WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off Sept 18th, 2023 (Ep. 740) 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:09.440 On heav he low, friends, and welcome into Leading Off. 0:00:09.480 --> 0:00:13.000 I am the Welsh that is Bubba, and congratulations for 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:17.599 still being here. Championship week, final two run week in 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:21.480 head to head or the absolute final stretch in your rotos. 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:24.760 Congrats to you and thank you to all that still 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:27.200 are hanging out with us on a weekly basis. 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:28.400 Excited to be here. 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:30.200 We're going to be talking about all this stuff and things, 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.000 recapping the weekend, talking about injuries and whatever the hell 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:35.800 we can do to prep you for this final week. 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:37.960 It's crazy and all of this is brought to you 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:40.520 by Prize Picks. Go and check out price Picks today. 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:42.960 Use a promo code Leading Off get a one hundred 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:45.920 percent match up to one hundred bucks. Start prize picking 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:48.680 today because we're going to be prize picking in just 0:00:48.760 --> 0:00:49.280 a little bit. 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.120 Bubba. It was a big weekend. There's only a. 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.400 Little bit left. What is the state of the state 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:56.760 in the Bubba world of baseball. 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:59.240 It's good. It's a grind. I have a lot of 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.160 teams that are either in like the top three in 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:03.160 a lot of leagues, and there's room to make it. It's 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:05.680 been a fluctuation over the last few weeks. So every 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:08.440 night I have my tradition of checking standings, and it's 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:10.679 just like, okay, we moved up, Oh we moved down 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:12.680 at half a point. Like, this is the world of Roto. 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:14.200 I know you're a head to head guy. This is 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.360 the the world I live in, and I'm so close 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.200 I can taste a huge year. I also realized that 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.959 just utter sadness is two weeks away. Also, if it 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:23.160 goes the opposite direction. 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:26.240 Yeah, no, it really is. I actually I enjoy Roto 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:29.440 more than I have ever before. My thing has always 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.800 been the people that scream. Roto is the only way 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.039 to play, because then you're a cry I think you're 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:38.800 a crybaby because it's like a cry baby affectionately. However, 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.320 you want to play fantasy. I'm not the gatekeeper of fantasy. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:43.880 I never will be yes, and I'm not yeah, thank god. 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.040 But I'm also never going to just tell people how 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:48.040 you have to do things. That's the difference. Everybody else 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.400 will tell you how things have to be. But I 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:51.960 do think in the state of like. 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:56.280 Well, Rono is superior because at the end of the day, 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.480 it is accumulation without a lot of fluctuation of the 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.200 capacity of the things that are gonna happen in the playoffs, 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:03.400 and that's fine. 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:04.560 That's fine if you like to play like that. 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.480 I have always liked to play baseball similar to real 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:10.919 baseball being played with playoffs up. But I understand the 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.679 heartbreak of being great the whole year, having one bad 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.560 week and losing, and people wanting a variance of all 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:20.919 that work to pay off in rodo. But when it's 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.080 the people that tell me that roto is the only 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:25.880 way to play, then I'm like, oh, I understand you 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:27.760 a little bit more. You're a cry baby because you 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.200 lost one time and you can't handle it. 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:32.080 I like all of them. I like to play. 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:34.799 I don't love points. I'm not the biggest points person, 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.160 but I still play in points leagues. I play rode 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:39.080 head to head. I can do it all because I 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:41.200 like it all, because I love fantasy baseball. 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:43.920 And that's the beauty of where the formats are going 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:45.840 these days is there's a little bit for everybody. You 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:47.960 can play best Ball, you can play DFS, you can 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.040 play Roto, you can play head to head. There's whatever 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:51.959 you're app It's a going to buffet. What do you 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:55.399 want to eat today? Knock yourself out. It's a beautiful thing. 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:57.480 And like you said earlier, it's one thing I learned 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.480 a long time ago when I met you and Bogman, 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:01.600 and it's one thing that always sticks in my head 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.080 is remember, in the end, this is supposed to be fun. 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:09.160 So do whatever you do to have fun. Don't listen 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:12.200 to some um dumb over there that claims there they 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.040 know everything. Do what you want to do to have fun. 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:15.560 And that's what we're here talking to you guys for 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:17.799 the final two because baseball is fun. 