WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off September 27th, 2022 (Ep. 604) 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.040 What's up, friendoz to welcome in. It is leading off 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:17.959 right here on Fantasy Pros. I am your host, Chris Wells. 0:00:18.000 --> 0:00:19.400 You could find me on Twitter at is it the 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:22.759 Welsh and joining me on this wonderful Tuesday. As long 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:24.520 as you're you know, not on the East coast or 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:27.000 in Florida and dealing with a hurricane. Everything else in 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:29.760 the weather is relatively good. It is Casey Bubba Beaty 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:33.159 in trick on Twitter. Mister Casey Bubba. We are very 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:35.199 far away from a hurricane. But the shout out to 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:37.720 all of our listeners and live streamers that are going 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:39.519 to be dealing with that this week, we are not. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.360 We are dealing with the sunny skies on the West coast, 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:43.120 the best. 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:45.559 Coast, Yeah, the best coast is. We'll take our I'll 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:48.560 take my earthquakes. We'll take my chances there. But yeah, 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.040 hopefully everyone stays safe out there. It's an interesting one 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:52.559 seeing it on the news. Looks like it's getting bad. 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.760 It gets better, it gets bad, So stay safe out there. 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.600 My daughter is obsessed. She wants to be a meteorologist. 0:00:58.600 --> 0:00:59.320 She's six years old. 0:00:59.320 --> 0:00:59.680 By the way. 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:03.000 Her number one thing All kids have iPads now and 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:05.680 she's obviously got you know, her kid games, rollblocks and 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:08.880 stuff like that, but which she also has is storm 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:13.160 tracker apps and she asks every day that both my 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:15.240 kids kind of are always asking like, hey, what happens 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:17.600 in Arizona. I'm just like, it gets really hot. And 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.440 then I mentioned the only natural thing that we get 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:22.920 is called a haboob, and then they laugh and I 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.679 have to mention that that is a sandstorm that happens 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:29.360 because of wins. But their obsession with storms in general, 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:32.960 from earthquakes to hurricanes and all of that is so 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:35.520 I have a full on meteorologist at my house giving 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.600 nice updates. But again, shout out to everybody that is 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:41.480 on the East Coast and dealing with any of that stuff. 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:44.160 And you know, I didn't see is there going to 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:48.880 be any effect on any of the games Baseball games? 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:52.840 Nothing yet, but like Tampa Bay, the Rays, even their postponing, 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:56.520 are delaying the selling of their wildcard round tickets because 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.040 the games might get pushed back from that. So they're 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:01.040 kind of just waiting things out and seeing where it goes. 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:03.559 But as of now, nothing, but I wouldn't be surprised 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:04.320 if something happens. 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:06.600 Yeah, I know, the one of the NFL games. It's 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:08.440 kind of in a limbo right now. I think it's 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:11.959 the Bucks game. Is just Bucks Chiefs. It's kind of 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:13.919 sitting in limbo if it's going to happen. So we'll 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.079 have to see whatever is going to go down on 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.359 the baseball front, the real world front, Bubba, what's going 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:19.919 on in your world? 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:20.160 Man? 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:21.000 What's going down? 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:23.480 Just just living a dream, living the dream. Baseball season 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:25.840 is almost over, so grinding away a little bit longer. 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.880 But you know, Bench with Bubba, got a couple articles left. 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.440 It's almost chill down time. Before before you know what, 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.360 we were ramping up again though, So it's all the 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:33.959 fun stuff. 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.280 Yeah, well, I mean always ramping up across the board. 