WEBVTT - Leading Off May 14th, 2025 (Ep. 1011) 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.039 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is Leading 0:00:09.080 --> 0:00:11.640 Off Live. It is b Joey p Joe Pizapia with me. 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:13.960 Of course is the Welsh, and it's all view the 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:16.079 Peanuts and the cracker Jacks hanging out there in the chat. 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:19.560 We're live on our twitch twitch dot tv slash Fantasy Pros. 0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:21.600 That's where we can watch us live every single Monday 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:23.759 through Thursday. And of course you can also watch us 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:28.480 video on demand on our YouTube channel, Fantasy Pros MLB. Yeah, 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.560 that's right. We just crossed twenty six thousand subscribers. We're 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:34.720 trying to get to thirty thousand this year. We might 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:36.760 be able to do it. You never know. Don't count 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:40.080 us out. Welsh, what a crazy night of baseball it was. 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:44.600 You had five walkoff hits for two homer games, three 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:47.720 walkoff homers, two Grand slams, and a partridge in a 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:50.640 pear tree. Not bad, not bad, Molb Bruno. 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.640 It was a fantastic fantastic. 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:56.920 I just noticed it. I didn't even notice. 0:00:57.160 --> 0:01:00.600 Another fun one. Another one, fun one, Bruno, is that 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.760 that was Tatis's first career walkoff. Last night too, we 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:08.000 had walkoffs across the board. We had rookie stepping up. 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:14.039 It was a true true site for baseball. Mister brunopiez Apia, Yeah, hey, 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:14.960 my dad. 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:17.440 Would be very happy. Right now, Let's talk about another 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.440 thing that made me very happy, which is the Athletics 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:23.080 performance yesterday, because not only did they beat the Dodgers, 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:26.080 which is always fun, but Nick Kurtz got his first 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:28.600 big league home run. I'm so excited. They dropped him 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:31.399 the ninth in the order and he looked so happy. Welsh, 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.840 I don't know if you saw the facial expressions of 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.320 Nick Kurtz after the home run. He looked like a 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:39.120 weight had just been completely lifted off of him. He 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:42.120 looked like a kid who is out of school for 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:45.120 the summer. He was so happy, and I hope this 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.520 leads him towards just relaxing and playing ball and not 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:51.480 pressing too much. Jacob Wilson another big night for him 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:54.080 with the Athletics four for five. I want to talk 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:56.840 about this player too, because he's such a strange anomaly 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.320 statistically when you're looking at him what we are used 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.400 to seeing now nowadays in terms of offensive players. He 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.160 was on base all five times, even reached on an error. Yesterday. 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:06.600 So even though he was four for five, who's still 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:09.520 on base five times. His slash right now is three 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:12.639 sixty three, three eighty nine, five twelve. He has five 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:16.200 fifty eight hits and just forty one hard hit balls. 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:17.880 What do you think of that, like in just terms 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.800 of like the statistic profile of a guy who doesn't walk, 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:24.000 rarely strikes out and just makes so much contact. A 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:27.320 llah arise, but you know, kind of a different version, 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:28.640 I guess now two point zero. 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:30.799 Yeah, I want to touch on Nick Kurts in a second, 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:35.400 but I completely agree. He has this really fun, great anomaly, 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:39.079 makes just so much contact. He's got the profile of 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:41.600 you know, the Luis a Ris type of guys, Like 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:43.600 they don't barrel the ball a lot, they don't hit 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:46.120 the ball hard, he doesn't strike out. He's like a 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:50.680 classic incredible Points League player. I think the ballpark definitely 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:52.320 is something we've got to take a look at. I 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.919 mean you can see just in the visual hit spray 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.919 chart on Savant. You know they don't look like they're 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.320 no doubters. But also they have an expected home run 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:05.120 metric on there, and his expected home runs are two less. 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:08.320 So he's at two point nine where he's got five. 