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:19.720 It's supposed to be fun, and a lot of people 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:23.120 make it not fun. And that's something you know. Joe Pisapia, 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.239 I was lucky enough. I didn't get to be part 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:27.760 of the creation of this show, but I have gotten 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:30.640 to be a part now I think of more of 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:32.799 the majority of the show. Now this is coming to 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:35.400 an end of my two years of being on this show, 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:37.000 and this show I think has only been alive for 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:39.200 three so I have been on more than it has 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:39.600 not been. 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.400 But something I've always been. It's big for me. 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.800 It's not just the fun, but also being entertaining and 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.600 kind of you know, pushing the buttons and bringing a 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:52.120 quality product of not just the information, but you know, 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.080 the fun and the jokes and stuff like that, and 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:55.720 that's what the show has kind of been built around. 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:57.680 And a lot of people lose that fun at all 0:03:57.680 --> 0:03:59.320 different times and take it very seriously. 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:00.400 It is serious as. 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:02.240 When there's a lot of money on the line. We 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:04.680 understand that, but you know, try to have fun, find 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.880 ways to have fun. I'm always trying to experiment with 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.600 different ways in baseball to do some of that. And 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:11.240 it's good to see some good vibes in the chat 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:12.680 whips that it feels good to be able to tune 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:14.840 into leading off this late into the season. Let's go 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:18.480 win a championship. Yeah, I am right. I got a 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:21.839 question here who we had Mike who said I'm in 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:26.039 the championship my first year playing, which is pretty pretty. 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:27.240 Song down from Buddy. 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:28.360 Yeah. 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.000 Yeah, never going to recoup that or anything like that, 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:33.240 just letting you know. And then I thought there was 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.240 one more in here that I wanted to highlight. But 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:38.440 either way, it's just good to have all you guys here. 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:39.960 So we're gonna be answering some of your questions. We're 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.120 going to get into all the news and notes, the 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:45.760 stuff and the things. Let's start talking about it. Let's 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:46.760 get into all of it. 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:48.679 By the way, I've had a better year. 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.520 Best balling than anything else, which is strange because I'm 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.719 not a best ball person per se like I do 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.120 like thirty or forty leagues or anything like that. But 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.159 I got a really high hit rate this year in 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:04.920 best ball, so I might unfortunately, as somebody who plays 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.359 and has their first year winning a championship and like 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:08.720 what I got to play in six of them, I 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:10.559 feel like I'm gonna like triple my best balls. 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.080 And you don't have that personality we else. I've never 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:14.000 seen you do anything like that. 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.640 Oh I'm not manic or crazy or anything like that. 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:18.680 All right, let's get into some of the stuff and things. 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:22.040 Wan Soto had a pair of homers drove in six 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.560 runs on Sunday as the Padres beat the Ace ten 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.920 to one and one. Soto making a little strong. 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:32.680 Push towards this back half of the year where Tatis. 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:36.920 Is kind of leveled and many Machado has tumbled, one 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:38.760 Soto kind of keeps it going. What do you think 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:40.760 one SODA's value is going to look like next year? 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:43.120 It's gonna be interesting for one to see where he 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.360 lands next year, because there's still talks that they might 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.960 move him and do different things there. But if he's 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.560 with the Padres in this lineup, he's still back into 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:52.640 the first round. Guy. You're going to get the all 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.560 the narratives that he doesn't steal bases, Okay, whatever, But 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:57.120 when he's elite, he's still one of the most elite 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.799 hitters in baseball. There's no denying that. We're seeing glimpses 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.800 of it now. I think he's still worthy of a 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:04.520 back of the first yund early second round. 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.800 Pick one Soto or Mike Trout next year. 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:10.880 Oh so I love Trout and it's the old saying, 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:13.680 well when healthy Trout's the b Yeah, he's never healthy anymore. 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:14.680 Like you just can't count on. 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:21.440 It one Soda or Vladimir Guerrero Junior one, So God, can. 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:25.400 I get you a one Soto or Ellie Da La Cruz. 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:29.200 I'm gonna go one, So. 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:31.320 I know you gotta say it. This is how you 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:32.480 talk about taking someone over. 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:36.080 Ellie're like, yeah, I don't think that value in average, 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:37.800 don't if it's just not going to happen anytime. 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:40.120 I mean, the stolen bases are unreal in the I'll. 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.080 Get those somewhere else. Just the way I draft, I guess, 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:43.000 just the way it goes. 