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.120 One thing I am also happy to say, this is 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:41.120 not the last Bubba episode. We've got Bubba on Thursday, 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.880 so I know this is a final week of leading 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.680 off as everybody, as I have mentioned, and everybody had 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.360 the panic attack and got to their emails to email 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:52.400 fantasy pros. But it is me and Bubba at least 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:54.320 for a couple of days today, and we got some 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.720 breakdowns on these final championship runs and a little bit 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.359 of prospect news at least one. At the time here, 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:03.120 I really thought this was gonna I thought I was 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.120 actually gonna one of two ways. I thought we were 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:07.360 going to get this guy up, and then I also 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.280 thought we might get him at the AFL, and neither 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:13.520 is happening. But prospect Greason Rodriguez with the Orioles had 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:17.160 six strikeouts or five innings on Monday in Triple A Norfolk, 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.280 which is in my mind, really going to lead him 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:22.440 to breaking camp with a roster spot next year. The 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.680 only thing that might hold him back is injury and 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.600 missed innings, which they could get a little That's why 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:29.320 I really thought he'd be in the AFL. They could 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:31.240 get a little bit weird about. But he's at least 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:35.080 rehabbed back up all the way until this. Now there 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:38.400 is technically games until Wednesday. That could open up the 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.280 opportunity with this being a Tuesday, that he could get 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:44.520 one start in the major leagues if they wanted before 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:46.360 we get to the playoffs. 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:49.520 Yeah, we'll see, because they're still fighting for the playoffs. 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:51.200 I believe at least a wild card. Do they want 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:52.760 to take that risk. We'll see. 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.840 But what would be fascinating though, Bubba is that it 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.920 could line up to like Sunday. It could line up 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:03.480 to theoretic I don't remember most are all fantasy championships 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:05.160 in RODO because I don't like to play till. 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:08.520 The very very end roto to the Wednesday Wednesday. 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:10.560 Yeah, so if you're not going until Sunday head the 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:13.800 head championships might be just going until Sunday. And if 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.560 that's the case, you might be able to slip. And 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:19.880 would you be willing to risk a Grayson Rodriguez start 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:23.080 if he were to be called up? If whether it 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:25.800 is head to head or it is rodo, are you 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:26.799 gonna take that risk? 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:29.960 Yeah? I would. The strikeout appeal is tremendous, Like I would. 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.039 I would take that in a heartbeat, the way Baltimore's 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:33.599 getting things done. So yeah, give me that one. 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:38.280 Because I'm looking here as well. Their schedule will be Man, 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.719 you've got the Red Sox for next couple, which isn't 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:45.800 gonna work. It would line up to either if I'm 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:50.239 taking guests here the Yankees on Sunday or the Blue 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:55.520 Jays at home on Monday. So are you gonna play 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:56.599 Grayson Rodriguez again? 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:01.240 Yankees? Would I played Brian against the Yankees the other day. 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:03.520 Outside of Aaron Judge, that team is cold. 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:05.880 It is pretty cold. Yeah, okay, so there you go. 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:09.080 Whether it is the Yankees or the or or the 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.919 Blue Jays, that's how it would line up. Not the 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.360 worst of matchups in her division. Yeah, you're you're right. 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:17.120 I mean, you've had like Kyle, you've seen Kyle Bradish 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.440 has been really good just against I think it's the 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.560 Astros the other day. As they have put together, they've 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.279 strung together a lot of good starts as they continue 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.240 to stack on wins, and there's a real possibility we've 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:31.080 not heard anything. There's a real possibility that Grayson could 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:32.320 get the call up, and you guys are going to 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:33.719 be have to making that decision. And I kind of 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.600 agree with you. The thing that really works in his favor, 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:38.600 I'd point out as well, is he came up to 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:41.240 the entire minor leagues with Ali Rutchman, like he trusts 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:43.200 ad Lea. But he's going to be at his most 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.240 comfortable level. He had said that he thinks Adley is 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:48.200 the best catcher in the in the world, like he 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:51.560 is the best, and they've worked together for a couple 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.080 of years now and that type of that type of 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:58.159 comfortability with a catcher that shows this picture in a 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:00.680 picture that trusts this catcher. That that's something that I 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:04.080 can really get down with in a really tight spot 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:05.960 for you guys in the back end of your playoffs 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.160 and your stuff. Yeah, so I would be on that. 