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:11.320 So you know, even the projections are saying like, yeah, 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.720 three of those five homers were doubted homers. They wouldn't 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:16.760 have gone in every other place. So you know, I 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:20.440 think he's taking advantage of specific ballparks. I mean in 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.600 the Dodgers in that corner that really works well. He's pulling, 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:25.960 but he makes But this is the thing the end 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:28.200 of the day, this is the thing that makes a 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.920 player like this or any of these guys that have 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:33.520 these like ninety two. He has a ninety three point 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.280 three zone contact percentage. When they make that type of contact, 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.200 you're just like, just get quality of contact. Figure out 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.360 how to make quality of contact with it, because good 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:44.200 things can happen, and good things are happening with Jacob Wilson, 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.520 and also they're happening with Nick Kurtz. You know, it 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.320 was a little crazy pilled for me when it wasn't 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:51.880 just you, but it was like the chat would be 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:54.080 like or neck Kertch. We did this for like a 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:56.280 week and it was like, guys, it's a young player. 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.600 But also he was hitting for average this entire time. 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:00.760 That's what I kept screaming to everybody. He's still hitting 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:04.120 two seventy even though he's striking out like crazy, showing 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:07.200 decent metrics, something's going to break here soon. And guess 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:09.760 what it is. Now? No one's talking about why is 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:12.680 Nick Kurtz struggling? Because he's hitting two eighty, He's got 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:16.240 great barrel, great hard hit, he's walking, he's getting the 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:18.520 ball in the air. Guess what he's expected batting average 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.800 two sixty three. The only negative right now are those strikeouts, 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.960 and he's starting to find some rhythm. So all that panic, 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.640 hopefully everybody chilled out a little bit with Nick Kurtz 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:29.320 because it's starting to click a little bit and you 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.320 got a really beneficial home ballpark. But what a nine 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:34.880 to one. By the way, Kurts at nine and Jacob 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:37.440 Wilson at one. What a weird setup that A's team 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:37.839 gets to do. 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:42.200 Joey, it is uh And I'll tell you what. Look, 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:44.640 I had to start Kurtz this week in my home league, 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:46.839 and I was just closing my eyes and say, okay, 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:48.800 it's got to turn on some point. We were talking 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:50.320 about how to off the schedule is going to be 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.120 ahead of him with the Dodgers and the Phillies and 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:55.039 some of these other teams, and we said, you know, 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:58.000 this doesn't look great, but that's baseball, right, Like, all 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.279 of a sudden, he's gonna get hot against the better team. Memes, 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:04.720 that's certainly possible and also anomaly and strange. Jeffrey Springs 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.440 was the guy who stick stuck to the Dodger yesterday. 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:10.279 And he was in there, so weird the TVDS versus 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:13.159 where he was. He was always there in that lineup 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:14.159 we were dealing with. 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:15.520 But yeah, it was weird because you were saying he 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:17.080 was going to start night He was like, it feels 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:18.960 like it his but they didn't announce it all. Yeah, 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:20.640 I was super well be it wasn't on fan at 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:22.880 the time of recording the show. Anyway, I thought Padres 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:25.080 had a big night away, so oh, I think we 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:26.760 all thought he was going to get obliterated. He did not, 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:31.880 And that's baseball. Padres. Dylan sees ten strikeouts for him. 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:33.600 I know last game he had nine. He left with 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:36.680 a cramp of the forearm all as well. There two runs, 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:38.960 six and two thirds. The window to buy him is close. 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:41.400 We tried to tell you two weeks ago, so hopefully listened, 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:44.160 and he tried to buy him Fernando Tattis Junior, as 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.160 you mentioned, first career walk off homer, and it was 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.800 a big one too off Kenley Jansen. It was monstrous. 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:52.440 Speaking of monsters, Avier Bias continues to be one. He 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:54.240 had a pair of three run home runs yesterday. His 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:58.160 slashes three nineteen, three, fifty seven, five thirteen. He's got 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:01.839 five homers, twenty seven rebees. We go into at length. 