WEBVTT - Cleaning Up: Second Half Tips + Buys and Sells (Ep. 1089) 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:07.480 Well, what's up friends, and welcome in to Fantasy Pros. 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:11.360 This is cleaning Up the Discord only show. I'm Chris 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:13.960 Welsh joined by Joe Rico as I have an all 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:18.120 season and we are here for the final cleaning up 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:21.720 of the season, all Star break. We wave goodbye to 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:23.759 just at least this show where we hang out on 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:27.280 Discord with all of our besties waiting for you guys 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:30.000 to produce the show and if not, we have to 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:32.839 babble on about what we want to talk about. But 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.199 I want you guys to remember Discord has got your 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:39.199 back in the football season, We've got Discord shows. 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Mister Joe Rico, there is no 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:13.800 rest for us during the All Star break, really, But 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:15.119 how are you doing? 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:19.000 I'm doing very well, my friend. It's sad that this 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:21.360 is our last show, but it's been a good run. 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:23.120 I hope we get to run it back again next year. 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:25.280 It's been good talking to you guys, and I'll up 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:27.600 the chat, ask your questions and hop on stage. Be 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.120 on the pot of us. Because this is the final countdown. 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:32.080 Let me ask you. Let me start with a question 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:37.440 for you here. This positively and negatively, the All Star 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:41.520 break kind of represents, you know, the first and second half. 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.880 But what we know is it's numerically that's not actually 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.000 the case. There's less than half the games. But what 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:52.120 it also represents is a time where you get a 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:55.800 lot of checkouts. We're gonna have a period where there's 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:57.480 gonna be a handful of teams that are gonna look 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:00.640 at themselves and they're gonna go, I'm too far out, 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.480 I'm completely done. I can't do it. So you have 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:07.640 this weird dichotomy in fantasy baseball where you know there 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.800 is still so much more to be done. This is 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.280 where you win your league, but you also are going 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:15.120 to be battling with teams that are going to be 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:20.320 out of it, the trade market in general. FAB, What 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:25.560 is your top singular or multiple piece of advice in 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:30.000 the second half. Is it streaming? Is it FAB? Is 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:33.720 it aggression? Is it trade market aggression? Is it actually 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.000 maybe being a little bit more passive holding on to 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.680 your players longer. What do you think a couple keys 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:40.400 to winning this second half is? 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.200 I think the big one for me is understanding your 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.560 team and the construction of it. Where you are in 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:51.359 the standings, and especially for roto players, look at where 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.600 you are and what categories you need to make up. 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:57.840 If you are way behind in certain categories, maybe it's 0:02:57.840 --> 0:02:59.400 time to give up on them. If you're a very 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:03.200 dead last and stolen bases or home runs or certain categories, 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:04.920 it might be time to give up on them. There 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.360 are certain categories where you can see that there is 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:09.079 a path for you to make a push up the standing, 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:13.120 so you target those particular categories. It's really about understanding 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.560 your team. If you're in fifteenth place in a fifteen 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:18.720 team league and you got thirty two roto points and 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:20.720 you maybe don't need to devote any more time to 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:22.920 that league. As crappy as it might sound, you know, 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.720 people say, well, there's a something to be had for 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.080 going from fifteenth to tenth if you can move up 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:29.640 in the standings of this part of the year. But 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.640 I think prioritizing those teams that actually have a shot 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:34.679 is what makes the most sense. You spend the most 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.880 time researching those teams as opposed to trying to have 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.680 some you know, moral victory by moving up a couple 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.800 points at the bottom of the standings, really understand your teams, 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:47.040 understands which ones have a shot, and then I think 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.680 you give yourself the best chance to actually compete for 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.320 the league title or to finish in the money in 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.760 those spots where you actually legitimately have a chance. Just 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.400 about understanding where you have a chance. If you're in 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:00.960 tenth or eleventh place in a twelve time leads, it's 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:02.840 probably time to give up on that league. 