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.479 Real quick before we move on. Since Ronni the oriole 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.480 still did you see that bomb that Henderson hit last night? 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:17.719 That Gunner hit? Dude, he's oh my, He's surpassing Corbyn 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:19.600 Carroll for me right now. It's all I have to say. 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:23.000 You know, that's a really tough one for me because 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:27.200 I still think Corbyn Carroll, Corbyn Carroll has that Mookie 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.800 bets in him. But boy, I will tell you, Gunner Henderson, 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:33.560 if the stolen bases were more of a I mean, 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:35.120 this is what you're gonna get down to, dude, I 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:37.320 think you're gonna get down to. Do you want the 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:40.200 more homers or do you want more stolen bases? And 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.799 which side is it going to be gunner stolen bases 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:45.800 or Carroll's homers? Which one is going to be the 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:47.720 defining factor for you? And that's what you're gonna have 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.640 to decide. Plus Gunner has positional stuff. We're doing that 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:55.000 too early. Mockman and I had Gunner locked up, but 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:56.600 I wanted to wait and see if I could get 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:58.560 him coming back. And he didn't make it back to 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:00.640 me in one of these rounds in the middle, and 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.240 he did go after Carrol. I'm not so sure he's 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.040 gonna go after Carol with the end of this season. 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.240 I really there's a possibility he's going to go ahead 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:11.679 of him, and that might be might be top fifty next. 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.880 Year, very very very possible. I know in the early 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:17.680 draft I have already done that actually counts Corbyn Carroll 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.160 as a fifteen team. He went I believe in around 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:23.280 five ish middle round five, and Gunner I don't believe 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.440 without the board yet unless he went like around seven. 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.520 So we'll see, we'll see how that plays out. But yeah, 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:30.760 I could see the way the season's finishing up, Gunners 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:32.120 probably gonna pass him up a little bit. 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.040 Yeah, And what is I'm gonna I'm gonna pull this 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.800 up here, because Gunner it was a definite bomb. He's 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:42.160 showing eye with Comra r and so far he's hitting 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:46.320 two eighty one with four homers in on twenty five games. 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:49.280 He's got one stolen base, strike up percentage under twenty 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:52.600 five percent, walk percentage over ten percent right now, which 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:55.960 is solid. Your slug is in the fives. He's not 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:58.400 a three four five guy right now, but still slug 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:01.040 is in the fives and maintain a two hundred ISO. 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:04.480 I mean, these are things that you want. Crazy strikeout percentage. Yeah, man, 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:07.360 he's gonna be. He's gonna be next year's Bobby Witt 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:09.320 Junior as far as the value you know him and 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.960 Carol again, it's gonna be a different world with how 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.440 we're drafting next year with a lot of these rookies 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:16.679 because so many more are gonna be on the table 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.840 and we know the stakes now that even in drafts 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:23.800 and like November at first pitch out here in Arizona 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:27.560 or in you know, December January, I think you're gonna 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.440 see a litany more of rookies than we've ever seen 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.040 before go inside the top one hundred. Agree it's gonna 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.800 be wild, which that'll be a good thing. But yeah, 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:38.240 Gunner has been phenomenal and might be passing Corban Carroll 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.120 for a lot of people. Would be a good offseason conversation. 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.640 Speaking of another one, of those guys that really is. 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:44.120 I mean, I'll give the credit. He has had a 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:47.160 great run on this back month Oneo Cruz four for 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:51.640 five in an eight to three Monday win against the Reds, 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.959 And let me pull up his numbers because obviously the 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:58.439 batting average has been you know, the issue. The strikeouts 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.439 have been the issue. But Russ strung together a nice 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:04.280 little run. So on the year cruises at two twenty 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:07.160 five with seventeen homers, eight stolen bases, so I think 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:09.040 a little bit less than everybody was, you know, a 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:11.040 rookie of the year, you're doing that type of nonsense. 