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:03.400 I don't spend too much time because we talked about 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:05.040 him at length yesterday in the trade video. If you 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.520 miss that, go watch it on demand on our YouTube channel, 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:10.719 Fantasy Pros MLB. But this is your moment. This is 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.040 your moment where now it's getting to a point where 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:16.800 somebody might overpay, you know, for Bias more than he's 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:18.680 worth the rest of season. I'm not saying you're gonna 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.640 get your Nalvarez back from him, but you know, if 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.919 you're looking at outfielders, would you rather have Brian Reynolds 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.120 rest of season than what he's done consistently of the 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.200 last couple of years. Who was anither over five last night? 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.880 Or would you rather have Hobby or Bias Welsh oh Renn. 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:35.200 I mean, it's not even a question how. 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:37.240 Quick you answer that, but I guarantee that's a trade 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:40.479 you could make right now. I don't mich again after 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:42.920 last night two three run home runs. Man, people, there's 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:44.800 somebody you'll love to be prisoners of the moment. 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.800 I don't think that's an over fifty percenter still doing that. 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:50.920 My thing when you said that was like, I'm not 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:52.680 sure if someone is an overpay, but I think people 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.719 might pay now for hobby bias. In the trade video, 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:58.560 As talked about the one thing that is very interesting 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:04.680 when you're talking about process in change equaling results, Hobby 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:06.719 Bidas does have that and that's something I'm looking for 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:08.359 for a lot of players, and that there are some 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:11.680 dramatic swing changes in how he's gotten closed and it's 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:14.520 very similar, by the way to the Corbyn Carroll thing, 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.480 where he's closed off his stance, he's gotten closer to 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.680 the plate. That's the same thing that Corbyn Carroll's done. 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.160 And he's having some really great results and we're seeing that. 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:26.160 But all of that to be said, like I don't 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.920 trust it. A profile still looks messy. There's over seventy 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:33.800 points differential and his expected batting average on the low side. 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:37.800 But maybe he's turned from an absolutely unroosterble player to 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.760 a serviceable player. But if someone is paying him for 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.400 an everyday startable player, that's where you want to sell. 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.320 Yeah, and there's a lot of good bilos. We mentioned 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.680 a bunch of them. Go check him out on the 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:52.400 YouTube channel. Also yesterday Elie de la Cruz scary moment 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.400 there when he collided with TJ Friedel Well, that looked 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:55.480 like it was going to be bad. It was bad 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:57.920 for Freidile He ended up coming out, but I think 0:07:57.960 --> 0:07:59.760 a lot of us were just worried about everybody there. 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:01.880 To show you Elie de la Cruz, who we haven't 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.480 talked about, I feel like a lot on the show, 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:07.480 You're right right, you know. Just that's why I wanted 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:09.200 to put him in today because we really haven't had 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:10.960 a lot of Ellie moments. We've had a couple of 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.760 Ellie betts here and there and some things like that. 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.360 But the slash right now is two fifty three twenty four, 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:18.920 four oh five. Not great with the slugging right. I 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:22.120 don't love that he's got seven homers, thirty RBI, fourteen 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.560 stolen bases, so cometic stats are kind of there. But 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.920 he hasn't had one of those hot Ellie runs really 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:32.240 where he just plays out of his mind. So I'll 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.400 put this to you, is this an intriguing by low 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:38.840 opportunity on Ellie de la Cruz because he it, we 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:40.400 know he's dreaky, we know he's going to have those 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:42.600 moments where he's going to just blow up over a week, 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:44.280 and he hasn't had one of them yet and we're 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.040 six weeks into the season. Don't you feel like it's 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:47.960 kind of like approaching soon? 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:52.440 Yeah, if there's any type of a by low, I'm 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:54.760 all in. Uh, you know, the average is still a 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:58.480 little bit lower. I think from lower from an expectation standpoint. 