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:07.400 I like the one of really understanding, having a true 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:14.200 understanding of your team, your needs, and whether you're punting 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:18.880 a strategy or going hard on a strategy like this 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:20.520 is the time to do it. Whether you do it 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:25.000 in the trademarket, whether you do it in the whether 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:27.080 it's a trade market or the waiver market, whatever it is, 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:30.600 is just like really understanding the construction of your team 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.720 where your benefits are. Obviously rodos a little bit easier 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:35.279 because you physically look and you're like, okay, I'm in 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:38.560 this category. But it's making that understanding and coming to terms, 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:40.520 especially if you're head to head being like, all right, 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.080 I should let this go. If I'm consistently losing week 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:46.520 in and week out on saves, the save market is 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:48.839 kind of blah, and I've got maybe I drafted one 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:51.640 hero save guy and then I got it like one 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.279 or two other just middling, but I just consistently lose. 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:56.880 Maybe it is punting that category. Maybe you can sell 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:00.760 that closer to jump ahead in another spot. So I 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:05.600 think the understanding of your team is massive important, massively important, 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:07.680 and kind of in the same vein as being as 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:11.159 active as you possibly can. Fantasy baseball is a grind, 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:13.799 and you've had a sea you feel like you've already 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.720 put in a full season. You've got this second half 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.400 of a season going where your twelve team league might 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.560 now be eight active, or your Rodo might only be 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:26.360 seven active in that, you've got to be as proactive 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:29.640 as possible and your ability to stream pitchers if you 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:34.919 don't have caps, paying attention to hot turnarounds, maybe not 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:39.720 dropping too instantly a player that's been solid for you know, 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:43.040 the shiny new toy, and as the season gets a 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:45.839 little bit further along, maybe having a little bit more 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:49.919 of a stomach for cutting your dead weight. That's what 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:53.320 fantasy baseball is all about, and you know all you're 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.760 gonna have to find a trendy. Every fantasy winner has 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:58.680 like one or two guys that they probably picked up 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:01.200 in August or September that's going to help carry them 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.839 in some capacity, whether they're the number one carrier or 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:06.760 top five on their fantasy team. So be active in that. 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.520 But just you know, a couple of little tricks of 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:12.800 the trade for this final run here, because baseball is 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:16.600 unlike any other It just it goes long and you 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:19.159 can have those leads, or you can have this great 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:21.960 team and it can fall apart, or I have had 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.279 a couple instances where I was I remember I was 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:27.880 a team Bog will remember this. I was a team 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.680 that was out of it in this one league I 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.400 sold off and it was a dynasty I sold off, 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:34.880 and then all of a sudden, because of some of 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.640 the pickups I made, I started winning. I squeaked into 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:40.960 the playoffs, and I ended up getting to the championship 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:43.279 on a team that I sold off three or four pieces, 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.520 just by having these like rentally waiver guys out there, 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.560 so you know, being proactive and understanding your team, it's 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.320 the key key point here, mister Joe Rico. 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.200 Absolutely yeah, And like you you kind of alluded to it, 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:58.000 like some of that dead weight, like you might have 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.400 been waiting for the whole season for Michael Hay to 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:03.200 turn it around, for Matt McClain to turn it around, 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:04.320 you know, Brenton Doyle. 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:05.200 There's a lot of these. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.159 Names, Ozzie Albi's, and it gets to a point where 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.400 it's like, well, maybe it's just not their year and 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:12.000 it's time to just move on from some of these 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:14.000 players as opposed to just waiting and waiting because they 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.480 were top one hundred draft picks. So I think part 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:18.320 of cutting that dead weight and moving on, like this 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:19.960 is a point of the year where it's like you've 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.320 given guys some rope, You've given them more than an 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.800 or about one hundred games at this point, and now 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:26.600 it's time where you can probably start to move on 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:29.160 from some of those guys who've been truly, truly disappointing. 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:30.800 Put a pin in the Ozzie one. That's a good 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:32.840 one because at the end here we want to answer 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:34.560 some of our listener questions. But I want to talk 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:36.720 about a few guys, and I'll just tease it right now. 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:40.680 Let's talk about Ozzy and some players. Are you comfortable 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:42.200 with them in the second half? Are you going to 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:44.960 buy into them being able to either turn it around 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:46.520 in a way that's worth buying or turn it in 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.200 around in a way that is worth holding. And I 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:51.080 think Ozzie's maybe the first one we can talk about. 