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:15.120 But in the first half he hit two oh four. 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:17.920 In the second half so far, which there has been 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.120 more games in the second half, he's hitting around two 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:24.480 thirty five, which is definitely bumped up everything he's done. 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:29.000 And in the month of September going into October has 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:31.839 been his best month, hitting two eighty one. So in 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:34.400 the back half of the year, he's really putting this together. 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:37.240 Most homers have come out of this month in September 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:40.680 than any other month. He's evenly stolen bases throughout the year, 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:43.079 and if he can be a two fifty hitter, then 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.400 we're then we're getting into real business with ONEO Cruz 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.360 instead of the anointment of evs and all that nonsense. 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.640 Yeah, now, I'm with you. It's been impressive to uh 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.120 to see him adapt a bit, as you said, and 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:54.600 get a little better at the play because the talent 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:56.760 we know has always been there's just that swing and 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.440 missus tremendous as well, So it's good to see in 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:01.240 the I'm with you, Like, it'd be nice to not 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:02.760 just talk about like the EV's and how fast you 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:04.760 can throw a baseball, but like, let's talk real stats. 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:05.920 So yeah, I wanted to. 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:07.880 I actually think honestly, he's going to be one of 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:10.000 the more fun players to talk about in the off 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.480 season when we're not doing this live thing and everyone 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:14.439 you know, and I'm obviously making it a joke and 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.640 stuff like that, but it would be fun to go 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.240 back and look at, like how the entire season worked, 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:22.520 and that's something that you're looking for. And honestly, though, 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.080 this last month is gonna do something crazy. 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:26.400 I think that. 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.720 Yeah, next year, like you you end out the year, 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.320 you end out the year hitting two eighty one with 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:36.880 you know, thirty thirty potential and obviously just a physical freak. 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:39.720 We've seen what that's done to guys, like Monday. Monday 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:41.880 was being cut in years and then he would put 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.400 one month together and we go crazy, what do you 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.319 think the general range of cruise is going to be? 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:48.800 Well, it's fun because I drafted. He didn't go in 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:50.800 the first seven rounds, even though many thought he would. 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:53.360 I think he's with this finish. He's probably a top 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:54.000 seventy pick. 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:56.120 It's just he's going to be a top five round 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:56.800 player next year. 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.720 And shortstops so deep, that's the only thing. It's so deep. 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:03.400 But he's got other eligibility that could tweak things. So yeah, 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.440 he'll be there in that just top of the head, 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.440 probably after the Xander range of shortstops. Something in that 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:12.040 range would be my guess, but we'll say yeah. 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:15.680 Bryce Elder, speaking of prospects, fired a complete games shutout 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.160 helped the Braves and eight to zero win over the Nationals. 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.800 What a phenomenal like streaming option for I think someone 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:24.240 said it in the chat like, hey, congratulations, if you 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:28.400 had Bryce Elder yesterday, you just won because an absolutely 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:31.360 out of nowhere performance. That again, hat tip to the Braves. 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:33.840 Braves are one of those teams you look at when 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:37.360 anytime their prospects of Kyle Mueller just came up, who's 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.640 had really good stuff. I think maybe still more of 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:44.600 a reliever, but Mulder, Elder, obviously Strider has made incredible moves, 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:47.040 potential rookie of the Year. They just when they put 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:50.280 guys out, we have to listen. And that's teams like 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:54.000 the Mariners and the Braves. When those pitchers come up, 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:55.760 we have to pay attention. And maybe the Diamondbacks. I 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:57.840 throw it as well with how like Ryan and Dre 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.400 Dre Jamison have played. But any thoughts on Elder. 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:03.520 I like him a lot. He's big time strikeout stuff. 