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:00.959 He's not popping off on the power, he doesn't lead 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.640 the league in stolen bases. I still kind of think 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.079 this is, like Legal said, like, I'm not sure anyone's 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:09.480 like selling buying him low, or selling him low. I 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.240 think what happens is this is like the guy goes 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:15.839 from an untouchable asset to like, oh, maybe someone's listening now, 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:17.640 and you're still having to pay a cost, which would 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:19.760 be a top five overall player, which is a lot. 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.600 But I agree, like I think Ellie is still in 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:24.280 line to pop up. If if I could find a 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.440 book that would let me do stolen base leaders for 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:29.240 the rest of the season like they do homers, I 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:33.280 would still bet Ellie. There's a couple things in like that. 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.000 His expected batting average is a bit lower that I'm monitoring. 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:39.200 He's a lot worse against off speed pitches this year, 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.280 but he's making more zone contact. I still think he's 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.640 a monster. And the thing he's missing there, look, there's 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:46.240 like a clear thing. He's not getting the ball in 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:48.120 the air. It's a four degree launch angle this year, 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:51.640 so he is struggling in the way because he's barreling more. 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.200 So he's barreling more, but he's getting the ball less 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.800 in the air. That equates to that stat launch angle 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.080 sweet spot. So hitting the ball in a way that 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:00.400 you can get the ball in the air, he hasn't 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.320 found that yet. When he does, Ball's gonna fly. Would 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:06.360 I would definitely buy Ellie in opportunities and lie said 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.920 Julio or Ellie Ellie hands down for me. In the 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.000 trade market, that would be one I would love. If 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.560 it's like, oh, I'm trading Julio a little bit on 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:16.760 the low and maybe he'll bounce back versus Ellie. I 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.320 would buy Ellie ten out of ten times. 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.240 Shane Boss three runs, four and two third. We've been 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:24.360 watching him very closely these last few weeks because the 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:27.440 results haven't been great. The E rays above five now, 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:30.520 but the x FIP is three eight four. So is 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:34.760 there a circumstance here? Where are buying Boz? And if 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.360 this trend continues, are we concerned that maybe an Ian 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.840 Seymour might get a look at some point sooner than later. 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.240 Yeah, I don't know the Ian Seymour thing. I mean, like, 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:44.360 I think he leads the miners in strikeouts right now. 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:48.640 Like he's just a beast. How you phrase that? I 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:51.000 don't think it will be at the expense of Shane Boss, 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.120 like when he gets the opportunity, I don't think it'll 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:56.400 be at that expense. But Boz has been cursed. 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:58.600 The guys with five vrrays don't stick in rotations too 0:10:58.679 --> 0:10:59.079 long now. 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.360 But that's a fair point. But I just don't think 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.480 it would be at his expense. But he has been 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:07.400 cursed ever since that person questioned me on the Dynasty ranks. 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.439 It is like that moment, Shane Boz has just been 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.360 brutal I love him as a buy in Dynasty right now. 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:17.280 I think it's a it's a it's an okay buy 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:21.600 in in Redraft versus Dynasty. I mean, you're still seeing 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:23.120 some of the struggles, but he's got up three and 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:26.040 a half expected era. He's giving up just way too 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:28.760 much contact. There's a little probably bit of a pitch 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:32.000 mix change that he's going to work through because he's 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:35.079 still throwing like way more curveballs than he's kind of 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:39.040 scrapped his slider. Maybe we see a readjustment there. But yeah, 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.560 if if he's on the low, I think I would 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.720 probably buy in Redraft. Definitely buy in Dynasty, but I 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:48.240 have to temper my expectations because people were thinking that, 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.880 you know, Boz was the top twenty sp rest of season, 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.280 and I think you don't want to you don't want 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:55.440 to pay a cost that's. 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:59.720 Like that, all right? Uh. Devin Williams Pitch Day perfect tenth. 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.040 That's good news for anybody who's waiting on him to 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.840 come back and be the Devin Williams of old. And 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:08.720 speaking of you know, guys being the better versions of themselves, 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:12.200 Jack Lder picked up his third victory of the season Tuesday. 