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:45.120 Yeah, exactly, I mean one. So it's a good spot 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:45.320 to be. 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.400 He's a great hitter. He has had a horrible year 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:50.960 and it starts and it just people started papooing him everywhere, 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:54.279 and people forget he's also super young, like he's got 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:56.880 he stills his best years ahead of him. That's crazy 0:06:56.960 --> 0:06:57.479 to think about. 0:06:57.720 --> 0:06:59.800 Yeah, Jazz chis and we talked a little bit about 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:02.680 him last week, hit a Grand Slam second straight game, 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:06.520 also walk three times. On Sunday, Marlins had a big 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:10.200 win over the Braves, and Jazz just kind of pushing 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.560 that narrative where we had mentioned second base is so 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:15.720 much deeper and it's going to be so much deeper 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.600 and this is a really positive turn for someone that 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.280 has been oft injured that he's going to have like 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:21.480 a nice little jolt. 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.160 At the end. He's almost at a think about this. 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:25.080 I just want to point this out, and this is 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:27.760 why I fell into him at the beginning of the year, 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.960 and it's been wrong, but like, think of the time 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.760 that he's missed, he's almost got a twenty twenty season. 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:35.760 He's almost a twenty twenty season under him, and he's 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.200 been on the IL like six times or something like that, 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:39.880 twelve time, I don't know. No, he's been on the 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.160 al a bunch and missed a bunch of times, and 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:43.640 he's almost got a twenty two. 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.160 I think he's two. 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.720 Stolen bases away home. He's two in one direction, two home. 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:50.600 I think it might be two homers away from a 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:54.360 twenty twenty season, which is relatively absurd. So good on Jazz. 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:59.440 A couple pitching performances, one not so good, one really good. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.520 Whole Reagans pitched six plus innings but allowed five runs 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:04.080 on Saturday. 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:04.960 It was a no decision. 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:09.680 He did strikeout seven. He ended up walking too and looking, 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.720 I mean, this seemed like it was obviously a rougher matchup. 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:16.480 He had velo upticks that's still been consistent. His average 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:19.960 is around ninety six and a half. He was up 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:23.480 ninety seven. He touched just around one hundred. His usage 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:27.440 looked about the same. The fastball ended up getting a 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:29.720 whole lot of it thirty two percent swing and with rate. 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.720 But the curveball check this out. 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:37.160 Curveball had a forty seven percent, CSW fifty six percent 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.600 swing and with but he just didn't have it. He 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:41.200 just didn't have it in this game and got beat 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:42.040 around a little bit. 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:42.920 So I don't know. 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:44.880 This actually might be not the worst thing on the 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:48.160 planet if you're thinking of next year value in kind 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.400 of bringing that down a little bit. But no worries 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:53.320 about Reagans if you have, you know, only this week 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:54.800 to go in one more start, right. 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:56.319 That's a question I added for you. I'm not worried. 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.319 We said this going into it, that you know, he's 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:01.200 had really nice matchups, he's flourished. You should. The tough 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:05.840 ones are coming. He's at Houston this week. That's tough. 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:09.640 And I was setting some lineups before the show, and 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:13.079 if I have certain other options this time, you really don't, 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.200 is that don't? So that's why I'm pitching Reagan's probably 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.360 ninety percent of the time, But there is ten percent 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:22.160 of me that is if looking at other options, if possible. 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:25.560 Yeah, I mean, I'm I'm going to attempt to. But 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.480 in like points leagues, I think it's all good. Yes, 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:30.680 if you're in like uh, if. 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.640 It's a roto and you're worried about like ratios, and 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:35.640 it's there otherwise because strikeouts will still be there no 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:37.360 matter what. I think. I could be wrong. 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:39.319 Well, I mean he had seven in this past. 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.400 I figure he'll still get the strikeouts. Just a matter 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:44.360 of can he keep like three runs or less. Because 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:46.559 the Astros are just on fire. They're hitting everything right now. 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:48.920 I think what's see the tough part is if you're 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:50.720 in a weekly lineup thing. If you're in a weekly 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.120 setup and you got to make the decision, I'm probably 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:54.080 putting him out there. 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:56.079 Well he's in mind, he's in mine right now. Yeah. 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:59.439 Yeah, and I head to head format with daily transactions, 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:02.280 like you kind of you kind of get it. So yeah, 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:03.920 you can kind of figure it out, see where you're at. 