I don't want to keep agreeing with you, 636 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 3: I'll split my Yankees, Jays, Guardians. And it's all based 637 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 3: on the fact that pitching bullpens and just the Yankees 638 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 3: could have something magical. 639 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 1: Maybe I agree with you, and I like the Yankees 640 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: to win the American League. That's the two I'm splitting. 641 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: It's the Yankees and the Mariners for me, and plus 642 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: three seventy is a much better bet for me. If 643 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,919 Speaker 1: you're gonna like the Yankees, don't like them for the 644 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: Division because it's a small number. Go to the three 645 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: seventy for the American League, the National League. The Braves 646 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: at plus three eighty, the Dodgers at plus three eighty, 647 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: look gross, the Padres at plus five hundred. That's where 648 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 1: I want to put my money. I love that three 649 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: man top of that rotation with Darvish, with Joe Musgrove 650 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,880 Speaker 1: who was already on track, and hopefully Blake Snell can 651 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 1: figure it out. They got Josh Hater that was the 652 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,919 Speaker 1: big thing missing last year. They got Xander Bolgart's, they 653 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: got want Soto for a full season. I think the 654 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: Padres are just loaded. The Mets are also a plus 655 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: five hundred. Those are the two that I would circle there. 656 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: You know, the Mets need a little bit more help 657 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,120 Speaker 1: now with d As out, but Uncle Stevie is gonna 658 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: make a move because Uncle Stevie's got a big old checkbook. 659 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: So I am not worried. If they can move in 660 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,479 Speaker 1: for a guy like Otani, get the bat that they 661 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,959 Speaker 1: need and the picture they need, The Mets odds are 662 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: going to change significantly. I think if you think like 663 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: I do, that could happen, you want to put a 664 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,919 Speaker 1: number on the Mets now before it changes in July 665 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: if they pull off that kind of move, and I 666 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 1: think they're going to be in it in July. So 667 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: the Padres and Mets at plus five hundred is for 668 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 1: me in the National League. How about you? 669 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 3: So what you did there, though, it's smart, and I 670 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 3: think it's a totally separate wager on a future thought 671 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 3: With the Mets. Yes, I agree with you the prospect 672 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 3: of Otani, but also they're limited in the moves they 673 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,239 Speaker 3: can make because they need to save everything they have 674 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 3: for that move. With that said, there is a wager 675 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 3: to be had. The Braves know how to do this, 676 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 3: The Phillies know how to do this. The Padres do 677 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 3: they know how to win? That's the question. So you 678 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,479 Speaker 3: can split a unit three or four ways on those teams, 679 00:28:58,520 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 3: but keep those things in mind. 680 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: Let's see who can win it all the World Series. 681 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: The Astros at plus six hundred, the Braves plus seven 682 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: to fifty, the Dodgers at plus seven to fifty, the 683 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: Yankees at plus eight fifty is a great number circle 684 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: this one, boys and girls, because the Yankees have that 685 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: influx of youth, and theoretically, you know, for starting pitchers 686 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 1: in the top thirty five in fantasy, that's no joke. 687 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: If Rodan is right and working his way back Rodn, Cortes, Severino, 688 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: and Cole. That's a really good grouping there. The Mets 689 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 1: at plus nine hundred, the Podgres at plus one thousand, 690 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: then the Blue Jays a plus twelve hundred, the Phillies 691 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: if you sneak in there and you get hot plus 692 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: fifteen hundred. Then of course the Rays and Mariners at 693 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: plus twenty along with your Cardinals, and then the Guardians 694 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: at plus twenty five hundred. You know, the White Sox 695 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: at plus thirty five are fascinating long shot at plus 696 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: thirty five hundred, so are the Brewers because both of 697 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: them have really good rotations if they get hot in 698 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 1: the playoffs. So if you want to throw some long shots, 699 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: it's the White Sox and the Brewers for me. The 700 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: mid tier teams though, to me are the Mets at 701 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: plus nine hundred and the Padres of plus one thousand, 702 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 1: and then as the favorites go, I like the Yankees 703 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: at plus eight to fifty. But Matt, where you're putting 704 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: your money to win it all? Last year we had 705 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: Houston and we were right, So now we got to 706 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 1: come back and do it again. 707 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 2: Well, the first thing. 708 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 3: Is I know that people do bet with their heart, 709 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 3: even though they should need to take a team like 710 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 3: Chicago and all the things that they go through, then 711 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 3: maybe there's something there else. Take a team like Cleveland. 712 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 3: I mean, they're one hundred miles away from East Palestine. 713 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 2: I mean people need a breakout there. 714 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 3: They can go twenty miles to watch the Pirates, they 715 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 3: go seventy miles or a hundred miles to go watch 716 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 3: the Guardians. So there's something to be said about that. 717 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, Braves Yankees is 718 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 3: where I'm gonna split the unit. The padres are fun, 719 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 3: and I can also think about trifecting the unit, if 720 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 3: that's a word. But Braves Yankees would be where the 721 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 3: smart money would go. 722 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: There you have it, there's all the smart pajor wagers 723 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: and looking forward into the world of Major League Baseball 724 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: here at MLB future is obviously a great market to play, 725 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: one that Matt Striker and I monitor all the time 726 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: over on sports Grid, so join us. We're everywhere. We're 727 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: on all the streaming services. We're on Amazon Prime now, 728 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 1: Sports Grid to every morning eight to ten every Sunday 729 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: is where we are, not every morning, every Sunday morning, 730 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: I should say every morning. 731 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 2: Should like your voice Sunday morning. 732 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: Catch us if you like this kind of chatter about 733 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: your baseball. We do football in the fall as well. 734 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: Matt Striker, bonus. Time with you is always so special. 735 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: It's great to have you on the show, my friend. 736 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 1: And check Matt Striker out on the Better's Eye too 737 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: MLB Network. It's the hot place to be every single 738 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: day for your wagering and he does a great job 739 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: there with Keith on that show. So check him out 740 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: to at MLB Matt Striker. That'll do it for us, 741 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: But the story of the game goes on for Matt. 742 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: I'm Joey P. We'll see you next time. Kids. Thanks 743 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: for listening to the Fantasy Pros Baseball Podcast. Follow us 744 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: on Twitter at Fantasy Pros MLB and subscribe to our 745 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:51,120 Speaker 1: YouTube channel at YouTube dot com slash Fantasy Pros MLB.