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:17.480 He limited the Rockies. The Rockies just one run, two hits, 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:20.040 six innings. He struck out five. But it was the Rockies, 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:23.320 the worst team in baseball and historically one of the 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:24.720 all time worst days in baseball. 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:26.319 They have active baseball team. 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:29.040 Though, If so, no one's told them, Okay, just. 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:31.199 Checking, just checking. The Jack Lder wins six. 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:35.240 That's one, so the ticker is now in one. When 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:36.880 he gets the six starts, I'll call him a good 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:37.520 major league But you. 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:39.400 Don't need to call him a good major league. What 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:40.840 I think you need to do is you need not 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.040 to pooh pooh when he has a good start and 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.280 then go here we go when he has a bad start, 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:48.560 and it's like, maybe he's just like a mediocre major 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:49.840 league pitcher, and I think that's it. 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.880 Maybe maybe it was the Rockies. So let's not get 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.760 ahead of ours. Let's take some questions here. Jerry wants 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:58.160 to know about the Pete Rose thing. We'll say that 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.240 for the end of the end of the show, so 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:01.440 if you stick with at the end of the show. 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.240 I don't know Welsh has any thoughts on it. I 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.400 know he hates the Hall of Fame anyway, I have 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:07.560 some thoughts, but you have some thoughts, all right? Is 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:09.520 Tyler O'Neil droppable from Matt on the mound? 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:15.840 I'd have to pull him up. I'm gonna probably say yes, yeah, 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:19.199 two o eight two homers. He's dealt dealt with injuries. 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.680 Presumably there's something decent out there. Let's go with yes. 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.679 Austin Hayes ear Kurtz. It's definitely Kurts for me. Kurtz. Absolutely, 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:29.880 I've seen Hayes have these little moments before. Let's go 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:34.600 to do. It's bogger, Joe. I know how you feel 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:37.480 about Michael Harris, but I just traded Senga and Alvarado 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.080 for Michael Harris. Can tell Marte and Iglesias. How do 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:43.040 we feel? I feel great because you got can Tell Marte. 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:47.280 Trade Senga and Alvarado and got Harris, Marte and Iglesias. Yeah, 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:51.920 I mean Senga's been good, but getting Marte. 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.480 And look Senga is also a guy who's era is 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:55.080 not gonna hold where it is right now. The expected 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.640 the ra is gonna gonna bring it back around for sure. 0:13:58.000 --> 0:13:59.640 I know we have somebody who paid with points. I 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:03.160 want to them with Stony Lee's I says Stony Stony 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.480 sports question. There you go, Stony, What do I do 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:08.480 with Brenton Doyle twelve team rodo? My outfield is Meryl 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:10.880 new bar Springer. I also have Cruise on my bench. 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:13.600 I'm holding on to for dear life. Also have Josh 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:16.360 Lowe coming off the il. So what do you want 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:17.079 to do here with Doyle? 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:19.320 Ooh man. He was one of the lowest in the 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:20.640 preseason on Brenton Doyle. 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:22.680 You were you were, and he got off to a 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.040 decent start to he did your call. The first two 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.200 weeks you were like, eh, bite the nails a little bit. 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:28.720 I had a couple of those though. It was like 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:31.440 Matt McClain and Brenton Doyle. I was like lower than 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:33.360 anybody on and then they came out the gates and 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:35.200 I was like, all right, here we go and then 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.040 they have come back down to earth. Doyle still got 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:41.320 some profile stuff that looks solid. You'd probably be surprised at, 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:43.720 you know, his struggles that he's striking out less than 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:46.880 he was last year. Hard hit barrels are better than 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.480 they were last year, but he's hitting just two fifteen. 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:53.480 You got a great ballpark. He's underperforming as far as 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:56.960 like babbit goes that. You know, if you're in a 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:59.960 short league, ten team league, I think you can probably move. 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.160 I think it might be advantageous to hold for a 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.760 little bit, because yeah, there's some stuff I keep looking here. 