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.560 If your ratios are kind of just go for it 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:10.880 with the strikeouts. If they're really tight, maybe you don't 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.920 want to. Like Bubba is saying, Bubba brought up this 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:16.360 name and he was dominant. I actually picked him up 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:18.200 in a couple of leagues in my sixteen team league 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:22.080 because he was available. But Sawyer Gibson long was insane. 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:26.560 Had a no decision against the Angels. Eleven strikeouts over 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:31.480 five innings, twenty three swinging whiffs on eighty two pitches, 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.439 ten on his change up and nine on the slider. 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.040 He had a forty five percent CSW. 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:38.839 Pretty good. 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.800 I mean that that change up ratio is very similar 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:43.440 to like what we saw with Jordan Wicks early on. 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:47.000 You have a devastating slider change up combo with obviously 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.920 teams that are not locked into you know how to 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:53.400 hit around him. This was an insane performance. So the 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.960 question becomes, what trust do you have this week? 0:10:57.600 --> 0:10:59.520 And so I mean you mean as he faces the 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:03.760 Oakland Athletics in Pakland. I picked him up everywhere I 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:06.000 could this past week. I couldn't get it, and I'm 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:07.760 starting him with confidence this week. 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:10.720 So your Gibson Long or Cole Reagans. 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:11.839 I'd rather have Sawyer Gibson Long. 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:14.600 Yeah, Okay, I think so too. I picked him up. Yeah, 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.319 and we give a shout out. You mentioned it on 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:18.360 the show special. 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:20.320 So he was all over Reagans and I was all 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:23.120 over Gibson like it's it's just there's a reason certain 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:24.319 people are pitching gurus. 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.560 Well, we got to ask him that question too, like 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:29.600 Cole Reagan's or Sawyer Gibs, I mean Gibson Long's here's 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:30.640 here's the only negative. 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.319 Tweet HI right now, and to begin an answer, here's the. 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:36.520 Only negative on this is that we should DM. 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:37.160 I should. 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:39.240 Right now. 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.920 You're likely to get a quicker answer. My only thing 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:45.880 would be Sawyer Gibson Long's ability to get a win, 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:49.280 even though it's against a great matchup, might be a 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.520 tiny bit less than what Reagans is because you know 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:54.960 Reagans can go five or six. We just I don't 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:56.920 know if Sawyer Gibson Long is going to be able to. 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:58.400 So just keep that in mind if. 0:11:58.280 --> 0:11:59.360 You care about that. 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:01.520 One thing I said last week that I still think 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:06.199 holds here. You should really not be crazy afraid of 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:08.080 ratio based pictures. 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:08.840 Guys. 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:10.559 I know you want your wins and stuff like that, 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:11.920 and I don't want to take that away from anybody, 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:13.680 but if you can get a guy that is dominant 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:16.240 for four innings, they can help you across the board. 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:17.240 You can get big strikeouts. 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:19.600 You're also seeing some of these guys that were starters 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:23.640 that are moved down a little bit into shorter roles. 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:26.600 They're unleashing kind of bigger stuff and they might be 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:29.560 more dominant. Where a guy goes only four, he can 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.160 punch out eight, where if he stretched out to six 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:34.240 he might bring his stuff back down a little bit. 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.440 I'm just not afraid of these guys. And obviously, Sir 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:40.040 Gibson Long, it's kind of indifferent anyways, because he's got 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:41.920 like the best matchup you could possibly have, So he's 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:44.679 probably going to be the number one pick up streaming 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:45.440 pitcher and. 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.960 Quick answer from mister Pollock via text message Here, he 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:52.559 says Cole Reagan's Gibson has the shag rug. It must 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:53.480 be a pictureless term. 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:54.439 I'm not are what the hell is? 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:56.880 What does that happen? Yeah, I don't know, but he's 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.120 got Maybe it's because it's only a couple starts. He 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.720 wants to see more. I don't know, but he's going 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.480 with He still s hays. Reagan's over Gibson Long. All right, 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:12.440 I don't know how is alright. I'm gonna like, I'll 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:14.400 message again. I yeah, I was about to. 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:16.640 Say, I'm like, I'm gonna d m him. I'm dming 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.760 him right now. Hold on, this is live on this show. 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:20.920 I'm dming him. 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:26.880 What in the hell is the shag rug? 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:27.480 All right? 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:30.440 I just text Nick Pollocks so we'll see what we 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.720 get here. This is h This is elitism in fantasy baseball. 