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:55.000 But let's get to the audience here. Always under says, 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:58.640 hey should I pick up Zebi Junk? I was about 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:01.320 to say, is that the same person? But Zebby Comma 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:07.680 Junk or Schlitzler and drop Geo, Jacob Lopez or Shean. 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.600 So what do you think about the three potential pickups 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.240 versus the three drops? And then I'll go on to 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:14.640 the rest of the question after. 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:21.760 So Zebby, I I don't know if there's been any 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:25.280 like new update on him or anything, but he was 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:29.160 really pretty disappointing earlier on when he was pitching this year. 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:30.800 I don't know that I'm going to be rushing out 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:34.960 to grab him necessarily. Junk and Schlitler are guys that 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:37.280 I am kind of interested in at this point, specifically 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.920 Schlitler if he's able to stick around playing for a 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.240 good team, because Junk is not gonna have a ton 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.240 of win opportunities out there in Miami. I think you'd 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:47.520 be all right to drop Lopez and Sheen and pick 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:50.520 up junkin Schlitler Dio. Assuming we're talking Lucas Giolito. I mean, 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:52.760 he's been really good, so I'd be holding onto him 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.360 over Zebby in this situation. But I think Junk and 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:57.360 Schlitler you can you can pick him up over Lopez 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:57.640 and Sheen. 0:08:57.679 --> 0:08:58.280 I'd be fine with. 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:02.120 That, completely agree Schlitler say his name very carefully when 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:04.800 we say it, one hundred percent, I would move over 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:07.880 those guys. He also said also option I could drop 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:12.320 our Darvish and Edward Cabrera or Profar. I'm definitely not 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.079 dropping Cambrera. I mean, we're kind of bracing for the injury. 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.880 I think I think we got it like Lopez and 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:20.840 she and are fine for those two. Like I'm not 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:22.840 sold on Darvish or anything like that, but I think 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:25.440 that's the move. Another question, and my final question, would 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.280 be should I drop Jacob Wilson and grab Nick Kurtz. 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:30.000 I've got both of them in a couple leagues, but 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:33.600 one league, I have another good shortstop, and I have 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.280 Sodastrom at first base. So should I grab Kurtz and 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:40.760 drop Jacob Wilson or Sodastrom or should I not add 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:42.080 Nick Kurtz? What do you think? 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:46.800 I can't believe that Nick Kurtz is still available is 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:51.800 bruly shocking. But what those options, I'd be all right 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.160 to move on from Soderstrom. I mean we haven't really 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:57.839 gotten much from him outside of that first run of 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.960 the season. I mean he's been serviceable, I guess, but 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:06.000 really that first month was unbelievable and then Ay was 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.679 a ninety four WRC, plus June was eighty seven. He's 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.880 had a pretty decent July so far. But I think 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:14.800 given the options, I think I'd prefer to drop Soderstrom. 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.800 I guess it really depends on that. On that shortstop situation, 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:19.480 and if you actually have to like sit one of 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:22.080 them every day, then I guess Wilson could be dropped 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.800 at that point. But my initial feeling here is to 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:26.960 drop Sodashrim for Kurtz. But Kurts being on the wire 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:27.839 is unbelievable. 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:33.400 Agreed, completely agree. I do think there's probably spots for 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.200 Jacob Wilson, like you said, like maybe don't make sense. 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:39.840 You need like heavy counting stats and you know he's 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.959 never really playing okay, But I would just I'll take 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.280 Kurts over Sodastrom like in a vacuum, So I think 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:46.960 we're solid there. I cannot, and I agree with you. 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.480 I cannot believe Nick Kurtz is available. Can you know 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:54.839 what makes me sick too? I had just the other 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:58.319 day I did look at DK's draft odds before Rookie 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:00.520 of the Year and cam Smith had actually moved back 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.760 up to number one, which is great for me because 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:04.719 I placed a bet. I had placed a bet on 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.880 Christian Campbell and then before that though I had placed 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:11.439 a bet on cam Smith, great odds, very excited, but 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.760 because Jacob Wilson had been holding that thing. Can you 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.560 imagine if you would have jumped in on Nick Kurtz, 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:20.000 like a month or two, you probably got twenty to one. 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:22.600 And I'm not looking at the odds right now. I 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.000 can look it up here in a second, but I 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:29.160 cannot imagine that you didn't get incredible odds. And the 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:32.240 al side has just completely opened up. So let me 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.679 see if I can find it real quick under awards 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:39.560 Rookie of the Year Jacob. So they're all plus money, 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:43.040 all plus money now Jacob Wilson has the lead according 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.720 to DK at plus one ten. Cam Smith is plus 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:50.199 one forty yo. Nick Kurtz is still three and a 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:53.120 half to one right now, Roman Anthony, if you want 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.800 really fun odds, just throwing it out there, twenty five 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.600 to one as the Red Sox are winning games. But 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.800 like if you guys remember that was like a minus 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:05.240 like five hundred in favor of Jacob Wilson some time ago. 