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:05.600 I've streamed him the last two times least in DFS 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.840 and it's been good to see. Like the biggest thing 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.080 that you said there is teams like the Braves, and 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:12.240 it kind of goes back to it you said looking 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:14.280 at drafts coming up this year, is they're not afraid 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:15.480 to call these guys up. So if you've got some 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.160 prospects in the system, keep an eye on. 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:19.160 These guys, yeah, and see it'll be interesting to see 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.600 what their rotation looks like. And then just since the 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:23.320 rest of this stuff is a prospect news just to 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.319 throw this out if he didn't see. Also, Diamondbacks sent 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.960 down Alec Thomas. Alec Thomas had really struggled McCarthy. I think. 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:30.840 I think it was McCarthy that came off the il 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:33.440 and the half of the ear. Oh yeah, that's what 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:37.040 it was breathing. But they're essentially going with Varshow McCarthy 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:41.280 and Carol with Stone Garrett as a fourth outfielder. So 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.079 it really does leave some questions on what was a 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.120 great start to Alec Thomas. He just kind of fell 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:48.440 apart and does make me wonder what type of role 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.240 he's going to have early on next year. I imagine it's 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:54.520 going to be fourth outfielder ish, but I don't know. 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.760 You know, Stone Garrett has played out right, McCarthy has 0:12:56.800 --> 0:13:00.000 clearly played himself into a starting role that in development 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.440 they would send down Thomas in favor of McCarthy at 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.960 this time and not like Stone Garrett. So Alec Thomas, 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:10.040 obviously you can just move along with dynasty. I would 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.839 continue to hold because he's still an interesting power speed combo, 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:15.319 but he's not like Carrol. Just because they're both smaller 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.200 dudes doesn't mean that he's like Carrol, so he's still 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:20.800 a hold, but he's a dicey hold in dynasty right now. 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:23.559 Yeah, putter percent, it's an interesting situation because the way 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:25.079 he started out and all the high hopes for him, 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.520 and maybe they put Varshow at Ketcher, you're rid of 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:28.200 Kelly who knows? 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.920 Yeah, they really like Kelly at the end of the day. 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:35.199 I still I think Varshow is going to be something 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:39.640 between you know, DH Catcher outfielder. I just think they're 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.640 gonna have this rotation. I think Corvin Carroll is gonna 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.640 be out every day and they're gonna have a rotation 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:47.520 of guys in the outfield from Varshow to McCarthy to Thomas, 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.040 maybe Stone Garrett. I just don't think they'll move on 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.160 from Kelly because I think he calls it better. He's 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.360 better different splate and I think he calls a better 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:58.280 game than Varshow does. But you know, luckily for us 0:13:58.280 --> 0:13:59.880 as fantasy, you knows we don't want var Show to 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:00.760 move off Varshow. 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:02.960 Yes, I love his eligibility. Keep it coming. 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:05.319 He's an okay, I mean he's really actually now I 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.079 was about almost gonna say subpar. He's not a subpar 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.920 outfielder because double digit stolen bases and twenty plus homers 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.480 will take every day. But he just is so so 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.800 exponentially less valuable if he doesn't have to catcher eligibility. 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:18.440 But I don't think there's any going to be changed 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.920 in the future. That's why I really like var Show 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:23.200 is like, he's just gonna keep catching his games. He's 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.160 gonna get his twenty plus behind the plate every single 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:29.400 year and keep his eligibility so perfect. Keep him he 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:32.360 Swarez is expected to be activated from the I L 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.520 and he will be the Mariner's d H coming up today, 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:37.640 so that's gonna be a positive sign. And the Dodgers 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:41.280 also activated David Price in news that is not important 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.400 to any of us unless as a holds league and 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:45.800 you're gonna blow a save. Remember when David Price is good? 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.200 Yeah, yeah, I've already had a bulldog. Used to bring 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:49.240 the park with him all the time too. 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:51.800 Yeah, Oh god, what astro I think? 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:53.920 Yeah? 