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:36.000 We can text the greats like Nick Pollock and we 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:38.280 can get hopefully instants. 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:40.200 I say, put in our time in for years. 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:42.880 Yeah, that's exactly. Also like doing stuff with these guys 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:46.160 and everything like that, so you can get his number two. 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:50.760 Yeah, exactly. Hey if he here's a response, Oh my god. 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:53.400 Yeah he gets Maden. We don't know the trust me. 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:54.679 You know what he did? 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.920 He on air two weeks ago. 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.120 Did you just get what I got? 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:03.000 As a response? He sent me the I don't want 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:05.920 to careful about my phone. He sent me a link 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:06.800 to the picture. 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:10.079 I almost I almost did that just for fun. I'll 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:10.600 look it up. 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:17.360 Oh my god, show here, I'll Nick Poli. He bossed me. 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:18.400 He bossed me. 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:20.720 He gave me a link to something he did a 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:22.920 Jake Seeley. Check the link instead of giving me the 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:27.200 damn answer. God, dang it. Poll all right, we're gonna 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.280 answer your questions. I forgot to mention that if I didn't, 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:30.760 we're gonna answer a few of your questions here in 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:31.160 a little bit. 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:33.920 I did Curious two weeks of the season here, folks. 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:34.760 Yeah, I know it is. 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:38.040 We also do have a where in the world are 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:39.880 Welsh and Corbin Cara, which I'm gonna do here in 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.560 just a minute, but I do want to quickly roll through, 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:45.440 uh the hitter grid for the week, and then a 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.520 few pictures for today and for Tuesday, just to kind 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:50.520 of like really get you guys rocking here. 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:52.680 So the hitter grid. 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.560 Fantasy Pros has the hitter matchup grid, which tells you 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.760 about how many you know, games teams are playing, the 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.280 pictures they are going against. Here were the top five 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:03.480 this week, bub If anybody comes to mind as a 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:05.560 player you might want to pick up because of this, 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.320 let me know, but the top five number one, the 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.840 A's number two, the Rangers number three, the Orioles number four, 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:15.840 the Red Sox number five, the Mariners best matchups versus 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.760 how many games and what pitchers are going against A's, 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:20.640 you immediately kind of jump out to think of the 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:24.200 guys like Seth Brown, Rangers, Robbie Grossman who we mentioned 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:25.200 who had been hitting three. 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:26.480 Those are a couple of those players. 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:28.000 If you want to end up taking a look at 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:31.000 anybody else, jump out of the as far as like 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:32.360 the top five on the hitter grid. 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.960 You know, Ryan noticed playing well. Also, Rangers getting Josh 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:39.520 youngback on Monday is a big one. To keep all 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:42.080 eyes on that one. Otherwise, the Red Sox, we'll talk 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.520 about some One of these players later saidayro Fiela has 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:47.760 been leading off of just torching baseballs right now, so 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:49.920 he was actually a focus of mine this past week. 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:52.600 And then Willia or Brady they faced five rieties this week. 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:54.800 He should play a ton as well. So those are 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:57.160 two guys that are widely available on labor wires. 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:01.160 Oliver on the pitching side, throw out a cup pictures 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:02.600 and can get your take on it. This one actually 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.280 thought was really interesting if you guys are doing pickups 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:07.040 here on Monday pending when you're listening, if you're on 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.040 the live stream, live stream always can pay off. Here 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.200 you have Brian Wu going up against Oakland and JP 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.080 Sears going up against Seattle. They're facing each other. If 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:18.120 you had to pick one to stream, which one would 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:18.600 you want to go on? 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.520 Which one between the two, that's a time I'm going 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:22.080 Brian Wu. 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:24.360 I think I'm going Brian Wu as well. But Sears 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:27.760 has had some performances to others. Well, well, i'll tell 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:31.080 you the King Edward Cabrera today versus the Mets yay 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:34.479 or nay, yay, strikeouts, yay ratios. 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:38.760 Maybe I'm rostering, but I'm also a weekly these two starts, 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:39.840 so that made it easy for me. 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:42.880 Okay, Clevenger got it, still be the king if he 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:44.960 is available out there. We've talked about him so much. 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.200 I'm not really sure he is available for anybody. But 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:51.880 Cleve's got Washington. He's like a no doubt. Tomorrow asad 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:53.560 versus Pittsburgh. 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:56.120 Yay or nay. Yeah, that is a big ya for me. 0:16:56.160 --> 0:17:00.720 Tomorrow's better, by the way. Kintamata versus since Natty, Yeah, 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:01.240