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:09.040 So Cam Smith is in play, and Nick Kurtz, I think, 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:10.720 is really in play, and I'm actually kind of shocked 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:13.360 we're still getting that good of odds. It's just when 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:15.440 players on the same team they can kind of eat 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:17.360 into each other. That actually might kind of speak well 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:20.160 to Cam Smith. If we're being honest, But what do 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:22.199 you think if you were placing If you're placing a 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:24.240 bet right now, at least you get plus money across 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:27.240 the board, who would you side within the Al Rookie 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:27.680 of the Year. 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:32.079 I mean, it's probably going to be kouraged the way 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.640 he's trending. The guy that's kind of interesting, honestly is 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:39.319 Carlos Narvaiaz in Boston, the catcher. He's playing phenomenal defense. 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.000 He's got eight home runs, he's hitting two seventy three. 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:43.000 He's got the. 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.679 Same war as Jacob Wilson if you're looking at fangrafts 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:48.880 war or the lead in the American League. So I 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:50.960 think that he could be a dark horse potentially playing 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:52.679 in Boston going to get more media. 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:54.640 Love than playing in Sacramento. Potentially. 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:58.040 Cam Smith is also pretty interesting because he's been phenomenal. 0:12:58.120 --> 0:12:59.800 Picked him up in a couple of places and he's 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:00.240 been a. 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:04.600 Fantastic Really you want to hear this, April's say, I'm 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.040 so sad. This is probably gonna be just if you 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.040 guys remember last year. I'm very proud of this even 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:12.440 though it didn't hit. But preseason I had bet Jackson 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.720 Merrill rookie of the Year seventeen U seventeen to one. 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.800 And if you guys remember, I have an autographed card 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.360 from Jackson, who inscribed my odds I got on it. 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:25.200 It's one of my favorite cards. I got Camp and 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:26.640 I think this is going to go the same way 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:29.960 I got cam Smith twenty five to one, and my bet, 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.080 they're not even offering any type of payout right now. 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.880 I guess because he's second. But I'm just staring at 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:38.440 this with a massive twenty five to one return and 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:41.520 he's second best odds right now, So I'm like, please, 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.600 Cam Smith, please let Kurtz and Jacob Wilson eat into 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:47.760 each other. My luck, he'll probably finish second and I'll 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:52.800 have another year where my amazing long shot bet doesn't 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:55.520 pay off. I'm they give me a nice buyout, I 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:57.480 might consider it, So it's. 0:13:57.360 --> 0:14:00.960 Fine when you're working. Oh what el was Skis, wasn't it? Yeah? 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:04.240 Skeens wan, Yeah, there was a legit time where Skeens 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:06.920 and Merrill were going back and forth. I never got 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.320 offered a buyout on Meryll, and I probably would have 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:11.000 taken it if it would have been good, because he 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:12.560 had about a week or so where he was the 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.840 odds on favorite, but then it was like runaway skins 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:22.960 and it was very, very sad for my book Austin 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.840 Riley and CJ. Abrams. Is that a fair trade for 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:32.320 Miserowski and Bett's ten team Rodo keeper ten keepers in there? 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:37.640 So Riley Abrams for Bett's Miserowski. Which side do you like? 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:43.520 It feels pretty fair on both sides. Honestly, I don't 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:46.800 know that I have a strong preference. I guess the 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:51.400 Riley side is probably safer just because Miserowski, like we've 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:54.480 talked about, or like Joe's talked about a lot, He's 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:56.920 gonna eventually need to have Tommy John surgery. You can't 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.480 be throwing one hundred and two with ninety seven miles 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.200 mile and our sliders and stay healthy forever. 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:03.160 So yeah, you would say. 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.240 That about Chris Sale, but that was I guess more 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.480 about his arm. It's it is a different situation. 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.040 I mean, it was Sale throwing sliders at ninety seven. 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.080 No, no, That's what I'm saying, Like you're right, like 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:15.800 the Sale throws more sweepy stuff, but it was it 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:17.920 was more of his arm action. But I just I 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.440 always remember every human being forever, which just like Chris 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.600 Zille is gonna have Tomy John. Criszill's and have Tommy John. 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:25.320 And it was just like okay, yeah, until. 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:26.960 He did and then Bets, I mean Bets, Bets has 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:29.080 had kind of a down year. He's getting older, so 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:31.720 there is some risk on that side. With Riley and Abrams, 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:34.360 You're getting two guys who are fairly young. Riley should 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:37.520 in an ostensibly good offense going forward in Atlanta, although 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.280 I know that's not been true the last couple of years. 