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:55.600 Yeah, I used to like David Price, used to be 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:57.680 like active on Twitter and all that type. 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:00.400 Of stuff, and he was Blake Snow before Blake Snow games. Yeah, 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:02.200 he used to play video games on the big screen 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:03.640 at the ballpark in Tampa. 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:06.040 Yeah, and didn't he get like carpal tunnel from playing 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:06.800 like Call of Duty? 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.680 Yeah, he got the same carpal tunnel Bogman gets. 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:13.680 Mmmmmm a little different, little different. I do think at 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.160 some point it'd be fun to break down the all 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.480 of the great video game injuries to professional athletes or 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.960 video game effects, like in football, the joke about Kyler 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.880 Murray when Call of Duty comes out, his efficiency drops 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:31.480 to Joel. I remember Joel Amaya, who himself guitar hero, right, Yeah, 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:34.920 video game injuries. 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:36.920 He's just strumming the base a little too hard. 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.720 Yeah, we don't hear a lot about that anymore. These guys, 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:42.080 they've got a better conditioning for their video games, at 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.440 least to hide it from all of us. David Price 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:45.960 was like the last one I remember. Also on the 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:49.440 injury front, Juliardriguez is expected to be activated from the 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:52.520 IL when the ten days are up. So the Mariners 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:53.920 on the back end here are going to get They're 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:57.480 getting Johannel back and Julio back here. Short stint stuff, 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:00.880 which is good for everybody. Here was a fun fact 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:03.400 in nineteen seventy three, on this day the California Angels 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.000 beat the Minnesota Twins five to four in eleven innings 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:10.960 as Nolan Ryan struck out sixteen, including number three hundred 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:14.200 and eighty three of the season, which is a modern 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.760 Major League record. I mean, I get impressed about three hundred. 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:21.480 Three hundred is an incredible marker for me, which I 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:22.920 think I did this the other day, so I don't 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:24.840 need to do it. But I think we're looking like 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.200 who's struck out three hundred in recent history? It's just 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.160 not like it used to be. I mean, I don't 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:31.840 want to do that, Like things are just not like 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.600 it used to be. It's all worse. It's not. It's 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:37.120 just the usage of pitchers so much less to get 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:39.560 guys to strike out. Two hundred and fifty. Two hundred 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.520 and fifty right now feels like three fifty. 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:43.880 You know, twenty years ago, big time, like two hundred 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:47.080 feels like three hundred. So yeah, yeah, it's like two hundred. 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.160 Like Wow, it's a great year. Who struck out two hundred? 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.080 I don't think we'll ever see three hundred again. It's crazy. 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:54.200 Yeah, that's a wild three hundred and eighty three in 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:55.960 the season. They'll be a guy you know there's there's 0:16:56.000 --> 0:17:00.320 gonna be a team that's gonna have no restraint. Stryder 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.280 kind of reminds me of that guy. I think everyone 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.240 had called for Stryder his innings to come down. It 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:06.960 feels like one of those guys if they're good to 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:08.960 go next year, I mean, is he going to push? 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:11.600 If Strader pushes two hundred plus. 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:12.560 Innings, then he could get three hundred. 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:15.440 I think he's a three hundred strikeout pitcher percent. 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:17.440 And that's why his draft day value is very intriguing. 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:20.960 I took him in uh in our early mock draft 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.440 that we'll breaking down. I think on Thursday on the 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:26.199 end this Fantasy Baseball podcast, we probably won't have the 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.320 I don't think the whole thing is going to finish, 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.640 by the way, so I don't think that whole thing 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:33.960 is going to go, but we will at least get 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:36.280 like ten rounds or something like that, and those are 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:39.320 and that's enough and early early mock drafts, I don't 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:42.200 think you need the whole thing. Over On the stat heroes, 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:45.400 Rob Refsnyder had a homer, going three for four three 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.200 RBI yesterday. Cedric Mullens two for six with a homer, 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:52.640 three RBI, Anthony Santander two for six, two bombs. 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:52.679