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.360 I mean, zone contact percentage is better, barrel is better, 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.280 hard hit is better. He's improved on strikeouts, like all 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.760 those things are going. He's getting a little bit unlucky 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.600 as far as the Babbitt goes. And he's got a 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:20.080 great home ballpark, he's got some loud tools, So I 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.800 think if you can hold, probably hold on him. But 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:25.560 if there's somebody super fun that's out there, you know what, 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:27.560 Chandler Simpson, I would make that move. 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:30.960 Here's an interesting one from le may Noevee Marte or 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.640 Royce Lewis rest of season. I mean I would lean 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:36.920 towards Royce Lewis here because I've seen the high points 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.560 for longer periods of time than Marte. But it wouldn't 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.080 shock me if Marte was the right answer at the 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:42.480 end of the day, which I know is not great, 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:44.200 but I think you have to you have to try 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:46.320 with Royce Lewis. I think at this point, I think 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:48.400 he's just further along in terms of, like of the 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.160 credibility factor. I think that's where I would put it. 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:54.240 Yeah, that actually is a tougher one than I thought 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.760 it would be, because it's very tough, like Marte got hurt. 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.520 What he was doing before he got hurt, look like, 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:02.720 you know, he wasn't striking out anymore, and you know 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:04.840 he's stealing bas is hitting some homers like that actually 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:08.560 looks pretty encouraging. Royce Lewis is doing absolutely nothing since 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.760 he's got back. I think he just locked in his 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.480 first hits since being backed, so he was oh for 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:16.240 you know, in the first five games of the season. 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.320 But I think Royce has got some loud tools. I'm 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:21.680 gonna lean on Royce as well because Marte's hurt and 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:23.960 we got to see what happens. But you know, in 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.520 a month from now will be hurt in Marte's back. 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:28.040 It is way closer than when. 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.280 An hour for now, an hour from now, I know, 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.240 it's much closer. I think that's why I said I 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.320 think this is a great question because I think both 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:37.120 have value and both have risk. But to me, Lewis 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:39.320 just has had a little bit more of a track 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:41.160 record at the major league level that I might I 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:41.920 want to give that guy. 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:43.560 Don't you think Royce is, by the way, one of 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.400 those guys like, you know, the silly injuries we hear 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.479 in baseball where it's like, you know, he he slipped. 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:51.440 On soap and oh yeah, he fell into a cure 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.200 bath yelled his name, and he turned around and slipped down. 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:56.280 And he fell and then he got hurt for a 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:56.800 couple of days. 0:16:56.960 --> 0:17:01.800 Sorry. Yeah, oh geez, that was back. He is from league. 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.640 Great stat Joe's gonna love this only twice. I wonder 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.800 if Bruno will like it only twice. In MLB history 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:10.520 has a starting pitcher pitched two and a third innings, 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:12.560 twelve base runners and eleven hits are all out and 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:16.800 both were town or how this season? Eh, where's Mike 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:20.000 Mayer nowhere? Where's he about his about his Boston Red Sox? 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:23.119 Speaking of the Red Sox, rookie, lookie Marcelo Mayor two 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:24.960 for four with a three run homer. I mean, he's 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.639 becoming undeniable right now. He's sitting on my bench in 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:29.840 a league too. I'm just waiting. I'm waiting for that 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:33.760 call and public Chandler eight eight k's five scoreless for 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:37.760 Triple A Indianapolis. So I want to put the bubble 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:38.359 watch back on. 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:42.800 It's always on, it's next next start. What do we 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:45.600 We are okay, so here's a good thing to do. 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:49.560 We are past the line whatever we create that line 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.280 to be. There's a line where it's like I can 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:55.240 justifiably or anybody could justifiably say. And that was the 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:56.960 whole season where it was like, all right, you gotta 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:58.720 build up, you gotta do this. Da da da da dad. 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:02.520 And then you start to get really close and we're like, okay, 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:04.560 it could be in the next week or two. Then 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:07.360 you pass the line where it's like this doesn't make 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:09.879