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:42.080 And you know, I think the Nationals offense is positioned 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:43.560 to be really good for the next couple of years 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:43.880 as well. 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:44.560 As much as c J. 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.040 Abrams isn't somebody that I've always been a big fan of. 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.320 That side's probably safer, but I think value wise, it's 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:52.000 fair on both On both ends, I. 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:55.520 Think it's pretty fair. Bets is the oldest still, you know, 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:57.880 if he doesn't have a bounce back, it's not gonna 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:03.640 go well for his value. Abrams is really interesting. You 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:05.280 know what, I'm gonna just say, I think this is fair. 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:09.200 I kind of think the Miserowski Bets side might be 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:13.200 the sexiest ten team keepers. It's not quite a dynasty, 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.480 so all of these guys are keepers. Though I think 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:18.280 it's relatively fair. I actually might side slightly with the 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:22.960 Miserowski Bets side, especially if mis Like keeps going. But 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.000 you know, two really good young talents in Riley and Abrams, 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:27.200 I think it's relatively fair. 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.840 Hal asks what do you think I was going to say? 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:32.840 What do you think about him in the All Star Game? 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:34.080 Do you think about that? 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:40.320 It's whatever? I mean, like, personally, I do agree. I 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.400 agree on the side of the players here that think 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.720 this is lame, like Pat Murphy defended it being like, hey, 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:49.720 come on, Goods, this is entertainment, and it's like yeah, 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:53.480 but it's also not like guys have bonuses attached to that. 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.720 So I think that if he takes away Now. Thank 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.760 god the Phillies paid out the All Star bonus to 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.720 Cris Sanchez, who one hundred percent should have been the guy. 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:05.960 For a guy to pitch twenty five innings and be 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.960 in the All Star Game if there was no one 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.639 else that was really worthy, if there wasn't a Chris Sanchez, 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:14.080 I don't know. I'm not going to cry about it. 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:15.639 I'm not going to like be up in arms and 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.120 be like, oh, these kids but I think Pat Murphy's 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:21.840 wrong and he's defending his guy. We can laugh that 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:25.119 Hobby Bayez is the starting center fielder and what has 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.640 he not played center in like forty games over Buxton, 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.280 But that was the fans choice, and I already think 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:34.960 that is moronic that we allow that to happen. This 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.480 was on the manager side they decided to do this. 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:43.720 I don't just think it's a flashy like you know, goofy, 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:46.240 a spectacle like it's supposed to kind of be a spectacle, 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:49.160 except players' money is attached to this, and it's kind 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:53.040 of like an honor. So I think they're they're wrong 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:55.880 in that aspect. But you know, like Misroowski's really cool, 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.080 he's awesome, He's fun to see. It'll be fun to see. 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.920 But you know, I do agree with the the players 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:02.840 in that, like Chris Sanchez should have had that spot. 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:06.200 I think they asked Ranger Suarez and he declined. After 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.320 this all happened, kind of probably like in a little 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:10.480 bit of a protest of it. But I don't know, 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:11.399 are you like a fan of this? 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:14.280 No? I wasn't a fan of it. 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:17.520 I mean, not that it really matters, But like you said, 0:18:17.520 --> 0:18:20.120 when things like incentives are tied to it, when there's 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.639 big money. I mean, fifty thousand dollars to them is 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:25.679 not as much as it is to us, obviously, but 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:28.760 it's still a good amount of money. So I'm glad 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:30.840 the Philly's paid up. I think it should have been Sanchez. 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:33.520 I've been a big Sanchez fan. But I think the 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:35.439 people who are like, well, this is gonna help like 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:36.200 grow the game. 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:37.639 You're getting a young, exciting pitcher. 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:40.600 And I think that part is bs because most people 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:42.600 who are casuals who may or may not tune into 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:44.160 the game are not going to have any idea who 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:46.320 Miserowski is. Even if he throws a shutout in it, 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:48.400 They're not going to really care who he is. There's 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:52.240 casuals who are not really baseball fans necessarily, but there's 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:53.480 a lot of people who didn't even know who Mike 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:54.880 Trout was for a long time. 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.080 I mean, dude, the casuals aren't going to be like, well, 0:18:57.080 --> 0:19:01.399 I'm not watching that. Wait, Mizzerrowski's in now, I'm watching Like, 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:03.320 no one's gonna do that, so give me a break. 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:07.639 Maybe it'll give you a TikTok reel or something exactly. 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.680 I don't know. I think it's silly. Just a reminder 0:19:10.720 --> 0:19:12.680